SPEECH COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION OF OHIO
GENERAL BUSINESS MEETING
Saturday October 11, 2003
Otterbein College – Westerville, OH

I.CALL TO ORDER

Vice President Jeff Tyus called the meeting to order at 12:30 p.m.
Jeff indicated that it was an exciting year for SCAO and asked members to look at the agenda.  Tyus asked for approval of the minutes from the 2002 meeting.  Nancy Kelley offered the motion, Lisa Wallace seconded, and the motion passed.

II.ANNOUNCEMENTS

Tyus thanked all the member of the Executive Committee for their work.  He specifically thanked Karyl Sabbath for editorial work for the Journal.  He also thanked Otterbein College for allowing the use of their facilities and for the great food.  Tyus also thanked Dr. Peggy Finucane for excellent planning and for program she put together for this year’s conference.  Jeff Tyus asked everyone to keep Peggy and her family in mind because her daughter was sick and had an undergone surgery.  SCAO sent a card and gift certificate to her.

III.REPORT

A.EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT

Sheida Shirvani reported that our account is healthy. The current balance is $ 6,553.57.   We need to encourage our colleagues to join.
Registrations received:  60 
Organization Members:  114
OEA members:  35
Total membership:  150
New members joining that day: no count available

B.JOURNAL EDITOR’S REPROT
Karyl Sabbath shared with the members that the Journal Vol. 40 is out and will be available at the conference.  She asked members to pick up their Journals before they leave the conference.
She reported that the Ohio University Communication Department wrote an introduction to a piece Paul Boase wrote before his death.  SCAO published this piece on Vol. 40.  
Karyl Sabbath extended the deadline for the next volume to November 15, 2003.  She indicated that we had only 3 pieces submitted and encouraged everyone to make submissions.

IV.OLD BUSINESS

Jeff Tyus:
The theme for the upcoming Journal is service learning (civic services, or you could call it communication services). He reported that next year we are going to have activities related to our theme and asked everyone to participate in service activities.  
There was a suggestion from the floor that SCAO consider having civic activities all day Friday prior to the conference; on Saturday we would have reflection time.  These strategies were used at last year’s NCA and were successful.
It was suggested that because the theme is service learning, it would be a good idea if we invited our colleagues from high schools, because they can do a lot of service learning for next year.
It was also suggested that we look at Ohio Campus Compact both as a  model program and for a speaker for next year’s program.  
It was brought to the attention of the board that we may be able to get a grant from Ohio Campus Compact for this project.  

Jeff Tyus also talked about combining our conference with other organizations.  Michigan JC Association has offered to have a combined conference. Successful models exist in Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Illinois, and Kentucky.  David indicated that we do not need to make the conference too big.  We might lessen the number of members participating.  It was suggested to take a poll by sending a survey to the membership.  The tenor of the discussion was skeptical regarding this issue.

V.NEW BUSINESS

Jeff Tyus reported that he will take the position of Chair next year.  An election for the vice presidency will be needed.  We still have time, but he asked the members who would like to have a leadership position in the organization.  
A question came from the floor asked the responsibilities of the vice president and the term of office.  The answered was two years as vice president, followed by two years as chair.

VI.AWARDS
Jeff Tyus presented checks to the first, second, and third place paper competition winners.

UNDERGRADUATE:  
Lauren Wallace, First Place, $75 
	Katherine Ferguson, Second Place, $50 

GRADUATE:
	William Joe Watson, First Place, $100
Carol Savery, Second Place, $75
	Tucker J. Hall, Third Place, $50 

The persons submitting the nominations introduced for each of this year’s SCAO awards were asked to introduce their candidates:

2003 SCAO Award Recipients
•Hannah Fritzman – Distinguished Undergraduate Student Awards
•Molly McDermott – Distinguished undergraduate student Award
•Shannon Brogan – Distinguished Graduate Student Award
•Christine Pease-Hernandez – Distinguished Graduate Student Award
•Lyle Linerode – Distinguished Coach Award
•WJCU Distinguished Student Organization Award (John Carroll University)
•Kent State University School of Communication Studies—Distinguished Program Award

The OFA President presented the recipients of the OFA 2002-2003 awards.

PRESIDENT’S DIVISION:
•1st Akron University 
•2nd Malone College 
•3rd Kent State University
•4th Kenyon College
•5th Heidelberg College

OPEN DVISION:
•1st Cedarville University 
•2nd Bowling Green State University 
•3rd Ohio University
•4th Ohio State University
•5th Miami University

DEBATE DIVISION:
•1st Ohio University 
•2nd Cedarville University
•3rd Ohio State University

Pamela Royse’s name was drawn for the HOPS gift certificate.  All attendees who returned their conference registration by the deadline were included in this drawing.

VII.ADJOURNMENT

The meeting was adjourned at 1:25.