From the desks of the Executive Directors
Editor’s Note: The Committee Board recently approved the creation of two executive director positions, one for operations and one for policy. Starting January 1, 2000, Geoff McQuilkin assumed the operations job with a focus on managing our headquarters and programs at Mono Lake and taking a more active leadership role for the Committee regionally. In the policy position, Frances Spivy-Weber continues to focus on Los Angeles policy and statewide water policy issues. Together, Fran and Geoff share responsibility for raising funds, balancing the budget, and planning the program.
From Fran . . .
Having served as Executive Director for three years, I have become increasingly sure that the Mono Lake Committee must make clear to everyone that we are—and will be—a strong, permanent voice for restoration and protection of Mono Lake and the Mono Basin. Nothing says this better than having the chief spokesperson for the organization—the Executive Director—in Lee Vining at the Mono Lake Committee headquarters. Yet, the Committee staff, Board, and members know that working only in the Mono Basin will not protect Mono Lake. Water policies statewide will also shape Mono Lake’s future. Future decisions of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will always have a powerful impact on the Mono Basin. We need a high profile presence in Los Angeles and statewide, and that is the important role that Martha Davis played for twelve years, and I have played for three. Happily, the Committee Board of Directors agrees, so now we are two.
From Geoff . . .
Having worked with the Committee full time for seven years—and having done a little bit of everything during that time—I’m excited to help lead the organization in Lee Vining. These days, the Committee faces more choices than ever before: what issues to take on in the Mono Basin, what education programs to expand, what restoration methods make the most sense, how to assure Mono’s future in a state with ever-growing demands for water, how to transform the Committee itself into a lasting, permanent Mono Lake guardian. Making these choices, and making the programs that result successful, will take more work than ever. Happily, there are now two EDs to get the job done!
A high priority for both of us is to make sure that the Mono Lake Committee is able to accomplish the key tasks that protect Mono Lake. This requires a balanced budget, an accomplishment that is never easy. We are pleased, therefore, to share with you the highlights of our 1998 audited financial statement—and the balanced budget it represents.
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