Welcome to the February meeting of the NCOL Welcome to the February meeting of the NCOL. The meeting will begin in a few moments.

Welcome! Kurt Podeszwa

Updates with Board Chair, Tish Bolger Board of Directors 2/8/16 meeting State of ACA Update on CEO Search

CEO Report with Tom Holland Areas of Strategic Focus Accreditation Research

Group Work – Strategic Focus Area 1: Accreditation What is ACA’s current accreditation “brand” What will our “brand” look like in two years? The Task force initially asked camps to do something different each year: Some sort of professional development Complete a report Have a visitor Additional professional development Was going to be a night mare to track NSC pulled together 4 work groups: Annual accreditation report Recruitment and retention of visitors Training of Visitors Working with non-traditional audiences Much was learned from these four groups

Group Work – Strategic Focus Area 2 – Research Working from input from the Leadership Summit – Forced choice process

Narrow choices to top three Research Areas -Positive impact of camp -Positive impact of camp with various audiences including special needs -Additional outcomes tools development -Evidence that camp experiences improves academic performance -Evidence that attending and /or working at camp improves career readiness -Evidence of the life skills mastered through camp experiences -Economic impact studies -Evidence that camp experiences improves success in college including years of college completed

Break Time!

Volunteer Development Committee

Local Leadership Sharing Each Local Area Will Provide – in ONE MINUTE Something that is NEW for your leadership and/or members Something that is a work-in-progress, or area you’ve chosen to improve upon A CELEBRATION point

Optional Informal Lunch Topic Tables Box lunches available

Wrap up and Closing Kurt Podeszwa

Thank you for participating! Have a wonderful Conference