Wesley International Academy

Minutes

Governance Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Monday October 15, 2018 at 4:30 PM

Committee Members Present

J. Hansen, T. Ryan-Lawrence, T. Tidwell

Committee Members Absent

J. Marshall

Guests Present

A. Pullen, D. Johnson, D. Mason, D. Roberts, M. Guertin (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

T. Tidwell called a meeting of the Governance Committee of Wesley International Academy to order on Monday Oct 15, 2018 at 4:38 PM.

C.

Approve September Minutes

T. Tidwell made a motion to approve minutes from the Governance Committee Meeting on 09-17-18 Governance Committee Meeting on 09-17-18.
J. Hansen seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
A. Pullen arrived.
D. Mason arrived.

D.

Amend bylaws regarding children of former board members

Vote to amend by-laws to require at least 2 calendar years of service by a former Board member before their children are automatically re-enrolled at Wesley.
T. Tidwell made a motion to to amend by-laws to require at least 2 calendar years of service by a former Board member before their children are automatically re-enrolled at Wesley.
T. Ryan-Lawrence seconded the motion.
The motion did not carry.
Roll Call
T. Ryan-Lawrence
Aye
T. Tidwell
Aye
D. Johnson
Absent
D. Satterfield
Absent
J. Marshall
Absent
D. Roberts
Absent
J. Hansen
Aye
D. Mason
Absent
A. Pullen
Absent
M. Guertin
No

II. Governance

A.

Policy Roundup Taskforce Update

Discussion about enrollment of board members . Voted to amend bylaws to require 2 years of service before former board member child is automatically enrolled.  3 in favor, 1 opposed.

Discussion about term limits for officers. Will leave as-is, 3 year limit. No change



 

B.

New Board Member On-Boarding

III. Board Recruitment

A.

possible nominations

Need to reach out to our networks for possible board members.
Decided not to fill current empty seat now, but instead do it as part of the regular board recruitment process in Spring..  
 

IV. Lottery update

A.

Update on marketing efforts

Dana provided update.  She met with Columbia Parkside; most of those children go to KIPP or Dunbar; they have a back to school fair but it would generally be Wesley knocking on doors. 

Looking to get on calendar for other communities.  Talking about transportation in terms of MARTA; 

Lottery will be in February; don't want to do what happened last year which involved a last minute cut-off;  APS unified lottery is not looking at 2020 start-up. 

Dana will talk to Jason about a mailer.  Thomas will look into property management companies and possible access to their digital communications. 
 
D. Johnson arrived.
A. Pullen left.
D. Mason left.

V. 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 5:49 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
T. Tidwell