Libertas Academy Charter School
Minutes
Development Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday December 1, 2020 at 5:00 PM
Location
Committee Members Present
D. Barrows (remote), K. Diamond Kayiatos (remote), L. Davis (remote), M. Montero (remote)
Committee Members Absent
None
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
D. Barrows called a meeting of the Development Committee of Libertas Academy Charter School to order on Tuesday Dec 1, 2020 at 5:03 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
L. Davis made a motion to approve the minutes from Development Committee Meeting on 11-10-20.
K. Diamond Kayiatos seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.
II. New Business
A.
Chair Remarks
B.
Review Dashboard
DB - $20, 887 in received to date.
*Letter was launched a week/ week 1/2 ago. We should be receiving funds from this solicitation soon!
*DB - Giving Tuesday emails went out today; one at 9:30 and another at 3:30. DB brought to attention that he received 4 emails, one was "weird & messy". DB to forward to MM and KF for review. DB also made a gift to see the process noting it was "fine" however highlighted that when giving a gift for Giving Tuesday , the "anonymous giving" is cumbersome with many steps. This needs to be cleaned up for those who click that option. KF to review this as well.
* DB asked MM if LACS has received any new grants funding ? MM confirmed that nothing new has coming in. On Gary front - very much focused on facility piece.
*DB - suggested ifa highly skilled grant writer , would be advantageous to LACS? MM - confirmed this as grant writing is a capacity issue. MM is not proactively hunting these grants as he/staff does not currently have time/capacity to find these grants. MM suggested that we will need a capital campaign regarding HS buildout and will need help on this front.
*Letter was launched a week/ week 1/2 ago. We should be receiving funds from this solicitation soon!
*DB - Giving Tuesday emails went out today; one at 9:30 and another at 3:30. DB brought to attention that he received 4 emails, one was "weird & messy". DB to forward to MM and KF for review. DB also made a gift to see the process noting it was "fine" however highlighted that when giving a gift for Giving Tuesday , the "anonymous giving" is cumbersome with many steps. This needs to be cleaned up for those who click that option. KF to review this as well.
* DB asked MM if LACS has received any new grants funding ? MM confirmed that nothing new has coming in. On Gary front - very much focused on facility piece.
*DB - suggested ifa highly skilled grant writer , would be advantageous to LACS? MM - confirmed this as grant writing is a capacity issue. MM is not proactively hunting these grants as he/staff does not currently have time/capacity to find these grants. MM suggested that we will need a capital campaign regarding HS buildout and will need help on this front.
C.
FY21 Campaign
*DB brought the group up to date regarding Trustee engagement re: adding new contacts to our Development and Friend list:
**Tony sent in 6 new people to connect to LACS. Kudos to Tony! We need other Trustee involvement on this front and should mention at our next Board meeting.
Kari asked if there were any compliance issues with introducing new people to the school & adding them to email/mailing list without them knowing? We don't believe there are legal ramification but we should mention to all Trustees to contact those they connect with the school to make them aware they are being connected.
**Tony sent in 6 new people to connect to LACS. Kudos to Tony! We need other Trustee involvement on this front and should mention at our next Board meeting.
Kari asked if there were any compliance issues with introducing new people to the school & adding them to email/mailing list without them knowing? We don't believe there are legal ramification but we should mention to all Trustees to contact those they connect with the school to make them aware they are being connected.
D.
Quarterly Newsletter
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 5:35 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
D. Barrows
Laurie Flynn invited to tonights meeting but could not make it. Will be at the Jan 5 meeting!
Dana noted that we will be launching our institution/company partnership and 3 year commitment to Libertas soon.