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Mission: Educate, motivate and empower our community to collectively promote and facilitate charitable gift planning

Vision: We envision an enriched community where leaving a legacy through charitable gift planning is the social norm

Core Values:  Integrity, Generosity, Innovation, Collaboration, Engagement, Community

Board Meeting Agenda


Wed, Jun 24, 2026, CTO 8 am

2025/26 Season, ending 6/30/2026

16 board members, 9 = Quorum (Thomesa Lydon resignation)

Darin's Last Meeting, brief July break, then August Nicola Steps Up

Attending:   Darin Shebesta, Nicola Lawrence, Brett Reel, Justin Pace, Suzanne Percy, Alan Knobloch, Pat Elder, Beth Salazar, Vanessa Martin, Andy Fagone, Andy Ferguson, Justin Smith, Brooks Crandell, Olivia Homewood (note: in the future, this function will become a table for noting attendance and computing attendance stats)

Not Attending:  Jill McIlroy

Guests:  Melissa Kemp, Premium Organization

Possible Guests: Riley, Jeff, Rob  (note use of WA Board Group for invites and reminders, not Outlook)

Opening Round


Consent Agenda

Prior Minutes:  April 22, 2026

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Passcode: iqTQ?6HE


April Financials  - Accept
May Financials - Accept

Committees

Treasurer Report

Cash Reserves: ~$48,000
YTD Revenue: ~$76,000
YTD Expenses: ~$80,000
YTD Net Income: (~$3,000)
Partnership Revenue: ~$28,000 vs. $31,000 goal

      Annual Conference

      Survey Monkey Report

      Financial Impact - Outstanding items

      Budget:  honorarium, $1,000 each keynote?

      To Come:  2005 - 2026 Time Elapsed Trends and Dashboard  (chat GPT)


      Strategic Plan

      Did not meet in June


      Membership

      Brief Meeting in June - will regroup in August

      Programming

      Jill McIroy submitted Presenters through November in advance.   Calendared.

      Lunch Logistics TBD for August at ACF


      Marketing/Communications

      Justin at the Helm


      Governance

      Beth at the Helm

      2026 Arizona Corporation Commission Report

      Need to Update ACC Board/Director List in WA -  and separately from ACC Annual Filing for edits to their records. Secretary Responsibility.

      2026 National Charitable Gift Planning Submissions due 6/30 2026

      1. Payment (Heads Up Brett.  Approx $345)
      2. Uploads (taxes/990's:  Sechler Morgan)  Note:   Multi Factor Authentication and cell phones wrinkle
      3. Board list (new, 2026/27 list)
      4. Financials/Balance Sheet and P&L's (Laurel on Vacation 'til 7/6)  She forward these.   My access is impeded (see above).
      5. Membership Lists - downloading with Zen and sharing with membership team (Vanessa)


      Administration

      Stephanie Weadock Update

      Admin Coverage:  Phone number, same., shared.   Email: Admin@AZGiftPlanners.org   legacy:  PGRTAZ.org emails - me.

      NEW:  Committee Registration and Automated Reminders from the website,  Contact List and Profiles, Event Calendar, email volumes

      NEW: AI's through AI, and Read AI vs Zoom Vs Notetakers, Oh My.

      Access to AZCGP Zoom:  Not reserved to Admin Staff, but keep the credentials tight.  Ask for them!

      Introducing Zennia Acquino:  Database, Communications, Events, Emails, Governance Support, CE credit requests and credit uploads.

      for Sept/Oct/Nov:  Need to set up: Presenter Confirmations, Event Granular Details, Event Host (welcome, nametags, AV), CE Submissions

      Project:  WA Contact List Clean Up and Guest Invitations to Membership

      Project:  Google Drive, File Archiving, Wild Apricot Website File Clean Up (space restrictions)

      Project:  Website Updates, Event Marketing (Canva), new Website Templates Integration

      Future: Artificial Intelligence, Contracting, Forms and Norms

      Arizona Charitable Gift Planners

      www.azgiftplanners.org

      admin@azgiftplanners.org

        602.840.2900 X1




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