Minutes: Board of Directors Meeting Jan 19, 2006
Members present : Bill Matthews, Mike Millican, Delia Castillo, Len Ellis, Nelda Reid, Bill McElvaney, Sidney Burkins, Laray Polk, Rob Evans, Liz Branch, Liz Wolf, Rashid Dara.
Staff present : Lon Burnam, Trish Majors, Kathryn Cates (as consultant)
1. Opening: Introductions and a moment to center.
2. Planning Session Review: The Jan 6 and 7th sessions were reviewed and discussed; Kathryn prepared a written report; items to highlight are:
Review of the Five-year Plan
25th Anniversary Celebration
Delia would like to see the ideas from the Jan 7 morning teams put together in a document; very helpful as participants learned about the other teams; Lon concurred and would also like to have the recommendations from these groups documented
3. Minutes: The Minutes of the December meeting were presented and reviewed. Bill McElvaney moved to accept, Nelda seconded; Minutes accepted as presented.
4. Treasurer’s Report: Nelda provided the Treasurer's Report; discussion about the Credit Union sub-accounts being consolidated into one account for reporting purposes. Also, ensuring account access is limited. Liz Wolf moved to accept the report, Rob seconded; report accepted as presented.
5. Staffing: Patricia Lyons will be joining the team for a three-month position to head-up and push-forward our Grant Writing aspect of fundraising. Kathyrn Cates will start as Office Manager Feb 1, 2006.
Office was cleaned, organized, rearranged by Susan Gregory - hooray Susan!
6. Actions: Several participated in the Dallas City Council meeting, although the resolution was deferred for 30 days.
Turnout at MLK event at Library was good - about 40 participated.
Camp Casey at KBH office continues, pushing for a Feb 15 Town Hall meeting.
Winter of Discontent event also successful.
Discussed action at Joe Barton's Fundraiser on Jan 20.
7. New Member Orientation: Bill Matthews will plan for a Feb 2 orientation of new board members.
8. Other: A reminder for the February meeting - agenda item for Speaker's Committee.
Need to form a 25th Anniversary Committee ASAP. Bill Mathews will work on setting this up.
Bill Matthews asked for DPC Support of Foundation For Pluralism's HOLOCAUST Remembrance event on Jan 26 - some discussion, approved by voice vote.
Next month's meeting will be at Orbits Of Influence "CRASH" event; FunAsia in Richardson, movie starts at 4pm, discussion groups at 6pm, then we will adjourn to a private room to complete our board meeting. FunAsia is on Main St, just west of Plano Pkwy, south side of street.
9. Adjourn: moved to adjourn at 9:15 p.m.
submitted by Len Ellis
Secretary
January 26, 2006
