The Committee discussed the Board of Trustee candidate pipeline.  There are currently two candidates, one of whom is an MCCPS teacher and the other a former charter school head of school.  Nichole Thompson has a meeting scheduled to meet with the MCCPS teacher and is going to ask Jen Jewell to follow up with the other candidate.

The Committee discussed Board recruitment and the possibility of attracting candidates through the upcoming GC open house, the pending HOS search, strategic planning initiative and other communication tools such as advertising, etc.

The Committee discussed Board member succession, with top priority being the recruitment of high quality candidates with finance, legal, education and HR backgrounds and/or previous board experience and the second priority being diversity, including non-Marblehead parents, community members, etc.  Of particular concern is the Treasurer role as Karl Smith's term will end in August.  Nichole Thompson has discussed this position with Julie Santos, who has a finance background and is currently on the Finance Committee.

Nichole Thompson updated the Committee on topics addressed at the 11/13 Board meeting including:

• Board goals
• Strategic Plan
• Board development
• Succession planning for executive team and committee chairs (all committees now have vice chairs)
• Communication
• Framework and best practices for building policies
• Preliminary planning for 25th anniversary celebrations - how do we celebrate and recognize with fundraising events.
• Committee updates
• HOS report read by Board Chair

The Committee discussed 25th anniversary celebration and fundraising ideas.

The Committee discussed the importance of having teachers serve on the Board, particularly because of MCCPS Charter (teachers as leaders).  Nichole Thompson relayed to the Committee recent discussions had with MCCPS school counsel and the State Ethics Commission regarding Board member conflict of interest as it relates to forming a quorum, executive session, participation at Board meetings and voting.

Cynthia Canavan educated the Committee regarding her knowledge of the subject and requested more detailed information to further research the issue.  She also suggested the idea of having school counsel come to a meeting to discuss.

The Committee discussed planning a January open house event for the purpose of recruiting new Board and/or Committee members. 

Action Item:  Nichole Thompson to reach out to Pam and Fred Ferris to discuss the possibility of combining the GC open house with the upcoming Strategic Planning meeting.

Paul Baker and Ian Hunt volunteered to help with the planning process.

Nichole Thompson thanked the Committee for all the hard work over the past year!

The next meeting was scheduled for 1/8/2019.