October 31, 2011

TO ALL GUILD MEMBERS

The nominating committee intends to nominate the following members for these offices at the Annual Members Meeting to be held at noon Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, at Dayton Board of Realtors, next door to the Media Center:

President: Lou Grieco
1st Vice President: Amelia Robinson
2nd Vice President: Lucy Baker
Treasurer: Chris Stewart
Secretary: Karen Baird
At Large: Robin McMacken
(term ending 12/31/11)
At Large: Jessica Donham
(term ending 12/31/11)

Additional nominations can be made from the floor at the annual meeting.

Submitted by members of nominating committee: Ben Sutherly (chair), Steve Bennish, Ken McCall, Steve Black and Jill Kelley.

I am pleased to announce that I have appointed Robin McMacken to the Dayton Newspaper Guild Executive Board. Robin will serve in the at-large position for part-time employees, which has been open since Mark McGregor took a full time job as a reporter at the Springfield News-Sun.

Robin has been working as a part-time reporter and copy editor at the Dayton Daily News since Aug. 2010. She has a broad range of work experience, including writing for the Los Angeles Times, Housetrends magazine, Distinction magazine. She served as editor for the NASA Dryden X-Press, serving the flight research center at Edwards Air Force Base, and copy desk chief of the Antelope Valley Press in Palmdale, Calif. Before that, she worked as a writer, copy editor, and features editor for the Rapid City Journal in South Dakota, Robin’s home state.

She is the author of “Off the Beaten Path: The Dakotas,” which is now in its seventh edition. She is also co-owner and marketing director of Vintage Scouts Interiors inCenterville. We’re delighted to have Robin on the board.

Lou Grieco

President

Dayton Newspaper Guild

Oct. 4, 2011

To All Guild Members:

Election season is upon us. I have appointed a nominating committee to seek out qualified candidates and to solicit and freely accept nominations from the membership. Those nominations shall be submitted at the Annual Members Meeting scheduled for noon, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. The meeting will be at the Dayton Board of Realtors, next door to the Media Center. The election of Guild officers will be Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011.

The nominating committee is chaired by Ben Sutherly and includes Steve Bennish, Ken McCall, Steve Black and Jill Kelley. If you are a member in good standing and you are interested in running for office, please contact the committee or you may arrange to be nominated at the Annual Members Meeting.

The election will include candidates for the offices of president, first vice president, second vice president, secretary, treasurer and two at-large members. One at-large member must be a part-time employee and will chair the union’s part-time committee. The other will be assigned to chair the human rights committee. Both at-large seats are for terms of two years starting Jan. 1, 2012. The remaining officers will be elected to one-terms starting Jan. 1, 2012.

Sincerely,

Lou Grieco
President