From: Rita Gormley <AISRVPCounselor@irises.org>
Sent: Dec 17, 2009 8:49 AM
To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
Cc: undefined <gormleygreenery@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [AISdiscuss] Loberg Questions on AIS Library exhibits-
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John Jones has now fixed my "in-box" for AIS.org mail so I am just
getting
caught up on my reading of AIS Discuss posts.
Jim (and whole group), the below comments were posted on December
1st and I
have seen NO RESPONSE to Jim's comment: (underlining is mine)
As an affiliate president I did receive Roy's letter yesterday about
fixing the Exhibition Committee fiasco (Has AIS recovered the
Exhibition
supplies yet???). That letter will be read this weekend to three
affiliates to which I belong. As an impatient Board member I had
hoped
that in this Christmas season of giving that I could ask these
affiliates
to donate to AIS to help offset our $14,000 deficit budget. But
some AIS
executive direction is needed first. >
Roy did send the letter to the Affiliate Presidents regarding new
directions
for the Exhibitions procedure but it was never posted on AIS
Discuss or
anywhere else. I have not seen the letter nor has anyone else
unless he/she
is an Affiliate President! I am assuming there will be a mention
in the Jan
Bulletin but in the meantime many of us who receive questions from
the
membership are still in the dark as to what is going on. This
lack of
communication and feedback impedes any possible progress resolving
day-to-day issues.
As Jim Morris and Bob Pries keep pointing out, what good is it
identifying
issues, especially negative ones, if, as a Board, we produce no
feedback nor
a PLAN to resolve??? I do personally know Jill Bonino is working
on a
"Donations Request" letter to go to Affiliates, Sections etc. and
it should
be ready for release soon. Even tho the motion to implement
PayPal for the
Donations was approved at the AIS BOD meeting Fall 2008, it has
not yet been
implemented yet!! Some prompt "Executive Direction" needs to be
the norm
for these issues!!! AND more feedback from the "peanut gallery" of
Board
members, not just the usual verbal few like Bob, Jim, me and a
VERY FEW
others!!!
From another "Impatient Board Member", Rita Gormley, RVP Counselor
----- Original Message -----
From: <MORRISJE1@aol.com>
To: <aisdiscuss@aisboard.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: [AISdiscuss] Loberg Questions on AIS Library exhibits
In a message dated 11/30/2009 12:25:45 P.M. Central Standard Time,
aistreas@earthlink.net writes:
I think this should be scheduled and done as soon as possible.
This is
another service that AIS provides that members don't know we
have...
Perfect addition to the website. Jill
Jill,
And who is going to do it? Is the AIS volunteer Librarian even
aware of
this AIS Discuss commentary on Library inventory? Does the AIS
President
request action of the Librarian and Electronic Services & Website
chairman
(with informational copies to the Board) or do we continue
talking and
talking without any real action to get anything done? People
like Bob
Pries and
Kitty Loberg have great ideas that need refining and action.
AIS is
w-a-y
behind the power curve in taking action rather than talking
things to
death. I was at least encouraged at the Fall Board meeting that
we the
Board
have awakened to the fact that we can't continue doing business
as is or
we
will go broke -- within three years according to Bob but
certainly very
soon
if we don't do something. I felt that our Board meeting was the
most
productive in the five years (10 meetings) I have been on the
Board.
Lots of
changes, I just hope we can recover in time. I think we can and
it is
imperative that we try hard and smart!
As an affiliate president I did receive Roy's letter yesterday about
fixing
the Exhibition Committee fiasco (Has AIS recovered the Exhibition
supplies
yet???). That letter will be read this weekend to three
affiliates to
which I belong. As an impatient Board member I had hoped that in
this
Christmas season of giving that I could ask these affiliates to
donate to
AIS to
help offset our $14,000 deficit budget. But some AIS executive
direction
is needed first. I know I can deliver around $2,000 in donations
but this
is a one-time quick fix. We need a long range solution. Now I
sound
like
Keith Keppel. We never discussed his 15 March 1997 memo on Cost
Reduction
and Revenue Sharing that was in our packet of "information" and I
just
discovered it. He was and is right on when he said, "I find it far
preferable
playing doctor, examining an ailing patient than coroner,
exhuming a dead
body."
Jim Morris
.
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