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Voices for International Business and Education

Minutes

Governance Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday May 1, 2018 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, D. Batiste, 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 May 1, 2018 at 6:33 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes

S. Thomas made a motion to approve minutes from the Governance Committee Meeting on 04-10-18 Governance Committee Meeting on 04-10-18.
D. Batiste seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Governance

A.

Potential Board Member

The Resume and letter of attempt were included in the packet for the meeting.
  • Why do you want to be part of our board? 
    • Has a passion for education and beliefs in all students having the right to quality education. 
  • Goals of board members is to have a specific skill set such as legal, how would you be able to contribute to the fabric of the diversity of the board and the school. 
    • Has the ability to work with people from all walks of life
    • Legal background 
    • banking / legal compliance background 
    • young enough to relate to students experienced enough to bring ideas to the board 
  • We have five committees in our board, which do you think you would be interested in participating? 
    • Governance and Development
  • Schedule availability? 
    • Generally 8:00 - 5:00 unless extraordinary cases take longer. 
    • With flexibility with proper notice
    • Good time manager
  • How do you envision your role as a board member? 
    • Not coming in to change anything, but adding value and perspective. Not changing, but enhancing. 
  • Board member donation expectation
    • Agreed to commit resources 
  • How did you hear about IHSNO and what do you know? 
    • An alumn attends her church 
    • A staff member is friends with her dad
    • Website 
  •  How do you think your life experiences would support your job as public school board member? 
    • Although having had the opportunity to attend to private school, dad, friends, and husband attended public schools, therefore takes the opportunity to serve the younger generations. Believes that all students have the right to quality education. 
  • What would you do if someone brings a complaint to you regarding a staff member? 
    • listen, get their information and differ to the appropriate person to handle

What is the status in the application process: 
    - still, need a school tour 
    - attend a board meeting 
    - background check after voted in the board 

 
 
Debrief: 
  • Confident, outspoken, good schedule for board service, good connections.
  • The committee will recommend Ms. Gordon as a candidate to the board at large in May.
Vacancies: 
  • 1 opening left by Thelma
  • 1 opening will open by the end of the school year when Carol's term ends. 
  • There are two more candidates in the pipelines 

Vote: 
- Dr. Batiste moves 
- S. Thomas seconded 
passed unanimous

III. Other Business

A.

Other Business

RK will circulate the survey monkey survey to the board

IV. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

S. Thomas made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
K. Katner 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 7:30 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
L. Lopez