Lone Star College Board of Trustees

Position 7

Early Voting April 26-May 1 and May 3-4

Election Day May 8

Hello Friends:

For those of you who I have not had the pleasure to meet yet, please allow me to introduce myself.

My name is Vernon Reed. My family and I have been residents of Kingwood for 7 years. I am happily married and have a daughter that attends the Lone Star College Kingwood campus.

I am a very active member throughout our community, and a proud member of Kingwood First Baptist Church.

Serving my fellow neighbors is my calling. A well rounded educational experience for all is my mission.

I have 15 years of Education experience, serving on numerous committees and organization committed to education.

I truly care about our education system. I want to work for you on the Lone Star College System Board of Trustees.

I want to be your voice on the Lone Star Board of Trustees, Position 7. I assure each of you that your voice would be heard.

I will hold and maintain an open door policy by making myself available to all concerned.

Together lets you and I work to seek to eliminate wasteful spending, advocate against cuts that directly impact education, and hold accountable the State of Texas to see that we receive our fair share of the maximum funding we are entitled to.

State funding is the biggest issue LSCS faces with a potential 5 percent cut in state funding looming in the near future.

The next two years things are going to get very difficult for LSCS.

Please consider me for YOUR candidate of choice.

Together lets you and I work to see that we retain the quality instructors that have made and continue to make LSCS the outstanding educational installation it is currently known as.

I will be a friend to the taxpayers, the student body, the staff and faculty, and the community as a whole. (There are other ways to support education other than constant tax increases.

I will serve you 365 days a year, always looking for ways to improve the system.

Please consider voting for me, and tell your friends and neighbors as well.

Please send this E-mail to everyone in your contact list, and tell them to do the same.

We need to help everyone be aware that there is a very important election going on now...one that will impact the the future of our children and grandchildren.

Please vote for Vernon Reed for Lone Star Board of Trustees, Position 7.

Early voting is from April 26-May 1 and May 3-4.

Election day is on May 8, 2010.

Some areas of involvement;

* Member Kiwanis Club of Kingwood
* Kiwanis Key Club Adviser for Kingwood High School-to promote leadership to High School Students
* Volunteer for the annual Ball Drop-sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Kingwood-to raise funding for Student Scholarships
* 2009 Fund Raising Chairman for the Kiwanis Club Annual Christmas Wreath Fundraiser-proceeds for College Scholarship fund(Key Club)
* Member Lake Houston Chamber of Commerce-Distinguished Investor (formally called Humble Area Chamber of Commerce)
* Serve on the Education Committee-Lake Houston Chamber of Commerce
* Serve on the Scholarship Committee, a sub-committee of the Education Committee of the Lake Houston Chamber of Commerce , to aid in the selection and awards process for Student Scholarships
* Committee Member for Pancakes for Kids Breakfast, formally called the Renegade Round-Up, (sponsored annually by the Lake Houston Chamber of Commerce Education Committee) to fund scholarships for Humble and Spring I.S.D. students
* Committee Member-Lake Houston Area Chamber of Commerce- Membership Services
* Volunteer Humble Livestock Show and Rodeo-hosted annually by the Humble ISD Education Foundation, benefiting youth and education
* Participate annually in the Humble Education Foundation Prize Patrol to award Grants throughout the district to help fund teacher/classroom projects
* 2008 Candidate Humble ISD Position 5
* 2009 Candidate Humble ISD Position 3
* Humble ISD Science Fair Judge
* Harris County Election Judge
* ABC Channel 13 Eyewitness News Storm Spotter
* Volunteer Mayor's Office of Special Events (Annual 4th of July Fireworks Program in Downtown Houston)
* Member Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)-Harris County Citizen Corp
* Deputy Voter Registrar-Harris County
* Member Humble ISD District Legislative Committee 2008
* Served as both Vice President and President of PTA
* Volunteer in Public Schools (VIPS)
* Current Student- Humble Police Department's Citizen Police Academy (Class # 15)
* Golden Apple Award for Outstanding Community Involvement
* Named a Valued Education Adviser in 2000 by the Governor of Texas

Greetings,

My name is Vernon Reed.

I truly care about our education system.

I want to work for you on the Lone Star College System Board of Trustees.

I am seeking Position 7.

I would like for Position 7 to be the people's position.

By way of my position on the Board of Trustees, Position 7 would be that truly community position that you as the community have always wanted, and I assure each of you that your voice would be heard.

I will hold and maintain an open door policy by making myself available to all concerned.

I am further seeking this position, to help expand our educational opportunities, while seeking to make learning equally accessible for all.

I will work in many ways for you, for example, to also control the constant rising cost of education - I will further work to see that as students your additional fees would remain low and again, at a cost you can afford. I would seek to eliminate wasteful spending, advocate against cuts that directly impact education, and hold accountable the State of Texas to see that we receive our fair share of the maximum funding we are entitled to.

Employee positions would be safe from cuts with me, and.......

I will work to see that we retain the quality instructors that have made and continue to make LSCS the outstanding educational installation it is currently known as.

I will be a friend to the taxpayers. There are other ways to support education other than constant tax increases.

I will serve you 365 days a year, always looking for ways to improve the system.

I invite you to contact me with any comments/questions/suggestions you may have.

My email address is:

vernreed@hotmail.com

Please consider voting for me, and tell your friends and neighbors as well.