Section adapts to changes

By Christine Cendagorta, chair
With the departures of chair-elect Wendy Jones and council member Kimberly Smith, the nominating committee quickly reassembled its nomination platform which was duly elected by the members: Christine Cendagorta, chair; Chris Blake, chair-elect; Susan Andres, treasurer; Roger Parris, secretary. Elected to the board were Duane Stanley and Carol Manning. Cynthia Kuhn was appointed to fill the seat left vacant by council member Bill Litant. Trina Gray will be appointed to fill the one-year term left vacant by Chris Blake when he moves to chair-elect in August. Council member Trudy Levindofske begins the second year of her term.

Section members Matt Silverman, Dan Cirucci and Christine Cendagorta are planning the Section's offering for the Philadelphia Mid-year Meeting. In keeping with the Leadership theme, we are planning a program that says "leadership is a communications issue" and offers specific help to build leadership skills through communication for your leaders and yourself.

Chris Blake and his Marketing Committee are updating and expanding the Marketing Handbook which will be available on the Web site this fall.

The Section will hold its first Volunteer Recognition Luncheon at the Section Workshop in Daufuskie Island, SC this year. The Section recognized last year that we needed to do a better job of thanking our own members for service to the Section and to the profession. This luncheon will highlight that service, including, among other awards, the presentation of the first Anne Charles Award for Service to the Section and the Richter Award.