WASFAA - Western Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators

December/January 2000-2001

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	CONTENTS

		President's Letter From the Editors WASFAA World State Reports Idaho Update Nevada Update Oregon Update Pacific Islands Update Executive Council Meeting Minutes Features Western Members What to Expect Betty Larkins Memorial Fiscal Year Change Cub Reporters IASFAA Conference WFAA Conference

VOLUME XXXI NUMBER 4 WASFAA Editorial Policy The WASFAA Newsletter is published for members of the Western Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, a non-profit organization for financial aid professionals. Newsletter contributors make every attempt to represent information accurately. WASFAA is not responsible for misrepresentation of facts by articles published herein. The deadline for receipt of articles is: Issue Deadline February/March January 5, 2001 April/May March 2, 2001 It is understood that Letters to the Editors must be signed and may be condensed or edited as necessary. Articles can be sent to Becky Cady via e-mail: rcady@clark.edu Editors: Judy Saling salingj@oit.edu Becky Cady Phone: 360-992-2260 rcady@clark.edu

President's Report
by WASFAA President Doug Severs, Idaho State University

On The Road Again!
This is the time of the year when the WASFAA President hits the road and begins visiting state conferences. I kicked off the state meetings by attending the IASFAA conference in beautiful Post Falls, Idaho. If you are not familiar with Post Falls, it is a small town in northern Idaho near Coeur D'Alene. The Idaho Association took us for a riverboat ride on the Spokane River where we had a leisurely lunch with beautiful scenery. They had some great sessions and evening entertainment of an auction of school gift baskets and vendor gifts. IASFAA was able to raise $500 for a scholarship to help an IASFAA member attend the WASFAA conference in San Jose. Thanks IASFAA for this fun way to support WASFAA!

The weekend after the IASFAA conference I headed to Leavenworth, Washington, for the WFAA meeting. Leavenworth is about a two-hour drive east from Seattle and is located in the Cascade Mountain Range. This was an anniversary conference as WFAA was celebrating 30 years of association. To celebrate, they had a game show as the evening entertainment that featured questions from the 70's, 80's and 90's. The conference also featured a political discussion by representatives from the Gore and Bush campaigns.

On to Alaska! After the end of the WFAA conference, I headed back to Seattle to catch a plane to Alaska. The ALASFAA state meeting began the Thursday after the WFAA conference ended. The ALASFAA conference was located in Girdwood, which is 44 miles south of Anchorage. The conference was held at the beautiful Alyeska Resort. It looks like a good place for us to hold our Advanced Track training . . . in their off season, of course. I am sure the Alyeska room rates in season would be a little out of our ballpark. The things that stood out for me at this conference were that Richard Tombaugh came and gave a session on the history of NASFAA and that a representative from Merrill Lynch in Anchorage gave a great session on the new College Savings Plan. Also, the food was tremendous . . . they had an evening dinner that offered soup, salads, seafood and prime rib. I also was able to attend the first half of the WASFAA/NASFAA training that Don Black and Dave Allen were presenting before heading home to prepare for our WASFAA Executive Council meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona.

I want to thank Cheryl Anderson from IASFAA, Lana Walter from WFAA and Peter Miller from ALASFAA for their hospitality during my visits.

Next, on to the Arizona and Nevada meeting in warm Laughlin, Nevada, and then in December to the CASFAA meeting in San Diego. It is nice that the WASFAA region has such diverse climates that I can attend state meetings in the south while it is getting really cold in our northern states.