To: All 2012 Members of the Texas Folk Music Foundation (TFMF)
From: Theresa Tod, Secretary, TFMF Board of Directors
Date: April 23, 2012
Subject: Nominations for open TFMF Board Positions

The open Board positions for the Texas Folk Music Foundation Board are elected by its Membership.  Memberships are an essential part of the Foundation’s governance and transparency, keeping the community we serve totally involved and helping the Foundation evolve.  The TFMF Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held at the Festival site over Memorial Day Weekend – on Monday afternoon, May 28th, 2012. 

All Members who renewed by April 20 may vote at the AGM.  All voting must be in person: there are no proxies. Membership is renewable at the end of each calendar year, and Memberships purchased after October 1 of each year are good for the balance of that year and continue through 12/31 of the following calendar year.  

The Nominating Committee, comprised of more than half non-Board members, considered a range of qualified and willing candidates, and has submitted a list of nominees for the open seats.  The three nominees for the open Board seats are:

• Francie Charles
• Anne Ruthstrom
• Greg Moore

As a year-round working board, the Foundation needs a broad range of skills including non-profit, music/music business, finance, marketing, sales, business development, contracts, engineering and facility management and general management. The Nominating Committee is charged with the responsibility to help the Foundation maintain the needed skills.  Your Board believes that they have done their job with this list of nominees.  I have included a brief overview about each nominee.

We are posting this letter on the Foundation website.  The first Foundation board meeting thereafter is scheduled to be held during the middle weekend of the Festival. 

I hope this introduction is helpful to you in learning how each of us can help maintain this wonderful experience we call “Kerrville”. We hope to welcome you, or welcome you back, as a Member very soon so you can exercise your voice in this election process.

Theresa Tod
Secretary

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