WRFI Board Meeting Minutes 2-11-25
WRFI Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
Tuesday February 11, 2025
Minutes from transcript
In attendance:
Amie Herman
Mike Cook
Peter Bakija
Joe Romano
Corinne Shanahan
Joseph Haefeli
John Young
Ben Coakley
Felix Teitelbaum
Current membership:
Talaya Centeno
Amie Herman
Mike Cook
Robin Elliott
Peter Bakija
Joe Romano
Corinne Shanahan
John Young
Joseph Haefeli
Ben Coakley
Felix Teitelbaum
Minutes Begin
Call to order at 6:07 pm. No notetaker; using Otter.ai to record the meeting as transcript.
Committee Reports
Development+Outreach
- Development met for the first time in a while. Things discussed:
- Developing a calendar for the year in terms of the kind of development and outreach efforts we want to undertake
- trying to prioritize connecting with our state representatives in some way
- mapping out, like by quarter, what kinds of things we could do, and whether it was events or whether it was the grant cycle
- Have a budget and goals around the different categories of fundraising, both individual giving, grants, major gifts foundations or family foundations
- Wondering if there's ways that the board can help with the underwriting goals - to be discussed at next Dev Committee.
Governance - did not meet
Personnel -to be discussed tonight
Finance -Ben sent out a 2025 Budget file for review with this board agenda
Staffing & Transition Progress.
[The Board entered executive session at this point]
[The Board exited executive session ata 7:00 pm]
ED Report
- We knocked out the Community Foundation grant report
- We had a really good session about underwriting language, very valuable.
- We have a volunteer writing a log seven days a week
- Tax letters went out to 2024 donors
Hungerford Hill Project
- The group reviewed a construction budget, with hardware costs
- If we move to Hungerford Hill, we'll be able to tune the Ithaca frequency, 88.1 perfectly, according to the projections out here in Newfield, so we can get it over the air.
- This item will be brought back to the board in March for vote
Consent Agenda
- Peter moves to approve the January minutes. The motion is seconded. The motion carries, with one (Corinne) sustaining, all others in favor.