[Dialogue] [Oe List ...] Revised ICA By-Laws

[David Walters]

As I understand it EI is financially solvent. ICA is not or at least it 
wasn't when the board fired some of our fine colleagues. This was due to 
listening to a consultant who background was with child welfare 
organizations and who knew nothing about the history and mission of both ICA 
and EI. She said, were not for the real holdings, of both she would close 
both of them.

Another piece of info is that ICA did have an sizable debt to EI. ICA also 
pays EI $42,000 in rent a year. If the same board serves both boards they 
could have zeroed out the rent. Maybe one of our colleagues could still be 
working.

It has bothered me for all these months that the board acted upon the advice 
of a consultant to solve the financial crisis by firing the entire program 
staff but keep the bookkeeper, receptionist and janitors. Who did they 
imagine would run the programs that generated the revenue to pay the bills 
plus the salaries and benefits for the bookkeeper, receptionist and 
janitors.? I sure their consultant did not have a clue.

Another interesting item is that the Bylaws call for the ICA board to have 
a"Global Advisory Council". If they do, who serves on it.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Dunn" <david at mirrorcommunication.com>
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Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 8:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Dialogue] [Oe List ...] Revised ICA By-Laws


> On 6/28/07 5:09 PM, "Judy Lindblad"  wrote:
>
>> Both Institutes have By-laws.  The Board of Directors
>> serves both Institutes.  The yearly audit covers both Institutes.  Both
>> Institutes are registered in the State of Illinois.  Both Institutes 
>> exist as
>> separate but coordinate organizations.
>
> Hi all,
>
> "Both Institutes exist as separate but coordinate organizations."
>
> In the context of our present conversation, that is a most interesting, if
> ambiguous phrase. I wonder what it means legally and I wonder what it
> suggests missionally.
>
> David
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