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Membership Meeting

Nashville, TN September 5, 2017

Agenda

8:30 AM - CONVENE MEETING

• Roll Call & Approval of the Minutes of

Membership Meeting – August 21, 2017 (Secretary Chambers)

• Welcome and Recognition of New Members

(Chairman Myhre) 9:00 AM - PRESENTATION OF CONSENT AGENDA

• President’s Report
• Chairman’s Report
• Treasurer's Report
• Committee Reports

9:30 AM – MEMBERSHIP VOTES

• ASBDC Bylaw Amendment
• ASBDC Board of Director Elections

10:00 AM – U.S. CHAMBER: FACES OF TRADE INITIATIVE Presenter: Derek Gianino, Director, International Policy U.S. Chamber of Commerce 10:15 AM – BREAK 10:30 AM – PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL HEALTH REPORT Presenter: Mike Myhre, Chair, ASBDC Board of Directors Session will include some small group dialogue on ideas for sustainable strategies 11:30 AM – ASBDC LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY UPDATE Presenters: Tee Rowe, President and CEO, ASBDC and Christian Conroy, Chair, ASBDC Legislative Committee 12:00 PM – LUNCH (12:30 PM - Guest Speaker and Recognitions) 1:30 PM – WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A SILENT PARTNER 2:00 PM – SBA LEADERSHIP ENGAGEMENT Guest Participant: Allen Gutierrez, Associate Administrator for Office of Entrepreneurial Development 3:00 PM - ADJOURN MEETING

Disaster Update Hurricane Harvey

Small Businesses 40 Percent NEVER Reopen After Disaster

Secretary’s Report

Roll Call

– Quorum Present

Approval of Minutes

– Membership Meeting – February 6, 2017

Terry Chambers Secretary

President’s Report

• Conference Update
• General Business

and Financial

• Legislative
• Contracts
• Other

Tee Rowe President & CEO

Chairman’s Report

• Board Member

Recognitions

• Vision 2020

– How far we have come and how far we have left to go

• SBA Relations

– State Updates – 2-Year NOAs

• Financial Health of

America’s SBDCs

Mike Myhre Chairman

Treasurer’s Report

• Financial Statements

– Month Ended August 31, 2017

(unreconciled)

• Auditors Report
• Unqualified Opinion

Greg Panichello Treasurer

Committee Reports

Accreditation Committee

(Jody Keenan, Committee Chair) Committee Meeting, September 2-3, 2017

• 5 new reports reviewed; 2 report updates
• 2 new members

– Debra Martin, Associate State Director, West Virginia SBDC – Michael Singleton, Associate State Director, Arkansas SBTDC

• Committee training on comment writing for reports
• Discussed usage of new templates for self-study and final reports
• Reviewed “Cool Things” List

Committee Reports

Accreditation Committee (Jody Keenan, Committee Chair) Committee Training Sessions at Conference:

• Accreditation Updates and Best Practices

– 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM, Thursday, September 7th – Room: Canal A

• Accreditation Training Basics

– 1:45 PM – 5:15, Friday, September 8th – Room: Canal B

Committee Reports

Accreditation Committee (Jody Keenan, Committee Chair) MEMBERSHIP VOTE NEEDED: Amend Standard 3.3 for Clarification Purposes Motion: Accreditation Standard 3.3 shall be amended to strike the second “that” in the first sentence and add the word “and.” It shall read: 3.3 Marketing and Branding The SBDC has a clear integration of its marketing strategy and image that conveys the SBDC as a cohesive network that and is part of the national SBDC program.

