The Need

Post date: Aug 12, 2015 4:8:36 PM

From: Barrett Wilson [mailto:bgwilson53@gmail.com]

Sent: Monday, August 03, 2015 12:49 AM

To: FP Board

Subject: Presidents Report

Folk Project Board of Directors

President’s Report (Excerpt)

August, 2015

...Defining the proper balance between venue chair autonomy (Minstrel, Getaway, Swingin’ Tern, Special Concerts) and Board oversight will be crucial to us moving forward as a cohesive group. There has been unaddressed tension surrounding this issue for too long, but we now have the perfect opportunity to discuss and resolve it... I’ve asked several Board members to help us sort out and clarify this issue: Mike Agranoff, a long standing venue chair, Elizabeth Lachowicz, a past President, Jay Wilensky, a new member of our Board, Chris Riemer, a long time Board member, and myself. We will be meeting soon and hope to have a report for the Board by year's end. Our goal here is to stimulate an active Board-wide discussion, and eventually reach a true consensus on what is now a divisive issue. Achieving this will be a big step forward for us as an organization...