Young Life Board meeting minutes November 21-22, 2019 The 2019 fall meeting of the Young Life Board of Trustees was held at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on November 21-22, 2019. The following trustees were present: Nanette Ballbach, Sue Beré, John Brandon, Newt Crenshaw, Doug Eaton, Brooks Entwistle, Berto Guerra, Bill Haslam, John Hummel, Susan Hutchison, Regg Jones, Moyo Kamgaing, Kevin McVaney, Curtis McWilliams, Harold Melton, Susan Peterson, Mark Rodriguez, Michael Stain, Tom Thomas and Phyllis Washington. The following trustees were absent: Mac Briggs, Chris Roberts and Mark Zoradi. The following staff members were present: Tricia Blake, Scott Brill, Karil Conner, Chad Edwards, Sha Farley, Josh Griffin, Jon Houghton, Dan Jessup, Steve Larmey, Kaleah Ojewola, Eric Scofield, Wiley Scott, Ann Shackelton, Paul Sherrill, Ken Tankersley, Steve Thompson, Matt Walker and Ayesha Wilcox. The following guests were present: spouses of board members and staff, former board members, friends of Young Life and kids who came with Young Life staff.
Business Session — Thursday, November 21, 2019 Called to Order Chair Haslam called the meeting to order at 9:28 a.m., welcomed the board and asked Sue Beré to share a devotion with the group. Newt shared a preview of the meeting and explained some of the recent leadership changes that have been made.
Report on Forward Newt provided the following Forward measures: • Campaigners – 5.4% growth over last year,
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with a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 12.8% over the last four years (much of the growth is international) • Club – 6.7% growth over last year, with a CAGR of 8.4% over the last four years • Campers – 3.6% growth over last year, with a CAGR of 5.2% over the last four years • Volunteer Leaders – 4.5% growth over last year, with a CAGR of 6.6% over the last four years Newt also shared about several recent innovations: • Core Ministry Impact: This is a new ministry measurement tool Young Life has developed provides insight into the number of kids at Campaigners and club each week. Previously, measurements were taken twice a year, in May and October, and now staff are tracking weekly numbers and using it as a diagnostic tool to provide healthy supervision to ministry. • Global Performance Management: This is a new tool which promotes goal setting and regular reviews with one’s supervisor. It is being piloted by the top 300 leaders in the mission. It is a simple way for regional directors and above to have regular, standardized reviews. • Executive Development: This program will help develop staff who have been given considerable amounts of responsibility at the executive level (regional director and above) through cohortbased learning. Ken Tankersley, Senior Vice President of Global Innovation and Growth Ken explained that Young Life staff are entrepreneurs and self-starters, and that within the Young Life mission, innovation means giving staff the ability to try new things. He noted that his job is not to be the idea guy but to identify movements already happening that might become the next model
