Hi Alan- Here are my answers for you to tally #1 Board #2 2 year term but able to take another position within the organization after that term is up. #3 I would like to serve as the chair for the education committee Thank you, Vanessa Sent from my iPhone On Feb 16, 2014, at 8:33 AM, Alan Ehrlich <arehrlich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've moved this over to the new Steering-Committee list for discussion. > > > Team, > > Sorry to take so long to get this to you. Between rebuilding the website and > the webinar, it has been a busy time. And, I broke one of my long-standing > rules - don't take notes while hosting a meeting. Just doesn't work. So, if > someone would volunteer... :) > > Notes and Thoughts > > Structure, Name and Terms > There seemed to be two names and structures that gained traction at our > meeting. The first is being called a board, with the standard array of > positions (president/chair; vice president and so on. Additional people would > be part of a committee structure working 'under' the board. > > The second was Steering Committee with an Executive Board/Committee with the > same positions. There was agreement that terms should not be short and most > of us spoke to the idea of not having to leave, but rather move positions > while allowing for others - new blood - to come in. > > Both of these are very similar. The Steering Committee concept might be a > little more flexible in allowing new members (spouses and others) to join and > participate, but the choice is for the group to make. > Question #1 - Do we want to be called a Board or a Steering Committee? We'll > tally the votes as they arrive. > Question #2 - Do we agree on the length of service being as long as we feel > we want to commit, and that we would change/rotate positions - allowing for > new blood - every two years (unless, of course, we want to resign a > position). Yes, No, Comments.... > Question #3 - Who wants to volunteer for a leadership (Executive Committee) > position? Which one? > > Committees > We discussed a number of committees beginning with Fund Raising and Public > Relations. We added Bio-Specimen Donation Committee and Education Committee. > Todd volunteered to chair the Bio-Specimen Committee and Vanessa indicated > that she wanted to be on (chair?) the Education Committee. > > It is important that we put together the fund raising committee and see if we > can form a consortium of small foundations that will not only contribute to > the projects that we, along with our advisory board, lay out, but are also > willing to have funds directed to them and hold them for these projects. > > As always, your thoughts and comments are both needed and desired. > > Thanks for everything. > > > ...Alan > > Alan R. Ehrlich > President, The Center for Listening Disorders Research - A NJ Non-Profit Corp > www.listeningdisorders.org > 609-619-0039 or 818-554-6480 > -------------------------------------------- > Immediate Past President, International Listening Association > Join the International Listening Association - www.listen.org > --------------------------------------------- > Member, New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators > --------------------------------------------- > Hearing is about sounds... Listening is about understanding. Learn to > Listen. > > Sent from my IQTELL Virtual Workspace