Minutes from October 27, 2011 Trustee Meeting

Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School Trustee Meeting

Minutes of Meeting Conducted on October 27, 2011

(Trustee Meeting #3 of 2011-2012 School Year)

Trustees Attending Meeting: Joelle Kaufman, Josh Smith, Roger Feigelson, Madeline Benson, Carrie Ridge, Sharon Hartley, Eyal Ofek, Brian Lipson, Amy Sosnick, Jeremy Verba, Marina Milshtein, Shawn Becker, Rabbi Dennis Eisner, Caren Neydavoud, Rabbi Dan Feder, Abbe Braitman, and Yaniv Bensadon

RCWJDS Staff Attending Meeting: Barbara Gereboff (Head of School), and Fred Wiener.

Meeting Minutes:

Amy Sosnick delivered an eloquent D’Var Torah.

Meeting minutes for previous board meeting were passed unanimously.

Motion was made and passed unanimously to nominate Yaniv Bensadon as a Trustee of the school and to have Yaniv complete remaining term for Kevin Tabb (who resigned because he is relocating to Boston).  The remaining term is approximately 6 months.

Ayal Ofec announced that he is resigning as a Trustee due to the fact that he is relocating to Israel.

Roger led a board discussion regarding the revised Mission Statement.   A motion was made and passed unanimously to accept the revised Mission Statement.

Sharon and Caron presented an updated version of the Conflict of Interest Policy.  Trustees were asked to review this final version and return a fully executed copy to the School.

Amy updated the Board about development and reminded everyone that FEAST YOUR MIND will be held on February 26, 2012.

Joelle led a discussion about the appropriate role of CEO of the PJCC campus.

Joelle also led a discussion about how best to create a “structure of volunteering” at Wornick.  The question of “can we create a systematic way to fill volunteer positions at Wornick” was discussed.  Several Trustees expressed a desire to discuss “Parental Involvement at Wornick” at the next Trustee meeting.

Jeremy, Yaniv and Amy volunteered to become the core group of a task force that would look at ways to increase how parents and community members could increase their volunteer activities at Wornick.  

Joelle gave a brief update re: the purchase of the Campus from the City of Foster City.

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

The meeting adjourned at 9:15PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Josh Smith

RCWJDS Board Secretary 2011-2012

November 14, 2011