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Highlights from 2006 Summer NIRSA Board Meeting

NIRSA Board of Directors and Student Leadership Team convene in Corvallis

Attendees of the 2006 Summer Board Meeting. Front row: Kent J. Blumenthal, NIRSA Executive Director; Amy Jo Jenkins, National Student Representative; Jen de-Vries, Region VI Vice President; Tom Kirch, President-elect; Maureen McGonagle, President. Second row: Therese Kennedy, Region III Vice President; Linda Clauss, 05-06 National Student Representative; James Pitre, 04-06 Region IV Vice President; George Brown, Region II Vice President; William Ehling, 04-06 Region II Vice President. Third row: Juliette Moore, Past Presidents’ Representative; Greg Jordan, Past President; Mike Waldron, Region IV Vice President. Back row: Vicki Highstreet, Region V Vice President; Sev-Ira’ Brown, Region I Vice President.

The 2006-2007 Student Leadership Team. Front row: Salvatore Giani, Region III; Shannon Shaffer, Region IV; Pamela Hightower, Region II. Back row: Shannon Gomez, Region VI; Amy Jo Jenkins, National Student Representative; Zachary Brost, Region V; Paulette Lanzerotti, Region I.

President Maureen McGonagle presided over the Summer Board Meeting at the NIRSA National Center June 12-16. In addition, the NIRSA Student Leadership Team, led by National Student Representative Amy Jo Jenkins, met to develop strategies for the coming year. Highlights of the board meeting include:

• Approval to join The Higher Education Associations’ Sustainability Consortium (HEASC). The sustainability consortium is a network of higher education associations with a commitment to advancing sustainability in our constituencies and in the system of higher education itself.
• Reaffirmation of the School of Recreational Sports Management schedule rotation for the next three years (Level I for two years, then Level II in the third year).
• Presentation of the FY2005 financial review by NIRSA outside CPA firm Moss Adams, LLP.
• Discussion of developing NIRSA’s Knowledge Communities, modeled after NASPA. The Knowledge Communities would allow more opportunities for membership involvement. Knowledge Communities provide opportunities for professionals with similar interests to explore topics for discussion and debate, to exchange programming ideas, and to focus on issues for the consideration of the Board of Directors.

 A big thank you to outgoing Region II Vice President William Ehling and Region IV Vice President James Pitre for their service to the association over the past two years, and to outgoing National Student Representative Linda Clauss for her year of service.