Present
Aaron W.
Kim W.
Tui H.
Rhett Y.
Bernadette H.
Anjali R.

Agenda
1) Approve Minutes
2) Announcements:
3) Treasurer
4) “Networking” Pizza Party
5) Grantwriting/Raleigh
6) Brochure & Newsletter
7) Status of Darkroom
8) Vote for Mascot
9) Home schooling vs. Private school
10) Camping Trip

Notes
1. Minutes Approved.

2. Announcements – Trip to Paula’s farm will be rescheduled. She’s tentative, but likes the idea of the school working with her location, and wants to start slow. In the meantime, we can use three or four garden plots and build a tree house. We’re thinking about making weekly trips to the farm to start.

Someone took $5 from an envelope in Aaron’s desk at home.

3. Treasurer – We’ll need a treasurer. Kim has a trust account and can hold money until the funds are raised for 501c3 and to open bank account. Aaron thinks the treasurer should be a staff person. Maybe a student & a staff person. Kim thinks the office of treasurer may have to be held by an adult. Aaron will check with the nonprofit resource center for guidelines and a possible description of the position. Bernadette is interested in the position.

4. Budget – A budget is getting more urgent. Bernadette & Rhett volunteered to work with Aaron. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 26 at 4 PM at Aaron’s house after the Vietnam War class.

5. “Networking” Pizza Party – Aaron is starting to fundraise for the school. He met with a professional fundraiser. Aaron suggested a pizza party to brainstorm about who might know who have or are connected to money. Aaron made a motion for a pizza networking and kick-off party (for the school year) on July 24, 1999. The motion carried. We need to plan a time and location for the party, and print flyers.

6. Grantwriting class and trip to Raleigh tentatively scheduled for Monday.

7. Darkroom – Bernadette reported she still hasn’t reached Carol.

8. Brochure & Newsletter – Anjali & Aaron want to work on it. Tui offered to work on graphics. Aaron will get a PO Box to use as the school address. Brochure-writing group scheduled for Friday at 4 PM.

9. Mascot – Proposed mascots included a Gargoyle, Dragon, Penguin, “Evil” Penguin, Butterfly, Lion, Turtle, Flying Turtle, Chimera, Panther, Jaguar, and Seal. After a vote, the winner was the Gargoyle.

10. Camping Trip – Will be at Bernadette’s house, by the Haw River. A planning committee is to investigate availability of equipment. (This is Bernadette and Anjali.) Known so far: Tui has a 2-person tent and a 4-person tent, Bernie has a 3-person tent, and Jon has a 5-person tent.

11. Home school vs. Private School – There’s more freedom with home school group, but can’t raise funds. Aaron is pushing through with the private school so students can enroll by next school year. He encouraged everyone to register as home schools just in case. Aaron as information. Bernadette has information regarding getting a GED from Chatham County Community College.

Agenda for Next Meeting
1. Meeting Location – Continue at Ayni’s or Tui’s?
2. Logo
3. Proposed Policy Guide Changes (see below)
4. Vote for Facilitator, Time Keeper, and Note Taker, assuming Policy Guide is amended to require this (see below)

Policy Guide Discussion Group
A discussion group was held after this Board Meeting. Present were Tui, Kim, Aaron, Anjali, Bernadette, Rhett, and Robin H. The group agreed that several changes should be made to the Policy Guide, detailed below. (Aaron has added a couple more suggestions since this discussion.) The changes follow, and each will be proposed to the next Board Meeting for vote.

1. Add the phrase “We believe" to the beginning of the Mission Statement, so that the first sentence reads, "We believe people naturally want to learn."

2. Amend the first clause of the Governing Board Meeting Protocol section to read “1. A facilitator, time keeper, and note taker will be assigned by the Governing Board by vote. These positions will be filled until such time as the Governing Board votes to replace them. These members will note themselves present for the meeting. If any of these three is not present, the Governing Board will select a temporary replacement by vote at this time. The meeting will be called to order by the facilitator, but only if a quorum of five members or a fifth of the Board is present, whichever is greater.”

3. Rename the section entitled Admittance into Carolina School for Interdependent Learning to Admittance.

4. Move the third paragraph of that section to the end of the Governing Board section, and reword its first sentence to read, “An enrolled student gains one vote on the Governing Board, effective when the probationary enrollment period begins.”

5. Reword the first sentence of the fourth paragraph of the Discipline section to read, “The Tribunal has authority over students, probationary students, and staff members for purposes of enforcing these guidelines.”

6. Pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-269.2, reword the Weapons subsection of the Discipline section to read, “6. Weapons – No one is to bring a weapon onto school premises. North Carolina General Statute § 14-269.2, which prohibits bringing a weapon to any private school, defines a weapon as any gun, rifle, pistol, dynamite cartridge, bomb, grenade, mine, powerful explosive, bowie knife, dirk, dagger, slingshot, leaded cane, switch-blade knife, blackjack, metallic knuckles, or any weapon of like kind. The school further defines as weapons a blade longer than three inches, or an object with a combined blade and shaft of more than six inches. Designated tools that may be construed as weapons may not be possessed or used without proper certification and/or supervision.”