Jewish Federation of Las Vegas board meeting agenda, December 18, 1985

ANNUAL BOARD .MEETING . December 18, 1985 AGENDA Welcome - Hal Ober Presentation of Awards - Dorothy Eisenberg Campaign Summary General Division Report - Norman Kaufman Women's Division Report - Melanie Greenberg Project Renewal Report - Jerome D. Countess Standing Committee Reports Community Relations Committee - Scott Michael Cantor Endowment Committee - Jerome D. Countess Hillel - Michael Lamont Hillcl Advisory Board - Harvey Eisner Holocaust Education Committee - Edythe Katz Jewish Businessmen's Luncheon Group - Michael Saltman Leadership Development Committee - Carol Jones Long Range Planning Committee - Hal Ober Personnel Committee - Dorothy Eisenberg Corporate Resolution on Land Election of 1986 Officers and Board, Jewish Federation of Las Vegas Adjournment Re-Convention of 1986 Board Opening Remarks - Hal Ober Campaign Report - Eli Welt Endowment Prospects - Shelley Berkley Other Business Adjournment 1030 East Twain Avenue ? Las Vegas, Nevada 89109 ? (702) 732-0556 CONTENTS Jewish Federation Board of Directors Jewish Federation Executive Committee Women's Division Board of Directors President's Report 1985 Campaign Analysis Women's Division Committee Reports Community Relations Committee Endowment Committee Holocaust Education Committee Jewish Businessmen's Luncheon Group Leadership Development Committee Personnel Committee National/International and Local Allocations Nominating Committee Recommendations Jewish Federation Staff JEWISH FEDERATION OF LAS VEGAS 1985 Board of Directors President ? Lloyd Katz Campaign Chairman ? Senator William H. Hernstadt First Vice President ? Hal Obcr Second Vice President ? Dr. Stephen A. Kollins Third Vice President ? Arne Rosencrantz Secretary ? David L. Funk Treasurer ? Irving J . Steinberg Executive Vice President ? Jerome D. Countess Shelley Berkley Scott Michael Cantor Michael Cherry Barbara Eisenberg (Representative, Jewish Family Service Agency) Dorothy Eisenberg (Past President) Paul Eisenberg Donald Eisner Philip Engel (Past President) William Feldman (Executive Director, Jewish Family Service Agency) Herbert Fischer Judith Frank Elaine Galatz Neil G. Galatz Ray Gold (Commander, Jewish War Veterans) Dan Goldfarb Al Greenberg (President. Nate Mack B 'nai B'rith Lodge) Gene Greenberg Max Hechler (Representative, Congregation Shaarei Tefilla) Rabbi Mel Hecht (Temple Beth Am) Robert Jones Stephanie Kales (Representative, Hebrew Academy) Norman Kaufman (Campaign Director) Martin J. Kravitz Shirley Kravitz (Director, Women's Division) Michael Lamont (Director, UNL V Hillel) Rabbi Louis Lederman (Temple Beth Sholom) Rabbi Edward Maline (Congregation Ner Tamid) Arthur Marshall (Past President) Alan Morger (Chairman, Hillel Advisory Board) Dr. Marvin Perer Dr. Neville Pokroy Geri Rentchler (President, Hebrew Academy) Leonard Rosen George Rudiak Dennis Sabbath Michael Saltman Dr. Tamar Lubin Saposhnik (Executive Director, Hebrew Academy) Alice Schwartz Milton Schwartz Jared Shafer (President, Temple Beth Sholom) Steve Stein (President, Temple Beth Am) Elaine Steinberg Dr. David Wasserman (President, Congregation Ner Tamid) Gerald Welt Eli Welt Jackie Glass Wolfson JEWISH FEDERATION OF LAS VEGAS 1985 Executive Committee Officers President ? Lloyd Katz Campaign Chairman ? Senator William H. Hernstadt First Vice President ? Hal Ober Second Vice President ? Dr. Stephen A. Kollins Third Vice President ? Arne Rosencrantz Secretary ? David L. Funk Treasurer ? Irving J . Steinberg Executive Vice President ? Jerome D. Countess At Large Philip Engel Judith Frank Elaine Galatz Arthur Marshall Dennis Sabbath Eli Welt Standing Committees Community Relations: Endowment: Holocaust: Jewish Businessmen's Luncheon Group: Leadership Development: Long Range Planning: Media: Personnel: Project Renewal: Dorothy Eisenberg/Scott Michael Cantor Jerome D. Mack/Paul Eisenberg Edythe Katz Michael Saltman Martin Loeb/Carol and Robert Jones/ Susan and Matthew Shlisky Hal Ober Jackie Glass Wolfson Llovd Katz J Elaine Steinberg WOMEN'S DIVISION 1984-85 Board of Directors President ? Judith Frank First Vice President (Campaign Chairwoman) ? Melanie Greenberg Second Vice President ? Stephanie Kales Third Vice President ? Elaine Silverman Fourth Vice President ? JJ Cowles Secretary ? Amy Boruszak Treasurers ? Sara Saltzman, Harriet Warm Statistician ? Lillian Kronberg Director ? Shirley Kravitz Elizabeth Ackerman Marlyne Kirshbaum (Past President) Anita Lederman Cari Bernstein Sandra Mallin Seena Bernstein Jayn Marshall Evelyn Bittker Marsha Miller Cheri Bolotin