Report to the Board of Trustees
From the National Representative Council
Report delivered by Ron DuBois
Sad News
I have received news that Frank Murray, Representative from Region 7, died
on Palm Sunday. I talked with his wife, Alice, who is a former classmate of
mine from graduate school. She said that Frank had been diagnosed with acute
leukemia in February, had a bad fall last week and didn’t recover. The
funeral Mass will be tomorrow at 7:00 pm at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in
Menomonee Falls WI.
Alice’s address is
N61W15763 Skyline Drive,
Menomonee Falls WI 53051.
Elections
Elections for Representatives have been conducted in several regions in recent
weeks. I have been informed of the following results.
Region 1: Donna Doucette, Ron DuBois, Pat Gomez, Janet Merchant, Steve Sheehan
Region 2: Dan Bartley and Sheila Peiffer: Ed Wilson previously elected
Region 3: Bud Bretschneider and Bill Culleton
Region 4: no results yet: two candidates including Rich Moriarty; Chuck Miller
previously elected.
Region 5: Susan Vogt
Region 6: Ed Friedl; Kris Ward previously elected
Region 7: Janet Hauter as current sole candidate, no election yet: Frank Murray
deceased
Region 8: Bob Schwiderski – previously elected
Region 9: David Biersmith to replace Bob Kaintz
Region 10: Lisa Kendzior – previously elected
Region 11: no word, Jim Jenkins and Hugh O’Regan possible candidates
Region 12: Gary Alan Spanovich to replace Linda Mains
Region 13: no candidates to date to replace Frank Douglas
Region 14: Rosa Maria Montenegro and Doug Roach – previously elected
Resolutions
Two resolutions on Financial Accountability and one on Protecting Children
have passed the NRC by wide margins after significant positive response from
the members in the regions. The resolution from the Goal 2 committee has been
widely discussed by the NRD and revised by the Committee. It will be voted
on next week. The resolution of National/Local Balance has been discussed and
has been sent to some of the larger affiliates for their comments. It requires
much further discussion and perhaps revision. It will be on the agenda for
the April meeting. [The full texts and voting tally for the passed resolutions,
and the text for the upcoming vote, are
here.]
Remembering Frank Murray
Frank Murray, representative to the VOTF National Council from Wisconsin,
died on Palm Sunday. He had been diagnosed with leukemia only a short month
before. Frank spent 30 years with the Maryknoll Fathers, serving mostly as
a missioner in East Africa. When he resigned from Maryknoll he married Alice
Haller who had herself been a Maryknoll Sister. They had no children. For many
years Frank worked as a management consultant working with a variety of companies,
many of them in third world countries. He was a lifelong activist, working
to combat AIDS, third world poverty, the proliferation of land mines and of
small arms, and the extortion of child soldiers. He joined VOTF because he
recognized the failure of bishops to employ intelligent management practices
in dealing with sexual abuse and financial mismanagement in the Church. Ron
DuBois
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