Destination Imagination, Inc.
Board of Trustees Discussion and Decisions
January 22 and 24, 2015
I.
Call to Order at 8:30AM, CST a.
Roll Call b.
Agenda Approval
II.
New Business
III.
Committee Reports
IV.
Adjourn 4:30PM, CST
Board Members
Present
Pamela Schroeder
Louise Liddle
Rick Rand
Carmine Liuzzi
Chuck Cadle
Rosemary Bognar Pinney
Johnny Wells
David Thomason
Sarah Benczik
Karen Anderson
Johnny Wells
Max Kringen
Absent
Nina Schwenk

Call to Order
Call in: US 866-939-8416
Int 678-302-3534
Participant 8683524
Board Members
Roll Call
Approve Agenda
Approve Minutes from August
CEO Report
Committee Reports
BoT Secretary/Governance – Karen Anderson
Finance – Chair, Rosemary Bognar Pinney
Present
Pamela Schroeder
Louise Liddle
Rick Rand
Carmine Liuzzi
Sarah Benczik
Karen Anderson
David Thomason
Rosemary Bognar Pinney
Nina Schwenk
Chuck Cadle
Absent
Max Kringen
Nominations/Board Performance – Chair, David Thomason
Motion for the approval of the “Selection Process Plan” dated 9/21/15 as amended. As part of the motion and pursuant to this plan, I move that the board immediately authorize the Selection Committee to implement this process to accomplish the following:
A) Proceed to fill no more than four (04) open seats on the DII Board of
Trustees
B) The skill sets to be targeted will be Financial Management, Fund
Raising and Business Development.
C) The committee is authorized to recommend candidates outside of those skill sets.
D) This solicitation will be by Trustee nomination only. DII will not do a public solicitation for this initial offering.
E) Terms offered will be fill 2 to 4 year terms beginning October 2015

F) A schedule for accomplishing this objective will be submitted to the
Board
Motion moved by David Thomason
Second by Karen Anderson
All in favor
None opposed
New Business
Old Business
Executive Session
Next Meeting: October 24-25, Cherry Hill, NJ
Adjourn

Destination Imagination, Inc.
Board of Trustees Discussion and Decisions
March 25, 2015
I.
Call to Order at 8:30PM, EST a.
Roll Call b.
Agenda Approval
II.
Fundraising & Training
III.
Global Finals
IV.
Committee Reports
V.
Adjourn 10:15 PM , EST
Board Members
Present
Pamela Schroeder
Louise Liddle
Rick Rand
Carmine Liuzzi
Rosemary Bognar Pinney
Johnny Wells
David Thomason
Sarah Benczik
Karen Anderson
Max Kringen
Nina Schwenk
Absent
Johnny Wells
Chuck Cadle
Guests
Sheila Swanson
Wendy Niemann

Destination Imagination, Inc.
Board of Trustees Discussion and Decisions
April 22, 2015
I.
Call to Order at 8:30PM, EST a.
Roll Call b.
Agenda Approval
II.
Global Finals a.
Event schedule for BoT b.
Exhibitor update c.
Workshop update d.
Tournament sites e.
Scheduling f.
Awards
III.
Budget
IV.
Committee Reports a.
Management b.
Development c.
Governance
V.
Ignite
VI.
Adjourn 10:05 PM , EST
Board Members
Present
Pamela Schroeder
Louise Liddle
Rick Rand
Carmine Liuzzi
Rosemary Bognar Pinney
Johnny Wells
Sarah Benczik
Karen Anderson
Max Kringen
Johnny Wells
Chuck Cadle
Absent
Nina Schwenk.
David Thomason
Guests
Sheila Swanson
Kris Beisel
Britt Dyer
Paige Curtis
Maureen Donovan

Wednesday, July 22, 2015
8:30 AM Convene meeting
Roll Call
Review Agenda
Board of Trustees Meeting
Agenda
July 22-23, 2015
Knoxville, TN
9:00-10:30 CEO Report
Business Plan and Budget
10:30 Executive Session
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Committee Meetings
Governance Committee
Development Committee
2:15 PM Committee Meetings
Finance Committee
Management Committee
3:30
5:00 PM
Discussion about Board reorganization
Recess for Dinner
Board Members
Present
Pamela Schroeder
Louise Liddle
Max Kringen
Rick Rand
Carmine Liuzzi
Sarah Benczik
Karen Anderson
David Thomason
Chuck Cadle
Absent
Rosemary Bognar Pinney
Nina Schwenk

