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Bishop, Bosu welcome new daughter

Mary Jo Bosu and Bambi Bishop proudly announce the birth of their daughter, Emily Mozelle Marie Bishop-Bosu. Emily arrived on September 18 at 2:55 pm. She weighed 6 pounds 12 ounces and measured 191⁄4 inches long.

Emily joins the Bishop-Bosu family that includes grandparents Joann Maljarek, Alex and Carol Bosu and Joyce and David Morris; aunts Evelyn, Cathy, Sabrina and Jane; uncles John, Nick, Tony and Scott, and numerous cousins.

Emily is also welcomed into the community by her extended family which includes godmother M.J. and honorary aunts Kate, Karen, Julie, Sue, Sam, Gretchem, Kim and Jackie.

Emily is born into a warm, caring and supportive community of family and friends and we enthusiastically welcome her arrival.

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marily from inside the organization, rather than with grant moncy.

"There was probably some AIDS money that paid for [Rainbrook's salary] but it almost all had to be raised by private sources," Wertheim said.

Organ said that she seems to remember Rainbrook's salary being between "$38,000 and $42,000." According to Organ, as part of her contract negotiations in the spring of 1993, Rainbrook committed herself to fundraising and grant writing to cover the difference between her salary and that of the past executive director-a goal that was never achieved.

Frank Lowery, who was board president up until his resignation on October 20, added, “I think we were paying Judy a decent salary for the amount of work she did, although I think the organization itself is a little top-heavy when it comes to salaries. When you're paying out more money in salaries than you are to keep your programs afloat-you've got a problem.”

Rainbrook declined to discuss her salary, saying, "People's salaries are never public information. You're already off the important issue when you start talking about my salary— the important issue is that the Center needs more broad-based support from the community, because we can't depend on money from foundations anymore."

Noll said the amount they agreed upon was "in the ballpark for executive directors."

"Judy had a lot of fundraising experience and had support from major donors," Noll said. "At the time, I felt that Judy was the best choice we had to raise the kind of money the Center needed and to run the organization."

Noll also pointed out that Rainbrook took a significant cut in pay from her work with Tabac and Associates to take the job at the Center.

In a letter to Potoczak dated October 13, Rainbrook began, "I have spent the last 24 hours reviewing the budget. A couple of things seem self-evident: We have the potential for a strong and functional board but they will probably not be functioning as a team before December... Consequently, they will probably be producing little new income except the possibility of major gift income."

In what she referred to as a "reality check," Rainbrook cited that she needs more income, "not less... in 1996" and that she is "good at management... and not good at soliciting major donors." She also wrote that she "cannot emotionally tolerate laying off extremely talented and hard-working staff people."

Following her resignation from the executive director seat, Rainbrook was elected to the Center's board of trustees at the annual membership meeting, held on Sunday October 22 at

Pilgrim Congregational Church. At at the board meeting that immediately followed, she was also elected to the position of treasurer, replacing Potoczak. Potoczak was elected board president, replacing Lowery, who resigned midway through his two-year term.

Regarding his resignation, Lowery said, "It seems like a lot of things we were trying to put in place never happened because the Center was always in the midst of a financial crunch, and I just got tired of fighting that battle." Lowery went on to say that he feels the Center "needs to do some growing."

"Although I felt that Judy was an excellent executive director as far as the day-to-day things, I think there was a bit of resistance to do long-term planning," Lowery said. "But then again, with the money problems that the Center is always having, it limits what you can and can not do. There's not an opportunity to sit down and think about long-range planning--you're too busy putting out fires."

New board members elected at the annual meeting were Rachel Eisenberg, an attorney, and Bill Henderson, a hair stylist and gaylesbian political activist. Previous board memberselected to new terms included Bill Potoczak, Melvin Foote, and William Tregoning. Organ decided on October 21 not to run for re-election to the board, saying, "Enough is enough."

In addition to Rainbrook and Potoczak, other officers elected at the October 22 board meeting included John Farina, first vice president, Margaret Cutler, second vice president, and Rachel Eisenberg, secretary.

Harris, who overcame his initial reluctance to take over as interim executive director, believes strongly that "the Center is one institution that must survive."

"There has to be someplace that serves as a strong, visible, viable institution for the gay community," Harris said. "For many people, [the Center] is their only link to our community and for that reason, I believe strongly that its existence must continue."

"The short term plan," Harris said, “is to help the organization become financially solvent, and part of that is to do some long-range planning so that we know where the Center is going. Judy's been asking for it, and the board's been wanting to do it, and I think this finally is the straw that has broken the camel's back."

So, for the foreseeable future, the Center will be a board-run organization with two fulltime paid staff members, administrative assistant Linda Malicki and Living Room coordinator Greg Robson. Ex-president Lowery praised Rainbrook's decision to resign, calling it a "tough decision."

He added, "The mainconcern for everybody is to keep the Center afloat, and I think that's what is going to happen as a result of this."

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