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

2. Welcome! Kurt Podeszwa

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

4. CEO Report with Tom Holland
Areas of Strategic Focus
Accreditation
Research

5. 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

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

7. 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

8. Break Time!

9. Volunteer Development Committee

10. 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

11. Optional Informal Lunch Topic Tables Box lunches available

12. Wrap up and Closing
Kurt Podeszwa

13. Thank you for participating!
Have a wonderful Conference