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The Pyle Center, Madison, WI
May
17, 2010 Minutes BOARD
MEMBERS PRESENT: Rosewall, Lichtenberg,
Rudnitzki, Merrick, Egan, Utley, Dietrich, Katz, Gerlach, Powless, Jones-Bey,
Sigman, Gilmore, Jasper, Shurgot, Tenerelli, Alden, Corriveau. Also
present was member-elect Katherine Schneider. President
Rosewall called the meeting to order at 1:27 p.m. Egan/Lichtenberg MOTION:
to approve the January 2010 Board Meeting Minutes. APPROVED. Committee
Reports ·
Note: Chet Gerlach reports the Advocacy Committee will
now be a joint committee with the Friends of Wisconsin Public Television Development
Committee report by Joan Rudnitzki ·
Anne
Katz described her involvement as the board representative on WPR’s Leadership
for Philanthropy (LFP) program, a Corporation for Public Broadcasting program. ·
Development
committee plans to meet in July to work on board training for philanthropy and
fundraising. ·
Board
members continue to issue thank-you cards to major donors ·
Committee
members continue to sign renewal letters to lapsed major donors ·
Mary
Kay Sherer described three projects for which major restricted gifts are being
solicited as part of the LFP program: o
TTBOOK
Archive project, Ashland Station, and Bolz Intern. ·
Committee
talked about methods of increasing involvement with community foundations. Board
Operations Committee reported by Gloria Jones-Bey ·
Gerlach/Lichtenberg
MOTION: To approve following slate of
officers for 2010-2011 fiscal year. o
President: Ellen Rosewall o
Vice-President: Anne Katz o
Secretary: Joan Rudnitzki o
Treasurer: Bill Merrick o
APPROVED ·
Winners
from the 2010 WPRA Elections were Joan Rudnitzki (Southeast), Mary Peterson
(Northeast), Dean Gagnon (South-Central), Ginger Alden (Central) and Katherine
Schneider (West-Central). ·
Staff
has been encouraged to explore paperless or partially paperless ballots in the
future, and report back to board operations. ·
Board
retreat options for o
Committee
recommends retreat takes place at Ramada Inn and ·
Role
of Operations Committee was discussed o
Committee
recommends orientation of new board members and interested returning members at
each fall retreat. o
Committee
will explore development of board mentors §
Dietrich
offered to put together a position description for mentors ·
Board
Review o
Dietrich
will work with staff to develop a survey of board members for the fall retreat. ·
Bylaw
review o
Several
bylaws could use updating…board operations will continue to explore ·
Policy
review o
Open
meetings procedures will be discussed in the fall by the committee. Finance
Committee reported by Bill Merrick ·
Dietrich/Gerlach
MOTION: To preliminarily approve the FY 2011 budget. APPROVED. ·
Dietrich/Lichtenberg
MOTION: To approve the proposed investment policy statement. APPROVED. ·
Dietrich/Egan MOTION: To approve proposed
changes to gift acceptance and endowment policies, subject to approval of
auditors and Johnson Trust. APPROVED. o
Dietrich/Rudnitzki
MOTION: Amend the third paragraph of the Gift Acceptance policy to read: “The WPR Director will evaluate all gifts
which are subject to donor restrictions, directives, or expenditure
requirements, and in consultation with the WPRA president, may reject gifts
that are subject to unacceptable requirements, and once a gift is accepted, any
directives or restrictions imposed by the donors(s) will be honored by WPR.” – and in the fourth paragraph, replace the word “stocks” with
‘securities.” APPROVED Meeting
adjourned at 2:39 p.m. |