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Town Hall Meeting

Town Hall Meeting. Carolina Recycling Association. Town Hall Agenda. What’s happened since last year. Proposed by-law revisions Your participation is important Feedback from our members Meet the candidates. What's Happened Since Last Year?.

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Town Hall Meeting

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  1. Town Hall Meeting Carolina Recycling Association

  2. Town Hall Agenda • What’s happened since last year. • Proposed by-law revisions • Your participation is important • Feedback from our members • Meet the candidates

  3. What's Happened Since Last Year? • 1st Southeast Food Waste Reduction Conference • Recyclers Networking Meetings • Reserve Fund and Financial Oversight • Strategic Plan • New organization forming

  4. Strategic Plan Goals • Identify a core set of sustainable member services and deliver these effectively, efficiently and consistently over time. • A high quality annual conference. • Special topic conferences when need and interest are sufficient to invest resources. • CRA Councils. • Member Communications (high quality website and newsletter.

  5. Strategic Plan Goals • Create a sustainable and highly functional association by addressing organizational factors that create inherent instabilities. • High Board turnover • Leadership development and succession planning • Board development • CRA Rules and Guidance Document • Board roles and accountabilities • Financial goals and oversight

  6. Strategic Plan Goals • Grow the CRA’s membership and create membership services goals. • Seek collaborative efforts with other associations to advance recycling in the Carolina’s • Engage decision makers

  7. New Recycling Organization • Recycling Coalition of SC

  8. By-laws Carolina Recycling Association

  9. Proposed CRA By-Law Changes for 2013 Annual Business Meeting • 2 proposed changes to existing by-laws. • A revision to the goals and mission section to purge outdated text. • Board terms changed to 3 years with five members being elected each year.  Board members can serve only 2 consecutive elected terms. • Each change will be explained at Friday’s business meeting • Registration desk can print you a copy

  10. CRA Councils and Committees Councils • Collegiate Recycling • Household Hazardous Waste • Keep America Beautiful • Regional Networking • Business and Industry (potential) Committees • Board Development • Conference • Conference Program • Education and Outreach • Finance • Membership • Policy (potential)

  11. MEMBER FEEDBACK Carolina Recycling Association

  12. Questions/Comments • What do you like about the CRA? • What could we do better? • What are your expectations for the organization? • What would the perfect CRA look like? • Are there programs or services that you would like to see happen? What’s on your mind?

  13. More Feedback Options • Stop anyone with a Board members or Board candidate ribbon and share your thoughts. • Email us at staff@cra-recycle.org anytime • Come to Friday’s Business Meeting.

  14. Carolina Recycling Association Board Nominations March 2012

  15. Candidates Board Approved Candidate’s • Ann Blindt–Albemarle Solid Waste Authority • Heather Cashwell – NC DENR (incumbent) • Harris DeLoach – Sonoco (incumbent) • Paul Hanna - MetalTech Systems, Inc. (incumbent) • Greg Peverall– Waste Zero • Jennifer Sellers – Coastal Carolina University • Anthony (Wes) Westbrook -BMW

  16. Candidates Additional Candidates • Brett Henderson • Dave VanDeventer Nominations from the floor – write-ins • __________________________ • __________________________

  17. Voting • The voting member will receive an e-mail with on-line voting options. • Electronic voting stations at registration • Paper ballots are available at registration desk. • One vote per voting member.

  18. Thanks for participating, now, please join us for the: Beachside Reception and awards celebration

  19. Qualifications • By-laws require: Member in good standing. • In addition the candidate needs to be available to attend the Board Retreat June 9-11, 2013 and must be able to travel and attend Board Meetings which usually occur the third Thursday of each even month.

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