MACES

Annual Spring Luncheon

June 17, 2011

EMU Student Center, Room 300

MInutes

10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Welcome: MACES Co-President Mary Anderson

MACES Business Meeting: Mary Anderson & Diane Parfitt (MACES Co-Presidents), MACES Kristin Smiley (Secretary/Treasurer)

  • Bylaws – Created by the current executive board with feedback from John Geisler. Bylaws now must be reviewed and approved by the MACES membership. Bylaws can be viewed on Upon approval by the membership, the next steps will be to present them to ACES for feedback and finally submit the bylaws to MCA.
  • Treasurer Report – $ 11,141.13 (as of June 10, 2011)
  • Website & Blog – See
  • Supervisor Listing on Website – Discussed liability concerns about listing supervisors. Diane Parfitt will consult with David Kaplan (ACA). In addition, it was decided that supervisors that choose to list must be MACES members and most likely MCA will link to our list so as to not “compete”.
  • Election of 2011-2012 Leadership: The new 2011-2012 MACES executive board (beginning July 1, 2011) will be:
  • President: Sheri Pickover from University of Detroit Mercy
  • Secretary: Glinda Rawles from Western Michigan University
  • Treasurer: Kristen Smiley from Oakland University (graciously taking on a second term)
  • Other announcements?
  • All Michigan Counselors Conference Nov. 6-7, 2011 in Kalamazoo. In addition all were encouraged to submit a proposal for presenting at the conference. See website for flyer, registration form, and proposal form. Nancy Calley hopes that at least 4 sessions will be presented by MACES members.

Special Guest Speaker: Jane Goodman(Mary Anderson reported that Luellen Ramey, the original presenter slated for today, chose not to present due to the recent death of her father.FYI, Luellen in now on the State of Michigan Board of Counseling). Jane was fabulous (and still is)!!!

Ward v. Wilbanks – Irene Mass Ametrano

  • Overview
  • Implications for Universities

Proposed Administrative Rule Changes & Public Hearing – Irene Mass Ametrano & Sara Sue Schaeffer (MMHCA Licensure Chairs), Nancy Calley & Lisa Hawley (MCA Licensure Chairs)

  • Rules
  • Public Hearing: July 25, 2012 at 9 a.m. in Lansing
  • Concerns & Responding to Rules: All licensure chairs shared their views and solicited input from the membership in attendance. Nancy Calley will draft a statement for review of the membership.

Working Lunch (lunch provided & Served at Noon): Yummie!!!

InternshipDiscussion: School Counseling Graduate Students’ School Counseling Internships & LLPC licensureaccording to WSU – Shirley Mack (could not attend due to illness): For Shirley, Diane Parfitt asked the group what their feelings were on requiring school counseling graduate students to complete a clinical internship in addition to the required school counseling internship if the school counseling graduate students wanted to be recommended by their university for the LLPC, a policy that WSU has in effect. The unanimous response was “it is up to each university”.

MCA Lobby Day(May 12, 2011, replaced LDL for this year): Shirley Mack (MCA PPL Chair), Noah Smith (MCA Lobbyist, Capitol Services), & Jim Bauer (2011-2012 MCA President).

Only Jim was in attendance as Shirley was ill and Noah had a family responsibility.

  • Review of Lobby Day: Jim summarized the day.
  • Discussion of requirement of CEUs for the State of Michigan LLPCs & LPC: Jim opened discussion on the idea of requiring LLPCs & LPCs to complete CEUs. The licensure chairs for MCA and MMHCA were not in favor of this at this time. They stressed that there are more pressing legal issues at this time, e.g., BCBSapproval of LPCs.

Other Business: Nancy Calley expressed thanks on behalf of the MACES membership to outgoing co-presidents Diane Parfitt & Mary Anderson.

Minutes respectfully submitted by Diane Parfitt.

June 17, 2011