Academy of Collaborative Education
Minutes
Special Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday September 4, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Location
505 Glenmar Avenue
Monroe, LA 71201
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Directors Present
Amy Marcus, Joellen Freeman, Kara Maggorie, Latner McDonald
Directors Absent
Carmen Parks, Holly Allen, Maddie Cannon
Guests Present
Melissa Grand (Attorney, Virtual) (remote), Rob Turner-Guest, Tammy Morgan (LDOE) (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Action Items:
A.
Approval of board candidate Richard Cannon
Motion to approve Richard Cannon for Board Membership by Amy Marcus.
Kara Maggorie followed by Latner MacDonald approved motion.
Motion approved with no additional Board Comments.
Richard Cannon was welcomed to the Board.
B.
Election of Board Officers
Amy Marcus sought nominations to fill the positions of President and Treasurer.
Kara Maggorie followed by Holly Allen nominated Amy Marcus to fill the positions.
Nomination of Amy Marcus to positions of President and Treasurer approved by Board with no additional Board Comments.
Board agreed to table nominations to permanently fill positions of Vice President and Secretary until next regularly scheduled meeting.
In the Interim, Kara Maggorie offered to serve as Vice President.
Offer was accepted and approved first by Latner McDonald followed by Amy Marcus.
Motion approved with no additional Board Comments.
C.
Approval of revised Banking Signature Authority Resolution
Amy Marcus made a motion to approve revised Banking Signature Authority Resolution which authorizes Joellen Freeman as a signatory on all ACE banking accounts.
The motion was approved first by Kara Maggorie followed by Latner McDonald.
Motion approved with additional Board Comments related to approval of contracts generally. Specifically, as the Board President/Treasurer, Amy Marcus has the authority to sign off on contracts.
III. Other Business
A.
Other Business
Kara Maggorie offered to serve as agent for service on 501(c)(3).
No objection from Board and all approved.
Tammy Morgan with LDOE joined to offer support and stated her intent to participate, virtually or in person, in a Board meeting in the future. Discussion followed that future meetings would be held on ACE’s “you tube” channel starting September 18, 2024.
IV. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
V. Adjournment:
A.
Adjournment
Amy Marcus moved to adjourn the meeting which was seconded by Kara Maggorie.
Meeting adjourned at 3:16 p.m.
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance at a public meeting of Academy of Collaborative Education, please contact Joellen Freeman at jcfreeman@aceforasd.org describing the assistance that is necessary.
Per Amy Marcus:
Since this is a special meeting, we will approve the minutes from our last regular meeting at the regular meeting on September 18.