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Region 5 will elect a new Director/Sponsor this spring. In the first of two articles, Tom Barnett reveals his qualifications. Next month, candidate Linda Oestreich will be profiled. -- Editor
It is my great pleasure to introduce the first of the two candidates for Director-Sponsor for Region 5 in the next election: Tom Barnett, Phoenix Chapter. -- Suzanna Laurent
It is a great honor to be a candidate for director-sponsor. That honor is accentuated by the fact that Region 5 has the best STC chapters of any region in the world (proven year in and year out by the numerous awards the region accumulates every year).
I have thoroughly enjoyed helping people in STC for nearly 12 years, and the people who know me know that I love STC.
Communications. As a critical link in the communication chain of the Society, the position requires a number of communication skills. One, responding to inquiries in a timely and sufficient manner has always been a strength of mine. My years working with the Society office through managing committees and working on them have given me insights into the communication avenues of the Society and the operations of the office. As a very experienced chapter board veteran, I've participated and advised chapter presidents and boards for nearly eleven-years.
Meeting Society Objectives.
Director-sponsors play a key role in promoting the overall objectives of the Society (and thereby help chapters become successful), and they should have insights on leadership; provide advice about problems, procedures, and requirements; help chapters meet their members needs.
Experience of mine in this area that will prove helpful includes: Authoring a chapter strategic plan, participating in two mission statement rewrites, constructing a position description document for a chapter board, creating an initial board decision record document, and managing a Bylaws Committee in rewriting chapter bylaws. Last year, I created a Web site for leadership and one for STC bylaws (see link at the end of this article).
As a chapter Bylaws Committee manager, I've studied the Society's bylaws and those of other chapters. This has given me a good understanding of the Society's objectives structure and the framework within which chapters are to operate.
Experience is a good indicator of qualification to advise chapter leaders about running a chapter, and I believe I am exceptionally qualified in this area. The ballot will show a very summarized list of my STC experience, some of which is listed below.
Awards and honors received or helped achieve include:
Several other important aspects of the position of director-sponsor haven't been touched on here due to space limitations. For more information my views on those aspects, candidate information, and the Society elections, visit the Web site www.stc-phoenix.com/elections.html