OPEN MEETING
MAY 17, 2006
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:
HANIA BROOKS, STACY BROOKS, NEAL FELDER, VALENCIA FOSTER, ESTELLA HERNANDEZ,
BARBARA KAYE, ELLEN KLINENBERG, TOMASA LANDA, JOHN LAZAR, GINA POLIZZI, MICAH
ROBERTS, DARCIE TILLIS, TOLLY VALENTE, AND MARIA VON HARTZ
MEMBERS PRESENT: CARDIE LOY, TRACY GORING, ERIKA
HINDLE, MARGIE STEVENS, KHE TAI, GINGER BOWER, YAEL GILAD APT, PATRICK
DOWNES, TINA TEODORESEA, DIANA TOOTHMAN,
BARRY GREY, JUDY ROSENZWEIG, ANN WARREN, RODNEY FOSTER, AMY MARTIN
CHE STAFF: PATRICIA TANN, AMY LEVITT-POLANCO, ANGELA YOON, LISA
YAMAGUCHI, SHEILA MALLOY
1.
MEETING WELCOME
– 7:05 PM
MICAH AND
MARIA WELCOME ALL.
2. FRIENDS’ BY-LAWS
THE
FRIENDS’ BY-LAWS HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE THE 80’S. THE BY-LAWS ARE DUE SOME UPDATES. JOHN LAZAR READS THROUGH THE BY-LAWS AND
FOCUSES ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES FROM THE BOARD.
UNDER SPECIAL MEETINGS - JOHN ADDS THAT THE BOARD HAS THE RIGHT TO EXPEL
A NON-MEMBER FROM MEETINGS IF THEY ARE DEEMED DISTRUPTIVE. UNDER ELIGIBILITY AND TERM LIMITS, THE
DIRECTORS ARE ELECTED TO SERVE A 2 YEAR TERM FOR NO MORE THAN 4 CONSECUTIVE
YEARS. RELATIVES ARE NOT PERMITTED TO
SERVE ON THE BOARD DURING THE SAME PERIOD TO TIME. ALSO, A DIRECT EMPLOYEE OF CHE IS NOT
PERMITTED TO SERVE ON THE FRIENDS BOARD.
UNDER STAGGERED TERMS, IN ORDER TO ENSURE CONTINUITY ON THE BOARD, THE
DIRECTORS’ TERMS SHALL BE STAGGERED.
UNDER EMPLOYMENT, DIRECTORS SHALL NOT PROFIT FROM ANY TRANSACTION WITH FRIENDS,
SHALL NOT BE EMPLOYED BY FRIENDS, AND SHALL NOT BE EMPLOYED BY CHE STARTING
7/1/06. THE NUMBER OF DIRECTORS HAS BEEN INCREASED TO 13.
THERE
IS A DISCUSSION ON EACH OF THE ABOVE AMENDMENTS. OTHERS SUGGEST OTHER IDEAS AND RAMIFICATIONS.
JOHN
MOVES TO APPROVE THE MINUTES WITH NEW CHANGES.
PATRICK
DOWNES SECONDS
ALL
IN FAVOR – 29 VOTE YES (ALL THE PRESENT MEMBERS)
THE
NEW
JOHN
ALSO PROPOSED TO CHANGE THE FRIENDS ARTICLES OF INCORPERATION TO DELETE THE
FIRST SENTENCE OF SECTION VI WHICH STATES, “THE CORPORATION SHALL HAVE NINE (9)
DIRECTORS.” AND REPLACE IT WITH THE FOLLOWING THAT STATES, “THE NUMBER OF
DIRECTORS SHALL READ THE SAME NUMBER OF MEMBERS STATED IN THE BY-LAWS”.
JOHN
MOTIONS TO ADD THIS IN THE ARTICLES OF INCORPERATION.
BARRY
GREY SECONDS.
ALL
IN FAVOR – ALL VOTE YES. THIS PASSES.
THANK
YOU MICAH, MARIA, JOHN AND PATRICK FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK IN PULLING THESE
NEW BY-LAWS TOGETHER!
3. GOALS, DREAMS, SUGGESTIONS FOR FRIENDS TO
CONSIDER FOR THE 2006-07 SCHOOL YEAR
§
COMPUTER LAB TEACHER
§
TEACHERS ARE INTERESTED IN A CERTIFICATED TEACHER TO
HELP WITH INTENSE INSTRUCTION FOR SUTDENTS WHO COULD BE, BUT ARE NOT PERFORMING
WELL. A NON-NORMS WITH NO CLASSROOM TEACHER.
THEY ARE LOOKING TO TARGET K-1 CHILDREN WITH ISSUES WITH LITERACY, SOUND
SPELLING SKILLS AND
§
THIS TEACHER WOULD BE PART-TIME AND WORK 15-20 HOURS
PER WEEK, FOR APPROX. 25 PER HOUR, FOR AT LEAST 20 CHILDREN.
