Living School

Minutes

Monthly Governance Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Monday May 28, 2018 at 4:00 PM

Location

https://zoom.us/j/738211128

Committee Members Present

I. King-Robins (remote), N. GATES (remote)

Committee Members Absent

D. Lister, T. Glover

Guests Present

S. Pasternak (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

S. Pasternak called a meeting of the Governance Committee Committee of Living School to order on Monday May 28, 2018 at 4:14 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes

I. King-Robins made a motion to approve minutes from the Monthly Governance Committee Meeting on 04-27-18 Monthly Governance Committee Meeting on 04-27-18.
N. GATES seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Governance

A.

Review Skills & Demographics Survey Responses

Stefin will follow up with Board on Track to figure out how to update Skills Survey (w/ questions about Equity & Community Organizing) & Gender (non-binary)

We will focus recruitment efforts on:
- Skills: Facilities, Finance, Community Organizing, and Equity
- Age: 46 years +
- Gender: Female or non-binary
- Ethnicity: Asian-American, Latinx, and Native American Board Members

B.

Review May Update Action Items

- Move images down to the shout-outs
- Max out to-dos at 3 items per email
- Make to-do's super clear all with consistent due date (1 week from email, send a calendar invite with this)
- Fewer items on the upcoming events calendar (just include the next month, remove committee meetings)
- Keep texting to get follow-up response

C.

Set meeting times & training priorities

- Governance Committee: 4th Monday of every month from 5 - 6 PM CT
- Full Board Meetings: 3 hrs every 3 months? 2 hrs every 2 months? 4th Sunday of the Month (to be decided at the next meeting, India will do some research into this)
- Stefin will reach out to all Board members via text to explore the option of a 2 hour board meeting on Sun 6/24 instead of a meeting in late July and will confirm by EOW.

D.

Member handbook & onboarding

III. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

I. King-Robins made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
N. GATES 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 5:02 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
I. King-Robins