Allocations Committee Working
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Whatever the issue, it all
comes down to a matter of
perspective. Which do you
think is more difficult, raising
money for a Federation cam
paign or aUocating it after it's
rai^? Ask a fundraiser and
you’ll get one answer. Ask a
member of the AUocations
Committee, you'U get a dif
ferent answer. Whatever the
issue, it aU comes down to a
matter of perspective.
A Federation leader was
once overheard saying, “It’s
much harder to spend the
money than it is to raise it.”
He wasn’t trying to be funny,
it just sounded like that to
some of the people around
him. But, there’s nothing fun
ny about responsible
budgeting. It requires a
special kind of interest and
dedication to be an allocator.
No one flips a coin to deter
mine how much money an
organization receives. First,
reams of materials have to be
studied; then, endless—con
ferences and discussions take
place; finally, a special wisdom
coupled with a keen sense of
judgment has to be applied to
everything that was learned.
Why such a complex process
for such a seemingly simple
act as giving away money?
The simple truth is that given
the agency’s programs, the
needs of the conmiunity are
valid on an equal basis. The
cold reality is that the needs
will always exceed the
resources. Each budget season
is indeed a time which truly
tries people’s souls.
On July 18, a new aUoca-
tions process and committee
structure designed by the
Charlotte Jewish Federation
was put into place. Shelton
Gorelick, 1989 Allocations
Committee chairman, and
Emily Zimmem, cochair, pre
sided over the initial meeting
of this committee. Members of
this conmiittee include: Bobbi
Bernstein, Alan Blumenthal,
Abe Luski, Paul Putterman
and Harry Swimmer. The new
ly designed process not only
involves more people, it also
helps to more closely scruti
nize the needs of the communi
ty and the requests of the
agencies. In this way, the
allocation of funds to agencies
more accurately reflects the
priorities of our conmiunity.
This year’s aUocations pro
cedure consisted of a series
of meetings which were con
ducted by the three Alloca
tions Committee sub-conmiit-
tees. Each sub-committee is
made up of five or more mem
bers. Their responsibility was
to evaluate the program needs
and budget requests of the
agencies. All of this is done as
a prelude to formal presenta
tions to the AUocations Com
mittee held over a three-day
period which began August
30. New to the process this
year is the use of lay leaders
call 366-5007
Shelton Gorelick
Emily Zimmem
serving on sub-committees in
the critical role of evaluators.
Their function is to meet with
directors or representatives of
agencies in an effort to de
velop a comprehensive under
standing based on knowledge.
The evaluators will then make
the formal requests for funds
to the AUocations Committee.
Serving on the sub-conmiit-
tees are:
Large Agency
Meg Goldstein, chair
Sandy Berlin
Joel Goldman
Bennett Lyons
John Pransky
Sara Schreibman
Intermediate Agency
Frank Rosen, chair
Peggy Gartner
PhU Joffe
Moses Luski
Steven Menaker
Small Agency
James Montag, cochair
BaUa Pransky, cochair
BiU Ashendorf
Penny Eisenberg
Michael Jaffa
Audrey Madans
Ben Massachi
Wendy Rosen
SaUy Schrader
David Swimmer
Sandra Weinstein
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Joffes to Lead March Israel Mission
Bobbi Bernstein, president
of the Charlotte Jewish Fed
eration, has announced the ap
pointment of Phil and Mad-
die Joffe as chairs for the Com
munity Outreach Mission to
Israel, scheduled for March
5-15,1989. The Outreach Mis
sion is one of the most exciting
and dynamic missions draw
ing leadership from the entire
country for an intense 10-day
Israel experience.
This year’s delegation wiU
leave from Atlanta and fly to
Amsterdam en route to Israel.
In Amsterdam, they wiU be
the guests of the Amsterdam
Jewish community. They wiU
land at Ben Gurion Airport in
Tel Aviv for the beginning of
an inspiring journey.
“Because I was bom in
Palestine,” said Phil, “and was
a chartered Israel citizen, it is
both a thriU and a highly
charged, emotional trip for me
to trace my roots and walk on
the soil where I was bom. The
hours and days won’t pass
fast enough until I step on
that plane and head toward
my birthplace.” Maddie added,
“We have talked about shar
ing this experience for years.
The day is now coming £ind 1
can’t control my excitement.”
The Joffes, along with
several of the Mission par
ticipants, wiU be hosting Mis
sion Recmitment meetings
during September and Octo
ber. The Outreach Mission is
a partiaUy subsidized mission
which strongly encourages
North American Jewry to par-
Maddie & Phil Joffe
ticipate in the mission pro
gram and give support to
Israel economicaUy and emo-
tionaUy by traveling to the
land.
For further information, call
Phil and Maddie Joffe, 554-6705
or Mike Minkin at the Federa
tion office, 366-5007.
•
As of September 1, only 185
days are left to leave for this
Israel Mission. Are you joining
us?
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