March 23, 2021 DSAHS Foundation Board of Directors Meeting
Don Soffer Aventura High School Foundation, Inc.
Board of Directors
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Don Soffer Aventura High School Founda ti on,
Inc. Board of Directors will meet on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 9 a.m. via Virtual
Communica ti ons Media Technology.
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necessary by the continued state and local emergency. Because of the continued
COVID-19 pandemic, and the need to ensure the public health, safety and
welfare, this meeting will be conducted remotely via Zoom.
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Dated and posted this 4 day of March, 2021.
Brett Storch
Brett Fertig Storch, Secretary
Don Soffer Aventura High School Foundation, Inc.
Board of Directors
Meeting Agenda
March 23, 2021 at 9 a.m.
Via Virtual Communications Media Technology
1. Call to Order / Roll Call
2. Approval of Minutes from February 22, 2021 Meeting
3. Appointment of Whitney Walters-Sachs to the Board
4. Update on Compass Campaign
5. Budget Approval
6. Fundraising Efforts and Programming
7. Board Member Comments
8. Other Business
9. Next Meeting
10. Public Comments
11. Adjournment
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MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 22, 2021 MEETING
OF
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF
Don Soffer Aventura High School Foundation, Inc.
The meeting of the Board of Directors was held on February 22, 2021 via Virtual
Communications Media Technology.
The meeting was called to order by Chair, Cindy Orlinsky, at 9:02 a.m. and following a roll call
by Ms. Orlinsky, the following board members were present: Brett Storch; Andrea Beck; and
Gimol Bentes.
The DSAHS Meeting Minutes of Meeting of Board of Directors, which took place on January
19, 2021 were unanimously approved upon motion made by Ms. Orlinksy and seconded by Ms.
Beck.
An update regarding compass campaign was presented by Ms. Orlinksy. There was a soft launch,
initiated by an email sent to the school families by Principal McKnight. PayPal is working for
purchasing the compass. There was also a soft promotion on our website.
The Board discussed the capital campaign and the status of a few donations. We are working on
comping up with different areas of the school that can be named.
Also, Robert Meyers advised the Board that the finance committee should be preparing a
preliminary budget for approval as the Foundation is generating revenue and will have expenses.
We discussed fundraising opportunities. Ms. Beck will be meeting with Ian (activities
coordinator at DSAHS) to discussing different programming
The next meeting was scheduled for March 23, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. There being no further business
or comments, the meeting was adjourned at 9:37 a.m. upon motion made by Ms. Storch and
seconded by Ms. Bentes.