Archive for the ‘Structure and Governance’ Category
Structure and Governance in 2005–06
On June 26, 2006, as the Board was convening its June meeting, Executive Director Michael Benjamin tendered his retirement resignation, effective immediately. President Pamela Monroe appointed CFLE Director Dawn Cassidy Acting Executive Director. The services of Linda Tacke, President of Leadership Tactics, were obtained to deal with transition management in the interim before a new Executive Director was recruited. This included a profile of the next leader identifying criteria up front; assessment of current staff and job descriptions; assessment of current strengths, vision of the future, and creating a plan to move forward; and communicating with membership. In late July, Tacke became the […]
Structure and Governance in 2004–05
Linda Malone-Colon, PhD, was appointed by the NCFR Board as Director of the National Healthy Marriage Resource Center, which had been initiated as the result of NCFR’s receipt of the $4.5 million grant from the U.S. Administration of Children and Families under the Department of Health and Human Services. She was based at the NCFR offices in Washington, DC. The research associate who would work with her was Derek Gwinn. Malone-Colon’s assignment was to work on reactivating the Coalition of Family Organizations, which had been very active between 1975 and 1990, and to work with the NCFR Public Policy Committee, on […]
Structure and Governance in 2003–04
The Board continued to hone its skills on the Carver model of governance as handbooks were revised. NCFR assets were reported at $1.65 million, a 5% increase over the previous year, due in part to the new journal publishing contract with Blackwell Publishers and royalties remaining from Allen Press. President Gay Kitson supported the Emerging Leadership Training Institute as a means to preparing members for leadership roles in NCFR. In June, Steven Worth of Plexus Consulting was hired by the Board to work on a strategic plan for NCFR. Two membership surveys revealed that the core cadre of members were […]
Structure and Governance, Membership, and Awards in 2001–02
The Fellowship Committee terms were extended from 2 to 3 year terms for more continuity in reviewing. Approximately 4,007 members of NCFR were counted this year. Read the March 2002 NCFR Report Magazine Read the June 2002 NCFR Report Magazine Read the September 2002 NCFR Report Magazine Read the December 2002 NCFR Report Magazine Awards and recipients were the following: Student Award: Jason Hans, University of Missouri—Columbia Marie Peters Award: Norma Bond Burgess, Syracuse University Jan Trost Award: Bron Ingoldsby, Brigham Young University Burgess Award: Pauline Boss, University of Minnesota Reuben Hill Award: William Axim and Scott Yabiku, University of Michigan; Jody Van Laningham and David R. […]
Structure and Governance in 2000–01
A refresher course on the Carver Model of Governance was conducted on June 16, 2001, by Susan Stratton, a Carver trainer. The Board continued to work on revisions of the Board Policy Handbook and the bylaws. NCFR’s financial health continued to be stable, with a fund balance of $907,588, assets of $1.6 million, and liabilities of $680,000.
Structure and Governance and Membership in 1999–2000
The new Carver Model of Governance was now fully implemented, and the newly restructured Board began the tasks of developing the ends/means statements and policies. Between 1999 and 2000 there was a 2.8% increase in membership, to 3,. Of these 2,438 opted for Family Relations and 2,653 chose the Journal of Marriage and the Family. There were new membership features offered on the NCFR website, such as an online member database and NCFR journals online in full text. Read the March 2000 NCFR Report Magazine Read the June 2000 NCFR Report Magazine Read the September 2000 NCFR Report Magazine Read the December 2000 NCFR Report Magazine
Structure and Governance in 1998–99
By a 93% vote of the members who returned ballots, the new NCFR governance structure was ratified. Ten major changes in NCFR took effect immediately: Reduction in Board size from 24 to nine members elected by full membership and all serving 2-year terms. Board moved out of details of operations to focus on vision and priorities as articulated by the members of NCFR. Board member specialized roles de-emphasized and all members held accountable for organizational issue. Board officers reduced to three: President, President-Elect, Secretary/Treasurer Functional vice presidents replaced by five at-large members from which Secretary/Treasurer will be appointed. President of Association of Councils and […]
Structure and Governance in 1997–98
At the April 1998 Board meeting, by a vote of 22 to 1, the Board endorsed a shift in its governance practices to adopt policies based on the John Carver Model of Board Governance. From June 26 to 28, the Board met in retreat at the Doubletree Hotel, Minneapolis, MN, to discuss the process of implementing the model. (N.B.: This model was designed to reduce “rubber stamping,” promote proactive approaches, encourage staff freedom, enable the CEO, sharpen Board decisiveness, foster timely response to issues, clarify board and staff roles, emphasize vision and goals, and clarify ends vs. means. Members of the […]
Structure and Governance in 1996–97
On July 24, 1997, a Presidential Task Force on the Future of NCFR met at the Crystal City Hyatt Hotel in Arlington, VA. Members included Graham Spanier, Chair; Pauline Boss, President; Greer Litton Fox, President-Elect; Past Presidents Sharon Price, David Olson, Lynda Henley Walters, Harriette McAdoo, and Alexis Walker; and President-Elect Bill Doherty (as well as Mary Jo Czaplewski, ex officio, and Carl Williams, recorder). The purpose of the meeting was to explore a fresh vision, new ideas, and agenda for NCFR. The committee was not to look at long-range planning but rather to discuss specific recommendations to define the key […]
Structure and Governance in 1995–96
On April 26–27, 1996, the Board of Directors and entire NCFR staff met at the St. Paul Airport Hilton Hotel to begin a major strategic planning process: “Families and the Millennium: Building a New Association Paradigm.” Consultant for this process was Robert Burke, PhD, of St. Paul, MN. Several task forces were charged to work on an action plan for NCFR. These included a Visibility Task Force, chaired by Barbara Holder; a Membership Task Force, chaired by Karen Meyers-Bowman; and a Proactive Planning Task Force, chaired by Scott Allgood. In November, NCFR investments averaged 15.2% return (net of all fees).
