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MEMORANDUM
TO:
Proprietary Council Members
FROM:
George Rosenbaum, State Farm
Chairman, Proprietary Council
SUBJECT:
CSAA Proprietary Conf. Call - Wednesday, May 7th
DATE:
May 7, 2008
George Rosenbaum
Joe Miskulin
Tim Rearden
Dwayne Hawkins
Elizabeth Coats
Derek Stansbury
Kyle Madden
Brain Jansen
Rene Deley
Matt Wolf
Celia Besore
Becky Lane
Anthony Petillo
James Beatty
State Farm
State Farm
Reading Hospital
Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart
Boeing
Key Bank
Key Bank
Fidelity Investments
Fifth Third Bank
CSAA
CSAA
Sanofi Pasteur
CVS
Here are a few ideas that I would throw in for discussion:
1) Discuss the idea of electing/appointing a Membership Chairperson who would work closely with Becky on
possible proprietary leads. This person would send out letters on behalf of the Proprietary Counsel to new
members, potential members and with members that we do not hear from on a regular basis. In essence, this
person would be an ambassador for the CSAA and more specifically, the Proprietary Counsel. James Beatty
(CVS) & Joe Miskulin ( State Farm) will work with Becky Lane to put together a welcome packet
for new Proprietary members.
2) As Steve Doyle presents the Proprietary Counsel's request to have a voting seat on the CSAA Board of
Directors, we need to discuss the qualifications and responsibilities of our representative. Since the Board
members pay their way to the Annual Meeting, as well as some planning meetings, it is important that our
representative knows going in that there will be some expenses to his or her company. For instance, my
management has been vocal about my interest in attending the CSAA Annual Meetings, so I would not be a
candidate for this position. Did discuss some qualifications for our voting member if approved. One
suggestion was a 2 year commitment. Other ideas will be discussed at the meeting in Nashville.
3) Update on the State Licensing Committee that is gathering information on state requirements that hopefully will
be available to all CSAA members by the meeting in Nashville in late June. Several members of CSAA have
been working on gathering information on state requirements and will be putting together
information to be shared in Nashville.
4) In light of our request to place a member of the Proprietary Counsel on the CSAA Board, I would encourage as
many members of our counsel as possible attend the ESX conference, and the Proprietary Counsel meeting on
June 24th. If we desire to be seen as a serious voice in this organization, we need to be more visible. The
Proprietary Counsel meets in person twice a year (at the Spring ESX and the Fall CSAA Managers Conference)
and has 2 conference calls a year. Please consider attending at least one of these meetings and both conference
calls to help shape our counsel.
*Agenda for Nashville: I believe we wanted to get input from other Proprietary members on topics for the agenda.
Let members send there ideas into the forum or to Becky or Celia.