Minutes: Board of Directors Meeting July 20, 2006
Members present: Bill Matthews, Stephen Brown, Delia Castillo, Nelda Reid, Marion Avalos, Danna Pyke, Michael Millican, Len Ellis, Rob Evans, Liz Branch, Rashid Dara;
proxies: Bill McElvaney, Laray Polk, Liz Wolff.
Staff present: Lon Burnam, Patricia Lyons.
Visitors: David Reid.
1. Opening: Bill Matthews called the meeting to order at 7:15pm; with a centering.
2. Minutes: The June minutes were presented. Delia moved to accept, Liz second, the minutes were accepted by voice vote.
3. Treasurer’s Report: A walk-through of the financial statement by Nelda was done, questions answered as we progressed. From last month, we had agreed to review the May report this month, but as we had reviewed it by the walk-through, Rob moved to not revisit May's report - so approved. The walk-through included the June Treasurer’s Report, so Liz moved to accept, Danna second, approved by voice vote.
A Fundraising Workshop will be presented by CNP on August 15 was announced, participation and sign-up requested.
4. Development review: a review of the efforts for fundraising was presented by Patricia. It was then requested that we extend the Development position through Dec 31, 2006. A motion to extend the position was made by Stephen, a second by Danna and all approved by voice vote.
Patricia announced that we have received an annonymous $25,000 challenge grant, and for every dollar raised, it will be matched, up to the maximum. $10,000 has been earmarked for infrastructure improvement, as evidenced by the new phone system. A "Challenge Checklist" was distributed that detailed the criteria and activities.
It was suggested a committee be formed for the 25th Anniversary events and planning; waiting for someone to step forward to head this up.
5. Peacemaker of the Year Award: From a gathering of past recipients earlier in the month, a recommendation of two awards: Peter Johnson and Diane Baker. Discussion about whether one should be "Lifetime Achievement" and one "Peacemaker", and whether there should also be other nominees (two were received by email). This was tabled until next month, and a request for bios for the nominees was made.
6. Teams:
No team reports this month as we focused on writing our position statement on the Israel/Lebanon war. The final version will be presented tomorow (July 21) at a press conference at City Hall.
7. Announcements: Reminders of Richard Deats visit August 6; support Camp Casey(Crawford) in July; and Dallas Peace Film Festival August 12.
8. Request: due to a major project she is working on, Laray has asked for leave from her board responsibilities for several months; we approved this by voice vote.
9. Adjourn: moved to adjourn at 9:30p.m.
submitted by Len Ellis
Secretary
July 28, 2006
