| Region 3 Regional Notes/Report |
| Notes/Report: DATE: January 1, 2005 - 12/9/05 Report to Exec  Region 3 Report to NYSFAAA Executive Council December 9, 2005 Support Staff Workshop Wednesday, October 26, 2005 Region 3 held its Support Staff Workshop at the Craftsman Inn in Fayetteville. Committee members included: Karen Blankenburg, Sheila Cooley, Jackie Darquea, Scott Lewis, Lorraine Mothershed, Gina Soliz, and Darcie Stephens. 50 Support Staff from the region registered. Ther registration fee per person was $10.00. Patti Carey of EdFund presented “Journey of Change” and Laura Mills-Lewis presented “Why can’t we all just get along” 90% of the evaluations collected rated the overall quality of the workshop to be “Good” to Excellent”. Guidance Counselor November 4, 2005 there was Guidance Counselors workshop held in Binghamton. 40 participants attended. It was discovered that day that there was a State Wide Guidance event in Rochester which may have accounted for the lower attendance. Last year 75 counselors attended. Evaluations were Good to Excellent. November 18, 2005 there was Guidance Counselor workshop in Syracuse. There were approximately 150 participants. The number is up from last year. Some thought it might be that the counselors that could not attend Binghamton came to Syracuse. CAAN Annette reported that there are two Forms Workshops planned. LeMoyne is scheduled for January 7th and Mohawk Valley Community College is scheduled for January 14th. There will be the call-in TV show again-date to be announced. Eileen will be doing the media coverage and will be looking for “TV Stars”. If interested contact her. It was brought up at the last regional meeting that “Ask the Expert” in not working. I contacted John and Judi concerning this issue. Program Committee Kathy reported that they are currently working on speakers and times. She suggested that in the Spring we try to contact who we want for speakers for the up coming year. There would be less conflict with schedules. Kathy has been asked to forward out meeting information on to Heather when it gets finalized. Christmas Meeting Our Holiday meeting is scheduled for December 16, 2005 at the Sherwood Inn in Skaneateles. We will have a business meeting as well as a training topic of Identity Theft. Jeff Hanson, Director of Borrower Education Services, Access Group will be the presenter. We then will have a Holiday Lunch. The region voted to charge member $15 with the additional cost of $6 being paid by the regional treasurer. Non members are welcome to join us for a cost of $21.00. Respectfully submitted: Sharon Karwowski POSTED BY: Sharon Karwowski |