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
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)
Prior Minutes: April 22, 2026
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Passcode: iqTQ?6HE
Committees
Annual Conference
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
Administration
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