Gabriella Charter Schools

Minutes

Governance Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Friday January 22, 2016 at 4:00 PM

Location

Gabriella Charter School
Ian Guidera will be attending remotely at: 5057 Southridge Ave, Windsor Hills, CA 90043
Angelica Solis attending remotely at: 1704 N. Avenue, #54, Los Angeles, CA 90042
Michelle Alpert attending remotely at: 2716 Stoner Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90064
Paola Santana attending remotely at: 350 S. Bixel Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017
Susan Gurman will be attending remotely at: 2026 N. Serrano Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027

Agenda was posted at designated locations before January 19th, 2015, 4:00pm.

This meeting will be a full board meeting if all governance committee members attend. 

Committee Members Present

Angelica Solis-Montero (remote), Liza Bercovici (remote), Michelle Kelrick (remote), Paola Santana (remote), Susan Gurman (remote)

Committee Members Absent

Ian Guidera

Committee Members who arrived after the meeting opened

Michelle Kelrick

Guests Present

Malcolm Brown (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

Angelica Solis-Montero called a meeting of the Governance Committee of Gabriella Charter Schools to order on Friday Jan 22, 2016 at 4:05 PM.

II. Governance

A.

Approve Minutes from 9/14/15 Board Meeting

Susan Gurman made a motion to approve minutes from the Governance Committee Meeting on 09-14-15 Governance Committee Meeting on 09-14-15.
Paola Santana seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
Roll Call
Angelica Solis-Montero
Aye
Paola Santana
Aye
Susan Gurman
Aye

B.

Discuss and Recommend Approval of Executive Director Contract to Board

Michelle Kelrick arrived.
Susan Gurman made a motion to Recommend to Approve the Executive Director Contract with Changes as Discussed.
Paola Santana seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
Roll Call
Michelle Kelrick
Aye
Paola Santana
Aye
Angelica Solis-Montero
Aye
Susan Gurman
Aye

C.

Update on Board Member completion of Brown Act Training

Discussed Board Member progress towards completing Brown Act Training.  

D.

Discussion and Recommendation to Foundation Board about size of GCS Board

Susan Gurman made a motion to Recommend to increase Gabriella Charter School Board to 11 Board Members.
Michelle Kelrick seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
Roll Call
Paola Santana
Aye
Susan Gurman
Aye
Michelle Kelrick
Aye
Angelica Solis-Montero
Aye

E.

Discussion re: Update of School Safety Plan

F.

Consideration of Ari Engelberg and Samere Reid as possible nominees to Board

Postponed until a later meeting. 

G.

ED Goals (time permitting)

Postponed until a later meeting. 

H.

Board Skills Audit (time permitting)

Postponed until a later meeting. 

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 5:00 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Angelica Solis-Montero