Directors’ Messages
Task Force Survey May 2023
Please send your thoughts on zones so the District 5 Task Force and Board can review them.
Please email your responses to Darlene Arneson by May 27 for discussion at our next meeting.
The online, email and hard copies surveys will close on July 15.
The District 5 Task Force will use your responses in their report to the Board.
Send them to arnesonfamily5@gmail.com or mail to Darlene Arneson, 2056 Skaalen Road, Stoughton, WI 53589.
Or you can share this or fill it out via Google Survey!
SN D5 Task Force May Survey
District 5 Secretary and Chair (Zone Alignments and Lodge Development & Support Committee
Please email your responses to Darlene Arneson by May 27 for discussion at our next meeting.
The online, email and hard copies surveys will close on July 15.
The District 5 Task Force will use your responses in their report to the Board.
Send them to arnesonfamily5@gmail.com or mail to Darlene Arneson, 2056 Skaalen Road, Stoughton, WI 53589.
Or you can share this or fill it out via Google Survey!
SN D5 Task Force May Survey
Please send your thoughts on zones so the District 5 Task Force and Board can review them. Please input your responses by using this survey for discussion at our next meeting. The online, email and hard copies surveys will close on July 15. The District 5 Task Force will use your responses in their report to the Board. Send them to arnesonfamily5@gmail.com.
Thank you!
Darlene Arneson,District 5 Secretary and Chair (Zone Alignments and Lodge Development & Support Committee
April 29, 2023 Task Force Zoom Meeting
The timeline we’d like to see:
· April – Hold a call with the Task Force to discuss a timeline and what the board discussed
· May– July- hold listening sessions in-person and via ZOOM
· August- have another Task Force Call and see what the feedback is and develop two main proposals to take to lodges for input
· August – September- get feedback on the two proposals
· October- have a report to the board
· October – December- take a bylaw proposal to the District 5 members (delegates in Middleton)
· January – announce results so the Nominating Committee can move forward
What if
Ø The number of Zones would be reduced?
• East Wisconsin
• West Wisconsin
• North IL & IN
• All Michigan
• South IL, Southwest Ohio and TN
Ø More of the officer positions were relieved from zone director responsibilities?
• President, VP, Secretary, Treasurer & Youth Director all at large with no zone responsibilities
• Cultural, Publicity, and Sports & Recreation Directors retain zone responsibilities.
Ø Benefit member status could be eliminated for all District Board members?
Some Potential Zone alignments
Remember currently the District Board is a total of 14 (15) members.
• Six Zones with each having two Zone Directors – 12 members
(Most officers also Zone Director responsibilities)
• Secretary and Treasurer no zone responsibilities – 2 members
• By-law amendment in process of approval to add a Youth Director to the board without zone director duties. – 1 member
There were a number of maps in the PowerPoint- do any look like they would work? Slides 15-18
Decide our next steps! And does anyone want to chair the Task Force?
· April – Hold a call with the Task Force to discuss a timeline and what the board discussed
· May– July- hold listening sessions in-person and via ZOOM
· August- have another Task Force Call and see what the feedback is and develop two main proposals to take to lodges for input
· August – September- get feedback on the two proposals
· October- have a report to the board
· October – December- take a bylaw proposal to the District 5 members (delegates in Middleton)
· January – announce results so the Nominating Committee can move forward
What if
Ø The number of Zones would be reduced?
• East Wisconsin
• West Wisconsin
• North IL & IN
• All Michigan
• South IL, Southwest Ohio and TN
Ø More of the officer positions were relieved from zone director responsibilities?
• President, VP, Secretary, Treasurer & Youth Director all at large with no zone responsibilities
• Cultural, Publicity, and Sports & Recreation Directors retain zone responsibilities.
Ø Benefit member status could be eliminated for all District Board members?
Some Potential Zone alignments
Remember currently the District Board is a total of 14 (15) members.
• Six Zones with each having two Zone Directors – 12 members
(Most officers also Zone Director responsibilities)
• Secretary and Treasurer no zone responsibilities – 2 members
• By-law amendment in process of approval to add a Youth Director to the board without zone director duties. – 1 member
There were a number of maps in the PowerPoint- do any look like they would work? Slides 15-18
Decide our next steps! And does anyone want to chair the Task Force?
Darlene Arneson is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: SN District 5 Task Force Call
Time: Apr 29, 2023 09:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
District 5 Task Force 2022-2024
Dealing with the resolution passed at the 2022 District Lodge Meeting:
Resolution #2: Approved: THEREFORE, be it resolved that the 2022-2024 District President shall appoint a Special Committee consisting of but not limited to current District Board members, past District Board members and District Members at large. The committee shall meet during the next biennium and present a recommendation of proposed solutions at the District Lodge meeting in June 2024. The Task Force should include diversification of selected appointees to include past, present, younger, older, different genders and from distant geographical areas that includes a more all-inclusive demographic appointee (s).
Resolution #2: Approved: THEREFORE, be it resolved that the 2022-2024 District President shall appoint a Special Committee consisting of but not limited to current District Board members, past District Board members and District Members at large. The committee shall meet during the next biennium and present a recommendation of proposed solutions at the District Lodge meeting in June 2024. The Task Force should include diversification of selected appointees to include past, present, younger, older, different genders and from distant geographical areas that includes a more all-inclusive demographic appointee (s).
