Region VI Report to Executive Council – June 2007
Next
regional meeting scheduled for June 22, 2007 at NYIT Manhattan Campus.
Topics:
1. School Panel Discussion on
Preferred Lender Lists – Best Practices.
2. Leadership
training – Lorraine Capuano, of The
Organization Effectiveness Group, LLC
The program is a very interactive. Participants
get a personal assessment of their
“Coaching skills on 5 key Coaching Competencies”,
followed by practical skill building.
3. Getting involved in NYSFAAA.
Elections
Current officers running again,
except for Executive Council Representative and we have at least two nominations
for that position.
Tri-Regional- May 4 at NYU
137 people pre-registered. Estimated attendance 130
The agenda offered something for everyone. A
Audit Findings
Web writing
Money Management
Several updates, i.e. state and
NYSFAAA.
Used the Region VI training survey to
guide the selection of topics.
Respondents were asked about there interest in :
Technology - 63% of requested web
technology.
Office
procedures – the most popular at 17.8% was Audit Findings.
42 people returned evaluations.
The averages, on a 1 - 5 scale, 5 was the best
rating, are:
Writing for the Web: 4.06
Audit Findings: 4.35
Financial Literacy: 4.26
Comments showed people were attracted by different
topics.
March
29 regional meeting -
In excess of 30 registrants. Timing was
not the best but was limited by the space availability.
Jim Valle presented a Federal Update: Budgets, Policies, and NegRegs
Training -Top 10 Financial Aid Pitfalls & How
to Avoid Them – presented by Brad Finger
Various
updates College Goal Sunday and Tri-Regional, HESC,
etc.
February Meeting (Tax Workshop). February 15th
81 registered, 70 attended
Future activities:
High School Guidance Counselor co-chairs Mina
Friedmann and Brian Ghanoo
Planning a support staff workshop for Fall in
early October.