Alaska School Nutrition Association
1120 Huffman Rd. Ste. 24
PMB 791
Anchorage, AK 99515
23 – 24 March 2024
23 March: 10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
24 March: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
This meeting is in-person and open to new and incoming board members.
I. Call to Order
II. Roll Call
Voting Members
| Present | Name and Title |
| Gavin Northey, MBA, SNS, President * | |
| Tanya Dube, SNS, President-elect | |
| Trevor Bridgewater, SNS, Treasurer and Past-President (2022-2023) † | |
| Sandie Ponte, Secretary, and Past-President (2021-2022) ‡ | |
| Carlos Perez, Chairman, Communications Committee | |
| Susan Pougher, Chairwoman, Public Policy and Legislation | |
| Tiffany Kurani, NDRT, SNS, Chairwoman, Nutrition Standards & Education Committee ‡ | |
| Sue Lampert, Past-President (2020-2021) |
* The President votes only in the event of a tie
† The immediate Past-President votes in the event that they hold another position with voting rights
Quorum is established when five or more voting members are present
‡ Newly elected board members are granted voting rights immediately following election, however, one person may only be granted one vote
Non-voting Members
| Present | Name and Title |
| Tracy Hulett, Member At-large | |
| Tonia Parfitt, Chairwoman, Awards and Recognitions Committee |
III. Adoption of Agenda
IV. Consent Agenda
A. Minutes of Previous Meeting(s)
B. Financial Reports
C. Membership Report
- __ Members
- Director: __
- Manager: __
- Employee __
- State Agency: __
- Retired: __
- __ in grace
V. President’s Report
Gavin Northey, MBA, SNS
A. Board Orientation
VI. Treasurer’s Report
Trevor Bridgewater, SNS
VII. Standing Committee Reports
A. Public Policy & Legislation
Susan Pougher
1. Legislative Action Conference Update
2. USDA Updates: How to support SFAs
Susan Pougher
3. Advocacy for State-Funded Universal Free Breakfast
Trevor Bridgewater, SNS
B. Member Services
Need a committee chair
C. Communications
Carlos Perez
1. Mush On News
Carolos Perez
2. Web Site
Gavin Northey, MBA, SNS
3. Social Media
Trevor Bridgewater, SNS
D. Conference Committee
Tiffany Kurani, NDRT, SNS
E. Food and Vendor Expo Committee
Tanya Dube, SNS
E. Nutrition Standards & Education Committee
Tiffany Kurani, NDRT, SNS
VIII. Ad-hoc Committee Reports
A. Contract Executive Director Committee
Gavin Northey, MBA, SNS
B. Awards & Recognition Committee
Tonia Parfitt
IX. Unfinished Business
No unfinished business
X. New Business
A. Bylaws Amendment 2024-04
Gavin Northey, MBA, SNS
An amendment to update the numbering schema, update the format of the Bylaws to be web-first and ADA-accessible.
The numbering schema shall be:
- Article: Uppercase Roman numeral
- Section/Paragraph: Decimal
- Subparagraph: Lowercase letter
- Clause: Lowercase Roman numeral
- Subclause: Decimal
- 2nd Subclause: Uppercase letter
This amendment may be adopted by the Board of Directors without a vote of the membership p;ursuant to Article XII Section B, Paragraph 2 of the Bylaws.
B. Alaska Food Policy Council Member
Trevor Bridgewater, SNS
C. New Director Support
Susan Pougher
D. Creation of the School Nutrition of Alaska (SNAK) Foundation 501(c)3 – Planning Phase and Encumbrance of Funds
Gavin Northey, MBA, SNS
E. Bylaws Amendments
Tanya Dube, SNS
F. Budget Requests FY2025
Trevor Bridgewater, SNS
G. Board Manual and Procedures
1. Conference Manual
Tanya Dube, SNS
2. Finance Manual
Gavin Northey, MBA, SNS
At this point, we have about a third of an update that I started last year
We need to make some decisions if there are specific finance procedures that need to be updated now, and decide if there is any timeline on the completion of the remaining Finance manual
3. Other manuals / procedures
Tonia Parfitt / open to anyone
XI. Announcements / Good of the Order
XII. Adjournment
The next meeting will be 23 – 24 March 2024