FW: Florida Executive Recruitment Retreat

Looks like we have a new source for fun, but obscure, facts...
Background: The CLAs have included a video on the "Executive Recruitment Retreat" that was held in Florida.

(FYI - The NBD Minutes are in the "members only" section of the HQ web site.)

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From: Desmonthenes The Statesman [mailto:desmothenes@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 9:46 AM
To: wordjunky@gmail.com
Subject: Florida Executive Recruitment Retreat

For those that were wondering where the "Executive Recruitment Retreat" at the posh Florida resort that looked like a Tom Delay golfing trip with lobbyists  came from....check out the August, 2005, National Board of Directors' minutes on the HQ webpage.  Below is an excerpt from the minutes from Director of Recruitment Barra's report to the NBD....

Director of Recruitment Gregory P. Barra requested funding authority for the National Recruitment

Committee's proposed pilot recruitment Boot Camp program to be held January 13-15, 2006. The NRC  requested $13,600 to combine with $17,500 from user registration fees to launch the program that would nbsp;be planned and targeted for chapter Vice Presidents of Recruitment and chapter volunteers.

Motion by Grand Treasurer Bittman: To authorize up to $15,000 funding for the pilot program.

Seconded by Director Kief.

On discussion of the program budget, Board members amended the motion to increase the authorization  to $32,000 to provide complete funding without requiring user registration fees.

Amended motion passed.

We asked for more transparency in government from those back at the corporate office in Richmond.  Read through the minutes....somewhat dry ...but a few morsels of useful information.