ASSOCIATION PEOPLE.Stephen R. Kerr, executive secretary and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the Holstein Association USA, Brattleboro, Vt., has resigned. "Steve has led us well for nearly 10 years, and although we're disappointed, we understand his desire to pursue new opportunities," says president Bud Leckie. Kerr is credited with developing a comprehensive strategic plan for the association's dairy business to lessen its reliance on traditional markets and increase opportunities in other dairy markets. He also inaugurated an e-commerce subsidiary (Insinc USA) to diversify the association's business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets and develop new, higher-margin opportunities. Kerr has agreed to be available through April 2001 while the board begins its search for a new CEO. Melissa D. Marek has been promoted to communications manager of the Cotton Board, Memphis. Marek previously was communications specialist. Joe Cornely has been named director of corporate communications for the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation (OFBF OFBF Ohio Farm Bureau Federation ). In this newly created position, he will coordinate the organization's delivery of information to Farm Bureau members and the public, and he will publish Buckeye Farm News. Cornely has served as director of media relations for the Farm Bureau since 1998. Prior to joining the Farm Bureau he was farm director for WRFD Radio and before that held a similar position with WLW WLW Weblogic Workshop (Adam Bosworth) WLW Ware Liefde Wacht WLW Wei, Lin, Weissfeld (Reliability Model) WLW Women Library Workers WLW Wild Life Warriors (World of Warcraft guild) Radio. Kurt Lawton, editorial director for Internet services company Rooster rooster its crowing at dawn heralds each new day. [Western Folklore: Leach, 329] See : Dawn rooster symbol of maleness. [Folklore: Binder, 85] See : Virility .com, Bloomington, Minn., has been accepted as a member of the Online News Association. ONA (Open Network Architecture) An FCC plan that allows users and competing enhanced service providers (ESPs) equal access to unbundled, basic telephone services. The Open Network Provision (ONP) is the European counterpart. was formed in 1999 by members of the online press and is open to journalists around the world who produce news on the Internet and other digital platforms. |
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