{"id":2728,"date":"2014-12-12T15:00:39","date_gmt":"2014-12-13T00:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fairbanksyouthadvocates.org\/board\/?p=2728"},"modified":"2014-12-16T08:17:08","modified_gmt":"2014-12-16T17:17:08","slug":"december-16-2014-metting-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fairbanksyouthadvocates.org\/board\/2014\/12\/12\/december-16-2014-metting-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"December 16, 2014 metting agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Roll Call<\/li>\n
  2. Open in Prayer<\/li>\n
  3. Accept November 2014 Meeting Minutes<\/li>\n
  4. Possible visit by Chick Wallace, friend of Dave Miller interested in FYA and possible board membership.<\/li>\n
  5. Signature items<\/li>\n
  6. Voting items\n
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    1. budget approval (see below)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    2. Mission Review: Our future? Let\u2019s get together for a few hours of vision sharing and questions asking. Sometime in early January. Think about a date that works for you.<\/li>\n
    3. Director\u2019s Report<\/li>\n
    4. Unfinished business\n
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      1. Ideas for specific use of the Yochem Estate funds?\n
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        1. Retire the debt on the Shelter loan from the Bates? ~75K<\/li>\n
        2. Retire the debt on the FYA office building? ~89K?<\/li>\n
        3. Other purchases on the block. There is 1 house for sale behind us (not directly) and or we could also explore the house directly behind us.<\/li>\n
        4. Invest for a period of time, while praying and seeking direction.(???)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
        5. Review bid options for property management of the newly acquired buildings and decide if we should we rent, use the property ourselves, or winterize the building(s) until a future date? Dave Miller will be researching this and offering some advice, if not in time for this meeting, then it will be tabled for the next.\n
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          1. Zia Gillespie: @ 687-2530\n
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            1. (Comes w\/ a strong reference from a multiple rental owner), Preparing Property – $50 Set up fee for the bookkeeping, $125 \u00a01st month for services needed to get rental ready, Monthly Fees $135 Bookkeeping fees\/Office fees, Lease up Fees $100 Per room Per 6 months.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
            2. Northern Homes: Phyllis Enoch @ 456-8986\n
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              1. Experienced realtors available 24 hours a day, in-house maintenance company, Motto: Manage your properties as if we owned them ourselves, 12% of gross rental fees, 50% of 1 full months rent for filling each vacancy unit, possible 3% compensation for services – vacancy during winter months<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
              2. Taxes on Buildings (If we are not using them for our purposes)\n
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                1. White house: $906.62\/year<\/li>\n
                2. 2 story duplex $2975.88 \/year<\/li>\n
                3. open lot: $249.32 year<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                4. Final Budget review and adoption<\/li>\n
                5. Financial Report- Brad<\/li>\n
                6. Brainstorm about employee retention for FYA: What are some viable ways that we can begin to develop some retention incentives for the current staff of FYA. Marylee will share some of her ideas but let\u2019s take a few moments to move this process forward with a brainstorm session at the least.\n
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                  1. Pay raise based on duration of time<\/li>\n
                  2. COLA?<\/li>\n
                  3. Other benefits (higher rate of paid time- off, special days off,<\/li>\n
                  4. Other ideas?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                  5. Committee Reports\n
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                    1. Public Information\n
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                      1. Autumn Newsletter distributed (mail out & churches)<\/li>\n
                      2. A new \u201cthe Door\u201d flyer\/poster created (community Bulletin Boards & schools)<\/li>\n
                      3. Poster was made for advertising on the Bus transit (not on buses yet)<\/li>\n
                      4. PSA\u2019s (Currently 1 30 sec. spot running on TV for 2 weeks)<\/li>\n
                      5. FYA Name badge ordered for Tami<\/li>\n
                      6. Patrick and Marylee revised the website pages for content, links, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                      7. Sunshine committee\n
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                        1. Special thank you ideas for Gary Pedretti who has donated a huge amount of time and expert counsel for our IT related need. What can we do for him to express our thanks?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                        2. Fundraising\n
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                          1. Meryem will share ideas about a concert\/skit\/poetry fundraiser idea.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                          2. Thank you phone calls to donors\n
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                            1. Volunteers\n
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                              1. (907) 460-0249 Bob Sugden (Volunteer from day 1, prayer warrior, ground breaker, continues to volunteer weekly)<\/li>\n
                              2. (907) 474-3861 Claudia (cooks, cleans, supervises & Jeff Pierson (volunteers extraordinaire – jeff helps with maintenance –<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                              3. Financial Supporters\n
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                                1. Carol Powell (907) 479-4719 \u00a0\u00a0First time donor in Dec. & set up to donate monthly<\/li>\n
                                2. Danny and Jeanne Bramer continued monthly faithfulness ($200 a month) 859-492-7009<\/li>\n
                                3. Kay Hinkley 907-456-5778 \u00a0(recent $100 donation)<\/li>\n
                                4. Leslie Huffman 907-490-3222 $50\/month for last 6 months<\/li>\n
                                5. Brian Kosmal (907-978-4740) gives $900-1000 in gift cards a month<\/li>\n
                                6. Dennis Wise (360-201-0015) (continued faithfulness)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                  See revised FYA staff flow chart below<\/p>\n

                                  \"Updated<\/a><\/p>\n