Girls Global Academy

GGA August 2023 Board Meeting

Published on August 23, 2023 at 7:50 PM EDT

Date and Time

Monday August 28, 2023 at 6:30 PM EDT

Location

Beth Blaufuss is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: My Meeting
Time: Aug 28, 2023 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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This meeting is governed by the Open Meetings Act. Please address any questions or complaints arising under this meeting to the Office of Open Government at opengovoffice@dc.gov.

Agenda

      Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 6:30 PM
  A. Record Attendance/Recognize Quorum/Connect   Beth Blaufuss 10 m
   

In honor of the first week of school, share with us your favorite school supply. 

 
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   Beth Blaufuss 1 m
II. Internal Business 6:41 PM
  A. Approval of minutes from last board meeting Approve Minutes Shobha George 5 m
  B. Review of Board Compliance FYI Shobha George 5 m
   

Shoba will update us on our progress toward having 100% of board members submit their signed conflict of interest form (all of us) and their signed confidentiality and code of ethics forms (new board members and anyone who can't remember if they've signed this before).

 
  C. Executive Director's Start of School Highlights FYI Karen Venable-Croft 10 m
   

Karen will share with us a short overview of several highlights for the start of the 2023-24 school year.

 
  D. Finance Updates FYI Laura Bartos 5 m
   

Laura Bartos will share several updates from the finance committee.

 
  E. Strategic Planning Committees Work Time Discuss Beth Blaufuss 60 m
   

After an introduction of the progress to date and the next steps toward completion, the board will break up into separate breakout rooms to conduct a working meeting on four of the five goals of the plan. Breakout group assignments are as follows:

Academics: Mary Pendleton, Lauren Johannesson-McCoy

Sisterhood: Andria Wisler, Maria Miller

Community: Maureen Colburn, Scott Ganske, Rachael Payton

Finance: Laura Bartos, Max Lavasseur, Ricardo Chapa

Talent: Beth Blaufuss, Karen Venable-Croft

 

Prior to splitting into breakout groups, we will thoroughly discuss the objectives of our work time. 

 
III. Executive Session 8:06 PM
  A. Executive Director Evaluation Work Session Maureen Colburn & Beth Blaufuss 30 m
   

The executive committee members will finalize the 2023 Executive Director's Evaluation using board member feedback from the evaluation survey. Other board members are welcome to leave the meeting at this time.

 

The executive committee include: 

Chair and Risk/Audit Committee Chair--Beth Blaufuss

Secretary & Governance Committee Chair--Shoba George

Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair--Laura Bartos

Academic Committee Chair--Mary Pendleton

Community Engagement Committee Chair--Maureen Colburn

 
IV. Other Updates 8:36 PM
  A. Board Business FYI Beth Blaufuss 5 m
   

Note: New Board meeting added in September--Monday, September25, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

 
V. Closing Items 8:41 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote 1 m