Wesley International Academy
Minutes
Development Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday March 23, 2023 at 8:30 AM
Location
Zoom
Zoom Meeting ID: 858 5752 1218
Passcode: develop
Committee Members Present
A. Chung (remote), D. Johnson (remote), E. Cater (remote), G. Walker (remote), J. Marshall (remote), M. Schweitzer (remote)
Committee Members Absent
O. Okwara
Guests Present
cegan@purposepossible.com (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
E. Cater called a meeting of the Development Committee of Wesley International Academy to order on Thursday Mar 23, 2023 at 8:30 AM.
C.
Agenda Adoption
E. Cater made a motion to Adopt the Agenda for the Development Committee Meeting.
J. Marshall seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.
D.
Approve Minutes: January Meeting
Motion to approve the minutes from January's Development Committee Meeting Development Committee Meeting on 01-19-23.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.
II. Development Committee Items
A.
Discuss key actions for remainder of 2022-23 school year
- Review fundraising totals to-date and board pledges (10 minutes)
- Board pledges
- Board pledge fulfillment
- Year-to-date fundraising total
- Fundraising activities
- Thank you email with donor names scheduled for May 4, 2023
- Pledge fulfillments
B.
Discuss Development Strategy for 2023-24 School Year
The committee discussed the following topics:
- Active strategy and planning in June 2023 and July 2023
- Community focused campaign the first three months of the school year
- Discussion on leveraging existing Wesley events to build community and leverage for sponsorships and peer-to-peer fundraising
- Grants, stewardship and cultivation activities, ongoing messaging, and donor and donor database management
- Identifying 3-4 partner events that we should support over the year
- Ideas around increasing participation in the Dragon Boat event held at Lake Lanier in mid-September
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 9:00 AM.
Respectfully Submitted,
E. Cater