Springfield Prep

Minutes

Governance Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Monday February 13, 2023 at 12:00 PM

Location

This meeting will be held remotely via Zoom.

Committee Members Present

A. Malone (remote), R. Leonard (remote), S. Monson (remote)

Committee Members Absent

None

Guests Present

B. Spirer (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

A. Malone called a meeting of the Governance Committee of Springfield Prep to order on Monday Feb 13, 2023 at 12:06 PM.

C.

Approve prior meeting minutes from 1/23/23

R. Leonard made a motion to approve the minutes from Governance Committee Meeting on 01-23-23.
S. Monson seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
Roll Call
A. Malone
Aye
S. Monson
Aye
R. Leonard
Aye

II. Governance

A.

Board Retreat Goals Check-in

Bill discussed the memo outlining next steps from the goals developed during the board retreat.  The committee believed the memo accurately reflected the committee and board's previous conversations.  Bill will include this in the February board packet with one change (it should say the board will do a strategic planning "step-back" in May "or" June, not both).

 

Anne suggested providing some clarity to the monthly agenda document to show how the ED timeline will change, which Bill will do.   

B.

Board Recruitment Planning

The committee discussed the proposed updated process for recruiting board members and agreed that it would be a helpful process.  There was discussion of who is coming up to the end of their term -- this year, it is Sherriff and Sally.  Bob will talk to them about their plans for next year. 

 

The committee agreed that it should be explicit about goals so there is clarity and urgency.  I.e., we should clearly say that our goal is to recruit two board members by June based on these priorities.  

Bill will share some the annual board recruitment plan at the next board meeting with some potential connector names to see if board members are connected to them. 

C.

Possible change to Open Meeting Law remote participation authorization

Bill provided an update about the potential change to the executive order allowing fully remote meetings under the Open Meeting Law.  Bob will speak to an attorney at his firm to see if she knows whether this will be extended again.  The committee decided it would address this issue at a future meeting closer to the end of March.

III. Other Business

A.

Next Governance Committee Meeting

The next meeting is April 10. 

IV. 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 12:43 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
A. Malone
Documents used during the meeting
  • Board Agendas Planning Template - Board agendas by month.pdf
  • Memo from Ad Hoc committee to Board 2.6.23.pdf
  • Annual Board Recruitment Planning.pdf