Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School

Minutes

Governance Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday September 21, 2022 at 6:30 PM

In accordance with Georgia's open meetings requirements, notice of this meeting has been posted at both campuses and on the ANCS website.

Committee Members Present

Amber Suitt (remote), Chuck Meadows (remote), Cory Tiede (remote), Rhonda Collins (remote), Ruth Link-Gelles (remote)

Committee Members Absent

None

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

Ruth Link-Gelles called a meeting of the Governance Committee of Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School to order on Wednesday Sep 21, 2022 at 6:32 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes

Rhonda Collins made a motion to approve the minutes from Governance Committee Meeting on 05-11-22.
Amber Suitt seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

II. Board Governance

A.

Committee memberships/introductions/meeting schedule

Committee members introduced themselves and discussed the meeting schedule. Meetings will generally be held the second Wednesday of the month at 6:30pm. The Chair mentioned that the October meeting would coincide with Fall Break and proposed moving that meeting to October 17. Committee members will communicate via email if this timeslot works for all and update the calendar accordingly.

B.

Governance task forces/subcommittees

Committee members discussed the Nominations Task Force membership. The Chair will meet with the Chair of the Nominations Task Force to finalize the membership and announce the final members at the October Governing Board meeting.

 

The Committee also discussed the timeline for the Executive Director Evaluation, which will start in October when the Board Chair and Executive Director discuss the ED's goals for the year.

C.

Committee goals for school year 2022-2023

The Committee reviewed the the operational goals (Nominations and ED Evaluation) and aspiration goals (Policy Section 4, strategic planning, new board member orientation).

D.

Policy review procedure

The Board Chair explained that the current policy format on the website, PDFs, is not ideal because it is less accessible. The Committee agreed. The Executive Director volunteered to look into outsourcing an update of the HTML version of the website as in-house staff does not have bandwidth. The Committee agreed to circle back to this item at the November Committee meeting in the hopes of having a plan in place by the end of the school year when the current 3-year policy review cycle is complete.

III. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 7:33 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Ruth Link-Gelles