I. Call to Order	The scheduled meeting of the Board Development Committee was held at the Omni Family Resource Center at 351 Wagoner Drive, Fayetteville, NC, on Tuesday, February 19, 2008, beginning at 9:07 a.m. pursuant to prior written notice to each committee member. Donna Mansfield, Chair, determined that quorum was present and called the meeting to order. Anji Martinez was secretary for the meeting and recorded the minutes.	None	None
II. Approval of Minutes for January 22, 2008	The minutes from January 22, 2008, were previously distributed to committee members for their review. The Committee chair asked for any corrections to the meeting minutes. As there were no corrections, Hank Debnam made the motion to accept the January 22, 2008, minutes as presented. Juanita Pilgram seconded the motion. Hearing no further discussion, the chair put the motion to a vote. The vote was unanimous with no abstentions. Motion carried.	Motion Carried	Minutes signed by Donna Mansfield and filed by Anji Martinez
III. Executive Director’s Report A.  More at Four Update B.  Legislative Advocacy Update C.  United Way Spirit of North Carolina Award	A. Eva Hansen reported that to date we have 1,800 slots filled in the More at Four program throughout the county. The Lottery Ad being filmed at FSU was discussed in detail. All of the parents signed off on releases and were invited to watch. The classroom was diverse. Invitations were sent to all County Commissioners, Legislators as well as our own Board of Directors to hear testimonials from parents at a reception afterwards. Mayor Ethel Clark, Representative Margaret Dickson, Bishop Ken Hill, Donna Mansfield, Steven Moore and some staff from the PFC and FSU staff were in attendance. A reporter from the Fayetteville Observer apologized for not contacting the PFC before the initial article was printed in the paper to gain further information and details. The Office of School Readiness contacted the PFC in Cumberland County because of the large More at Four program. FSU was chosen as the site because of their high standards of quality as well as being in a newly renovated facility. There has been both a positive and aa negative letter sent to the Fayetteville Observer. There was further discussion as to the decision for the PFC to follow up with an Op Ed to the Fayetteville Observer. The concesus was not to do an Op Ed at this time. B. Legislative Advocacy Update: Eva reported that our legilstative delegation went to visit different child care facilites and received a Valentines made by the children. Representative McAllister did not visit a site therefore a parent, Board member, Kali Rose, took hers to her office. C. The PFC did receive the United Way Spirit of North Carolina Award in Pinehurst on February 8, 2008. There will be a local luncheon where the award will be re-presented to the PFC for their work with the United Way campaign.	A. None B. None C. None	A. None B. None C. None
IV. Old Business A.  Continued Recruitment for Upcoming Vacancies i.  Cumberland Community Foundation Recommendation, Les Griffin *	Donna Mansfield continued discussion regarding the recruitment for upcoming vacancies for the Board. Those positions include 1. Child care provider from a center-based facility a. Betty Hunnicutt has nominated Linda Vandevender for this position. Nomination form is included in the packet. 2. Parent of a child receiving Smart Start services 3. Military child care center representative 4. Community leader i. Mary Holmes has sent in a letter of recommendation for Mr. Les Griffin for the position of Community Foundation. Donna reported she and he have left voicemail messages for each other. She wants to schedule some time with Mr. Griffin for a visit to our facility. He talked with Ken Hill stating his interest to serve on our Board of Directors. The recommendation will be on the March Board agenda.	A. None i. No action taken	A. None i. Anji Martinez to send out forms
A.  Board Development Work Plan/Timeline B.  Nominations* i.   Board Officers a.  President Elect b.  Treasurer c.   Secretary ii.  Board Members (2nd Term Ending) a. Betty Hunnicutt –Child care provider from a center-based facility b. Erik Wells –Parent of a child receiving Smart Start services c. Carol Lyons –Military child care center representative d. Amy Perko Community leader C.  Orientation Planning i.   Board Members Orientation a. Jody Risacher, CCPL&IC b. Cumberland Community Foundation c. Ernie Johnson ii.  Committee Chair Orientation FY 08/09	A. Eva Hansen reported that at the January Board meeting there were some forms that were to be completed by the Board. However, due to the lack of time the forms were emailed to all of the Board members. There may be an opportunity for each of you to contact some of our Board members who do not complete and return these forms. A draft of the timeline would look as such. 1. February: Final Board member/officer nomination forms sent out. 2. March: Board Development will determine Board nominees & officers and present to Board meeting in March. 3. April: President Elect will choose the Committee chairs 4. April/May: President Elect choose Executive Committee 5. May/June: Committee Chair & Board of Director’s (include new members) orientation. 6. July: New officers and Board members begin their tenure. Concensus was to accept the timeline for the Nominations for FY 08/09. B. Donna Mansfield reported on the Straw Ballot forms that have already been returned. These will be taken into consideration for officer positions for the next FY. C. Further discussion regarding the Board Member Orientation tabled to follow the approved timeline. Eva Hansen and Anji Martinez to come back with recommendations regarding an orientation for Board and Committee Chairs.	A. None B. None C. None	A. Committee B. Committee C. Eva Hansen & Anji Martinez
VI.    Information Δ A.  Executive as Board - Feb. 21, 08 B.  Board of Directors- March 20, 08 C.  Smart Start Conference - May 6-9, 08 C.  Board Development - May 20, 2008 D.  Management Team Retreat - Feb. 28, 29 and Mar 1, 08	None, information available on agenda General consensus of the Board Development Committee was to schedule a meeting for March 10, 2008 from 8:45-9:45 a.m. to further discuss the nominations.	None	Informational
VII. Adjournment	As there was no further business, the Chair adjourned the meeting at 9:46 a.m.	Meeting Adjourned	None

Submittal: The minutes of the above stated meeting are submitted for approval.
	Secretary of Meeting/Executive Assistant	Date
Approval: Based on Committee consensus, the minutes of the above stated meeting are hereby approved as presented and/or corrected.