From: Barbara Nehring <tradingpostint@gmail.com> Message-Id: <25F61D6B-316B-40BE-B549-77B50524A8B1@gmail.com> Subject: Re: student board member? Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 14:11:54 -0600
The Land O’ Lakes Historical Society currently does not have a
student board member. It is an intriguing idea, however, and I would
like to know how other historical societies feel about this and how
meetings could be arranged fit in with the busy student schedules now
prevalent in our schools.Barb Nehring, Land O’ Lakes Historical
Society, tradingpostint@gmail.com
> On Jan 5, 2017, at 1:13 PM, Bobbie Erdmann <bobbiee@centurytel.net>
wrote:
>
> Berlin currently doesn’t have a student on our board.
>
> From: localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu
[mailto:localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu] On Behalf Of Jarrod
Roll
> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2017 1:59 PM
> To: localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu
> Subject: student board member?
>
> Hello everyone.
>
> I’m looking to communicate with agencies/museums that have a
seat on their board of directors that is specifically for a high
school/student member. My Board of Trustees is interested in the idea
of having a seat for a student so that young people would have more of a
buy-in with our organization.
>
> Specifically, we are interested in the following:
>
> --should we start with a student that is a sophomore, so that they can
grow into the position over the next couple of years, or a senior who
has more maturity?
>
> --what specific roles/tasks/duties does your student board member
have? How do they directly contribute to your organization through the
board?
>
> --how do you select your student board member when you have more than
one high school in the area you represent (ie. a county historical
society)?
>
> --do you open it up to public, private, and homeschool high school
students? Again, how do you solicit “candidates” when
you have multiple schools?
>
> Thank you for any insight you can provide on this subject.
>
> Jarrod
>
> Jarrod Roll
> Director-County Historian
> Monroe County Local History Room & Museum
> 200 West Main St.
> Sparta, WI 54656
> (608) 269-8680
> www.MonroeCountyHistory.org <http://www.monroecountyhistory.org/>
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