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Alliance Principles
-- Jordan D. Lewis, Ph.D.
The first pair quickly strikes a 50-50 compromise and cuts the orange in half, each
partner free to enjoy his half as he sees fit. While they are congratulating themselves
on their reasonable approach, they see that the other pair, in talking things over,
has discovered that one partner wants to make orange juice, while the other would
rather have the rind for marmalade. So they use the whole orange for orange juice,
and the whole orange for marmalade.
Put simply, a strategic alliance is a relationship between firms to create more
value than they can on their own. A chance encounter with Jordan Lewis in 1992 eventually
led to a transformation in the way TRA GSC does business. Inspired by Dr. Lewis's insight
that trust and cooperation should be the cornerstones of business strategy, we formed
The Risk Authority Stanford, Global Service Center entirely from strategic alliances as we advanced from being simply
a workers' compensation company to becoming a diversified corporation that provides
South Carolina's healthcare industry a variety of services in risk management.
"TRA GSC shows the Sum is Greater Than its Parts" (SC Chamber of Commerce Member Spotlight article, June 2007)
Jordan D. Lewis, Ph.D. has written three books on strategic alliances. Dr. Lewis is an authority on alliances, partnering, and coalitions. He has taught at well-known business schools, is a Fellow of the World Economic Forum, is involved in an array of business ventures, and serves on the boards of major charities. Dr. Lewis has keynoted events for leading firms worldwide, and has consulted with TRA GSC and conducted educational programs on alliances for TRA GSC and its allies since 1994.

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A few weeks ago, Salon.com announced an "open call" for essays about spring cleaning. They asked for "personal essays about an object from your past that you can't bring yourself to toss, even though it no longer has a practical purpose in your life," and added, "We want stories of how sentimental possessions affect us and about the strange and complex emotions we attach to inanimate objects."
There was a huge response to this call, and a lot of wonderful essays were written. I wrote one called "The Importance of Keeping Useless Things." Someone else wrote a very poignant essay about why she had kept 25 dried yellow roses, saved from a marriage that didn't last, and a man riffed on why his father's banged-up old golf clubs were important to him.
A couple of comments that my piece generated on Facebook conversations reminded me that sentimentality and getting rid of things do not always have to be at odds with each other. One of my cousins responded to my piece by saying that she was going to begin documenting the stories connected with some of the things she has been keeping, so that people will know why she kept them, why they're special. I think that's a great practical result to come out of a pretty sentimental piece.
One of the most helpful things we discovered in writing our book was that although sentimentality about objects usually results in our keeping too many things, if the process is handled right, engaging in those sentimental memories can actually help people arrive at the point where they are ready to get rid of the objects.
Not surprisingly, it turns out that what is important is not the things themselves, but the memories they evoke. Often, if there is a way to capture the memory and safeguard it for ourselves, and for our children and grandchildren, the objects (though never the memories) become suddenly much less important.
It is one of the reasons why "taking one's time" is such important requirement for having a happy, productive experience when downsizing the family home. If we can take the time to tell each other stories along the way, or to write them down, maybe even to make sound or video recordings–in short to separate the memories from the objects, keeping one but not necessarily the other–we may be not only having more fun along the way, but preparing ourselves for that moment when we can put a "for sale" sticker—or haul off to the nearest local charity—some of those items that truthfully nobody really wants anymore.
Janet Hulstrand is a writer/editor, writing coach, travel blogger, and coauthor of Moving On: A Practical Guide to Downsizing the Family Home.
Filed under: decluttering, keeping the memories, sentimentality about things | Tagged: decluttering, downsizing the home, essays about sentimental objects, holding on to sentimental things, sentimentality about objects, spring cleaning |


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31.01.13 | day 5 building community ii
Today's blog was supposed to be written by Maryam, who unfortunately couldn't attend the Visiting School due to difficulties getting an Indian visa in Pakistan. We're really sorry you couldn't make it Maryam, this one's for you!
This morning we were joined by our 8th participant, Di Lu from Beijing – who jumped right into making bricks. Having prepared our mound the previous day, we just had to break it down again and add more water before filling the molds, and flattening the top. It only needs to set for about 5 minutes before you can lift the mold, and make the next one – but this all depends on getting the consistency right! We had a few over-hydrated mixes, which resulted in some good old 'Delhi belly' bricks….
Each participant had a go making their own brick, meanwhile we were preparing timber frames to test different weaving patterns, as well as wattle and daub. It's unlikely that we'll use wattle and daub, as it's not really appropriate for damp climates, and UP has a heavy monsoon season – but the panels will be great for testing different types of mud plaster. 'Wattle' is essentially any reinforcement (strips of bamboo, rope, wire mesh) and the 'daub' is the filler (plaster, mud etc) – in our case we're using mud and bamboo, we we're soaking in water before weaving into a coarse mesh structure. It was nice to see our patch in front of the building getting nice and messy, as a construction site should….everyone is getting more confident in their making skills and things are starting to feel really productive. In fact our passes were upgraded this morning from the purple visitor cards, to the green contractor cards – and we're wearing them proudly!
The day was, however, punctuated by endless phone calls to our elusive contractor, who sent an email in the morning saying 'delivery, 10.30pm' but then never answered our calls to confirm. Desperately hoping he would turn up regardless, we left his payment with the night guard and headed home for some rest…


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If you aren't familiar with meal delivery services by now, they are a subscription based box of prepackaged ingredients to make healthy home cooked meals with. On average they cost around $10 per person per meal. There is a wide range of companies in this market already, including:
- Home Chef
- HelloFresh
- Plated
- Gobble
- PeachDish
- Blue Apron
- Terra's Kitchen
- Green Chef
- SunBasket
Just to name a few!
I've had a few friends tell me that the biggest con to these is, you still have to grocery shop. So what's the point? Well for me, and I think most moms will agree, I absolutely do not have the time to make a meal plan, go buy every ingredient for every dish, and then take the time to cook an amazing home cooked meal every single night. I'm definitely no chef, and I needed some help.
My biggest pros to a home delivery service: Meals are already set and you don't need to plan. I am not a great cook by any means. The simple directions inside have made me cook way better meals that I would never attempt on my own. They are usually simple, and quick. Of course there are some exceptions, but for the most part I am only ever in the kitchen away from the baby for about 30 minutes. They are delivered straight to your door and automatically billed so you don't even have to think about what to do for multiple dinners per week.
But depending on which service you choose, how many meals you'd like and how many people are in your family, this can cost near between $50-$100 a week. How can you make that work when you still have other groceries to buy?
Here are the tips I've used to successfully keep our grocery budget the same after adding a meal delivery service to the equation.
***This plan is based on an average 5 meals a week eating at home, and two days a week eating out.***
- Keep other meals of the day simple. Stick to a few key meals for breakfast and lunch that you can interchange. (Breakfast- oatmeal, hard boiled eggs, cereal, waffles) (Lunch- sandwiches, granola bars, trail mix, jerky)
- Shop in bulk. Costco is my world, guys. You can go and buy two giant loaves of bread, a huge jar of mayo and a big pack of lunch meat for about $15 and have lunch off that for a few weeks straight! (Other good bulk items- granola bars, cereal, applesauce for kiddos)
- Plan for a simple meal on the night(s) you don't have meal delivery service for. We only have 2 nights a week unaccounted for with meal service- so I will buy a few simple ingredients to make just one meal that we can have leftovers of the next day. (Ex.- Pan of baked ziti, Pan of enchiladas, lasagna, fajita tacos, etc.)
