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April 11, 2011
Meeting Minutes
Attendance: Chris Milner, William Murphy, Eddie Rooker, Jen Mainville, Annabel Fowler, Kelly White
(Guest), Shannon Terry (Guest), Seph Murtagh (Guest)
Excused: Caroline Lees
Absent: Jeri Gallucci and Kirtrina Baxter
Staff: Allen Green, Jen Handy
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Meeting called to order at 6:02 p.m. by Chris Milner
Review and approval of Minutes:
The Minutes of March 14, 2011 were approved. Bill made the motion and Jen M 2nd the motion, all were in favor.
Staff Reports – State Budget Update and Recreation Partnership Video:
Allen gave an update on the status of the proposed budget cuts. A large amount of work and advocacy has gone on
during the past months to make sure state legislators heard the thoughts and fears of those associated with the IYB.
The PPIP grant (the competitive block grant approach that threatened the Youth Bureau system) was rejected. TANF
Summer Youth Employment money was restored. Very little money was restored to the Governor’s budget for
general prevention and so that funding was cut in half. The first 25% will come in 2011 and the second 25% will
come in 2012. The County and City still have to create their budgets so staff anticipates that there will still be need
for advocacy over the next months.
The group watched the new Recreation Partnership Video put together by the AmeriCorps VISTA Michelle Bilock.
This video was unveiled at a recent RecPartnership meeting and each municipality representative was given a copy
of the video to take back to show others in their municipality.
Board Member Recruitment Follow-up:
The recruitment flyers were approved by Friends of the Ithaca Youth Bureau and they are up on the new site. That
site is due to go live in May. Letters from Chris have been delivered to Student Council students at IHS. Emails
went out to the Human Services Coalition listserv, the United Way Young Professionals, the Recreation listserv and
the RecWare email list. Annabel will reach out to the CU Class of 2012 for possible board members. There are still
Mayoral positions available. There are three guests here tonight.
IYB Fundraising Proposals and Event Timeline:
Jen reviewed the fundraising proposals and event time lines. Several board members commented that the policy was
well-thought out and that they appreciated its intentionality. Several members were unclear about the consequences
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of not making the goal and requested further explanation at a later meeting. It was also discussed that it would be
nice to have an update mid-year about the status of the fundraising goals.
Other:
Chris passed out his suggested wording for the IYB Advisory Board Shadowing Guidelines. He explained that he
hopes these guidelines will encourage consistency but not discourage creativity and unique viewpoints. Chris will
email the file to Allen and Jen and they will pass the information along to Program Coordinators.
The City will be moving forward on rebuilding the small pavilion. It may not be done in time for rentals this season
but the project is moving forward.
The guests asked for further explanation of the duties and time obligation attached to being a board member. The
group agreed that members should be encouraged to attend IYB events (both programming and fundraising) but it
was not a requirement; members have a responsibility to understand and approve the budget, monitor programs and
serve as a community liaison by taking information to the community and bringing opinions and ideas back from the
community.
ADJOURNMENT: 7:21 p.m.