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Conduct Committee Member Feedback
by The Firefly Official Announcement List via Announce 05 Jan '15

05 Jan '15

Dear Fireflies, Earlier this year the board invited community members to voluntarily serve on the Conduct Committee as it relates to the Code of Conduct <http://fireflyartscollective.org/firefly/policies/> and associated policies. Several Fireflies have stepped forward, participated in a series of trainings developed in conjunction with the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, and have begun to frame out a highly organized approach to committee operations. Before we launch the Conduct Committee, we would like your feedback on the following list of committee members. Please consider each committee member's ability to serve on the Conduct Committee. This difficult work calls for Fireflies who are known for their confidentiality, respectfulness, patience, objectivity and dependability. Conduct Committee Members: Alana Lynch Chelsea Pritzker Chuck Ingersoll Dan Snyder Darren Torpey Ike Feitler Sadiya Carr Sage Kochavi Thomas Calahan Please share your feedback privately with Sadiya via email sadiya.carr(a)gmail.com and/or Dan via email hungrywumpus(a)gmail.com, by January 5th, 2015. Should the feedback prove concerning it will be shared with the current board members, otherwise reflecting the wishes of the Conduct Committee Members, feedback will remain confidential. The newly formed Conduct Committee, made up of these community approved members, expects to be up and running in January 2015, pending community approval, and plans to review the process and procedures at a community meeting to be held in February. Thank you, Firefly Arts Collective Board of Directors

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Soliciting Feedback on the Firefly Arts Collective Directors and Candidates
by The Firefly Official Announcement List via Announce 08 Dec '14

08 Dec '14

Dear Fireflies, In October, we sent out an open call for interest in joining the Board of Directors of Firefly Arts Collective. We received a number of enthusiastic responses, and invited five participants to meet with the current board to better understand how we operate. This is a process that we intend to repeat in the future as we encounter a normal progression of participation in our organization. We would now like to solicit community feedback on the candidates under consideration for joining the Firefly Board. We also welcome feedback on current board members, to help keep us accountable to our community. For the participants listed below, please consider the following thoughts as you write us: 1) Do you feel that the candidate is well-suited for participating on the Board of Directors, based on your experience and our bylaws (http://fireflyartscollective.org/about-fac/firefly-bylaws/)? 2) What are some qualities in the candidate that would assure success as a member of the Firefly Board? 3) If you have worked with the candidate on a project before, what was that experience like? 4) Is there anything else you would like to share about the candidate? When considering your feedback, keep in mind that beyond the yearly camping festival, we are working to expand the year-round activities of Firefly Arts Collective. Firefly continues to collaborate with Somerville Open Studios and Figment Boston to bring more community art to our cities, and we are working to have a year-round gallery space available for displays and classes. We seek members who are excited not just in helping coordinate our festival, but who also have the time and energy to expand and strengthen our regional community. Candidates for December 2014: - Gary Carlow - Heather Panic - Kendra Pugh - Kevin Tracy - Drew Van Zandt Current Board Members, Role, (years on board): - Jered Floyd, President (1) - Sadiya Carr, Vice-President (1) - Ike Feitler, Clerk (4.5) - Chuck Ingersoll, Treasurer (1) - Dan Snyder, Quartermaster (1) - Jesse Campbell, Tech Lead (1) - Forest Handford, Organizational Development (3.5) - Blake Courtney (3.5) - Liz LaManche (1) - Doug Ruuska (3.5) Please send your feedback, particularly on candidates, to board(a)fireflyartscollective.org by Monday, December 15. We also welcome feedback on the Board at any time. <3, The Firefly BoD

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