You are invited to attend the FLVCS 2024 May meeting, Monday, May 13, at 7:00 pm at the Unity Church, 3023 Proctor Road in Sarasota. This meeting will feature a timely presentation regarding this year’s upcoming elections for four open seats to the Board of Directors of the Sarasota County Public Hospital Board (the “SMH Board”).
Dan Bailey will speak on “Why the big fuss about the SMH Board elections? And why you should care”.
Our speaker for this timely and important discussion will be Dan Bailey, former General Counsel to the Sarasota Memorial Hospital, a sixth generation Floridian with vast experience in Sarasota governance issues, who has held leadership roles on some of the City’s principal non-profit organizations, including The Patterson Foundation, The United Way of Sarasota County, The William G. and Marie Selby Foundation, and many others.
In 2020 a group of three candidates running as “The Health Freedom” slate won 3 of the 4 open seats that year, on a platform radically opposing the response of SMH to the COVID pandemic. This year, a new slate of three candidates is running on essentially the same platform, this time as the “Medical Freedom” slate, and contesting three of the four Board seats now opening. The future course of the governance of the SMH system will depend on the results of this election.
When: Monday, May 13, 2024, 07:00 PM EDT
Where: Unity of Sarasota, 3023 Proctor Rd, Sarasota, FL 34231
To attend via Zoom you must register in advance for this webinar:
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Dan Bailey Bio:
Dan practiced law in Sarasota for 52 years. He navigated many thorny policy issues at the local government level, always striving to work collaboratively with others to ensure that the greater good is achieved.
For the past 39 years, he has served as general counsel to the Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority, and previously served as primary counsel for Sarasota Memorial Hospital and the Sarasota County Clerk of Court. He is currently on the governing board of The Patterson Foundation, and previously served either as president or as chairman of the Sarasota Chapter of the American Red Cross, the United Way of Sarasota County, the Sarasota Tiger Bay Club, Gulf Coast Kiwanis, the Sarasota County Bar Association, the William G. & Marie Selby Foundation, SCOPE (Sarasota County Openly Plans for Excellence), the Sarasota County Civic League, and the Corporate Council of Ringling College of Art & Design. He has served several terms as chairman of trustees and deacons at First Baptist Church, and he was also a Big Brother. Dan is a sixth generation Floridian.
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