Seaside School Foundation
Minutes
The Seaside School Foundation Board of Directors Meeting
Date and Time
Monday February 13, 2023 at 3:00 PM
Location
Seaside Neighborhood School (3rd Building, 2nd Floor)
10 Smolian Circle, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida 32459
Directors Present
C. Glavine, D. Raushkolb, G. Fisher, M. Wintrode, N. Vlahos, P. McCarthy, S. Widman
Directors Absent
A. Beecher, J. Beer, J. Trapp
Guests Present
Clint Biesinger, J. Robbins, Jordan Hardy, K. Mixson, Kav Tucker, Monty Hardy, Rhea Goff, T. Horton
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Public Comments
A.
The Seaside School, Inc. Leadership Team Update
B.
The Seaside School, Inc. Board of Directors Update
none
III. Finance and Governance Committee Report
A.
SSF YTD Financial Review
Financials were included in the board packet. Josh is traveling, so we will review at the next meeting, which will include financials from Race Weekend.
B.
Deployment of Investment Funds
The new investment account has been opened at Truist.
IV. Strategic Planning Committee
A.
Update on SCHS + NWFSC Expansion Project
MOU is finalized, awaiting exhibits from WBA which are due this week and will be sent to the college for approval. Once the college approves, we will hold a special meeting for our boards to approve same. WBA will continue to work on plans for the interior of the Seacoast 9-10 grade building to incorporate needed clinic requirements.
Funding applications are in with both the House and Senate.
B.
RoundTable Funding Presentation
Monty Hardy, Jordan Hardy and Clint Biesinger of RoundTable Funding were present and have come to town to tour the HS site for expansion as well as our existing site at Seaside to better understand the needs of our school.
C.
Liberty Partners Update
At the December meeting the board approved a motion to engage Liberty Partners for grant writing, mainly for Triumph. Updates have been made to that contract. The changes include limiting the contract to grant writing services. The school will pay LP a retainer of $2500 per month for one year. Once the school/foundation and LP agree on which grant to apply for and the amount we are seeking, the foundation will pay an agreed upon amount at that time, which will either be a flat fee or up to 1% of the amount of the grant.
D.
Update on Actions with SCDC and Addendum to LDA
No update since last meeting.
V. Capital Campaign Strategy + Donor Relations Committee
A.
2023 Seaside School Race Weekend | VIP Experience
The 2023 Race is on track for success. We have added VIP events for smaller, targeted audiences comprised of donors, community supporters, political supporters, and business leaders.
B.
Campaign Public Launch
Race Weekend will be the “soft launch” of the Capital Campaign, with a formal launch TBD this Summer.
VI. Fundraising Events
A.
Race Weekend | February 17-19, 2023 | Seaside, Florida
Teresa shared that we are almost at capacity for TOR and the Race.
B.
Sand & Starlight Supper Club | April 21, 2023 | Bud & Alley's
Sand & Starlight Supper Club is scheduled for April 21, 2023 at Bud & Alley’s Rain or Shine. Headliner TBD.
C.
Tom Glavine's Field of Dreams Charity Golf Outing | October 3, 2023 | Shark's Tooth Golf Club
Tom Glavine’s Field of Dreams Golf Outing October 3, 2023, at Shark’s Tooth Golf Club.
This is Race Week for the school and everyone is concentrating on logistics.