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The (former) Board of Directors |
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The Foundation’s (former) Board of Directors The board of directors, which is now fired by the ‘Civilretsdirektoratet’ [Department for Civil Law], has during the fourteen years the Foundation has existed, held 56 board meetings, that means an average of four meetings per year. At these meetings the board of directors has processed many hundreds of points. The board of directors has taken a stand to applications, it has evaluated a large number of reports, and taken a stand to questions about the individual project’s fulfillment of the regulations of Tax Legislation and Foundation Legislation. The board of directors has consulted its auditor, sought legal advice and consulted experts in the particular project fields. A record of minutes has been kept from each of the board meetings. The board of directors has made a total of 29 grants.
A project does not always turn out as the applicant expected. The board of directors generally understood this well. Many of the projects have actually distinguished themselves by addressing large, new questions around the world, at times with a considerable element of research and development - and the thereby associated uncertainty of either success or failure. The reports which the board of directors have received have been formed differently, depending on the nature of the project. They have consisted of descriptions of courses of events, conclusions on results, economic accounts, and often illustrations, photos, letters of reference, etc. In connection with the final reporting from the completed projects, the board of directors has received an audited project account from the recipient, or an equivalently authorized statement of accounts. The board of directors has annually approved the audited accounts. Through the years, the board of directors has taken a position to approaches from authorities and has similarly considered the importance of alterations in legal notices and administrative procedures of the controlling authorities. In order to learn about the wide ranging and often extremely specific questions which have been up for evaluation in application after application, it has been necessary to make a close study of conditions in other countries and certain regions. It requires courage and vision to enter into many of those projects which the Foundation has included in its program - new ideas, which also became groundbreaking and contributed to great changes in popular thinking (for example The Voice of the Third World), and big tasks in connection with the limited economic resources of the Foundation (for example the Floryl Projects and the Tropical Forest in Malaysia). The Foundation has with some of its projects gone courageously into areas where there was no guarantee for success. The Foundation has embarked also where we speak of such magnitudes and slow-moving mechanisms that the project phases must be measured in decades - for example in the fight against AIDS. The board of directors has benefited from a dynamic interaction with the
contributors. The members of the board have always been willing to tell about
the individual projects and their results. Pictures, film and anecdotes have
pleased the contributors, who in addition have asked questions and problematized
and given the board of directors further inspiration in their work. Until June 26, 2001, the board of directors consisted of the following five persons: Poul Jørgensen Poul took his Teachers’ Exam in 1966 and worked for two years as a teacher in the public school and a couple of years at ‘Vester Vedsted Ungdomsskole’ [Vester Vedsted Continuation School] near Ribe. In his youth he lived at "Huset i Odense" ["The House in Odense"], a cultural meeting place where many different activities took place, and for many different people occupied with the big questions of the time. In 1970, Poul was a part of the group which started The Traveling Folk High School - first in Rantzausminde, then on Fanø, and from 1972 at Tvind. From 1972-1979 he was headmaster at The Traveling Folk High School. In the period 1979-1993 Poul was principal at The Necessary Teachers' Training College. Poul Jørgensen has for many years been vividly engaged in how society could best be organized, and has always been up for a spirited debate. As a youth he was already politically engaged in ‘Venstres Ungdom’ [Youth of ‘Venstre’, a Danish liberal party] - it never really turned into a political career, but he never lost the interest. Poul has scrutinized the laws of the country persistently - always to show that within the existing legislation there was both room and possibilities for people with initiatives, industry and engagement. Today Poul Jørgensen attends to a number of board positions, among others in ‘Fælleseje’ [= ’Joint Property,’ the name of a foundation]. In addition he carries out a wide variety of juridical tasks and functions as a legal consultant.
Bodil Ross Sørensen She received her undergraduate in linguistics from ‘Odense Katedralskole’ [the Cathedral School of Odense] in 1970. In 1970 the first busses with the first team at ‘Den Rejsende Højskole’ left from Rantzausminde near Svendborg. Bodil was a part of this team. She went with a bus she herself had helped prepare for the travel, through the countries of Europe, countries in the Middle East, to India. No school in the world had ever before carried out such a program. Young people from Denmark traveled out, experienced, and got to know people in foreign cultures, built friendships. Traveled home and told in lectures and books about the new experiences, spread the new international knowledge. It was an epoch-making event for Bodil, who felt that many more should have the same opportunity. She decided to become a teacher at the new school. Bodil was a teacher at Tvind at ‘Den Rejsende Højskole’ from 1971 to 1977. She traveled with teams to places like the Middle East, India, China, The Soviet Union, North Africa, South- and North America. In September 1977 ‘Den Rejsende Højskole’ in Juelsminde started with Bodil Ross Sørensen as the headmaster. In 1980 she left the position to Inge Ballegård and was commissioned as chairman of the board of directors for the school. For a number of years she has worked in ‘Foreningen af De Rejsende Højskoler I Danmark' [the Association of Traveling Folk High Schools in Denmark]. Bodil has always stressed the specialized content. She puts high demands to herself and her own knowledge, and she tells willingly and engagingly about all types of subjects. During many periods Bodil has worked with course activities for teachers. She has helped many teachers at highly different schools to improve their further education and increase their capacities. Now Bodil Ross Sørensen works mainly as a writer, and with lecture- and course activities. HUMANA People to People and TCE, Total Control of the Epidemic, are for example benefiting from her wealth of ideas and knowledge.
