El Camino College Foundation
Board Meeting Minutes
July 24, 2008
In attendance: Bob Amos, Tom Cohenno, Stan Dunn, Derf Fredericks, Ray Gen, Michael
Goguen, Don Greco, Mark Hebson, Richard Montgomery, George Nakano, Virginia Pfiffner,
Rob White
Annual Board Member: Megan McLean
Staff: Sue Cody, Katie Gleason, Kahea Kamahele, Nancy Tonner Recorder: Sue Burin
Welcome and Introductions – Rob White introduced new student annual member Megan
McLean.
Minutes:
Motion made by Derf Fredericks to accept the minutes from the May 22, 2008, Foundation
Board meeting. Seconded by Bob Amos. Motion passed.
Committee Reports
Director of Development – Katie Gleason
 Gifts-to-date – Gleason reviewed Gifts-to-date as of July 1, 2008.
 Submitting a proposal to Northrop Grumman for Project Lead the Way.
 Tom Cohenno is working on funding from SCE for alumni magazine and Benoit concert.
 Met with Steve Morikawa of American Honda regarding supporting the South Bay Youth
Orchestra (SBYO). The SBYO program will now be managed by Community Education.
 Distributed reports from faculty who received funding from the Foundation. Kim Bailey,
Nursing for the Simulation Design program and David Vakil, Natural Sciences for the
clicker program.
Finance – Mike Goguen
 Mike Goguen presented June 30, 2008 financials, investment reports and reviewed funds
that were in transition as of June 30.
 Vasquez & Company has completed their preliminary review. Audit is scheduled for
August.
Accounting – Sue Cody
 Discussed several recommendations made by Vasquez; Cody will be reclassifying some
accounts.
 Discussed stewardship fees and distributions that were made.
 Reviewed the final budget for ’07 –’08 and the ‘08 –’09 budget. Discussed the budget
format for the two fiscal years.
Motion made by Richard Montgomery to accept the budget for ’08 - ‘09. Seconded by Derf
Fredericks. Motion passed.
 Recommendation to allocate $40,000 to the book fund. Tom Cohenno, Development
Committee chair, reviewed plans for increasing revenue for this program.
Motion made by Don Greco to fund up to $40,000 for the book fund. Seconded by Bob Amos.
Motion passed.
Staff Reports
Program Coordinator – Nancy Tonner
 Save the Date cards for the David Benoit concert have been mailed. Board member
invitation lists should be sent to Tonner. Our goal is to have 200 people attend and raise
$40,000. Rob White discussed executive committee’s recommendation that each board
member be responsible for six tickets.
 Dedication of new campus power station will be held on August 18 at 3:00 pm.
 Working on the Employee Giving survey.
Scholarships – Kahea Kamahale
 Working with Luukia Smith on reconciling scholarship monies held in the trust account
and the Foundation.
 Scheduled a two week period for activating and distributing student’s scholarships.
 IT has committed to supporting the scholarship online program.
Committee Reports
Development Committee – Tom Cohenno
 Meeting had to be rescheduled. New date and time to be scheduled.
Distribution Committee – Rob White
 Committee will meet to work on scholarship policy.
Policies and Procedures – George Nakano
 Working on stewardship fee and scholarship policies.
 Nakano circulated the recent issue of the Torrance Chamber Magazine which featured the
opening of the new Humanities building. A copy of the magazine will be mailed to all
board members.
Nominating Committee - Derf Fredericks
 Debra Breckheimer is interested in joining the Foundation board. Discussion ensued.
Motion made by Derf Fredericks to nominate Debra Breckheimer as new board member. Stan
Dunn seconded the motion. Motion passed.
President’s Report – Rob White
 Board Retreat is scheduled for September 25.
 Fredericks asked that the retreat include the new member board orientation.
Board Concerns and Issues
 Sue Burin reviewed handouts – As of September, board meetings will be held in the
Activities center. Map enclosed in packet with directions for parking and location of
Activities center. New format of roster was distributed with schedule of ’08 – ’09
meetings.