NCCA Meeting

27 October 2005

Attendees

• Susan, Carl, Kristen Truman, Judy Iverson-Gilbert, John

Introductions

• Judy/ Background in teaching and behavioral sciences, cross-trained as Coach, moved to Colorado a year ago. Currently subcontractor with financial company in NY as a coach. Focus on transitions, behavior change, leadership
• Carl/ Leader of HP's internal coaching network (150+ people), working on a coaching skills training program for sales managers where 1-1 coaching is offered to each participant in the program. We started up a co-coaching group for coaches in the company and have about 30 participants. I also started leading the Gregorian Chant choir at my church.
• Susan/ I'm still working on my marketing information, I'm shifting my communication more to "business consultant" than "coach" because that has more credibility for my audience. I'm looking to focus on project management for website development, shifting away from life coaching. Resource: www.cyclopraxis.com from Consultant's Forum. We suggested that Judy and Susan get together for some co-coaching.
• Kristen/ I'm with ILCT (Pat's school) and will complete in March. I'm a mom, Outward Bound instructor, and clinical nurse specialist. I'm transitioning to a new position in PVH as director or something closer to coaching, working to define a new position. Irene is my coach.
• John/ I've been coaching about 2 1/2 years, went through Coach Training Institute, started NoCoNet with Doug Johnson. I coach ADD adults. I'm working with some other coaches on a group coaching concept, we're struggling to get it off the ground. I've found structure through my contracting work at HP, and gave a presentation last month to early retirement candidates at HP. There's a possibility that I might transition back to full-time employment at HP.

Announcements

• Jeff passed along the following announcement from Ann Strong, who presented to us earlier this year:

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for wanting to share the info about the Thriving Coaches Revolution
at your meeting tomorrow.

Here's the details:

Thriving Coaches Revolution
with Ann Strong 
Helping you beat the odds and thrive during
the first three years of your coaching business!

Free, weekly community phone meetings
Every Monday evening
6 to 6:45 pm MT

For more information and to receive an invitation every Monday morning
with the call topic and call-in phone number, visit: http://www.thrivingcoaches.com 

Thanks for spreading the word!
Ann 

• Susan was contacted by someone in Durango who's interested in swapping houses for 1-1.5 years. Let Susan know if you have someone who might be interested.
• Susan is looking for work, something to help pay the bills. Any pointers, let her know.
• Carl, Joan and Pat are going to the ICF conference in November. If you have anything you'd like them to chase up, let them know.  They will be reporting back at the January meeting.

NCCA Charter change

• We've been working on a proposed change to the NCCA charter this year, and have put the proposal to a vote in the last two weeks.

Driving vision

  The NCCA welcomes all coaches in northern Colorado - those
  obtaining their coaching education, those who are practicing as
  coaches in any capacity, and those working to promote the coaching
  profession.

  Although allied with the ICF, it is not required that NCCA members
  are also ICF members or ICF credentialled. However, since the NCCA
  retains its status as an ICF chapter, the officer roles of president,
  vice president, secretary and treasurer must be ICF members in good
  standing. The NCCA fully endorses the ICF professional coaches' code
  of conduct.

The updated NCCA charter

* NCCA remains an ICF charter chapter - no change

* NCCA receives $25 reimbursement when and if a coach signs up with the
  ICF - no change

* The only difference for an NCCA member being an ICF member is whether
  they can hold one of the four ICF-designated officer roles, otherwise
  there's no distinction:
  * Activity fee paid to NCCA (currently $25/year) is the same
  * Website advertising fee (currently $42/lifetime) is the same
  * Member can hold any of the other officer roles
  * No distinction made on the NCCA website, or the flow of information
  * Any NCCA member can use the NCCA logo in their coach marketing

* NCCA formally and fully endorses the ICF code of conduct - no change

* As a promoter of education and professionalism for coaches in
  Northern Colorado, the NCCA will pull resources from the ICF,
  CoachVille, PCMA or other organizations to meet the needs of its
  membership. These needs include:
  * Provide a network for members to support each other, and share
    professional knowledge and best practices
  * Increase skills and effectiveness of members
  * Promoting coaching to the community

* To this end, the NCCA will formalize the role of "ICF liaison",
  "CoachVille liaison", and possibly other liaison roles, to facilitate
  a two-way dialog with these leading industry bodies. We will pursue
  discussions with the Boulder Coaches Alliance and Denver Coach
  Federation, to explore whether stronger ties will be of value to
  all organizations.

* An NCCA Affiliate (this was something added last year) must be
  determined to be supportive of the NCCA's goals - and this is at the
  NCCA's sole discretion - no change

• Vote outcome:  13 yea, 0 nay - passed!
• Carl will modify the charter and notify everyone
• Susan will send a paper copy to the ICF

Reaching out to the broader audience of coaches

• We have about 40 people on our e-mail list who aren't members
• We could Google search for coaches in the area?
• Some places we could advertise for free or cheap (we're a non-profit) - newspapers, radio
• Chamber of commerce?
• DCF/BCA membership list?
• Judy could see if she can identify CoachU graduates in the area - we can ask other NCCA members to go through their school networks
• We should check how we're identified in the ICF chapter page, relative to BCA and DCF - Carl to check
• It would be ideal to welcome all new members to our holiday party on January 6
• Judy is working on the first draft of a message, Susan will check out advertising prices at the papers.

Upcoming meetings

• The next planning meeting is a teleconference on November 18th
• Our holiday party, and welcoming of new members, will be on January 6th
• The following membership meeting will be January 26th
• Have a great holiday season!