As of 7:00 PM EDT, February 7, 2006, here is a message from the President.

Recent NRHS Staffing Changes

This is an update on recent NRHS staffing changes. Because these changes were not finalized until after issues had gone to press, they are not covered in the NRHS News Extra or the NRHS News currently being distributed.

Meeting in late January, the NRHS national officers realigned the duties and responsibilities of several officer and staff positions. This realignment was done for several reasons, including:
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• To allow people to better focus their efforts on the Society's most urgent needs,
• To more fully utilize people in new staff positions, and
• To clarify some responsibilities affected by staff resignations in mid-2005.

Bob Ernst has taken over responsibility for Membership Records. To save time, all questions regarding MR should be addressed to both Bob (membership@nrhs.com) and the national office (info@nrhs.com). The old AOL e-mail address for MR should no longer be used. Bob's responsibilities include managing the current MR database to meet short-term needs until it is replaced by the new NRHS information system. President Greg Molloy will provide officer oversight and support for the MR operation.

Vice President Jeff Smith will concentrate on his two primary duties - the Bulletin and the new NRHS information system. The Society has made substantial progress on both of these areas, and we expect to release additional contracts for purchased services shortly. Details will be announced after commercial negotiations are completed. Jeff will limit his involvement with the current Membership Records database to ensuring that short-term changes are compatible with the new information system.

Doug White has taken over his new duties as Secretary. In addition to his corporate duties, Doug will head special projects to improve scheduling, coordination and documentation of NRHS operations.

General Counsel John Fiorilla takes over officer responsibility for operation of the national office. Senior Vice President Barry Smith and Vice President Jeff Smith will continue to manage certain projects to improve the office facility and equipment as we continue to reduce a substantial backlog of overdue work in this area. President Greg Molloy takes over responsibility for the NRHS libraries on an interim basis while we define and recruit for additional staffing needs.

Joe Maloney's formal takeover of the Membership Awards position has been deferred until March while he recovers from recent surgery. In the interim, Membership Awards inquiries should be sent to the national office (info@nrhs.com).

More details on some of these changes and on overall management responsibilities will be shared in the future.

Greg Molloy, President

NOTE: If you are seeing this announcement for the first time by browsing the NRHS website, then you are not receiving Urgent Messages from the Society by e-mail. This service continues to be available for up to three e-mail contacts per chapter. In order to use this service, however, your chapter must send us the contact information and inform the national office of contact changes and address changes. Many chapters take advantage of this free NRHS service, but some still do not.