Yu Ming Charter School
Minutes
Board Development Committee Special Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday October 21, 2020 at 9:00 AM
This meeting will be by teleconference pursuant to Executive Orders N-25-20 and N-29-20.
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The Board of Directors (“Board”) and employees of the Yu Ming Charter School shall meet via the Zoom meeting platform. Members of the public who wish to access this Board meeting may do so at:
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Committee Members Present
B. Swartz (remote), J. Schorr (remote), R. Lee (remote), S. Park (remote)
Committee Members Absent
None
Guests Present
M. Andrejko
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
J. Schorr called a meeting of the Board Development Committee of Yu Ming Charter School to order on Wednesday Oct 21, 2020 at 9:02 AM.
B.
Record Attendance and Guests
C.
Approval of Agenda
J. Schorr made a motion to approve the agenda.
R. Lee seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| B. Swartz |
Aye
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| S. Park |
Aye
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| M. Andrejko |
Aye
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| J. Schorr |
Aye
|
| R. Lee |
Aye
|
II. Consent Agenda
A.
Consent Agenda Approval
B. Swartz made a motion to approve the consent agenda.
J. Schorr seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| B. Swartz |
Aye
|
| M. Andrejko |
Aye
|
| R. Lee |
Aye
|
| J. Schorr |
Aye
|
| S. Park |
Aye
|
B.
Approval of September 17 Board Development Committee Meeting Minutes
B. Swartz made a motion to approve the minutes from Board Development Committee Regular Meeting on 09-17-20.
J. Schorr seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| J. Schorr |
Aye
|
| M. Andrejko |
Aye
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| B. Swartz |
Aye
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| R. Lee |
Aye
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| S. Park |
Aye
|
III. Invitation to the Public to Address the Committee
A.
Public Comments
There were no members of the public in attendance.
IV. Items of Business
A.
Board Development Committee 2020-2021 Goals
The committee discussed Board recruitment target language for the 2020-21 goals.
- We will foster relationships with at least three organizations that have a focus on academic equity and excellence for Black, Latinx and Indigenous communities with an aim to recruit new board members.
- At least two representatives of Yu Ming will meet with at least three people in the next 3 months who would bring diversity to our board, and introduce them to the nonprofit and its mission, and explore their interest in the nonprofit’s work.
- We will recruit a pool of board candidates whereby at least 30% of candidates will identify as Black, Latinx and/or Indigenous.
R. Lee made a motion to approve the recruitment targets for the committee goals.
B. Swartz seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| S. Park |
Aye
|
| B. Swartz |
Aye
|
| R. Lee |
Aye
|
| J. Schorr |
Aye
|
| M. Andrejko |
Aye
|
B.
Board Recruitment Update
The Board discussed ideas of prospective Board members and organizations to engage for finding candidates, and skillsets that would benefit the Board, including:
- Community connections and political power (highest priority)
- Local business leader with connections to funders (highest priority)
- National funder movement connections
- Connection to the Mandarin community
C.
Board Recruitment Documents Review
- Update Board matrix
- Update recruitment/onboarding schedule
- Update Board manual (add Brown Act training)
- Reconcile board description/commitment (and website language)
- Board rosters: Internal, external, Form 700, website:
Consolidate Form 700 doc and internal doc
Keep external doc for yearly County submission
D.
Board Onboarding Manual and Orientation Update
V. Closing Items
A.
Review of Action Items and Future Agenda Items
Action items:
- Jonathan will work with Mathilde on updating documents
- Confirmed committee goals
- Board recruitment docs update
- Update on Board internal and external docs (matrix being a priority)
- Board onboarding docs update
- Board recruitment update
- Discuss using a firm to recruit candidates
B.
Schedule Next Committee Meeting(s)
Next meeting in 6-8 weeks.
C.
Adjourn Meeting
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 10:00 AM.
Respectfully Submitted,
J. Schorr