Please mark your calendar for a very important HJRB board meeting September 19, 2013 at 7:00pm in the High School Library. This meeting is VERY important to the future of the Holt Jr. Rams Baseball program as new offices need to be elected. Don’t worry, coming to this meeting does not mean that YOU could be forced into a board position. We plan on having all candidates lined up beforehand, so unless you want to be a candidate, all we are asking is that you show up to vote for the persons you feel will do the best job to lead this baseball program into the future.
Four years ago I took over as President of HJRB and Tom Barger took over as Vice President. We have served two terms and, along with the other various board members, have accomplished a lot in moving this program forward. Last year I sent out an email indicating that our “retirement” was looming and this would be our last year. Due to this, we were blessed to have some new people come forward for this last season to help and observe. So we already have nominees for all positions that got a little hands on experience last year. However, via the HJRB by-laws, these board positions are open for anyone to step forward as a candidate whether you’ve been involved in the past or not.
Besides the President and Vice President positions, we will also have a vacancy for the Secretary position. Kathy Hall as dutifully served in this position the past two years along with maintaining her uniform coordination duties since the inception of the program.
The Treasurer position became unexpectedly vacant last year so we appointed Adrianne Clark to fill out the remaining year term and she has done a great job. So this position is technically open as well. Adrianne is willing to serve again so she will be an incumbent candidate. This will be for a one year term. If you feel strongly that you want to serve in this capacity you can throw your hat in the ring. However, I will strongly recommend we maintain Adrianne in this position next year as she has last year’s experience to draw upon.
All terms are normally two years, but according to the by-laws the four officer’s terms should be staggered. This is to maintain experience on the board. This got a little messed up over the years so to fix it, the VP and the Treasurer positions will just be one-year terms this time (up for re-election next year.)
IF YOU WANT TO BE A CANDIDATE FOR ANY OF THESE POSITIONS PLEASE FILL OUT THE FORM AT THE LINK PROVIDED BELOW BEFORE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13,2013. This will ask the candidates what they believe to be the philosophy that should govern the HJRB program, what they think the program’s current strengths and weaknesses are, and ask for three changes (or tweaks) that they think would take the HJRB program to the next level. The list of all candidates and their answers to the above questions will be emailed out before the meeting.
When we took over the program four years ago we had a few hundred bucks in the bank and a negative balance sheet. We have implemented a lot of improvements and changes over the years and are leaving the next board a good amount of money in the bank to keep things rolling. Please do your part to keep this organization moving in the right direction. If you don’t have the time in your busy schedule to volunteer, at least make your voice heard by coming to the next meeting and voting in board members that you feel will put this money to the best use and keep the program strong.
Positions to be voted on:
· President (2 Year Term)
· Vice President (1 Year Term)
· Secretary (2 Year Term)
· Treasurer (1 Year Term)
