How do you become a member, again? JL
On Sep 14, 2010, at 8:21 AM, Hunt, Jeffrey wrote: > Thanks for the discussion about IL CTO membership and participation. Right > now the group’s membership is mainly focused in DuPage, Kane, Lake, and Cook > counties, with other members peppered across the state. The individuals – > Guy Ballard, Jim Flanagan, Jim Gerry, Connie Hodson, Pete Knopf, Jeff Romani > and me -- who wrote the organization’s goals, formed the original > corporation, and gained 501 (c)(3) status work in these counties. We met to > address professional development needs of our peer CTOs. In our jobs we are > asked to provide professional development for many groups in our districts, > but it seemed as though nobody was interested in our professional growth. In > meeting we promoted the group with our geographic peers. From early in the > organizational meetings we knew addressing the professional development of > all Illinois K-12 CTOs would be difficult. There is a large potential group > across the state. We’ve tried a variety of means of bringing in CTOs who are > not from the area. > > In those early discussions, several of the founders were at or nearing > retirement, but we thought that we could anchor the start-up of the > organization and hand it off to the next group of CTOs for growth and > stability. Only three of the founders are left on the current board of > directors as this handoff occurs. Jim Flanagan encouraged Jim Peterson to > run for the board. Jim P is the president-elect and will serve his term > starting in 2011. Keith Gillette, the current president, has several goals, > including improving member services on the web site, expanding membership, > and providing consistent electronic connections to the on-site meeting. The > first step is immediately outside the membership area – that means the > northwestern part of the state and north central; so the proposed meetings at > Starved rock and Bloomington. > > On April 15, 2011, the group, through Jim Peterson’s guidance, will be > meeting at Heartland Community College as an outreach to potential members. > Sure, that’s far from Belleville, but not much farther than a drive from > Waukegan. We have members in the Chicago area who have never attended a > meeting, but they think that membership is important. Proximity has nothing > to do with participation. Do you want to be part of a group that is about > CTO professional development? Personally, I belong to several professional > organizations, volunteer on their committees, and participate through the > Internet and the telephone, but I do not attend their conferences. > > We’ve had discussions about having remote sites where members can collect to > network with peers and participate in the meeting. It takes somebody at a > location to reserve the room, order lunch, set up a projector and connect > their computer to the Internet and the meeting. We have one open board slot > in 2011. Several have written about their motivation, interest, and issues > of resistance on this list about joining the group. Jim Peterson, as the > coordinator of the slate for board elections, may be calling you to run for > that position. To be a board member, you have to be a member of IL CTO. > Your first step to bring meetings farther south is to be a member. Join > today! > > -=- > Jeff > > Jeffrey L. Hunt, Ed.D. > Director, E-Learning > Treasurer, Illinois Chief Technology Officers, NFP > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | Jason Livezey Director of Technology New Lenox School District #122 Cell: 815.693.9338 ACMT Certified
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