I'm going to try and put as many postings up as I can regarding the NACUMS conference, but as you can probably guess, there is a lot going on here and I may not always be able to do it as often as I like.
Today was a good example. Members have been coming in all day it was terrific to see so many familiar faces. Early registration was held down in the lobby but I had to miss it to get ready for the Board of Directors meeting in the evening. This year the Member Services Committee wrote lovely notes to first time attendees, and provided nice bags with water bottles and souvenir trinkets.
The Board of Directors meeting was supposed to be from 7-10, but ended closer to 11:30. Much of the meeting was devoted to issues relating to the current conference, but other topics were also discussed. With all the new projects and programs that are under way (more on those in future blog posts) we have decided that we now need to put more efforts into contracting for outside managements services, maybe. A special task force headed by the Vice President, Mike Butts, to look into all aspects of this matter will be formed. Lea Holt and I met with the heads of NAEP (National Association of Educational Procurement) and NACUBO (National Association of College & University Business Officers) in February to learn the basics, but now we need more detailed plans. We also discussed Committee plans, the details of the Membership Meeting on Monday, news from the Regional associations, and Board Officer responsibilities.
Tomorrow I will check in with you with more updates, but it's late now and I'm a bit tired.
The 2011 NACUMS Conference has begun! We are all so excited to see our "old" friends (trust me, some of us are old...) and looking forward to meeting new members of the family. I would like to Thank Mark for "dragging" NACUMS into the cyber age with the new blog and look forward to MORE exciting new things to come. If you have never attended a NACUMS conference you don't know what you are missing. If you have & couldn't come this year just know we miss you and hope to see you at next year's event.
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