IMA Lincoln Trail Regional Council - Meeting Minutes
Date: March 3, 2001

The meeting was called to order by Bob Smith.

Brian McGuire will chair the conference in San Diego next year and is asking for volunteers to help. He will also chair the governors task force on national, council, and chapter level trying to streamline the organizational structure, merge committees, look at the number of directors and look at adding diversity to meet our membership versus current board. He would like any suggestions. You may email Brian at bmcguire@usi.edu.

Northern Kentucky – Attended a meeting in January. They had 7 people participating on the board. They have dropped to 4^th place in Warner. He is now on the mailing list for the minutes. Cincinnati is starting to attend their meetings.

Louisville – They are in 1^st place in Stevenson. CMA review course in going along very well. Having some dual meetings and moving sites. Most positions filled for next year’s board. May be able to do some CMA/CFM review next year. UPS underwrites the costs. CFM review in September (Part 2), on Saturday, September 12 for 6 weeks.

Bloomington - They are currently in 12^th place. They have split meetings between lunch and dinner. They are working on recruiting new members.

Wabash Valley – Has had no contact with this chapter.

Indianapolis – The president is making sure that things are getting done. The have a slat of officers almost complete for next year.

South Central – Submitted key positions for next year’s board. They are planning an Ice Hockey outing. VITA is currently running. They are currently in 3^rd place.

Michiana – Membership is staying even. Currently in 16^th place. They have 5 people going to conference. July 19^th golf outing, if anyone is interested they may contact John Engel at John.H.Engel3@nd.edu . They want to set up a student chapter "Michiana" that would service all schools in the area.

Indiana East – Officers are set for next year. Sherry Hampton will be President. VITA is currently running.

North Central Indiana – They have 6 members out of 24 attend the meetings and 2 active student members. They want to move the money they have left in their treasury to benefit students. They have 4-5 students on their membership roll.

Fort Wayne - They are an active chapter, but do not report to anyone. Past President’s do not attend meetings. They have a large membership, but very few attend the meetings.

Evansville – Board almost complete. CMA review is going on and should continue into next year. Currently 9^th place.

Bluegrass – Currently in 87^th place. Membership has dropped to 209 members. Good board in place. Board is comprised of past presidents. Corporate support has been reduced.

Bill Holland -- Financial Executive of the Year is Constance Lund from Indianapolis, Senior VP Corp Finance for American United Life Insurance.

JR VP – Paul Berrier
SR VP – Julie Kern
Regional Directors -- David Allen, Bob Benjamin, Marcia Drake, Larry Mahler, Martha Orth, Greg Hampton.
Incoming President – Bill Holland
President Elect – Rudy McCue
Secretary – Teresa Hattabaugh
Treasurer – Brenda Engel

Chuck – Format for CMS will be the same as last year. In Louisville 5/12 , South Central & Michiana on 4/28. There will be a small leadership presentation at the council meeting.

Website –Value Web which is $75 for 2 years and $20 per month. All chapters can be part of this site for no additional cost. Motion was made to make Value Web site for council and for any chapters who want to join. - Passed

Need to get newsletter submissions in early due to the short time span between meetings.

Sharing the hospitality suite with Tennessee, Carolinas and North Central. Looking for contributions for the give away for the Treasure Chest. Need volunteers to work in the suite. Need to send out letters to chapters asking for contributions. Motion made to ask chapters to contribute at least $50. – Passed

Committee should follow through for seminar in the spring of 2002 (possibly 4/19 or 4/26). Check with Ohio council and National for recommendations and availability of speakers. Set it to sign up for AM session, PM session or both.

October 2001 PD seminar - use Liv’s class again since it would be to a different audience.

Would like to get a student member on the council.

The student who serves on the Board will get an opportunity to attend the San Diego Conference in June 2002. The process by which the member will be chosen will be very simple. The following is the procedure that will be used:

Three letters be submitted to the IMA Chapter to which the students are affiliated. The three letters must come from 1. The student. 2. An IMA Member from the sponsoring Chapter and 3. From a Faculty Member at the College or University that the Student attends. The Chapters will then decide which student they feel is the best candidate for this position. That group of letters will be sent to the Chair of the Student and At Large Member Committee-John Engel for the final selection of the nominee. The students term will begin at the July Regional Council Meeting in Lexington.

Motion made – To send letter to chapter presidents that we have a new student position open on the board with a chance of going to the conference. We need nominations from the chapters with the deadline being April 15^th. – Passed

The meeting was then adjourned.