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2009
Board of Directors Positions Up for Election
The CONvergence positions up for election in
January of 2009 are listed below - alphabetical by position
title and then by candidate.
Click here to see the MISFITS Director
candidates.
CONvergence Directors
Facilities Director:
Responsible for seeing to the securing of the venues used by
CONvergence, for move-in and move-out of any equipment necessary
to the organizations in the venues used; for reviewing,
negotiating and signing all pertinent contracts for venues used.
Also responsible for pre-move in inspections and move out
inspections for damage and any other issues related to use of
the venues, review of the final bill to settle any and all
charges.
Candidate:
Ishmael Williams
Finance Director:
Responsible for insurance, budgeting, and balancing the accounts for
the convention. Currently the primary support for the MISFITS
treasurer including working directly with the treasurer to
balance all IRS accounts and maintaining 501 (c) 3 (non-profit),
balance and submit ASCAP and is first contact for potential
legal issues.
Candidate:
Thomas Keeley
CONvergence means many
things to many people. A party, a social engagement, a
chance to participate, a chance to be more than you are day
to day, or any number of other things. I originally got
involved in local fandom in 1982. I found my home with
CONvergence and haven't even thought of looking back. I have
continued to work for the best interests of the convention
in several different roles within the organization so that
CONvergence can continue to mean all those many things to so
many people.
I obtained my diploma in Bookkeeping which taught me many
basic accounting fundamentals while also enabling me to work
with others in the financial field to enact General
Accounting Practices in the various groups I work with.
While working as treasurer for the organization and
financial coordinator for MISFITS and working with
the financial director for CONvergence, I was able to
institute many policies to help protect the organization and
to improve the transactions and record keeping we do. I have
also spent a few years assisting the financial director for
CONvergence in an effort to learn the current methods and
reasons of why we do what we do as well as help out in times
of need. It is now my goal to bring some of the improvements
from the MISFITS side to the CONvergence side and institute
other General Accounting Practices that would assist in the
records and responsibility of all parts of the organization.
Working with the financial directors of MISFITS, I hope to
bring the two sides of the organization into a better
position as well as team together to continue to facilitate
new ideas, fundamentals, and process improvements.
I am open to and invite questions or options at any time and
I look forward to working with everyone to continue to
improve and enact the CONvergence we all know and love.
Thank you for your time as well as your support.
Membership and Revenue
Director:
Responsible for the Art Show, Concessions, Dealers Room,
Registration, and Silent Auction. Oversees and approves
publications from the departments, as well as expenditures from
those departments.
Candidate:
Jon Olsen
Publications
Director:
Responsible for publications, signage, forms and graphics
required for CONvergence and related events and activities. This
includes the Souvenir Book, Programming Guide, and Programming
Grids at the convention and Progress Reports 1 and 2, as well as
graphics for CONvergence Merchandise.
Candidate:
Chris Jones
After
helping create CONvergence's brand identity through our
publications and artwork for ten years, I look forward to
helping CONvergence move forward into its second decade. The
past year has seen many changes to the convention and its
staff, and I expect that another term will present many
exciting challenges.
My goals for another term include building a larger
Publications Division team and to develop structure for
greater delegation. My intent in doing this is to get more
people involved with the Publications Division in part to
transform it from something that is so centered on me
individually and into something that can better transition
to other hands in future years.
I ask for everyone's support in granting me another two year
term to help make CONvergence an even greater
convention in 2010 and beyond.
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