Membership Meeting Nashville, TN September 5, 2017
Agenda 8:30 AM - CONVENE MEETING 10:30 AM – PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL HEALTH REPORT • Roll Call & Approval of the Minutes of Membership Meeting – August 21, 2017 Presenter: Mike Myhre, Chair, ASBDC Board of (Secretary Chambers) Directors • Welcome and Recognition of New Members Session will include some small group dialogue on (Chairman Myhre) ideas for sustainable strategies 9:00 AM - PRESENTATION OF CONSENT AGENDA 11:30 AM – ASBDC LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY UPDATE • President’s Report Presenters: Tee Rowe, President and CEO, ASBDC • Chairman’s Report and Christian Conroy, Chair, ASBDC Legislative • Treasurer's Report Committee • Committee Reports 12:00 PM – LUNCH 9:30 AM – MEMBERSHIP VOTES (12:30 PM - Guest Speaker and Recognitions) • ASBDC Bylaw Amendment • ASBDC Board of Director Elections 1:30 PM – WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A SILENT PARTNER 10:00 AM – U.S. CHAMBER: FACES OF TRADE INITIATIVE 2:00 PM – SBA LEADERSHIP ENGAGEMENT Presenter: Derek Gianino, Director, International Guest Participant: Allen Gutierrez, Associate Policy Administrator for Office of Entrepreneurial U.S. Chamber of Commerce Development 10:15 AM – BREAK 3:00 PM - ADJOURN MEETING
Disaster Update Hurricane Harvey Small Businesses 40 Percent NEVER Reopen After Disaster
Secretary’s Report Roll Call – Quorum Present Approval of Minutes – Membership Meeting – February 6, 2017 Terry Chambers Secretary
President’s Report • Conference Update • General Business and Financial • Legislative • Contracts • Other Tee Rowe President & CEO
Chairman’s Report • Board Member Recognitions • Vision 2020 – How far we have come and how far we have left to go • SBA Relations – State Updates – 2-Year NOAs • Financial Health of America’s SBDCs Mike Myhre Chairman
Treasurer’s Report • Financial Statements – Month Ended August 31, 2017 (unreconciled) • Auditors Report • Unqualified Opinion Greg Panichello Treasurer
Committee Reports Accreditation Committee (Jody Keenan, Committee Chair) Committee Meeting, September 2-3, 2017 • 5 new reports reviewed; 2 report updates • 2 new members – Debra Martin, Associate State Director, West Virginia SBDC – Michael Singleton, Associate State Director, Arkansas SBTDC • Committee training on comment writing for reports • Discussed usage of new templates for self-study and final reports • Reviewed “Cool Things” List
Committee Reports Accreditation Committee (Jody Keenan, Committee Chair) Committee Training Sessions at Conference: • Accreditation Updates and Best Practices – 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM, Thursday, September 7th – Room: Canal A • Accreditation Training Basics – 1:45 PM – 5:15, Friday, September 8th – Room: Canal B
Committee Reports Accreditation Committee (Jody Keenan, Committee Chair) MEMBERSHIP VOTE NEEDED: Amend Standard 3.3 for Clarification Purposes Motion : Accreditation Standard 3.3 shall be amended to strike the second “that” in the first sentence and add the word “and.” It shall read: 3.3 Marketing and Branding The SBDC has a clear integration of its marketing strategy and image that conveys the SBDC as a cohesive network that and is part of the national SBDC program.
