(Minutes approved at the TIFTA Delegate Council meeting on 2/22/00)
The Charter TIFTA Delegate Council meeting was called to order at 10:00 a.m. by President Tommy David. Introductions were made of Executive Team Members, Standing Committee Chair and Ad Hoc Committee Chairs.
Approval of the Minutes
President Tommy David called for approval of the minutes of the previous meeting. Daniel Smith, Secretary, made a motion to approve the minutes as written. The motion was seconded and the minutes were approved.
Financial Report
Mike Lott, Treasurer, made the financial report for 1998. Approval was requested for the proposed budget for 1999 and authorization was requested to pay the application fee to incorporate the Association as a 509(c) (3) organization. A motion was made to approve the financial report as presented; the motion was seconded and it passed.
Progress Report
Vice President, Lanie Shipp, presented a progress report on the organization. Lanie introduced Daryl Fletcher, Media Specialist at DTAE, who displayed the newly developed TIFTA Web Page. This web site will be used to publicize activities of TIFTA, to display the TIFTA Guidebook, to post minutes of TIFTA meetings and for any other communications that are of interest to TIFTA members.
Secretary Daniel Smith reported that TIFTA has applied for its Articles of Incorporation, which will take several weeks to complete.
The TIFTA annual plan was developed and distributed to the group for their information. Some of the items listed in the annual plan were as follows:
President Tommy David and Sheila Stille recognized members of the group who were recent graduates of the Certified Nonprofit Management course in 1998. A plaque was presented to each member who took the course and successfully completed the final examination last December.
GA Fund for Technical and Adult Education
Jane Fryer, Chair of the GA Fund for Technical and Adult Education, presented on the role of the GA Fund in the implementation of TIFTA. Jane indicated the important issue for the GA Fund is that it will never compete with local level fund raising. The Fund wishes to select only corporate and/or businessdonors that give donations on a statewide or regional basis as a matter of corporate policy. This would allow larger donations to be solicited from the donor and the proceeds would be distributed to technical institutes on a fair and organized basis. These gifts would not be available to individual technical institutes.
Presidents' Ad Hoc Resource Development Committee Report
Steve Deraney reported on the meeting with the committee at the last month's President's Council meeting. The technical institutes have an ongoing need to keep up with changes in technology in order to have the teaching tools necessary to train for the careers of today. TIFTA will be needed to support local efforts at raising awareness of current needs, to provide training that will be required by foundation board members and to assist in forming partnerships with corporate leaders who benefit from technical institute graduates.
Ad Hoc Committee Meetings
After a 45 minute working session, each chair reported on their committee's plan for the coming year.
Training - Sharon Baker, Chair, Diane Blair and Ellen Harvill, Support; and Mike Lott, Officer
Board Training will be provided at the Annual TIFTA Conference scheduled in August, 1999. There will be concurrent sessions on different aspects of foundation board development from which participants can choose. Professional guest speakers and advancement professionals will conduct the training sessions. An evaluation will be made following the sessions.
Networking -- Bill Sanders, Chair; Carol Spires and Susan Stephens, Support; Lanie Shipp, Officer
It was reported that the Annual TIFTA Conference would provide the opportunity to network with trustees from large and small institutions from across the state. The conference attendees will offer a sharing of expertise and experiences involving foundation activities, as well as an opportunity for trustees to get acquainted. Contacts made at the Conference can be called upon to assist with foundation activities throughout the year.
Friends Raising - "Chunk" Newman, Chair, Page Estes and Debbie Butler, Support; Dan Smith, Officer
The committee discussed various events that that could be planned that would result in raising friends for technical institutes. Names of community leaders who attend such events will be entered into a database for future publicity mailings to inform them about specific projects and the value of technical education.
Advocacy - Nathaniel Williams, Chair; Lorraine Werner and Wendy Martin, Support; Tommie David, Officer
The committee's plan includes promoting the role of foundation trustees - that of being an advisor, an ambassador, an example, a mentor and teacher to spread the news on behalf of technical institutes across the state.
President Tommy David opened the discussion about the committee plans for the coming year. After some discussion, the plans were approved.
It was agreed that Association dues for 1999 are $500.00 per institute foundation.
The meeting adjourned at 3:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Claire Farnell
DTAE Director of Resource Development