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The 2014 Annual Meeting of the National Pepper Association will be held at Hill Marine at 10:00 A.M on November 1st, 2014. All National Pepper Association member is good standing (IF you have paid your dues) can vote. Region Chairmen can mail in their vote.
Nominees for 2015:
President: Ron Hill
Vice President: Wayne Baldwin
Finance Chairman: Alan Ishii
Promotion Chairman: Joe Rome
I will nominate Bill Van Steenwyk as Head Inspector.
I will also Nominate Ray Rhodda as chief commentator and moderator to cover events.
You get Ray, and Bill Van in there....I mean, should they be allowed to vote? I think we could let them on the Board, but let them VOTE????
What do our By-Laws say? Or do I, as President just get to do what I want?
Considering John Riner Woods was the founder of the National Pepper Association, probably we should ask ourselves, "What would Johnny Woods do?"
I was thinking that we really need an Educational Director. Most American don't know they are supposed to unscrew the lid of a paper shaker to spread pepper on their food. An Educational Director, should have a Board seat, but no voting rights.
In my opinion only the Board of Directors get the vote, and in that scenario, I am presuming the President, Vice-President and CFO would be on the BOD. That does not mean Joe could not be on the board, only that he would be nominated and elected to that position also, and which I would recommend. As a city council member in Stafford, Texas he was able to use federal grants to get a first class concert hall designed by an architect recommended by Marshall Grant. Musical artists coming to Houston select that as their primary venue.
I would say you Ron, as President, do what you want. You knew Johnny Woods better than us, but I get the idea that he would agree with being firm and taking it in the direction you want.
So I would agree that an Educational Director could be good, and an inspector and public commentator are good, but they do not always need a seat at the board. If you do want them on the board, but no voting rights....so be it! I would just suggest though that if you get an Educational Director it should be someone promoted from the field that has personal experience with peppers, and not an academic that has studied theories about peppers and has tenure and celebrity at a university campus.
Who is the CFO?
Educational Director: Is this an appointed position.
Alan Ishii.....Chief Financial Officer.
Educational Officer. I figured since you thought it might be good......just do a Bill Frances move and proclaim who you want in that position.
President: Ron Hill
Vice President: Wayne Baldwin
Finance Chairman: Alan Ishii
Promotion Chairman: Joe Rome
Bill Van Steenwyk as Head Inspector.
Ray Rhodda as chief commentator and moderator to cover events.
Educational Officer: Bunker Hill
Congratulations to all our new officers. I look forward to working with you all in this coming "PEPPER" season.
I see a couple of my friends are reading this post with me this morning and while we are not "members" I think I speak for the 3 of us, your slate of officers far outclasses what we have in D.C.
More than a year has passed since the last slate of candidates were put up for election. Nothing has happed since then. Maybe need to stir things up to get something going.