[texbirds] Texas Century Club
- From: "Jim Hailey" <irasciblej@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Texbirds" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "TOS" <TOS-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 08:40:59 -0500
I have no intention of stopping the flow of comment on this issue. Over the
short course of this discussion I have received both public and private
comments about the subject. I have learned that it is a TOS adopted program
and that there are very passionate individuals supporting the project. As I
stated earlier I believe this to be a viable and valuable program that TOS
should be a supporter and sponsor for. With that in mind I have appointed a
committee to study the program, come up with solutions to a program
problems, for whatever reason, are not satisfying its participants. The
TOS Board has a weekend retreat scheduled of mid-October. This item will be
one of the items on the agenda. It is for reasons like this issue and
others that face TOS that I believe, as President, that at least annually a
board retreat is necessary to deal with the many issues of TOS that take
more than the 1 ½ hour board meeting held at our two annual meetings to
resolve. It is just not possible to handle all the issues in that short
time. In addition, I have taken the responsibility to appoint committee
chairs to bring not just the problems but recommendations to resolve them to
the October meeting. If any of you have an interest in joining in this
effort of an individual committees which areConservation, Budget,
Membership, Sanctuary, Publications, Publicity, Field Trip, Advertising or
the newly commissioned Century Club committee, please contact me and I will
steer you to the correct Committee Chair who I am sure will be happy to
accommodate you. The original comment that began this discussion was that
some members of TOS (and they are unnamed) were unhappy with what is being
done by TOS in this matter. I have been a board member for 4 years now and
have not, to my recollection, had this issue discussed at any of them. As
President I feel the obligation to confront such issues head on and in this
case, the Board needs to be much more actively involved in and take direct
control over the program. So, lets all set back, take a deep breath, and
move forward to resolving the problems of an issue that is clearly of
interest to many of our members. Please, this is your organization, step
forward and offer your helping hand in any area of personal interest by
becoming an ACTIVE member of one of the above mentioned committees.
Jim Hailey
President
Texas Ornithological Society
110 Lavaca Lane
Georgetown, TX 78628
361-522-3522
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