FOSC Board Meeting Minutes January 26, 2015
Board Members Present: Kit Gage, Sarah Jane Marcus, Vanessa Andrews, Jim
Anderson, Bruce Sidwell, Mike Smith
Board Members Present via call in: Corinne Stephens
Visitors Present: Michael Wilpers, Andrew Marcus
Board Members Absent: Terry Anderson

Motions passed:

1). Amend FOSC by-laws to create Assistant Treasurer position; the Assistant
Treasurer will be a member of the board. Unanimous approval.

2). Approved Paul Dery as FOSC Treasurer, Dee Clarkin as FOSC Assistant
Treasurer. Approve adding Paul Dery, Dee Clarkin and Kit Gage as signators
to the bank accounts. Retire Vanessa and Michael Wilpers as signators.
Unanimous approval. Unanimous thanks to Vanessa.

3). Approved creation of ad-hoc finance and fundraising committee.

4). Budget is approved with the following amendment: $1900 additional to
be budgeted for water quality ($1700 to hire Richard Klein to do Water
Watchdog training, $200 to reimburse committee members for supplies
already purchased, from restricted funds); $495 additional to be budgeted to
outreach to allow FOSC to grant 5 scholarships of $99 each to participate in
the 2015 Green Matters Symposium. Send $495 or whatever’s granted below
that as a check to Montgomery Parks.

Action items:
1). (Kit) Email newly approved Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer to let them
know they have been approved, ask for some information from them for
newsletter write-up.
2). (Kit) Thank Susan Hunt for her efforts writing thank you notes to donors
who have given donations of $250+ to FOSC; give Susan Hunt and Vanessa
Andrews FOSC mugs.
3). (Kit, Andrew, Sarah Jane, Michael W.) Meet to discuss synching mail
program (Constant Contact and/or MailChimp) with SalesForce database, and
determine what tasks remain on Andrew’s contract with FOSC and how to
get them resolved.
4). (Kit) Rewrite contract position for database manager: start date April 1,
2015, $40/hour, 1 year contract, familiarity with donor management
databases such as Salesforce strongly preferred. Advertise via newsletter
and email blast.
5). (Michael W.) ask Clair Garman to update FOSC mission statement on
website.
6) Kit solicited suggestions from board for metrics to be applied to the
Strategic Plan Draft, and asked if anyone in addition to Mike S. want to
attend the personal consult with Mary Ellen Olcese.