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

Mon Dec 2 21:52:14 EST 2013

I whole heartily agree with the New Mexico affiliate.  I have said from the beginning that AAFCS will lose its identity.  I can see no good in this.  We lost a lot when we changed our name, now we will lose even more.  Is this all to make one person or a very few feel better because they will feel like they have more power?  But what good is power if there is no one left with which to be powerful?
Donna Anderson
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On Mon, 12/2/13, Manteghi, Debra <dmantegh at akron.k12.oh.us> wrote:

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 Date: Monday, December 2, 2013, 9:21 PM

 I am in consensus.  I believe it
 is in the best interest, at this juncture, to maintain the
 integrity of AAFCS. Debra Manteghi 
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 Subject: Re: [Oafcs] FW: NMAFCS's Response to Academy Model

 I think the New Mexico AFCS brings very good points to the
 table.  I would hate to loose AAFCS and all our history
 to something not rooted in our core concerns.  I would
 hope OAFCS would be able to send something similar to the
 national organization.  FCS seems to be getting reduced
 from all directions, yet we are more relevant to society
 than ever before.  I know change is part of growth, but
 change for the sake of change is short sighted and jumping
 on a bandwagon without really thinking is also.

 Felicia Page
 Retired FCS teacher

 Dec 2, 2013 04:05:36 PM, Candace.Fox at mvnu.edu
 wrote:

 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
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 740-392-6868, ext. 3722

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

 >

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 >

 >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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