The Lakeside Leadership Board

2023 Lakeside Leadership Board Members
George Mitchell - Chair
Fred Reed - Co- Chair, Trustees
Tommy Brown - Co-Chair, Finance
Melissa Young - Co-Chair, SPRC
Gerald Majors
Terry Wynne
Linda McNulty
Kimberly Mercado
Lynda Pickler - Lakeside Lay Leader
Sandy Bobo - Delegate to Annual Conference

Meeting Dates
The Leadership Board meets every month at 5:30pm on the 3rd Tuesday of the month.
The scheduled meetings for 2023 are:
January 17th
February 21st
March 21st
April 25th
May 16th
June 20th
July 25th
August 15th
No Meeting in September
October 17th
November 21st
December 19th

Summary of Recent Board Actions

July 2023 

          SUMMARY OF JULY 16, 2023  LEADERSHIP BOARD MEETING

• The financial and endowment reports were reviewed and adopted. Tom-my Brown will prepare a financial status letter to accompany the July giving statements.
• All agreed that the Town Hall meeting was beneficial. The Trustee’s re-port was adopted.
• Several names of new members were selected to fill an opening on the Leadership Board. Pastor Judy was asked to approach these persons in the order designated by the Board.
• The invoice for the sidewalk cleaning was approved to be paid by the En-dowment Fund.
• After presentation of the need for an internet upgrade to accommodate additional internet use and telephone systems, the Board approved an up-grade to 50 Mbps at $688 per month.
• Mi Casa was granted permission to host a cooking class in the youth cen-ter during the fall.
• The Consent Calendar consisting of the June minutes and Memorial re-port were approved.

AUGUST 2023

          SUMMARY OF AUG. 22, 2023 LEADERSHIP BOARD MEETING

• Pastoral intern, Sara Andrews and certified candidate for ordained ministry, Tony Elkins introduced themselves and thanked the Board for Lakeside’s support in their calls to ministry.
• The financial report was reviewed and adopted.  Due to a new software system at the Methodist Foundation, the endowment report will be provided when available.
• The District Office updates are completed and notice of the rental terms is to be relayed.
• Needed updates to exterior signage were discussed.  Options and costs will be researched.
• With Sunday hospitality time beginning September 10th, signage will be created as a reminder that food and drink are not allowed in the sanctuary.
• Pastor Judy will be out September 15–October 6; there will be no September Board meeting.
• Cost of handicap access near The Center will be researched and presented to the Board.
• The Consent Calendar was approved.

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