September 2011 www.gfrw.org Volume 6 Issue 2 Feature Series: Close Up: Leadership Series: Remembering Our Military People and Issues What Federation Leaders • Until They Come Home • Governor Nathan Deal Need to Know! • Operation Bravo • Michele Bachman • HowCourtesy Well Ronal ReaganAre We Presidential Doing? Library, 1984 • The Story of Kathleen • Redistricting • Assessing Leadership • The Poppy Brigades • & more • The Right to Lead • & more • & more Georgia FederationGeorgia of Federation Republican of Republican Women Women Volume: 5 Number 1 Mission: Educating and Empowering Women for Better Government VOICES Magazine 2 September 2011 Volume 6—Issue 2 Publisher Georgia Federation of Republican Women Editorial by Judy True Editor-in-Chief “If it’s worth doing, it’s worth (and leaders) perform their Judy True doing well.” Remember that roles. They call this dealing [email protected] one? Regardless of the classes with “the lump under the car- we took, the extracurricular ac- pet” – performance issues and Feature Editors tivity we pursued, or the hobby barriers we walk around but Melinda Mock & Millie Rogers we selected, many of our par- don’t talk about openly. ents drilled this motto into our Editorial Assistant psyche. “If you are going to do Governor Rick Scott Sherry Roedl this, do it well.” As we went (Florida) in an interview about through school and then pursued advancing the role of women , Columns Editor career interests, another lesson emphasized the importance Ullainee Stokes became clear . doing some- of job descriptions for every- thing “well” meant defining the one. He also urged finding Copy Editor word “well.” Job performances in offices, in class- the “best people you can, and then hold everybody Babe Atkins Byrne rooms, in hospitals, and in the field are evaluated accountable by measuring them.” based on very specific requirements of perform- Layout Artist ance. But in volunteer organizations, performance How do we evaluate? Do all members use Judy True evaluation seems to get lost in the shuffle to find the same criteria by which to judge our leaders? someone, anyone, interested in filling the position Do we have criteria to define or identify what Distribution Directors or learning the job. needs to be evaluated? How do we know our Bobbie Frantz & Millie Rogers board, our committees, and officers are on target? Political involvement, be you an elected pub- In other words, have we defined what “doing well” Proofreader lic official or a Federation leader, requires repre- means? Melinda Mock senting one’s constituents or members. The per- formance of elected and appointed Federation Like many volunteer organizations, the GFRW Editorial Advisor officials is judged by what they do and how what has Bylaws, Rules, Procedures, a Board Manual, Lisa Ziriax they do meets members’ criteria of what is impor- and a Strategic Plan. Through these documents tant. Thus a variety of personal agendas play into goals and responsibilities have been carefully Regular Columnists judging leadership performance. This lackadaisical defined. What we do not have is a consistent Suzi Voyles, Sheila Galbreath, approach to evaluation does not insure success or system of accountability. Missing are instruments, Clint Smith, Randy Evans effective performance. forms, activities, and a calendar through which we can assess the success of our efforts, process, Photographers Judy True & Mary Lou Berghel Why evaluate? Ken Daly, president and CEO products, and outcomes. Until we have such a Reagan Photos of the National Association of Corporate Directors system in place, we will never be able to determine Courtesy of the Ronald Reagan says “Annual board and director evaluations will if, in truth, we are performing “well.” Through an Presidential Library improve board processes and help identify critical evaluation process, goals can be revised and fol- skills needed by the board.” Evaluation improves low-through initiated to enable changes that will “board performance and ensures the board has improve our effectiveness. people with the appropriate skill sets. “ VOICES Magazine welcomes your comments. Many volunteer, nonprofit organizations per- Send Letters to the editor Consultants with Furr Resources, a firm spe- form regular, ongoing evaluation as a way to as- and ideas for columns to: cializing in development and refinement of corpo- sess performance and to identify changes needed Judy True, Editor, E-mail: rate board performance, emphasize the impor- to insure success. National and state organizations [email protected]. tance of establishing a system of assessment and having Evaluation Committees have provided the development. In other words, they urge develop- vehicle through which these assessment and Direct your ideas for feature articles to: ment of criteria and procedures for determining evaluation functions are performed. Melinda Mock, E-mail: how “well” boards perform. One of the issues the [email protected] consultants say boards need to attend to is . Continued on page 5 VOICES provides a forum for a wide spec- measuring or evaluating how well