- Buy ready to eat snacks or meals from Costco's freezer section. If there's a night where you're on the go, not very hungry, or just generally busy- but these out. (Ex.- taquitos, yakisoba meals, frozen tacos, raviolis)
So all in all, I can keep my grocery budget nearly exactly the same as it was before. Dinner ingredients consumed a lot of the grocery budget with fresh veggies, sides, and fresh meats. But by only shopping for a couple very simple meals each week, I lessened spending and was able to use that extra for the meal service. However, these tips have helped me save money on groceries even when I wasn't using a meal delivery service! I hope they can help you too!


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We have heard many rumors about RIM working on a clamshell device with full QWERTY. We even found a patent for a device like this. Now the first live images of the BlackBerry 9670 running OS 6.0 have leaked.
The BlackBerry 9670 is said to be a CDMA device with a full QWERTY keyboard, 5 megapixel camera (a first!), Wi-Fi, a 360×480 internal display, huge external display, trackpad, OS 6.0, microUSB port, microSD internal storage slot, Bluetooth, and a metallic finish casing.
What are your thoughts on this device? It's CDMA, therefore it will go to either Verizon or Sprint.
[via BGR]


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our first sea sunday
borrowing the excitement from her eyes
to remember the old, narrow road and hot car
the first sight, and the promise of ice cream
on the way home.
I am impressed by the pictures, as always, and I miss this sea and those spots. Oh! But my daughter would be impressed by a.'s T-shirt! You see, we live in 'Charlie and Lola' land now.
[at least Charlie and Lola are really nice characters]
I suppose we had a pretty amazing childhood!!! Dad was my superhero especially during the summer months!!!
that wild flower remind you of me..how nice. it is beautiful.
love wild flowers. this one seems like a strong plant couming out between the stones.
seeing the ocean view this early spring must be so special. do you live close to the ocean?
lisa: yes, she was surprised to find it among her clothes, you know i'm not too fond of cartoons on them. and it's pink.
n: we did - and he was ! even if he liked rose ice cream :). waiting for you . . .
coco: we live half an hour away. very soon it will be too hot for us to go in the mornings, the earth is already gold and brown.
that could be a path of porcelain stones ... wouldn't it be amazing?
ps> sorry for my post today! not really my style and I had promised myself years ago not to express those sort of things in there ... but it had to be done, not least as a way of protecting myself need it be!
paula, it would - both in the open air or a white indoor space.
and i totally agree that it had to be done, anyone with any visual sensitivity can tell something isn't right.
i needed this so bad today.
thank you !


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Helping you make better spending decisions is a primary purpose of this blog. Sticking to them is the other. These budgeting tips require little time and effort, but will have a major impact on your savings account.
There are a two ways your brain is hard-wired that make better spending decisions hard.
- Adaptation to pleasure
- Mis-predicting pleasure
Budgeting Tips – Adaptation to Pleasure
Our brains are hardwired to notice novelty. When an experience is new you get a lot of pleasure from it. As you continue to have the same experience, you get less pleasure from it over time. Pleasure turns to comfort, and disappointment can set in. "I thought this would make me happier. Now I'm disappointed because I'm not as happy with this as I thought I would be."
The second reason we adapt to pleasure is that our reference point changes. Maybe you get a new job and you're making $10,000 more a year than you were before. You're thrilled. Then you find out that you're making 5% less than the next newest employee. Now you aren't thrilled – your reference point has changed. Instead of comparing to what you used to make, you are now comparing to what you could be making.
Budgeting Tips – Mispredicting Pleasure
We consistently predict that things will make us happier or more miserable than they actually do.
The extreme example of this is lottery winners vs. accident victims. Several studies in psychology show that the strongest predictor of a person's level of happiness after their circumstances change is their level of happiness before the change. Of course, this isn't true immediately after the change, but over time people tend to revert to a sort of happiness "setpoint".
Of course, accident victims are less happy than they were before – the point is the different is MUCH smaller than anyone would expect.
And this more recent study also confirms that the immediate impact of change in circumstances is much bigger than the long-term effect.
Daniel Kahneman calls this the hedonic treadmill. We seek pleasure, and novel experiences provide it, but then we adapt and the pleasure turns to comfort. We continue to seek pleasure, but now it takes another new thing to produce it, so we are always on the treadmill looking for the next "hit".
Better Spending Decisions – The 5-Minute Solution
OK, so you'd like to get off the treadmill, but you still want to experience the pleasure, right? This simple practice can help you make better
First, become mindful of your spending AND how much enjoyment it brings you. Just writing down what you spent helps you budget, but it doesn't help you evaluate how your budget fits into your life.
Personal note: Those "write down everything you spend for 30 days" journal suggestions used to make me crazy! I hate!!! keeping records (you'll hear me say that often). However, this way is relatively painless and it helps me learn more about what spending decisions are satisfying over the long term and which ones are not.
How to Implement These Budgeting Tips
Ourdebtfreelives's website has a lot of great articles on creating a budget. Regular bills don't usually factor into your "joy index" unless you buy a new house or do something else unusual. For example, this week I bought a new cell phone and case, an exercise ball and a poster with exercises on it. I added those items to my spreadsheet, but not the regular monthly bills I paid.
Here are your columns:
- item
- category
- amount
- was it a need or a want?
- Joy index – scale of 1 – 10
- 1 mo. followup joy index
- 3 mo. followup joy index (unless 1 month was 0)
- 6 mo. followup joy index (unless 3 month was 0)
You can track this daily or weekly (I enter any new items daily, but only review once a month). If you wait longer than that it will probably seem like a bigger chore than it is. Over time, as you watch your satisfaction with each item decrease it becomes a little easier to remind yourself before you spend the money that the joy you experience from any given purchase is probably going to be short-lived. Another way to increase savings is by increasing your income. We have a great article on Sideline Business Models to get you that extra income.
Budgeting Tips – Final Thoughts
Give yourself time for this to make a difference in your spending decisions. Some of the research in this area used professors in the field as test subjects and they were no less prone to mis-predict pleasure or to adapt to it than others who were not familiar with the concept. If even the professionals fall for this, you shouldn't get too down on yourself when it happens to you.
Curious if there is a way to reduce adaptation? Funny you should ask – keep reading to discover two simple practices that can reduce adaptation and get you enjoying your life more.


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After my last post, I went outside my home and took four photos of the clouds. I had to put them in two different posts, because thick clouds made it almost impossible to upload the pics via my satellite internet connection (HughesNet).
Friday, May 15, 2009
Jacksonville, Illinois Storm Clouds Approaching
5 comments:
- Rae* said...
