The FAIRtax is sponsored by Americans For Fair Taxation (“AFFT”), which is managed by a nine-member Board of Directors elected by a Board of Delegates chosen by FAIRtax supporters in the states.
The FAIRtax relies on the dedication and activities of its supporters. There is no paid staff and the burden of operations falls squarely on our volunteers. We are fortunate that people are willing to step up and take the additional responsibility of being on the Board of Directors.
Recently Board member Peggy Green-Ernst resigned from the Board and from her position as Director of Government Relations to spend more time with her family. We will miss Peggy’s contributions both on the Board and as a Government Relations Director.
The By-Laws of AFFT provide for the remaining board members to fill vacancies that occur on the Board of Directors. At the last Board meeting the board members decided to reach out to you, the volunteers who keep this movement going, for nominations.
If you would like to nominate a replacement for Peggy, including yourself, please send the nomination, together with a short C.V., to a delegate who represents your state. You will find a list of delegates here.
If you are from a state that does not have a delegate, please send your nomination directly to Louisiana Delegate Doug Opbroek.
Board members are expected to participate in at least one monthly telephone conference and serve on a Team. Currently the teams are Planning, Strategy and Tactics, Research, Finance and Fundraising, Credentials Rules Organization Structure (“CORS”), Database, and Marketing and Communications. Board Members can also be asked once a year to pay their own travel expenses to attend an in-person meeting.
Please send your nominations to your delegate or to Doug by July 7, 2017. The CORS Team will then review the nominations and make a recommendation to the full board at its next conference on July 11, 2017. The Board of Directors will ask the Board of Delegates to ratify its choice at the Delegates’ quarterly phone conference on July 20, 2017.
The FAIRtax is a marathon, not a sprint. With your help we will fill our board with good members that make our movement go the distance and reach the finish line.
Jim Bennett has been employed by the New Jersey Attorney General’s office for the past 18 years as a Deputy Attorney General. (The comments are his and do not reflect any position of the Attorney General, the State of New Jersey, or any of its departments or agencies.) Jim holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History from Lafayette College and a Juris Doctor from New York Law School.
Jim worked in Mannheim, Germany with the Army for three years, then took a position at Gerling-Konzern, an insurance conglomerate in Cologne Germany for three more years. Jim was transferred to New York where he was promoted to Vice President. Jim later became a Vice President and General Counsel at the Colonia Insurance Group in New York. Jim is fluent in German. Jim started a private law practice in Summit, New Jersey in 1990 before taking his current position.
Jim was a proponent of consumption taxes as a replacement of income taxes before having heard of the FAIRtaxSM. Jim heard about the FAIRtaxSM in 2005 and decided immediately it was a worthy pursuit. He now is the Volunteer Regional Director for Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey, a member of the Board of FairTax® New Jersey, and Secretary and a board member of Americans For Fair Taxation®, the sponsoring organization of the FAIRtaxSM.
Jim has appeared on Television and Radio and is a frequent contributor of blogs and articles, having had a letter published in the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Times. Jim has been a Guest Lecturer at New York University and recently returned to his alma mater, Blair Academy, to speak to the Society of Skeptics. Several years ago Jim met with the Coordinator of Tax Policy of the Government of Chile to discuss the FAIRtaxSM.
The FAIRtax relies on the dedication and activities of its supporters. There is no paid staff and the burden of operations falls squarely on our volunteers. We are fortunate that people are willing to step up and take the additional responsibility of being on the Board of Directors.
Recently Board member Peggy Green-Ernst resigned from the Board and from her position as Director of Government Relations to spend more time with her family. We will miss Peggy’s contributions both on the Board and as a Government Relations Director.
The By-Laws of AFFT provide for the remaining board members to fill vacancies that occur on the Board of Directors. At the last Board meeting the board members decided to reach out to you, the volunteers who keep this movement going, for nominations.
If you would like to nominate a replacement for Peggy, including yourself, please send the nomination, together with a short C.V., to a delegate who represents your state. You will find a list of delegates here.
If you are from a state that does not have a delegate, please send your nomination directly to Louisiana Delegate Doug Opbroek.
Board members are expected to participate in at least one monthly telephone conference and serve on a Team. Currently the teams are Planning, Strategy and Tactics, Research, Finance and Fundraising, Credentials Rules Organization Structure (“CORS”), Database, and Marketing and Communications. Board Members can also be asked once a year to pay their own travel expenses to attend an in-person meeting.
Please send your nominations to your delegate or to Doug by July 7, 2017. The CORS Team will then review the nominations and make a recommendation to the full board at its next conference on July 11, 2017. The Board of Directors will ask the Board of Delegates to ratify its choice at the Delegates’ quarterly phone conference on July 20, 2017.
The FAIRtax is a marathon, not a sprint. With your help we will fill our board with good members that make our movement go the distance and reach the finish line.
Jim Bennett has been employed by the New Jersey Attorney General’s office for the past 18 years as a Deputy Attorney General. (The comments are his and do not reflect any position of the Attorney General, the State of New Jersey, or any of its departments or agencies.) Jim holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History from Lafayette College and a Juris Doctor from New York Law School.
Jim worked in Mannheim, Germany with the Army for three years, then took a position at Gerling-Konzern, an insurance conglomerate in Cologne Germany for three more years. Jim was transferred to New York where he was promoted to Vice President. Jim later became a Vice President and General Counsel at the Colonia Insurance Group in New York. Jim is fluent in German. Jim started a private law practice in Summit, New Jersey in 1990 before taking his current position.
Jim was a proponent of consumption taxes as a replacement of income taxes before having heard of the FAIRtaxSM. Jim heard about the FAIRtaxSM in 2005 and decided immediately it was a worthy pursuit. He now is the Volunteer Regional Director for Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey, a member of the Board of FairTax® New Jersey, and Secretary and a board member of Americans For Fair Taxation®, the sponsoring organization of the FAIRtaxSM.
Jim has appeared on Television and Radio and is a frequent contributor of blogs and articles, having had a letter published in the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Times. Jim has been a Guest Lecturer at New York University and recently returned to his alma mater, Blair Academy, to speak to the Society of Skeptics. Several years ago Jim met with the Coordinator of Tax Policy of the Government of Chile to discuss the FAIRtaxSM.