F.W. Parker Charter Essential School

Minutes

Governance Committee

Date and Time

Thursday May 4, 2017 at 8:00 AM

Committee Members Present

J. LaPlatney, L. Warner, M. Lindsey, T. Sumner

Committee Members Absent

C. Regan-Davi

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

C. Regan-Davi called a meeting of the Governance Committee of F.W. Parker Charter Essential School to order on Thursday May 4, 2017 at 8:00 AM.

C.

Approve Minutes

C. Regan-Davi made a motion to approve minutes from the GovCom on 03-30-17 GovCom on 03-30-17.
L. Warner seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

D.

Approve Minutes

C. Regan-Davi made a motion to approve minutes from the GovCom on 03-01-17 GovCom on 03-01-17.
L. Warner seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Housekeeping

A.

Board on Track -- Implementing tools

The committee discussed sharing the major feedback at the May meeting (the need for a clear job description/expectations prior to self-evaluation) and that we would brief the Board on our plan to do some training throughout the year next year.  The committee will not provide a visual for this meeting, but will be prepared to provide a visual of terms and Board members for September's meeting.  This will be uploaded to Board on Track. 

B.

GovCom Goal Setting

Not discussed.

III. Priorities Jan-Jun

A.

Candidate tracking & cultivation -- updates

Each committee member discussed current candidates and will develop a finalized slate May 25.  The committee committed to updating Trello and re-organizing it in the fall to be more accessible.  Todd will follow up with CI and Laura will MWV.  An email will go out to Parker teachers soon.  We hope to be putting forth a slate of 4-5 candidates in June.

B.

Invite Board Members +1 Events

Christine Regan-Davi and Laura Warner will do this at the May board meeting, and Laura W. forwarded the request for jurors to the Board members. 

IV. Other Business

A.

CEO Succession Planning

On agenda for May 25.

V. 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 9:22 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,
L. Warner