Advancement Committee Meeting June 9, 2023

The Advancement Committee met on Friday, June 9, 2023 at 11:15 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
Christy T. Morton
C. Larry Pope
Lindsey Carney Smith, Esq., Rector

Present From the University

Bob Colvin, Chief of Staff
Willy Donaldson, Faculty Senate Representative
Lisa Duncan Raines, VP Student Success & Enrollment
Adelia P. Thompson, Interim President

Others Present

Bruce Bronstein
Tom Kramer
Deborah Roundtree

At 11:15 a.m. Chair Wason called the meeting to order and welcomed everyone present.

Chair Wason called for a motion to approve the minutes from the April 14, 2023 Advancement Committee meeting. Christy Morton provided the motion, seconded by Lindsey Carney-Smith. The minutes were unanimously approved.

Closed Session

At 11:17 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. Rector Lindsey Carney Smith provided the motion, seconded by Christy Morton and the committee went into closed session.

Return to Open Session

At 12:17 p.m. Chair Wason called for a motion to enter open session which was completed by Christy Morton. Lindsey Carney Smith seconded the motion and the motion passed by unanimous vote of the Committee.

The Committee returned to open session and Deborah Roundtree 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.

Ms. Roundtree 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, Christy Morton, C. Larry Pope, and Rector Lindsey Carney Smith certified to the above through roll call.

Chair Wason called for a motion to adjourn the meeting. Christy Morton made a motion which was seconded by C. Larry Pope. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 12:24 p.m.