Voices for International Business and Education
Governance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Agenda
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| I. | Opening Items | 5:30 PM | |||
| A. | Call the Meeting to Order | Karen Dwyer | 1 m | ||
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Mission: To educate and nurture a diverse learning community through the International Baccalaureate Programme, world languages and intercultural appreciation to succeed in a global economy |
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| B. | Record Attendance | 1 m | |||
| C. | Approve Governance Committee Meeting Minutes | Approve Minutes | Karen Dwyer | 5 m | |
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Committee Meeting Minutes from Jan 24, 2024
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| II. | Governance Committee Meeting Items | 5:37 PM | |||
| A. | Update on Progress for Goal #1 | Discuss | Karen Dwyer | 4 m | |
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1 Review Board Policy Manual, By-Laws and Articles of Incorporation- & Update where necessary I began the review of our documents and have noted some differences
Open discussion as to what to items to be changed.
Next step
1. Review Minutes of Past 2 years Board Meetings scanning for votes that affect the BPM and /or any other governing documents. 2. Physically type up the changes 3. Present updated BPM to Board for adoption. 4. Have updated BPM posted in Board on Track and on Website
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| B. | Update on Progress for Goal #2 | Discuss | Karen Dwyer | 5 m | |
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2 Recruit New Board Members - June 2025 3 members are leaving due to term limits.
1 At our February Board Meeting in attendance were Crystal (CJ) Walker Evette Spinner Romero Stewart Darrin Francois, an IHS Alumni sent email expressing interest but could not attend.
Next step is to plan a meet in greet where they will be given a presentation about the school and a tour. then meet up with current board members for a social.
See attached Nomination procedures from our BPM
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| C. | Update on Progress for Goal #3 | Discuss | Karen Dwyer | 3 m | |
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3 Short-Term and Long-Term Succession Plan and guidelines for HOS
I was unable to locate a written copy of our Short term secession plan. so step one of this process is to formally document our Short term plan and physically update our Board Policy Manual. |
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| D. | Update on Progress for Goal #4 | Discuss | Karen Dwyer | 5 m | |
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4 Board and Meeting evaluation - survey has been started and Admin has set it up electronically. We just need to Edit and send it out.
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| E. | Update on Progress for Goal #5 | Discuss | karen | 5 m | |
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5 Advocate for school
1. Create contact list of influencers we wish to introduce our school to: Invite to Ribbon cutting ceremony or invite for private tour and meet our Head of School- previously suggest tour be in January.
Other suggestions to promote IHSNO
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| III. | Other Business | 5:59 PM | |||
| A. | Website | Discuss | Karen Dwyer | 3 m | |
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Some New Board Members are still not on the website yet.
Need a volunteer to follow up with those who have not completed this task |
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| IV. | Closing Items | 6:02 PM | |||
| A. | Public Comment | Karen Dwyer | 3 m | ||
| B. | Important Dates | FYI | Karen Dwyer | 1 m | |
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Next Governance Committee Meeting: Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 5:30 P.M. |
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| C. | Adjourn Meeting | Vote | Karen Dwyer | 1 m | |