May 19, 2009
In attendance on teleconference:
Josh Einhorn
Baeri Turetzky
Elaine Newman
Sinead St. John Thornton
DATE OF NEXT BOARD OF DIRECTORS TELECONFERENCE:
Thursday, June 18, 2009 10:00 A.M.
(this was a forgotten agenda item)
There is a $2,232.45 balance in the account.
We discussed reviewing proposals for a fee. Other chapters are now doing this or considering doing this. We need to see if anyone is interested in offering this service (we hypothesized that consultants might). If we were to offer this, we would have to decide if the fee would go the chapter or to the proposal reviewer, or some combination thereof.
Website: Check out the newly updated chapter website! Go to national AAGP website and then click under “Chapters.” Sinead will add information as it is provided to her. The first three sections (“welcome,” “update,” and “events”) will be accessible to members and non-members alike. Sinead will add a paragraph about the Los Angeles sub-chapter, which meets monthly. Elaine will draft the paragraph.
Brochure prototypes are on national AAGP website. These can be altered to be specific to a chapter. Sinead will look into this.
Listing of members and their contact info: The group did not like the idea of listing all members and their contact info on Charity Channel as all members are already listed on the national website and soon will be listed on the chapter website.
We are starting a mentorship program, effective immediately. Senior members will mentor newer members, or members new to the profession. We already have two volunteer mentors: Josh and Elaine. If you want to volunteer to mentor, please let Josh know. Responsibilities: review one proposal, field questions about once every two weeks.
The Center for Nonprofit Management is looking at the calendar for dates that they can provide us three rooms for a full day. There will be no charge. Possible time frames include October or during the first two weeks of December. Elaine will follow up with her contact there, Maura Harrington. (The only stipulation – we must use their caterer.) Our goal is to have 9 speakers. We have already lined up:
Kevin Turner, U.S. Census Bureau: “How data is collected and what data is available”
Maura Harrington, Center for Nonprofit Management: “Evaluation”
“Emily,” a consultant from San Diego: “Social Media” (Sinead is the contact)
Possible speakers or topics include:
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TCGI Certification – maybe someone from national can come speak, or maybe Pauline Anarino from Covina
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A County official about stimulus funds
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Grantwriting for the non-grantwriter
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If in December then a speaker can offer a report about the national conference
The Center for Nonprofit Management has agreed to co-sponsor the event and to help promote. We feel that with their help we will have 100 at the conference.