Conference Call Minutes 7 Sept 2010

IVAW Board of Directors

Conference Call Minutes September 7, 2010

Opening:

The conference call of the IVAW Board of Directors was convened at approximately 1800 on 7 September 2010 by Garett Reppenhagen,  Chair.

Present:

Robynn Murray, Garett Reppenhagen, Adrienne Kinne, Sara Beining, Jeremy Stainthorp Berggren, Jeff Key, Joyce Wagner, Jose Vasquez (Executive Director)

A.            Approval of Agenda

The agenda was approved by everyone present.

B.            Approval of Minutes

Minutes were previously approved via the secure email of the organization.

C.            Open Issues

First item on the agenda involved consideration of replacement Board members under the following qualifications: Afghan Veterans, good communication or public relations skills, good writing abilities as well as fundraising and resource development experience.  There will be a timeline of one week (to be complete by 14 September 2010) for names and qualifying skillsets for suggested names to be posted to a Google documents. 

Next item involved policy committee updates and importance was stressed on tracking down committee members and getting timeline goals established and met.

Next item was the AVAW committee.  It has been established that they are not asking for a budget and plan to do their own fundraising.  The timeline is that they will be effective immediately upon approval and would continue without a final date, as there are not clear instructions on what a timeline is supposed to mean for this type of committee.  Noted that it is imperative to have officers with points of contact on paper and they will be focusing on defining Afghanistan in their mission and goals through their committee.

Next item was fundraising.  A sustaining donor form has been emailed out, board members are encouraged to become donors and create individuals’ plans for personal resource development at whatever level possible so that we can have 100% donation level on the board.  Important to contact Amadee to follow up on any possible local leads, she will be out of office from 15-26 September.

Next item was advisory committee.  There are several long term advisory committee members.  A mentorship was suggested between board members and committee members and the possibility of invited specific committee members to an annual board meeting for specific purposes related to their skill set. Specific purposes of the advisory committee were discussed.

D.            Parking Lot

Meeting and Discussion Process, Strategy Process, and Norm’s discussion were put into the parking lot.

TJ Buonomo survey proposal, gender training, election committee, and values statement were standing in parking lot.

E.            Agenda for Next Meeting

Conference call agenda was not established.

Adjournment:

Meeting was adjourned at approximately 1900.  Conference call was set for next Tuesday, September 12 at 1800.

Minutes submitted by:                                          Sara Beining

Approved by:                                                            Garett Reppenhagen