Cascade Community Foundation Minutes

CASCADE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION MEETING

August 22, 2002

7:30 a.m.

Cascade Township Offices Conference Room

Present: Julien, Lewis, Robinson, Roeder, Parrish, Vredevoogd

Absent: Carpenter

Once again, Susan Roeder led the meeting on identifying goals/strategies.

GOAL: Raise Funds

Objectives: Continuous growth of fund

Develop an action plan to raise funds

Permanent

Give an opportunity to leave a legacy

Promote philantrophy

Educate the community

Strategies: Cultivate community donors through personal contacts

Create a corporate campaign

Develop a focus group survey

Develop a marketing plan

Establish fund raising events (as opportunities for giving)

Acknowledge community donors

GOAL: Strengthen Community Identity

Objectives: Enhancement of the community

Establish awareness activities

Communicate the mission

Encourage permanence

Strategies: Newsletters

Produce a video

Create a "state of the community event"

Mail-outs, flyers, handouts

ID buttons

GOAL: Expenditure of Funds

Objectives: Identify community needs

Improve the community

Create grant guidelines, timelines

Develop permanence through projects

Strategies: Bring the community together

Utilize focus group / survey

Develop a marketing plan

Sandi Parrish related the need to establish how checks should be made out for donors to receive full tax credits. Checks made out directly to Cascade Community Foundation will be the most desirable way to "sell" the donation.

Questions were raised regarding the need for board members to be bonded, an errors and omissions policy, and whether it is legal to use money from the general fund for supplies. Jay Cravens will check with legal council.

Michael Julien related the term expiration dates of the members-at-large need to be established. The term for Jack Lewis will expire at the end of 2002, Pat Vredevoogds term will expire at the end of 2003, and Susan Roeders term will expire at the end of 2004.

It was agreed that the members would wait until a future meeting to elect a slate of officers. Michael Julien commented that as Township Supervisor he should not serve as President of the Foundation board.

Sandi Parrish will present how to develop an action plan at the next meeting. She will also try to have some logo samples by the September 19^th meeting.

The next two meetings are scheduled for September 19 and October 3, from 7:30 – 9:30 a.m.

The meeting adjourned at 8:40 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Jeanie Neve

Deputy Clerk

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