Veritas Preparatory Charter School

Minutes

Governance Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday September 6, 2018 at 8:15 AM

Location

370 Pine Street, Springfield, MA 01105

Committee Members Present

D. Fuller, R. Romano, T. Moran

Committee Members Absent

C. Alves

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

Aaron Mendelson is a committee member and present. 

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

R. Romano called a meeting of the Governance Committee of Veritas Preparatory Charter School to order on Thursday Sep 6, 2018 at 8:19 AM.

II. Governance

A.

Strategic Retreat Planning

Rachel shared the draft plan for the session. David appreciated the detail in the agenda, suggested maybe too much to do in four hours. Tom agreed the agenda looks good, need more than four hours. David suggested instead of the speaker, make that part of the pre-work to save time. Tom suggested incorporating a financial component, starting with reserve - how much do we need?, to build the entire board's understanding of financial viability and fundraising needs. What do we need to raise? Why? Rachel suggested we add this to the agenda before we name priorities. David asked about enrollment and suggested we put something into the plan about it.

Rachel will revise the agenda prior to the board meeting, will share out with less detail. 

 

B.

Bylaws

Revised bylaws look good. Keep number of trustees as minimum of 7 and maximum of 15. Change six (6) consecutive three years terms to five (5) consecutive three year terms.

Be ready to share our liability insurance coverage with board as it will be an anticipated question.

C.

Recruitment of new trustees

David shared the prospect sent by Lisa Doherty. 
We will pursue the candidate presented by Lisa.

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 9:17 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,
R. Romano