Region 3 Regional Notes/Report

Notes/Report: DATE: January 30, 2006 - Report to Exxec Council Region3 Report to NYSFAAA Executive Council January 30, 2006 (Sharon was unable to attend. Nancy Teodecki reported to council) December meeting: over 30 individuals braved the weather and attended our Meeting and Holiday Luncheon on 12/16. Training topic was ‘Identity Theft’ presented by Jeff Hanson of the ACCESS Group. Excellent session and highly recommended if you are looking to offer this topic in the future. January meeting: very well attended for the training topic ‘Selecting a Preferred Lender’. Great interaction between lender and school representatives as to what schools expect from their lending partners and lenders responses to school concerns. CAAN Activities- Application workshops held in Syracuse and Utica Colgate representative interviewed by a local new station during their Noon hour broadcast Paying for College broadcast during a local new stations 1 ½ hour broadcast along with phone bank. Over 70 calls were answered during this time by 5 NYSFAAA members from Cayuga Community College, Onondaga Community College, Syracuse University, & SUNY Upstate Medical University. Judi Miladin was also interviewed during this broadcast. Intermediate Workshop: Site for workshop for regions 1,2,3 has been secured- Brockport. Date to be announced. Conference Registration issue: Discussed at our January meeting, Region 3 members feel that the cost should be raised due to offering credit card use. If costs are not being met, then conference fee should be raised as the ‘cost of doing business’. HESC issue: A member asked HESC to respond to the issue that it seems to be taking an extremely long time for FAFSA link to TAP on the Web to show up, and that corrections do not seem to be going through as quick as they should, or at all when made by administrators on the web. Request for funds: Region3 has contracted with Steve Morgan for a 2 hour session at our June meeting to be held in Geneva. We are also inviting members of Regions 1 & 2. Fee was negotiated. Since Region3 does not solicit funds from lenders, we request $2000 for the speaker’s fee and travel expenses. POSTED BY: Sharon Karwowski