F.W. Parker Charter Essential School
Minutes
May 2022 DevComm Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday May 3, 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), M. VanderWilden (remote), N. Perrotti (remote), S. Cassat Green (remote)
Committee Members Absent
D. Osofsky, J. Churchill, L. Mitchell, M. McKenna, S. Reinhorn, T. Sumner
Guests Present
Sue Cole (remote)
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
Katrina updated the group as to the fund total and that we have transitioned to concentrating on The Sumner Fund.
C.
Thanking FY22 donors
The group looked over last year's thank you mailing.
Comments:
-more pictures
-too much text
-should be a donation button
-clearer range of gifts
D.
Introducing Brian to our community
Group discussed ideas of how to introduce Brian to our community.
-Home gatherings
-Coffees at Parker
-virtual event for alums that has an intellectual context
-"Did you know?" videos
-Be mindful of how many events DevComm can host
E.
Grant Work- Alumni Work
Did not get to
The group looked over the alumni Sumner Fund ask for last minute edits.
The group also previewed the donation appreciation gift and then discussed the threshold for those gifts.
Current students will get the gift at any donation level (and possibly graduates of the last 5 years). For others, it would be $50 and above.