CVC Board Meeting Minutes
ISU Research Park,
Ames, Iowa
January 30, 2007
The Meeting was called to order at 10:10 AM by Mayor Jim Erb. A quorum of more than 8 Board members was declared.
A motion was made and seconded to approve the Minutes. Motion Carried
An update was provided regarding discussions in Congress regarding Congressionally directed appropriations known as earmarks and the status of CVC funding. Consensus was that CVC should pursue additional opportunity for funding diversification.
Plans for the upcoming Philanthropy Academy on February 20th were reviewed and discussed.
The Board reviewed and discussed detailed budget recommendations from the Entrepreneurial Committee, Philanthropy Committee, and Rural-Urban Policy Studies Committee. Upon conclusion of the discussion, a motion was made and seconded to adopt the attached budget contingent on funding availability.
A motion was made and seconded to endorse the philanthropy concepts of Planned Gift Tax Credits and Entrepreneurial Endowment and Development Grants. Motion Carried. This work will be coordinated by Friends of Community Vitality.
A motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried and the meeting was adjourned 3:20 PM.
FY 2007 CVC Board Approved Projects
- Center Operations Project ($52K)
- Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy Academies
- Awards & Newsletters
- Case Studies
- NE Iowa Food & Farm Coalition - Kellogg Food and Fitness Proposal -$2K
- Workshop and Conference Co-sponsorships
- Board and Staff Travel
- Issue Responses, Demographic Trends, and Data Analyses
Community Entrepreneurship (90K)
Youth Programs
- 5K Middle School Youth Marketplace 5 Schools/sponsors/JPEC-ISU
- 10K High School Bus Plan Competition 20 Schools/JPEC-IU $10k
Community Program Initiatives
- 5K MyEntreNet 2 Communities/UNI/Iowa SBDC
- 10K CDFI Expansion Leopold, GIF, AgMrk, IBA, Iowa Business Growth, ISUE-NW, Ag Ventures Alliance, SBDCs, NI, ShoreBank
- 10K Rural Dev Council Iowa Rural Development Council Contingent on Development of one or more initiatives on Micro-Enterprise, Environmental Entrepreneurship, New Foods, Harvesting Resources Forums
- 5K Rural Vitality Collaboration - Iowa Farm Bureau Renew Iowa
- 5K CDFI SW Iowa SW Iowa Coalition, GIF, Rural Resource Center
- 5K CDFI NW Iowa NW Iowa Extension, Economic Developers, CC, RC&Ds
- 10K Food Ent/.Eco Intern Fairfield Roundtable, Eco-Village, RC&D
- 5K Entrep Network Hamilton County/Webster City Development Corp, ISUE
- 5K Entrep Network Newton Transformation Council, Newton Econ Dev, ISUE
- 10K Growing Food/Profit NCRLC & INCA, ISUE - 2 Cent. IA multi-county clusters 5K Home Bus Network Prairie Partners RC&D, Econ Dev, ISUE
Community Philanthropy (50K) (plus 10K external funds-ICOF,Pioneer, others)
- 15K ISU Extension Circuit Rider 3-10 County Endowment Building Pilot - Hertel
- 10K NE Iowa County Endowment Building Pilot – Alamakee County
- 10K ICAN County Endowment Building Pilot – Hardin County
- 10K Waterloo Endowment Building Pilot –rural county circuit rider.
- 10K Great River Bend Endowment Building Pilot- rural county paraprofessional
- 5K Philanthropy Awards for 4 community affiliates
Rural-Urban Policy Studies – (22K)
- 10K Community Leader Workshops on Rural Movers Actionable Strategies - Burke
- 10K Iowa Local Government Fiscal Facts - Burke
- 2K Incidental Policy Studies
- Innovative Mature Worker Employer Interview Case Studies - Burke
- Analysis of New Resident Trends and Entrepreneurial Opportunities -Burke
- Analysis of Philanthropy by Gender - Burke
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