Equitas Academy Charter School
Minutes
Governance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday January 13, 2022 at 2:00 PM
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Meeting ID: 956 0156 7971
PUBLIC COMMENT AT EQUITAS ACADEMY BOARD MEETINGS – An opportunity for the public to address the Board will be provided at the conclusion of the agenda. Members of the public who wish to speak on any item are requested to identify themselves and indicate on which agenda item they wish to speak. The Board will provide an opportunity for the public to speak for a maximum of three (3) minutes, unless granted additional time at the discretion of the Board. Testimony shall be limited in content to matters pertaining to Equitas Academy. The Board may not take any action on matters discussed during the public testimony period that are not listed on the agenda. Brown Act Compliance: Agenda posted at School.
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Committee Members Present
C. Melgares (remote), C. Osuna (remote), M. Borrego (remote), M. Gomez (remote), T. Bell (remote)
Committee Members Absent
F. Spindler
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Board findings pursuant to Government Code Section 54953(e)
M. Gomez made a motion to pass this board finding.
C. Osuna seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| T. Bell |
Aye
|
| C. Osuna |
Aye
|
| F. Spindler |
Absent
|
| M. Gomez |
Aye
|
C.
Call the Meeting to Order
T. Bell called a meeting of the Governance Committee Committee of Equitas Academy Charter School to order on Thursday Jan 13, 2022 at 2:09 PM.
D.
Approve Minutes
M. Gomez made a motion to approve the minutes from Governance Committee Meeting on 12-09-21.
C. Osuna seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| C. Osuna |
Aye
|
| M. Gomez |
Aye
|
| T. Bell |
Aye
|
| F. Spindler |
Absent
|
E.
Public Comment
No public comment
II. Governance
A.
Review Committee Goals
Discussion: Should we add more board members per governance goal or wait to onboard the new CEO?
- Continue to have members join us at the committee level and then decide if they want to join as board members.
- Once the new CEO comes on, then have the committee members potentially join the board
- Moises and Carmina will be buddied up with a board member and they will provide feedback on the process
- A consideration, is anyone leaving?
For board members
- Come up with a reach out plan for board members
- Malka is meeting with board members and will work to see if they will stay
For next meeting
- Director of Family Partnership - taking stock of resources and bring it to the next meeting. Will send before the next meeting. - CM
- For the March committee governance board meeting, we bring a panel of alumni to hear from and learn from them and then after we will use the conversation to: - CM
- Co-create the vision
- Identify 2-3 alumni who would be interesting in advising the board.
- Create a blurb on what it means to be an advisory.
Fact Sheet - in the new board member handbook
- Reviewed new board handbook
- Malka will send a survey and use it to create an overview
- Suggestion - bucket questions/topics
- This will be for all board members
Touch point with Frank - MB
B.
2022 Board Retreat
We are not allowed to have board retreats outside of LA County, so we will not be allowed to go to Lone Rock.
- Nadine will pull quote and compare to pricing
- Tyler will look at board retreat options and work with Nadine
- Nadine will work with Prabhu to see if there is a date that works for him
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 2:52 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
T. Bell