SHINING LIGHT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
MEETING
MINUTES – FEBRUARY 5, 2001
ATTENDEES:
Ed
Bowie Robert Hodge
Ruth
Duhon Mellisa P. Wattigny
Mildred
Baker Mike
Huber (SCRIBE)
Dee
Stanley Maria Placer
ACTION
ITEMS: No responsibility for the action
items was assigned, as they will be discussed further at the next meeting.
a)
Review and redefine the Mission Statement.
The meeting attendees felt the words “Every Child’s Light Could Shine”
seemed appropriate to be somewhere in the mission statement.
b)
Review the Bylaws.
c)
Samples of applications for teachers to fill out.
d)
Consider year 1 goals Vs 5-year goals.
e)
Identify top 5 funding sources.
MEETINGS: First Monday of each month. Next meeting March 5th, 2001.
DISCUSSION
ITEMS:
1)
Dee Stanley has made arrangements for a PO Box. He will periodically check it.
2)
Dee will call Jim Bradshaw at the Advertiser to be a Board Member
3)
Motion to structure Shining Light with a Board of Directors and an Advisory
Board was “moved, seconded, and passed”.
The Advisory Board is an excellent way to have knowledgeable and
concerned members involved who cannot serve on the full Board.
4)Carolyn
and Robert presented the “Minute Book of Shining Light Scholarship Program”
that was assembled by Robert. The
Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, the Tax Exempt Certificate are
several of the documents in the “Minute Book”
Carolyn thanked Robert for pulling it together.
5) Katharine Schendel, Lafayette Education Foundation (LEF) Executive Director, provided information and background on the LEF, including:
·
Since
1989 LEF has put $685,000 into Teachers hands;
·
In
2000, teachers received $82,000;
·
In
11 years that LEF has existed, every school has participated.
· What starts the process for LEF was is a Grant Application Packet that the Teachers complete and forward. A copy is included with these Meeting Minutes in the “Minute Book”
There
was discussion with regard to Shining Light becoming an organizational unit
within LEF. Shining Light will continue
to have as its mission to help school children with specific educational
needs. Katharine advised that she needs
to discuss the possibility with the LEF Board.
Ed
made some good points with regard to Shining Light having to prove itself, the
need for an efficient and consistent way for the mission of Shining Light, and
the procedures for applying for funds to reach the teachers. Ed also stressed the need for a very clear
mission statement.
Several
other discussion items were:
·
Agreement
that the Principle has to be involved with the request.
·
A
method to reimburse teachers who cover an expense before Shining Light has been
able to approve and send the scholarship dollars, was discussed.
·
Paying
the expense for and entire class is not part of the mission.