National Communication Association

Minutes 2000

Instructional Development Division

Annual Business Meeting Minutes

November 11, 2000

Seattle, Washington

Attendance:  46 members were in attendance. The members attending and their email addresses are attached.

 I.                    Call to Order

Immediate Past Chair Sara C. Weintraub, who was sitting in for current Chair Ann B. Frymier, called the 2000 IDD business meeting to order at 2:00 p.m. Ann and her husband are proud parents of a new baby boy. New members were welcomed.

 II.                 Introduction of Officers

Sara introduced current officers of the IDD division: Vice-Chair Elect Sally Vogl-Bauer, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Vice-Chair Scott Myers, Creighton University, and Secretary Timothy Mottet, Southwest Texas State University.

 III.               Approval of 1999 IDD Business Meeting Minutes (Chicago)

The minutes from the 1999 Chicago conference prepared by Secretary Betsy Back were approved.  

IV.              Election of New Officers

Ann Darling was introduced as Chair of the Nominating Committee. Sara thanked Ann and her committee members Cheri Simonds and K. David Roach for their work in putting the ballot together.

 All nominated committee members in attendance stood and introduced themselves to those in attendance.

 A.    Vice-Chair Elect

            Jerry Allen, University of New Haven

            Robert Barraclough, West Virginia University

            Jennifer Waldeck, University of Kansas

B.     Secretary

            Joe Chesebro, SUNY-Brockport

            Candice Thomas-Maddox, Ohio University

            Tasha Souza, Humboldt State University

C.     Nominating Committee

            Steven Beebe, Southwest Texas State University

            Deanna Dannels, North Carolina State University

            Pam Hayward, Lake Superior State University

            Janet Hoffmann, Macon State College

            Melissa Wanzer, Canisius College

Ann Darling asked for nominations from the floor. There were none and nominations were closed. Ballots were distributed and members voted. Ann Darling, David Roach, and Betsy Bach, who filled in for missing nominating committee member Cheri Simonds, counted ballots.

 V.                Reports

 ANNOUNCEMENTS

 John Heineman, Lincoln High School (Nebraska), Member of Education Policies Board. John announced that the EPB is in the process of developing a "belief statement" that reflects the beliefs of the NCA in terms of communication education. This document would be used to guide the development of policy platforms as well as guide NCA when addressing questions from outside agencies. John requested the assistance of IDD members in the development of such a belief statement and encouraged members to email him with their suggestions. (jheine@lps.org.)

Phil Backlund, Central Washington University, Communication Curriculum Special Focus Editor for Communication Education. Phil announced a special edition of Communication Education that is focusing on the Communication Curriculum: What Should We Teach and How Should We Teach It? Phil encouraged IDD members to submit manuscripts to this special edition. Papers can be data based or appropriately documented "think pieces." Submissions for this special edition must be received by March 1, 2001. Any questions, please email Phil at backphil@cwu.edu. 

Sara Weintraub, Regis College. Sara recognized several IDD members who received the prestigious Teaching and Learning Scholar Award from the NCA. Recipients of this prestigious award included

            Pam Cooper

            Jody Nyquist

            Jo Sprague

            Andrew Wolvin

            K. David Roach

            Julia Wood

Bill Eadie, NCA National Office, Associate Director. Highlights from Bill's announcements included the following:

o    The national office is still recovering from the fire and move.

o    Sherwyn Morreale and other national officers are currently interacting and networking with the Southern Poverty Law Center's "Communicating Common Ground" program. Bill reported that we are receiving notice from the higher education community for our work with this agency.

o    NCA was notified that it is now eligible to participate in the Carnegie Foundation's Advancement of Teaching and Learning scholars program. Several NCA members including IDD members have applied to become a Carnegie Scholar. Deadline was November 1, 2000.

o    Legislative council has approved a discipline specific "Teaching Standards Document" for teacher training of K-12 grade speech communication teachers.  This document has been forwarded to NCAT and other accreditation agencies for their use and adoption. The document includes standards for speaking, listening, and media literacy.

o    There will be a summer conference in June focusing on trends in communication education in Washington, DC. The conference will include six different foci. Sherwyn Morreale and Isa Engleberg are conference organizers.

Ann Darling, University of Utah. Ann thanked all IDD members who were nominated and included on the 2001 ballot, and announced the winners of the election.

            Vice-Chair Elect: Jennifer Waldeck

            Secretary: Tasha Souza

Nominating Committee: Melissa Wanzer, Pam Hayward, and

                                            Steven Beebe

Michael Walton, University of North Caroline-Chapel Hill encouraged all IDD members to get involved with NCA’s “Communicating Common Ground” program calling it an “invigorating and inspiring” program. 

CHAIR’S REPORT

Sarah Weintraub presented Top Paper Awards for Chair Ann Frymier:

o    Top Paper awarded to Amy Furber, Los Angeles Center for Education Research and Ruth Guzley, California State University, Chico.

o    Second Paper awarded to Ann Frymier, Miami University and Melissa Wanzer, Canisius College.

o    Third Paper awarded to Scott Myers, Creighton University, Timothy Mottet, Southwest Texas State University, and Matt Martin, West Virginia University.

