From: schuldy@progress.COM (Mark Schuldenfrei)
Subject: Steward's office restructuring.
Organization: Progress Software Corp.
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 15:33:47 GMT

The following missive is from the Board of Directors, and appears in the
August issue of the East Kingdom Newsletter, Pikestaff.  I trust it will
appear in all of your newsletters, but I thought it might be a considerate
thing to post it, so non-members can see what's going on.  Although it
doesn't say so explicitly, I think you can count on these positions to
be open to members only.

There were two typos in the version published, the rest are mine.

	Tibor

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To the folk of the Society for Creative Anachronism, greeting from the
Board of Directors.

In response to the continuing growth and evolution of the Society, we
are restructuring the office of Steward/President to permit more focused
management and day-to day supervision. To provide both increased supoort
for the Steward/President and a better-structured process for finding
and training potential successors, we are establishing a "Steward's
Council".

Responsibilities: Council members will work both individually and as a
group, on ongoing task and one-time projects. The work includes, but
is certainly not limited to:

  o Requesting insurance certificates
  o Maintaining internal directories
  o Long-range planning
  o Negotiating insurance coverage
  o Assisting in preparation of Board minutes
  o Public relations and correspondence
  o Developing training for officers
  o Publishing information exchanges
  o Strengthening the SCA's educational activities
  o Coordinating the logistics for Board mmetings
  o Coordinating seneschal's meetings
  o Developing a records-retention policy
  o Coordinating servicemark registration

Personal Qualifications: We need people who are:
  o Patient and tactful
  o Tolerant of uncertainty
  o Creative
  o Able to work smoothly with people at all levels in the medieval
    structure
  o Self-starters
  o Excellent correspondents
  o Able to move easily between the Current Middle Ages and the Twentieth
    Century

Skills and Experience: All applicants should have: SCA and/or real-world
management experience, computer literacy.

In addition, the Council should encompass a variety of abilities and
backgrounds; ideally, we'd like the members among them to offer expertise
in business or management disciplines such as finance or accounting,
law, insurance, and public relations.

To apply, or ask for details, please write to the Chairman of the Board
(Elizabeth R. Johnson, 7875 Wintercress Lane, Springfield VA 22152) no
later than September 15, 1992. Applicants: explain your interest in the
Council, describe the role that you believe you could fill, and enclose
resumes detailing your twentieth century and SCA skills and experience;
please copy the Steward (Hillary Powers, 385 Palm Avenue, #5A, Oakland,
CA 95610). We will review all resumes and conduct telephone interviews
during September, and select the initial Council members at the October
Board meeting.

Yours in service,
Elizabeth R. Johnson, Chairman of the Board

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Mark Schuldenfrei (schuldy@progress.com)
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