PROJECT SANCTUARY

BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGULAR MEETING

Tuesday, March 7, 2006 6:00 PM * 499 Leslie St. Ukiah, California

 

MINUTES

 

            A         CALL TO ORDER

            Vice Chair Conrado called the meeting to order at 6:08 pm

 

Directors present: Conrado, Meek, Slater, Saunders, and Conway

Directors Absent: Hudson, Webster, Boyes

 

Also present: Executive Director Christine Hance and Judy Waterman of Price Waterman Accounting. Absent: Dina Polkinghorne, Admin. Services Coordinator

 

            B         AGENDA APPROVAL

ACTION - Upon motion by Director Meek, 2nd by Director Saunders, and carried (5-0) the board approved the agenda as presented.

 

            C         APPROVAL OF MINUTES

 

Correction to the Minutes: Under Item I.1of the February 2006 minutes, Director Conrado stated that first sentence should read “The Board was mailed a copy of the final revised By-Laws in advance of the board meeting.”  The minutes presented state the sentence as “The Board was mailed a copy of the draft revised By-Laws in advance of the board meeting.”

 

ACTION – Upon motion by Director Conway, 2nd by Director Saunders, and carried (5-0), the draft minutes from the February 7th, 2005 meeting were approved with the following correction: Under item I.1, the minutes should read, “The Board was mailed a copy of the final revised By-Laws in advance of the board meeting.”

      

D         PUBLIC COMMENT

            None

 

E         FINANCIAL STATEMENT ACCEPTANCE

 

Judy Waterman of Price Waterman provided an over view of the reports presented. Director Conrado requested that the Financial Reports be presented to the board in advance of the Board Meeting in the future so there is more time to review.

ACTION – Upon motion by Director Conway, 2nd by Director Saunders, and carried (5-0), the Financial Reports were approved.

 

            F         STAFF REPORT ACCEPTANCE

 

No questions or comments were made regarding the Executive Director’s written report.  Ms. Hance updated the board that concession sales from the Vagina Monologues netted the agency approximately $400. The concessions were managed and the proceeds were donated to Project Sanctuary by M.U.F.F.

 

ACTION – Upon motion by Director Conrado, 2nd by Director Saunders, and carried (5-0), the Staff Report was accepted into the record.

 

G         COMMITTEE REPORTS  

 

1) Board Membership Committee – Anne Boyes

No Report. Ms. Hance reported she had talked with Director Boyes regarding the status of the two potential members who are interested in coming to the Board meeting in April before applying for membership. Pursuing additional new members will be deferred until after April’s meeting.     

 

2) Finance Committee – Steve Conway 

No Report. Director Conway stated that because Board meetings are set for the first week of the month, financial reports will be for the month before the immediately preceding month.  The only way to have financial information from the immediately preceding month would be to move the Board meeting to a later week of the month.  There was general discussion and agreement that as long as reports are received consistently, this should be fine.  

 

3) Fundraising Committee – Angle Slater

Director Slater reported that she has begun initial planning of this year’s Golf Tournament fundraiser. She’s hoping to schedule it for August.

 

4) Personnel Committee – Gary Hudson

No Report

 

5) Facilities Committee Paul Conrado

Director Conrado reported he and Ms. Hance met with realtor John Bogner regarding the real estate holdings of the agency.  It appears that in the title documentation for the shelter there is a provision which will return the facility to the original owner if Project Sanctuary is no longer using it for shelter operations, but that they will continue to look into the matter further.  If they are interpreting the provision correctly, this will prohibit the agency from selling the asset to relocate to a less expensive building and/or realize a profit to the agency. There was a brief discussion led by Judy Waterman regarding claiming value of assets and depreciation.

 

Director Conrado further reported that the shelter needs a new roof and that Ms. Hance is looking into various options to fund the repair work necessary. Director Conway reported that the Fort Bragg office roof has been temporarily repaired but it will need permanent repair after the rainy season ends.  

Ms. Hance handed out information packets regarding the office facilities available at the Methodist Church in Ukiah. To move the inland administrative offices to this location some remodel would have to take place. Director Conrado has started a pro and con list and will bring back his findings at a future meeting. Ms. Hance stated that she will be contacting architect Bob Axt regarding the renovations. Director Conrado, Director Saunders and Ms. Hance agreed to meet to plan the next steps involved in a exploring a potential move. 

 

H         OLD BUSINESS

 

1)  Mendocino Wine Affair Update

Ms. Hance handed out an informational packet regarding the event. MWA has indicated that they are interested in utilizing the Project Sanctuary mailing list and volunteer base. Project Sanctuary will be the beneficiary of 1/3 of the net proceeds from the event.

 

            2) Director’s Service Recognition Source

Angle Slater has tried to talk with Jan Hoyman of Hoyman-Browe about producing a supply of commemorative plates that can be given to Board members when their term ends.  She has not yet been able to connect, but she will continue to work on this for next month’s meeting.

 

I           NEW BUSINESS

 

1) Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) Activities & Involvement Opportunities

 

Ms. Hance handed out an informational packet on the upcoming “Walk a Mile” event scheduled for April 29th in Ukiah. She  reviewed Board involvement opportunities such as fielding a Board team or recruiting another organization to field a team or sponsor (underwrite the cost for)  a teen team’s participation. 

 

She further reported that the Coast office will be planning an open house and “Take Back the Night” candle light walk about town in Fort Bragg on April 27th.

 

The third event planned for Sexual Assault Awareness Month will be “Denim Day” on April 19th.  It was suggested that discussion of Board involvement in SAAM be discussed more in-depth at the April Meeting.

 

J          ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEXT MEETING

 

April 4th – 6 PM (date may change) 499 Leslie St. Ukiah, CA

 

K         ADJOURNMENT

By consensus of the Board the meeting was adjourned at 7:22 pm