VICE CHAIR’S REPORT

Scott Myers thanked Ann Frymier for her service to the IDD and congratulated her on being a new mother.

Scott congratulated and presented Top Student Paper Awards:

o    Camille Browder, Texas Christian University.

o    Autumn Edwards, University of Kansas and Chad Edwards, University of Kansas.

Scott reviewed his new initiatives with the planning of the Seattle conference. These included the following:

o    Email notification of paper/panel receipts and acceptances.

o    Email notification of papers/panels that were not accepted.

o    Program/panel information faxed to those who requested           (8 requests in all).

o    Total of 49 papers received. Twelve were rejected.

o    Total of 7 panel proposals received. Two were rejected.

o    All program information was available on Web.

Timothy Mottet thanked Scott for his extra efforts in keeping division members informed of conference information.

Scott thanked his panel readers: Karla Jensen, Kelly Rocca, Pam Hayward, and Sally Vogl-Bauer.

Scott thanked his paper readers: Derek Lane, Rebecca Rubin, and Pam Cooper.

VICE CHAIR-ELECT’S REPORT

Sally Vogl-Bauer introduced the 2001 NCA conference in Atlanta to all members. The theme of the 2001 conference is “Radical(izing) Roots” and the conference will be held at the Marriott Marquis and Atlanta Hilton, November 1-4, 2001. Room rates are approximately $125.00 for single occupancy and $155.00 for double occupancy. Sally reminded all members that papers and panel proposals must be received by February 1, 2001 and faxes and email submissions will not be accepted. 

Sally recommended that in keeping with the conference theme, members focus on the “historical perspectives” of our research. She also mentioned that conference planners are recommending that no individual submit more than one first-authored piece to the same division, and one author (for both paper and/or poster submissions) must commit to attending the conference as a way to reduce no-shows.

In terms of poster sessions, a location in Atlanta is being considered where participants can assemble their posters once they arrive at the conference, and cash awards will be offered to the top poster presenters as a way to encourage more poster submissions. When submitting papers for the 2001 conference, please indicate in your cover letter if you are willing to present your paper as a poster.

Sally suggested the following panel ideas and offered her assistance in putting them together:

o    “Life After Tenure”: Rather than focusing on how to get tenure, focus on life after tenure. “What can we do to keep the fires burning or to enrich our careers?”

o    On-Line Instructional Programs: Review of Blackboard, Web CT and other on-line platforms. “How should we be using it?” “Those who are using it well, and have their hands dirty, what are you doing? What have you learned?”

o    Assessment: How do we assess communication competence? How do we assess communication competence in basic course? How do we assess communication majors?

Sally distributed a sign-up sheet asking members to volunteer as chairs and respondents for the 2001 conference. Sally encouraged graduate students to sign-up for chair positions as a way to get them involved in the division.

Sally completed her report by discussing the on-line “rapid review” process. Twenty-three divisions have been identified for a pilot study for the Atlanta conference.

Pam Cooper, Northwestern University, asked Sally to consider a way to collect data (or to dialogue) on the role of respondent effectiveness. Pam suggested that we obtain data from panel members on the effectiveness of respondent feedback. Specifically, “how important is my feedback? Does my feedback work for you?” Pam suggested that it would be nice to know if our feedback remains useful. It was suggested that respondents email presenters asking them for feedback. Sally followed up by suggesting that this might make a nice panel submission and suggested that this query be forwarded to legislative council for their consideration.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL’S REPORT

Sara Weintraub’s report included the following highlights:

o    NCA remains in good financial standing. The new national office building remains a great fixed asset for the association.

o    Emeritus status awarded to Richard F. Somer and Morris Womack.

o    The Doctoral Education Committee and Vietnam Communication Commission were approved.

o    There was ample discussion at legislative council regarding the Constitutional Review Task Force. Sara encouraged all members to review the materials and encouraged all division members to voice their opinions. “The task force wants our feedback.”

o    Nominating Committee forwarded Gerald Hauser and Isa Engleberg for Second Vice President.

o    Nominating Committee forwarded Brenda Allen, Star Muir, Don Fishman, Mari Boor Tonn, Ann K. Burnett, and Tom Endres to the Legislative Council.

VI.              Old Business

None reported.

VII.           Passing of Gavel to Incoming Chair

The gavel was officially passed to incoming Chair, Scott Myers by Acting Chair, Sarah Weintraub early in the business meeting since Chair, Ann Frymier was unable to attend the meeting for reasons mentioned above.

VIII.         New Business

Chair Scott Myers asked members for their assistance with the updating of the IDD bylaws. He would like to accomplish the update in the next three months. Scott mentioned that we will review the revisions at the Atlanta business meeting.

IX.              Announcements

Kathleen Galvin, Northwestern University, announced that the NCA’s Education Policies Board and the Research Board will jointly pilot the first NCA faculty development seminar aimed at mid-career faculty who wish to expand their areas of scholarship. The summer workshop will focus on ethnographic research and will be conducted at Northwestern University.

X.                 Meeting Adjourned

The IDD business meeting adjourned with a motion from Jerry Allen and a second from Besty Bach with all members in favor at 3:15.

Respectfully submitted,  

Timothy P. Mottet

IDD Secretary, 2000

Southwest Texas State University

tm15@swt.edu

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