Voices for International Business and Education
Minutes
VIBE Development Committee Meeting
Development Committee
Date and Time
Monday February 22, 2021 at 6:30 PM
Location
International High School of New Orleans
Community Room
727 Carondelet Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
Voices for International Business and Education http://public.boardontrack.com/VIBE_1
Committee Members Present
C. Allen (remote), K. Dwyer (remote), M. Roney (remote), P. Manson (remote), Q. Le (remote), S. Schulkens (remote), S. Thomas (remote)
Committee Members Absent
J. Lampton
Guests Present
C. Castle (remote), S. Wilson (remote), T. Huynh (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
M. Roney called a meeting of the Development Committee of Voices for International Business and Education to order on Monday Feb 22, 2021 at 5:32 PM.
C.
Approve January 2021 Minutes
K. Dwyer made a motion to approve the minutes from VIBE Development Committee Meeting on 01-19-21.
P. Manson seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Developing our Development Committee
A.
Goals for Development Committee
- The goals for the committee are reiterated.
III. Grant Writing
A.
Grant Writing Updates
- There was an explanation about the report/pipeline on the grants that were submitted.
- There were 2 grants that were approved and IHSNO have submitted more.
- The grant pipeline was explained in detail.
IV. Spring GALA Updates
A.
GALA Updates
- GALA will take place in April.
- The Gala will have a Jazz Fest Theme.
- The sponsorship levels for the Gala were addressed by the PR team.
- There will be a larger number of people who will be asked to sponsor the Gala. If they choose to be a sponsor, there will be different perks available and created for them.
- Dookie Chase will be the restaurant that is serving the food for the IHSNO Gala.
- The Gala will last approximately 55 minutes.
- The planning for the GALA has been very successful.
- The Raffle Tickets for the GALA will be ready soon. This is another way to help with fundraising for the Language Departments.
- Some letters were written for previous board members.
- There are auction letters available also. These letters are asking for auction items that can be placed in an auction which will be sold to the highest bidder.
- The letters will act as an invitation to invite Board Members to the Gala.
- Ticketing for the Gala will hold a variety of tickets. For example, alumni will have differently priced tickets made just for them.
V. Other Business
A.
Other Business
- The next meeting will take place on March 15, 2021.
VI. Public Comment
A.
Public comment
- There is no public comment.
VII. 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 7:31 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
S. Thomas
Documents used during the meeting
- Grant Pipeline-2021-0212.pdf
- IHSNO GALA sponsor levels.docx
- IHSNO GALA 1-7-21.docx