Butler Academy
Minutes
Governance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday September 13, 2023 at 6:00 PM
Location
Governance committee meeting
Wednesday, September 13 · 6:00 – 7:00pm
Time zone: America/New_York
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/vqd-ffmh-wdr
Or dial: (US) +1 641-954-4661 PIN: 964 061 307#
Committee Members Present
C. Forrest (remote), H. Hoilett-Frierson (remote), J. Shannon (remote), K. Flaherty (remote), M. Bunnell (remote)
Committee Members Absent
None
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
II. Governance
A.
Discuss role of the committee
B.
Goals for 2023-2024
1. Begin a succession plan for the school president
2. Develop a board handbook
3. Identify members who might be interested in executive seats
4. Encourage 100% board members and committees to use BOT to use resources such as training materials, calendars, evaluation tools and assessments.
Will begin drafts in the board google drive to begin procedures for succession planning and a board handbook.
Plan to have standing Governance committee meetings every 1st Wednesday of the month that can be waived if needed.
Per Board on Track, the role of the Governance committee incluedes:
Get new members on board and adding value to the organization as soon as possible.
Ensure committees are adding value to the organization.
Come up with policies and a board hand book.
Constantly be recruiting new members.