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2021 annual meeting minutes The annual meeting of Girl Scouts of Central Indiana, Inc. was held virtually on Monday, March 15, 2021. Board Chair Vandana Kapur presided over the meeting. Chief Executive Officer Danielle Shockey welcomed everyone to the meeting and acknowledged that this is the second annual meeting in a virtual space and thanked everyone for their understanding during the pandemic. Danielle continued by stating she is proud of the council’s resilience to continue to serve girls, families, and volunteers, while keeping everyone safe and through quarantines and isolation, we have learned that we can efficiently conduct council business in an online environment. Danielle continued by walking through the evening’s meeting agenda and introduced Board Chair Vandana Kapur. Vandana called the meeting to order at 6:39 p.m. and stated that her second year as Board Chair of Girl Scouts of Central Indiana, Inc. was certainly memorable and expressed gratitude to Danielle and her team as they continued their work during the pandemic, particularly how quickly they pivoted to provide virtual programming online for girls and troops including many badge earning activities. Vandana continued by presenting the council strategic goals that included: recruit and retain more members throughout the communities we serve; transform the volunteer experience; build a relevant brand to communicate the importance of Girl Scouts throughout central Indiana; diversify revenue sources to reduce reliance on cookie sales; ensure the maximum level of resources are focused on delivering high-quality, girl led experience throughout the council; and become a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization, mirroring the communities we serve. Vandana recognized Board Secretary Jo Lynn Garing who defined the voting members as stated in the council’s bylaws and presented the credential report. Jo Lynn announced that 52 voting members were in attendance, representing 37 counties and quorum was reached. Motion: The meeting continued with Vandana requesting a motion to approve the 2020 annual meeting minutes as presented. The motion was seconded. Vandana continued by directing the voting membership to say aye or nay when asked to do so. With the majority vote, the 2020 annual meeting minutes were approved. Vandana recognized Board Treasurer Beth Forman who presented the council’s financial report. Beth announced the council had received a clean audit on its financial statements and that its net assets increased to $10.5 million, of which $8.6 million is being held for future purposes per the donor’s request and $1.8 will support operations. Beth highlighted impacts on the council in 2020 that included a $7.1 million endowment grant from Lilly Endowment and a council requested loan of $1.1 million pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program that, subsequent to the fiscal year end, the loan was forgiven and will therefore not need to be repaid.
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