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Two Things
by Bill Gerritz 21 January, 2008
1/2 Cultural Center – At its most recent meeting, our Board of Trustees decided to move forward with our new Cultural Center as long as the total cost stays below 380 million baht. As we think this figure is achievable, with a little luck we will have a new building opening during the 2009-2010 school year with:
· 26 new classrooms
· 250 seat theater
· music rooms
· choral rooms
· dance rooms
· music practice rooms
By the way, the Board strongly supported the additional cost associated with making the
2/2 We have been blessed over the past seven years with a stable, high performance Board of Trustees. In order to continue this pattern, the Board is asking the community to amend the Association By-Laws.
1) Elected Board member terms would go from 2 years to 3 years.
2) Instead of 12 elected and up to 3 appointed members, we would have 9 elected and 4 appointed.
These changes are in line with what research has identified as good practice in non-profit Boards.
There will be a special Annual General Meeting on Friday, February 15th from 6:00 to 6:45 to vote on the by-law changes. As we need at least 400 parents to vote, keep your fingers crossed that sufficient individuals participate.
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Bill received his Ph.D. at UC Berkeley. He has written over 20 journal articles and has an abiding interest in learning improvement. Prior to ISB, Bill headed schools in Holland and South America. He and his wife Marcia have 3 sons.
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