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…
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…
FYA Board Meeting October 23, 2013 Opened at 5:07 Members Present: Dave Miller (presiding), Sarah Finnell, Brad Johnston, Meryem Kugzruk, Kathy Birch, Marylee Bates. Guests: David Bates, Niki Merriweather, Rodney Gaskins. Absent Patrick Endres and Barb Tyndall Meryem opened with prayer. Minutes from September meeting were approved. Treasure Report by Brad. Reviewed. (See the report…
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…
FAIRBANKS YOUTH ADVOCATES BOARD MEETING August 15, 2013 5:00-7:00 Call to Order: 5:03 Roll Call: Present: Sarah Finnell, Brad Johnston, Barbara Tyndall, Patrick Endres, Kathryn Birch, Meryem Kugzruk, Marylee Bates, Rodney Absent: Dave Miller Opening Prayer: Barb Tyndall opened in prayer. Sarah moved, Patrick seconded to approve the July minutes. Minutes approved unanimously. Marylee Bates…
Fairbanks Youth Advocates July 9, 2013 Meeting called to order at 5:05. Present: Patrick Endres, Sarah Finnell , Kathryn Birch , Brad Johnston, Barb Tyndall, Dave Miller, Marylee Bates Absent: Meryem Kugzruk, Jeff Bizzarro Prayer: Patrick opened in prayer Discussion of Rilene’s resignation. We will send Rilene a letter of appreciation for the time she…
May 9, 2013 Call to order: 5:00 Present: Rilene Ann, Kathy Birch, Patrick Endres, Barbara Tyndall, Jeff Bizzarro, Brad Johnston , Sarah Finnell, Marylee Bates Guests: Adena Benn joined us (potential board member); Rodney Gaskins, director of the Fairbanks Rescue Mission Absent: Meryrem Kugsruk, Dave Miller Open in Prayer: Kathy Birch opened in prayer. Minutes for…
April 2013 Meeting pre-agenda Roll Call: Present: Marylee, Brad, Maryam, Rilene, Patrick, Sarah, Dave Miller Absent: Kathy, Jeff F, Barb Meeting called to order at 5:10? (realized about half-way through the meeting that I hadn’t recorded this) Opened in Prayer by Maryem Voting items: Vote on Tax Preparation Vendor Discuss Wilson and Wilson doing FYA’s…
FAIRBANKS YOUTH ADVOCATES Board Meeting March 5, 2013; 5:00-7:00 Call to Order: 5:07 Open in Prayer: Danny Bramer opened in prayer Present: Jeff Bizzarro, Sarah Finnell, Kathy Birch, Barbara Tyndall, Brad Johnston, Danny Bramer, Meryem Kugsruk, Patrick Endres Absent: Dave Miller, Rilene Ann Review of mission statement and goals: Facilitating life transitions for at-risk youth…
Welcome: The board welcomed Nicole Merriweather, our new shelter supervisor. Everyone Introduced themselves. Marylee explained that the state requires two administrators and that Nicole fulfills that role and Marylee the other. December minutes were approved as amended. Directors report: Marylee reported that the shelter is housing three to four youth every night. FYA is currently tracking the…