You took some really good photos. I'm on the Illinois-Indiana border and we had the storm pass through late last night. I hate night time storms. I'm always afraid to go to sleep and not hear the tornado warnings sound. I guess our Midwest hazards are much better than the fires in California or the hurricanes down south. I suppose it is whatever you get use to.
Have a good weekend.
- May 16, 2009 at 7:44 AM
I realize this is somewhat unrelated, but I would love to hear what you think of satellite internet service.
I plan on moving out to "the country" in the next year or so, but I need my internet.
- May 16, 2009 at 11:18 AM
- John said...
@Rae, thanks for the compliment on the pics! I'm familiar with your town as I always went through it on my way to Indianapolis or anywhere east for that matter LOL. It was always the perfect spot to buy gas on an east bound trip.
I kept thinking and hoping it would go north of you. I think most of it did. You have a good weekend too!
- May 16, 2009 at 11:32 AM
- John said...
@kbnky, hey thanks for visiting & commenting. About satellite internet, I wrote a scathing review of it in Feb. You can read that here.
BUT I did just ugrade two days ago to their newest modem, and signed up for their "fastest" service plan (which I thought I had all along). It is faster than it used to be, and is certainly faster than dial up. The weather has been bad since I upgraded, so it's still early to tell.
Be prepared to pay bookoo bucks. Since it is the most expensive internet provider, I would only recommend it if you have no other options. I am too embarrassed to tell you how much it cost! (They do have a website, of course though).
Oh yeah, it will not work when it is raining hard or very thick storm clouds (I unplug mine during storms anyway). It also won't work if snow or ice accumulates on the satellite and that really sucks! (You can carefully clean off the snow & ice though and it usually works). Hope this helps!
- May 16, 2009 at 12:17 PM
- John said...
@kbnky, if that link doesn't work, just use the search box in the upper left corner. I thought I had my code for it ok, but I couldn't get the link to work. Sorry.
- May 16, 2009 at 12:22 PM


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I made this card for two SCS challenges: Sketch Challenge #267 and WT Challenge #257, to use an odd number on your card. I case'd this card from someone---I have it saved somewhere, but when I went to find it, couldn't---so if it's yours, let me know! I love this Bella Bleu paper—the colors are so soothing, and so pretty with this particular heart image:
So I used three hearts and three pearls and one bow!!! Pretty simple!! I had a cute little sentiment treatment inside too, but forgot to photo it! Oh well!
We are digging out (DH is, I am a wimp) of our monumental snowfall; although the sun is shining and the sky is blue, that wind is COLD and strong, and I am afraid that our driveway is going to blow shut despite his best efforts! I hope I can get out tomorrow—it's Valentine's Day flower delivery time!! Have a great day!
- Stamps: I {Heart} Hearts
- Paper: VV, Sahara Sand, Bella Bleu DP
- Ink: Bordering Blue
- Acc: Scallop Trim Punch, Taffeta Ribbon, Pearls


text: Love Your Family, Love Your Home! There is no place like home for family to gather on a warm summer's evening to kick back, relax and have some fun. So many memories are created in our own back yard, so naturally, this was the perfect place to create the Jianos's family portraits. The serenity of their back yard and the soft glow of early evening light created the perfect setting to capture these great images. Even Holly their pet dog enjoyed the excitement and was quite enthusiastic about being a part of the scene.


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(01-17-2016, 09:45 AM)Screaming Yellow Zonkers Wrote: I remember the first time I had to take rifamtin. It's the drug of choice for a few infections, but if you're exposed to someonw with meningitis, they make you take it, to keep from getting the disease.
I was exposed to meningitis twice when I was working on the ambulance, so twice I had to take it.
It turns your pee this orange red color that's very disturbing to see in the bowl. It also burns a bit when you pee. Most unpleasant.
Fizzy pee is a tell tale sign of onset of diabetes.
Fizzy pee is my native america name.
Realtors around the area hire me to come in and shit before showing a house.
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Stephen McGee played the entire second half and took the Dallas Cowboys from 11 points down to leading by two over Arizona in the final minutes. He didn't have any turnovers and made a terrific throw to Miles Austin for the go-ahead touchdown even though the Cowboys lost.
It was the kind of performance worthy of an encore, yet interim coach Jason Garrett is sticking with the original pecking order.
Jon Kitna will start the finale Sunday against the Eagles if a strained abdominal muscle stops hurting. He said Wednesday he hopes to practice today or Friday.
"Right now, there's no pain in it just standing here," Kitna said. "But certain movements make it feel like there's a knife in your side. I've got to be able to throw the football. I've got to be able to make all the throws. ... This is one of those injuries that can kind of linger for three or four days and then it can just be gone. Hopefully, that'll be the case."
McGee is getting ready to make his first career start just in case.
McGee ran the first team in practice Wednesday, a great opportunity in itself. He had only three practice series with the starters before being sent out for his debut Saturday night against the Cardinals. He'd taken a few snaps from center Andre Gurode, but had never thrown to Austin or Jason Witten as Kitna's backup the last nine weeks.
"I had fun going out there in practice today, competing, getting guys in and out of the huddle," McGee said.
"I love that. I love playing football, being around the game. This is my dream job, playing quarterback in the NFL, especially for the Dallas Cowboys. I'm having a blast and just continuing to get better this week and making strides toward Sunday."
Against Arizona, McGee went 11 of 17 for 111 yards with a touchdown. He also ran four times for 19 yards.
Nicks likely won't face 'Skins
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Giants leading receiver Hakeem Nicks is likely to miss New York's regular-season finale against the Washington Redskins with a broken big toe on his left foot.
Giants coach Tom Coughlin doubted that Nicks would be able to play Sunday when asked about the injury at his news conference Wednesday.
The coach also said that Pro Bowl center Shaun O'Hara aggravated the Achilles' tendon condition in his left leg in the 45-17 loss to the Green Bay Packers.
Bad news for Metrodome
MINNEAPOLIS - The snow-damaged Metrodome roof won't be fixed until at least March, affecting hundreds of college baseball games and forcing the Minnesota Twins to find a new venue for their annual winter festival, a facility official said Wednesday.
Bill Lester, executive director of the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission, said the baseball coaches were notified this week. The Twins Fest, which attracts thousands of baseball fans each year, was scheduled for Jan. 28-30.
Three panels of the fabric roof collapsed Dec. 12 during a storm that dumped 17 inches of snow on Minneapolis. Lester said at least nine panels must be replaced, but consultants are analyzing samples to see if even more must be swapped out.
Sanchez could see some action
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. - The decision rests on Mark Sanchez's sore right shoulder.
New York Jets coach Rex Ryan was unsure Wednesday whether his quarterback, dealing with an ailing throwing arm, would play in the team's regular-season finale against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.
"I'm leaning to think that maybe he'll play some," Ryan said. "But we'll see."
There's a strong possibility Sanchez could start, play a few quarters and then give way to 40-year-old Mark Brunell and Kellen Clemens. Ryan said there was "no way" Sanchez would play an entire game Sunday - if he plays at all.


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For the first time since the start of our residency programme, we had a collaborative duo working in our studios. Genevieve and Jordan are siblings who have decided to put their family at the centre of their artistic project.
