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I a. Roll Call

President Nancy Currie called the meeting to order at 10:10 a.m.

Present: Ted Allison, Mary Frances Burns, Jane Ciavarella, Lilith Kunkel, Ellen Leavitt, Ruth Mizik, and Donna Wall. No guests or Staff Members were present.

Due to the emergency nature of the meeting, President Curried asked that the Board suspend the regular rules of order as recommended in Roberts Rules of Order. So moved by Mary Frances Burns. Second by Ellen Leavitt. Motion carried by voice vote.

President Currie informed the Board of Executive Director Jeannette Martin’s letter of resignation that was received via e-mail on October 2. In that letter, Martin requested that her last day in the office be Friday, October 13 and that Martin be allowed to use vacation time to make up the remainder of her notice. The consensus of the Board was that this was appropriate. The Board expressed their high regard for Martin, and wished her the best of luck in her future endeavors.

President Currie will draft a letter informing the membership of Martin’s resignation which will be faxed out Wednesday, October 4 and be followed by hard copy.

Ted Allison and Donna Wall volunteered to conduct Martin’s exit interview prior to her last day in the office. In addition, Allison and Wall will extend the exit interview process into individual interviews with the Staff.

It was felt that the Personnel Committee needs to take a hard look at the job description for the Executive Director to see if it represents the position accurately. Currie will draft a letter asking Members for feedback on it, requesting that any comments will need to be returned to Cristina Pope, Head of the Personnel Committee by next week prior to the Committee’s meeting on October 11. This letter will also call for volunteers to serve on the Search Committee.

In order to allow the Search Committee time to do the job right, the consensus of the Board was that it would be expedient to appoint an Interim Director from outside of the NOLA Office. Mary Frances Burns will explore an option along this line and report back to the Personnel Committee about it. Once a Search Committee is appointed by President Currie, and the job description is revised, the Committee will write the job ads, set the parameters for the search, place ads, and interview candidates. If this search is not fruitful, an executive recruiter will be retained for the second phase of the search.

The Personnel Committee will meet at The Geauga County Administration Center at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 11. The Finance Committee is tentatively schedule for 9:00 a.m. prior to the regularly scheduled Board Meeting at NEOUCOM on Tuesday, October 17. The Board Meeting will commence at 10:00 a.m.

VIII. Adjournment

The meeting was brought to a close at 12:15 p.m.

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Mary Frances Burns, Secretary          Date

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Nancy Currie, President                  Date

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