City on a Hill Charter Public School
Minutes
December Governance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Monday December 4, 2017 at 4:00 PM
Location
CoaH Dudley Square ROOM 202
Committee Members Present
Ginger Parker, Jeff Jablow, Kim Wechtenhiser
Committee Members Absent
None
Guests Present
Sally Bachofer
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
Kim Wechtenhiser called a meeting of the Governance Committee of City on a Hill Charter Public School to order on Monday Dec 4, 2017 at 4:06 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
Ginger Parker made a motion to approve minutes CoaH Governance Committee Meeting on 10-26-17.
Jeff Jablow seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Governance
A.
Discuss Board Expansion Plan: Phase I
B.
Board Officer Succession Planning
Assess whether there is anyone on the board who would like to take over as board chair, using board chair job description. If not, need to take this into account when recruiting new members.
Timing, preferable to have the board chair identified, then participate in next steps for determining leadership of school.
Ginger to follow up with board members re: interest.
Timing, preferable to have the board chair identified, then participate in next steps for determining leadership of school.
Ginger to follow up with board members re: interest.
C.
Discuss Board Assessment Results
Defer discussion to next committee meeting.
D.
Discuss Individual Trustee, Officer, and Committee Job Descriptions
Put forward for vote at the next full meeting.
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 4:58 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
Kim Wechtenhiser
Kim Wechtenhiser made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
Jeff Jablow seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
Kim Wechtenhiser made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
Jeff Jablow seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
Prioritized Needs:
- school facilities
- academic/charter school expertise/accountability
- HR/legal
- governance
Other priorities:- Community representation (geographic/regional)
- Philanthropic investment (give big or get big six figure gifts)
- Diversity/Equity/Inclusion
Candidate score card--Kim to check samples from BoardonTrackNumbers--add four for fall 2018, plus Melisa (Jeff to follow up with Amanda, Kim to follow up with Melisa)
Process: