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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.
Call to Meeting April 2009
Meeting Schedule
Thursday, April 23, 2009
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 24, 2009
8:30 am Coffee/Tea and Muffins at Marble Collegiate
8:30 am -- 1:30 pm Committee Meetings
2:00 pm -- 3:00 pm Strategic Planning Meeting (ALL Board Members, current and incoming)
3:00 pm -- 4:45 pm Executive Committee Meeting (Agenda mailed separately by Eileen Menton)
5:00 pm -- 6:00 pm Reception in VGIF Office - Suite 1002
6:00 pm -- 9:00 pm Dinner/Program: Linda Sekiguchi, Compassionate Listening Project
Saturday, April 25, 2009
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 Eileen Menton)
12:00 pm -- 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm -- 4:30 pm Annual Meeting
It Happened at the Annual Meeting |
| The Board of Directors took the following actions at the Annual Meeting in April 2008: - Approved conducting an annual audit beginning with our 2007 financial statement. - Approved 29 grants and one grant conditionally. - Presented the 2007 Annual Report. - Renamed the On-Site Committee the Funded Grants Evaluation Committee with responsibility for post-grant evaluation processes, including on-site visits. - Established a pilot project to run from May to October 2008 to fund transportation and room and board for women living abroad to visit newly-funded projects. - Voted to hold a planning retreat on the Thursday prior to the October 2008 meeting (October 23). - Modified the bylaws to eliminate the Global Network Committee and expand the Membership Committee. - Elected to first terms, Eileen Menton President, Dagmar McGill, 1st Vice President, and Dana Wright, 3rd Vice President. - Elected Judy Whitelock, Secretary, and Margery Sullivan, Treasurer, to second terms. - Elected Lois Abromitis, Susannah Dhamdhere, Marta Groisman, Marion Kilson, and Margery Sullivan to second terms and Myrna Brown, Carolyn Cowgill, Rebecca Fairchild, Shireen Lee, Anita Miller, Terry Oudraad, Linda Sekiguchi, and Jacki Shahzadi to first terms on the Board. - Appointed Marion Kilson, 2nd Vice President and Convener of the Project Grants Committee, Shireen Lee as Convener of the Development Committee, Virginia Maynard as Convener of the 2008-2009 Nominating Committee, and Linda Sekiguchi as Convener of the Funded Grants Evaluation Committee. |
