David Miller, Marylee Bates, Patrick Endres, Heidi Bryan, Sarah Finnell, Tami Manning by phone. 5:04pm.
Quorum met, no one was absent.
Open in prayer
David Miller
Introduce Julie, the VISTA
Marylee introduced Julie Ashburn and explained what her job tasks will be as the VISTA working for FYA over the next year. She is part two of a three year plan working on campus plan concept for FYA. The board asked questions about the recent project under consideration which is a coffee cart of some form for operation during the summer. The Board expressed some concern over the resources required to staff and operate the cart. Dave Miller agreed to delineate some specific questions about this business and present them to the Board. Tami expressed support for the project as a very positive “branding” profile for FYA, along with the opportunity for kids to learn job skills.
Mission Review
Review Article 4 in the By Laws regarding the Board
The Board agreed to change the wording in 4.4 of the Bylaws from“Director” to “Board Member” for clarification.
MSP (Patrick, Heidi) Change the minimum board member requirement from 5 to 4 members stated in the Bylaws.
Accept minutes from March meeting
MSP (Dave, Patrick) to accept the minutes from the March meeting.
Signature items
Update Wedbush and Alaska USA signers
Patrick Endres, board president, makes a resolution to update the approved signers on the Alaska USA bank account. Signers to be removed are Barbara Tindall, no longer a board member, and Janelle Bronniman, no longer an employee. We would like to add Kelli Boyle, the Door Shelter Supervisor. The current signers to remain are as follows: Patrick Endres, Board President; Marylee Bates, Executive Director; Tamara Manning, Board Member and David Miller, Board Member.
MSP (Patrick Endres, Heidi Bryan) makes a motion to nominate Sarah Finnell to be interim Treasurer until further notice.
MSP (Patrick, Heidi) made a motion to update the Wedbush Corporate Account Agreement. The signers reflected on the Wedbush account are: Patrick Endres, David Miller, Heidi Bryan, and Sarah Finnell.
Change: The Corporation’s office is located at 132 10th Ave, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701. The mailing address is the same.
Marylee will share the market analysis for the coffee cart enterprise project, please read before the meeting. (This was discussed with Julie in item 3)
Marylee asked to have this read before Sunday, April 9th and post questions on the blog.
BHAP Resolution
Patrick signed the official resolution for the BHAP grant submission. The board approved unanimously
ED Report
Bids for the Clearwater furnace are expected.
Noel Wein Library called and asked the Door to come twice a week for outreach.
Two staff members go to West Valley right now to visit with the kids, hoping to get to North Pole and Randy Smith. They take food and games and just hang out with kids as part of outreach and awareness.
Marylee to work on her job description.
Foraker conference – Marylee went down for this conference.
Thinking about board recruitment. Making that personal invite.
Heidi and Business Plan
Heidi asked about direction for the FYA business plan in respect to the scope. The Board supported a broad scope business plan.
Volunteer appreciation plans
Sarah Finnell purchased thank you cards which the board members signed, along with candy as a small token of appreciation.
Events scheduled
Paint The Doors/ Open House BBQ in the park May 13th, Saturday 5-9pm
Faithwalk Fundraiser May 27th, 2017
Update from Marylee: Marylee expressed a desire to remove herself from the primary planning of this event, and if other entities do not take a lead, then we can let the fundraiser take its course.
Can we have a motion on the floor (blog) and a second and a vote please – to accept these minutes. Once they are accepted, I can take the minutes and the information to the bank and update the signers.
I approve April 2017 meeting minutes
approve minutes april 5 2017 meeting
I vote to accept the minutes for April 5, 2017 meeting.
I second Patrick’s motion to accept the meeting minutes for April 5th, 2017.
I make a motion to accept the meeting minutes from our April 5, 2017 board meeting.
Hi Everyone,
Can we have a motion on the floor (blog) and a second and a vote please – to accept these minutes. Once they are accepted, I can take the minutes and the information to the bank and update the signers.
Thank you,