Voices for International Business and Education
Minutes
Governance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday October 3, 2017 at 6:30 PM
Location
727 Carondelet St. New Orleans, LA 70130
Voices for International Business and Education http://public.boardontrack.com/VIBE_1
Committee Members Present
C. Allen, K. Katner, L. Lopez, R. Keller, S. Thomas, S. Wilson
Committee Members Absent
B. Schilling
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 Oct 3, 2017 at 6:40 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
S. Thomas made a motion to approve minutes from the Governance Committee Meeting on 09-27-17 Governance Committee Meeting on 09-27-17.
K. Katner seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Governance
A.
Candidacy of Donaldo Batiste for IHSNO Board of Directors
- Dr. Batiste has experience in education. As a retired educator, he is also part of another educational organization in the community where he lives.
- He was invited by C. Allen to join the VIBE board. He had experience working with Mr. Amato
- Dr. Batiste is interested sharing the well of knowledge with the community and give back to the community.
- He supports school choice. Especially open enrollment schools
- Dr. Batiste's time availability allows him to commit to the board activities.
- Governance and Academics committees are the ones he would be interested in participating.
- Dr. Batiste is willing to fulfill the fiduciary commitments.
- Following the onboarding steps, Dr. Batiste has already fulfilled the attendance to a board meeting, interview, and pending the school tour and the background check.
K. Katner made a motion to The committee is recommending Dr. Batiste to the board, pending the tour of the school.
S. Thomas seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
B.
Vote to Approve Amendments and Revisions to the IHSNO Board Member Agreement
- Edits to be made:
- IHSNO instead of IHS
- Strike through the first bullet and just leave "I will be an active advocate...."
- Remove the word trustee and substitute it by director
- Instead of stating directors, can we just say board member
- Strike through the chairperson section. - This section does belong here
- strike through The years being on the board and substitute for "the duration of my tern"
The edited draft will be proposed during the next board meeting to become effective.
K. Katner made a motion to Recommend the new board member agreement as revised.
S. Thomas seconded the motion.
The motion did not carry.
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 7:30 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
L. Lopez
K. Katner made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
S. Thomas seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.