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- Bruce Nekich joined for his first meeting.
- Minutes were approved from the March 1 meeting
- Bruce Nekich abstained. All others voted in favor.
- Jen + Nicole gave updates on all chapters.
- MKE - Staff is loaded up. Referrals are up. In some cases, having to turn away would-be families.
- MKE - Revamping onboarding and recruiting of volunteer family coaches.
- New Church Engagement Coordinator in MKE.
- Laura and Kaitlin transitioning into promotions.
- MKE - 70% of calls in states, 35% of active referrals.
- Jefferson - First fundraising event upcoming- Family Comedy night.
- Still looking for a Family Coach Supervisor in Jefferson.
- Fox Cities - New Development Director, Betsy Bornes, is onboarded.
- Southern - looking for a FCS.
- Kenosha/Racine - no major updates.
- Lacrosse- First-time fundraiser upcoming.
- National Conference in Chicago - end of April.
- Foundation paid for access to leadership consulting.
- Dane County - not yet launched, but Nicole had a lunch with 25 church leaders, and it was a successful meeting.
Nicole presented proposed updates to the bylaws. There were feedback items that Nicole is taking back to present a draft that should be ready for a vote.
Jon presented board overhaul proposal step 2, and the board gave feedback regarding the cadence of in person and remote meetings. Nicole, Steve, and Jon agreed to send out a finalized plan based on feedback, and work towards scheduling the 4 board meetings.
Discussing advisory boards was moved to the issues list.
Steve presented a review process for the state director. The board agreed to move forward with the review, but also asked for an update job description, which Steve agreed to present at the next meeting.
Steve made a motion to approve Paul Veldhouse to the VICE President officer role. Casey seconded. Unanimously approved.
Steve made a motion to make Jason Cobb the treasurer. Debbie seconded. Unanimously approved.
Jen and Nicole left the meeting.
Jon and Jason presented the compensation proposal. Jason motioned to update the state director compensation to the proposed amount. Casey seconded. Approval was unanimous.
Nicole returned.
Jon and Nicole further presented on the compensation proposal, and advocated for approval as written. Jason made a motion to approve the compensation the approval as proposed, at Nicole’s discretion.
Jen returned.