Barbara Molasky Linda Chenin Esther Pokroy Dorothy Eisenberg Janis Riceberg Marilyn Etcoff Sunny Rosen Frances Fine Lynn Rosencrantz Susan Fine (Past President) Edith Fink Esty Rousso Ruth Lane Fite Roberta Sabbath Judith Gaines (Past President) Carolyn Goodman Reba Saiger (Past President) (Past President) Myra Greenspun Bette Slatoff Robin Greenspun Elaine Steinberg Carol Jones Faye Steinberg Edythe Katz Nina Tiep (Past President J Micki Waller PRESIDENT'S REPORT by Lloyd Kutz There is an unanticipated benefit in being President of an organization the second time around: there are no surprises. Having said that, I must confess that it's not altogether true. There were some surprises, mostly pleasant ones. Coming back, to the Federation as President for the second time, a few years removed from the first service, is like putting on old, familiar, comfortable shoes. Coming back after my retirement from business, however, gave me the time to discover some new aspects of the Federation I hadn't known before. I suspect that the Presidents who preceded me may have suffered a similar myopia. Please allow me to elaborate on that a bit. All of us involved with the Federation know the major things we do: the fundraising and allocation processes; the committee work with planning and budgeting; our work on the Holocaust, community relations, endowments. Project Renewal; and all the work of our Standing Committees. I don't want to talk about that. That's the work of the visible Federation. Instead, I want to talk about the invisible Federation, invisible even to those of us who think we know the most about the Federation. The invisible Federation is the work that goes on behind, around and ? in manv cases ? in spite of the major things we do. The invisible Federation includes, for example, the visits to Las Vegas by the regional member of Israel Aliyah, who comes to the Federation six or seven times a year and uses our office as his office. It's the dozens of telephone calls to the office between his visits, with Mimi Katz making his appoint-ments, working out his schedule, explaining his work to enquirers, mailing brochures and other items for him, and staying late when his appointments run past closing time. Dozens of people have been helped either to get to Israel to live or to solve problems related to family members who live or want to live in Israel. Invisible Federation work includes the 67 cartons of clothing we sent to Ashdod. Israel, only last week ? sorted, packed and sealed by Mike Lamont and students from Hillel over a weekend and during the school week. Collected from various sources, this last shipment came primarily from Al Phillips the Cleaner, which donated unclaimed clothing accumulated over the past year and stored for months in Herb Frey's garage. Norm Kaufman and Mike Lamont loaded those cartons into a pickup truck and made several trips to the post office. Annette LeBlanc from our office spent most ot a day in the post office getting those cartons properly labeled for shipment to Israel. Perhaps half a dozen people outside the office know of that effort ? the third we've made. In Ashdod, however, many ot the poorer people there rate the clothing shipments they've received as the most important thing we've done for Project Renewal. The invisible Federation is the two or three calls a day, every day, that come into the office from a mentally ill Jewish woman in Las Vegas. This woman suffers terrible visions of persecution and incarceration. She's been in mental institutions, and every Jewish agency in town has tried to help her ? fruitlessly. One of the things she clings to, that helps her continue to exist in this world outside an institution, is the contact she has with someone who will listen to her often-incoherent ramblings. The staff isn't trying to practice psychology or psychiatry, but it doesn't take long to realize :hat these daily phone contacts enable her to express her fears and sustain her so that she can continue functioning. So on any day, someone on the staff, from the Director down, can be seen listening patiently to a five-minute outpouring from this woman ? who thanks us for listening and can then handle the rest of her day. There are those who've said she should be dismissed or ignored. I prefer to believe our staff is respond-ing to the finest teachings of our people. The invisible work of the Federation includes the large number of private breakfasts, luncheons and dinners we've arranged for the endless procession of important visitors, mostly Israeli. Often they have private business in the community but