-
|
|
The following statements have been submitted by the respective candidates in support of their candidacy for office in ISCA. These are printed here to help you make a more informed decsion in this year's election.
|
| Chairman of the Board (3 year term) |
|
Terry Grove joined Cub Scouting in 1951 at the age of nine earning his Arrow of Light and the God and Country Award. During his years in Boy Scouting he traveled to Philmont and served on the Order of the Arrow Service Corps at the 1960 Jamboree. Terry earned his Eagle Scout Award in 1956.
As an adult he has been accorded the God and Service award, District Award of Merit and the Silver Beaver. In addition to receiving the Vigil Honor in the Order of the Arrow he has participated on Wood Badge staff.
His interest in the collection and displaying Boy Scout memorabilia began in 1981 while serving as an Assistant Scoutmaster for the Thomas A. Edison Council's Jamboree contingent. This initial interest has transformed into a love for the research of Eagle Scout materials of which he has written the book, A Comprehensive Guide to the Eagle Scout Award. He has had several articles published in collector magazines and his display of Eagle materials were on view at the Boy Scout National Museum in Irving, Texas.
In 2001 he received the first Scouting Memorabilia Distinguished Service Award from the International Scout Collectors Association (ISCA) for his work. Terry continues to research and display his collection for others to enjoy.
In addition to his scouting, Terry is the minister of the Altamonte Chapel, UCC in Altamonte Springs, Florida.
|
| EVP Administration (3 year term) |
|
Bruce Dordick is an Eagle Scout, with three palms, and Vigil Honor member of Unami Lodge 1. He is a former Assistant Cubmaster, Troop Committeeman, Troop Committee Chairman, and Assistant Scoutmaster. Bruce is currently a Council Member at Large and Associate Lodge Advisor for Unami Lodge 1 and is a recipient of the OA Founders Award. He will be the 2004 NOAC Contingent Advisor for his Lodge. Bruce has served his Lodge in the past as Chapter Chief, Brotherhood Advisor, and 2000 NOAC Contingent Advisor. At this time, he serves as the Philadelphia Trade-O-Ree sponsor, where all proceeds go to the Lodge's youth and council campership programs. Bruce began his collecting of BSA items in the early 1960s as a member of The Traders organization.
He collects OA names and numbers and Southeastern Pennsylvania camps and activity patches. Previously, Bruce has served on the NSCS Board and the ISCA Board of Directors. He has attended all meetings of the ISCA Board for the past three years as a Member at Large.
Bruce contends that his foregoing Scouting experience and many years of interest in our hobby, along with his ability to interact with the Scouting community and the Scout collecting community, express his desire to serve and expand the interests of our hobby.
Sam Fairchild is Scoutmaster of Green Bar Bill Hillcourt's Troop One in Mendham,. New Jersey. He helped Bill start the Scouting Century Foundation before Bill's untimely death, and continues on as the Foundation's Executive Director. Sam is dedicated to preserving Scouting's history for the benefit of the millions of Scouts and Scouters who will never set foot in a Scouting Museum, and has directed the Foundation's development of a series of projectable, docented exhibits for use in a number of Scouting venues. He has collected for forty years, and was apprentice to legendary collector Eddie R. Jones, his first Scoutmaster.
Sam believes intently in ISCA's aggressive program to expand, and wants to find creative ways to support that program. He also believes that his history preservation perspective can be valuable to ISCA in its planning and decisionmaking. Sam served as the editor of NSCS's Journal, one of the forerunners of the ISCA Journal.
He is a member of the Executive Board of Patriots Path Council, and is an Eagle Scout and Vigil Honor member of Woapalanne Lodge. Sam lives in Mendham, New Jersey with his wife Linda, daughter Elizabeth, and son, First Class Scout Sammy.
|
| EVP Communications (3 year term) |
|
Jim Ellis is the currant Executive Vice President of Communications and the Editor of the ISCA Journal. He has held both positions since August 2001.
Active in Scouting since 1958 when he joined the Cub Scouts, Jim has served in numerous volunteer positions over the past 46 years. He has been a staff member at the last 6 National Jamborees, serving as Photo Editor for the Jamboree Today during the 1989 and 1993 Jamborees.
As a long time collector, Jim is a co-author of An Aid To Collecting Selected Council Shoulder Patches With Valuation Guide. He writes the National Jamboree Column for the Journal and is a former editor of the National Scout Collectors Society Quarterly.
