Meeting Location:2340 S. Adams Street,Denver, CO
Call in Number: 1-857-216-6700Meeting ID Number: 511110

TIME: 9:00AM for Board Meeting

  1. Call to Order and Roll Call (2 min)
  2. Public Comment Period (2 min)
  3. Agenda
  4. Follow-Up & Discussion Items (10 min)
  5. CCAD Update
  6. Late Winter 2017 Work Date for Strategic Planning – The Unified Improvement Plan will be completed by November as will our renewal; therefore, it makes the most sense for us to engage in strategic planning once we have this guiding document done as well.
  7. Action Items | Strictly for Voting/Adoption (15 min)
  8. Vote on Officers for 2016-17 School Year
  9. Chair/President
  10. Co-Chair/ Vice-President
  11. Secretary
  12. Treasurer
  13. Review & Adopt Committees for 2016-17[1]
  14. Finance | Anna, Matt, Kaye, Lori
  15. Fundraising[2] | Viviana, Gina, Kaye
  16. Marketing & Outreach | Susan, Jerry, Viviana, Jorge
  17. Personnel/Executive | Jayla, Anna, Gina
  18. Review & Adopt Proposed Board Calendar for 2016-17
  19. Adjourn

WORK SESSION AGENDA

Please note that this is not a formal meeting and no votes will be taken during this time. The Board of Directors will only be working on several items.

  1. Call to Order & Agenda Review/Adjustment (2 min)
  2. Set Annual RFMA Board Goal/s for 2016-17[3] (30 min)
  3. Governance/Personnel Goal
  4. Fundraising Goal
  5. Marketing Goal
  6. Visioning & Planning Fall Fundraiser (min 120 min)
  7. Setting Goals
  8. How much do we want to raise?
  9. When can we meet moving forward to the date?
  10. Setting the Space
  11. Tables with dinner? Stand up for wine & cheese? Buffet?
  12. Silent Auction? Do we know places that would donate for a silent auction?
  13. Bidding support session? Get an MC to bid up the audience for straight donations?
  14. Honoring a Community Member? Do we want to focus on honoring a person from the community each year? Or do we want to go a different route?
  15. Filling the Seats
  16. How many tickets/tables should each board member be responsible for?
  17. What is the cost/ticket or table?
  18. Should there be corporate sponsorships of tables/bundles of tickets?
  19. Spreading the Word
  20. Create a timeline for marketing and outreach.
  21. What is the best way to spread the word?
  22. Create an initial guest list and start networking for more to add.
  23. Managing the Event
  24. Hire/contract with a professional event coordinator to support?
  25. Can committees meet in coming months to manage aspects of event so that at each board meeting there is a report about movement and work?

[1] Please be thinking of who might be interested in sitting on these committees but are NOT members of our board.

[2] This committee will need to be focused on raising funds for BEST this year. So we need as many people as possible here.

[3] Not individual goals but whole-board goals