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