South Central New York Nonprofit Executive Directors Group Minutes

Steering Committee Minutes
February 24, 2009

1. Membership Committee Update: We still maintain an active membership list. A couple more names were suggested for membership and we will contact them. We discussed a news article announcing our organization and linking membership to the NYNED website. Everyone thought that was a great idea.

2. Program Committee Update: The programs are tentative set for the coming year and the committee is in the process of selecting presenters. If you do not have a list let us know and we will distribute it. The next program committee is set for March 10th at JCC with the topic, Executive Directors working with the board. The presenter will have a set of questions to begin the presentation.

3. Special Projects Committee: We discussed at length what the plans were for the research project of the value of not for profits to the community. We are looking at collaboration with BU over several years to look at different aspects of our value that will culminate in a very extensive over valuation for the group. Allison Alden is putting together a synopsis of the project. Paid interns will be part of the process and we are looking at ways to fund those interns.

4. Full Group Meeting - The next full group meeting will be March 10th at JCC.45 minutes will be allocated for the training, 5 minutes for JCC presentation and 40 minute to discuss the special project.

5. Feedback on progress of the group: There appears to be overall satisfaction with where we are doing and the subgroups are functioning very well.