Living School

Minutes

Monthly Development Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Monday August 6, 2018 at 5:00 PM

Location

https://zoom.us/j/738211128

Committee Members Present

A. Klinghoffer (remote), J. Ojo (remote), M. Davis (remote), S. Porges (remote)

Committee Members Absent

D. Lister, R. Ashmore

Committee Members who arrived after the meeting opened

J. Ojo

Guests Present

L. Santos, S. Pasternak (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

S. Pasternak called a meeting of the Development & Recruitment Committee Committee of Living School to order on Monday Aug 6, 2018 at 5:03 PM.

C.

Approve February Minutes

M. Davis made a motion to approve minutes from the Monthly Development Committee Meeting on 02-05-18 Monthly Development Committee Meeting on 02-05-18.
A. Klinghoffer seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

D.

Approve June Minutes

S. Porges made a motion to approve minutes from the Monthly Development Committee Meeting on 06-04-18 Monthly Development Committee Meeting on 06-04-18.
M. Davis seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Development Committee

A.

iWave

Let's make sure the tool adds value above and beyond what we can find easily and freely on the internet.
We'll use the tool for the trial period and make a decision at next month's committee meeting.
Check to see how frequently contact information (often not available publicly) is available from the profile.
We'll test the tool on 2-3 people we'll make asks of and 2-3 grants we're writing.

B.

Grant Application Updates

Abbie can offer pro-bono support to Liz in support of grant writing (potentially Carnegie and others).
Shelly can connect us with Robin Hacke who has raised a lot of money for her organization through large foundations.
For grants without a timeline, we'll pause our application timeline to focus on developing relationships and making face-to-face meetings with connectors and enablers.

C.

Crowdfunding Campaign Update

We'll extend at least through the end of September
Set the goal of hosting at least 1 of each type of event by the end of September.

D.

Review Committee OKRs

We'll revisit the stewardship of existing donors in our next meeting.
L. Santos arrived.
J. Ojo arrived.

III. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

M. Davis made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
J. Ojo 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 6:04 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
S. Pasternak