Greetings from the Commonwealth of Virginia! On June 18, 2012, Melissa Barnes passed the president’s gavel to Margaret Murphy during the transition retreat held at the beautiful, rustic 4H Conference Center in Wakefield, Virginia. Melissa finished her year by reporting on the successful annual conference held in Norfolk, Virginia May 20 thru 23, 2012. Highlights of her year include a successfully Super Saturday outreach event at 63 locations across the state, two non-conference training events for VASFAA members, guidance counselor workshops at 11 sites, and the creation of the VASFAA Enrichment & Reinvestment Program or VERP.
Our 2012-2013 Board includes:
Margaret Murphy, President Tarik Boyd, Representative at Large
Melissa Barnes, Past President Lisa Branson, Representative at Large
Ashley Reich, President-Elect Brian DeYoung, Representative at Large
Etta Feinauer, Secretary Paul Farrar, Representative at Large
Lisa Tumer, Treasurer Elizabeth “Biz” Daniel, Treasurer-Elect
Focusing on positioning students and professionals for success, VASFAA committees are moving forward on their goals for the year. In addition to the Awareness Committee’s continued support of Super Saturday, we are increasing our grant request to further support our secondary school outreach. Secondary School Relations plans to expand our training outreach from 11 to 24 sites for guidance counselor workshops. If grant funding is not available, the Board supports the committee’s goals and urged the committee apply for VERP funding as a secondary funding source.
VERP funding will also be requested to fund non-conference training events for paid VASFAA members (all others would be charged a $35 registration fee). Currently Training Committee has scheduled a day-long, training event for October 11, 2012 at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. Greg Martin will provide a fall federal update. It is anticipated that a SCHEV representative will provide an update, and the committee will provide two or more concurrent sessions on hot topics. A similar training event is planned in March elsewhere in the state. The possibility of another NAOW day in the fall in addition to the one held in conjunction with our annual conference is being researched.
Our membership committee will be sponsoring an early bird paid membership drive by offering a drawing for a conference registration to one lucky VASFAA member who has paid his or her membership dues by the end of August. Current and past VASFAA members will receive information about that opportunity. Of course, the other incentive for early payment is attending the fall training at no cost.
Site Selection is already at work on our 2014 conference site. The 2013 Conference Committee is already at work on our annual conference which will be held at the Hampton Roads Convention Center in Hampton, Virginia, May 12 thru 15, 2013.
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