ICA Governing Council Meeting
Arrowhead Gold Club
July 1, 2017
Wheaton, IL
9:13 am - Meeting Comes to Order
Roll Call
Japan Abdullah, IALGBTIC
Allyson Adams, N/W Suburban
Angie Barker, WCIPCA
Christine Bard, ICDA GC Rep
David Barreto, IALGBTIC
Tamekia Bell, IAARC
Leslie Contos, Region VII
Heather DeCook, ISCA Rep
Lauri Dishman, ICDA
Kimberly Duris, ICES President
Judith Fawell, IMHCA GC Rep
Catherine Gruener, IACAC
Brittany Hall, Black Counselors Association
Kimberly Hart, IASGW President
Jalaine Hart, Black Counselors Association
Halley Jacobs, NLUCA
Andre Joachim, ICSJ GC Rep
Nadia Johnson, IMHCA GC Rep
Sandra Kakacek, President Elect
Barbara Kazpouzian, ISCA President
Justin Lauka, ICES GC Rep
Gideon Litherland, IALGBTIC
Melissa “Missy” Lugo, IALGBTIC GC Rep
Joyce Marter, President
Peggy Mayfield, IACAC GC Rep
Steve Murray, President Elect-Elect
Crystal Neal, IAADA
Greta Nielsen, IACAC
Roseanne Oppmann, IACAC
Drew Sanders, Adler University
Timothy Schoonover, IASWG
Dionne Seals, Governor State
Laurie Siegel, IMHCA GC Rep
Ericka Soto, NEIU
Daniel Stasi, IMHCA Executive Director
Rebecca Tambouratzis, NLUCA
Lynn Turovetz, Treasurer
Robert Walsh, Past President
Vince Walsh-Rock, ISA Rep
Kris Wheatley, Past President’s Chapter
Scott Wickman, ISERVIC President
Kristina Wilkerson, ICSJ/Black Counselor’s Association
Elisa Woodruff, IAADA President
Jasmine Young, NIUCA
Hector Zavala, IACFC President and Acting Parliamentarian
Non-Voting Members
Ronna Heinig, ICA Executive Director
Lynn Turovetz, Treasurer
Lauri Dishman, ICA Secretary
Approve the Agenda
•Leslie Contos made a motion to approve the agenda for today’s meeting
•Motion was seconded by Kris Wheatley
•Agenda approved
Old Business
ICA Audit Update FY 2016
•Executive Director reported that audit had been completed and was deemed satisfactory. She also reported that she is in the process of currently assembling the financial information for the upcoming 2016 - 1017 audit
•Requested from Presidents of all divisions copies of check registers from this past fiscal year
Conference Committee Update
•ICA 2017 Conference will take place Nov 9 - 11 at the Hilton in Lisle, IL
•Over 100 proposals were received for presentations
•Have confirmed Jeffrey Cotler to speak as keynote and for an all-day workshop
•Jonathan Nye also confirmed
•Awards Ceremony will be held on Friday and will include a ringing of the bells to commemorate those we have lost over the year.
ICA 2017 Election Results
•President Elect-Elect was announced: Kimberly Hart
•Rachel Schultz was elected as the Region Representative
Webinars and CE Procedures
•An update was provided on procedures for Divisions/Chapters applying for CE’s and requesting to hold Webinars
•Handouts with procedures were distributed at today’s meeting
•CE’s can be made available for Counselors, LCSW MFC, Psychologists,
•PD’s for School Counselors have to go through school counseling association
New Business
ED’s Contract
•Steve Murray made a motion to implement the recommendations made by the Finance Committee to propose increasing the Executive Director’s salary by 2% to $76,042 in addition to a $5,000 one-time bonus, for a total $81,042
•Motion Seconded by Kris Sandra Wheatley
Discussion:
•Treasurer reviewed scope of finances spent by the ED, suggesting the position is more like a business vs. hiring an employee. Iterated that stipend is applied to her operating expenses as well as salary.
•Suggested that IMHCA, ISCA and ICA collaborate to set up a process of review similar to what was done today: offering an understanding of the underlying expenses that goes in with the business
•It was also suggested that a written breakdown of ED’s expenses could be helpful when reviewing salary increases in order maintain financial integrity, to offer documentation assuring that the ED office is not deducting items on taxes already paid for by ICA (to prevent “double dipping”)
Vote Taken:
Yes: 47
Abstention : 1
Motion Passes
ICA 2017 - 2018 Budget
•See Income Statement Year to Date June 24, 2017
•Additional expenses have been added to accommodate President’s Circle expenses to carry out duties of the office (airfare, hotel, conference registration, etc.) which all were coming from the pocket of each. This is to fulfill requirements at ACA and ACA_ILT meetings.
•See Proposed 2017 - 2018 Expenses for ICA Presidents’ document.
Motion to approve budget: Kris Wheatley
Motion seconded by Kimberly Hart
Vote Taken: 47 Yes
1 Abstention
Motion passes
Retain CPA for Audit Motion
•Kris Wheatley made a motion to retain Cheryl Rohlf’s and Associates CPA for the 2016-2017 audit,
•Motion was seconded by Bob Walsh
1 Abstention
Motion Passes
Reports
See ICA Website at:
ICA Executive Director
CICO Executive Director
President’s Report
President Elect Report
President Elect-Elect Report
Past President’s Report
Division Reports
Region Reports
Chapter Reports
Task Force Updates
Gavel passed to incoming ICA President, Sandra Kakacek
Representatives Elected
Division Representative: Nadia Johnson
Regional Representative: Leslie Contos
Chapter Representative - Jalaine Hart
Meeting Adjourned: 11:34 am