Minutes – IGIANT

November 17, 2016
12:30 pm EST – 2:30 pm EST

Attendees: Phillip Rubin, Saralyn Mark, Charlene Shaya, Roberta Biegel (all attend via phone)

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• How does election affects us; should we interact

• All the parties agree to engage in January during transition period and after inauguration. BPlan a briefing in March at White House OSTP and Cap Hill

• 8 Round Tables held in the first 18 months

 

Infrastructure:

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• Lori Hoffman – stepped down due to personal reasons

• Need volunteers

• Charlene volunteered Monarch Print (Charlene to follow up)

• Website – Graphic designer needed

• PD for volunteers posted – Everyone needs to circulate to find pro bono help

 

Roles and Responsibilities:

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• Phillip donated $500.00

• Charlene volunteers to match Phillip

 

Committees:

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• Outreach Committee: PR and fundraising

• Strategic Initiatives Committee-convene after there is funding to develop metrics for other programs such as innovation prizes which could lead to an iGIANT seal of approval

• Advisory Board - People who don’t want to be on board, but have contracts 

 

            All agree it’s good to have following committees:

• Outreach – Fundraising and PR

• Strategic Initiatives

• Advisory Board

 

Other Board Member requirements:

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• Contribute $500.00 or bring in $500 from another source and/or

• Provide ways to move IGIANT forward such as but not limited to:

  •  Speaker opportunity

  • Media interview

  • Host a roundtable or find a host for a roundtable

  • Develop a power point presentation on iGIANT

  • Develop and/or maintain a website

  • Write an article/blog on iGIANT

  • Find an iGIANT volunteer

  • Grant writing.

• In addition to these responsibilities, a board member will attend iGIANT-related events as possible and will participate in at least 3 board meetings.year with one meeting in person

• For the Outreach Committee, it will be charged with helping with fundraising and PR opportunities. The group does not have financial nor fiscal responsibility and may have 1-3 teleconferences/year. The Chair of the iGIANT board will chair this group as well.

• Phillip wants us to reach out to network people for money

• PR and Outreach – Charlene to reach out to iHeart Media

 

•  *** All Agree***

 

Fundraising: 

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• Ways to do it

• Board committed to fundraising

• Try to develop a network and identify potential donors 

• Grant Writing (Potential sources):

  • Steve Case Foundation – N. Virginia 

  • Markel Foundation – NYC 

  • Arnold Foundation – Houston (John and Law) 

  • Sloan Foundation 

  • Jim Simons Foundation – Long Island, NYC

 

Updates of future plans: 

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• 9 more round tables on the horizon in 2017 

• University of Denver School of Engineering-Denver

• ULCA -LA 

• Women's Leadership Inst-Chicago 

• Indiana University School of Medicine/Cook Medical-Indianapolis 

• Bigelow-Las Vegas 

• Transportation/AMWA – Detroit 

• Men's Health Foundation/Mogul.com-NYC 

• Yale VA/School of Design-New Haven 

• West Foundation-San Diego

 

List needed of potential board members All agree to assist with recruiting.