Soleil Academy
Minutes
Governance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Saturday October 21, 2023 at 8:00 AM
Location
12315 Thorson Ave Lynwood, CA. 90262 (Satellite Option: 3900 Agnes Ave. Lynwood, CA 90262)
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Committee Meeting will be held at 12315 Thorson Ave Lynwood, CA. 90262 and on zoom on the above date and time. During the meeting, the Committee will consider, discuss, and may take action upon any of the agenda items listed below.
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Committee Members Present
J. Kinoshita, J. Noel, V. Reynolds
Committee Members Absent
A. Pariano
Guests Present
B. Gutierrez
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
II. Governance
A.
Updates
B.
Discussion of Executive Director Bonus Structure
Proposed changes to strengthen student achievement portion.
Option discussed to use year to year progress as a metric.
Measures were added to provide comparisons to both Lynwood and California.
Payout amounts were modified to accommodate additional measures.
C.
Discussion of Board Member Recruitment Plan
Since fundraising is already off to a good start this year, the shift for Board support with Giving Tuesday will be to support with recruiting new board members.
Goal: bring in 2 "connectors" to potential board member candidates.
Reviewed Governance goals of recruiting new members and improving onboarding plans, increase community connection, and strengthening Board leadership