Miles Ahead Charter School

Minutes

Governance Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday October 19, 2023 at 6:30 PM

Location

Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89111939435?pwd=sH0GgEEo1g9daBpCHhosJxMcw0fcdA.1 

Meeting ID: 891 1193 9435 

Passcode: 425594

Committee Members Present

H. Lust (remote), T. Reese (remote), U. Sayers (remote)

Committee Members Absent

None

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

U. Sayers called a meeting of the Governance Committee Committee of Miles Ahead Charter School to order on Thursday Oct 19, 2023 at 6:33 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes

No minutes to approve. This is our first meeting.

II. Governance Committee

A.

Define committee roles and responsibilities

  1. Governance Roles _ Responsibilities list
  2. Uso to create a Governance Committee Roles and Responsibilities document based on updates to the document linked at i. above

B.

Board Recruitment Strategy

  1. Take inventory of board members skills to determine what gaps exist on the board; e.g. it may be a good idea to have a Pediatric Doctor on the board (Kolt’s suggestion from a previous board meeting) 
  2. Tracy to create a questionnaire for board members to obtain skill sets of board members

C.

Begin to discuss preparing a written strategy for board recruitment.

  1. Heny to provide a template for board recruitment strategy document

III. Other Business

A.

Other Business

  • Board on Track Governance Committee training

IV. Next Steps

A.

Next Steps

  • Tracy and Uso to attend Board on Track Governance Committee training - BoardSavvy Course 101: Board Governance Basics - prior to the November committee meeting on Thursday Nov 2, 2023
  • Henry to reach out to Celine to discuss membership on the Governance Committee; is she remains on the Academic Affairs Committee, he will become the third member of the Governance Committee

V. 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 7:30 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
U. Sayers