SHINING LIGHT FOUNDATION MINUTES OF MEETING HELD: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at 6:00 pm LOCATION: Carolyn and Mike’s Home, 203 Waterside Drive, Lafayette, LA ATTENDEES: Carolyn French, President Michael Huber Cynthia Dauphin, Vice President Cheryl Evans Bruce Snow, Treasurer Sandra Wilcox Joseph Cilano, Executive Director Troy Kahler Perry Scotola, Parliamentarian Don Ennis Lana Swanwick, Hospitality John Broussard GUESTS: Olivia Morgan, Paul & Lulu Hilliard Museum; Misty Carrier, Buddy Van Wick, Betty Saunier On motion of Perry, seconded by Don, Minutes of Meeting held November 1, 2016 approved. TREASURER'S REPORT $28,327.47 – Present Balance $7,193.00 – Scholarships YTD $1,936.85 - Expenses $7,160.00 - Donations $1.68 – Interest $27,879.53 – Escrow $20,450.73 – Invested We received a donation from Bancorp South in the amount of $250.00 OLD BUSINESS: Per Bruce the Ring Central to receive faxes is not working. He will research. Olivia Morgan, Paul & Lulu Hilliard Museum reported that the 100 first grade children from Ridge Elementary that Shining Light sponsored for a field trip to the museum was a success. Troy and Joe will provide photos for our newsletter and Facebook page. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT: We did not get the Ambrose Monell Foundation grant. Application for Walmart Foundation grant is due December 31 and we will request $2,500.00. Application for the Costco Wholesale grant covers 10% of our project costs. We will request $1,300.00 Suggestion was made to research the Mary Kay Foundation grant. The year to date budget was distributed NEW BUSINESS: The board approved the following requests: $350.00 – Ahmed Elgamel – Edgar Martin School for a gifted music-student trip to Austin. The parents will pay $50 $187.50 – Graciela Esteve – Charles Burke Elementary for a Flute. $187.50 - Mariana Barnes - Ridge Elementary for a clarinet. $10.00 – Paris Gotch – Northside High School – a homeless student who needed a fee for the high school photos. $40.00 – Christian Thomas ($20); Jatemius Brown ($20) – Woodvale Elementary for a field trip to the Baton Rouge State Capitol. Mike suggested that since we are getting numerous requests via e/mail before the next scheduled board meeting, we need to develop a more efficient method of approving the requests. Some suggestions were using Survey Monkey, Google or Bruce could add a blog to the SLF page so that members could vote and record would be stored. To be discussed at our next meeting. Meeting adjourned at 7:30 pm. Next meeting will be held Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at 6:00 pm at 203 Waterside.