Gabriella Charter Schools

Minutes

Governance Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday September 1, 2015 at 4:30 PM

Location

Gabriella Charter School and Conference Call

Committee Members Present

Angelica Solis-Montero, Liza Bercovici, Paola Santana, Susan Gurman

Committee Members Absent

Ian Guidera, Michelle Kelrick

Guests Present

Malcolm Brown

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 Tuesday Sep 1, 2015 at 4:39 PM.

II. Governance

A.

Approve Minutes from 6/8/15 Board Meeting

Susan Gurman made a motion to approve minutes from the Governance Committee Meeting on 06-08-15 Governance Committee Meeting on 06-08-15.
Paola Santana seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
All Governance Members voted in favor of the minutes.

B.

Review Proposed Customized Form 700 Disclosure Policy for GCS and Possible Vote

Item will be added to next governance committee meeting.

C.

Review of Executive Director Job Description and Consideration of an Evaluation Template

Item will be added to next governance committee meeting.

D.

Discussion to Schedule a Brown Act Training for Board

Discussed Brown Act Training, including possibly hiring a law firm to deliver the training.

E.

Discussion and Approval of Board Recruitment and Vote to approve policies

Reviewed and discussed board recruitment policies. Modified language in proposed policies.
Paola Santana made a motion to recommend the latest draft of the board recruitment policies and board member agreement to the full board for review and approval.
Susan Gurman seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
All voted in favor.

F.

Discussion of Board Size

Discussed the board size.

G.

Review Recent Names/Candidates of Possible Board Members

Possible approval of candidate to school board at the next school board meeting.

H.

Vote to recommend to Board to Modify Board Member Terms to end in June, 2015 or June, 2016

Discussed board terms end dates.

I.

Renewal of any board terms expiring in 2015

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 6:11 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Angelica Solis-Montero