Subject: Re: Looking ahead to Knox College board meetings in 2015-2016
From: Dan Martin <[email-masked]>
To: "Richard Riddell, Ph.D." <[email-masked]>
Cc: Trustees at Knox <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, Denise Bailey <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 10:49:12 -0400
List-Id: <trusteesemeriti.knox.edu>

Richard:

Thanks for this initiative.  I look forward to the conference call and will be present for the fall board meeting.  My plan now as I trim some of my other non-profit commitments is to be more active for Knox in the next few years.  

Best wishes,     Dan.

> On Jul 20, 2015, at 10:32 AM, Richard Riddell, Ph.D. <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
> Fellow Trustees,
>  
> Greetings.   I hope you are having a relaxing and productive summer. 
>  
> One of the first things I’d like to do as chair of the board is to speak with each of you, to hear about your experience on the Knox board and to understand how you believe you can best contribute to the work of the board going forward.  Over the next month or so, I’ll be in touch with each of you to arrange a time for us to speak on the phone.
>  
> In a recent phone call with Teresa, she and I observed that there’s a long break between the June and October meetings of the board.  To help keep you informed between meetings, we’ve decided to hold a conference call for all trustees during the last week of August.  This will give Teresa an opportunity to fill you in on campus developments.  It will also give me an opportunity to share with you the results of a retreat of the Executive Committee that is scheduled for August 15, which we’re holding for the purpose of planning board and committee meetings during the coming year.  In advance of the conference call, we’ll send you the draft work plan for board meetings and invite you to give us feedback on the call.  Denise will be in touch in the next few weeks to arrange the time for the August conference call.
>  
> Speaking of plans, I’d like to share with you a proposed schedule for board weekends in 2015-2016 (attached).  I’ve developed this in collaboration with Teresa and shared it with the Executive Committee at its meeting last week.  The goal is to utilize the time we have together in Galesburg most effectively, and to be responsive to comments some of you made in the survey on board performance.  This is a general schedule, which could be adapted to coordinate with other campus events such as Homecoming or Commencement.  I welcome any thoughts you might have before we finalize plans for the October meeting. 
>  
> I look forward to speaking with each of you this summer.  
>  
> Best wishes,
>  
> Richard
>  
> Chair, Knox College Board of Trustees
>  
> 
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