Equitas Academy Charter School
Minutes
Governance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday February 10, 2022 at 2:00 PM
Location
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Topic: Governance Committee Meeting
Time: Aug 12, 2021 02:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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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.
Pursuant to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, any individual with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to attend or participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors, may request assistance in advance of the meeting by contacting Equitas Academy Charter School at 1700 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90015 or by phone (213) 201-0440.
Pursuant to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, any individual with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to attend or participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors, may request assistance in advance of the meeting by contacting Equitas Academy Charter School at 1700 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90015 or by phone (213) 201-0440.
Committee Members Present
C. Melgares, F. Spindler, M. Borrego, M. Gomez, T. Bell
Committee Members Absent
C. Osuna
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Board findings pursuant to Government Code Section 54953(e)
T. Bell made a motion to Meet virtually.
M. Gomez seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.
C.
Call the Meeting to Order
F. Spindler called a meeting of the Governance Committee Committee of Equitas Academy Charter School to order on Thursday Feb 10, 2022 at 2:04 PM.
D.
Approve Minutes
F. Spindler made a motion to approve the minutes from Governance Committee Meeting on 01-13-22.
M. Gomez seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.
E.
Public Comment
II. Governance
A.
Review Committee Goals
- Board Governance
- Malka connected with 3 out of the 12 board members/committee members and will be connecting with everyone over the next 3 weeks. The board members she has connected with are all interested in staying with the board.
- Aaron Perez will be resigning and the board will be accepting the resignation in the February meeting.
- For board chair succession planning, Malka talked to Lindsey and she is interested in learning more about being the board chair.
- Malka has been working to find a mentor for the new committee members:
- Malka will connect Moises and Carmina with Brett to be the mentor
- Malka connected with 3 out of the 12 board members/committee members and will be connecting with everyone over the next 3 weeks. The board members she has connected with are all interested in staying with the board.
- Alumni Program:
- Cecilia presented an overview on the Equitas Alumni program
- Discussed different options to name the vision for involving the alumni?
- Next steps -
- Goal to learn more about Alumni
- Invite Lilia Mitre, Director of Parent Partnerships to come speak about the governance committee meeting in March - Cecilia will follow up
- Invite Alejandra, alumni and Equitas employee, to join governance committee meeting in March - Cecilia will follow up
- Goal to learn more about Alumni
- Fact Sheet (in new board member handbook): Malka to provide an update on the board survey.
- Malka will add fact sheet to the board deck for February
- Chair for Governance
- Frank will be stepping down as governance committee chair, but will remain in the committee.
- Malka will ask Lindsey to see if she is interested in joining the governance committee to be the chair. Malka will give Lindsey the option to join on the March meeting so she can see how the committee functions.
B.
2022 Board Retreat
Tyler is looking at the different options, the Langham is the most cost effective. Nadine is sending another survey to board members to see if June dates will work. Since Prahbu is not available in May.
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 2:45 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
F. Spindler
No public comment.