Libin nominated Janice Gin. Louie seconded. Shelley moved to cease nominations. Sardar seconded. The motion was approved by unanimous voice vote. Janice Gin wins the open trustee seat. Therefore David Louie becomes the Foundation’s first Vice Chair. Tardif talked about the year end fund drive and a major donor initiative. Cavender talked about creating an unrestricted endowment for the Foundation. The Governance Committee will review the Foundation by-laws to clean up a discrepancy in the language about two year terms and annual terms for treasurer. Walker moved to appoint Shelley as Treasurer. Nagler seconded. Duffy moved to cease nominations. Sardar seconded. The motion was approved by unanimous voice vote. Shelley to adjourn as the Foundation board and reconvene as the Association board. Kraham seconded. The motion was approved by unanimous voice vote. Tardif adjourned the Foundation board. Walker called the Association board to order. Cavender said EIJ15 brought in an overwhelmingly positive response. The floor was sold out. Kate Switchenko’s management was stupendous. And he said this was the best of the five we’ve done so far in partnership with SPJ. Kate Switchenko said the final attendance number was about 1540. She said this is pretty comparable to 2013 when 1611 attended our conference with SPJ and NAHJ. Eleven to twelve percent this year were RTDNA members. She said a final review is still to come but that she heard good reviews of sessions and the hotel staff was very good. There was discussion on how to promote sessions folks missed and about the app password. Executive Committee elections were held. Shelley nominated Sean McGarvey. seconded. Libin nominated Janice Gin. Louie seconded. Shelley nominated Sheryl Worsley. McGarvey seconded.
Libin nominated Janice Gin. Louie seconded. Shelley moved to cease nominations. Sardar seconded. The motion was approved by unanimous voice vote. Janice Gin wins the open trustee seat. Therefore David Louie becomes the Foundation’s first Vice Chair. Tardif talked about the year end fund drive and a major donor initiative. Cavender talked about creating an unrestricted endowment for the Foundation. The Governance Committee will review the Foundation by-laws to clean up a discrepancy in the language about two year terms and annual terms for treasurer. Walker moved to appoint Shelley as Treasurer. Nagler seconded. Duffy moved to cease nominations. Sardar seconded. The motion was approved by unanimous voice vote. Shelley to adjourn as the Foundation board and reconvene as the Association board. Kraham seconded. The motion was approved by unanimous voice vote. Tardif adjourned the Foundation board. Walker called the Association board to order. Cavender said EIJ15 brought in an overwhelmingly positive response. The floor was sold out. Kate Switchenko’s management was stupendous. And he said this was the best of the five we’ve done so far in partnership with SPJ. Kate Switchenko said the final attendance number was about 1540. She said this is pretty comparable to 2013 when 1611 attended our conference with SPJ and NAHJ. Eleven to twelve percent this year were RTDNA members. She said a final review is still to come but that she heard good reviews of sessions and the hotel staff was very good. There was discussion on how to promote sessions folks missed and about the app password. Executive Committee elections were held. Shelley nominated Sean McGarvey. seconded. Libin nominated Janice Gin. Louie seconded. Shelley nominated Sheryl Worsley. McGarvey seconded.
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