The election of the People’s Clinic Community Health Council is now completed. For the first time since its beginning, the Clinic has a specific, regular body to tie it to community attitudes and perspectives. The Council is now the “highest” level of the Clinic administration. Its duties include dealing with Clinic policy, programs and direction. Its fifteen members are composed of the seven-member Board of Directors and eight persons elected from the community, clinic workers, etc., in defined proportions. The Board was elected several months ago and the rest of the Council was just elected last month.
Here is the list of the Clinic Community Council:
George Brown
Anna Busch
William Bolden
Mary Boyts
Catherine Sullivan
Morty Glanz
Marge Weir
Maverine Wilson
and the Board:
Barbara Bailey
Arline Burgdorf
Kathye Gentry
Doug Strong
Vinod Seth
Christine Smith
Mary Webber
These people will be meeting once a month in open session. All are invited and the first meeting will be Jan. 21, 7:30 p.m. at the Clinic.
The Board of Directors and the administrator are still the ultimate source for the resolution of inside-the-clinic problems and day to day issues.
All of the people on the Council are active community or Clinic participants and should provide the balance as well as the initiative we need.
This is the Clinic’s first real chance to begin to be “of’ the community as well as “for” it. It looks like we’ll make it.
Originally published in The Paper, February 1975.
Read this article in the original newspaper issue.
Original source: SD_Times1975_02.pdf, printed page(s) 5; PDF page(s) 5.
