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Thu, Dec 17, 2020 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM (PST)

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Agenda

12:00 PM – Call to Order – Daniel

12:05 PM – Review and Approve Agenda – Daniel

12:10 PM – Approve Consent Calendar – Daniel

• January Board Meeting Minutes
• Executive Director’s Report
• Communications Director’s Report

12:15 PM – Old Business – Nancy & Daniel

Results of January’s Executive Committee Board Members Ballot – elected to two-year terms (end Dec 2022): Sarah Gaskin as Secretary, Laura Burnett as Treasurer – Congratulations!

Draft Strategic Plan – review each strategy, mainly for the “who” will do the work and the “by when” timeline. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1R51t-tR7cdMJSk7iNarwAGFnqNN8WtQQ1uqQtJ1HIt8/edit?usp=sharing

Update – dates for “board training webinars”: one February, one March 2021.

• Anti-Racism Training – Jerimiah J. Sims, Ph.D. – Board Training –1.5 hours – TIME – TBD. PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS! “Minding the Obligation Gap” – http://www.rootedinlove.education/
• Advocacy Training – https://bolderadvocacy.org/ 
  During the regularly scheduled Board Call time March 18th, at 12 Noon – 1:30 PM. We need solid commitments from a majority of you to move forward with this as there is an expense associated with it!
• Fundraising Training – postponed till later in the year

2021 Approved Draft Budget – Notes Review; the final vote

Regional Council Leadership Virtual Team-up meeting and extra $1,000 for sponsoring a webinar – San Diego completed San Joaquin Valley – March, Inland May, LA/OC – August. Need decision from Sacramento, Central Coast, Bay area ASAP.

Further Bylaws update requested – Daniel
“SECTION 7. DIRECTOR ELECTIONS – Elections for directors shall be held annually for open/vacant positions. Directors may be elected by members or directors as established by the Board of Directors. Members or directors may only cast one vote for each candidate. The candidates receiving the highest number of votes sequentially, up to the number of available director positions to be elected shall be elected. Each member or director shall cast only one ballot, with voting being by official ballot only. If this corporation makes no provision for members, then in accordance with Article 13 of these Bylaws, the directors shall be elected by the Board of Directors.” – CLICK HERE for bylaws

Co-Sponsoring Urban Forestry Bill with Senator Anna Caballero’s office – still in early stages, though we are working hard to get them to revise the approach to be broader and more inclusive – Nancy

12:45 PM – New Business – Nancy and Daniel

• Los Angeles Arboretum Update – Emina Darakjy
• Nick Harvey’s Board Member Application

12:55 PM – Schedule next meeting for March 18, 2021

*Potential Topic ideas for Jerimiah’s training: 

“Equity Session”

Each session is custom-designed for the audience and what their goals are, but generally, it will be 1.5+ hours and consist of about three of the following components:

1. Introduction to Equity
2. Defining Key Terms
3. Interactive activities, small group discussions
4. Fixed Mindset vs. Growth Mindset ==> Antiracist Growth Mindset
5. Disruption for Good (why it is necessary to disrupt the status quo and institutionalized practices to be equity-advancing)
6. Intro to Diversity and Inclusion
7. Implicit Bias
8. IMPACT Equity Toolkit Training — this is a longer training that provides simple tools (think “equity lens”) for looking at your own policies and practices and discovering inequities, finding evidence, and then making recommendations for change

*Advocacy Training:

Bolder Advocacy Proposal

AFJ’s Bolder Advocacy program would be pleased to provide a 1.5-hour online training session for your board of directors and guests. The Bolder Advocacy trainer will conduct a prep call with you or someone you designate to help us better understand current (or planned) advocacy activities and refine the training content. Training participants will receive handouts of the customized PowerPoint slides, a link to the recording which will be active for 60 days, and links to relevant Bolder Advocacy publications.

AFJ will work with you to determine mutually agreeable dates. You indicated that the third Thursday of February or March at noon would be preferable. Is this correct?

The training will cover:

• How federal tax law permits lobbying for charities and how lobbying is defined;
• How federal tax law permits lobbying for charities and how lobbying is defined;
• One easy step most charities can take to maximize the amount they’re allowed to spend on lobbying;
• Yearly lobbying limits for charities;
• Tips for taking advantage of the narrow definitions of lobbying – which will help charities make the most of their lobbying limit; and
• The application of these rules to ballot measure activities.

The cost of this training will be $1000.

*Advocacy Training:

Bolder Advocacy Proposal

AFJ’s Bolder Advocacy program would be pleased to provide a 1.5-hour online training session for your board of directors and guests. The Bolder Advocacy trainer will conduct a prep call with you or someone you designate to help us better understand current (or planned) advocacy activities and refine the training content. Training participants will receive handouts of the customized PowerPoint slides, a link to the recording which will be active for 60 days, and links to relevant Bolder Advocacy publications.

Fundraising Resources: Online Resources –

• Grant Station – we have a membership here
• Network for Good
• Classy – this is our web-based funding portal
• philanthropy.com 
• SalesForce 

What are Klein & Roth’s fees?  
Our fees vary depending on the kind of work an organization wants. Keynotes generally range from $2,500 to $5,000, day-long trainings are $1,800 to $3,000, fundraising program assessments range from $4,000 to $7,000, and consultation or coaching is billed by the hour at $185 to $250. Our clients are mostly small to mid-sized social justice organizations and we will work with you to keep the fees reasonable and affordable.