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VGIF Meetings

This page will give information about the bi-annual "Call to Meetings" with dates, committee meeting times, report deadlines, minutes, and meeting outcomes.

2008 VGIF Annual Meeting, April 11-12

Meeting Schedule

Thursday, April 10, 2008    
Members of Project Grants Committee and Previewers Only

      9:00 am  - Coffee/Tea and Muffins at Marble Collegiate

      9:00 am --   5:00 pm      Project Grants Committee Meeting

Friday, April 11, 2008

      8:30 am                       
Coffee/Tea and Muffins at Marble Collegiate

      8:30 am --   1:30 pm    
Committee Meetings

      2:00 pm --  3:00 pm     
Conveners Meeting ( ALL conveners, both standing and special committees)

      3:00 pm --  4:45 pm    
  Executive Committee Meeting (Agenda mailed separately by Barbara Carey)

      5:00 pm --  6:00 pm     
Reception in VGIF Office - Suite 1002

      6:00 pm --  9:00 pm     
Dinner and Program: TBA

Saturday, April, 12, 2008

      8:00 am --   8:30 am    
Coffee/Tea and Muffins at Marble Collegiate

      8:30 am -- 12:00 pm    
Board Meeting - (Agenda mailed separately by Barbara Carey)              
Approval of the 2008 project grants will begin between 9:00 and 9:30 am

    12:00 pm --  1:00 pm     
Lunch

      1:00 pm --   4:30 pm     
Board Meeting continued/Annual Meeting

 

It Happened at the Mid-term Meeting  
The Board of Directors took the following actions at the Mid-term Meeting on Saturday, October 27th, 2007:
  • Revised VGIF's staffing as of January 1, 2008 to make Fay Kittelson the Executive Director, and to hire Zoë Kelly-Nacht as a half time grants assistant, effective immediately;
  • Directed the establishment of a permanent Human Resources Committee to oversee and evaluate the staff and directed the president to appoint members to this committee;
  • Directed the president to appoint a committee to locate a new office for VG's use in advance of the demolition of the Marble Collegiate building scheduled to occur within the next two years;
  • Made recommendations for 40th anniversary activities in 2009;
  • Approved the 2008 budget as proposed;
  • Established deadlines for nominations to be submitted to the Nominating Committee, bylaws amendments to the Bylaws Committee, and articles for the semi-yearly VG Update and monthly VG Flash;
  • Approved a Membership/Marketing/Development Pilot Project for the 2008 calendar year that will revise nomenclature and process for fund-raising.