I think that what would be most useful is for BFW to actually say what it stands for.
Matt talking to David is nice...but I think that there is a serious problem with the current board being open and forthcoming about what its intentions are. It's not clear to me what David's authority to set policy is (what exactly IS a deputy director?)...and whether or not the current board has made it clear to him or anyone else what their positions are. The bikies can spin their wheels all day, but the truth is that we don't know what direction that BFW is headed because they haven't said. David's post indicating that mission/vision information will be removed from the website implies that it is no longer current...which implies that there is a new mission/vision. I assume too, then, that the current membership brochure will cease to be distributed immediately since it contains the same information as the website (and has been used for about the last eight or more years). For clarities sake, the mission/vision information on the BFW website and brochure has never been part of any legal documents...but has been operating policy for as long as I know, at least since during Jeanne Hoffman's time when the brochure and web information was created. An organization that accepts donations and grants needs to be extremely transparent about what its intentions are. The direction of the organization can not be determined by a series of ad hoc decisions made by individual board members. The board has to speak with one voice...and out loud so that donors know what is going on. BFW says that it wants membership to be part of setting the agenda...if that is so, I would assume that before any mission/vision changes are made that member input would be sought. -Dar __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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