Community Unlimited Meeting Minutes
December 16, 2008
In attendance: Faith Robertson, Julie Dibert, Julie Braman, Gene Mack, Connie Kennedy, Mandi MacDonald, Deb Geiger, Joe Good, Gretchen Good, Ginger Palmerton, Lyn McRae.
Consent Reports: The Minutes and the Financial Report for November 2008 were motioned for approval by Gene Mack and seconded by Julie Braman. Motion passed.
Policy and Procedures Review: We affirmed the Non-discrimination policy to be placed in the Employee Handbook and Parent Handbook. A motion to approve was made by Gene Mack and seconded by Julie Braman. Motion passed.
Old Business: Board Goal #1-We decided to raise $1,500.00 for the LearningCenter as a board goal for 2008-2009. The fundraiser is yet to be decided. Board Goal #2-The CU board agreed that there is a need to increase our board representation. It was decided that all board members need to make a special point to personally invite members from the community to be apart of our board. Also, presentations to local community and civic organizations about CU will be helpful to increase knowledge about CU and encourage community members to participate on our board.Learning Center Lease was reviewed and it was decided by consensus that CU would remove the following categories: Taxes, Damage and Destruction, and Security Deposit. Mandi MacDonald, Gene Mack and Julie Dibert will be working on finalizing the lease agreement and will meet with Rene Gordon to discuss the lease. The goal is to have the lease signed by both parties in the next few weeks.
New Business: Bank Signatures-Deb Geiger made a motion to add Robert Mack and Julie Dibert to the Community Unlimited bank account #####. Julie Braman seconded the motion. The motion passed. Robert Mack made a motion to add Julie Braman and Mandi MacDonald to the Community Unlimited bank account ####. Deb Geiger seconded the motion. The motion passed.Agenda Revision-We agreed to remove the following reports under#7: Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Accountant and Grants Manager. It was discussed that any of these reports mostly likely fit under a different category, therefore, are on a need-only basis. We will leave Public Comment on the agenda. Currently, the agenda will be considered a work in progress. If you would like a Yahoo! group reminder, please send your email address to Lyn McRae.Meeting Time- We agreed by consensus that our meeting time needs to be changed to 6:30 to accommodate board members and their work schedules.
President Report -Minutes-Our goal for secretary notes are as follows: 1. Post on the website within one week of the meeting. 2. Send out (e-mail) with the agenda the Friday prior to the meeting, (President’s responsibility) 3. If you plan on your report taking more than 2-3 min., please send a written report to Mandi to include with the agenda and minutes by the Thursday prior to the meeting.
Past President- Connie discussed the difference between mission and vision that she learned about from her two-day conference that she attended. She also gave us an update on her grant work and shared the nonprofit alliance training calendar.
BLAST and Youth Board Reportswere read and announced.
Community Relations-Ginger announced the YB took 2nd place in the Christmas Parade.
Marketing- Gene Mack shared the importance of giving community and civic organizations an overall view of Community Unlimited. This will help inform the area communities about who Community Unlimited is and more about what we do.
BUCS-
BACK PACK PROGRAM- The sub-committee has met and reviewed the United Way of Greater Battle Creek Program Impact Grant questions and gave brief descriptions to each question. Then we passed the grant off to the new Grant Manager and the grant is in the final stages to being ready to submit. We are hoping to hear from UWGBC by the end of January with an answer.
VITA SITE-Paula Blue will be the coordinator for the VITA site and will have five other adults to help with the site. We are hoping for 3 to 4 donated computers from KCC or possibly the Non Profit Alliance will be purchasing 3 to 4 laptops for the site.