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This quarter in the Newsletter

Affiliation News 2

Conference Planning Team 3

Lauren Snowden & LaTrina Parker– Conference Co-Chairs

Treasurer Report 4

Luke Gorham—MoCPA Treasurer

Book Nook 5

Announcements & Acknowledgements 6

Have you visited MoCPA on the web?

If not be sure to check us out! Staying con-

nected is a great way for us to contribute to

the field of Higher Education by sharing new

and innovative ideas and providing an avenue

for year round professional development.

We are working hard to update the website

and social media on a regular basis to provide

more year round updates and information re-

lated to MoCPA and higher education in Mis-

souri. So take a few moments to check it out!

@MyMoCPA

Http://www.facebook.com/

MyMoCPA

http://www.MyMoCPA.org

Want to Contribute to the Newsletter?

The MoCPA newsletter is published four to five

times throughout the year in an effort to keep it’s

members engaged and informed on what’s going

on in the region.

Articles can be on just about anything that is rel-

evant to college and university employees. Has

your institution started using a new leadership

assessment tool that you want to share? Have

you developed a new diversity initiative at the

school and think others might like to adapt it?

Then contact us at mymocpa@gmail.com be-

cause we want to include it in the Newsletter!

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ACPA Affiliation Status

Editors note:

As many of you may remember we recently sent

out a ballot to members of the MoCPA communi-

ty in regards to our affiliation status with ACPA.

This vote was prompted by changes in tax laws

in an effort to hold non-profit organizations more

accountable. During this vote members were giv-

en the option to retain ACPA member status as an

Internal or an External Chapter or to completely

un- affiliate with ACPA and become a separate

entity entirely.

As a result of this vote the members of MoCPA

have decided to have MoCPA be an External

Chapter of ACPA moving forward. This change

will bring about some changes however, the

MoCPA exec board looks forward to working

with our members to ensure that as an organiza-

tion we continue to meet the needs of our mem-

bers all throughout Missouri. Please see the de-

tails on this page regarding some of the changes

and should anyone have questions please let a

member of the Exec board know.

External Chapter of ACPA

Must incorporate with own 501 ( C ) (3)

status, therefore filing own yearly tax pa-

perwork and have its own Employer Iden-

tification Number. (MoCPA already has

this status and we file our own yearly tax

paperwork)

All chapter members must be full ACPA

members. ACPA will help ease the transi-

tion by offering the following discounts.

New members, $30 year 1, $60 year 2, $90

year 3. New member grads, half new mem-

bers cost. Existing members, $90.

Member rates received at convention and

other ACPA activities

Web presence for state maintained on AC-

PA site

Must promote ACPA’s activities and ACPA

will promote those of MoCPA

State money may be held at financial insti-

tution of choice but accounts and financial

activity must be sent to ACPA

May not contract in ACPA’s name

Must provide evidence of $1 million com-

prehensive general liability insurance with

ACPA as co-insured.

Discounts on services such as Professional

Liability, Home & Auto insurance, life in-

surance and health plans. (Specific info is

available on ACPA website under ACPA

Member insurance Program)

Support in asking for sponsors/vendors

We would like to thank

USA Today for their

continued support of

MoCPA and it’s Mem-

ber Institutions

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Conference Planning Team

Reminder

To access the application and to learn more about committee positions

and expectations, follow this link: http://goo.gl/forms/B2juvLWvs6.

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Treasurers Report

By: Luke Gorham

MoCPA Treasurer

Treasurer’s Report - Approved Budget for 2015 Fiscal Year

The following information shows the approved budget for the 2015 fiscal year. The year begins

on June first and ends the following May. Please note that some of this information may change in

the coming weeks as we learn more about additional costs and income resulting in the move to an

Externally affiliated chapter of ACPA. We will keep the members updated should any changes

need to be made to account for this transition.

Missouri College Personnel Association 2015 Fiscal Budget

2015 Revenues Line Items

Annual Conference Revenue (includes Registration, Sponsorship & Silent Auction) $ 4,000.00

Drive-In Conference(s) Revenue $ 400.00

TOTALS $ 4,400.00

2015 Expenses/Savings Line Items

Savings 2,200.00

Travel and meetings 1,000.00

Graduate Student Initiatives/Scholarship 200.00

MoCPA Sponsorship 400.00

Marketing/advertising 70.00

Web fees (website, meeting space, etc.) 120.00

Supplies 50.00

Postage 10.00

Miscellaneous 50.00

Insurance 300.00

Professional fees 0.00

TOTALS $4,400.00

*Professional Fees could come with ACPA affiliation. If so, the budget will be adjusted accordingly.