What have you been up to during the residency?
Genevieve: "We have been following on from the family's on-going research into our history, investigating documents, our mother's own research and different versions of our family tree from either side of the family.
Jordan was already really interested in family trees, even fictional ones, like the family history of Indiana Jones or the Lion King. My own work has always been intensively research based and likened to case study; being that we were coming from two separate practices, it seemed like the ideal subject matter to use, in terms of the way that I work and the way that Jordan was already working.
There were already bits and pieces of research, quite thorough in some places and very sparse in others, and we used different means of communication with the family in order to fill in the gaps. We used the phone but we preferred using Skype, Jordan in particular prefers it as it is more immediate. We didn't just record the conversations; we recorded the situation and the device of the computer itself which created a distance and made it feel more removed. There is something quite interesting with this approach and we haven't stopped recording when the conversation ends, or during miscommunications, or connection problems.
Genealogy and the mapping of family histories is one of the world's most popular hobbies nowadays…
It is and sometimes without people even realising that they're doing it. When you join Facebook for example, you want to add your relatives and research individuals that are connected to you in some way. This project is not just a collaboration between two artists, but more a collaboration between two individuals that also happen to be related. Jordan defines himself as a writer, so we've had a very interdisciplinary way of working; using different fields and methods as a construct to develop the overall project.
How do you turn this into an art project?
We were following rules in term of structure or information but the conversations we were having are not purely factual, it was about getting a feeling for the character and the individual and getting reacquainted. Dates haven't played a huge factor in our project either and one of our rules in organising the skype chats was that Jordan wanted to speak to people that we actually know already.
So you didn't talk with anybody that you hadn't met before, or hadn't met for a very long time?
We spoke to somebody that I hadn't seen for a very long time but Jordan did see her recently when he went to Canada. He also got to meet a couple of other people during his trip but I knew nothing about them. I guess we only talked about people we knew because we don't have any way of connecting with people we don't know. We've been in touch with people directly or via someone else, but some people are completely off the radar, we wouldn't even know where to begin to get in touch with them!
Is this going to be something you're going to continue after the residency?
I think so. We're going to speak to our Uncle Mike next week and our sister who lives in New Zealand. We're dependent on people's schedules and the logistics of that are sometimes problematic. What is important is that the family tree has almost acted like a vehicle for us to have a critical dialogue with one another. The product is not necessarily the most interesting element of what's been going on; it's the conversations that occurred because of it that are forming the work itself.
How are you going to collate this information?
We have recorded every single conversation that has occurred every day of the residency. There is currently about six hours of footage, audio or video, for every day that we've been here! It's interesting because the first hurdle we had to overcome was our big sister/little brother relationship and how do we restructure this dynamic. Also we hadn't been in each other's company for 3 years, as Jordan's been studying here and I was in Carlisle so we needed to get to know each other again.
We've never had a sister/brother artistic duo as artists in residence before, could you tell us a bit more about how this collaborative working came about?
I have been very interested in my brother's approach from a very young age. He would watch a film in its entirety with the subtitles on, would pause at every new subtitle and copy down the letters. This was before he had learned to read and write at school. He is basically self-taught literate, through film. I was incredibly fascinated by that, even before I went to art school. So now has been the perfect opportunity and place to collaborate together.
How did the space influence you?
Jordan usually works in quite a small scale, so the space has allowed us to enjoy the scale in a big way! A lot of my work previously has involved video, as has Jordan's but with the inclusion of text as well, both practices have been quite isolated. To bring our practices into a shared space has made the conversation bigger, which means the work ended up getting bigger.
The project itself is huge in terms of concept too.
It's never-ending, infinite. At the moment we have discovered family in Argentina, South Africa, Scotland, Germany, New Zealand, Canada and America. It is worldwide and it is infinite in terms of information. On top of that, we began with records that we thought were quite thorough and accurate but we found out that one family member who was disowned might have willingly tampered with them and changed information on purpose. So it is almost a fiction and it would be as important if it was a fictional family tree. It is almost irrelevant whether it is a truth or not as the process is what is at the centre of our project.
A lot of our conversations revolve around films; it is an interest that we share and something that Jordan uses to relate with things in life as a way of processing. It has played a really big part in conversations about being in this space, working with this material. Even in terms of understanding the concept of twins or the idea of the deceased.
How involved have your parents been in the project?
We haven't had a conversation with them and that has been quite purposeful. We haven't skyped them on purpose. Our knowledge is based on what they have told us, we were only as informed as other people have allowed us to be. Our mother passed on a lot of her research to her brother's wife via email, and then lost access to her email account and didn't keep a copy of it. So our Aunt has a lot of information that obviously our Mum knows about, but doesn't have in concrete. They did provide things like photographs or birth certificates but we haven't really spoken to them as part of the recorded project.
Where will you go from here?
Because so much has been archived, we're going to have to look through it with a bit of distance. We need a bit of an overview and look at it as a whole to understand what's going on! It will be interesting to see the structure of this as an object, a bi-product of a process.
From Jordan Gourlay Kay
What have you enjoyed about the residency?
It's family business. I liked writing and the game when we named the films.*
Oblivion, Wreck it Ralf, James Bond, Indiana Jones. Oblivion has Tom Cruise – Mission Impossible, War of the Worlds. I like Meet the Parents – Robert de Niro was in Shark Tale. and Star Trek. Madagascar. The Neverending Story.
What have we done in the studio?
We came on the underground and we walk. We get something to drink. We do work. It's different. Drawing, activities, family tree stuff. Labels pencil masking tape ruler string paperclips photographs. Skype was good – the people. Made videos working with Ginny.**
Singin in the Rain – moses supposes his toeses are roses
Talk about other things. Music. Films. Greek gods myths and legends. Twins and people pass away.
*game similar to 'articulate' where you have to describe a film without saying the title and the other person has to guess what it's called/the actor in it/the characters' name.
** Ginny is the family nickname for Genevieve
Jordan and Genevieve will see their work exhibited in the Project Ability Gallery alongside the other artists in residence in January 2014.


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Written by John Watters, Barnstable Patriot
A.R. Gurney's play The Dining Room is a story of the culture of that pedigreed demographic, the white Anglo-Saxon Protestant. Swimming in waters that they are quite familiar with, the talented Elements Theater ensemble makes a splash with Gurney's "comedy of manners" with more than 50 characters playing out 18 scenes in the two-act play.
Dining Room opened on Broadway in 1981 and since then it has been the darling of theater groups of all levels. That's partially because it's a one-room set, and secondly because it gives actors plenty of opportunity to work their craft, albeit a narrow window which offers glimpses of what is lately becoming a dying breed, America's upper-middle class. Gurney himself is a product of that cohort. Raised in the golden era of Buffalo, N.Y. in its industrial heyday, he was schooled at St. Paul's School in New Hampshire, Williams College, and Yale School of Drama, ending up teaching humanities at MIT before gaining enough success with his playwriting to make that his fulltime profession. His other works include Love Letters, Sylvia, The Cocktail Hour, and Indian Blood.
