Board Agenda & Minutes 01/15/08

Board Agenda & Minutes 01/15/08

Tuesday, January 15, starting at 21:00 GMT (2:00pm Albuquerque), teleconference
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Proposed agenda - please add any additional items:

(21:10) Administrative matters

• Announcements (All)
  
• Next meeting: February 22-24, 2008, in-person in Albuquerque
  
• Documents for meeting: Financial report (Margo), proposed changes to Board Duties and Decision Table
  
• Acceptance of minutes of November 1-4 and December 12 meetings
  
• Acceptance of today's agenda (should any other action items be added or order of items on agenda changed?)
  

Content

• (21:20) Financial report (Margo)
• (21:27 Update on Pierre issues (Valentina)
• (21:35:15) Request to review and comment/consent to proposed changes in Decision Table and Board Duties documents by January 18 - per comments on draft letter to NVC Community (Robert)
• Review status of priority action items from Nov 1-4 meeting
  1. (21:40) Action Item: Translation policy and GCC is a priority. Margo to schedule meeting regarding these two items.
     
  2. (21:48) Action Item: Admin Team is happy to assure an announcement is made to the network ASAP concerning the certification process re-opening soon; and Action Item: Robert - to be involved in development for assessors training and ongoing training for certified trainers. (Note: date of certification reopening needed for Robert's letter)
     
  3. (22:00) Action Item: Admin Team to establish hiring committee to hire a grant writer paid on percentage of award basis. Review decision in one year.
     
  4. (22:06) Action Item: Admin Team to hire Administrative Coordinator for support of grassroots fundraising and other administrative tasks in 2008. Review decision in one year.
     
• Quick update on other priority items
  1. (22:11) Action Item: Admin Team to hire up to two in-house trainers on the education services team. Decision to be reviewed in one year.
     
  2. (22:15) Action Item: Admin Team to establish hiring committee to hire a Media Coordinator.
  3. (22:19) Action Item: Ann Wiley will consider taking on recruiting new Board Members; related Action Item: Valentina - to send list of possible board members to Margo.
     
  4. (22:23)Action Item: Have Expanded forum every 3 months attended by AT, LT coordinators, and a 2nd person nominated from each LT team (observers invited)(Admin Team)
     
• (22:27) If time, comments on other action items:
  1. Action Item: Board establishes an Evolution Committee, Review decision in one year.
     
  2. Action Item: Admin Team (AT) to communicate the communication committee’s guidelines. What do we communicate – information (ask and/or tell), decisions (observations & needs met?), feedback requests How do we communicate it? Who do I communicate it to?
     
• (22:30) Ideas for objectives and agenda items of February in-person meeting - heartstorm