Wesley International Academy

Minutes

Governance Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Monday November 16, 2020 at 4:30 PM

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Committee Members Present

A. Pullen, D. Hrabe (remote), D. Johnson (remote), D. Mason (remote), D. Satterfield (remote), E. Cater (remote), F. Carroll (remote), J. Hansen (remote), J. Marshall (remote), L. Price, M. Guertin (remote), T. Ryan-Lawrence (remote), T. Tidwell (remote)

Committee Members Absent

None

Guests Present

alistair pullen (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

D. Hrabe called a meeting of the Governance Committee of Wesley International Academy to order on Monday Nov 16, 2020 at 4:35 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes

M. Guertin made a motion to approve the minutes from Governance Committee Meeting on 10-19-20.
J. Hansen seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Governance

A.

Orientation for new Board members

We have a binder for new members. Suggestion was made to have an orientation for new members to help understand the difference between governance and operations, and give an overview of what is in the binder so it can be used as a resource. Also have committee chair go over last couple of agendas to explain what the committee does, and for full board also. 
Also need to go over BOT with new members.
We will look to schedule an half day welcome meeting where new board members obtain this new information.  After the welcome meeting, we need to work on a plan to orient new board members over next few months. This can be facilitated with a more structured mentor-program. Goal is to have this finalized by March 2021.
Ewa is working on a mentoring program.
Thomas will work on sample agenda for orientation
Tom will check on digital version of onboarding binder 
Donica will work with Sarah on photo outline of staff. 
 

B.

Calendar for Decision Making Cycle

We have several members who serve on multiple committees, so we will consolidate all the calendars into a single living document on Google drive by next Governance committee.
Jan will look at it from Academic Excellence and Lisa will look at it from Finance.  Doug and Tom will look at it from Governance. Try to get Laura Compton to assist with Development. Goal is to have this consolidated by December meeting.
 

C.

Board on Track Training

Ewa is working on making BOT more useful and more useful friendly. 
She will make a presentation/overview of BOT to the full Board in December .

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 5:40 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
T. Tidwell