LVP Board Retreat

Present: Howard Korey, Dan Laytin, Betsy Jenkins, Gary Garland, Ron Eng, Chris Kertesz, Sue, Marla Gordon, Caroll, Mark Zipperer, Kara Hamstra

Guests: James Giganic, Sarah Carson, Susie Silver, Mandy

Absent:, Casey Herman, Geoff Koss, David Stone, Phyllis Kingsland, Greg Rose, Pauline Draper-Watts, Rob Cappucci, Stephen Isaacs, Heather Way

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Minutes – Accepted by Howard, Betsy J. seconded; all in Favor

Board Resources – Howard

  • James, Rob and Howard had a good meeting; discussed new Board Assessment and Profile
  • Skill Matrix was last done in 2007; asked people to self-assess their skills. Want to update this and determine a new process for filling out the assessment and define how we will use the final assessment
  • Discussed Document Storage – Google Docs hasn’t worked in the past; brought up the idea that we need a board member with IT would be helpful
  • Sue/Sarah to discuss if we need a password-protected place on current website
  • Discussed YLB and further integration with the Board
  • Discussed creating a LVP LinkedIn Board page; will continue to discuss—then we can link directly to BOD profiles on LVP website

Finance – Betsy

  • Just slightly below target on revenue and under budget for expenses
  • Stuart’s monthly report explains that visits are down so food expenses are down
  • Will hold on a discussion of expanding borders until we move in to new building
  • Trend here is that at this time last year visits were going up; last couple of months have shown a slight decrease
  • Marla noted that the Night Ministry has cut back its service to one day vs. two
  • Gary said he’s not aware of any buildings closing that would affect a large population of our clients; hopefully this is a good sign with the
  • Seniors have been given notice – the Presbertyerian buildings at Grace and Pine Grove will be displaced
  • Bank Balance is good
  • We are on target for CC; things have held steady over summer months, no recent large donations
  • Brindille event – we are on track; this impacts Operations rather than CC
  • Audit will finish soon; no expected issues
  • Starting discussions with insurance broker soon for next year’s benefits
  • We have always had a qualified opinion on our audit because it doesn’t assess our inventory; the issue came up so we will work with auditors to do the actual assessment moving forward.

Development and Events – Sue

  • Brindille event – we have already earned $95K; stretching out this week to help meet match goal so we can reach $150K
  • Last year we raised $48K before and $34K at event
  • 45 seats have been sold this year to date; 20 are brand new folks to LVP – 50 seats total
  • Major gifts – gifts over $5K
  • To date, we are up YTD at $300K or 62% of our operating budget

YLB – James Gignac

  • Invitation to all BOD to join meeting at Oct 6 at 6:00
  • Pizza party to celebrate Hunger Walk
  • Will invite individual board members from time to time; would like to invite Greg Rose to speak about the New Building
  • Three main areas of focus:
  • Recruitment – request for all BOD to share any recos; looking to have an event on 10/15 Happy Hour in the Loop
  • James noted that they could use more business/entrepreneurial type folks, folks with lots of connections, any diversity would also be helpful
  • Fall Fundraiser at Matilda – Trivia Night; if the Board wants to put together a trivia night; looking to raise $1,000
  • Eliminate Hunger Social – brainstorming various ideas; looking at April or May; stay tuned
  • Hunger Walk was a big success; Hamburger Mary’s event and Taste of Lincoln beer tent were also great events for the group
  • Kudos to Ashley Friend for helping to guide and lead the YLB

ED Search Committee – Dan

  • Kittleman has helped us identify a diverse group of individuals; we’ve had a continuing process of talking to many of those candidates. The search continues with several great candidates
  • Our hope is to select one candidate in the next few weeks

STAFF REPORT – Sarah Carson – Marketing

  • Sarah talked through a presentation outlining her Objectives for the year and walking through various marketing and social media tactics.

ED Report – Gary

  • At November meeting, Gary will share an update on early ideas on the EDE role for Advocacy and Mentoring
  • Gary provided a last look at how the Board can position LVP to uniquely affect the community moving forward

CC Update – Dan

  • Financially – at $2.9M; we can keep $25K from state
  • New promises of gifts: Cubs have said we should ask for $10K gift, also due to talk with Ricketts Family, will talk to Crown Family soon, too.
  • Planning a special appeal for when the building is accessible to help us enter the building debt-free
  • Demolition on the building has begun; contractors will be done by EOW
  • No real problems or surprises; roof will be a topic of discussion, need to determine if we will fix or get new roof
  • Permits are applied for; no changes to timeline as discussed

Next Board Meeting: November 18, 2015