| I love Bradley basketball but there's really never been a reason to get very involved in the workings of the Board of Trustees - until now...as it now has a definite bearing on Bradley basketball - and Bradley basketball is my passion! The Bradley Board of Trustees used to have 36 members This listing of members was 2005 when Rex Linder was Board Chairman. http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...&ct=clnk&gl=us Gerald Shaheen was elected Chairman in fall of 2006. Shaheen stepped down as Chairman in spring 2011 and Michel McCord took over as Chairman McCord's father Robert McCord had served as Board Chairman from 1986-92 http://www.bradley.edu/about/publica...book/page3.dot http://lydia.bradley.edu/hilltopics/.../notebk2.shtml Then Michel McCord died Oct. 2012 - and Robert Turner took over as Chairman shortly thereafter. He resigned in April of 2014 (in the midst of a dispute with the President) then Doug Stewart took over. http://www.bradley.edu/about/news/ar...f-1649d3faa897 But the big move was in 2012-14 when Dr. Glasser with the help of her allies on the Board cut the size of the Board down to only 20 http://www.bradley.edu/offices/president/trustees/ That is where the number of board members sits currently and thus it is much easier to control the board - all a standing President has to do is sway 9 other members - since she/he sits as one of the members herself/himself!!! - And currently, of course, the guy who picked the sitting President, Gerald Shaheen sits there on the Board also - so hardly any need to sway him. But we face the troubling prospect of a Board of Trustees, that no matter how anyone might look at them, they are the very ones who brought all the current administrative people in and they have obviously some investment in them. Thus it stands to reason they may have strong biases, since they'd be effectively ruling against themselves by cleaning house. But it's who they decide and how they decide to bring in as new administrative people. Sorry - but the simple fact is that the board is comprised largely of the very people who got Bradley into this terrible mess - either by their actions or their inactions and lack of oversight. Now they are supposed to lead us out of this mess when they've never fully seen it coming for the last five yeasr anyway - and even the average Joe & man on the street easily saw the problems and disasters all coming miles away! We are in trouble. |
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