Come be a part of our team!
Dear Wisconsin Lyme Community,
The Wisconsin Lyme Network cordially invites ALL OF YOU to join us for our recruitment event located at:
3195 South Superior Street, Milwaukee, WI 53207
Lyme literate practitioner, Dr. John Whitcomb, M.D. from Brookfield will give a short presentation on Lyme disease while we enjoy lunch.
Come visit with other members of the Wisconsin Lyme community and learn how you can support our mission. It is FREE OF CHARGE but we ask that you please bring a dish of your choice to share; potluck style. Water, soda and coffee will be provided courtesy of the WLN.
We will meet in the gym. Take the third driveway down and turn right into the parking lot. (One driveway past the flagpole in front of the gated building) Enter through back door on SW corner of building. There will be markers to direct you. Come learn what the WLN is about.
The WLN has achieved many wonderful goals this past year and we need new board and committee members to continue this process. The WLN asks that others please consider stepping in and lending a hand so that we can continue to move this organization forward.
Who do you know that can help? Please pass this info to them.
The following positions are open for nomination:
- President: The President presides over meetings of the assembled group and conducts its business in an orderly fashion. When the group is not in session, the President’s duties include acting as its head or representative, it’s spokesperson, overseeing committee’s and ensuring that group bylaws and rules are adhered to.
- Vice President: The Vice President serves as President in the absence of the President, or when a motion involving the President is being discussed. The Vice President assists the President in the President’s required duties, representing the organization, overseeing committee’s and compliance with bylaws and rules.
- Treasurer: The Treasurer shall make a report at each Board meeting. Treasurer shall assist in the preparation of the budget, financial related matters and make financial information available to board members, governmental agencies and the public. The Treasurer offers oversight of assets and financial interests to include tax returns every three years.
- Secretary: The Secretary shall be responsible for keeping records of Board actions, including overseeing the taking of minutes at all board meetings, sending out meeting announcements, distributing copies of minutes and the agenda to each Board member, assuring that corporate records are maintained, and general correspondence as needed for the WLN.
- Board of Directors: Board members must have adequate time to devote to the organization. They will:
- Ensure adequate resources and participation for the organization to fulfill its mission
- Ensure proper oversight of financial assets, Code of Ethics and bylaws of the organization
- Enhance the organization’s public standing
- Clearly articulate the organization’s mission, accomplishments, and goals to the public and garner support from the community
- Is ultimately responsible for adherence to legal standards and ethical norms
- Articulate prerequisites for candidates, orient new members, and periodically and comprehensively evaluate their own performance
- Participate in teleconferences and voting via email and other forms of communication.
We encourage new participants as a means of expanding our group. Current board members will assist all new board members to ensure a seamless transition.
The WLN is also in need of volunteer committee chair persons and members. Committee Members DO NOT need to be voting board members.
- Media Committee: Advertising fundraising activities, PSA’s, radio, internet, (social media and website, etc.) Press releases, etc.
- Fundraising Committee: Coordinate the Lyme Walk and/or other fundraisers and activities, etc.
- Newsletter Committee: Coordinate, edit and layout the articles to be printed, distribution of newsletters, mailings, etc.
- Medical Liaison Committee: Outreach to practitioners, coordinate practitioner training, check the practitioner email a minimum of once per week, etc
- Patient Liaison Committee: Outreach to local support groups, check patient email daily, send follow up, doctor referrals, etc.
- Special Projects Committee: Organizing doctor lectures, CME credits, liaison with various medical organizations and groups for outreach.
Those attending (hopefully all) please R.S.V.P. to Mike Nickel at miken@tds.net or Kristin Collins at collins.kristin@att.net .
Look forward to seeing everyone there!
Board of Directors – Marjorie Moorhouse, Lisa Hilton, Aandraya De Silva, Cindy Van Veghel, Jennifer Guzdek, Lauren Lamoreaux {Board Secretary}, Bill Collins {Board Treasurer}, Kristin Collins {Vice President}, Mike Nickel {President}
Madison Area Lyme Support Group 