Committee Reports Conference Committee (Drew Tonsmeire, Committee Chair) 2017 Conference Numbers: • 1,560 total registered attendees – 1,329 SBDC registered attendees (as of 8/25/17) – 131 registered exhibitors, sponsors, booth personnel • 167 breakout workshops – 122 SBDC presenters (twice as many as last year) • 2 General sessions programs • 56 Exhibitors (exhibit floor sold out) – 6 Demo Presentations
Conference Committee Members Members: Drew Tonsmeire, Committee Chair Glenna Cush, Maryland SBDC Debra Martin, West Virginia SBDC Joel Youngs, Iowa SBDC Jonny Clark, Northeastern SBDC Ann Stromberg Johnson, Northern California SBDC David Kohl, Oregon SBDC Lisa Hall-Zielinski, Pennsylvania SBDC Lyle Wright, Minnesota SBDC Melissa Duff Brown, Illinois SBDC America’s SBDC Association Team: Donna Ettenson – Vice President of Operations April Youngblut – Director of Marketing & Communications Brett Thibodeau – Program Manager & Registrar Marisol Rivera-Diaz – Office Manager Karen Shannon – Conference Planner
Committee Reports Leadership Development Committee (Rande Kessler, Committee Chair) New State Director Training – New State Director Training (Day 1) • 1:45 PM - 5:15 PM, Wednesday, September 6th • Room: Ryman Studio FG – New State Director Training (Day 2) • 1:45 PM - 5:15 PM, Wednesday, September 6th • Room: Ryman Studio FG – Open only to New State Directors and New Associate State Directors - No Center Directors
Committee Reports Leadership Development Committee (Rande Kessler, Committee Chair) Coordinated three (3) State Director Roundtables 1. Long-Term Opportunities for Diversifying Federal Funding • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM, Wednesday, September 6th • Room: Ryman Studio FG 2. Opportunities to Enhance Your Network • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM, Thursday, September 7th • Room: Ryman Studio FG 3. Managing the SBA Relationship: Sharing Best Practices • 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM, Friday, September 8th • Room: Ryman Studio JK
Committee Reports Legislative Committee (Christian Conroy, Committee Chair) • Board supported Tee to retain outside lobbying services. – Budget currently provides funding for outside lobbying support. – Contract reviewed by Board at its August 21 st meeting. • Becker & Poliakoff, $6,000 per month through December 31, 2017 • After the original terms of the contract, either party may terminate the Agreement for reasonable cause upon not less than thirty (30) days notice to the other party • Committee focused on strategies to secure flat ($125M) or increased funding ($130M) for core program. Facing threat of cut to $120M. BOARD ACTION NEEDED: None
Committee Reports Communications, Marketing and Branding Committee (Jacqueline Taylor, Committee Chair) • Monthly Conference Calls: – Focused on promotional strategies and tactics for: • Millennial Study (June 2017) • M3 Conference (June 2017 – New Orleans) • Marketing Meetup (September 2017 – Nashville) – 3:45-5:15 PM, Wednesday, September 6 th – Room: Canal A – Marketing Meetup will consist of several “flash talks” on marketing topics relevant to SBDCs, but also include roundtable discussions on best practices for SBDCDay . It’s been decided that going forward, SBDCDay will be held the 3rd Wednesday of March, which will be March 21st in 2018.
Resounding Success
Save the date! March 21, 2018
AmericasSBDC.org Marketing Materials - 2017 SBDC Day Toolkit, Recap Video, Network Stats Infographic - Branding Guidelines, Logos, Graphics, Messaging - SBDCGenStudy Toolkit - Marketing Meet-Up Webinars - Samples, Best Practices - Accreditation Materials - And more Access a variety of marketing resources on the Association’s “Marketing Resources” webpage; http://americassbdc.org/members/marketing-resources/ (Login Required! un: AmericasSBDC pw: sbdcstar)
Committee Reports Operations Committee (Pam Benedon & Mary Hoffman, Committee Co-Chairs) • In March, Committee Members reviewed the draft 2018 Program Announcement (PA) shared by the OSBDC. – Discussed Committee comments with Vicky Mundt, Deputy Associate Administrator OSBDC and SBA Program Manager Traci Giddens – While the OSBDC agreed to most of the requests made by the Operations Committee, OSBDC stood firm on a significant point: carryover and supplemental funding policy. – The OSBDC directed us to refer to the language of the CFR to find answers to our questions about the policy. – OSBDC may consider adding language to the NOA about carryover and supplemental funding.
Committee Reports Operations Committee (Pam Benedon & Mary Hoffman, Committee Co-Chairs) • In August, Board Chair Myhre requested the Operations Committee considered and provided feedback on SBA’s proposal for spending annual funding over two years, thus eliminating the need for supplemental and carry-forward funding. • The consensus of the majority of the Committee members was that the proposal would result in more work for the SBDC and campus financial staff and potentially more confusion caused by accounting for concurrent multiple federal accounts. • Board Chair Myhre provided feedback to OSBDC on August 31 st .
Committee Reports Data and Research Committee (Lisa Shimkat, Committee Chair) • Accumulating data definitions – Request made to determine definitions for items being used within the comparisons so that when the comparison occurs, the data is cleaner. – A full listing of proposed definitions or options attached with requests to committee members for the remaining ones – ROI. • Collecting list of databases used by SBDCNet and SBDC network to identify opportunities for economy of scales – Attempting to identify opportunities for national licenses for common databases used by networks. – Delineation needs to be clarified between educational licenses, SBDCNet licenses and who would be the clearinghouse for national license.
Amendments to the Bylaws Unless You Are Allen Adams
America’s SBDC Board of Directors 2017 - 2018
U.S. CHAMBER: FACES OF TRADE Derek Gianino Director, International Policy U.S. Chamber of Commerce TradeWorksForUs.com
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