Board Minutes 4-3-14

Fairbanks Youth Advocates Board Meeting 4-3-2014 5:00-7:00  Call to Order: 5:03 Present:  Patrick Endres, Kathy Birch, Meryem Kugzruk, Sarah Finnell, Barbara Tyndall, Brad Johnston, Dave Miller, Marylee Bates Visitor: Rodney Gaskins Executive Director; Fairbanks Rescue Mission   Open in Prayer: Barb Tyndall opened in prayer Executive Director—Marylee reported that our Community Care License came in the…

Board Minutes 2-26-14

Fairbanks Youth Advocates Board Meeting February 26, 2014 Call to Order: 5:06 Present:  Patrick Endres,  Meryem Kugzuk,  Barbara Tyndall, Brad Johnston,  Sarah Finnell,  Kathy Birch, Marylee Bates Visitor: Mark  Harris Absent:  Dave Miller Barbara Tyndall opened in prayer. Patrick moved to approve the minutes; Kathy seconded.  Approved unanimously. Mission Review:  Board reviewed goals set at…

Minutes Board Meeting 1-22-14

Fairbanks Youth Advocates Board Meeting 1-22-14   Call to order: 5:04 Present: Patrick Endres, Meryem Kugzruk, Sarah Finnell , Brad Johnston, Barbara Tyndall, Kathy Birch Absent:  Dave Miller Visitor: Rodney Gaskins, Executive Director Fairbanks Rescue Mission  Open in Prayer:  Patrick opened in prayer. Minutes:  Meryrem moved to approve the minutes; Kathy seconded.  Approved unanimously.  Voting…

Draft Minutes 1-22-14

Fairbanks Youth Advocates Board Meeting 1-22-14 Call to Order: 5:04 Present: Patrick Endres, Meryem Kugzruk, Sarah Finnell , Brad Johnston, Barbara Tyndall, Kathy Birch Absent:  Dave Miller Visitor: Rodney Gaskins, Executive Director Fairbanks Rescue Mission Open in Prayer:  Patrick opened in prayer. Minutes:  Meryrem moved to approve the minutes; Kathy seconded.  Approved unanimously. Voting and…

December 2013 Meeting Minutes

Call– Patrick, Sarah, Meryem, Brad, Kathy, Marylee present. Absent: Dave Miller & Barb Tyndall. Open in prayer by Kathy Accept Minutes: Patrick moved to accept November’s minutes. Brad seconded. Minutes passed. Mission Review: Patrick offered a stats quiz for us to review details. Top 3 reasons for youth homelessness nation-wide: 1) Parent incarceration; 2) Out…

November 14, 2013 Minutes

Teleconference Meeting called to order 5:05pm Roll Call- absent: Dave Miller & Barb Tyndall Kathy moved to accept board minutes from October. Meryem seconded- minutes accepted. CHANGES ARE AS FOLLOWS: 6. Policies: We reviewed the Financial Policies posted on the board website:  changes which are “grant driven” discussed and agreed to pass. We agreed to…

National Conference on Ending Family and Youth Homelessness

If you are considering attending this conference as a board member, please let me know Nov.  26th or earlier. It requires being willing to travel February 17 – 21st (or so) to New Orleans. Registration and hotel, per diem is covered. Airfare can be covered by FYA. http://www.endhomelessness.org/news/calendar/2014-national-conference-on-ending-family-and-youth-homelessness Two staff, Nichole and Fanta will also…

Saturday Work session for Board

Dates that Mike Walsh (Foraker) is available: November 9 or 23rd December 7 or 14th January 8th Possible Times 1/2 day, 9ish  – 12ish or ? Possible Topics 1) long term planning 2) financial education – how to read financial statements 3) combined mission statements and or combined statement – separate goals, etc. ? Please…

Agenda October 23, 2013

Welcome to any guests Open in prayer Approval of Minutes October Treasurer’s Report– Brad CARF – Niki  (vote on approval of CARF manual ~$175 – not in the budget presently – so needs a vote) Director’s Report – Marylee Property Update: 138 Tenth update – Dave M 132 Tenth update – Marylee & Dave Other:…

Accreditation

At the last board meeting we discussed licensing. At the time, I mentioned that we were not trying to get out of accountability. At the time, we had already been researching accreditation organizations. Niki researched several options and concluded with this organization: CARF. On the same day, I was talking to a state person and…

Minutes FYA 9-17-13

BOARD MEETING September 17, 2013 Call to Order: 5:04 Roll Call: Present: Sarah Finnell, Meryem Kugzruk, Barbara Tyndall, Brad Johnston, Dave Miller, Patrick Endres, Kathy Birch, Marylee Bates via teleconference There were no absent members. Prayer: Meryem Kugzruk opened in prayer. Minutes:  A question about the minutes referred to the job description of the resource coordinator (20 hours…