Board of Trustees Meeting
Agenda
July 22-23, 2015
Knoxville, TN
Thursday, July 23, 2015
9:00 AM
9:15 Committee Meetings as needed
11:00 Goals for 2015
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM
2:00
Reconvene Meeting
Review Agenda
Committee Reports
Vote on Proposed By Laws
ByLaws revised (see document)
Motion to approve as amended
Moved by Karen
Second by Sarah
All in favor
None opposed
Vote on Proposed Policies
Policies revised (see document)
Motion to approve Section B as amended
Moved by Karen
Second by Carmine
All in favor
None opposed
Financial policies revised (see document
Motion to approve as amended
Moved by Karen
Second by Louise
All in favor
None opposed
Vote on proposed business plan (see document)
Motion to approve business plan with stipulation that more specifics will be forthcoming

3:30
4:30
Karen moved
Sarah second
All in favor
None opposed.
Budget
The Board directed the CEO to enhance the proposed budget to include clear qualitative and quantitative outcomes by goal, including benchmarks. The Board will vote to accept the revised
2015-16 budget at the October 2015 meeting.
Consensus vote on CEO’s bonus for 2014-15.
Max moved
Karen second
Election of Board Officers
Governance chair moved for Pamela Schroder for Chair of the Board and
Louise Liddle as vice chair of the board.
Ballots elected Pamela as Chair and Louise as Vice Chair
Chair of the Board nominates Rosemary Bognar Pinney as treasurer of the Board and Karen Anderson as Secretary.
Sarah seconds
All in favor
None opposed.
Appointment of Executive Council Committee Chairs
The Chair of the Board appoints:
Rick Rand for Management and Program Oversight
Nina Schwenk for Development and Corporate Outreach
David Thomason for Nominating and Board Performance
Sarah Benczik for Volunteer Relations, Conflict of Interest, and
Whistleblower.
Max Kringen for Technology and Social Media
Carmine Liuzzi for representing DIAD and the Audit Committee.
These positions were accepted.
Set Calendar for 2015-16
Review Policies not addressed in Committee Reports
Other Business
Executive Session
Recess for appetizers with IGNITE participants

Call in number: 866-210-1669 Participant Code: 1990952
Call To Order
Roll Call
Approve Agenda
Approve Minutes from April and July
CEO Report
Committees
BoT Secretary/Governance – Karen Anderson
Management/ Program Oversight – Chair, Rick Rand
Finance – Chair, Rosemary Bognar Pinney
Development and Corporate Relations – Chair, Nina Schwenk
Board Members
Present
Pamela Schroeder
Louise Liddle
Max Kringen
Rick Rand
Carmine Liuzzi
Sarah Benczik
Karen Anderson
David Thomason
Chuck Cadle
Rosemary Bognar
Pinney
Nina Schwenk
Eric Wolff
DIAD President/ Audit Committee– Carmine Liuzzi
Technology and Social Media – Chair, Max Kringen
Nominations/Board Performance – Chair, David Thomason
Volunteer Relations, Conflict and Whistleblower Policies – Chair, Sarah Benczik
New Business
Old Business
Executive Session
Adjourn

Destination Imagination, Inc.
Board of Trustees Discussion and Decisions
December 16, 2016
I.
Call to Order at 8:30PM, ET a.
b.
Roll Call
Agenda Approval c.
Reading of minutes deferred to pending face to face meeting in January
II.
A brief discussion of Board of Trustees structure including a.
New recruits i.
Opportunities for involvement
Board Members
Present
Pamela Schroeder
Louise Liddle
Rick Rand
Rosemary Bognar Pinney
Sarah Benczik
Karen Anderson
Max Kringen
Nina Schwenk
Chuck Cadle
Eric Wolff (liaison)
Jennifer Batchelor (Recording
Secretary)
Absent
Carmine Liuzzi
David Thomason b.
Committees - no formal Committee Reports were tendered i.
Discussion on best personnel for each committee ii.
Do we have the right committees? iii.
Committees will work offline and add updates on committees work to secured folder iv.
Motions and voting will be added to face to face meeting agendas v.
Board Liaison and Recording Secretary roles must be clearly defined
III.
No motions were made during this meeting
IV.
Adjourn 9:45 PM, ET