Jim, thank you for your itemized and well thought out document. To the rest of you, I feel I will back away from this item as I step down from my position in a month and this can be an issue covered by the new Board. My only comment is that this position has come up on numerous occasions this year and the feeling ( at least my take) has been there is NO comparison in the importance of a Communication Specialist and that of our Treasurer and Secretary. We have come to depend on the newsletter and emails as a form of communication regularly throughout the club but at some point we may need to place this position outside our membership. Creating this as a Constitutional position to me is a terrible mistake...but that is only my opinion.<div>Nanc<br><div><br>On Saturday, September 10, 2016, Jim McAdams <<a href="mailto:jamcadams@comcast.net">jamcadams@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div> I think we may have been a little hasty in approaching the Communications Specialist position because of the upcoming Annual Meeting. </div><div> We should thank Chris for her feedback, ask for an itemized description of what she does, advise her that we will reconsider the decision and hope she doesn't quit. </div><div><br></div><div>Then, as a Board, we should: </div><div>1. Withdraw the original decision regarding the Communications Specialist position while it is reconsidered. </div><div>2. Review Chris' itemized description of what she does and an estimate of her time and expenses. </div><div>3. After considering #2 above, the Board should create the official position of PYC Comminicatios Specialist. </div><div>4. Create an official job description, to be placed in the appropriate club document, similar to the descriptions of the Flag officers, and various other positions. </div><div>5. After considering the time and expenses of the Communications Specislist position, establish a stipend along with any benefits also agreed upon by the Board. </div><div>6. Appoint the Communications Specialist annually in the same manner as the Secretary and Treasurer. </div><div>7. The new Board can complete this process after it convenes in November and make the actions retroactive if necessary. </div><div>8. For future creations of club positions, make no decisions until we have job descriptions, stipend expectations, and time for each Board member to consider the above before voting. </div><div><br></div><div>Please feel free to add or adjust this list. </div><div><br></div><div>Respectfully Submitted,</div><div><br><div>Jim</div><br></div><br><br><br>
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Well as I am reading my emails top to bottom I see a mistake. Please read this from Carole.<div>I actually thought Carole was not going to talk to Chris until we at least agreed on time of offer and pay schedule. I guess I was once again wrong! Now we have a new snake pit!</div><div>Nanc<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b></b> <<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','cccartnick@comcast.net');" target="_blank">cccartnick@comcast.net</a>><br>Date: Friday, September 9, 2016<br>Subject: PYC Communictions<br>To: "Gulley, Nancy" <<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','nancy@gulley.com');" target="_blank">nancy@gulley.com</a>><br><br><br><div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#333399"><div>Hi Nancy -</div><div><br></div><div>Looks like we have another bad situation to work on.</div><div><br></div><div>I just talked with Chris Weller and told her the decision</div><div>from last night about the Communications position.</div><div><br></div><div>Chris is VERY disappointed and I would say VERY upset.</div><div>She believes that the Board either doesn't understand the</div><div>position or doesn't care. Here's why.</div><div><br></div><div>1. She spends about the same amount of hours that Doyle</div><div> and I do on club work. She thinks that the Board does</div><div> realize all that is involved with web site management,</div><div> emails, and newsletters. She feels t<span style="font-size:12pt">hat she should be</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt"> compensated the same as the T</span><span style="font-size:12pt">reasurer and Secretary.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt"> with </span><span style="font-size:12pt">her dues forgiven and </span><span style="font-size:12pt">an additional stipend.</span><span style="font-size:12pt">($1500). </span></div><div><div><br></div></div><div>2. She feels that her responsibilities should be recognized</div><div> in the Constitution the same as the Treasurer and</div><div> Secretary positions are. Times have changed, and the</div><div> need for this specialized work has increased dramatically<span style="font-size:12pt">.</span></div><div><br></div><div>3. Yes, there is a description of a "Communications</div><div> Committee" in the Member Directory. The write-up is not</div><div> up to date. Also, other people listed on the committee have</div><div> not done anything towards the communications functions in</div><div> the past few years other than to manage cameras. etc.,</div><div> which is now a totally different function from communications</div><div> through the web site and emails. <span style="font-size:12pt">She feels, and I agree,</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt"> that the Communications C</span><span style="font-size:12pt">ommittee mentioned on page 71</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt"> of the directory should </span><span style="font-size:12pt">be removed, since it has not changed</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt"> in many years.</span></div><div><br></div><div>4. Chris is certain that Board members are not aware of</div><div> how much work is involved and how much it has impacted.</div><div> the club. I can remember when attendance was slim and</div><div> very dull at events. In the past 6 years, Chris'</div><div> communications have increased interest and have also </div><div> successfully advertised events either mistakenly listed or</div><div> not listed in the annual s<span style="font-size:12pt">chedule.</span></div><div><br></div><div>5. She feels this is a slap in the face because the position is</div><div> not recognized properly. For example, the responsibility</div><div> for newsletters is indicated in the Constitution as a</div><div> responsibility of the Vice Commodore. Yet Chris has</div><div> taken this responsibility on herself for years.</div><div><br></div><div>Nancy, I've worked very closely with Chris for years, and saw</div><div>her assume these responsibilities and do all this work 6 years</div><div>ago because she saw the need. I have done all I can to bring</div><div>this to the Board. I am not a Board member. Nor did they ask</div><div>Chris to come before the Board to state her case. But I have</div><div>seen her faithful and consistent work for the benefit of the club</div><div>and can only worry about her taking this personally since no</div><div>once seems to go to bat for her.</div><div><br></div><div>I don't know what happens next but an wondering whether the</div><div>Board could reconsider their position very very quickly.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Carole</div><div><br></div></div></div><br></div>
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