Glenn introduced the Executive Committee: Dave Sauter, Past-President; Brad Myers, President-Elect; Marian Hogue, VP Programs; Jim Hamberg, VP Workshops; Sharon Akridge, Treasurer; and Jan Williamson, Secretary.
LAC Chair: President Glenn introduced Gerri Hill and Roberta Sikula, Co-Chairs of the 1997 Local Arrangements Committee who made special announcements.
VP Program: Marian Hogue, VP Program, challenged us to take full advantage of the programs. She encouraged us to use the "fast feedback" evaluation forms to comment about anything, anytime. Last of all, Marian encouraged us to sign up for committees - OACRAO.
Membership & Mentoring: President Glenn Davis introduced Mindy Starcher, Chairperson. Mindy invited all members to the New Member session. There would be a door prize as well as "fun" slides of past annual conferences.
The recipients for the first Scholarship awards were introduced: Mia Zaharna from Willoughby South High School (attending the University of Akron), and Anurdha Munshi from Firestone High School (also attending the University of Akron). Both are accepted to attend NEOUCOM.
A moment of silence was held in respect for former OACRAO members who passed away during the year: Howard Baldwin, Peggy Beard, Father Clarence DeRuntz, and Stewart Spronge.
Audit Committee - The audit report was given by Bill Jones, Chair, who introduced the members of the committee: Toni Goble (Air Force Institute of Technology), Karen Magness-Lewe (Cincinnati State Technical and Community College), Byron Thorsen (Pontifical College Josephinum). Bill commended OACRAO Treasurer Sharon Akridge for the outstanding job she has performed. A motion was made:
Treasurer's Report: Sharon Akridge distributed and presented the 1997 Budget of income and expense for the past year. The 1998 Budget was presented for review purposes and Sharon indicated that the vote on the 1998 budget would occur at the Business Breakfast on Friday, November 14.
Vice President of Workshops Report: Jim Hamberg stated that the summer workshops were generally successful. Those held were: Wellness Retreat, Government Relations, and Ohio Residency Officers.
Local Arrangements - Roberta Sikula recognized the vendors participating in this year's conference.
Vice President of Programs - Marian Hogue expressed appreciation to David Axsom from Ohio University for preparing the certifications given to presenters. Marian recognized each of the Program Chairs, who in turn, introduced the members.
Membership and Mentoring - Mindy Starcher, Chair, indicated that we had 30 first-time attendees at this conference. OACRAO picked up 16 new members during the year. She made special recognition to Tom West for assisting with letters and mailings.
Scholarship Committee - Martha Hicks indicated that we had another $250 anonymous donation. "Split the Pot" was now approximately $520; Brad Myers was the winner and received $260. There was $75 received from the registration forms. Committee members were introduced: Dave Johnson, Tina Martini, Barb Chambers, Mechel Allen Menefield, Jim Davis, Denise Waltes Dobson, Jane Pidcock, and Larry Cannon. Dave Johnson will be chair for next year.
Publicity and Publications - Miriam Tucker. New endeavor was OACRAO Web page developed by staff at Ohio University; special recognition and thanks to Deb Benton.
Constitution Committee Report: Past-President and Chair of the Constitution Committee, Dave Sauter introduced members of the Committee: Wendy Farhnbach-Lambing and Byron Thorsen. He then presented the Proposed Constitutional and Bylaw changes to the membership that would be voted on at the Friday Business Breakfast.
Nominations Committee: Current members of this committee are: Dave Sauter, Gerri Hill, Jim Noe, Alle Cole, and Bob Myers. Dave presented the slate of officers for the Executive Committee as follows:
The opportunity for submitting additional nominees and the voting will be at the Business Breakfast meeting.
The slate of candidates for the Nominating Committee are:
Members were asked to mark their ballots and place them in the ballot box at the registration desk.
Resolutions Committee: Chair, Dave Sauter made the following presentations:
Two distinguished awards were presented this year: The Garland G. Parker award was given to Eugene Schuster, The Ohio State University. The Linus J. Ryland award was given to Mary Jean Roach, Ohio Wesleyan University.
A life-long membership award was given to former OACRAO Treasurer, Ray Wise, who recently retired from his position as Registrar at Heidelberg College.
Treasurer's Report and 1998 Budget: Sharon Akridge presented the Proposed 1998 Budget. A motion was made and seconded:
Constitution Committee: Dave Sauter moved and a second was made for the
Of the Reorganization of Constitution and Bylaws per the information previously distributed. Motion was passed without discussion.
Nominating Committee Election: Dave Sauter presented the results of the Nominating Committee ballots:
Executive Committee Election: Dave Sauter opened the floor for nominees for each of the Executive Committee positions. Hearing none, the officers previously nominated were elected by acclimation as follows:
Historian - David Sauter has agreed to serve as Historian for OACRAO until a permanent replacement is named.
Demonstration of OACRAO Homepage: Deb Benton from Ohio University previewed the OACRAO WEB SITE: http://www.oacrao.ohiou.edu
Resolutions/Recognitions: Dave Sauter, Past-President presented Resolutions of Appreciation to:
Passing of the Gavel: President Glenn's parting words encouraged us to "give while you're still alive."
David Sauter presented a plaque representing OACRAO's appreciation to Glenn Davis for his services as OACRAO President. President Glenn passed the gavel to Brad Myers.
President Brad challenged us with a presentation on "Energizing OACRAO." We are required to do more with less; must balance competing priorities. Brad is truly excited regarding his role as President and looks forward to the challenge and continuing the professional development of our professional association. He further challenged to broaden our membership scope to new participants: data managers, graduate students, special interest groups (e.g. Law Schools, Graduate Schools). Individually we should personally offer encouragement, nurturing, and mentoring.
Brad reviewed the top three priorities of the 21st Century Taskforce:
Brad to strengthen ties outside OACRAO with AACRAO, sister midwestern States (Joint Conference in Year 2000), and in areas of Important Issues.
Brad closed by reading the attached poem:
A final Certificate of Appreciation was given to Past-President, Dave Sauter, in appreciation of his years of service to OACRAO.
1998 Local Arrangements Committee: Mindy Starcher and Martha Hicks will co-chair the Local Arrangements Committee for the 1998 Annual Meeting which will be held in Columbus at the Holiday Inn (I-70 and Hamilton Road East) on November 3, 4, and 5th.
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Janice E. (Walton) Williamson 1997 OACRAO Secretary
People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish or ulterior motives.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
The biggest people with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest people with the smallest minds.
People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
We're all over committed, over achieving and over our heads - with not enough time.
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