The Dining Room lets the audience in on the inner machinations of 18 families that own the home in which the stately dining room and its elegant appointments have sat for close to 80 years. The concept is that this room, in which families have come together to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner in everyday settings and celebrate special occasions and holidays, is essentially the epicenter through good times and bad, proud moments and awkward ones. It is a play about humanity, which is Gurney's specialty.
Director Sr. Danielle Dwyer has once again rounded up the usual suspects that make up The Elements Theater Company, the theatrical arm of Gloriae Dei Artes Foundation of the Community of Jesus. Rachel McKendree, Kate Shannon, Chris Kanaga, Luke Norman, Brad Lussier, Peter Haig and Dwyer herself portray Gurney's characters that range in age from young children to the very old. Each of the talented players make each personae change seamless; all easily banter the witty dialog back and forth like a shuttlecock in a badminton game.
Many of the highlights of this Elements production come with the players who play children. In the scene called "Eat Together," Sr. Dwyer and Brad Lussier as the mother and father, with Kate Shannon and Peter Haig as their children, show the age battle of table manners and children being seen and not heard.
Also delightful is the scene called Winkie's Birthday" in which the young friends of Winkie (Kate Shannon) are portrayed by McKendree, Kanaga, Norman, and Haig. The adult actors capture the childlike qualities of voice and body language of their young characters with aplomb.
The final scene, in which the room is decorated in a formal dining format with all coming together to cheer each other's lives and accomplishments, is also well done.
The dining room set designed by Steve Minster and Peter Shannon is beautifully rendered, and in the close confines of the company's theater the audience gets the feel of being on the stage with the actors.
For those who love Gurney, this Elements production is a must see; for those who aren't as familiar with his work, one couldn't do better to get a taste of his work.


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Author has written 6 stories for Love, and Romance.
Update September '13- I'm a big, fat liar. Kidding. Sorta. My muse is an extremely fickle bitch, I swear. I'm posting a new story, titled One More Second Chance. It's finished, and I'll be posting it over the next couple weeks. It should be completely posted by the beginning of October. The story idea hijacked my brain during the beginning of August, after I heard Dustin Lynch's song Waiting, and from there, it basically wrote itself. Unfortunately for Where She Belongs that meant other projects were put temporarily on the back burner. I worked some on that during the last month(aside from that week-and-a-half when my inspiration--or maybe my motivation--to write fled entirely), but it was pretty much all One More Second Chance, all the time.
If you're interested, here's the playlist, in no particular order, of the 37 songs I exclusively listened to while writing the story:
01. Waiting- Dustin Lynch 19. Wild In Your Smile- Dustin Lynch
Update January '13- You can basically disregard the first update from September, lol. Those stories are on hold because Where She Belongs has taken over my brain and problems I'd been having with it (the story idea being older than the other two) have worked themselves out in my mind. I'm posting just a preview of it until it's finished, mostly because I feel bad for taking so long to get my stuff together and wanted to do something as a thank you for all the support I've received. It really does mean the world to me.
I'm hoping it won't take too long for it to all come together. I'm working full-time now (after not working at all for what felt like forever) so that'll cut a little bit into my writing time. But lately the old muse has been visiting me with more frequency than she had been for a while after I finished BLTN. Hopefully she sticks around. I really don't want to be one of those authors who gets halfway through a story and then stops updating, which is why I'm only doing the prologue for now. I understand, though, if some of you don't read it until I'm regularly posting. Well, I think that's all I need to say for now...hope everybody has a blessed new year!
2nd Update September '12- So. Better Late Than Never won the Judge's Pick for Best Het and was Runner-Up in the Best Drama category for Round 12 of the Some Kind of Wonderful Awards! Yay! So Exciting. Thank you to everyone who voted for this story, it really means so much.
Update September '12- Taking some time now to do some revisions on Better Late Than Never just so you're all aware. I'm also working on a couple new stories, which will be ready... eventually. My muse is kinda bouncing back and forth between the two, and I have no idea which one will be done first. Or what they'll be called. Right now they're titled Gabi&Damien and Caleb&Sarina so there you go! Character names. It's what I use to refer to all my stories before I figure out what the heck the title's gonna be. Is it just me or is titling a story the hardest part? Anyway, back to work I go...
Hi. I'm just going to tell you a little about myself, nothing too earth shattering.
My name is Megan, and I'm 29. I have two older brothers, Matt and Mark. We all have the same initials, hence my pen name. My avatar is usually a picture of my beloved, and oh-so adorably nuts, Beagle/Boxer mix, Chloe. I live in Pinellas County, Florida, and that's where most of my stories will be set, at least roughly. I do take some(read: lots of) artistic license with my hometown.
I'm a huge fan of the Tampa Bay Rays, so, no offense to Boston and/or New York fans, but my characters will engage in the occasional Yankees/Red Sox bashing. Don't hold it against them.
I'm going to tell you right now, I SUCK at summaries. At least, I suck at 384-character ones.
I like music, and a lot of times when I'm trying to write, I end up spending most of my time singing along to whatever songs are playing. It's kind of annoying, but I find a lot of inspiration in music. Too much to sit and write without it.
I love quotes, and I'm well on my way to filling up a notebook with my favorites. I will, of course, share some with you--
"Listen to the Mustn't's, child. Listen to the Don't's. Listen to the Shouldn't's, the Impossible's, the Won't's. Listen to the Never Haves, then Listen close to me. ANYthing can happen, child. ANYthing can be."
"But groundless hope, like unconditional love, is the only kind worth having."
"This is the first test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible value to him."
"You [an aspiring writer] can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room."
"America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still."
"Love never reasons but profusely gives; gives, like a thoughtless prodigal, its all, and trembles lest it has done too little."
"I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely, miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing."
"A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left."
and the last one, for now:
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
Completed Stories:
Last Minute Lullaby- Rocky called her older brother, from whom she had been estranged for the past couple years, to come home when their father had a heart attack and fell into a coma. When she couldn't get in touch with him she dialed the only person she could think of to help track her wayward brother down. Jesse was Rafe's best friend, though they were estranged now too, and, unable to find Rafe, he flied from California to Florida to be with Rocky while her father was in the hospital. Having known each other since they were teenagers, she didn't hesitate to offer to let him stay with her, just like he didn't hesitate to accept. It wasn't long before they were both noticing things about each other that they had never noticed before. Things kind of just blossom from there, much to her brother's anger and disappointment.
Better Late Than Never- My take on the best friend's older brother story, mixed with a little friends with benefits. Nola lost her heart to her best friend's older brother at Bridget's tenth birthday party, and in the twelve years since, she had never gotten it back. At ten, being in love with an older man had felt heady and wonderful. At sixteen, annoyance had set in as she realized he simply did not think of her that way. Now, at twenty-two, she feels hugely pathetic that she's never gotten over him. But what happens when it turns out he might want her, too? Sex, idiocy, lying, & crying ensue.
One More Second Chance- After four years together, Noah thought he and Grace would grow old together. Until, one day, she packed up her things and left him. While Grace loved Noah with every ounce of her being, a girl could only take so much. Fed up with being taken for granted, she moved out. Can they find their way to back to each other, or is Noah out of second chances?