make themselves available for small or large public meetings. Many of you will remember the visit by then United Nations Representative Benvamin Netanyahu. We were fortunate to be able to arrange a private reception for him and then made him available to speak at Friday night services at Temple Beth Sholom. There were also visits by Jackie Evins, Israel's Consul General in Los Angeles; Joseph Alfer and Shai Feldman of Israel's Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies: Akiva Eldar, foreign correspondent for Ha'aretz; and Dan Halperin. Minister of Finance for Israel in Washington, D.C. Senator Chic Hecht spoke to a group of individuals at a Federation breakfast about his visit to South Africa. John Rothmann spoke to a breakfast meeting of the Jewish communal workers in our community, as did Akiva Eldar. I am not reporting on this "invisible" activity of the Federation to point up the com-petence or dedication of our staff, although both those words are insufficient tribute. I'm making another point. My discovery of this other layer of activity of the Federation has shown me that we truly serve this community of ours, without fanfare or great public notice, in hundreds of quiet, compassionate and workman-like ways. We find jobs for people, we refer people to the agencies where they can get help, and we ease the burden ot dealing with often impersonal bureaucracies. We spend hundreds of hours, year after year, explaining our Holocaust resources to teachers and students, mostly non-Jewish. We've traced runaway children for distraught parents who've called us from other cities. Last week, Norm Kaufman worked with an Iranian Jew who escaped from Iran but whose family is still there. We provide a listening ear for hundreds of people who come through our office each vear. We help many of them. Ours is not a single-focus agency. We all know we are in the business of saving lives ? in Israel, in Ethiopia, in the far-flung communities around the world where Jews live. It is a source of enormous gratification to me to know that we are also in the business of saving lives and repairing the world right here in our own community, without headlines or newspaper stories. I think every member of our Board ought to take pride in learning something about the less visible things we do in our daily work. I know that I do. 1985 CAMPAIGN ANALYSIS (as of December 13. 1985) GENERAL DIVISION: Regular Operation Moses WOMEN'S DIVISION: Regular Operation Moses SUPER SUNDAY: General Division Women's Division HILLEL: Regular SUBTOTAL: PROJECT RENEWAL: General Division Women's Division Women's Division Ashdod '84* GRAND TOTAL: 1984 S 577,017 577,017 151,958 151.958 20,000 7.607 27,607 287 287 756,869 254,275 21,900 13,860 290,035 No. of Gifts 1985 271 271 202 202 386 109 495 9 977 48 15 37 100 $542,213 39,817 159.537 10,021 27,049 410 No. of Gifts 87.135 9,230 263 140 582,030 403 256 87 169,558 343 21,050 706 5,999 176 882 410 4 779.047 1.632 22 15 Sl,046,904 1,077 96,365 37 S875.412 1,669 ? one-time only program WOMEN'S DIVISION by Judy Frank, 1984-85 President Women's Division plays a major role in supporting the policies and programs of our Federation through education, involvement and the commitment of Jewish women to enhance the quality of Jewish life in our community- Women's Division itself is involved in varied areas: Shalom Las Vegas, Outreach (a program for our community), education of our Board women and, of course, our major thrust ? the campaign. For our community service project, we repeated the concept of the Institute of Aware-ness with a program entitled "Women as Mothers and Daughters." This was our "gift" to the community, with only a minimal charge to offset our expenses. Shalom Las Vegas was revamped, and plans were made for programming geared to couples new to the community or newly interested in participating in the activity of the Jewish community. One of the new concepts we introduced was a Shabbat Pot- Luck Dinner, which was very well attended. We look forward to an equally ambitious program in 1985-86. We had several special campaign functions. We started the campaign with a S2,500 luncheon co-chaired by Susan Fine and Myra Greenspun, held at the home of Susan Fine. Socially and financially, it was a most successful affair. Our SI,250 luncheon was chaired by Sunny Rosen at her home. The program featured a Russian emigre, Zoya Leybin, and her daughter Yvette, brilliant musicians with a dramatic and compelling story to tell. The campaign came to a close with the SI50 luncheon, chaired by Cari Bernstein and Barbara Molasky. The