Series 9 - Director - General files

4.0 m of textual records.- 8 monographs.- one wooden plaque : 28 x 42.5 x 1 cm.

Series consists of the integrated files of all Daybreak directors/community leaders. The files document management activities at Daybreak, including Board reporting, strategic planning, supervision of programs, fundraising, liaison with government agencies and community organizations, and participation in the activities of L'Arche regionally, nationally, and internationally. The files contain significant reporting on the changing mandates and goals of Daybreak as represented by on-going discussion of community vision; community, administrative and leadership organization, and program initiatives.
The types of records include: incoming and outgoing correspondence; internal routine and special research reports; external consultants’ reports; minutes and notes of management meetings; communications from government agencies, community social service providers, and other L'Arche communities; legal documents; internal publications; articles and news clippings; policy and procedures manuals.
Subjects found in the series include: administration and program review and re-structuring; personnel and compensation policies; the training, organization and work of Daybreak assistants; planning for an aging Core Member population; community special events; operations of Daybreak Farm, The Woodery, and other community work programs, and Dayspring II.

The Daybreak Executive Directors/Community Leaders are:
1968-1975 Steve Newroth
1975-1980 Sue Mosteller
1980-1989 Joe Egan
1989-1990 Robin Hurst
1990-2000 Nathan Ball
2000-2005 Lydia Banducci
2005- Carl MacMillan

See file descriptions for more detailed content information.

Title based on contents of the series. Many of the records in accession 2009 10 are three hole punched. Original transfer list is located: file://I:\Common\Special_Collections\Fonds\L'Arche_Daybreak_fonds\Master_Lists\Series9_Director-General_Files.xls

Revised by S Rogers, 15 August 2018.