F.W. Parker Charter Essential School
Minutes
April DevComm Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday April 5, 2022 at 7:30 AM
This meeting will be held virtually via Zoom and can be accessed by committee members and the public at this link: http://parker.school/developmentcommittee
Committee Members Present
J. Saxe (remote), K. Tedstone (remote), L. Acton (remote), M. Cole (remote), M. Kosinski-Collins (remote), M. Smith (remote), N. Perrotti (remote), S. Cassat Green (remote), S. Reinhorn (remote)
Committee Members Absent
D. Osofsky, J. Churchill, L. Mitchell, M. McKenna, M. VanderWilden, T. Sumner
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Development 2020-2021
A.
Sumner Fund
B.
Our Essential Commitment Fund
The group looked over the giving statistics for this year to date.
What did you notice?
-impressed with donor retention of graduate parents
-the 31 gifts in 31 days was an effective motivator
-should we look at the graduate parents who are giving and when they give? Is it when their children have graduated from college (and tuition bills are gone)
-we should focus on "friends of Parker" more and tell our story and spread our influence wider
-alum numbers is an area for growth
C.
Todd's Departure Planning
We did not get to discuss this
D.
Grant Work- Alumni Work
III. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
- Todd FUnd flyer 3-30-2022.pdf
- Alumni ask proposal for 4-2022.docx
- OECF stats as of 4-4-2022.xlsx
The group spent this section giving feedback on the alumni ask draft presented.
Some thoughts included:
-lightening it up with a little humor
-talk about outdoor eating space potential
-mention appreciation of outdoor spaces and expanding the footprint of the building
-place making- take the outdoor space and make it a place
-maybe use some pictures to illustrate the different points in Parker's timeline