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Good Afternoon All! Attached is the Agenda for the Call tomorrow. Hope everyone is hanging in there this week! Best, Ashley ------------------------------ Ashley Vercellone NACAS Senior Director of Events Operations Charlottesville VA United States ------------------------------ Read More

Hello, We are looking to create a new position within our in house managed Printing & Mail unit. Does anyone have a position description for a Communications & Marketing role you could share? Thanks! Brian ------------------------------ Brian Browning University of Tennessee Acting Associate Vice Chancellor, Operations Knoxville, TN browning@utk.edu ... Read More

Does your campus catering charge only for beverages that are consumed (assuming the unconsumed beverages are completely sealed), or does your campus catering charge departments for all beverages ordered for an applicable event? Our campus uses a third party dining services provider, Aramark, but we wanted to know if there was an industry standard in ... Read More

Hi NACAS colleagues! Portland State is preparing to solicit RFPs for graduation regalia for the 2022 grad season.  Would anyone be able to share your Scope of Work/RFP for your Graduation Regalia contract? Thank you in advance,  Kristine ------------------------------ Kristine Wise Portland State University Retail Services Manager Portland OR United ... Read More

YES Kara, YES Rikki!! What's better than some fresh air and helping students meet basic needs?? ------------------------------ William Hurley NACAS Director of Membership Charlottesville VA United States ------------------------------ Read More

I plan to sign up today. This is just the motivation I need to get moving again after getting out of a boot! ------------------------------ Rikki Turner, CASP ValoreCampus Higher Education Consultant Little Rock AR United States ------------------------------ Read More

We are using AIMS Parking from EDC Corporation. I believe the pricing is reasonable and they now have a cloud offering so you don't need to install the servers locally anymore. You can reach them at https://www.aimsparking.com/contact DAVID CAMDEN-BRITTON , '02 Director of IT AUXILIARY SERVICES AUXIT davidcb@uidaho.edu ... Read More

Slingshot has a team of runners getting ready to go! Who else is going to run or walk… or just donate to a great cause? ------------------------------ Kara Bunde-Dunn Slingshot EVP Sales & Marketing ------------------------------ Read More

Hi Jill, We are also investigating Starbucks Connect, but it appears there is a lag in the Point of Sale integration (We are a CBORD/CS Gold school). Without the integration, the staff would swipe the customer's Campus Card on a stand-alone reader, which adds time to the transaction and another reconciliation. With 85+% of transactions associated with ... Read More

NACAS colleagues, We are considering adding Starbucks Connect to our dining and retail program. Was wondering if those who have added this loyalty program in the last 1-3 years could share their experiences: technology needs, start up, did sales increase? Was it worth it? Am happy to have off-line conversations if needed. Jill Eckardt, ... Read More