Easy
Does It
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes for April 21, 2003
Directors Present: Peter Trier, Jesse Townley, Hale Zukas, Leslie
Gordon, Winston Ching, Jonathan Gold, Karyn Hernandez, Jonah Markowitz
Staff Present: Felix Knauth
Not in attendance: Dina Valicenti, Todd Groves, Kyle Eminger
Minutes by Jesse Townley
Meeting started at: 6:30pm; Peter Trier, President
Public Comment:
- Peter has heard understandable comments from staff critical of Felix
Knauth due to changes mandated by the Board. Staff should understand
that these changes are the Board’s responsibility, not the
Executive Director’s responsibility.
Confirmation:
Karyn Hernandez was appointed to the Board by the President. The Board
confirms her appointment (Jonathan motioned/Jonah seconded/Motion
passed).
Approval of Minutes:
3-27-03 minutes tabled (Jonah motioned/Winston seconded/Motion passed)
2-27-03 minutes approved (Jonah motioned/Winston seconded/Motion passed)
Consent Calendar:
The following item was pulled from the Executive Directors report.
EDI expenses for a particular client. Consent calendar passes (Jesse
motioned/Winston seconded/Motion passed).
Executive Session Minutes:
Minutes from Executive Sessions will be sent to all Board members (Hale
motioned/Jonah seconded/Motion passed).
Agenda:
We passed the agenda as written with the understanding that we may
re-structure the Personnel Committee portion of the meeting (Peter
motioned/Jonah seconded/Motion passed).
President’s Report:
- Peter Trier, Felix Knauth, and Jonah Markowitz met with Assemblymember
Loni Hancock about invasive care legislation. We also mentioned skyrocketing
workers comp costs to the Assemblymember.
- The trial period for the budget FY 2004 savings has begun.
- From Felix: None of the employees laid off were laid off solely due
to “at will” status. All layoff decisions involved seniority,
budget, and other reasons. All laid-off employees will be eligible
for unemployment. The longest-running employee worked for EDIDA for
12 months.
- From Felix: We laid off one person because s/he was unable to complete
her/his job duties due to health reasons.
- From Felix: A specific fired employee will be sent a letter granting
her an extra 30 days to file any appeal to the Judicial/Personnel Committee
due to the employee’s personal situation.
Executive Director’s Report
- EDIDA has provided voice mail service for a specific client for reasons
related to the client’s case management needs. This service
was initiated by a former Executive Director. Do we continue to pay
for this service (currently it costs $48/year)? After discussion
we passed the following: If the Executive Director doesn’t
think that EDIDA should pay for the voice mail, we will attempt to
pay for the voice mail through the Ken Crow Fund before discontinuing
payment for the voice mail. If the client’s service is to be
paid for by the Ken Crow Fund, the client will be informed of this
switch in funding. If the client’s service is to be discontinued,
the client will be given 2 month’s notice before EDIDA halts
payment on the voice mail (Peter motioned/Jonah seconded/Motion passed,
Jonathan and Jesse abstained).
Secretary’s Report
Jonah will continue to improve the minutes process.
Executive Committee Report
None
Fundraising Committee
The Fundraising Committee requests input from the Board on for what
the Committee should raise funds. The Executive Committee will consider
these and other ideas and provide a prioritized list to the Fundraising
Committee. The Board provided the following ideas.
1. Case Management
2. Helping low-income clients
3. Keep co-pay lower
4. Restore cuts in services due to budget cuts
5. Expand our service to other cities over the long-term
6. Outreach to other cities/communities about our services (documentary?)
Personnel Committee
The planned meeting with Felix was cancelled because of rain. The Personnel
Committee will set up a meeting with Felix to review the Personnel
Committee’s versions of the Employee Handbook and the Employee
Bill of Rights. The Board shall hear the results and intends to take
action at the next Board meeting.
Action Items
1. AB 524 report (Jonah): He will follow up with the Assemblymember’s
office as appropriate.
2. We’ve begun the evaluation of the Executive Director. If people
wish to give information to the Evaluation group, please contact Peter,
Jesse, and/or Leslie. Jesse and Leslie have the same authority as Peter
has (as President) to examine confidential files.
3. Cece Weeks resolution (Peter): in process.
4. Board Policy Manual (Peter): in process.
5. We will have a discussion about Article 6 in the by-laws in May.
If a Board member does not have a copy of the By-Laws, please contact
the office and a copy will be sent to the Board member.
Adjournment
Meeting adjourned (Jonah motioned, Winston seconded, motion passed).