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Book Nook

The Book Nook is a new column that we are

looking to include each quarter to give our

members new ideas of books that they can read

and utilize in their everyday work with stu-

dents. This month features two from MoCPA’s

Exec board members, however, in future issues

we would like to include reviews from our

members. If you would like to submit a book

review in future issues please send us a mes-

sage with the subject line MoCPA News–

Book Review at mymocpa@gmail.com.

Review by: Jonathan Affalter

MoCPA Newsletter Coordinator

Toy Box Leadership: Leadership lessons frm

the toys you loved as a child

By Ron Hunter Jr. & Michael E. Waddell

Published by: Thomas Nelson (2009)

Category: Leadership Programs

Toy Box Leadership takes the often convoluted

and sometimes stuffy world of leadership books

and flips it completely on it’s head. Throughout

the book the writers take common toys such as

the Slinky Dog, Rubik’s cube and green army

men and utilized them to teach readers that

many of the skills necessary to lead such as pa-

tience and organization we already learned as

children from out toys.

I found myself enjoying this book not because

of the lessons it teaches per-se but more be-

cause of the way it teaches them. Talking about

leadership can often times become boring as we

usually utilize the same methods we learned

about in college and grad school. However, I

have found that by utilizing the authors work

and lessons in conjunction with a slew of toys

that it is much easier to engage with students,

faculty and staff as they light up seeing many of

the toys they loved as children strewn out on ta-

ble before them.

Whether you a re a grizzled veteran looking to

spice up your presentations on leadership or a

new professional needing to prepare your own

portfolio, this book can definitely instill a sense

of fun in the otherwise crazy world of leader-

ship

Review by: Chris Triplett

MoCPA Sponsorship Chair

Creating Magic: 10 Common Sense Leader-

ship strategies from a life at Disney

By Lee Cockerell

Published by Doubleday, 2008

Category: General Higher Education/

Leadership Programs

This book provides clear cut leadership ideas

in an easy to follow, common-sense format.

Through his fantastic storytelling ability,

Cockrell is able to deliever examples of great

leadership, customer-oriented service, and

overall group process management. Who better

to learn from that a former Executive Vice

President at one of the top companies world-

wide!

These leadership strategies make you rethink

why and how you do things at all levels of the

organizational structure. From Assessment to

mission statements, this book will guide you on

a journey to creating a strong department that

is thriving in every sense of the word.

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Announcements and Acknowledgements

We are excited to announce that the University of Missouri will host the Midwest Affiliate

of College and University Residence Halls (MACURH) 2015 Conference!

MACURH 2015 will take place October 30th-November 1st, 2015 and will host approximately

500 guests, have two keynote speakers, facilitate both passive and active philanthropies, and have

programs presented regarding campus topics such as diversity, life lessons, leadership develop-

ment, and sustainability.

Check out the Prezi that was presented at No Frills 2015 as well as the video that shows off Mizzou and everything it has to offer the MACURH region!

Prezi: https://prezi.com/gher0vn-xjrf/university-of-missouri/

Youtube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-18hW_SKgk

Missouri S&T will host the 2016 MACURH No

Frills Conference!

Conference Dates: February 12th – 14th, 2016

YouTube Video: http://youtu.be/NxW4l8qXzD0

Students at both institutions are very excited

to start planning both events and showcase

what makes Missouri a great state for Higher

Education! As the conference advisors we

would like to thank everyone in MoCPA for

all of their support and look forward to incor-

porating MoCPA into both conferences. If

you have more questions please let us know!

Luke Gorham & Jonathan Affalter

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Announcements and Acknowledgements

Cancellation:

Due to a lack of interest the Support Staff Drive-in Conference at State Fair Community College

has been cancelled. We would like to thank State Fair for all their hard work planning the event

and hope to have the event return next year to ensure as an organization we continue to strive to

provide professional development opportunities to all our members and institutions.

We would once again like to thank

USA Today and their Collegiate

Readership Program for their con-

tinued support of MoCPA and it’s

members.

Does your institution have an upcoming conference event, speaker or professional development

opportunity that you would like to share with the MoCPA community? Let us know so we can in-

clude it in the Announcements section. We can be reached at mymocpa@gmail.com.