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10 Poplar Lane
Everytown, NY 11111

May 5, 2007

Roland Jennings
Membership Coordinator
The Association for Nonprofit Bakeries
100 Capital Street
Washington D.C. 11111

Dear Roland,

My name is Sarah Jones, and I am the executive director of Breadworks, a nonprofit bakery in Everytown, NY; we have been a member of The Association for Nonprofit Bakeries since 1993. Like many executive directors of nonprofit bakeries, I am passionate about my organization and committed to the mission. As the only senior staff member, I handle all human resources issues, along with everything else. And, as you know, our industry struggles with limited financial resources, high turnover, a lack of affordable training for staff, and multiple stakeholders.

As a forum and advocate for nonprofit bakeries, the Association is one of our greatest means of support. Therefore, I would like to request the formation within the Association of a Human Resources Working Group. Ideally this working group would be geared towards whoever is directly responsible for paid or unpaid staff within the Association’s nonprofit membership.

I have seen many examples of ways that industry Associations can support this kind of working group. Helpful steps include everything from the set-up of an e-mail listserv, to an annual, national gathering around the human resources issues in nonprofit bakeries.

Roland, I would love to set up a convenient time to call you and discuss this further.

My telephone number: 888-888-8888
My email address: sarah@fakeaddress.fake

I look forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely,

Sarah Jones
Executive Director