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BYRON HERBERT REECE SOCIETY

Officers, Board of Directors, and Advisory Counsel

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The Man

 

The Poet & The Author

 

Mission Statement & Broad Goals

 

Byron Herbert Reece Society Bylaws

 

Become a Member

 

Officers, Board of Directors & Advisory Council

 

Sites to Visit and Other Links

 

Farm & Heritage Center

 

Educational Resources

 

Notes from Family, Friends & Literary Admirers

 

Meetings, Events, News, Etc.

 

Contact Information

    2007-2008 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Jan Bennett

Ken Boyd

Jim Dobson

Deuce Douglas

William Durrett

Harris Green

Mildred Greear

Bud Hill

Bert Huffman

Ben Hulsey

Alan Jackson

Keith Jones

John Kay

Carol Knight

Dawn Lamade

Helen Lewis

Janice Moore

Lamar Paris

Janice Parmer

Steven Reece

Rosemary Royston

Bettie Sellers
Bob Short

Cheryl Smith

Jerry Taylor

Fleming Weaver

Burt Weerts

Andy Williams

 

 

    2007 - 2008 OFFICERS

     Chairman:   John Kay

     Vice-Chair:   Keith Jones

     Treasurer:   Janice Parmer

     Recoding Secretary:   Dawn Lamade

     Membership Secretary:   Jan Bennett

     Executive Committee At-Large Members:

    Janice Moore,  Lamar Paris and Fleming Weaver

 

    ADVISORY COUNCIL

  • George Berry ~ Forsyth, GA
  • Fred Chappell ~ Greensboro, NC
  • Pat Conroy ~ South Carolina
  • Raymond Cook ~ Valdosta, GA
  • Cathy Cox - Young Harris, GA
  • Mike Giles ~ Gainesville, GA
  • Charles Jenkins ~ Blairsville, GA
  • Ed Jenkins ~ Jasper, GA
  • Henry Johnson ~ Watkinsville, GA
  • Ethelene Jones ~ Milledgeville, GA
  • Terry Kay ~ Athens, GA
  • Bert Lance ~ Calhoun, GA
  • James & Francis Mathis - Gainesville, GA
  • Zell Miller ~ Young Harris, GA
  • Jim Minter ~ Fayetteville, GA
  • Gwen Mundy ~ Gainesville, GA
  • Garland Reynolds ~ Gainesville, GA
  • Hugh Ruppersburg - Athens, GA
  • Joe Satterfield - Blairsville, GA
  • Hugh Stone ~ Blairsville, GA
  • Lee Walburn ~ Armulchee, GA
  • Dana Wildsmith of Bethlehem, GA
  • Phillip Lee Williams ~ Watkinsville, GA
  

STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE BYRON HERBERT REECE SOCIETY

BUDGET & FINANCE

Purpose: To recommend an annual budget, maintain sound fiscal policies, and provide guidance and leadership in all fund-raising activities.

 

MEMBERSHIP & CULTIVATION

Purpose: To recruit individuals to join the Society and to encourage members to support its goals and projects through active participation.

 

NOMINATIONS & BOARD DEVELOPMENT

Purpose: To nominate a slate of officers and directors for election at the annual meeting and to fill vacancies that occur during the year; to assist in planning an implementing any Board development that might be deemed appropriate.

 

PROGRAMS & LITERARY ACTIVITIES

Purpose: To plan and provide all programs and special literary activities related to the work of the Society, including but not limited to, the program for the annual meeting.

 

PROMOTION & PUBLICATIONS

Purpose: To make the Byron Herbert Reece Society and its goals known to the general public, to maintain the Society website, and to handle all publications of the Society, including periodic newsletter.

 

ORAL HISTORY (AD HOC)

Purpose: To undertake immediately the project of developing an oral history of Byron Herbert Reece - his life and his works - by interviewing persons who knew him well and recording their impressions on tape and in written from.

 

REECE FARM DEVELOPMENT (AD HOC)

Purpose: To pursue options for funding and development of the Reece homeplace; to secure the Reece study and other valuable components of the Reece family property.