Eldon Bott, Brigham Young University, City, ST

Past Involvement in NACADA:

Years in NACADA: 15 years
Regional Activities/Offices Held, including accomplishments achieved while in office:
National Offices Held and Accomplishments Achieved While in Office: none
Committee Activities and Accomplishments: Helped with the presentation evaluations at the National Conference in Denver.  Also served as a volunteer with evaluations with the Salt Lake City National Conference.
Commission/Interest Group Activities and Accomplishments: Have been member of the Advising Business Majors Commission from when it was an interest group and was part of the effort to get it recognized as a commission. Served as the Region X Liaison when both an interest group and a commission. Worked to get business advisors together at region meetings as well as encouraged each state in our region to get together at their state meetings. Am also a member of the Advising Administration Commission.
Other: Served as President of UBAAN (Utah Business Academic Advisor Network, which worked to get a Utah Business Core accepted by all of the universities so that students could transfer to the universities with advanced standing.  Also got all two-year schools to apply for Business Associate Degrees recognition.

I have enjoyed my membership in NACADA.  I have really enjoyed the national meetings.  I have presented at state, region, and national conferences.  I particularly enjoy region meetings because of the closeness and common interests.  I have attended region meetings outside my region and noticed the commonality of business advisor concerns and challenges.  I have learned from all of these experiences and would like to think that I am a better advisor because of them.  If elected, I would want to strengthen the region and state efforts to bring business advisors together to solve our challenges.  I believe business advisors have a lot in common in our unique-ness.  And there are those among us that have faced our similar challenges and have figured out solutions.  Some are trying things that we could try at our schools.  There are some who can learn from our experiences and we from theirs.  I would work hard to get rid of "If I had Only Known" feelings and thoughts.  We just need to talk and share at all levels.