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

    Shannon Stutzman hstutz at wifi7.com
    Wed Dec 4 06:16:46 EST 2013 
     
 I am also in agreement that I don't like where this is heading 
With all the news media so focused on "bringing back home ec" now is
not the time to be inventing something new.  Even though it has been
YEARS since we changed to FACS, my students and parents still refer to
my class as home ec.  I would definitely want to know much more
before any new change takes place in our organization and how it would
benefit me and why I should support it.
Shannon Stutzman
East Holmes Schools, FCS teacher

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From: "Jennifer Klaus" 
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I do feel we lost our identity with the name change and feel we will
possibly loss our identity further with the Academy.  When people ask
what FCS is I tell them it is "home ec on steroids." They understand
this and ask how is it better. It is an easy conversation starter and
a connection to who we are.  I do like the idea of "bring back home
economics" but I also fear that we set ourself up for a narrow vision
from the public. What ever happens we need market ourselves.  We seem
to do a good job advocating for others but for our survival we also
need to advocate for ourselves. Jennifer Klaus FCSFCS Teacher
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From: "Manteghi, Debra" 
Date:12/03/2013 10:30 PM (GMT-05:00) 
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Subject: Re: [Oafcs] FW: NMAFCS's Response to Academy Model 

Home Economics Society.  Sounds good! LOL!  But seriously, it
does.  At any rate, this merge of all invested entities to form an
Academy needs to be strongly reconsidered. Home Economics Society has
a much better ring to it. Maybe this could be another phase after
slowing down the Academy effort.
Debra M. 
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Subject: Re: [Oafcs] FW: NMAFCS's Response to Academy Model

I said yesterday that we made a mistake when we changed our name. 
So, I am all for changing it back.
Had a though last night.  I don't believe the "Academy" will get us
any place worth being.  How about starting our own Home Economics
Society and go national with it and recruit all the state affiliates?
Just saying.....
Donna A.
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 Subject: Re: [Oafcs] FW: NMAFCS's Response to Academy Model
 To: "Sharon Anghilante" 
 Cc: oafcs at listserv.ohio.edu 
Date: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 5:37 PM

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 {margin:0;}I like the idea of
 returning to home ec.  Since we've changed our name
 so few seem to know who we are.  I really hate to see
 us go the Academy route and have to start educating people
 again who we are!   I do like the idea of a more
 united front by combing organizations that are trying to do
 the same thing but hate to lose who we are in the
 process.  Just my thoughts.

 Susan Butts

 From:
 "Sharon Anghilante"

 To: "Candace Fox"

 Cc: oafcs at listserv.ohio.edu 
Sent: Tuesday, December 3, 2013 10:52:08 AM
 Subject: Re: [Oafcs] FW: NMAFCS's Response to
 Academy Model

 Maybe we ought to consider this as an opportunity to
 consider, "bring back home ec!"

 Sent from my iPhone

 On Dec 2, 2013, at 4:06 PM, "Candace Fox" 
 wrote:

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 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
 740-392-6868, ext. 3722

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

 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 
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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