F.W. Parker Charter Essential School
Minutes
October DevComm Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday October 12, 2022 at 8:30 AM
Location
Hybrid zoom and in-person at Parker
This meeting will be a hybrid in-person/zoom meeting and can be accessed by committee members and the public at this link: http://parker.school/developmentcommittee
Committee Members Present
B. Harrigan, H. Pierpont, J. Saxe (remote), K. Tedstone, L. Mitchell, M. Cole, M. Kosinski-Collins (remote), M. McKenna (remote), M. Smith (remote), N. Perrotti, S. Cassat Green (remote), S. Cole (remote), S. Reinhorn (remote)
Committee Members Absent
J. Churchill, L. Acton, M. VanderWilden
Guests Present
Cathy Jaffee (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Development 2020-2021
A.
The Parker Fund
B.
Thanking FY22 donors
Katrina informed the group that the board is currently making thank you calls to all donors $500 and above.
C.
Introducing Brian to our community
Katrina announced the Concord Social at Debbie O's house on 11/6.
D.
Grant Work- Alumni Work
Did not get to
III. Other Business
A.
Chamber of Commerce event
10/18 Parker is hosting a Chamber of Commerce event in the Teachers Center. All DevComm members are welcome and encouraged to attend
The group looked over The Parker Fund mailer to give warm and cool feedback.
Some warm:
-like the dollar amount suggestions
-the rock graphic
-quotes from teachers
-live the message- people give to people
Some cool/suggestions:
-add a QR code
-be mindful of visually impaired people's experience with the material
-change order of donation amounts