FNC Board of Director Minutes

2017-07-11

Present: Felix Ramirez, Stuart Wilson, Susan Sherman, Trish Kry
Absent: Mike McMaster
Visitors: Dr. Holden, Robin Pyke
Meeting called to order:1:10pm by Felix

Felix welcomed both visitors and introduced Robin as a potential new board member.  Robin Pyke further introduced herself to the Board.The past month’s minutes were unanimously approved after a motion by Stuart with a second by Susan.

Financial:
6-month update: Utilities are higher this year, our first in the new facility. It will take one full year to determine a reasonable guess at utility budget needs.
Denise Calderon continues to help with organizing the books.
We need to decide how to handle the Smythe Scholarship book entry.Director:
WGA Grant (Woman’s Giving Alliance): Lake Tech has a program, where they teach women the construction trade. This has been very effective with an 80% placement record. The grant request needs to be submitted between 8/10-15. Trish and Robin Pyke are working to find the additional support needed so a grant can be filed.
Groveland PD: Trish has a meeting with new Chief Ramsey to discuss their taking on the Christmas toy distribution for this year.
Food bags containing non perishable and non TFAB ingredients are being given to the PD. These bags have our card attached and will be given out, by the officers, when they encounter homeless, hungry people for the first time.
Security concerns:The Center continues to have problems with vehicles driving and parking in and around the building. The PD is helping with this.
One Body Outreach: This organization, from the four-corners area, will partner with us for food distribution to this area. Their focus is on homelessness which is a good match for us. They need 2nd Harvest approval in order for us to work with them.
Utilities Assistance: Our current grant has proved to be much too time consuming and restrictive to be of use to us. The remaining funds will be returned to them and United Way and other organizations will be used for future help.Patrick’s Report:
The AC is still not functioning effectively. Window film is being applied to all windows to see if this will be sufficient, if the heat continues to be too high in the sorting room Patrick would like to install two ceiling fans.
The finish on the Center’s floors has worn off in spots and needs to be recoated. Patrick has a minx product left by the builder which, Patrick has discovered, is not what we need. Susan will contact the builder about both these issues.
The clothing department will start giving unneeded clothing to a new company that will purchase them by the pound (weight) for delivery to Third World Countries. Patrick was asked to get a list of destination countries to make sure they are not anti-US. Goal is to make about $50/month.
We will be looking at using a small partition in the ED’s office to provide a bit of privacy for the ED.
We agreed that Patrick should have a $100 limit debit card to reduce the need for frequent small expense approvals.

President’s Report:
We reviewed and approved the job description for a new staff position, Center Coordinator . This person would lighted the ED’s administrative load and would have responsibilities such as Manager of the Day, Community Outreach Special Projects, Dine-Outs and would Oversee Volunteer Committees .
Golf Tournament Brochure was reviewed, potential sponsor candidates identified and new rates for sponsors established.
Lake Cares, which was visited last month, effectively uses a donor recognition event for fund raising. This idea was discussed briefly as a potential event for FNC.

2:55pm
NEXT EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING: 1PM TUESDAY 8 AUGUST.
NEXT GENERAL BOARD MEETING: 8AM TUESDAY 12 SEPTEMBER