board members trum of opinions, and permits 2 divergent viewpoints without implying the September 2011 VOICES Magazine endorsement of the Federation . Bylined articles represent opinions of the authors and not necessarily those of GFRW 3 Photo: Library of Congress Close Up: People and Issues 6 Jobs, Jobs, Jobs . Nathan Deal, Governor of Georiga 7 Economic Uncertainty . Sam Olens, Georgia Attorney General 8 Growing a Majority: One Click at a Time. Sue Everhart, Georgia GOP Chair 10 Redistricting 2011 . Edward Lindsey, Georgia House Republican Whip 22 Defending Israel’s Right to Exist. J. Randolph Evans 23 It’s the Economy, Stupid! J. Randolph Evans 25 Smart Growth—the wolf at your front door . Patti Gettinger, Vice Chair Georgia Tea Party 27 Meet Michele Bachman. First of a Candidate Series. Mary Van Brink Print: public domain VOICES Magazine Feature Series: Remembering Our Military 12 Integrity, Honesty, Teamwork: Success of the Mission. Guest Editorial - Donna Rowe VOICES is an online, web-based publication 13 Until They Come Home (A Special Article about JPAC) issued three times annually by the Georgia 15 The Story of Kathleen (a reprint from Under the Shadow of the Blade ) Federation of Republican Women. Information is compiled from resources believed to be reli- 17 Operation Bravo. Gary Smith, Vice President of the Operation Bravo Foundation able, but accuracy of information is not guaran- 18 We Are Proud (of Clint Smith). Ullainee Stokes teed. 19 The Poppy Brigades. Sherry Roedl 20 A Poppy Ceremony . Sherry Roedl Any written portion of this publication may be 21 NFRW Committee Supports the Military . Sara Sellers, Chair of the NFRW Armed reprinted with credit given to the author and to VOICES. Articles are invited for publication. Services and Homeland Security Committee Acceptances are on a contributing basis only and are subject to editorial review. Leadership: What Do Leaders Need to Know? GFRW Publications Committee 2 How “Well” Are We Doing? Editorial by Judy True Judy True, Chairman 3 You Must Have a Vision . Sue Lynch, NFRW President Melinda Mock, Vice Chairman 9 It’s About Time . Patt Parker, NFRW 2nd Vice President Mary Lou Berghel Babe Atkins-Byrne 29 Assessing Leadership Potential of Campaign Team Members. Holly Robichaud Bobbie Frantz 30 The Right to Lead. Johnell Woody, Chair—GFRW Leadership Development Committee Sheila Galbreath The Federation Sherry Roedl Millie Rogers Ullainee Stokes The Federation Johnell Woody 4 Kansas City—Here We Come! Suzi Voyles, GFRW President Suzi Voyles (Board Liaison) 26 Tech Talk: Camera Envy . Lori Pesta, NFRW Public Relations Committee Photo Credits 31 Satellites Coming to a Neighborhood Near You . Sheila Galbreath, GFRW Treasurer Cover: 32 Reagan Club. Wanda Duffy, GFRW 2nd Vice President Photograph: Courtesy of Aaron Allmon, Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command. 33 How to Sell an Elephant . Toria Morgan 34 GFRW Book Nook . J.D. Van Brink This Page: 36 Producing a Quality Publication . Judy True, NFRW Public Relations Committee Artwork: File Vietnam Public Domain Combat Art CATO 4, 37 VOICES Staff Members Burdell Moody, Big and Little Fire Power , contains materi- als originally from US Army Center of Military History . Until They Come Home: Photographs: Courtesy of Aaron Allmon and of the JPAC- 3 PACOM website. September 2011 VOICES Magazine www.gfrw.org 4 Mission: Educating and Empowering Women for Better Government President: Suzi Voyles GFRW President 404-851-9704 (home) Suzi Voyles [email protected] 1st Vice President: Lori Hullett NFRW President Sue Lynch has issued the Official Call for the 36 th Biennial Con- 678-779-3504 (cell) vention. It will be held September 29-October 2, 2011 in Kansas City, Missouri at the Kansas [email protected] City Downtown Marriott. As the excitement builds with all of the States and Territories com- 2nd Vice President: Wanda Duffie ing together for the purpose of electing new officers, the agenda will also be packed with 706-830-5730 forums, workshops and seminars. The various workshop opportunities represent the mo- mentum that we have achieved during the tenure of President Lynch. Accomplished experts [email protected] will be there to enhance our understanding of how The United States’ association with Israel 3rd Vice President: Louise Little is mutually beneficial, the issues of mass immigration and illegal immigration, becoming an 706-374-6638 effective advocate and learning innovative ways to attract new members. Georgia’s own [email protected] Ginger Howard, State Chaplain, will be the instructor in the Public Relations seminar—and Recording Secretary: Bobbie Frantz she will remind us that we “never get a second chance to make a good first impression”! 770-493-8779 There will also be presentations of Awards throughout the weekend. I like to think [email protected] about these as benchmarks rather than simply awards. They give us better opportunities to Treasurer: Sheila Galbreath not only set goals to achieve but give us the perspective to see how other State Federations 912-727-2109 creatively advance the Republican cause.