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SECTION 3. Entry of Members. Individuals and organizations applying for membership and satisfying all requirements established by the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws, and any other conditions approved by the Board shall be entered on the membership rolls of Association.
SECTION 4. Voting Rights. Voting members include individual members and educational members classified under membership pursuant to Article II, Section 2. The Board of Directors shall have the authority to establish and define non-voting categories of membership and criteria for voting members may be altered by the Board of Directors.
Except as otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, each Voting member shall be entitled to one vote on each matter upon which voting members have voting rights.
Only voting members shall have the right to vote, as set forth in these Bylaws: (1) on the election of directors, (2) on the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of Association, (3) on any merger, and (4) on any election to dissolve Association.
SECTION 5. Annual Meeting. There shall be held annually, at such time and place as the Board of Directors may designate, an annual meeting of the Members of Association. At such meeting, the President and Treasurer shall report on the activities and financial condition of Association and such other business as may come before the meeting.
SECTION 6. Special Meetings. A special meeting shall be held on call of a majority of the Board or if five percent of Members with voting power sign, date, and deliver to any Association officer one or more written demands for the meeting describing the purpose or purposes for which it is to be held.
SECTION 7. Quorum. Not less than five percent of voting members shall constitute a quorum to transact business at the Annual Meeting or at any special meeting of Association. For purposes of establishing a quorum at the Annual Meeting, voting members are individual members and educational members classified under membership pursuant to Article II, Section 2 who were members as of November 30 of the preceding calendar year.
SECTION 8. Notice of Meetings. Notice for meetings of the membership shall be issued in a fair and reasonable manner pursuant to the requirements of Section 33-31-705 (or successor provision) of the South Carolina Nonprofit Corporation Act.
SECTION 9. Termination of Membership. A membership may be terminated on occurrence of any of the following events:
- Resignation of a member;
- Expiration of the period of membership, unless the membership is renewed on the renewal terms fixed by the Board;
- Failure of a member to pay timely any dues or fees owed; or
- Based upon the good faith determination by the Board, or a committee or person authorized by the Board to make such a determination, the failure of a member, to a material and serious degree, to observe the rules of conduct of Association or the engagement in conduct materially and seriously prejudicial to the purposes and interests of Association.
SECTION 10. Suspension of Membership. A Member may be suspended based upon the grounds listed in Section 9(3) or 9(4) of this Article.
SECTION 11. Procedure for Termination or Suspension. Before action to terminate a member pursuant to Section 9(3) or 9(4) or to suspend a member pursuant to Section 10 of this Article, the Member must be given not less than fifteen days' prior written notice, sent by first class or certified mail, of the proposed suspension or termination and the reason therefor. Not less than five days before the effective date of the suspension or termination, the Member shall be given the opportunity to be heard orally or in writing.
SECTION 12. Payment of Obligations. Termination or suspension of membership does not relieve the Member from liability for dues, assessments, or fees as a result of obligations incurred or commitments made prior to termination or suspension or to any obligations that continue to accrue. No portion of any dues paid by any Member shall be refundable because membership is terminated or suspended for any reason.
SECTION 1. Duties of Directors. The business and affairs of Association shall be managed by its Board of Directors, who may exercise all such powers of Association and do all such lawful acts and things as are permitted by law, the Articles of Incorporation, or these Bylaws.
The Board is responsible for overall policy and direction of Association and may delegate authority for day-to-day operations to the Executive Director.
SECTION 2. Number and Terms of Directors. The number of Directors shall not be fewer than eight nor more than twelve. For purposes of seating an initial Board of Directors, the incorporators of Association shall select at least eight Directors with staggered terms of one year, two years, and three years to ensure a periodic rotation of new Directors to the Board.
Directors shall serve staggered terms of three years, which expire at the end of the fiscal year. Directors may not serve for a period exceeding two consecutive terms from the date of their first election or appointment to a full term. After serving two consecutive terms, a director will be eligible for re-election or re-appointment to the Board after one year has elapsed since the expiration of his or her last term.
SECTION 3. Educational Advisors. In addition to Directors elected by Association members pursuant to Article III, Section 5, the Board of Directors shall include at least one and no more than two ex officio Educational Advisors. Educational Advisors are provided with permanent nonvoting seats on the Board of Directors, however the persons filling these positions are elected by the Board of Directors.
An Educational Advisor shall be an employee of Clemson University or other South Carolina higher education institution working in a horticultural-related field. Educational Advisors shall also serve on the Executive Committee.
SECTION 4. Qualifications of Directors. Association shall seek to ensure that the composition of the Board is reflective of the diversity of its membership and the green industry in South Carolina.
Each person nominated for service on the Board must be an individual member or educational member or representative of an educational organization or other entity that has demonstrated support of the green industry or its mission. At least one board member shall be an owner-operator of a landscape company. No more than one director shall be represented from a single member organization at any given time.
SECTION 5. Election. The Board of Directors shall select a Nominating Committee for the purpose of recruiting, screening, and nominating Directors.
The Nominating Committee shall develop and recommend a slate of directors to the Board of Directors for approval. Upon approval, the Board of Directors shall then present a recommended slate of Directors to the members via a written or electronic ballot, containing the slate and any other information required by Section 33-31-708 (or successor provision) South Carolina Nonprofit Corporation Act.
Ballots and related information shall be sent for approval to the contact person at the email address of record for each member entitled to vote. Ballots must be sent no fewer than fourteen days prior to the deadline for receipt of completed ballots. Completed ballots may be returned by mail, facsimile, or email to Association.
The slate shall be deemed approved upon Association receiving a majority of affirmative votes cast by at least ten percent of the Members entitled to vote on the matter.
SECTION 6. Removal. A director may be removed from office without cause by a majority vote at a meeting of the members entitled to vote called for the purpose of removing the director. The meeting notice must state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is removal of the director.
A director may be removed from office with cause by a two-thirds affirmative vote of the members of the Board of Directors present and voting at which a quorum is present.
The Board may establish in its governing policies a definition of "cause" and, further, may establish a minimum attendance requirement for directors. Directors who fail to meet the minimum attendance requirement are removed automatically unless the Board specifically grants an exception by a majority vote of those present and voting.
SECTION 7. Resignation. A Director may resign upon written notification to the President or Secretary.
SECTION 8. Vacancies. Whenever a vacancy occurs due to death, resignation, or removal, the President, with approval of the Board, may appoint a new Director to fill the unexpired term.
SECTION 9. Compensation and Liability. No Director shall receive any compensation for service in such capacity as a Director. The Board of Directors may authorize the payment of, or reimbursement for, all actual expenses of each Director if such is approved in advance. The Directors shall not be liable for loss to Association, including any loss incurred on investment of Association's funds, except in the event of intentional misconduct.
SECTION 1. Regular Meetings. The Board of Directors shall hold regular meetings at least four times each fiscal year at such place and time as may be designated by the Board.
SECTION 2. Special Meetings. A special meeting of the Board of Directors may be held upon the call of the President and shall be held upon the request of members of the Board of Directors constituting not less than twenty (20%) percent of the total members of the Board of Directors then serving.
