Living School

Minutes

Monthly Development Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Monday February 5, 2018 at 5:00 PM

Location

https://zoom.us/j/325355683

Committee Members Present

A. Klinghoffer (remote), D. Lister (remote), I. King-Robins (remote), M. Davis (remote), R. Ashmore (remote)

Committee Members Absent

D. Smith, J. Ojo, S. Porges

Guests Present

S. Pasternak (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

R. Ashmore called a meeting of the Development & Recruitment Committee Committee of Living School to order on Monday Feb 5, 2018 at 5:03 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes

M. Davis made a motion to approve minutes.
D. Lister seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Development Committee

A.

Grant application updates

See Grant Tracker for updates on approvals, denials, and pending applications.
Pending applications total over $800K, which puts us in a good position to be fully funded for our pilot 18 months.
Abbie & Richard will support in the writing of upcoming grants this month.
We will need to start thinking about grants for launch and facilities.

B.

Capital Crowdfunding Campaign & Friendraising Event(s)

We will wait to launch a capital campaign for another 6-12 months to focus that on the goal of fundraising for our future facilities.
We are working with Gigsy to produce a professional-quality explainer video by later this spring.
We will explore the option of running small-scale, audience- and mission-focused friendraising events in the late spring.

III. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

S. Pasternak made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
D. Lister 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 5:47 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
R. Ashmore