Jim, his wife and son live in Las Vegas where he is the Director of Operations for the Las Vegas International Scouting Museum.
|
| EVP Emembership (3 year term) |
|
Warren Kuhfeld grew up in Scouting in Greater Cleveland Council and Cuyahoga lodge where he was awarded Ordeal through Vigil. He is currently an Assistant Scoutmaster in Troop 845 in Carrboro NC (mostly working to help new Scouts advance to First Class) and a member of Occoneechee Lodge.
He started trading at the 1973 Jamboree, and was immediately hooked. He specializes in pre-FDL OA, needing ten names and numbers, and OH-WV-KY OA issues. He also collects CSP, JSP, CP, merit badges, NC OA, and quite a few other things.
He has extensive writing, programming, and web publishing experience. As the first EVP eMembership, Warren developed 24 articles for the new ISCA eMember web site. He has plans for many more with help from the experts in various areas.
|
| EVP Legal (3 year term) |
|
Dave Thomas is the current Executive Vice President - Legal and General Counsel for ISCA, and has served in that position since ISCA's formation in January, 2001. Dave was instrumental in handling the legal work of the merger of the hobby's two major collecting organizations, ASTA and NSCS. Prior to that merger in 2001, Dave was the Executive Vice President - Legal for NSCS. Dave is a life member of ISCA and was a life member of NSCS. Dave has also served as ISCA's Ethics Committee Chairman, Nominations Committee Chairman, and DSA Committee Chairman.
Dave began his Scouting career in 1962, and has been active in Scouting in some capacity for over the last 40 years. He is an Eagle Scout and Vigil Honor member of the Order of the Arrow and a Jaems E. West Fellow. In addition to numerous training awards he has been presented with the District Award of Merit. Presently, Dave serves on the Longhorn Council Endowment Committee as Chairman of the James E. West Society subcommittee.
Dave is a co-author of the book, First Flaps, In Color, published in 1998 and serves as the First Flap Editor for The Blue Book. He has a complete OA number collection, complete OA First Flap collection, nearly complete OA name collection, and nearly complete Eagle Scout medal collection.
Dave has been a licensed attorney in the State of Texas for nearly 25 years and is very familiar with the legal responsibilities of ISCA's General Counsel. He serves as President of his law firm in Dallas, Texas, and has published numerous legal articles in his areas of expertise. Dave has also been a frequent seminar speaker on various legal topics.
|
| EVP Special Events (2 year term) |
|
Joe Schloss has served as ISCA's EVP Marketing for for the past couple of years. He served on the boards of ISCAs predecessor orgranizations, ASTA and NSCS. He is a vigil member of TaTanka Lodge 488 and assistant Council Commissioner for San Gabrial Valley Council.
Joe first joined Scouting in 1959 as a Cub Scout. He is a recipient of the District Award Merit, the Silver Beaver and Distinguished Commissioner Award. He collects Philmont issues, first flaps, OA odd shapes, and early BSA documents.
|
| Member at Large (3 year term; 2 seats) |
|
Bruce Raver is on the "front line" of Scouting, currently in his second year as a Scoutmaster in Albany, NY, where he served as an Asst. Scoutmaster for four years. He is an active member of Lodge 19 and a member of the Thunderbird Club, a group of Rotary Scout Reservation supporters in Twin Rivers Council. As a youth, he served Lodge 410 as a Chapter Chief and later as the lodge Elections Officer. He attended his first NOAC in 1977 and was awarded the Vigil Honor in 1978.
Bruce is one of the top collectors of red & white council strips. He maintains RWSworld.com, an online resource for RWS collectors, and publishes the Comprehensive Red & White Council Strips Checklist, a reference book now in its 2nd edition. In February 2003, Bruce identified 12 fake RWS offered on eBay, alerted fellow collectors, and developed an online reference page comparing the fakes to the real issues.
He is a contributor to The Blue Book, oaimages.com, and gilwell.com. He also collects OA memorabilia from selected NY lodges and frequently displays items at chapter and lodge events and at TORs.
John Conley Williams has been in Scouting since Cubs in 1958. He is an Eagle, Vigil, and with sever Cub Scout awars as adult leader. Conley is active in Scouting with his with Theresa and three sons.
The Heart O' Texas Trader has been in business since 1990 as a full time Scout Memorabilia dealer run by Conley and Theresa full time.
Conley has been a patch collector since his first Scout camp. He has co-authored several books including The Warshield, Philmont Millennium 1 and other as references. His contribution with articles and time to the patch community are well-known. Conley is the only dealer that has received the George Boxer Award, the equivalent of the ISCA DSA. Conley is an integral part of Scout collecting and contributor to its integrity and growth.
|
|