focus of the afternoon was a heartwarming program about our European heritage entitled "From the Shtetl With Love." Our Executive Committee instituted some innovations to increase membership on the Board of Directors. With the approval of the Women's Division Board, we amended and defined our By-Laws and added the new category of "Chai" members to honor women for many years of untiring, committed service. The first two honorees selected by the Nominating Committee were Java Marshall and Esty Rousso. As the 1985-86 campaign begins, we look forward to another banner year! COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMITTEE Dorothy EisenbergiScott Michael Cantor As it does every year, the Committee notified the Clark County School District. Clark County Community College and University ot Nevada. Las Vegas, regarding the dates of the coming Jewish holidays, especially those requiring absences from school. The Committee also sent these institutions ten-year calendars. This information was placed in school newspapers such as the "Hot Line" from CCSD and UNLV's "Yellin' Rebel." Throughout the year, there are many national and international issues that require CRC attention. Very often, the CRC Chairman and others send letters relating to these issues to our representatives in the Senate and in Congress, as well as to President Reagan. Examples of issues on which the Committee has written or mobilized com-munity endorsement are: J Letters to Senators Laxalt and Hecht requesting their support for the Packwood- Cranston-D'Amato-Dixon Resolution disapproving the sale of arms to Saudi Arabia; Letter to Congressman Reid regarding the tax treatment of charitable contribu-tions as set forth in the Treasury Department's Tax Simplification and Reform proposal; Letter to Senator Hecht regarding his being a sponsor of the Heinz-Kennedy Resolution limiting arms sales to Jordan and his vote on the Foreign Aid Bill; Letters to Congressman Reid thanking him for his interest in and support for Soviet Jewry, and to President Reagan thanking him for his support of the evacuation of Ethiopian Jews to Israel; Letter to Senator Laxalt expressing appreciation for his support and understanding of the problems faced by Soviet Jewry as indicated by his statements appearing in the Congressional Record; Letter drafted for Governor Bryan to Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevar-denadze protesting treatment ot Soviet Jews who desire to leave Russia for Israel; Letters to the editors of the Liis I'egas Sun and the Las I'egas Review-Journal commending them for their articles opposing President Reagan's visit to Bitburg. The Committee cooperated with the Council of Jewish Organizations in the Community Plea for Soviet Jewry and also stressed the necessity of writing letters. In August, the television program l ,20/20" reported on the right-wing extremist out-reach to farmers entitled "Seeds erf Hate." The CRC arranged for transcripts of the program. This, along with additional information supplied by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith in Los Angeles, was the subject of an educational program for the Women's Division, conducted by Maria Letizia. During the year, various problems relating to anti-Semitism are brought to the attention ot the CRC. These problems are often handled with great public attention, sometimes in conjunction with the local ADL unit and sometimes solely through CRC contacts in this community. This has been an ongoing activity of the CRC since its inception and is likely to continue in the tuture. ENDOWMENT COMMITTEE REPORT by Paul Eisenberg, Chairman The Jewish Federation Foundation of Las Vegas has experienced a year of growth and change. The functioning body of the Foundation, the Endowment Committee, held its first Endowment and Tax Planning Seminar on December 5, 1985, and a number of new funds have been added to the Foundation. Of significance are the number of funds that have been created or expanded this past year to serve the purposes and needs of the Federation and the Jewish community. The philanthropic thrust of these "designated" funds has been to provide financial assistance for programs the Federation cannot fund out of campaign proceeds. For example: The B & J Fund will provide supplemental financial support (starting in 1987) for needy individuals, mostly elderly, to enable them to purchase medical/dental service or prosthetic devices (hearing aids, glasses, etc.) which they otherwise would not be able to afford. The Dorothy and Paul Eisenberg Fund provides financial assistance to young adults