Nominations for SOA Board members are now open. A SOA Board member works with other board members and SOA officers to help fulfill the mission of supporting keiko and instructors in the US and Canada.
What are some of the things a board members have done?
A sub-committee of the SOA Board worked with an amazing marketing/branding professional, Robert Friedman. They devised a fresh and inventive way to describe Shintaido.
With this revitalized way to think of Shintaido as “Opening to Life”, the teachers group led by Lee Seaman and Nancy Billias designed a five-week ‘soft hand’ curriculum for beginners which is designed to be conducted over Zoom. Board members contributed to articles and worked with Body Dialogue editor Jim Sterling for our Body Dialogue. The Shintaido YouTube Channel now offers new videos every few weeks led by Sarah Baker, who works with the SOA Board and officers.
SOA board members set the strategy for SOA, establish the annual budget to accomplish these strategies while also maintaining the infrastructure of a national nonprofit organization.
A person may self-nominate themselves. If nominating another person, please have their agreement before making the nomination.
A board member serves a term of 2 years. The term is from September 2021 to September 2023.
A board member attends 4 board meetings each year and participates in committee work throughout the year.
Nominations close on 24 July 2021 and the elections will happen from 1 August to 14 August.
Do you want to join us? Write us a little letter or shoot a short video about you and your motivation to become the Shintaido of America board member.
Contact Connie Borden with nominations at bordensheets@aol.com
The current members of the Board from September 2019 to 2021 are
Nancy Billias, elected voting member
Connie Borden, elected voting member
David Franklin, elected voting member
Herve Hofstetter, elected voting member
Brad Larson, elected voting member
We have two permanent SOA Board members
H. F. Ito, lifetime member
Michael Thompson, lifetime member