Minutes of Meeting Conducted on February 23, 2010

Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School Trustee Meeting

Minutes of Meeting Conducted on February 23, 2010

(Trustee Meeting #7 of 2009-2010 School Year)

Trustees Attending Meeting: Irwin Bear, Maury Alcheck, Joelle Kaufman, Josh Smith, Jodi Chall, Dana Spanger, Sharon Blau Hartley, Aliya Gordon, Paul Lipman, Fran Lent, Madeline Benson, Andy Fradkin, Don Newman, Marty Izenson, Ilan Jude, Kathryn Karp, Marc Abelson, Alisa Spivak, and Dana Spanger.

RCWJDS Staff Attending Meeting: Susan Weintrob , Barbara Gereboff and Bill Post.

Guest (for first portion of the meeting): Stacie Fradkin, Roger Feigelson, Roxanne Cohen

Meeting Minutes:

Susan delivered the D’var Torah.

Several 7^th Grade students made a presentation to the Board about their Tzedakah project.  Each student explained their project to the Board and told the Board why they thought it was important.  The students then appealed to the Board for financial support of their projects.  Last year, the 7^th grade raised approximately $33,000 for their Tzedakah project and this year’s 7^th graders are hoping to exceed that amount.

Roger Feigelson (Wornick parent and co-chair of the Jewish Community Federation’s Campaign for the North Peninsula) and Roxanne Cohen (Wornick parent and Director of the Jewish Federation’s North Peninsula office) informed the Board that last year, the JCF of San Francisco gave the Wornick School approximately $295,000.  With this in mind, as well as all of the other charitable activities that the JCF in engaged in (both locally and abroad), Roger and Roxanne “made the case” for the Wornick community in general and the Wornick board members in particular to include the JCF in their charitable giving. 

Paul Lipman made a presentation regarding Wornick’s fund raising activities.  Paul said that fund raising at Wornick is going fairly well but that the school still has a long way to go.  Paul also let the Board know that an anonymous donor has agreed to donate $1,000 for each class that has every member of the class make a donation to the school.  Kathryn Karp reminded the Board that the School will host a desert reception at 7PM on May 23^rd and that San Mateo Marriott that will honor Wornick’s teachers.

Sharon Blau Hartley made presentation to the Board re: the criteria the Board should use to select future trustees of the School.  A motion was made and unanimously passed to use the criteria that were presented at the Board retreat held on December 6^th, 2009 and recorded in the minutes from the Board retreat.  Sharon told the Board that several members of the community have been approached and have expressed an interest in serving on the Board, but that she would welcome suggestions re: other potential candidates as well.

Madeline Benson and Bill Post made a presentation regarding the school’s financial situation.  Bill informed the Board that as of today, the School is within approximately $10,000 of the budget.

The Board then met in Executive Session and all non-trustees left the meeting.   Joelle and Andy led the discussion.  Questions were asked and discussion ensued.

The meeting adjourned at 9:30PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Josh Smith

RCWJDS Board Secretary 2009-2010

March 16, 2010