- The hire of one from outside the federation system as CEO;
- The rebranding of UJC as JFNA and the creation of a tag line (quick, what is it??) but at a cost yet to be fully disclosed;
- Community Heroes, #ish and TribeFests 1 and 2;
- The continuation and "reinvention" of I-LEAD, the Million Dollar Roundtable (that has now met...twice[?]), low-end giving exercises, the continuing great work of JFNA-Washington, and other extensions of programs of UJA and CJF;
- The creation of SCN (a function created under Steve Hoffman's leadership) and the IAN (demanded of JFNA by Chicago, among others); and
- The chaotic, confused creation of the Global Planning Table
And what do we find JFNA has also done over the last six years? Try some of these:
- Spent in excess of $200,000,000. Are you happy with the ROI for your federation let alone all federations?
- Deconstructed the national financial resource development effort almost entirely but for National Women's Philanthropy. The Young Leadership Cabinet, which should be an elite force for change and leadership at the federation level, as it once was, is but a shadow of what it once was. The Prime Minister's Mission sending 1/2 the number we sent in 2007; the King David Society Mission, canceled. Campaign planning, Solicitor Training, Suite Solicitations, etc....what are those?
- GA full pay registration fell to 835 by 2011; less than the drastically subsidized Registration for TribeFest 2.
- Hired and forced out within one year the eminently qualified Joanne Moore as millions more are "invested" in (in the sense of bad money after bad) the Global Planning Table and, G-d Forbid, TribeFestivus 3, and JFNA-Israel.
The new Board Chair and Chair of the Executive have got their hands full -- it's tough steering a sinking ship away from the shoals and to shore. We wish them every success.
Remember, as you hear of fictional successes and the fictional embellishment of a sorry record: "You are what your record says you are."
Rwexler
2 comments:
Richard, I think you may have made a mistake on this one - GA full pay registration fell to 835 by 2011; less than the drastically subsidized Registration for TribeFest 2. There are enough categories of registration now that by definition 100% of the people there will be full pay (for their category) sort of like the way some organizations define
a quorum -- 40% of all those present.
As to all the rest: If only: DAYENU ALREADY
•The hire of one from outside the federation system as CEO; DAYENU
•The rebranding of UJC as JFNA and the creation of a tag line (quick, what is it??) but at a cost yet to be fully disclosed; DAYENU
•Community Heroes, #ish and TribeFests 1 and 2; DAYENU
•The continuation and "reinvention" of I-LEAD, the Million Dollar Roundtable (that has now met...twice[?]), low-end giving exercises, the continuing great work of JFNA-Washington, and other extensions of programs of UJA and CJF;DAYENU
•The creation of SCN (a function created under Steve Hoffman's leadership) and the IAN (demanded of JFNA by Chicago, among others); and DAYENU
•The chaotic, confused creation of the Global Planning Table DAYENU
Remember back to when the GA ended on a Sunday and the havdalah service the evening before came to symbolize the unity, pride and commitment of North American Jewry's best and brightest. That would be a fitting opening scene of our collective biographical movie. Well cut now to after years of shunning and purging as a generation or two of leaders and foot soldiers are gone and the camera is left with only close-ups of empty halls and empty faces.
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