KASFAA Committees

KASFAA is a volunteer organization and it is this committed spirit of volunteerism that makes KASFAA an outstanding and involved association. Volunteering fora committee in KASFAA gives on the opportunity to expand leadership skills, network with colleagues and grow within the financial aid profession. Some of a volunteer’s responsibilities can be meetings, phone conferences and individual tasks assigned by committee chairs. To learn more about the level of commitment associated with a specific committee please contact the Chair of the committee. Our goal is to appoint all volunteers to a committee and if we are not able to place you on the committee of your first choice we will attempt to place you in another choice.

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2008-2009 Committees

Committee Descriptions

Archivist/Historian
The Archivist/Historian collects, organizes, houses and maintains all KASFAA records and historic documents.

Articles and Bylaws
The Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws Committee familiarizes themselves with the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of KASFAA, SASFAA and KASFAA. The Committee submits any changes or recommendations to the membership for their consideration.

Awards
The Awards Committee solicits nominations from the membership for the Herb Vescio Distinguished Service Award, Lifetime Membership awards and other appropriate awards. Nominees are forwarded to the board for consideration and approval.

Budget and Finance
The Budget and Finance Committee is responsible for developing a budget for the organization, monitoring that budget throughout the year for any possible changes, and for auditing the financial records for the prior year (July 1-June 30). The committee works closely with the president, president-elect, and treasurer to develop and monitor the budget process.

College Goal Sunday
The College Goal Sunday Committee works to develop, promote and deliver College Goal Sunday across Kentucky. Members work together to secure funding, develop and distribute materials for advertising, set-up sites across the state, solicit volunteer support, work with the media, contact high school guidance counselors and community leaders, provide presentation materials, maintain a web page and telephone hotline and collect feedback from participants.

Diversity Concerns
The Diversity Committee is dedicated to addressing the needs of Kentucky’s underrepresented and/or disadvantaged students. The committee intends to foster and utilize the cultural diversity within KASFAA to ensure that it reflects, represents and serves the Kentucky population at large. Diversity is not only defined by race, but by differences including culture, religion, socioeconomic status, institutional type, gender, and sexual orientation.

Legislative
The Legislative Committee includes representation from all of the KASFAA sectors, as well as representation from each of Kentucky’s U.S. Representative’s districts. The Committee informs the membership of impending legislation and proposed changes to the student financial assistance programs.

Long-Range Planning
The Long-Range Planning Committee monitors adherence to KASFAA’s Long-Range plan, and updates the plan as the Committee deems appropriate.

Membership/Partnership Program
The Membership Committee gathers and stores the name, address, and phone number of each KASFAA member, and publishes a membership directory. The Committee also coordinates new member activities.

Newsletter
The Newsletter Committee is responsible for publishing the KASFAA Newsletter 3 times a year. The Newsletter keeps the membership updated on happenings around the financial aid community- locally, regionally and nationally. The committee gathers articles and pictures- by emails, announcements on the listserv and by announcing it at all meetings and conferences. The newsletters are mailed to all current members, lifetime members, the SASFAA president as well as all SASFAA state presidents. The committee helps the editor with the layout for each edition and edits information.

Nominations
The Nominations Committee presents KASFAA with a slate of officers for the Spring Meeting. The Committee shall ascertain that nominees for each office are qualified to serve and are able and willing to faithfully discharge the duties of their prospective offices. The Committee also oversees the election process, counts the ballots and announces the elected officers for next year.

Program
The Program Committee plans and organizes the bi-annual conferences in the fall and the spring. This committee is responsible for securing session topics, presenter selections, preparing conference programs, planning conference entertainment, and selecting conference themes.

Public Relations
The Financial Aid Awareness / Public Relations Committee plays an integral role in KASFAA’s vision of promoting opportunities, equity, and access in and to higher education. Some of the committee’s responsibilities include ensuring that the governor proclaims February “Financial Aid Awareness Month” in the state of Kentucky working with KET to broadcast the annual Financial Aid Call-In Show, and reaching out to other professional organizations to help promote KASFAA and our mission of promoting aid programs to students and families throughout the state.

Training
The KASFAA Vice President coordinates all of the training activities of KASFAA. There are three separate groups that make up this Committee.

• The High School Counselor Sub-Committee provides state wide instruction for high school counselors and other related school personnel. This committee coordinates and develops the agenda for the nine workshops throughout the state and prepares proposals to the Kentucky Department of Education for leadership credit.
• The Professional Development Sub-Committee works with NASFAA to provide the NASFAA Training Workshop series for the KASFAA membership. Activities include identifying and selecting individuals to serve as the trainers/instructors for the NASFAA Training Workshop series in Kentucky, identifying and selecting an appropriate site to host each training workshop, assisting with arrangements to host the event, and ordering the appropriate number of participant materials. The Committee also coordinates the registration process for the workshops, and compiles workshop evaluation information to submit to NASFAA.
• The Support Staff Sub-Committee organizes training for financial aid support staff employees. The Sub-Committee is responsible for site location, publicity, workshop time and date, session topics, and presenter selection.

Vendor/Sponsor
This Committee seeks financial support for conferences, publications, and other corporation business from appropriate vendors and sponsors. The Committee also arranges display space for the vendors/sponsors at conferences, and ensures that the vendors/sponsors receive proper recognition to the membership for their support.

Website/Technology
This Committee updates and creates web pages for KASFAA, and organizes the computers and projectors at each conference. The Committee also looks for new ways to conduct business using electronic means.