NCA's IDD Events 2004

National Communication Association

Instructional Development Division Newsletter

Minutes 2001

Instructional Development Division
Annual Business Meeting Minutes
Reported by former Secretary, Tasha Souza
November 3, 2001
Atlanta, GA

Attendance: 52 members were in attendance. The members attending and their email addresses are attached.

I. Call to Order

Immediate Past Chair Ann B. Frymier could not be present so Scott Myers, the current chair, called the 2001 IDD business meeting to order at 2:00 p.m. New members were welcomed.

II. Introduction of Officers

Scott introduced current officers of the IDD division: Chair Scott Myers, Creighton University, Vice Chair Sally Vogl-Bauer, UW-Whitewater and Secretary Tasha Souza, Humboldt State University. He mentioned the lack of a Vice Chair Elect. Jennifer Waldeck is no longer in that position.

III. Approval of 2000 IDD Business Meeting Minutes (Seattle)

The minutes from the 2000 Seattle conference prepared by Secretary Timothy Mottet were approved.

IV. Election of New Officers

Steven Beebe was introduced as Chair of the Nominating Committee. Scott thanked Steven and his committee members, Melissa Wanzer and Pam Hayward, 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

Lorie Carrell, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Lawrence Hugenburg, Youngstown State University

B. Scott Titsworth, Minnesota State University, Moorhead

B. Secretary

Joe Chesebro, SUNY-Brockport

Mary Toale, Baldwin Wallace College

Kristen Valencic, University of Miami

Melissa Wanzer, Canisuis College

C. Nominating Committee

Betsy Bach, University of Montana

Ronald Bittle, Clovis Community College

Kristen Lyn Campbell, University of Miami

Chad Edwards, University of Kansas

Trudy Hanson, West Texas A & M

Christine R. Helsel. Eastern Illinois University

Mary Hogg, Eastern Illinois University

Karla Kay Jensen, Nebraska Weslyan College

Ronda Knox, University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse

Timothy Mottet, Southwest Texas State University

Steven Beebe asked for nominations from the floor. There were none and nominations were closed. Ballots were distributed and members voted. Stevcn Beebe and committee members counted ballots.

V. Reports

CHAIR’S REPORT

REPORT ON LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

Scott Myers discussed legislative council and asked Don Boileau to continue the report. Don discussed a new journal that will be focused on critical cultural studies (as one of three of the inquiry based journals). When one joins NCA, he/she will have a choice of an inquiry based journal.

NCA is revising the bylaws and the constitution and there will be a dues increase. Don explained that if the changes to NCA bylaws and constitution pass, IDD will need to change their bylaws as well.

The committee on committees will be expanded to 16.

The Educational Policy Board is changing from 5 to 6 members.

VICE CHAIR’S REPORT

Sally Vogl-Bauer presented Top Paper Awards for Scott Myers (they co-chaired the meeting) :

o Top Student Paper and Debut Paper awarded to Greg G. Armfield, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia. His paper was entitled "An Analysis of Androgyny and communicative Behaviors Between Traditional Students and Adult Learners.”

o Top Paper awarded to Dawn M. Kelsey, California State Univ., Long Beach, Patricia Kearney, California State Univ., Long Beach, Timothy G. Plax, California State Univ., Long Beach, Terre H. Allen, California State Univ., Long Beach. Their paper was entitled "A Two-Study Examination of Students' Attributions of Teacher Misbehaviors."

o Top Two Paper awarded to Scott A. Myers, West Virginia Univ., Ronda L. Knox, Univ. of Wisconsin, La Crosse. Their paper was entitled “The Relationship Between College Student Information-Seeking Behaviors and Perceived Instructor Verbal Behaviors."

o Top Three Paper was awarded to Kristen M. Valencic, West Virginia Univ., James C. McCroskey, West Virginia Univ., Virginia P. Richmond, West Virginia Univ. Their paper was entitled “An Investigation of Teachers' Temperament, Students' Perceptions of Teachers' Communication Behavior, and Students' Attitudes Toward Teachers."

Sally thanked her panel readers: Lori Carrell, Jill Rudd, and Felicia Jordan-Jackson. Thirteen panels were submitted and ten were accepted.

Sally thanked her paper readers: Kelly Rocca, Chad Koermer, Erid Waldhart, John Stone, and Keith Weber. Thirty seven papers were submitted and 28 were panelled.

