JAA News and Events
JAA VP
Dear Joint Alumni Association Members,
As our recently elected Board of Directors (BoD) members settle into their positions (as of 30 June) and learn the ropes of our new organizational structure, I wanted to take a few minutes to highlight the recent developments of the JAA. Please take a moment to read over this email and do not hesitate to contact myself or other BoD members with any questions or concerns.
Round Table Meeting Set for 14 August 2011 1700EST
· Please join us via Skype for our Summer Round Table event.
· Open to all members of the JAA.
· If interested in attending, send an email to jaa...@gmail.com to be added to our Skype group.
Two-Year Trustee Position
· It is our pleasure to announce the BoD recommendation of Lt Col William Lipscomb, USAF (ret) to this Honorary position.
· It is now in the hands of you, our general membership, to vote him into this position. Please vote here: http://www.aasswjaa.org/vote.php
· If elected, Lt Col Lipscomb will hold a voting position within the BoD for a one year term and can be reelected in 2012 (an even year) for a two year term in order to match up with the Constitution and Bylaws. This will be the only time a Trustee may be reelected to the same position due to the implementation of the Constitution and Bylaws during an odd year.
· Lt Col Lipscomb comes to us with vast knowledge of Arnold Air Society, Angel Flight and the Air Force as a whole, and is the founding member of our only current JAA Chapter.
One-Year Trustee Position
· It is our pleasure to announce the BoD recommendation of Ms. Alexandra Kuehnle to this Honorary position.
· It is now in the hands of you, our general membership, to vote her into this position. Please vote here: http://www.aasswjaa.org/vote.php
· If elected, Ms. Kuehnle will hold a voting position within the BoD for a one year term (2011-2012).
· Ms. Kuehnle is a 2011 graduate of the University of Connecticut where she founded the Mary Anne Thompson Silver Wings Chapter serving as President of the Chapter and Region I President.
Code of Ethics
· The BoD has worked diligently to produce our new organizational structure, the most recent addition to which is our Code of Ethics providing guidance to the professional conduct we aspire all of our members to uphold.
· Soon, we will be asking for your vote on this document. Please be on the look out for an additional email with a link to our voting site.
Email Updates from BoD
· In previous years we have received complaints about sending out too many emails. This year, we have received anonymous complaints about not sending out enough emails.
· In an effort to find a happy medium, we are please asking all members to fill out a survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6QGNBWK (also found as a link off of our website homepage) in order to best gauge the timing and quantity of our correspondence to you.
Newsletter
· Our summer newsletter will be published within days, please keep your eye out for it!
BoD Meetings
· All meetings are listed on the public Google calendar listed on our website homepage, http://aasswjaa.org/index.html.
· All BoD meeting minutes are made public to the general membership through two means:
o As stated in Section 3 of the bylaws, any member, as defined in Article III of the Constitution, may attend a regular JAA Board of Directors meeting without voting privileges and may address the Board of Directors, provided that advance written notice has been given to the President not fewer than 15 days prior to said meeting or by majority vote of the JAA Board of Directors.
o All minutes are posted for public viewing on our website at http://aasswjaa.org/archive.html.
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