Attendees

Serena Watters Zoom Vernell Lewis Present Kelleigh Eastman Present Abigail Breiseth Present Andrea Person Present Edith Gilliard-Canty Present Scott Kashnow Present Cecilia Gonzalez Present Howard Hughes Present Sonia Eaddy Present Bill Joyner Present Kurt Sommer Present

 

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes 

August 20, 2024

Serena Watters Zoom Laura Dykes / Kris Hoellen / Vernell Lewis Present
Kelleigh Eastman Present Abigail Breiseth Present Andrea Person Present Charisse Lue /
Edith Gilliard-Canty Present Scott Kashnow Present Jane Shaab / Tashi-Kali M.Acket /
Gigi Lazard / Cecilia Gonzalez Present Rebecca Altman /
Jose Resendiz / Howard Hughes Present Gregg Herlong /
Sonia Eaddy Present Donnell Nance / Bill Joyner Present
Francis “Fran” Rahl / Kurt Sommer Present

Quorum required: 50% + 1 And at least 4 neighborhood representatives (At least 12 | 4)

  • Quorum met (12 | 5)

7:06 – Sonia call to order. 

Being in person sometimes is important for building relationships to help us work together as a strong team. Thanks for attending.

Minutes Approval

No Quorum yet – We will vote later in the meeting or at the next one but no one had any corrections or disagreements for the minutes.. 

Executive Director’s Report  (Donny)

  1. Regarding the community schools coordinator for Charles Carroll Barrister – Bon Secours has offered to be the lead agency 
    1. They are already the lead agency for several schools in the SWP area and to the west of us.
    2. The Principal is happy with the idea as long as Brenda remains the school coordinator.
    3. Abigail is comfortable with this plan as well. 
    4. The only budget effect on SWP will be that we will not receive the grant from BCPS and we will not be paying Brenda – so it essentially cancels out. Net – no effect on our budget.
    5. The Board discussed and decided that no vote is required as the decision is not really ours to make – even though the consensus among us was that this is a good idea.

 

Strategy Session  (Sonia)

  1. Discussed our strategy retreat: Prerequisites, Goals, and Logistics
  2. Prerequisites: What information is needed to begin the strategy retreat?
    1. Vision Plan
    2. Housing Action Plan
    3. Complete Streets/ Red Line Plan?
    4. Demo Data
    5. Market Analysis – Kurt
    6. Strategic Plan by staff
    7. Responses to neighborhood questionnaire
    8. What have we done before/ what were the outcomes both successful and unsuccessful.
    9. Objective data – BNIA (change over time – trends)
  3. Goals: What is the intended outcome of the retreat?
    1. Establish shared understanding and agreement of:
      1. Vision – 
      2. Mission
      3. Values
      4. Key Goals & Performance Indicators (KPI’s)
  4. Logistics:
    1. Venue:
      1. check with Andrea regarding the Bon Secours Campus in Marriottsville.
      2. Backup: BioPark/ CEC
  5. Recommendations from participants/ tasks to complete:
    1. Assign times to each of the agenda items so that we move the meeting along
    2. REAFFIRM what we are doing
    3. Kurt can provide meals for the retreat from WBRF
    4. Cecilia will send a doodle poll to identify a date for the retreat
    5. Create the questionnaires as surveys so that the results are easily returned and compiled.

Announcements & Updates (Sonia)

  1. Howard – There are other things we can do to build relationships – like events, cookouts, etc..
  2. Kurt – 9/14 – Grace Medical Community Day 11-2

9:05pm – Meeting Adjourned

Motion (Edith) to adjourn. Kelleigh 2nd

All in favor

Good night everyone!

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