Sally acknowledged Scott Myers for all of the work he has done for IDD. She presented him with a plaque for outstanding service to the division.

Sally discussed the difficulty with the rapid review process for other divisions and thanked the division for their patience.

VICE CHAIR-ELECT’S REPORT

Scott Myers explained that he would be doing the report with Sally because the Vice Chair Elect (Jennifer Waldeck) could not fulfill her role and stepped down. Scott had agreed to be the planner for the 2002 convention to fill in for the Vice Chair Elect. If a person is voted to replace J. Waldeck, he or she can take over but the papers will be sent to Scott.

Scott passed around the sign-up for chairing panels and encouraged graduate students to sign-up for chair positions as a way to get them involved in the division.

Sally Vogl-Bauer introduced the 2002 NCA conference in New Orleans (Nov. 21-24) to all members. She attended the planning meeting. The theme is Communication in Action and Judy Pearson is the planner. She discussed the possibilities for connections with the theme.

Scott reminded all members that papers and panel proposals must be received by February 1, 2002 and faxes and email submissions will not be accepted. Five hard copies must be submitted.

Sally stated that 18 or 19 slots will be available for IDD programs. There will be no electronic submission process. She recommended that everyone think twice before requesting PowerPoint because it is quite expensive. She requested that IDD members contact program planners early with AV needs.

Scott requested that when submitting papers for the 2002 conference, please indicate if the paper is a student or debut paper.

VI. Old Business

Scott Myers discussed the changes to the IDD Bylaws and Constitution. They were mostly stylistic changes. He removed the section regarding two committees abolished years ago. He added Vice Chair as a three-year commitment. The only committee at this point is the nominating committee.

Scott informed members that there is now a notebook that is passed from Vice Chair to Vice Chair.

Scott asked members to consider the cash award that are given to top papers. These award amounts aren’t provided anywhere in writing. He wondered if these cash awards were a wise use of the money ($100 top paper, $75 second paper, $50 third paper, and $50 for top student paper)

Scott wanted feedback on issues related to the newsletter. He described how the secretary is traditionally expected to pick up the cost for creation and distribution of the newsletter. This expectation is not always feasible. In addition, the newsletter usually comes out in October and he would like to see it sent out sooner. The newsletter could be put on the web and sent out electronically. Scott was unaware that members of the division had received an electronic newsletter in October. Pam Cooper suggested that the newsletter continue to be distributed electronically. She proposed that a small group of people work on these changes.

VII. New Business

Vice Chair Sally Vogl-Bauer asked members for their assistance with instructional materials soon to be provided on the NCA website. She requested that people contact her if they are interested in compiling this information.

VIII. Announcements

Don Boileau discussed that there is no focus on communication education in pre K –12. He discussed the difficulty of getting teaching-oriented papers accepted and passed around a petition to start an interest group

Steven Beebe thanked all IDD members who were nominated and included on the 2002 ballot, and announced the winners of the election.

Vice-Chair Elect: Derek Lane

Secretary: Mary Toale

Nominating Committee: Timothy Mottet (chair), Trudy Hanson, and Ronda Knox.

Kathleen Galvin, Northwestern University, stated that they needed strategies for providing information on the NCA website regarding NCA’s Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s). She will be meeting with people to develop this:

Don Rubin, Editor Elect of Communication Education, gave his report on Communication Education. He plans to continue the tradition of publishing the best scholarship in instructional communication. He informed the members that J. Ayres has one more issue to fill. There is an outreach program focused on getting our scholarship into interdisciplinary hands and invite them to publish in CE as well. He encouraged IDD members to give information about Communication Education to others and passed around a flyer. There will be a new Scholarship of Teaching and Learning section; he asked Ann Darling, Associate Editor of the STL section, to report.

Ann Darling, Associate Editor of the new Scholarship of Teaching and Learning section of Communication Education, encouraged people to submit and defined the scholarship of teaching and learning. She asserted that this is an exciting opportunity and briefly described STL in other disciplines.

Pam Cooper announced that the NCA K-12 books are completed.

Timothy Mottet thanked Steven Beebe and the committee for putting together a fine ballot.

Bob Freezel warned members that we have a possibility of loosing our K-12 division and discussed the value of this division.

IX. Meeting Adjourned

The IDD business meeting adjourned with a motion from Pam Cooper and a second from Tasha Souza with all members in favor at 3:15.

Respectfully submitted,

Tasha Souza, 2001 IDD Secretary

Humboldt State University

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