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Minutes of the Board of
Directors Meeting
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May 17, 2009
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Present
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Richard Rowan, John Hollister, Martha Munson, Dyann Van
Dusen, Kevin Freer, Deena Rowe-Krumdick, Ronna Abbott
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Regrets
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Scott Rosenberg, Bill Moore
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Guests
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Faye Farmer (Newsletter)
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Welcome and Opening – President
Richard reminded the Board that we will be trying out a new
format for committee reports.
He also noted that the Nominations Committee will begin
their work soon. Let Richard know if you have any names of potential Board
Members for next year.
Roll Call – Secretary
Approval of Agenda -- Secretary
Deena asked for an agenda item to discuss TAP donations.
Motion approved to accept the revised agenda.
Approval of Minutes of Last Meeting – Secretary
Minor changes were emailed to Kevin by Martha.
Motion approved to accept the revised minutes.
Treasurer's Report
The Treasurer’s Report was emailed by John prior to the
meeting.
- Tax filing for 2009 is completed.
- Paid Membership: 74 with 15 new members
- Amount sent to Lesotho: $29,113.14
- Current balance: $38,533.25
- Operating balance: $4,025.10
- 84 non member cash donors
Treasurer’s Report affirmed by the Board.
Committee Reports
Executive Committee
Richard reported on plans for the Annual Meeting.
- Peter Neuman will work to support Martha Munson, Committee
Chair.
- Charles Fogelman sent a name of a possible speaker.
The Executive Committee voted to approve funds for
Scott’s trip.
Kevin started working with the Website Redesign Task Force.
Board Development/ Operations
Martha is updating the Board Manual.
Finance
No report.
Membership
Dyann gave a brief report and led a discussion on mailings
of donation thank you letters.
- 8 new lifetime members!
- 1000 brochures printed. Distribution strategy to be
developed by Dyann for next newsletter.
- Donations letters currently being mailed by Membership
Committee (over 70 last month for Madelene’s project). The discussion
centered on who should be sending letters to donors of projects that are
not FOL sponsored..
- John reminded the group that there are plenty of funds for
mailings.
Action Item: Richard will contact Bill Moore to
discuss having the Fundraising Committee
send thank you letters to donors.
Newsletter
Faye reported on the status of the next newsletter and the
need for someone to take the responsibility for mailing the June Newsletter.
- Faye needs a Newswriter. Faye also needs
content for the next newsletter. This would involve Googling and revising
news stories and condensing information from David Ambrose’s news
articles. Richard offered to rewrite some of David Ambrose’s news
articles.
- Deena offered Jim Rubarth-Ley as a possible volunteer for
the newsletter.
- 250 members still receive newsletter hardcopy.
Action Item: John will send Richard, Bill and Faye
newsletters from David Ambrose.
Action Item: Richard will write news articles based
on David Ambrose’s Newsletters.
Action Item: All Committee Chairs to send reports to
Faye by June 1.
Action Item: Richard will print the next issue of
newsletter.
- Due date for newsletter articles is June 1
Fundraising
No report this meeting.
Donations
Committee Minutes attached to Agenda mailing.
Deena reported on the Tuition Assistance Program.
- FOL was thanked for the check sent to Lesotho.
- TAP Committee reported that there was not enough funds for
this year’s applications.
Motion made to direct Martha to contact Becky Banton
immediately to determine funding needs for TAP.
Action Item: Martha will email Becky Banton to
confirm they received the last funds and
whether they needed more at this time.
Action Item: John will send Martha copies of
transmittals to TAP funds in Lesotho this year.
Richard suggested that we use Memorial Funds for Nursing
Programs.
Old Business
NGO Status
Richard reported that he sent a letter to Scott to give to
Greg Anderson for Bank access by PC Lesotho. We can review transactions that
way. Richard will follow up with Ted for PC to handle the check book and not
pay ‘Me Thembi to do this. Scott will try to clear this all up while in Lesotho.
Sandy Puckett
John asked about Sandy Puckett who recently passed away.
Action Item: Richard will get in touch with Bill Reed
(Memorial Fund), to contact Taipei
School to explore a memorial project in Sandy Puckett’s
honor.
Action Item: Richard will send copies of things
written about Sandy to the Taipei School
Administrator i.e. Khotso newsletter article and
FOL Newsletter.
Action Item: Dyann will send Khotso
newsletter to Board Members each month until it is
posted on the website.
New Business
None
Review Action Items
1) Richard
will contact Bill Moore to discuss having the Fundraising Committee send
thank you letters to donors.
2) John
will send Richard, Bill and Faye newsletters from David Ambrose.
3) Richard
will write news articles based on David Ambrose’s Newsletters.
4) All
Committee Chairs to send reports to Faye by June 1.
5) Richard
will print the next issue of newsletter.
6) Martha
will email Becky Banton to confirm they received the last funds and whether
they needed more at this time.
7) John
will send Martha copies of transmittals to TAP funds in Lesotho this year.
8) Richard
will get in touch with Bill Reed (Memorial Fund), to contact Taipei
School to explore a memorial project in Sandy Puckett’s honor.
9) Richard
will send copies of things written about Sandy to the Taipei School
Administrator i.e. Khotso newsletter article and FOL Newsletter.
10) Dyann will send Khotso
newsletter to Board Members each month until it is
posted on the website.
Closing – President
Richard adjourned the meeting at 8:10 PM.
Due date for newsletter articles
is June 1
Next Meeting – July 19, 2009