Board Meeting Minutes, July 24, 2018

Participants:  Geri Baumblatt, Dave DeBronkart, Peter Elias, Nancy Finn, John Grohol, Matthew Holt, Sarah Krüg, Janice McCallum, Jan Oldenburg, Burt Rosen, Danny Sands, Joe Ternullo, Sue Woods Approve minutes from last full board meeting  Janice McCallum Minutes from June 26, 2018 meeting approved. Environmental Scan–what are you hearing about?   All Janice mentioned recent reporting by NPR/ProPublica on data aggregators, such as Lexis Nexis. Bill Marder from Truven/IBM Watson, who will speak at SPM2018, can provide context on how aggregators have operated and can provide a view to the future. Governance/By-laws                                Dave Dolton Jan & Janice volunteered to be on committee with Dave. First  objective is to review and update bylaws; 2nd objective is to better define the board structure and nominating process. Dave has begun the process of determining what needs to be changed in bylaws. Jan & Janice will be a sounding board for him. Ideally, by next board, have something prepared to address & discuss. Sue asked if there is a validated checklist for board bylaws. BoardSource.com is best source that Dave Dolton has found. Jan asked if we have considered training for board members. Dave agreed that training/onboarding for new board members is a great idea and said best practices include training. Danny Sands also mentioned that we should start thinking about adding staff, e.g., a part-time executive dir...
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