Steen did his advanced levels in 1974, and then worked for two years as a substitute teacher in ‘Odense Kommune’ [Odense Municipality]. In 1976 he started on the second team at The Necessary Teachers' Training College, and took his teacher’s exam in 1980. Already as a teacher student, Steen became engaged in the work of running schools for children and youth with special difficulties. He took part in starting the epoch-making line of schools which were given the name ‘Småskolerne’ ["The Small Schools"]. From 1980 to 1992 he was a teacher at the Small School on Lillebjørn [‘Lillebjørn’ is a ship], and after that he worked as part of the management team at the Small School at St. Vincent in the Caribbean, and from 1984 he was a principal at The Small School at Red House, and later at Winestead, in the UK. From 1992 to 1996 Steen worked as a school consultant for teachers and headmasters at all types of schools within The School Cooperation Tvind. When this institution for cooperation was discontinued with the passing of the Special Law in 1996, Steen became manager and teacher at ‘Det Nødvendige Seminarium’ where he works today. Steens willingness to hold on to a problem until it is solved has been a
great advantage for both small school students and the activities of the
Foundation. Took his Teacher’s Exam from Blågård College in 1976. In 1974 Finn took a leave of absence from the college in order to participate in a course at The Travelling Folk High School. He smoked hash at a home travel, however, and therefore quit the course due to the rules of the school, before the course finished. After his teacher’s exam, Finn was drafted into the military, but chose to become a conscientious objector and was stationed at the Tvindmill. He remained there to complete the construction of the mill after finishing his duty. He took part in running in the mill during 1978-1980. In 1980 Finn was one of the main actors in ‘Landsforeningen Danmark mod Krig’ [the Country Association Denmark against War]. It was a popular association which carried out actions against war and militarism. During half a year Finn worked at an alternative restaurant in Århus, and tried out his interest for healthy food. After two years as a teacher at the International Continuation School at Skydebanegård, Finn took over the position as canteen manager at "Forvaltningen" in Grindsted (an office and conference center for teachers in the School Cooperation Tvind) and has since then developed his cooking and culinary skills to the great pleasure and benefit of the hundreds of people who regularly pass by.
Bolette Gunst In 1973 Bolette started her higher preparatory studies, at the same time as she worked as a cleaning assistant at the Bispebjerg Hospital. She took her exams in 1975. She began a teacher training education at ‘København Dag- og Aftenseminarium’ [The Copenhagen Day and Evening College] in 1975 and simultaneously worked as a recreation-center teacher. She interrupted her studies after a year, however, to start at The Necessary Teachers' Training College. Bolette took her exam at The Necessary Teachers' Training College in 1980, and was employed as a teacher at Bogense Continuation School. She was here for one year, after which she accepted a position as a ‘team-teacher’ and social science teacher at The Necessary Teachers' Training College. Bolette was employed at The Necessary Teachers' Training College until 1993 - first as a teacher, then as a vice-principal and manager. Already as a manager at the college Bolette reached out beyond her position by functioning as an organizational force and inspiration at a long row of common arrangements held at the then called The School Cooperation Tvind. In 1993 Bolette was employed as a secretary and school consultant in ‘Foreningen for De Rejsende Højskoler’ [the Association for The Traveling Folk High Schools] and in ‘Foreningen af Småskoler’ [the Association of Small Schools]. She worked for a number of years together with Bodil Ross Sørensen, especially on issues like the training of staff, pedagogy, program development, and financial management. From 1996-2000 Bolette worked as a consultant with supervision of independent, private schools, continuation schools, high schools, and small schools in connection with their use of IT-based educational methods, staff training, budget- and financial management, and the arrangement and undertaking of courses for teachers and school managers. Bolette is deeply occupied with school work and has trained herself in creating those pivotal points around which a school program and a school-day should turn in order to provide flexibility and challenges for all. |
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