Voices for International Business and Education
Minutes
Governance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday March 7, 2017 at 6:00 PM
Location
International High School of New Orleans Community Room 727 Carondelet St. New Orleans, LA 70130
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Committee Members Present
C. Allen, H. Blumenthal, K. Katner, R. Keller, S. Retzlaff, S. Thomas, S. Wilson
Committee Members Absent
None
Guests Present
L. Lopez
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
R. Keller called a meeting of the Governance Committee of Voices for International Business and Education to order on Tuesday Mar 7, 2017 at 6:14 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
S. Retzlaff made a motion to approve minutes from the Governance Committee Meeting on 02-07-17 Governance Committee Meeting on 02-07-17.
K. Katner seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Governance Update
A.
Interview Anne Kock
- A little bit about herself:
- Born and raised in New Orleans.
- Started at Iberia bank right after college
- Found out about the school board through Collin Powell who works at Iberia.
- She is interested in the International flair of the school.
- She is currently part of the board for Boys hope, Girls hope, Junior League, and McGee
- When filling board members seats, we are looking for diversity in skills, what
- English background
- Finance background, would be interested in fund raising and believes has a lot of opportunity in reaching out and supporting the school with the fund raising part of the school.
- She is interested in being part of a successful organization and the growth process of such.
- It is the mission of the board to be more diverse in skill set not just in ethnic background or skin color.
- She still needs to complete the other steps of the screening process such as the school visit and the board meeting.
- She looks shy, but feeling more comfortable she may open up a little more.
- She has the contacts and ways to open up doors for IHSNO.
- Rob sees a benefit in the youth of the applicant to reach to the circles and generations that can support IHSNO's fundraising efforts.
- We have recruited more people in the diverse area that have not stuck through the times
- H. Blumenthal believes that the applicant has the connections necessary to knock on the pertinent doors.
- C. Allen believes that the financial background is an asset to the board since the treasurer role will soon come to an end.
- The committee agrees to recommend Anne Kock to be recomended to the full board to be accepted as a board member.
- Motion made by
- Seconded by
B.
Board Recruitment
- R. Keller is asking to review the skillset list currently being considered for board recruitment:
- Legislative
- Education
- Arquitechture/Enginering
- Fund raising
- Finance/Accounting
- ________________
- K. Katner mentioned that Adam & Reese is the law firm for his organization and they had a fund raising for the company so he is suggesting we tap on that potential.
C.
Compliance Rubric
- R. Keller would like to be more knowleadgeable of what is in place for compliance analysis. He would like to learn more about the what are the compliance measures that the school is currently fulfilling.
- The governance committee is requesting a list of current compliance measures the school is already fulfilling.
D.
Other Business
- H. Blumenthal is made a suggestion to pay attention to the amount of effort invested in fund raising efforts and the outcome.
III. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
K. Katner made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
H. Blumenthal seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 7:01 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
L. Lopez