August 18, 2008

BALLE board seeks new members

The board of directors of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) seeks nominations to fill vacant seats on the board. Selection will prioritize candidates who are demonstrated leaders in the Local Living Economies movement, have been involved in BALLE activities either through a network or as at-large experts, and have one or more of the following characteristics:   

• Will add diversity to the board

• Represents an “emerging” network (fewer than 50 members)

• Represents a geographic area not currently represented on the board – especially the southern United States

• Has relationships with key strategic partners

• Has skills and experience in fundraising, finance/accounting/budgets; board membership, or one or more of the “building blocks” of a local, living economy

The BALLE board meets four to six times per year via conference call and twice per year in person (once the day after the BALLE conference and once approximately six months before the conference). BALLE board members are active and highly engaged in guiding the organization’s vision and goals. 

Nomination process and deadlines:

August 15 – September 15, 2008: Nominations accepted

September 15 – October 15, 2008: Governance committee interviews finalists

October 31, 2008: Governance committee submits recommended slate

November 18, 2008: Board elections at regular board meeting

Application form:

Please click on this link to download the application form.

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July 3, 2008

Jason Salfi of Comet Skateboards, who presented at the 2008 BALLE conference manufacturing pre-conference seminar on Comet's many innovative practices, chats with Senator Hillary Clinton about green job creation, high green tech, scaling farming for industry intelligently, and renewable energy deployment in central New York and beyond. Jason supplies the thought bubble for Hillary in this picture: "Are you serious - I can shred all day and night and when this board is thrashed I can send it back to you to compost and get paid $10 to do it? I'm IN!"