GDUI Board of Directors Application
GDUI Board of Directors Application
Date:
Applicant's Name:
Address:
City/State:
Are you a guide dog user?
E-mail Address:
GDUI has three major responsibilities:
A. To promote the acceptance of guide dog teams by all agencies, employers, educational institutions, commercial establishments, and the general public.
B. To work for the expansion, standardization, and enforcement of legal provisions, both civil and criminal, governing the rights and responsibilities in the areas of public access, employment, housing, personal injury to dog and handler, transportation, and recreation.
C. To work in cooperation with guide dog training providers in contributing input in the areas of selection, training, health care, and accommodations for both canine and human students, and to provide constructive input to improve the quality of the training experience. With this in mind, please answer the following questions.
Why do you want to serve on the GDUI Board?
1. Which of your skills and experiences would most support Board activities?
2. Please describe a time when a group of which you were a part accomplished its goal(s). What caused the group to be successful? How did you contribute to this success?
3. The GDUI Board of Directors uses email to communicate with each other. Are you able to communicate electronically and have access to email?
4. The GDUI Board of Directors meets bi-monthly by telephone in the evening. Meetings last from 1 to 2 hours. Other ad hoc telephonic meetings are sometimes called as well.
5. Will you be able to find time to perform the tasks described above?
6. Please submit this questionnaire along with a cover letter and resume to the Chairperson of the GDUI 2012 Nominating Committee via e-mail at lyndup@roadrunner.comor via mail to: Lynn Duplessis, 25 Kennison St., Augusta, ME 04330.