GEORGIA CYBER ACADEMY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING Minutes
DATE: July 27, 2016
TIME: 10:00am-3:00pm
LOCATION: 999 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta, GA 30309
Conference Call: 1 (888) 824-5783 Passcode: 55777021#
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Board Attendees: Charlie Harper, Ben Brumfield, Ryan Mahoney, Jeff Gates, Dr. Christian Ries, Jemelleh Coes, Erica Fener-Sitkoff
Other attendees: Matt Arkin (Head of School), Veronica Clemons (Deputy Head of School), Staci Kimmons (Academic Administrator), Keisha Simmons (Board Liaison) Andre Hopewell (Finance Manager), Tom Bolvin
Absences: Christy Thomas, Angela Lassetter
Call to order 10:00am
Actions:
Action / Motion / Second / VoteApprove Minutes / Charlie Harper / Ben Brumfield / Unanimous Approval
Adjourn at 3:00pm / Charlie Harper / Jeff Gates / Unanimous approval
Governance
· Board terms were discussed and the following timeline was determined:
o 5year term: Angela Lassetter, Erica Fener-Sitkoff, Ryan Mahoney
o 4year term: Ben Brumfield, Charlie Harper, Jemelleh Coes
o 3year term: Dr. Christine Ries, Christy Thomas, Jeff Gates
Finance
· A review of the Finance portion of Performance was completed by Andrea Hopewell (Finance Manager). Andrea discussed areas Georgia Cyber Academy had made improvement in and let board members know that Georgia Cyber Academy should be on track to earn all points needed to meet standards.
Communications
· No updates at this time
Academic Oversight
· No Updates at this time
Follow Up Items:
Adjourn 3:00pm
AGENDA
· 10:00 AM: Call to Order & Kick-Off
· 10:30am-11:00am Government/Public Affairs Check-in & Discussion
· 11:00-11:30: Performance Frameworks Review
· 11:30-12:00: Break & Get Lunch
· 12:00-1:00pm Monthly Board Meeting
o HOS Report Out
o Committee Report Out
§ Governance
§ Communications
§ Finance
§ Academics
· 1:00pm-3:00pm
o Strategic Plan Walkthrough (working Session with Elisa Falco) – Led by Committee Chairs
§ Past Year in Review
§ Current Status
§ Looking Forward & Adjustments
· Adjourn