Words from NSA President Phillip Van Hooser, MBA, CSP, CPAE

February 13, 2010  To all NSA Chapter Presidents, I am writing you today from the 2010 NSA Winter Conference.  Despite the many winter weather challenges that have befallen various sections of the United States in recent days, almost 300 of our professional colleagues, including, hopefully, several of your local chapter members, have converged on Nashville [...]

On Behalf of Dorothy Erlanger, Past President NSA VA

From Dorothy E. Erlanger Past President NSA VA Dean NSA VA 2009-10 ProTrack I don’t know if there is still an opportunity to have a ‘voice’ in the discussion before the very hasty final decision time, but this is important enough to at least attempt to be heard.     First, I am glad to see Leslie [...]

Final Data: Survey on Proposals

Dear Fellow NSA Leaders and Friends, Here are the final data from my “unofficial” survey. Thank you all for participating and sharing your perspectives. These results represent the opinions of leaders (presidents, immediate past presidents, or other summit delegates) from 85% of our NSA chapters.  Final Survey Data Although any survey data must be weighed [...]

On Behalf of Steve Iwersen

 I fully understand that the need for creating a congruent and valued experience for the members of our association is of utmost importance.  And I truly appreciate the efforts of each person who has taken on this monumental task of facilitating the discussion.  Unfortunately, it “appears” that the team charged with the assignment to recommend the [...]

Oh Behalf of Susan Trivers

NSA has a wonderful tradition of honoring its legends and stars. And who are these people? They are those among us who stand out for their uniqueness, creativity and individualism. Conformity and uniformity do not define them. Their audiences gravitate to them because they inspire hope and visions of their own aspirations. Through whatever delivery [...]

On Behalf of Leslie Krauz Stambaugh

Sorry I am emailing my response to the to the proposal’s original email list, but I haven’t figured out how to get this out on the blog and am painfully aware that there is not much more time before the February 11 decision date.  I attended the summit, facilitated a table of eight+ participants there, [...]

Thoughts from a chapter president…

Hello there everyone,  I have stayed a little quiet on this issue, but have been reading all of the valuable input and responses. I think I’ve remained quiet partly out of respect for the fact that since I helped to compile the document, there may be the belief that I am biased in some way, [...]

On Behalf of Dennis Stauffer

I can live with any of these proposals, depending on how they are implemented. However, I remain skeptical about the implementation. What troubles me is the recurring tone throughout this discussion on ALL sides that too often seems to assume that others who we disagree with are not as loyal/committed/enlightened/understanding as we are. Unfortunately, one [...]

Quantitative Data, Anyone?

I am posting an unofficial Survey Monkey link here to allow you to weigh in on the 11 final recommendations as they are currently written, in a more quantitative form.  This survey will offer a quick and easy way to let us know whether the handful of comments we’ve already seen are representative of the [...]

On Behalf of Jim Morrison, NSA WI

Jim Morrison, on February 3rd, 2010 at 8:50 pm Said: Edit Comment The Wisconsin chapter board has written a “white paper” of serious issues, concerns, and questions for the NSA people. The contents follow Issues, Concerns and Questions for NSA-National NSA-Wisconsin The First Chartered Chapter of NSA Background: Recently, a great deal of information has [...]