Upcoming Term Limits/Recruiting New Members

• Discussion:
• Members rolling off and timing: 5 members rolling off in June, including 3 members of this committee.
• Expertise represented by departing members: Education & Community Organization, Legal, Finance, Operations 
• Current board strengths: Academics, Finance, Non-Profit Admin, Strategy
• Identified gaps (skills, experience, capacity): Community Organizing, HR, Legal, Media/Social Media, Parents of School-Age Kids, Politically Active
  • We continue to talk about the HR needs of the org, so this could be helpful, especially if we make a committee or task force
  • Sam: Legal is not as high a priority as HR. HR at the top of the list.
  • Joy: We had a candidate last year who was a parent. He should be brought up again this year. He had a conflict on Wednesdays, but we should go back to him again.
  • Jeremiah Trippett and Dianna Rosa should both be revisited from last year.
• Next Steps
  • Juliet to send HR charter task force doc to committee.
  • Cecil to review the pipeline from last year, as a starting place. 
  • Make an announcement at the next board meeting to encourage referrals to us. The target is to have all the new members onboarded/ready by May. 

Board Chair Selection

• Discussion:
• The exiting board chair makes a recommendation and gathers consensus. No self-nominations.  
• Sam has had conversations with two nominees. They are both interested, but one has more bandwidth. That would land on Sam's nomination. 
• The recommendation is Andrew Lee, and he's excited and aligned. 
• Next Steps: 
  • Sam to recommend Andrew Lee at the next board meeting. 
  • Wait until the retreat to formally nominate so that new board members can vote on it. 

Board Engagement 

• Discussion:
• We want to ensure we achieve 90% attendance throughout the year. Sept and Oct were close, but December was 100%.
• We want to encourage folks come in, and we make sure that we have a quorum.
• Next, we want to talk through how we engage with staff. Do we want to help in specific areas and offer support? 
• We also want to encourage folks to get into the schools. Seeing helps understand progress and ongoing challenges. 
• Next Steps: 
  • Juliet to continue to stay close on the attendance and report back should we start to trend in the wrong direction. 
  • NLT & Board coordination could be helpful. An example is the security strategy. Could be helpful to have 1-2 people to engage more deeply.
  • Ask NLT to point out in their reports where extra support might be helpful. 

Board Retreat 

• Discussion:
• People wanted more time to get to know each other and more informal time with Andrew.
• Attach the meeting to an existing meeting to boost attendance and ease of use. 
• We can benefit from more board leadership on various components. Set goals and then map them to activities. Also, ensure there are more varied voices. 
• Ecosystem of Cleveland, beyond just BPS, to build context more globally. 
• Next Steps: 
  • Next gov meeting: come to the committee with a mock-up of goals and a mock agenda to workshop. 
  • Date will be June 17, it will be an extension of a board meeting. 
  • Email Cecil or Juliet with topic recommendations or suggested.