Members Present:
| Earl Athman | Kim Josephson | Bruce Lamprecht |
| Donna Luhring | Colleen Mertesdorf | Margo Nash |
| Jeff Solomon | Connie Nordquist (guest) | Shane Weinand (guest) |
| Jim Sheehan (guest) | Donn Hanson (guest) | Tim Sullivan (guest) |
| Ann Thomas (guest) |
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AGENDA ITEM
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NOTES/DECISIONS
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FOLLOW UP/ACTION ITEMS
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Establish Quorum |
A quorum was established and the meeting was called to order at 1:24 pm. | |
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Presentation - Schoolfinances.com |
The board listened to a presentation by Jim Sheehan and Ann Thomas from Schoolfinances.com regarding a possible partnership. | The board will discuss this topic further at the next meeting. |
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MSDLAF |
Tim Sullivan and Donn Hanson from Public Financial Management made a presentation to the board regarding the Liquid Asset Fund and the topic of sponsorship fees. The board discussed sponsorship fees and the idea of formal sponsorship in general. |
Action Item - The topic will be discussed further at the next board meeting. Projections indicate that higher sponsorship fees will be received than previously anticipated. Motion: To revise the MSDLAF budget amount for 2009-10 to $80,000. First: Bruce Lamprecht Second: Donna Luhring Vote: Motion passed unanimously |
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Minutes |
Motion: To approve the July 16-17 board meeting minutes as presented. First: Donna Luhring |
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Financial Reports |
The board also considered the 2008-09 year end financial reports. They requested budget to actual comparisons and will act on the report next meeting when the changes have been made. |
Motion: To approve the July and August financial reports as presented. First: Donna Luhring Second: Bruce Lamprecht |
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Transition |
Connie Nordquist and Shane Weinand updated the board on the transition to a new Executive Director and to Nonprofit Solutions as a management company. Membership numbers were presented. Thus far, 404 individual members have renewed while 134 have yet to renew. |
Action Item - A list of lapsed memberships will be forwarded to the Board for their review. |
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School Finance Committee |
The fall conference program is set. 9 sessions scheduled for Friday. Thanks to Heide for all of her efforts. Heide and Margo have started working on winter conference; Board is asked to submit ideas for topics. |
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Legislative Committee |
The board discussed Senator Pogemiller’s letter to MN Department of Education Commissioner Alice Seagren regarding the opinion that the unallotment might not be a shift, but rather a true unallotment. |
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Communications and Engagement Committee |
Currently, there are 24 people signed up for Leadership Academy, and two sponsorships have been received. |
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Membership Committee |
Action Item - Donna will contact Liz about membership renewals. |
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Event Planning |
There was a discussion of the Tax Levy and Legislative workshops. MASBO will continue to offer a St. Cloud and Metro tax levy session. Connie will work with the Communications and Engagement Committee on offering CEU’s. |
Action Item - Connie will check with TIES, MSBA, etc. on schedules to help us plan our upcoming events. |
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Mentorship Program |
The membership committee will consider whether or not to renew this program. |
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Member Photos |
It is possible to hold member photos on the web site, and would have to be done by members themselves. This project will be delegated to the membership committee. |
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Board Manual |
Action Item - Donna will work with Connie on revising the documents in the Board Manual, which will no longer be copied into a binder, but will be on a Board website that will be developed. |
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ASBO |
We will contribute a prize for the ASBO Silent Auction (carved loon?). We will have dinner at 7pm on Thursday night; Connie will make reservations with the concierge. We will cancel the suite for Friday night. |
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ASBO Leadership Conference |
Registrations have been made for all board members. Meet with the Board on Saturday afternoon. |
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Member Behavior Concerns |
The board reviewed a letter from Kennedy and Gravin on this subject and finds that MASBO has no liability. |
Action Item - Earl will address this individually as a colleague. Prior to the spring conference, we need to have discussion about how to handle drink tickets and promoting the social activities. Tickets will be provided (2 per person for each night) for sodas only. |
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Evaluation of Executive Director |
The Board is pleased with the performance of the Executive Director. | Action Item - Connie will email Earl hours and total amount for reimbursement of hours prior to July 1. |
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Adjourn |
The meeting was adjourned at 4:45 pm |
Motion: To adjourn the meeting.
First: Bruce Lamprecht Second: Donna Luhring Vote: Motion passed unanimously |
