SCAO Business Meeting
Otterbein College Westerville, Ohio
October 9, 2004

Mary Ann Flannery:  Call to the order at 10 am
Accepted the last year minutes with no change.

Mary Ann Flannery thanked the Executive Board for the outstanding job done in the past two years.  She thanked Peggy Finnucane for great conference planning in the last two years.  She thanked Karyl Sabbeth for the good editorial work and Sheida Shirvani for her worked as Executive Director.  She thanked Jeff Tyus and passed the gavel to him.

Ballot and voting for name change:
•	Mary Ann Flannery explained the ballot and why we were amending the bylaws to change the organization's name.
•	The ballot was passed around and, after a short discussion, the votes were collected and counted.
•	The name of organization officially changed to Ohio Communication Association (OCA), effective immediately.  
•	Everyone was asked to encourage their colleagues to become members of the organization.

Old Business
•	Focus on high school but not as closely as in the past.
•	We are a scholarly organization so focus on the graduate students and promoting scholarly activities.
•	Matthew agreed to help by focusing on high schools to bring them back to the organization.
•	Jeff announced that the next conference is going to be at Sinclair Community College in Dayton.  
•	Our focus will be on community colleges

New Business - None

Jeff asked that we encourage our colleagues and students to go to regional and national conferences.  Then Jeff gave the awards.
•	Undergraduate second place Morgan Hahn Ohio University Athens
•	Undergraduate First place Natalie Long Ohio University
•	Undergraduate First place collaboration Catherine Bauman and Amy Baker
•	Graduate program:  Second Place David Novak OU
•	Graduate program: First Place Erin Kleman KSU
•	Distinguish graduate students Chan

Susan Millsap gave the OFA awards:
•	Swept State Award debate
Ohio University 1st place
Ohio State 2nd place
Otterbein College 3rd place
Bowling Green 4th place

•	President Debate Individual
Akron 1st place
Case Western 2nd place
Heidelberg College 3rd place
Malone College 4th place
Wayne College 5th place

•	Open Division
Cedarville University 1st place
Bowling Green University 2nd place
Ohio State University 3rd place
Ohio University 4th place
Miami University 5th place

•	OF Educator Coach
Matthew More - Cedarville University

Other balloting
•	Candice Thomas-Maddox - Vice president 
•	Jason Wrench- Conference planner
•	Matthew Smith - College Rep
•	Pamela Kyler College Rep
•	Richard Henderson – Newsletter editor

Jeff once again thanked Mary Ann for her two years of service and presented a plaque for the outstanding service.  He also recognized Nancy Kelley for outstanding service as past president and presented her with a plaque.  Finally, he thanked the designed team from Sinclair Community College for their contribution to the organization and for creating a great brochure and logo.

Meeting adjourned at 1:45 pm