[Oafcs] FW: NMAFCS's Response to Academy Model

[McGraths]

Here are the notes from the Nov. 1st meeting.  

 

Meeting Discussion:  Candace shared information about the Leadership
Workshop she attended,  distributing the Oct. 18th Concept Paper.  

The Academy would include anyone who touches FCS.  Members could join as an
individual member or as a group if it becomes a partner.  Ex:  If you are a
member of OATFACS and if OATFACS  is a partner, then you are a member.    

The graphic showed this as similar to the Alliance, everyone speaking as one
voice.   Each group would have a representative on the large board.    The
large board would be reduced to 5 members, and the entire organization would
be run by 5 members.   Fees to be a member have not been presented yet.   

The plan is to roll this out in June 2014 and have it go into effect Feb
2015.    Information is evolving.    

Thoughts:   It's hard to imagine going down this path, and would honor
societies and ACTE be willing to give money??

Carolyn Jackson - AAFCS Exec director and the board are developing this.    

The whole idea is that AAFCS membership has diminished dramatically so to
beef that up, the academy would be created for everyone associated or
partners with AAFCS.  

The American Dietetic Association does not exist anymore.   Eatright.org is
their web address.    It is Now Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 

The groups are now part of the Alliance, but it is not paid.  

Voting on the Academy will be in June.  

Partners haven't been asked yet and might not want to be part of it.

Would a small staff be able to meet individual problems with affiliate
groups?

AAFCS executive director presented this, not asked to do this by the board.

Would scholarship money leave OAFCS to be presented by the alliance?

 

 

 

From: oafcs-bounces at listserv.ohio.edu
[mailto:oafcs-bounces at listserv.ohio.edu] On Behalf Of Candace Fox
Sent: Monday, December 2, 2013 4:05 PM
To: oafcs at listserv.ohio.edu
Subject: [Oafcs] FW: NMAFCS's Response to Academy Model

 

I am forwarding a letter that addresses the concerns of the New Mexico
affiliate's board. Many of our thoughts parallel their statements. At our
last board meeting, I encouraged each of you to write to the AAFCS leaders.
Would you like to send something similar believing that there is strength in
numbers????

 

I regret that I did not keep track of your comments at the meeting but
perhaps Kathy did? Or shall we start a list and work from there?  

 

Let me know your thoughts via 'reply to all' please.

 

Thanks to all of you for all you do--and for caring about our profession!

 

Candace K. Fox, PhD, CFCS, CFLE
Professor and Department Chair
Family and Consumer Sciences Department
Mount Vernon Nazarene University
800 Martinsburg Rd
Mount Vernon, OH 43050
740-392-6868, ext. 3722

  _____  

From: Marie M.Duryea [mariemduryea at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 12:02 PM
Subject: NMAFCS's Response to Academy Model

Dear AAFCS Affiliate Leader,

Below is a copy of a letter that the New Mexico Association of Family and
Consumer Sciences (NMAFCS) has sent to our AAFCS leaders.  We wanted to
include you in our thought processes regarding the proposed Academy Model.
If you have questions and concerns, we urge you to contact our AAFCS leaders
as well.

 

Sincerely,

Laura Pace

Kate Mundy-Castle

NMAFCS President 2013-2014

NMAFCS President-Elect 2013-2014

lpace at fms.k12.nm.us 

katehmc at gmail.com

 

 

New Mexico Association of Family and Consumer Sciences

 

December 2, 2013

Dear AAFCS Leader:

On November 20, 2013, the Board of Directors (BOD) of the New Mexico
Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (NMAFCS) held a telephone
conference call to discuss the power point presentation of the Academy of
Family and Consumer Sciences Model provided to our NMAFCS President-Elect by
AAFCS.  During this call, the Board members raised a number of questions and
concerns. These are clustered into five areas below.  We would like to share
these with you.  In return, we hope that you will provide responses to our
questions.

 1) Origin:  AAFCS is a member driven organization.  Why were AAFCS members
in the various state affiliates not given the opportunity to provide ideas
or input regarding whether the Academy model was an appropriate direction
for the Association prior to the Houston Convention?  Have any AAFCS members
been involved in developing the Academy proposal?  Who is driving the
creation of this new umbrella organization?  Who will be leading this new
alliance?  Where has the Academy model been successfully used?  What
organizations are working with AAFCS to plan this new alliance?
Transparency is important for members to trust and embrace newly proposed
changes.  Currently, this seems to be lacking in AAFCS's communication with
its affiliates.

 2) Identity:  When we become the Academy, AAFCS will no longer exist.  Our
105 year-old organization simply will go away.  We feel we are truly losing
our central Family and Consumer Sciences national organization.  Why can't
AAFCS remain as an organization and become one of the partner organizations
in the Academy?  What assurance do you have that current AAFCS members will
become Academy members?

 3) Financial:  No financial information has been provided in this power
point presentation.  Will AAFCS monies be used to develop the Academy?  Some
of these monies are restricted, designated funds.  Many members gifted their
inheritances to AAFCS, not to the Academy.  Can these monies legally be used
to build a new organization?  What will be the cost for the various types of
membership (as mentioned on slide19) - individual members of a partner
organization, institution member of a partner organization, individual
member (direct), and institution member (direct)?  We would like to view the
financial plan for development and implementation of this model, as well as
information on what AAFCS funds would be utilized for this endeavor.

 4) Commitment:  On slide 25, wide-spread support is mentioned.  Who are
these supportive entities?  Have any of the partner organizations been
contacted to join the Academy?  What evidence have you received that they
are willing to join?  Is there a place where AAFCS is sharing this type of
information with its members?  How much are the partner organizations being
asked to pay to join the Academy?  What is the value-added component for a
partner organization to entice them to join the Academy?

 5) Affiliates:  How will they be organized under the new Academy structure?
How can a media center be an affiliate (slide 22)?  Will affiliates include
people from all partner organizations? What will happen to the present
affiliates?  What will be their roles?  How will affiliates be funded?  Will
affiliates be "partners" or become a "member organization" from each state?
Do the affiliates prefer to be associated with the Academy or AAFCS?  Do
affiliates support the Academy model?  The New Mexico Affiliate is very
concerned about what will happen to our state organization. 

Several NMAFCS members have read "Race for Relevance".  One of the main
points is: for organizations to survive and THRIVE, they must provide
personal and/or professional value to their members.  Current benefits for
members have not been enough to attract people to join AAFCS.  What
additional benefits and value will Academy members receive that will entice
them to become/remain members?  On page 81, the authors state, "Is an
association's mission to be bigger or to serve its members?"   They also
state that bigger is NOT better.  How will changing from AAFCS to the
Academy (getting bigger) enhance members' benefits and the value they
receive from belonging?

In conclusion, these are the five (5) main areas of serious concern that the
BOD of NMAFCS discussed.  We realize that forming this new structure is a
huge undertaking.  NMAFCS would like to be an integral part of this
development process. 

We look forward to your timely response regarding our concerns and
questions. 

Sincerely,

Laura Pace 

Kate Mundy-Castle
NMAFCS President 2013-2014 

NMAFCS President-Elect 2013-2014
lpace at fms.k12.nm.us 

katehmc at gmail.com

 

 

 

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