The Future of CSRM: A Summary of the Annual Board Meeting

The CSRM board of directors (BOD) meets once in face-to-face settings and approximately 9 times via conference calls. The BOD is comprised of two teams: a) practitioners and b) administrative. The practitioner team is voted on by the CSRM membership and the administrative team is jointly appointed by the Executive Director and the practitioner team. The following is a summary of this year’s discussions… 

There were three main agenda items: a) the Connection “C” of the “4C Strategy; b) the future of the CSRM staff; c) evaluation of the BOD restructuring

• BOD restructuring
  • The two team approach has now been in effect for a year and it was deemed successful in:
  • Focusing the two different groups on areas within their expertise and passion
  • Focusing the staff on areas of passion and giftedness
  • Being financially viable
• It was determined to keep the two team approach for another year and to reevaluate next year
• It was determined to expand the practitioner team to eight members (current six)
• Four year terms
• Two members per year
• The Admin Team was reduced from five to four
• One new member per year
  • Current Practitioners:
  • 2010 – Brent Curl; Chris Hunsberger; Jeff Story
  • 2012 – Rich Green – President; David Harvey – Vice President
  • 2013 – Dean Bozeos; Justin McDonald
  • 2014 – Greg English; Scott Galloway
  • 2015 – To be voted on in a special January election
  • Current Admin
  • 2010 – Ken Chesterman
  • 2011 – Steve Parker
  • 2012 – Larry Hackenberg
  • 2013 – Brian Nutt
  Future of CSRM staff
  • A task force was established to begin the process of envisioning what the future staffing needs of the association are
  • Current Director – Dr. Greg Linville has requested a serious search be made to determine a new Executive Director sighting the associations need for new energy.
  • Other staff – It was recommended the task force analyze the current and future needs of the association and produce a staffing plan to meet this need
  The “Connection C”
  • It was determined that after the “Conference C” this was the most important strategy
  • It was determined to task the Executive Director with working with the Practitioner Team to create a new vision and plan
  • It was decided to change the name of local meetings from SOLD groups to “CSRM Connections”
  Suggestions included…
  • Regional conferences
  • Skype cluster groups
  • Identifying Regional, State and Local Connection Leaders
  • Providing Vision for local “CSRM Connection” Groups
  The CSRM Board of Directors also:
  • Approved budgets for both teams
  • Discussed next year’s Sports Outreach Summit
  • Heard reports from various individuals and groups
  Determined a slate of officers for 2011
  • Rich Green – President
  • David Harvey – Vice President/Treasurer
  • Justin McDonald - Secretary