Candidate Brian Allen
Statement for election to the position of Secretary/Treasurer
I have greatly enjoyed my involvement as a member of the Board of Directors of ISH since 2009 and in particular, my role as Secretary of the COR and would be very happy to continue in this role if that was the wish of the membership.
However, I have been nominated for the important position of Secretary/Treasurer and am honoured to accept that nomination.
I believe that I have both the knowledge and the experience to discharge the duties associated with this very important role.
I have been on the Board of ISH for 14 years and for many of those years was the Secretary of the COR In addition I have also been a Past President and Past Secretary and Treasurer of my own national and state organisations. I have an in-depth understanding of all aspects of the functioning of ISH and the duties associated with the role of Secretary/Treasurer
in addition to my organisational experience. I also have the professional skills and knowledge to carry out both aspects of the role effectively. My first career was as an Accountant and Auditor. During my studies in this area. I obtained significant knowledge about various aspects of law and constitutions as well as Accounting
If elected, I would continue to maintain the high standard that has been set by our current Secretary/ Treasurer Enayat Shahidi. The excellent financial control that we have seen on his watch is one of the major reasons that ISH is in its current strong financial position.
I would also seek other ways of increasing the income stream of ISH in between our Congresses. The Master Class series is an excellent example of the type of project that we need. It has been highly successful and I would seek to expand it even further.
In addition, I would continue the initiative, I started with the formation of the Trance World Task Force. Its focus is to provide low-cost or no cost training to those parts of the world where ISH is under represented. The first part of this program is already underway in South America. Our aim is to build not only Bridges of Understanding but also Bridges of Knowledge.
Should Enayat be re-elected as Secretary/Treasurer he would, of course, have my complete loyalty and support in that very important role. If this were to be the case then I would be happy to continue in my current role as the Secretary of the COR if that were the wish of the membership.
Brian Allen