FCC Board Meeting Minutes

FCC Board Meeting Minutes

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

 

 

Board Members Attending: David Youtz, Kevin Matthews, Tim Stoenner, Margie Berman, Mark Maas, Mary Nealon, Ross Lewis, Deb Levine, Meg Tolan, Hollee McGinnis,

Advisory Board Members Attending: Aileen Koger, Barry Radick

Board Members Absent:  Man-Li Lin, Mary Sellner, Dorothy Crenshaw, Amanda Baden, Lily Cardlin

Recording: Cara Blouin

 

Commenced 6:54 PM

            1.   Culture Day 2007

                        a. Culture Day 2007 is in the planning stages. CD Coordinator Ruth has contacted Committee members and will meet with the president of Also Known As to explore potential collaboration. 

 

            2.  Lunar New Year (February 3, 2007)

                        a. Includes FCCNY Annual Members Meeting and Board election

                        b. Official election of the new board members

                                    - Bylaws will be posted on web site by then                                  

                                    - Ensure Board Members are visible and accessible to encourage FCCNY members to meet them and raise any questions, concerns, ideas, etc. during the day

                        c. New Year Celebration Planning Committee is forming, needs volunteers

                        d. Year of the Boar, possible Asian Americans in the Performing                                              Arts theme

                        e. Volunteer handout to be made available

           

            3. Recent “FCCNY Travel Fair and Forum” (Nov.18) a strong success

                        a. Provided excellent and varied information on traveling in China

                        b. Attendees heard from travel companies and social workers as                                             well as parents who had made heritage visits to China

                        c. A list of travel resources is now on the web site

                        d. Event covered expenses with fees from vendors and small charge to attend

                        e. Would like to increase attendance next year

                        f.  Find other ways to make this info available

                                    - Follow up article in the newsletter

                                    - Sheet to hand out at Lunar New Year or other events

 

            4. Discussion of other possible events at tri-state FCCNY level to supplement excellent events being created at FCC regional chapter level and several major FCCNY events (New Year, Culture Day, Travel Fair)

                        a. Possible future collaboration with China Pediatrics bike ride (not this year)

                        b. Sponsor dragon boat festival or team…  Other ideas?

                       

 

            5. Orphanage Assistance Annual Appeal

                                    - Annual Collaboration with FCCNE & FCC chapters across the US -- at the printer

                                    -  Board expressed its Thanks to Joe Kelly, Aileen Koger, and Shanti Fry

 

            6. New Membership Committee should be added to the board

                                    - Will concentrate on bringing in new members, and

                                          reaching out to adoptive families/agencies/groups

                                    - Offer lifetime membership at $500

                                    - Mark, Tim, David and Barry agreed to be part of the new committee

                                   

                                    Motion: Offer a lifetime membership at $500 (Tim)

                                    Second: Meg

                                    Unanimous in favor

 

            7. Finalizing Board’s Committee Structure - Discussion (SEE LIST BELOW)

                        a. Learning Issues becomes a subset of the “Parent Programs”                                                (formerly Parent Education Programs)

                        b. Educational Outreach & Governmental Affairs becomes                                                        “Advocacy and Public Affairs”

                        c. Organizational Development becomes “Governance”

                        d. Strategic Planning and Fundraising are new committees

                        e. List serve and online resources becomes List Serve and Website

                        f. Teens and Tweens becomes a group

                        g. Waiting Families becomes a sub committee of Parent Programs

                        h. Website becomes part of “Administration & Finance”

 

            8. Discussion of Fundraising and Orphanage Assistance Cttes.:

                        a. Is there a conflict having a Fundraising Ctte. raise funds for  a range of FCCNY programs and also for current Orphanage Assistance programs?

                        b. The alternative could be a subcommittee of Orphanage Assistance raising funds through activities and annual appeals, separate from the main FCCNY Fundraising Ctte., which would focus on new initiatives for activities for the broader FCCNY organization

                        c. Extensive discussion weighing these options was tabled for future   meeting.

 

            9. Upcoming FCCNY Newsletter coming up on Race and Identity. Also, the Digest of the FCC New England newsletter, to be distributed to FCCNY members, will be at the printer in a couple of days.

 

Adjourned 9:00

Next meeting:  Thursday, January, 11th  2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FCCNY  COMMITTEES  of  the  BOARD

 

                    ( DRAFT,  Recorded as of Nov. 30, 2006 )

 

 

MEMBERSHIP    Mark Maas, Barry Radick, David Youtz, Tim Stoenner

 

PARENT PROGRAMS     Deb Levine, Amanda Baden, Hollee McGinnis, Meg Tolan, Mary Nealon

      *   Waiting Families          Deb Levine

      *   Adoption and Identity

      *   Learning Issues

 

ADVOCACY & OUTREACH    Marjorie Berman, Man-Li Lin, David Youtz, Meg Tolan, Mary Nealon

      *   Public Affairs       Marjorie Berman

      *   Community Outreach       Man-Li Lin, David Youtz

 

GOVERNANCE       Barry Radick

 

STRATEGIC PLANNING       Mary Nealon

 

FUNDRAISING       Dorothy Crenshaw, Mary Sellner

 

ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE       Kevin Matthews, Tim Stoenner,  Ron Tralle, Shelly Sachs,

      * Finance        Kevin Matthews, Tim Stoenner, Ron Tralle

      * List Serve     Kathy Urbina

      * Web Site      Tim Stoenner, Dorothy Crenshaw

 

TEENS & TWEENS      Hollee McGinnis, Amanda Baden, Mary Nealon, Deb Levine, Meg Tolan

 

MAJOR EVENT PLANNING      Marjorie Berman, Ross Lewis, David Youtz, Ruth Mullen

 

ORPHANAGE ASSISTANCE      Aileen Koger, Mark Maas, Mary Sellner, Mary Nealon

 

PUBLICATIONS & COMMUNICATIONS      Dorothy Crenshaw, Mary Child, Joe Kelly, David Youtz

 

REGIONAL CHAPTERS     Lily Cardlin,  All Regional Chapter Heads