Org Review

This week the Organizational Review Committee met in Nashville. Eighteen IPS customers, stakeholders, advisory committee members and association directors spent time with the committee discussing (1) what IPS means to them, (2) their satisfaction with our services, (3) suggestions for future services, and (4) implications of any potential change in reporting relationships.

The message was loud and clear. Your work is important, it is excellent, and our customers are very satisfied. Overall the committee was very impressed with what they heard. The committee’s final meeting is scheduled December 10. A recommendation to the president will follow shortly thereafter. I suspect the president will share his decision with the board of trustees prior to making an announcement that I anticipate would come shortly after the first of the year.

If you have an opportunity to see any of the meeting participants, please thank them for their support. They include Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield, Cleveland Mayor Tom Rowland, Tipton County Executive Jeff Huffman, Davidson County Trustee Charlie Cardwell, Williamson County Mayor Rogers Anderson, Goodlettsville City Manager Jim Thomas, TBI Director Mark Gwyn, DCS Electronics President Chris Combs, Metal Products Company President Jim Dyer, ECD Assistant Commissioner Rick Meredith, Local Government Corporation President Mickey Wilson, TN Technology Development Corporation President Eric Cromwell, TN Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vice President Wayne Scharber, TCSA Executive Director David Seivers, TCCA Executive Director David Connors, COAT Executive Director Jay West, TML Executive Director Margaret Mahery, TML Risk Management Pool Executive Vice President Dawn Crawford and TCMA Executive Director Fred Congdon.

Thanks for your continuing excellent work. You represent us well!