Polly had previously found minutes dating as far back as November 2022 that were still unapproved.  This applied to all committees and sub-committees, not just the Governance Committee.  At the time of the meeting, Polly could not locate these unapproved old minutes on Board on Track.  Nick suggested that they had already been cleaned out a few months back as part of the school's efforts to comply with DESE's requirements/suggestions.  This item may be obsolete now, but Polly will explore the website again to make sure they are been removed.

This was an old agenda item of Nick's.  He shared the self-assessment tool he had created and we discussed this; agreed it was more than sufficient.  We suggested that this could be a tool that the individual board members use prior to the annual board retreat.  We then could compile the results and discuss any themes at that meeting.  We could also have each board member share their own results with the rest of the members.  Either way, we wanted this tool to be helpful rather than an opportunity to criticize ourselves or others.

This was a previous agenda item created by Nick.  Since that time, he already did create a board composition dashboard.  He shared it with the group via Google Docs.  Essentially, it is a document that names each board member and the experience/professional background/ perspective they offer to the group.  It also provides an outline of qualities that we would ideally like the Board to have so we can keep these needed qualities in mind as we recruit board members in the future.   

The Committee walked through the actual charge of the GC as outlined in the By-Laws and Charter.  We discussed the outstanding needs for each category and realized that, essentially, many of these needs could be addressed through the creation of a Board Handbook.  We all liked this idea and agreed to start brainstorming its creation at our next meeting.