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Local author explains board roles
by SCOTT NEW TON
Arty Trost can attest to the fact
it isn’t easy to write a book
When asked if she enjoyed put
ting together Gaining Momen
turn for Board Action." Trost
said, "No. It was a pain."
Though fam ily obligations and
a full-time consulting practice
made her tim e schedule tight. she
said, "1 have to admit when I first
had it in my hands and I saw my
name on the cover, I said, 'Wow,
when can I start writing another
one.’”
Trost. who travels "all over the
country" as owner of Orgamza
tional Dynamics, a consulting
organization headquartered in
Sandy, said her book provides the
basic information about the roles
and responsibilities of boards of
directors, and how they can be
more effective in planning or run
ning organizations
Trost said, "Often these are ex
tremely competent people that,
when they get together, don’t
always know how to be compe
tent as a group on behalf of the
organization they’re supposed to
Arty Trost
be running."
In addition, the book makes the
distinction between governing
boards of directors and advisory
groups
"V e ry often these local ad
visory committees get a little
confused becasue they kind of get
into thinking th ey're policy
making, and they get real upset
when the governing board doesn’t
accept their recommendations,"
she said
T ro s t
r e c e n t ly
t r a in e d
T r i- M e t ’s " f a r e inspectors "
Other clients have included the
American Hospital Association,
United Way of America, the Bon
neville Power Adm inistration
and Nike Inc
Trost said she’s been keeping
"very busy ’’ "Gaining Momen
tu m ," which at least in theory
was done on her own time, took
about a year to complete It was
just recently published
The book was co-authored by
Judy Kauner of San Diego " It
was real interesting working with
an author a thousand miles
aw ay," she said, adding that she
had “ monum ental’ ’ telephone
bills
She put the book together to
provide some follow-up after con
sultations. or for groups not able
to afford to hire a consultant
Trost, who has a m aster’s degree
in social work from San Diego
State University, said she wanted
to put something together that
wouldn't put people off as being
too academic.
Commenting on a local issue,
Trost said the Hoodland Rural
Fire Protection District Board of
Directors, which recently passed
a motion banning volunteer
firemen to serve on the board,
"showed a real sophisticated
a w a re n e s s of c o n f lic t of
interest "
She said, "A lot of people didn't
realize that a volunteer is an un
paid staff person and is affected
by the decisions the board makes
"Therefore the board member
can’t be both the boss and the
subordinate."
She said the board s decision
was "extrem ely" appropriate
She said a volunteer fireman
would take expertise into the job
as a board member But she add
ed, "As a m atter of fact, now
they're looking at workman's
c o m p e n s a tio n b e n e fits fo r
volunteers, etcetera, etcetera
So it does affect them ."
Tro6t, and her husband Norm,
have a son, M ark, 11, a fifth
grader at Firwood School
" G a in in g M o m e n tu m " is
available by contacting Trost, or
by w riting Malborough Publica
tions, Box 16406, San Diego,
Calif., 92116
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Two negotiators for the
W e lc h e s
E d u c a tio n
Association, who were in
volved in recent contract
disputes with the Welches
School District, have had
extra duty contracts re
jected
W E A ’s chief negotiator,
Tom W ell, a physical
education instructor, ap
plied two weeks ago for the
head basketball coach posi
tion for the Welches Grade
School He had held the
position for the past five
years
Jeamne Boldt, another
W EA negotiator, applied
for the dram a instructor
position
After the school board’s
October m eeting, board
members met in executive
session and discussed the
extra duty contracts for the
negotiators which begin
Nov
1. T hey re je cte d
Well's and Boldt's applies
tions for the positions
When questioned after
the session, Richard Hoff
man, school board presi
dent. said he could not com-
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Board denies teachers’ extra duties
ment
He did say a meeting had
been requested by Boldt to
discuss the situation and
this is in the process of be
ing set up He said the
meeting would be between
the board and the two
teachers
Last Thursday, however,
the board again met in ex
ecutive session After the
meeting the board issued a
written statement concern
ing the issue
"The board feels, at this
time, that in view of the
em ployees resignations
f’ om a previous contract
o b lig a tio n , th e b o a rd
declines to offer another
contract," the release said
Boldt explained that the
contract obligations the
board referred to in their
statement occured during
the last bargaining session
with the district She said
both sides had reached an
impasse and there ap
peared to be a difficult
enough task to resolve con
tract problems and get
both sides to agree
Boldt said it was im prac
tical for the board to
believe Well could continue
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on as the head football
coach and she as a fte r
school art instructor First,
she said, the contract
dispute had to be resolved
The board never acted on
the re s ig n a tio n s , said
Boldt, and it was later the
night the resignations were
offered that the district and
W EA begin to work out the
real issues of the contract.
She feels it was the threat
of the board losing their
services as football coach
and art instructor that
helped resolve their d if
ferences
A few days after the con
tract settlement was reach
ed Well resigned from his
coaching position, citing
the physical and mental ex
haustion from the more
th a n n in e m o n ths of
negotiations as the reason
He said, at that time, he in
tended to apply for the
head basketball coaching
jo b w hen It b e c a m e
available in November
" It just seems like they
are retaliating for our roles
in the negotiations. " said
Boldt
Rob Hill of Zig Zag. a
former teacher at Welches.
agreed with Boldt He call
ed the board's actions
"dum b and vin dictive"
because of the role the two
teachers played during
negotiations
" It was a dumb move for
the school board not to ac
cept Jeanine’s and Tom's
extra duty contracts," said
H ill
"The
c o n tra c t
negotiations had dragged
on and on and finally it was
resolved Everything was
beginning to calm down
then they go and do this,
m a k in g th in g s ten se
again."
Hill said it was like the
board wanted to push Well
and Boldt as far as they
could, “ which is not in the
best interest of the com
munity ”
"They (the board) say
they represent a cross-
section of the community,"
said Hill. "But the people
those teachers represent
und effect, namely the
parents of their students,
were not in attendence at
their meeting "
He said when he heard
about the board rejecting
the extra duty contracts for
Boldt and Well, he decided
to attend last Thursday's
meeting, even though he
could not actually sit in the
meeting
" I was there to let the
school board know how
much we appreciate and
support Tom and Jeanine."
said H ill
"The rapport
they have w ith the students
is tremendous ”
Hoffman said the rejec
tion of Boldt's and Well's
extra duty contracts had
nothing to do with their role
in the contract negotia
tions
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