Dear MCN community member: For many years, MCN has held direct member elections for its Board of Directors and President-Elect. In a professional community and membership organization of relatively modest size, this has long posed challenges in assembling a Board best able to serve the needs of MCN and the wider community. Those challenges used to be manageable; but as the environment within which MCN operates has evolved in recent years, they have become more acute. In 2015, the Board determined that MCN can best serve and engage its members in this present context by changing the selection process from one involving direct elections to one based on Board appointment. This strategic change in process will have two key kinds of value:
- It will manage the selection of MCN’s new Directors and President-Elect in a way that enables their skills, expertise, and knowledge to meet MCN’s needs more effectively. - It will create greater diversification of backgrounds and perspectives on the Board. To serve these aims, the new process will engage all MCN members in key ways, such as nominating themselves or continuing to help identify prospective candidates for the Board. We are confident that this change will enable MCN to provide more value to all MCN members. The new process is described in detail in revised By-Laws <http://mcn.edu/about/governance/> which were recently adopted by the Board. If you have any questions, we encourage you to ask MCN President Liz Neely at lizneely.m...@gmail.com. Board of Directors, MCN ----- Eric Longo Executive Director Museum Computer Network <http://www.mcn.edu/> O: +1-888-211-1477 x801 M: +1-917-740-6631 e...@mcn.edu Help ease email overload <http://emailcharter.org/>.
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