SWANA INTERNATIONAL BOARD -
MID-YEAR REPORT
By Laurie Batchelder Adams,
Colorado Int’l Board Director

Summer 2004

The SWANA International Board of Directors held its mid-year meetings in Silver Spring, MD on June 13-15, 2004:

FY 2005 Budget - revenues of $4.75 million and operating expenses of $4.68 million (SWANA’s fiscal year is September 1st thru August 31st)
Dues Increase - by $6 for both regular (public) and corporate (private) members (includes a CPI adjustment of $2.00 and a $4.00 allotment for restricted reserves) beginning FY 2005
Chapter Loans - SWANA largely funded the new E-Business program with chapter loans (this is the program that now allows members to conduct internet searches of other members, and check their CEUs, conference registrations and member status on-line); Colorado has made two loans at very advantage interest rates and is in the process of extending one of those loans through 2009
D&O Insurance – SWANA and all chapters contribute to insurance for chapter board directors and officers (D&O) and the payment allocation has been refined to take the burden of smaller chapters beginning FY 2005
Strategic Management Plan FY 05-09 – SWANA has a five-year plan that considers the fine balance of living within its means and providing the growing services our members demand (for example, the current plan considers how/whether to consolidate more of the technical symposia to contain costs)
WasteCon 2004 in Phoenix - despite recent press about consolidating WasteCon with WasteExpo and APWA, SWANA’s current and only focus is on a successful WasteCon in Phoenix.
Officer Nominations – the Int’l Board approved the following Nominating Committee recommendations for Officers for FY05, which you are currently voting on:
- President - Richard Mauck, City of Santa Clara, CA
- Vice President - Andrew Quigley, Lake County, IA
- Treasurer - Thomas Parker, Senior Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc., Albuquerque, NM
- Secretary - Laurie Batchelder Adams, LBA Associates, Denver, CO
New Corporate Operating Officer - Carol Fearns, SWANA’s COO, is leaving and the Executive Committee is currently working to replace her.
Arid Landfill Conference Session – The CO, UT, NM and AZ chapters are working with the Landfill Technical Division to develop an arid landfill track at the upcoming Landfill Symposium (Boulder, CO in June 2005).