in the community who wish to visit Israel on UJA missions or similiar programs but cannot afford to pay the full cost themselves. The Elihu Eric Estorick Fund provides assistance for a somewhat younger group of students than the Eisenberg Fund. In the past, it has provided major support for programs such as the "Ashdod '84" project in which 10 young people and two counselors went to Ashdod, Israel, to participate in a Project Renewal program. Other programs related to that experience are being planned as a result of that support. The Jewish Community Lecture Series provides the community, free of charge, a series of lectures utilizing speakers in the forefront of the American Jewish community in fields such as news, politics, religion, ethics and morality, etc. The Sam Shipper Fund provides annual support for animal protection locally as well as for other charitable disbursements under the direction of the Federation. The Eugene R. Warner Fund, the largest entity within the Foundation to date, is earmarked specifically for the purchase of land to be used to create a Jewish community "campus" upon which will be housed future components of the community which may include housing for the elderly, a Jewish Community Center. Jewish school. Federation building, offices for t h e Jewish Family Service Agency, etc. It is understood that this intitial contribution may be increased considerably in the coming year so that efforts to secure the campus can move ahead quickly. Efforts of the Foundation to move ahead more rapidly in the past have been hampered by the lack of time available to the Federation/Foundation Director for such purposes. In recent months, however, several members of the Committee have been particularly helpful. Dick Oshins spent considerable time on the Federation's behalf in preparing for and delivering his lecture at the Endowment Seminar. Shelley Berkley went to Washington in November to attend an Endowment Seminar held during the General Assembly and will be working on Endowment Development during the coming year. Changes in the tax law have been communicated by our Director, Jerry Countess, to all contributors who should be aware of the rule changes with regard to contributions of property or non-publicly traded stock. Efforts will be made in the coming year to continue contact with the various professional communities involved with estate and tax planning. It is also the intention of the Development Committee to begin personal contact with people who are potential donors to the Foundation. A chart showing the current holdings of the Foundation follows this report. A glance at the chart should make it clear that even modest efforts in the Endowment area can produce important results for the Federation and the community. It is our intention to continue those efforts at an accelerated pace in the coming year. ENDOWMENT FUND Endowment Funds Within the Federation Foundation Funds Created By: Type Designated/ Unrestricted Value B & J Fund Cash Designated S 25,000 Eisenberg, Dorothy & Paul Cash Designated 25.000 Estorick, Elihu E. Cash Designated 35,000 Fox, Abe Land To UJA Fox, Abe Cash Unrestricted 6.672 Gerstler, Alfred & Arlyne Land Unrestricted Jewish Community Lecture Series Cash Designated 6,321 Lewis, Sidney Land Unrestricted * Marshall. Arthur & Jayn Cash Designated 57.000 Oshins, Richard Stock Unrestricted * MAP Trust (Perer) Cash Designated 9,457 Rousso, Herb & Esty Cash Designated 55.000 Rudiak, George Land To UJA/PR 30,000* Saltman. Michael Cash Unrestricted 1,000 Schieff, Jack Land Unrestricted 80.000* Segal, Mark Stock Unrestricted < Shipper, Sam Cash Designated 20.000 Singer, Mike Stock Unrestricted * Sperling, Gertrude Cash Designated 20,000 United Mortgage Land To UJA Warner. Eugene R. Cash Designated 150.000 S410.450 * - Estimated value {land): 3110,000 ** - Estimated value . stock): SI 1.250 HOLOCAUST EDUCATION COMMITTEE by Edythe Katz, Chairwoman The Gertrude Sperling Library for Holocaust Studies continues to be an important source of reference for students and teachers in the Clark County School District and at the University of Nevada. Las Vegas, and for the general public. Edythe Katz, Eileen Kollins and Phyllis Darling attended the 15th Annual Scholars Conference in Philadelphia in March. This conference was co-sponsored by the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the William O. Douglas Institute, the Anne Frank Institute of Philadelphia, and other groups. During the period March 28-31, 1985, the Clark County School District sponsored its 7th Annual Multicultural Conference at the Flamingo