Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
Governing Board Minutes

Accepted

October 9, 2012

Call to Order:  President Mark Kramer called the meeting to order at 6:28 p.m. In attendance were Jason Hoffman, Casey Fluegge, Wendi Canada, Barb Miles, Marv Rohn, Bruce Amendt, Ann Zimmermann, Mark Kramer, and Pastor Burcham.

Not present was: Lorrie Graaf

Consent Agenda:

• The minutes from the September 18, 2012 board meeting were accepted by consensus.
• After discussion, the financial report was accepted by consensus.

Senior Pastor Report:

• Pastor Burcham reported attendance was up in all services with changed starting times, and Northwind continues to be consistent.
• The membership report was accepted by majority with Casey making the motion and Jason with a second.
• The Auxano team had met on October 8, 2012 with the navigator.
• Statistics from Media Ministry were presented and discussed with a definite increase in web use.
• Pastor asked for a volunteer from the Board to attend the Circuit Forum at Shepherd of the Valley with Pastor Robarge. Marv Rohn volunteered to attend.
• Another successful Fall IDW Pastoral Conference was held at Gloria Dei.

Executive Director Report:

• Bill Jesse’s report provided an update on pledges received for the Aurora Campus Improvement projects.
• An update on the Aurora Campus projects was included.  The majority of the planned projects are completed or very close to completion.

Current Action Items:
Gloria Dei Foundation – the Foundation Board met with an attorney on existing By-Laws.  According to the current By-Laws, 2 more members will be recruited for the Board.
Committee to Revise Policy Manual – The committee reported at the Board meeting on the work being done on the Task Timeline Policy update.
Congregational Listening Post – Board members have received comments of support of the current series – The Story.
Policy Manual Review Assignment – Section 2, pages 5 – 10 of the Policy will be reviewed at the November Board meeting.

Housekeeping:

• Future Meetings

i. October 14 - new member dinner. Board members were asked to notify Pastor Robarge if they will be attending.

ii. November Governing Board Meeting moved to November 13, 2012 – materials due November 8 (Ann – devotion)

iii. December Governing Board Meeting is set tentatively for December 11, 2012.

Adjournment:  
After the Lord’s Prayer, the Board adjourned at 7:55 p.m.

Respectfully submitted by Barbara Miles.