Committee Reports

Conference Committee (Drew Tonsmeire, Committee Chair) 2017 Conference Numbers:

• 1,560 total registered attendees

– 1,329 SBDC registered attendees (as of 8/25/17) – 131 registered exhibitors, sponsors, booth personnel

• 167 breakout workshops

– 122 SBDC presenters (twice as many as last year)

• 2 General sessions programs
• 56 Exhibitors (exhibit floor sold out)

– 6 Demo Presentations

Conference Committee Members

Members: Drew Tonsmeire, Committee Chair Glenna Cush, Maryland SBDC Debra Martin, West Virginia SBDC Joel Youngs, Iowa SBDC Jonny Clark, Northeastern SBDC Ann Stromberg Johnson, Northern California SBDC David Kohl, Oregon SBDC Lisa Hall-Zielinski, Pennsylvania SBDC Lyle Wright, Minnesota SBDC Melissa Duff Brown, Illinois SBDC America’s SBDC Association Team: Donna Ettenson – Vice President of Operations April Youngblut – Director of Marketing & Communications Brett Thibodeau – Program Manager & Registrar Marisol Rivera-Diaz – Office Manager Karen Shannon – Conference Planner

Committee Reports

Leadership Development Committee (Rande Kessler, Committee Chair) New State Director Training

– New State Director Training (Day 1)

• 1:45 PM - 5:15 PM, Wednesday, September 6th
• Room: Ryman Studio FG

– New State Director Training (Day 2)

• 1:45 PM - 5:15 PM, Wednesday, September 6th
• Room: Ryman Studio FG

– Open only to New State Directors and New Associate State Directors - No Center Directors

Committee Reports

Leadership Development Committee (Rande Kessler, Committee Chair) Coordinated three (3) State Director Roundtables

• 1. Long-Term Opportunities for Diversifying Federal

Funding

• 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM, Wednesday, September 6th
• Room: Ryman Studio FG

2. Opportunities to Enhance Your Network

• 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM, Thursday, September 7th
• Room: Ryman Studio FG
• 3. Managing the SBA Relationship: Sharing Best Practices
• 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM, Friday, September 8th
• Room: Ryman Studio JK

Committee Reports

Legislative Committee (Christian Conroy, Committee Chair)

• Board supported Tee to retain outside lobbying services.

– Budget currently provides funding for outside lobbying support. – Contract reviewed by Board at its August 21st meeting.

• Becker & Poliakoff, $6,000 per month through December 31, 2017
• After the original terms of the contract, either party may terminate

the Agreement for reasonable cause upon not less than thirty (30) days notice to the other party

• Committee focused on strategies to secure flat ($125M)
• r increased funding ($130M) for core program. Facing

threat of cut to $120M. BOARD ACTION NEEDED: None

Committee Reports

Communications, Marketing and Branding Committee (Jacqueline Taylor, Committee Chair)

• Monthly Conference Calls:

– Focused on promotional strategies and tactics for:

• Millennial Study (June 2017)
• M3 Conference (June 2017 – New Orleans)
• Marketing Meetup (September 2017 – Nashville)

– 3:45-5:15 PM, Wednesday, September 6th – Room: Canal A – Marketing Meetup will consist of several “flash talks” on marketing topics relevant to SBDCs, but also include roundtable discussions on best practices for SBDCDay. It’s been decided that going forward, SBDCDay will be held the 3rd Wednesday of March, which will be March 21st in 2018.

Resounding Success

Save the date! March 21, 2018

Access a variety of marketing resources on the Association’s “Marketing Resources” webpage; http://americassbdc.org/members/marketing-resources/ (Login Required! un: AmericasSBDC pw: sbdcstar)

• 2017 SBDC Day Toolkit, Recap Video, Network Stats Infographic
• Branding Guidelines, Logos, Graphics, Messaging
• SBDCGenStudy Toolkit
• Marketing Meet-Up Webinars
• Samples, Best Practices
• Accreditation Materials
• And more

AmericasSBDC.org Marketing Materials

Committee Reports

Operations Committee (Pam Benedon & Mary Hoffman, Committee Co-Chairs)

• In March, Committee Members reviewed the draft 2018

Program Announcement (PA) shared by the OSBDC.

– Discussed Committee comments with Vicky Mundt, Deputy Associate Administrator OSBDC and SBA Program Manager Traci Giddens – While the OSBDC agreed to most of the requests made by the Operations Committee, OSBDC stood firm on a significant point: carryover and supplemental funding policy. – The OSBDC directed us to refer to the language of the CFR to find answers to our questions about the policy. – OSBDC may consider adding language to the NOA about carryover and supplemental funding.