Hilton Hotel. Two sessions of the conference were devoted to the Holocaust, for which the Sperling Library furnished posters, books and genocide films. Phyllis Darling, a teacher and member of the Holocaust Committee, delivered the opening address. Yom Hashoah, the Days of Remembrance, was observed in both the Las Vegas and Reno communities during the week of April 14-21, 1985. The program received special recognition at the Legislature in Carson City, where the Governor's Proclamation was read. In addition, there was an address by Dr. Hubert Locke, Dean of the Graduate School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington. Dr. Locke also spoke at the Judicial College. In Las Vegas, Sister Klaryta led a discussion on the Holocaust that week and showed the film "Night and Fog" at Bishop Gorman High School. Dr. Locke spoke at UNLV. Gerda Klein, internationally-known Holocaust survivor and lecturer, spoke at Temple Beth Sholom at a combined service that involved all the religious institutions in our community. From April 14 to May 3, the Leskly Collection of paintings and the "I Never Saw Another Butterfly" tape and exhibits were presented at the Clark County Library. The Holocaust Curriculum for the School District is nearing completion. To date, the final drafts for sixth, seventh and eleventh grades have been completed: near completion is the curriculum for ninth grade. Phyllis Darling. Barbara Crawford and Sandv Metcalf expect to have the entire curriculum finished in the next few months. JEWISH BUSINESSMEN'S LUNCHEON GROUP This series of luncheons, held at irregular intervals during the year, continues to be an important asset to the Jewish business and professional communities in Las Vegas, Under the leadership of Michael Saltman, outstanding local, national and international figures from the worlds of science, politics, education, the professions and public affairs have come to these luncheons to address the group. This last year, the following were guests at the luncheon series: Ephraim Margolin, Esq., San Francisco attorney representing Israel in the Western region of the United States; Dr. Robert Maxson, President of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Dr. Arye Carmon, Director of the Israel Diaspora Institute, Israel; and Dr. Shai Feldman, Senior Research Associate at the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv University, Israel. As the group expands and the high level of speakers is maintained, Saltman hopes to institutionalize the group and make it a permanent part of the Jewish community. Membership in the group is quite informal; attendance at the luncheons is sufficient. Saltman welcomes recommendations from members on possible speakers and en-courages members to submit names of additional individuals who might be interested in attending these functions. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE The objective of the Leadership Development Committee program is to train people for leadership in the Jewish community. The program completed in 1985 was the second half of a two-year process. Major components of that program included participation in the following formal sessions: JFLV Retreat, held at Alexis Paris. Speakers were Elton Kerness, National United Jewish Appeal Executive Vice President, and Yaacov Ben-Zekry, Community Representative in Ashdod for Project Renewal; "Where Does the Money Go?" Presentation by Jerry Countess, Executive Vice President of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas; "Israel: Contrasts and Similarities." The speaker was Dr. George Cohen, Director of American Professors for Peace in the Middle East, New York; "U.S.-Israel Relations: A View from Washington." The discussion leader was Dr. Ralph Nurnberger, American Israel Public Affairs Committee. In addition to leadership attendance at a number of ad hoc meetings, there was a session at which information was provided on all the local Jewish organizations and agencies. There was also a concluding session in which the group discussed where it would channel its energies and interests in the future. Members of the Leadership Development Committee who completed the program now serve on Federation committees and the Women's Division Board, are involved with Super Sunday, and are volunteers in many of the Federation programs. The Leadership Development Committee was chaired by Carol and Robert Jones, Martin Loeb, and Susan and Matthew Shlisky. PERSONNEL COMMITTEE by Dorothy Eisenberg On February 27, 1985, Lloyd Katz appointed a Personnel Committee, chaired by him, to develop a Personnel