Importance of moments of awe & wonder in this moment...learning to read, dogs, popcorn, natural medicine, sunrise/sunsets, survival, native plants

• Falling short of recruitment goals for end of school year (given members transitioning off)
• Need to explore a couple of other leads - Christie and Kitty to follow up
• Revisited discussion about parents as board members
  • Importance of clear agreements & guardrails re: conflicts of interest and confidentiality
  • Identification of various scenarios that may arise
  • Opportunity for ongoing support/coaching and collective awareness of power dynamics
• Next steps
  • Codify initial guidance to share with board
  • Convene small group from governance committee in early June to align on process/timing over summer

• Claire and Christie shared high-level takeaways and reflections from CESC process
• Opportunities
  • Replicate some of this process for strategic planning
  • Ongoing communication to broader community
  • Continuing to explore what *types* of priorities broader community provides feedback around

• Governance committee needs 
  • determine what level to engage our attorneys vs engaging committees in updating policies year over year
  • map out timeline for recurring review of policies
• Next steps
  • Integrate above into committee priorities for 25/26

• CEO evaluation in process - committee should reconsider timing next year(possibly two mini-reviews, rather than one big mid-year review)
• Board evaluation - 100% participation! Will review results at board retreat.

• Christie shared updates about CG's tornado response and Day of Giving (surpassed the goal of $400K). 

• Group agreed to cancel June meeting