Matt only, except the section marked shareable
The calls before the packet lands, and the two numbers to correct first.
No director should read "nine positions are being eliminated" for the first time in a PDF on a Friday afternoon.
Mari first, alone. Then the rest. All calls finish before the packet lands in anybody's inbox.
The restructuring is reported to the board. It is the interim CEO's decision. The only item needing a vote is the time off policy, because it alters terms of employment and lives in the handbook. That vote is 5 September, after the announcement.
Unsaid, a director who objects on Monday believes they hold a veto they do not have. That is how a board is lost over a misunderstanding rather than a disagreement.
Six or seven minutes. Do not read it. These are the beats.
"You get the full plan Friday. I did not want the staffing part reaching you cold in a document. Five minutes so you know what you are reading."
"Four grants ended or are ending. Grant income drops from about $2.87 million to about $1.02 million, 65 percent in one year. That leaves us spending roughly $158,000 a month more than we bring in. December 1st is when we decide what this organisation becomes."
"September 2nd we eliminate nine positions, consolidate services, and announce a time off change. Same day on purpose, so nobody spends three weeks waiting for the next shoe."
"You will see about $900,000 attached to that list. That is not the saving. About $300,000 was already leaving regardless and about $135,000 is grant funded. The real new saving is about $469,000 of salary, roughly $557,000 loaded. Better you hear the smaller true number from me."
"Read it over the weekend, anything to me by Monday morning. Two things to hold: no names travel outside the board, and this is a plan I am accountable for, not a vote you are being asked to take. The only vote is the time off policy on September 5th."
If a director pushes to stop or slow it: do not negotiate on the phone. "Put that in writing to me by Monday morning and I will answer it directly." That keeps the feedback window working and stops the call becoming an unscheduled board meeting with one director.
It is 14 percent no-show plus 20 percent cancellation. Read 60 and later told 34, every other number becomes negotiable. Correct it in the packet and mention it on the call. Owning a correction buys credibility; being caught on one spends it.
One estimate says first week of November. The model behind the deck says around 12 September. Both came from us, and a finance-literate director finds that in ten minutes. Reconcile before Friday. Probably one is cash-only and the other assumes a bridge, but that is a guess until Thursday's numbers land.
Sections 1 to 3 here are your script. If the summary lived on this page, printing it or turning your screen around would hand someone the script for the call you just had with them.
Positions only, no names, and the savings bridge stated before a director works it out.