F.W. Parker Charter Essential School

Minutes

GovCom

Date and Time

Thursday May 14, 2020 at 8:00 AM

This meeting will be held virtually via Teams and can be accessed by board members and the public using the following link: http://parker.school/governancecommittee

Committee Members Present

B. Balasubramanyam (remote), C. Regan-Davi (remote), G. Clancy (remote), M. Lindsey (remote), N. Odekirk Hatlevig (remote), T. Sumner (remote), T. Testa (remote)

Committee Members Absent

None

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

C.

Approve Minutes

T. Sumner made a motion to approve the minutes from GovCom on 03-17-20.
M. Lindsey seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Governance

A.

Review plans for upcoming slate of trustee & officer nominations

The Committee discussed the slate of candidates to be nominated as Trustees for election by the full Board. The Committee voted unanimously to nominate Steve Roach, Glenn Penna, Martin Turnbull and Jennifer Saxe each to a 3 year term to expire in 2023. The Committee discussed the slate of candidates to be nominated as Officers for election by the full Board. The Committee voted unanimously to nominate Steve Roach as Chair and Glenn Penna as Treasurer. With Christine recused from the vote, the Committee voted unanimously to nominate Christine Regan-Davi as Vice Chair. With Matt recused from the vote, the Committee voted unanimously to nominate Matt Lindsey as Clerk. 

B.

Board self evaluation

Christine reminded the Committee that the Board Self Evaluation questionnaire is now available on Board on Track and encouraged all Trustees serving on the Governance Committee to complete it.   

III. Other Business

A.

Board/Committee Leads

Nicole mentioned that she had identified 3 individuals who could assist  in identifying Board/Commitee candidates and Christine offered to assist her with a suggested approach in communicating with these individuals. Balu mentioned that he would continue his efforts to make revisions to the current Trello candidate tracking process.

IV. 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 8:45 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,
G. Clancy