Committee Reports

Operations Committee (Pam Benedon & Mary Hoffman, Committee Co-Chairs)

• In August, Board Chair Myhre requested the Operations

Committee considered and provided feedback on SBA’s proposal for spending annual funding over two years, thus eliminating the need for supplemental and carry-forward funding.

• The consensus of the majority of the Committee members

was that the proposal would result in more work for the SBDC and campus financial staff and potentially more confusion caused by accounting for concurrent multiple federal accounts.

• Board Chair Myhre provided feedback to OSBDC on August

31st.

Committee Reports

Data and Research Committee (Lisa Shimkat, Committee Chair)

• Accumulating data definitions

– Request made to determine definitions for items being used within the comparisons so that when the comparison occurs, the data is cleaner. – A full listing of proposed definitions or options attached with requests to committee members for the remaining ones – ROI.

• Collecting list of databases used by SBDCNet and SBDC

network to identify opportunities for economy of scales

– Attempting to identify opportunities for national licenses for common databases used by networks. – Delineation needs to be clarified between educational licenses, SBDCNet licenses and who would be the clearinghouse for national license.

Amendments to the Bylaws

Unless You Are Allen Adams

America’s SBDC Board of Directors 2017 - 2018

U.S. CHAMBER: FACES OF TRADE

Derek Gianino

Director, International Policy U.S. Chamber of Commerce

TradeWorksForUs.com

BREAK TIME

15 MINUTES

Nearly $900,000 Projected Supplemental (Projected Unexpended – Planned Carry Forward Proposal Request)

Two-thirds expect flat or decreasing state funding

Nearly 80% expect flat or decreasing match funding

Attration and Retention (Big Business) OVER Creation and Expansion (Small Business)

America’s SBDC Legislative Committee Update

Tee Rowe

President & CEO Association of America’s SBDC

Christian Conroy

Chair, ASBDC Legislative Committee State Director, Pennsylvania SBDC

LUNCH

What It Means To Be A Silent Partner

When Engaging With SBA Leadership

SBA Leadership Engagement

Allen Gutierrez

Associate Administrator Office of Entrepreneurial Development

Conference Leadership Meetings

Tuesday, September 5th

Associate State Director Meeting

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Room: Canal A/B (Open to Associate State Directors Only)

ASBDC and National Board Joint Meeting

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Room: Delta Ballroom (Open to Board Members Only)

America's SBDC Star Reception

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Room: Studio A (Open to State Directors and Stars Only)

Wednesday, September 6th

State Director Roundtable - Long-Term Opportunities for Diversifying Federal Funding

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Room: Ryman Studio FG (Open to State Directors Only)

New State Director Training (Day 1)

1:45 PM - 5:15 PM Room: Ryman Studio FG (Open to New State Directors and New Associate State Directors - No Center Directors)

Welcome Reception (for fun)

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Room: Exhibit Hall (Open to All Attendees)

Conference Leadership Meetings

Thursday, September 7th

State Director Roundtable - Opportunities to Enhance Your Network

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Room: Ryman Studio FG

SBA Administrator McMahon

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Room: Delta Ballroom (General Session) 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Room: Delta Island Boardroom (Board Only)

New State Director Training (Day 2)

1:45 PM - 5:15 PM Room: Ryman Studio FG (Open to New State Directors and New Associate State Directors - No Center Directors)

Friday, September 8th

State Director Roundtable - Managing the SBA Relationship: Sharing Best Practices

1:45 PM - 3:15 PM Room: Ryman Studio JK

Closing Reception (for fun)

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Room: Waters Edge (Open to All Attendees)

Network Membership Meeting February 9 – 15, 2018

ACCREDITATION COMMITTEE MEETING

FEBRUARY 9 – 10 (FRIDAY & SATURDAY) 8:00 AM ET - 5:00 PM ET

BOARD OF DIRECTOR MEETING

FEBRUARY 11 (SUNDAY) 8:00 AM ET - 5:00 PM ET

MEMBERSHIP MEETING

FEBRUARY 12 (MONDAY) 8:00 AM ET - 5:00 PM ET

LEGISLATIVE VISITS

FEBRUARY 13 – 15 (TUESDAY - THURSDAY) 8:00 AM ET - 5:00 PM ET