SPEECH COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION OF OHIO
BUSINESS MEETING
Saturday, October 7, 2000

I.  CALL TO ORDER
President Chris Goddard called the meeting to order at 12:40 p.m.

II.  APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Thomas “TR” Ruddick moved for approval of the minutes from the 1999 business meeting.  John Weispfenning seconded the motion.  The motion passed.

III.  ANNOUNCEMENTS
President Goddard announced that since the 1999 Business Meeting, Cable Green of The Ohio State University had informed the executive council that he would be unable to accept the position of President of SCAO due to academic and professional obligations.  

IV.  REPORTS

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
Executive Secretary, Candice Thomas-Maddox, reported that the association currently has approximately $5,850 in its account.  Estimated attendance at the 2000 conference is 87, with 34 representatives from OHSSL in attendance.  This is up 5 from the 1999 conference.  She also indicated that a total of 90 coaches and students were in attendance for the OFA Tournament and Workshop, representing 11 schools.

JOURNAL EDITOR
President Goddard presented the Journal Editor’s report for Karyl Sabbath.  Goddard reported that there have been 22 submissions for the 2000 journal, and 7 manuscripts were selected by the review board for publication.  The current journal is at the printers and will be mailed to the membership upon its completion.  He asked that those who are interested in submitting manuscripts for review should send them to Karyl Sabbath, the journal editor for the Ohio Speech Journal.  Goddard announced that Dudley Turner was named the Journal Business Manager, and will no longer be responsible for reviewing manuscripts.

V.  NOMINATIONS
President Goddard announced that Nancy Kelley, Lorain County Community College, has agreed to have her name submitted as a candidate for SCAO President.  Goddard asked for additional nominations for President.  John Weispfenning moved that nominations be closed.  Pamela Dawes seconded the motion.  Motion passed.  Nancy Kelley was elected the 2000-2002 President for SCAO.  Kelley introduced herself to the organization.

Goddard asked for nomination for the office of Vice President.  He pointed out that this person should be a high school representative who will serve 2 years as Vice President and then move into the office of President from 2002-2004.  No nominations were submitted

Goddard announced that there are 6 positions on the nominating committed that need filled – three college representatives and three high school representatives.  He asked for interested persons to contact members of the executive board.

VI.  OLD BUSINESS
There was no old business

VII.  NEW BUSINESS

BASIC COURSE COMPETENCIES DOCUMENT ENDORSEMENT
Thomas “TR” Ruddick announced that he has completed “Competencies for the Basic Communication Course” (see attached document).  He discussed his plans to take this document to the State Board of Regents and the Transfer Modules Committee to include on their list of courses to be approved.  He also indicated that this document may serve as an influence on the NCA Model of Competencies, which was adopted in 1994.  Ruddick moved and Weispfenning seconded that SCAO endorse the competencies.   Alan Rubin raised some concerns regarding the document.  He discussed some areas to consider with regard to the impact of the document on various communication departments.  Rebecca Rubin pointed out the strengths of the current NCA competencies document and suggested that a national document might be more influential to present to the Board of Regents than a state document.  

Jim Grissinger moved and Alan Rubin seconded to table the issue until further discussion could take place in departments and among members. The motion passed.

 Jerry Feezel indicated that we should still consider moving on the issue rather than waiting a year to discuss this again.  He suggested that we integrate ideas and standards from the NCA document and urged us to move as quickly as possible on this.  Ruddick indicated that the current document was reviewed by several volunteers and pointed out that Maryland adopted a similar document last year and he feels we need to be represented in the transfer module as a general education course.  Grissinger inquired as to the time line that we’re working under to present this document to the committee, and Ruddick indicated that this time line is vague.  It was decided that the executive board would form a committee to review the document and vote via ballot.

AWARDS
President Goddard recognized the Executive Council and John Weispfenning for their support and assistance during the past year.

Goddard presented the following awards:

•2000 SCAO Distinguished Coach – Sharen Althoff
•2000 Distinguished Student Organization – Ohio University Chapter of the National Communication Association Student Club
•2000 Distinguished Program – Otterbein College Department of Communication, John Weispfenning, Chair
•2000 Distinguished Teacher – Rebecca B. Rubin, Kent State University

Each recipient was presented with a plaque.  SCAO made a $25 donation to the OHSSL Endowment fund in Althoff’s name, presented a $25 award to the Ohio University NCASC, and made a $25 donation in Otterbein and Rubin’s names to the SCAO Endowment Fund.

Susan Millsap, Kerry Strayer, and Jeff Blair presented the OFA Sweepstakes Awards.  Winners included:
•Debate – 1st Ohio State University, 2nd Ohio University, 3rd Otterbein
•Individual Events (Presidential Division) – 1st Marietta, 2nd Muskingam, 3rd Heidelberg, 4th Capital, 5th University of Dayton
•Individual Events (Open Division) – 1st Ohio University, 2nd The Ohio State University, 3rd Miami University, 4th Cedarville University, 5th Bowling Green State University
•OFA Educator of the Year – Jerry Miller, Ohio University

Thomas-Maddox presented Goddard with a plaque and recognized him for his dedication and service as President for 1998-2000.  

Meeting adjourned at 1:25 p.m.

Submitted by: Candice Thomas-Maddox, Executive Secretary