Good morning, Past Chairs:

I hope this email finds you all well.  The Section's next Strategic Planning session is coming up in February.  I have been asked to lead a working group on Leadership and Succession, a topic that many of you have thoughts on.  There are at least two issues that I see for consideration:

1. Whether we should look at reducing the number of years it takes for someone to go from Executive Committee member to Chair.  Right now it is a range of 8-12 years, depending on the number of vacancies on the Executive Committee to be filled each year, which is in addition to 10+ years of active service as an EC member before being selected to the Executive Committee.

There are several issues to consider in whether to make a change.  One downside of a long run up is it limits the number of people willing to commit to serve that long.  One benefit is the knowledge gained by years of service to the Section across different areas, like CLE, Legislation, Treasurer, etc. and experience interacting with other Bar Sections and Bar leadership.

1. Committee leadership succession.  Should the Section approach committee leadership succession differently?  Currently, eager beavers get appointed as Chairs or Vice-Chairs to multiple committees in order to raise the profile of their volunteerism.  Should we limit the number of committees that a member can serve on at the same time, require active participation by a member prior to being appointed as a Vice-Chair, make other changes or make no change at all?

You may see other issues in the ambit of Leadership and Succession, and we can discuss those as well.  If you would like to be engaged in the discussion on these issues, please for the love of mercy, DO NOT REPLY ALL, but do email me at: bob@heartlandlaw.commailto:bob@heartlandlaw.com.  Once we have the group identified, I will be back in touch to schedule a convenient meeting date and time.

Many thanks for your continued service to the Section.

Robert S. Swaine
Swaine, Harris & Wohl, P.A.
425 South Commerce Avenue
Sebring, FL 33870
(863) 385-1549 (o)
(863) 471-0008 (fax)
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Hello Bob

This is a good matter to consider.

My response is simply from my personal experience.

1. The time progression required to reach the section chair position is unnecessary long.  I suspect most of us who accept appointment to the executive committee do so with the idea in mind that we will eventually reach the chair's position.  I suspect many of those who are good and capable section members who would make a valuable contribution to the section through their executive committee service, would be intimidated by a 10 year progression.  In my opinion, 5 years is sufficient to orient a candidate to the section management function, especially for those who have spent years as a member of the EC.  I suspect we discourage candidates who would be a benefit to the section by the extended progression.

2. I think multiple chairmanships or vice chairmanships should be discouraged if not prohibited.  A hard working committee chair or vice chair has plenty on his/her plate to be sure one committee performs its function.  This shouldn't prohibit a chair or vice chair from serving as a member of multiple committees in which he/she has an interest.  I think we overdo vice chair appointments.  That appointment should ordinarily be someone who is considered to advance to committee chair.  Some committees  have 4 to 6 vice chairs, many of whom do no committee work.  That should be discouraged.

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Subject: [RPPTL Past Chairs] Leadership & Succession - Strategic Planning

Good morning, Past Chairs:

I hope this email finds you all well.  The Section's next Strategic Planning session is coming up in February.  I have been asked to lead a working group on Leadership and Succession, a topic that many of you have thoughts on.  There are at least two issues that I see for consideration:

1. Whether we should look at reducing the number of years it takes for someone to go from Executive Committee member to Chair.  Right now it is a range of 8-12 years, depending on the number of vacancies on the Executive Committee to be filled each year, which is in addition to 10+ years of active service as an EC member before being selected to the Executive Committee.

There are several issues to consider in whether to make a change.  One downside of a long run up is it limits the number of people willing to commit to serve that long.  One benefit is the knowledge gained by years of service to the Section across different areas, like CLE, Legislation, Treasurer, etc. and experience interacting with other Bar Sections and Bar leadership.

1. Committee leadership succession.  Should the Section approach committee leadership succession differently?  Currently, eager beavers get appointed as Chairs or Vice-Chairs to multiple committees in order to raise the profile of their volunteerism.  Should we limit the number of committees that a member can serve on at the same time, require active participation by a member prior to being appointed as a Vice-Chair, make other changes or make no change at all?

You may see other issues in the ambit of Leadership and Succession, and we can discuss those as well.  If you would like to be engaged in the discussion on these issues, please for the love of mercy, DO NOT REPLY ALL, but do email me at: bob@heartlandlaw.commailto:bob@heartlandlaw.com.  Once we have the group identified, I will be back in touch to schedule a convenient meeting date and time.

Many thanks for your continued service to the Section.

Robert S. Swaine
Swaine, Harris & Wohl, P.A.
425 South Commerce Avenue
Sebring, FL 33870
(863) 385-1549 (o)
(863) 471-0008 (fax)
bob@heartlandlaw.commailto:bob@heartlandlaw.com
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Good morning, Past Chairs:

I hope this email finds you all well.  The Section’s next Strategic Planning session is coming up in February.  I have been asked to lead a working group on Leadership and Succession, a topic that many of you have thoughts on.  There are at least two issues that I see for consideration:

1. Whether we should look at reducing the number of years it takes for someone to go from Executive Committee member to Chair.  Right now it is a range of 8-12 years, depending on the number of vacancies on the Executive Committee to be filled each year, which is in addition to 10+ years of active service as an EC member before being selected to the Executive Committee.

There are several issues to consider in whether to make a change.  One downside of a long run up is it limits the number of people willing to commit to serve that long.  One benefit is the knowledge gained by years of service to the Section across different areas, like CLE, Legislation, Treasurer, etc. and experience interacting with other Bar Sections and Bar leadership.

1. Committee leadership succession.  Should the Section approach committee leadership succession differently?  Currently, eager beavers get appointed as Chairs or Vice-Chairs to multiple committees in order to raise the profile of their volunteerism.  Should we limit the number of committees that a member can serve on at the same time, require active participation by a member prior to being appointed as a Vice-Chair, make other changes or make no change at all?

You may see other issues in the ambit of Leadership and Succession, and we can discuss those as well.  If you would like to be engaged in the discussion on these issues, please for the love of mercy, DO NOT REPLY ALL, but do email me at: bob@heartlandlaw.commailto:bob@heartlandlaw.com.  Once we have the group identified, I will be back in touch to schedule a convenient meeting date and time.

Many thanks for your continued service to the Section.

Robert S. Swaine
Swaine, Harris & Wohl, P.A.
425 South Commerce Avenue
Sebring, FL 33870
(863) 385-1549 (o)
(863) 471-0008 (fax)
bob@heartlandlaw.commailto:bob@heartlandlaw.com
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