Advancement Committee Meeting February 3, 2023

The Advancement Committee met on February 3, 2023, at 9:45 a.m. in the Jefferson Room of the David Student Union with Chair of the Committee Judy Ford Wason, presiding.

Present from the Committee

Judy Ford Wason, Chair
C. Larry Pope
Lindsey Carney SMith, Esq., Rector

Absent from the Committee

Christy T. Morton

Present from the University

Kim Hinson
Brian Puaca, Faculty Senate Representative
Claire Rooney
Adelia P. Thompson, Interim President
Baxter Vendrick
Tom Kramer

Others in Attendance

Bruce Bronstein

At 9:45a.m. Chair Wason called the meeting to order and welcomed everyone present.

Chair Wason called for a motion to approve the minutes from the November 18, 2022 Advancement Committee meeting. Mr. Pope provided the motion, seconded by Rector Carney Smith. The minutes were unanimously approved.

Closed Session

At 9:47 a.m. Chair Wason called for a motion to enter closed session under Freedom of Information Act § 2.2-3711 (A)(9) Gifts, Bequests and Fundraising. Mr. Pope provided the motion, seconded by Rector Carney Smith.

Return to Open Session

At 10:45 a.m. Chair Wason called for a motion to enter open session. Rector Carney Smith seconded the motion and the motion passed by unanimous vote of the Committee.

The Committee returned to open session and Chair Wason read the certification language: The Advancement Committee of Christopher Newport University certifies that, to the best of each member’s knowledge, (i) only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements under this chapter were discussed in the closed meeting to which this certification applies, and (ii) only such public business matters as were identified in the motion by which the closed session was convened were heard, discussed or considered by the Committee. Please poll the Committee.

Ms. Rooney asked the Committee Members to certify that only public matters were discussed that were identified in the motion by which the closed meeting was called and Chair Wason, Mr. Pope and Rector Carney Smith certified to the above through roll call.

Chair Wason made a motion to adjourn the meeting which was seconded by Mr. Pope. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:47 a.m.