SECTION 3. Notices. Notice of a regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given as soon as reasonably possible, but in any event at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the time set for such regular meeting. Notice of the date, time, and place of any special meeting shall be given to each board member no less than five (5) days prior to the meeting. Such notices shall be given in writing unless oral notice is reasonable under the circumstances. Notice may be communicated in person, by telephone, telegraph, teletype or other form of wire or wireless communication, such as e-mail, facsimile, or voice mail, or by mail or private carrier or any other lawful means. A Director's attendance at or participation in a meeting waives any required notice of the meeting, unless the Director upon arriving at the meeting (or prior to the vote on a matter not properly noticed under these Bylaws) objects to and does not thereafter vote for or assent to the objected-to action. Notice of an adjourned meeting need not be given if the time and place are fixed at the meeting adjourning.
SECTION 4. Quorum. Except as may otherwise be provided for in the Articles of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, a majority of the Directors then in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the directors, the Directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present. A quorum is not necessary to adjourn a meeting.
SECTION 5. Meeting by Conference Telephone or Electronic Communication. Members of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting by means of a conference telephone, similar communications equipment, or electronic means by which all directors participating may hear each other simultaneously during the meeting. Participation in a meeting by these means constitutes presence in person at a meeting.
SECTION 6. Open Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be open to all Association Members. The Board of Directors retains the right to meet in executive session at such time and for any reason as it deems necessary or appropriate.
SECTION 7. Action Without Meeting. Any action permitted by law, the Articles of Incorporation, or these Bylaws to be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors, may be taken without a meeting if consent in writing, setting forth the action to be taken, shall be signed by all of the Directors of Association then in office. Such action shall be effective upon the signature of the last director so signing unless otherwise provided therein. Such consent shall have the same force and effect as a majority vote of the Board of Directors taken at a meeting of the Board and may be described as such.
SECTION 1. Board Officers. The officers of the Board shall be a President, President-Elect, Secretary, Treasurer, Immediate Past President, and such other assistants and other officers as the Board may designate from time to time. The offices of President-Elect, Secretary, and Treasurer shall be chosen by the Board of Directors annually. The President-Elect shall succeed to the office of President upon any vacancy in that office, whether vacancy is caused by expiration of eligibility to hold office, resignation, failure of reelection, or removal. No person shall concurrently hold more than one office except for that of Secretary and Treasurer.
SECTION 2. Term. Officers shall serve for a term of one year. Officers may not serve for a period exceeding two consecutive terms from the date of their first election or appointment to a full term. After serving two consecutive terms, an officer will be eligible for re-election or re-appointment after one year has elapsed since the expiration of his or her last term. Notwithstanding any other provision in these Bylaws to the contrary, all Officers may serve as prescribed in these Bylaws and remain as a Director for the duration of the term for such office, although he or she may have exceeded eligibility to serve as a director.
SECTION 3. President. The President shall chair the annual membership meeting and all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall perform the following duties and responsibilities:
- Except as provided herein, appoint the chairs of all committees and serve as liaison to Association's board, committees, and staff;
- Facilitate and coordinate the Board's discharge of its responsibilities as set forth in the Bylaws and by board resolutions; and
- Such other responsibilities as prescribed in these Bylaws or as may be assigned by the Board.
SECTION 4. President-Elect. The President-Elect shall, in the absence or disability of the President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President and perform such other duties as the Board shall assign from time to time.
SECTION 5. Secretary. The Secretary shall record, or cause to be recorded, all votes and the minutes of all meetings of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee and shall ensure the integrity of Board documents. In the event of the Secretary's absence from a meeting of the Board or Executive Committee or the Secretary's inability to perform its duties, the President may designate a temporary substitute.
SECTION 6. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall prepare an annual financial report prior to each annual meeting of the Board of Directors and the members in such form and containing such information as may be from time to time be directed by the Board. The Treasurer shall also provide such other financial records and reports as may be requested by the Board. The Treasurer shall sign such documents as may require the Treasurer's signature and shall perform such other duties as may be required by law. The Treasurer shall also ensure the integrity of Association's financial reporting in conformance with Board policies.
SECTION 1. Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall consist of the officers of Association as described in Article V, Section 1 and Educational Advisors as described in Article III, Section 3, and may include the heads of standing committees appointed by the President. The President shall serve as chair of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee will have full authority to act for the Board in managing the affairs of Association on urgent and time-sensitive matters between meetings of the Board, except that the Executive Committee shall have no authority to authorize distributions; approve Association's liquidation or dissolution; approve the merger of Association with another entity; approve the sale, pledge, or transfer of all or substantially all of Association's assets; or approve the hiring or termination of the Executive Director. Approval of a majority of Executive Committee members shall be required to authorize action.
SECTION 2. Other Committees. The President shall assign, from the Board of Directors or membership, members of the standing committees: Finance; Marketing; Public Relations and Communication; Education; Legislative; and Trade Show. Additionally, the President may form such other committees, advisory bodies, and task forces as are deemed advisable and may appoint such directors, non-directors, Members, and non-Members to such bodies as the President may from time to time determine.
SECTION 1. Selection Process. The Executive Director shall be recommended by such committee or body of persons as established by the Board of Directors, and shall be hired with approval of a majority of the full Board of Directors.
SECTION 2. Responsibilities. The Executive Director shall manage Association's day-to-day operations and be responsible for its staff, budget activities, committees, and implementation of action items. The Executive Director may attend all meetings of the Board, the Members, or committees except when the Executive Director's performance or compensation is to be discussed. The Executive Director shall be responsible for hiring, discharging, directing, and supervising the staff and contractors of Association, with the exception of audit firm, who shall be hired by the Board. The Executive Director in general shall perform all duties incident to the President of Association and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board from time to time.
SECTION 3. Signature Authority. The Executive Director may sign all documents and contracts binding on Association which the Board has authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Nonprofit Act, the Board, or these Bylaws to some other officer or agent of Association, or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed or executed.
SECTION 4. Budget. The Executive Director, with the cooperation of the President and the Finance Committee, shall assist in the preparation of the annual budget. The Executive Director shall be responsible for all expenditures within the approved budget.
SECTION 1. Indemnification Scope. Association shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Association's Directors and Officers to the fullest extent permitted by and in accordance with the Nonprofit Act. The plan of indemnification shall constitute a binding agreement of Association for the benefit of the Directors and Officers as consideration for their services to Association, and may be modified or terminated by the Board only prospectively. Such right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other right which such Directors, Officers, or representatives may have or hereafter acquire and, without limiting the generality of such statement, shall be entitled to their respective rights of indemnification under any bylaw, agreement, insurance, provision of law, or otherwise, as well as their right under this Article.
SECTION 2. Indemnification Plan. The Board may from time to time adopt an indemnification plan implementing the rights granted herein. This plan shall set forth in detail the mechanics of how the indemnification rights shall be exercised, provided that the plan shall include that the Directors shall not be indemnified until twenty (20) days after notice is given to the South Carolina Attorney General as provided in Section 33-31- 855(d) (or successor provision) of the South Carolina Nonprofit Corporation Act.
