F.W. Parker Charter Essential School
Minutes
December DevComm Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday December 7, 2022 at 8:00 AM
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, C. Jaffee (remote), H. Pierpont, J. Saxe (remote), K. Tedstone, L. Mitchell (remote), M. Cole, M. Kosinski-Collins (remote), M. Smith (remote), N. Perrotti, S. Cassat Green, S. Cole (remote), S. Reinhorn (remote)
Committee Members Absent
J. Churchill, L. Acton, M. McKenna, M. VanderWilden
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
K. Tedstone called a meeting of the Development Committee of F.W. Parker Charter Essential School to order on Wednesday Dec 7, 2022 at 8:00 AM.
C.
Approve Minutes
M. Cole made a motion to approve the minutes from October DevComm Meeting on 10-12-22.
J. Saxe seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
M. Cole made a motion to approve the minutes from November DevComm Meeting on 11-09-22.
J. Saxe seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Development 2022-2023
A.
Parker Fund goals
B.
Subcommittee discussion
The group agreed to have January meeting be smaller constituency-based working groups and we will come back together in February as a whole group
C.
Alumni Council
Looked at the data from GivingTuesday
-should we be pushing monthly gifts for alums?
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 9:02 AM.
Respectfully Submitted,
K. Tedstone
The group went through the data Katrina presented to the group and talked about things they noticed and how we should use the information moving forward.
Some ideas:
-involve current students
-should we have concrete things we are fundraising for- i.e. PD opportunities
-Use spring Gateways? "Help us Gateway to our goal"
-Get board pledges before it goes to the community
-highlight a donor who gives monthly