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THIS MESSAGE SENT ON BEHALF OF BRAD GREELEY, PRESIDENT, AND JORDAN YOUNG, IOL COMMITTEE CHAIR. PLEASE DIRECT REPLIES TO StarIslandOpenedLate at gmail.com
As we prepare for the opening of Star Island and our focus now turns to hotel operations so we may ensure our facilities are ready for the arrival of our conferees and other visitors, we also wish to keep you informed of our dedication to enhancing our process.
Star Island is committed to making changes to its internal operations to ensure future life safety improvements are built into its strategic plan, executed in a timely manner and facilities are well maintained to meet or exceed applicable codes.
The Star Island Corporation Board of Directors has established a committee to review the elements which lead to the delayed opening of the 2007 season and recommend any changes to board policy and process or the staff and its process. It expects the committee's report and recommendations may take several months to complete and anticipates a progress report to the board at its August meeting.
The Board approved the newly appointed members of the committee at its latest meeting. The Board chose to revise the membership of the committee so that it will be comprised of people who have been independent from the corporation leadership for at least five years. While the Board had every confidence in the independence and impartiality of the original committee, it recognized that the new members would more easily avoid any preconceived notions as to the committee's ultimate recommendations.
The committee is now made up of seven people with a broad knowledge of the island. Six committee volunteers are corporation members; one volunteer is a safety inspection engineer and conferee. Board and staff liaisons are also participating volunteers.
Jordan Young, an All Star II conferee for 40 years and recently a business process consultant for the State of Vermont, will chair the committee. The other members of the committee are Martha Copithorne, Jack Lightfoot, Doug Hatfield, Dick Howe, and Nick Dembsey. Russ Peterson will be liaison to the Board and Kristi Vazifdar will be liaison to Staff.
The committee will meet this week to develop its work plan and timeline.
We kindly ask for your patience and understanding as we work diligently to not only ensure life safety remains paramount and history is preserved, but also to ensure thoughtful consideration is given to this internal process.
If you have questions or comments, please submit your comments directly to Jordan Young, the IOL committee chair, via email at StarIslandOpenedLate at gmail.com.
Sincerely,
Brad Greeley, President, SIC Board of Directors
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