SECTION 3. Directors & Officers Insurance. The Board shall cause Association to purchase or maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a Director, Officer, or ex officio Educational Advisor of Association against any liability asserted against such person and incurred in any such capacity or arising out of such status, whether or not Association would have the power to indemnify such person.
SECTION 4. Other Insurance. The Board may cause Association to purchase or maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was serving at the request of Association as a Director or Officer of another corporation, or as its representative in a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against such person and incurred in any such capacity or arising out of such status, whether or not Association would have the power to indemnify such person.
SECTION 1. General. Management of Association's finances and contracts shall comply with Board directives and policies. The Executive Director is authorized to pay all expenditures consistent with the approved budget and to make all commitments except those financial and contractual commitments the Board has reserved to itself.
SECTION 2. Payments. All checks, drafts, or orders for the payment of money, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of Association shall be signed by two of the following; the Executive Director, the Treasurer or the President of the Association.
SECTION 3. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of Association shall begin on the first day of July of each year and shall end on the thirtieth day of June of the next year, unless otherwise specified by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 1. Conflicts of Interest. The Board of Directors shall adopt and enforce a Conflict of Interest Policy, which shall be distributed to each officer, director, employee or volunteer acting on behalf of Association. Each such person shall annually sign a form acknowledging receipt of the statement and declaring any conflicts of interest affecting Association. Any Director who shall apply for any staff position with Association or any future organization controlled by Association shall resign from the Board prior to taking any affirmative act towards gaining such employment. Any Director who shall have failed to resign prior to taking such affirmative act shall be deemed to have resigned upon the taking of the act.
SECTION 2. Parliamentary Authority. Conduct of the business and meetings of Association shall be governed first by the Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws, insofar as they are not inconsistent with those sections of the Internal Revenue Code governing the tax-exempt status of Association and the South Carolina Nonprofit Corporation Act. Matters not addressed by the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws shall be governed, first, by the Nonprofit Act, as amended, and second, by the Robert's Rules of Order.
SECTION 1. Amendment. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, these Bylaws may be amended, modified, supplemented, or replaced in whole or in part by a three-quarters majority vote of the full Board of Directors.
SECTION 2. Notice. Written notice of any such amendment, modification, supplement, or repeal shall be accompanied by a copy or summary of the proposed change or state the general nature of the change. This notice shall be sent not less than seven (7) days prior to the meeting and may be sent by electronic communication; by regular United States mail, first class or priority mail with postage prepaid; or by submitting same to an overnight courier service to each Director then in office at his or her last known address.


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"Has Hybrid Cloud Arrived? Part 2: Cisco InterCloud makes hybrid cloud real !
In my last blog, "Has Hybrid Cloud Arrived? Part 1: And How Will it Shape the Role of IT Going Forward?" we looked at the business drivers of a hybrid cloud and previewed the key requirements. In this blog, we will look at Cisco InterCloud – a hybrid cloud solution, we announced this week at Cisco Live! Milan, to address the hybrid cloud needs for enterprise and service provider customers.
Business leaders today are heavily growth-oriented and are looking at new ways of deploying applications to obtain greater agility. That is where we see hybrid cloud becoming mainstream as it frees businesses to run applications on-demand and where it's most cost-effective. Cisco InterCloud was announced to address this opportunity and facilitate optimal hybrid cloud deployments.
Cisco InterCloud comes with unique capabilities that enable enterprises to connect their private cloud to heterogeneous public clouds. It creates the notion of a single scalable hybrid cloud for all physical, virtual and cloud workloads – an infinite datacenter where the public cloud is treated as a virtual extension of the data center. Cisco InterCloud is designed with these tenets:
Open: Customers are excited about Cisco InterCloud, as it is an open solution that gives customers the freedom to choose hypervisor on private cloud and select their public cloud from a rich ecosystem of cloud providers. Service providers like InterCloud as it is open API based, integrates with multiple cloud platforms, e.g., CloudStack, vCloud, and OpenStack and enables them to rapidly offer a hybrid cloud solution. It reduces the effort to onboard enterprise customers. Cisco InterCloud thus provides a multi-cloud, multi-hypervisor cloud experience.
Secure: Another key factor in hybrid cloud adoption is the need to address the security and compliance concerns of public cloud deployment. Cisco InterCloud provides end-to-end secure connectivity by encrypting traffic between the enterprise private cloud and the service provider cloud. It also ensures workload security by encrypting all data-in-motion within shared multi-tenant public cloud. Additionally, customers can also deploy network services such as zone based virtual firewall and edge firewall for further workload security within public cloud.
Flexible: Customers demand bi-directional workload portability across private and public clouds. With Cisco InterCloud, customers not only can provision workloads from a self-service portal, but also with a click, migrate workloads to the public cloud and back. All of this activity happens behind the scenes as InterCloud converts workloads to the right VM format, such as VMware VMDK to AWS AMI, or to CloudStack format for providers such as BT. It makes workload portability easier as applications don't need to be re-architected as IP addresses are retained upon migration and enterprise VLANs are extended into the cloud.
I believe that lines of business and developers are leading the journey to hybrid cloud adoption. IT has realized that it needs to shift away from its role as gatekeeper to instead being a partner to Lines of Business but IT faces certain challenges in doing so. IT has to deal with the overhead of integrating with each cloud provider and find ways to do in a secure manner. Cisco InterCloud enables IT to act as a cloud broker on behalf of lines of business. Cisco InterCloud provides unified hybrid cloud management through a built-in IT Admin portal and an extensible northbound API layer. It also allows IT to enforce consistent network security, L4-7 services and workload policies throughout the hybrid cloud.
This week's Cisco InterCloud announcement demonstrates our continued commitment to customers. We envision a future where customers have an array of cloud options and can pick the 'best fit' based on workload needs, performance, cost, and location requirements. We are going into beta next quarter and have announced general availability soon afterwards. As 2014 dawns, we see a shift towards mainstream hybrid cloud adoption — hybrid cloud is finally here for real.
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hybrid / Multi-cloud should go beyond Compute, connectivity, collaboration capabilities. As industry Cloud leader Cisco Hybrid Cloud architecture should consider Enterprise Customer's eco-system , integration with enterprise IT service operations and inter & intra cloud service, application and data inter-operability.
Hybrid cloud framework and architecture should enable Enterprise IT to build and operate :
– Platform and IT services to Enterprise's partners and suppliers, Dealers. Transform Enterprise IT to Enterprise Ecosystem service provider.
– support Business applications – ERP, SCM, CRM and many more.
– Architecture capability should cover cloud service mgmt., capacity, inventory, performance and IT financial s and integration with – workflow, assurance and policy engine etc.
Well, hybrid cloud is not that rare nowadays. But it does seem that Cisco can make it more viable and attractive and they could even dominate the hybrid cloud market as it is.
Hybrid is already another overused term in the overused cloud space. This blog fairly defines hybrid, but the end user/IT governance or unified self service catalog is what will crown the real winner in the hybrid cloud battle…who's got the lead is the question?