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June 7, 2016 at 3:19 pm
Sure, no problem
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June 7, 2016 at 2:45 pm
I wondered if I could use this for a project in my Chicano Studies class at ASU. The project will be put up in an exhibit display and possibly travel around to schools. Please let me know.
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November 12, 2013 at 10:20 am
Also worth a mention: John Gottman gave a Research Update for Practitioners on his marital research, which was well attended.
By the way, the name is “Celine Le Bourdais.”
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August 21, 2013 at 11:47 am
Dennis,
Enjoyed the story. And, what a lucky break for me that you did make this decision. Hope all is well.
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August 15, 2013 at 9:19 am
The 1980 Portland Conference was 12 days after Mt. St. Helen had erupted. There was lots of ash around all over, and I still have a bottle of that ash. That was the year we had an afternoon trip to near Mt. St. Helen’s planned, and still took the trip. On the way up the bus stopped at Crown Point which was typically one of the windiest spots around. The wind was so strong that it blew the name badges out of the plastic holders. It also blew Ruth Jewson, Helen Hartness, and me on top of each other (which was scary for us with Ruth, but she wasn’t hurt). The bus also stopped at Multnomah Falls which was stunning. That evening I played for Bert Adams to sing songs from some musicals. He did a magnificent job.
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August 13, 2013 at 1:24 pm
One of my first NCFR conferences was in Portland and I was still a doctoral student then, and a member of the Executive Committee of NCFR as the student rep. It was at that meeting that I was really thinking about my career and where I should go with it. I was a student in family sociology and my chair was Lee Axelson, then the President of NCFR. He wanted me to take a sociology position. But others suggested that my interests would be better served in Child and Family Development (then in Home Ec) where relationship issues would be easier to study. I did not know which way to go.
At that meeting we took a bus trip to the coast of Oregon for a “salmon bake” on the beach. I sat on the bus between Eleanor Luckey and Ruth Jewson. All the way over and back we talked about career directions and those two people who I respected so much listened to me, and gave me their counsel, experience, and wisdom. Eleanor noted that she had been trained in psychology but chose to go into child and family development since there were more peers there who could help her frame her ideas and help them mature. Ruth saw the emerging scholarship in CFD and the quality of research coming out. The result of that was my turning down sociology jobs and taking the CFD position at UNC-Greensboro, where John Scanzoni and others later joined me a a great department. And my first students there were Jay Mancini and Gary Bowen, who have become successful scholars in their own right.
So the memories of that NCFR in Portland so many years ago remind me of how important it is to continue to foster opportunities for young student scholars to meet with senior people who can give them other ideas, and perhaps bring perspectives that their own programs may not be able to offer. Keep mixing us all up, and recognize the key role you play in the stirring of the creative pots in this vital area of family research and practice.
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July 12, 2013 at 3:49 pm
These changes have been incorporated. Thanks for your feedback.
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July 11, 2013 at 8:52 am
Edits–
1. Please add that he was a professor for nearly 30 years
2. Also change “:marriage and family therapist” to “marriage and family researcher and therapist”
3. Prepare and Enrich should be all CAPS—PREPARE ENRICH
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July 8, 2013 at 4:16 pm
That terminology has been corrected. Thanks Marilyn.
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July 8, 2013 at 4:13 pm
In 1988-89, I was Association of Councils president-elect. In 1989-90, I was president. There was no vice president. Other officers were program chair, secretary/treasurer, and past president. Both the president elect and the president served on the NCFR Board.
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