§
MS. TANN WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THE TEACHERS AIDES,
PARTICULARLY FOR K-1.
§
GINGER WOULD LIKE TO CHALLENGE FRIENDS TO DOUBLE
THEIR BUDGET. SHE IS COMMITTED TO HELP
WITH CORP. SPONSORS, AND THIS YEAR SINGLE HANDEDLY BROUGHT IN $10,000 IN CORP.
SPONSORSHIPS.
3. TEACHER
SURVEY AND TEACHER TEA
FRIENDS
WILL BE CONDUCTING A TEACHER SURVEY OF NEEDS AND A TEACHERS TEA TO SHARE
COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS. THE TEA WILL
BE ON TUES. MAY 30, 2006. MS. TANN SAYS
THAT IT’S IMPORTANT TO BUILD A COHESIVE UNIT AMONGST THE STAFF. THE TEACHERS SHOULD COME TOGETHER AT GRADE
LEVEL AND NOT AS INDIVIDUALS, OR COME TOGETHER AS A SCHOOL.
4.
SPRING THING UPDATE
THE SPRING THING WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL BRINGING IN
APPROX. $60,000! Stacy, Diana and Ellen worked
really hard to make the evening fun, seamless, and magical!
THE
TEACHERS THANK FRIENDS FOR THE SPRING THING!
THEY ARE BLESSED TO HAVE THIS GREAT GROUP OF INVOLVED PARENTS. THE TEACHERS ARE VERY GRATEFUL.
5.
ANNUAL VOLUNTEER PARTY
THIS EVENT WILL BE SPONSORED BY BOTH FRIENDS AND PTA TO CELEBRATE ALL
PARENTS WHO HELPED THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR – WHETHER YOU DONATED MONEY OR
SPENT TIME IN A CLASSROOM HELPING A TEACHER.
THE EVENT IS JUNE 11TH AT
6.
FRIENDS ELECTIONS
FRIENDS WILL BE HAVING THEIR BOARD OF DIRECTOR ELECTIONS ON JUNE 7, 2006. SPREAD THE WORD! THE FRIENDS BOARD HAS 6 OPEN POSITIONS. THE BOARD WILL NEED A NEW SECRETARY, A
CO-TREASURER, AND 4 DIRECTORS.
STACY BROOKS WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE MICAH AND MARIA FOR ALL OF THEIR
HARDWORK WORKING WITH FRIENDS. THANK
YOU!
7.
PTA ELECTIONS
THIS IS JUDY R.’S LAST YEAR AND SHE IS INTERESTED IN FINDING NEW MEMBERS
OF THE PTA. THE PTA ELECTIONS WILL BE IN
THE MORNING OF JUNE 8, 2006. THEIR OPEN
POSITIONS ARE CO-PRESIDENTS, SECRETARY AND TREASURER. THIS YEARS’ PTA HAS MADE GREAT STRIDES IN
WORKING IN CONJUCTION WITH FRIENDS. THE
PTA WORKS WITH
MS. TANN SAYS THAT IT’S IMPORTANT TO HAVE 2 GROUPS WORKING TOGETHER. THE
NATIONAL PTA ORG AND ITS SCHOOL’S BOOSTER CLUB SHOULD ALWAYS WORK
TOGETHER.
END OF OPEN MEETING
JOHN
MOTIONS TO ADJOURN MEETING.
GINA
SECONDS.
MEETING IS
ADJOURNED.
THE NEXT
MEETING IS ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 2006 – THE FRIENDS ELECTIONS.
CLOSED MEETING
1.
BY-LAWS
JOHN PROPOSES TO HAVE ANOTHER CLOSED MEETING VOTE ON THE AMENDED BY LAWS
WITH JUST BOARD MEMBERS.
JOHN MOTIONS TO VOTE IN THE NEW AMENDED BY-LAWS.
NEAL SECONDS.
ALL IN FAVOR – ALL VOTE YES.
2.
BOARD ELECTIONS
MICAH OPENS THE FLOOR TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS WHO VOLUNTEER TO
STEP DOWN AS DIRECTORS.
THE FOLLOWING VOLUNTEER TO STEP DOWN:
BARBARA KAYE
DARCIE TILLIS
STACY BROOKS
TOLLY VALENTE
TOMASA LANDA
NEAL FELDER
3.
VOLUNTEER PARTY
DISCUSSION ON GIFTS FOR RECIPIENTS AT PARTY.
END OF OPEN MEETING
DARCIE
SECONDS.
MEETING IS
ADJOURNED.
THE NEXT
MEETING IS ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 2006 – THE FRIENDS ELECTIONS.