Operations activities such as material handling, shipping, purchasing, and customer service will remain at New Windsor. We want to do more with less resources. The board cited factors such as being better able to attract new staff, a lower cost of living, good public transportation and schools, a moderate-sized population, and a high quality of life as reasons for choosing Madison. Chase says the board also reiterated its commitment to New Windsor, however. It has asked the Church of the Brethren General Board, which owns the center, to extend its lease another three years, through 2004.
Plans call for adding a library and educational displays.
Chase expects that four positions in addition to his will be relocated to Madison. One of those positions recently became vacant via retirement, and Chase says the people currently working in the other three positions have decided not to relocate. Keith Anderson has already been hired for a new director of operations position that will coordinate activities at the New Windsor site. He will begin in February. The Most Rev. Vinod A.R. Peter, moderator of the Church of North India and president of the National Council of Churches in India, died of injuries suffered in a car accident on Dec. 6.