August 16, 2010 Meeting Minutes

The meeting of the Search Team began at 7:10 p.m.

Search Team attendees: Von Oliver, Laura Bratcher, Allison Steineker, Rob Saxton, and Paul Stephens.

Jack Blake, Clarence Durham and Mike Ernst (RVCC Elders) joined the meeting for the first few minutes to thank the team for its time and efforts and to pray with the team.

The committee spent most of this meeting reviewing all candidates who had submitted resumes to date.

To date, approximately 40 resumes have been received by the search team.

Of the 40 candidates to date, approximately 28 will not be pursued, 6 will be sent applications and questionaires for follow up, 5 are new resumes and must be reviewed. One is a person who has returned the application and questionaire and the search team would like to move to the next step which is a telephone screening.

The meeting ended at 9:25 p.m.

The next meeting will be held at church on Monday, August 30 at 7:00 p.m.

August 2, 2010 Meeting Minutes

The meeting of the search committee began at 7:10 pm at the church.

Committee Attendees: Von Oliver, Laura Bratcher, Allison Steineker, and Rob Saxton. No guests were present at the meeting.

The committee discussed the following:

• Our job opening has now been posted at four of the six Bible Colleges on our initial marketing list. Follow up efforts are underway for the two remaining colleges.
• As of today, the Search Team has received several resumes for the Senior Minister position.
• The team scores each and every resume using a standardized scoring matrix.
• The anticipated process for advancing lead candidates will be:

a. Resume screen

b. Application and written questionnaire

c. Phone interview

d. In person interview

(Not all candidates will advance through each of these steps. Candidates can fall out at any step. Only the strongest candidates would move beyond these steps.)

• Rob will draft an employment application and written questionnaire, based on discussion in the meeting this evening, for the team to review. The final version of each will be sent to those candidates who have a strong resume. We are in the process of sending out questionnaires this week. The candidates will be asked to complete these documents and return them to the search team within one week of receipt.
• Von will begin work to draft interview questions that can be used on phone interviews and in person interviews later in the process.
• The search team will continue to access its email box on the RVCC website to score and review resumes on an on-going basis, as the resumes are received.

The meeting ended at 8:40 p.m. The next committee meeting will be held at the church on Monday, August 16th at 7:00 pm.

July 19th Meeting Minutes

• The meeting of the search committee began at 7:10 pm at the church.
• Committee attendees: Von Oliver, Laura Bratcher, Allison Steineker, Rob Saxton, Paul Stephens. No guests were present at the meeting.
• Committee discussed the following:

1. Allison worked with Vic to set up the Search Team email box on the church website.
2. The email box will be used for responses to resumes, using a standard "thanks template" to be drafted by Rob.
3. Allison has posted the first two meeting minutes on the church website.
4. The team shared feedback from the many feedback sessions with Bible groups, fellowship groups, and church staff. The question to these groups was, "What are you looking for in the next Senior Minister?" The feedback was discussed.

• Efforts are underway to "post" the opening at Bible colleges (Independent Christian Churches/ Churches of Christ) across the region and the country.
• The team finalized the resume scoring matrix.
• The team is waiting for feedback from several sources regarding developing a job application and written questionnaire for applicants.

The meeting ended at 8:55 pm. The next committee meeting will be held at the church on Monday, August 2 at 7:00 pm.