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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMN-YBAB-2009-03-01Youth:Resources:Executive Assistant:IYB Advisory Board:2009 Minutes:IYB Advisory Board Minutes March 9 2009.doc March 9, 2009 Meeting Minutes Attendance: Gabriele Weber, Valerie Weber, Stel Walton Whitehead, William Murphy, Chris Milner, Lizzy Noonan-Pomada, Nancy Schuler, Jeri Gallucci and Joan Spielholz, Staff: Allen Green, Jen Handy, Liz Vance and Jody Hallett-Harris. Excused: Haidar Assad, Roy Westwater, and Jen Mainville Absent: Cameron Younger and Nancy Zook --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meeting called to order at 7:00p.m. by Stel Walton Whitehead Review and approval of Minutes: February 9, 2009 minutes were approved, with a suggestion from Valerie Weber that the Minutes be copied front and back to minimize paper usage and also a sign up sheet was passed around for Board Members who would like the Agenda and Minutes forwarded by email, paper or both for future mailings. Gabriele made a Motion to approve the minutes and Chris 2nd the motion. Minutes stand approved. Officer’s Reports: Common Council (Nancy Schuler): On March 4, 2009 Youth Council was approved. Marcia Fort was awarded the J. Diann Sams Award. Also a resolution was passed regarding the State Funding urging the government not to curtail the budget for preventative services for youth. GIAC (Joan Spielholz): Joanie stated that GIAC recently had a retreat and it was to reenergize the focus of GIAC. They had an orientation and took a look at their history. Joanie also state that the Cory Booker event was such a great event that it has had a ripple effect on the community in such a positive way. Tompkins County Youth Services (Nancy Zook): Absent - No Report – Jody advised that she had received an email from Nancy Zook stating she would be continuing on the Board. Southside Community Center (Vacant): No representative appointed. Stel made a suggestion that a finance education project be put together, possibly a community youth discussion group. Jen will suggest this to the new Youth Council. Jen further stated that the upcoming Youth Empowerment may have something like this already set up, she will check further into this. Staff and Committee Reports: Staff Reports: Jen will email an invitation to the swearing in ceremony of the Youth Council to be held on Monday, March 16, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in Common Council Chambers. Jen also handed out the email flyer for Ithaca Forward’s Jump on Board 2009 which is being held on March 26, 2009 and the fee is $20 for a group of 3. Allen stated the Board could help with the cost of this, and a vote was taken. Gabriele made a motion and Bill 2nd the motion; all were in favor of the Board paying the fee for members to attend this. Chris Milner stated he would like to attend this, and would check his calendar. Youth:Resources:Executive Assistant:IYB Advisory Board:2009 Minutes:IYB Advisory Board Minutes March 9 2009.doc Advisory Board Committees: Recreation: (Roy Westwater/Chris Milner): Chris stated that Joan, Liz and he had met and they are currently working on a User Survey. The last one like this was done in 1988. They are currently still working on ideas, questions for the survey, how to get surveys out, and who to send the survey to (schools, Ithaca Child, PTA’s, Survey Monkey,etc.). Operations/Facilities: (Roy Westwater/Bill Murphy): No Report – Allen stated that the Cass Park Ice Rink renovation is moving along an engineering firm was selected, a local business, Tetre Tec Youth Development (Gabriele Weber/Jen Mainville): Monitoring Sessions are now starting up. College Discovery Program will be on March 25 and Bill and Gabriele will be doing this and a time was tentatively set for 9:00 a.m. that day. These monitoring sessions will be a short set down meeting and will be basically to see if anything is new for that program. The last monitoring sessions were just done in September. The next sessions will be in April and May. Finance (Gabriele Weber/Chris Milner): Nothing new to report. Proposal went in for TANF funding for the YES Program. Recruitment/Training/Orientation (Jeri Gallucci, Cameron Younger, Bill Murphy): No Report. Staff Relations: (Not Active): Unfinished Business: No unfinished business. New Business: A temporary committee was established to revise the bylaws. Gabriele, Chris, Bill, Jen and Lizzy will be on this committee. Board Comments/Issues: None ADJOURNMENT: 7:55 p.m.