F.W. Parker Charter Essential School

Minutes

GovCom

Date and Time

Tuesday January 14, 2020 at 8:00 AM

Location

49 antietam street

Committee Members Present

C. Regan-Davi, G. Clancy, M. Lindsey, N. Odekirk Hatlevig, T. Sumner, T. Testa

Committee Members Absent

B. Balasubramanyam

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

C. Regan-Davi made a motion to approve the minutes from GovCom on 12-10-19.
T. Sumner seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

II. Governance

A.

Review current prospects & updates

The Committee reviewed the current list of Trustee prospects from Trello. Christine reported that Balu has offered to review the Trello list and to make suggestions to reorganize the list in order to enhance ease of use.

B.

Recruitment Strategies

Tiffany led a discussion of  the scope of recruitment efforts and whether we should pursue candidates with either fundraising experience or the ability  to make significant financial contributions to the school. This will depend on further direction to be provided by the full BOT based upon discussions held at the recent BOT retreat. The committee affirmed its view that the near term needs of the BOT support pursuing candidates with facilities, finance  and development experience The committee also discussed reaching out to Katrina to learn if the recent Community Conversations generated any leads for future Trustees.  Matt suggested that the committee consider reaching out to previous senior project mentors as a potential source of candidates. 

C.

Board advancement/learning

The Committe discussed the next meeting on March 3 as including a presentation from a representative of Board on Track known as an Accelerator Session.

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 9:06 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,
G. Clancy