Practices Code to guide the Federation in the coming years. When the agency was first chartered in 1966, there was only one employee, Shirley Kravitz, who did all the clerical, secretarial and bookkeeping chores. Today the staff is made up of six full-time employees and one half-time person. While the campaign is much larger today, the program area has expanded many-fold and has taken on the attributes of larger Federations. City statistics indicate that the community will double in size over the next decade or so. It is obvious that the Federation can look forward to a proportionate increase in the size of the Jewish population and, therefore, a good deal of growth. It was with that forecast in mind that the Personnel Committee was instructed to proceed. Its immediate objectives were to: Review current informal personnel practices: Weigh these practices against the perceived staff needs of the Federation at this stage: Develop a set of guidelines that would bring our practices in line with that of other Federations of our size; and Prepare personnel guidelines that would meet the needs of the growing Federation. The Committee met often during 1985. As part of its deliberations, the Committee also reviewed Personnel Codes of several Federations of comparable size, the guidelines from the national office of the Council of Jewish Federations, and the Personnel Manual used by a large, local business. Recently, the staff drew up a first draft of guidelines on instructions from the Com-mittee. These guidelines are being reviewed by Dennis Sabbath, an attorney and Board member with a great deal of experience in labor law. The final version of that document will be brought to the Executive Committee prior to the next Board meeting on February 26, 1986. Its adoption by the Executive Committee will establish the code as a formal guideline for the Federation for vears to come. A caveat is required. The Personnel Code will not contain several important elements at this time. It will not contain, for example, a long-term disability plan nor a pension plan. The Committee believes that both these protections are desirable for the staff and should be incorporated into the plan as soon as possible, but that at current cam-paign levels, the cost is prohibitive. The Committee will monitor developments over the coming year and will recommend additions to the staff's benefit patkage as soon as practicable. The Committee believes that the personnel guidelines being created are flexible enough to allow for growth, development and change without upsetting the stability of the Federation. It will provide protection for the staff and for the Federation, and should serve as a useful tool of the Federation for many years to come. Committee Members Dorothy Eisenberg Arthur Marshall Philip Engel Hal Ober Senator William H. Hernstadt Arne Rosencrantz Lloyd Katz (Chairman) Eli Welt 1985 NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL ALLOCATIONS America-Israel Cultural Foundation S 125 American Academic Association for Peace in the Middle East 350 American Association for Ethiopian Jews 300 American Gathering of Holocaust Survivors 0 American Jewish Congress 700 American Zionist Federation 200 Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith 8,500 Association of Jewish Family and Children's Agencies 0 B'nai B'rith Youth (national) 100 Coalition for Alternatives in Jewish Education 150 Conference of Jewish Communal Service 100 Dropsie University 150 Federated Council of Israel Institutions 100 Friends of AKIM USA. Inc 100 Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) 1,500 Hebrew Union College 150 Jewish Braille Institute of America, Inc 150 Jewish Chatauqua Society 150 Jewish Education Service of North America 500 Jewish Labor Committee 100 Jewish Telegraphic Agency 300 Jewish War Veterans 0 Jewish Welfare Board (JWB) 150 Joint Cultural Appeal 100 National Conference on Soviet Jewry 100 National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Committee 750 National Jewish Resource Center 100 North American Jewish Students Appeal 100 Sh'ma 100 Synagogue Council of America 125 Tay-Sachs 100 Torah Umesorah (National Society for Hebrew Day Schools) 0 Yeshiva University 150 TOTAL: S 15,500 LOCAL ALLOCATIONS B'nai B'rith Hillel S 12,861 B'nai B'rith Youth Organization (BBYO) 1.500 Congregation Ner Tamid 10,000 Congregation Shaarei Tetilla 1,250 Hebrew Academy 38,125 Jewish Family Service Agency 89,664 Temple Beth Am 2,500 Temple Beth Sholom 15,000 Temple Emanu-El 1,000 University Center for Religion and Life 3,100 TOTAL: S175.000 RECOMMENDATIONS