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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMN-YBAB-2009-12-01Youth:Resources:Executive Assistant:IYB Advisory Board:2009 Minutes:IYB Advisory Board Minutes December 14 2009.doc December 14, 2009 Meeting Minutes Attendance: Gabriele Weber, Valerie Weber, Chris Milner, Nancy Schuler, William Murphy, Lizzy Noonan- Pomada and Jeri Gallucci Staff: Allen Green and Jen Handy. Excused: Jen Mainville, Nancy Zook, Cameron Younger and Jody Hallett-Harris Absent: Joan Spielholz --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meeting called to order at 7:05 p.m. by Gabriele Weber Review and approval of Minutes: The Minutes of November 9, 2009 w ere approved with two noted changes, there is a typo under Officers Reports – Common Council “runk should be rink and under Staff Reports, Computer All Stars Pancake Breakfast should say “raised instead of rose”. William Murphy made the motion to approve the minutes with this change and Chris Milner 2nd the motion. All were in favor. Officer’s Reports: Common Council (Nancy Schuler): Nancy Schuler stated that the Youth Bureau had 20 minutes to speak at the Neighborhood Public Safety Meeting. There were presentations by Cameron Younger, Amanda Olberg and a video presentation of “I have a Dream”. The media was there and it was great! Tonight is a public hearing about the public smoking policy. GIAC (Joan Spielholz): Absent – No Report – Nancy stated that GIAC has been receiving some phone calls that are threatening and this has been going on since January and Common Council is now aware of this. This was race related and the community seems to be pulling together to put an end to this and to show this is not going to be tolerated. Allen stated that there have been a few other incidents at other places in the City and if this happens this should be reported to City Hall immediately. Construction work at Giac is going well and is actually ahead of schedule. Tompkins County Youth Services (Nancy Zook): Excused – Allen stated that Nancy Zahler is retiring and has been the Director for almost 30 years. She won’t be leaving right away. Southside Community Center (Kirtrina Baxter): Kirtrina is the new liaison for SouthSide Community Center – Introductions were made by board members. GIAC and Southside are working in collaboration on a Kwanzaa celebration of the season on 27th of December, 2009. January, 2010 all new programming starts, checkout their website for their upcoming programs. Youth Bureau and Southside is working together on a tot spot program at SouthSide. There will be a Christmas parade on December 17th for young children. Staff and Committee Reports: Staff Reports: Allen briefly reviewed the state budget cuts that affect the Youth Bureau. Allen updated regarding the status of the Friends of the Youth Bureau. There is a lot of working going on for recruitment and right now there are approximately 7 new people coming to the next Friends Meeting. The incorporation has already gone through and their first official meeting will be in February 2010. Youth:Resources:Executive Assistant:IYB Advisory Board:2009 Minutes:IYB Advisory Board Minutes December 14 2009.doc Jen announced that 2 years ago 5 members of the Youth Bureau went to Albany to request a van and we just got the van. There will be a small gathering for the new van and Barbara Lifton will be coming. Everyone is invited to come to this. Jen also announced that the Youth Council was involved in the Gift Fair and you can still order online and Jen handed out flyers. Advisory Board Committees: Recreation: (Chris Milner): No Report. Chris stated that they have not yet met. Youth Development (Gabriele Weber/Jen Mainville): Gabriele stated that the new van will be utilized by the College Discovery Program and Linda is very excited about this for her program. Finance (Chris Milner/Gabriele Weber): There was a brief discussion regarding revenue projections. Operations/Facilities: (Bill Murphy): Nothing to Report Recruitment/Training/Orientation (Jeri Gallucci, Cameron Younger, Bill Murphy): Jen is working on a brochure to be handed out for recruitment, and she will send this out via email to board members. Staff Relations: (Not Active): Unfinished Business: BYLAWS & DUTIES: Jen will put together a meeting for the committee to meet after the holidays. New Business: 2010 Board Officers: Jen Mainville has declined the nomination as Co-Chair at this time. Chair: Chris Milner Co-Chair: Lizzy Noonan-Pomada was nominated - Nancy Schuler made the motion Bill Murphy 2nd Treasurer: Bill Murphy All the above officers were voted on and all were in favor. Open House: (Jen) – Jen handed out a flyer and suggested that we do an Open House as there is a large amount of interest in having one. Jen suggested that the Advisory Board be the host of an open house. Jen has spoken with some staff members to get ideas and welcomes more ideas from Board Members regarding this. Should there be a committee put together for this? A suggestion was made that each program from the Youth Bureau put together a table that has information regarding their particular program. The Advisory Board part would be more of logistics. This open house could be open to anyone but also should be targeted to a specific “range” of people. Board Comments/Issues: ADJOURNMENT: 8:33 p.m.