MINUTES
Members Present: Kristen Connors, 1st
Vice Chair; Rick Costa, Secretary; Liz Graves, Chairperson;
Staff Present: Camille Pansa, Executive Director; Lisel Rockwood, Program Assistant
(speaker phone).
1.
Minutes of September 2, 2009: previously sent. Tabled.
2.
Review November 2009 calendar: calendar attached. There is a 704 Report meeting on November 13th.
The Finance meeting has been changed to November 20th . The office
will be closed on November 11th, Veterans Day. All other monthly meetings
are on their scheduled dates/times.
3.
Review of annual meeting: All members thought the
meeting went very well with the exception of the late delivery of food. Suggestions
for next year’s event included moving the Educational Presentation back to the
business meeting and determining award recipients sooner. Jean Lepore, Annual
Dinner Chairperson, sent a letter with additional suggestions which was read
aloud. All suggestions will be taken under advisement.
4.
Vote
to renew NCIL membership: The annual membership fee is $286. A motion
was made by Kristen Connors and seconded by Rick Costa to renew the NCIL
membership. Vote passed unanimously.
5.
Global Medicaid Waiver (GMW) meeting update: Heidi Showstead reported on the GMW meeting she attended at PARI.
6. IL Conference: The new location was well received with the exception of the break out
groups which were too close together and did not fair well acoustically. A
letter was received by Leo Canuel thanking the Council for its contribution.
7. Recruitment/ServeRI ad: Camille Pansa reported on her recruitment efforts. An ad was placed in
the ServeRI’s Volunteer section of the Sunday Providence Journal on September
20th . There has been no response. Another ad is expected to be
placed within the next few weeks. Camille remains in contact with Micaela Black
who is helping to recruit a veteran who is disabled.
8. 704 Report/State Plan
meetings: October and November have been designated for
the writing of the 704 Report. Meetings will be held on October 16th
and November 13th. The State Plan meetings will resume in January.
9. PARI dinner Oct.15: Liz Graves, Don Phelps, and Mary Wambach are planning to attend the event
and represent RISILC.
10. Initiatives for 2010: The LDA Committee’s recommendations were reviewed. All members are
encouraged to contribute ideas.
11. Chairperson’s Report: Liz Graves thanked everyone for electing her Chairperson for a second
year. She also thanked all for their support and hard work.
12. Executive Director
Report: no report.
13.
Financial Report: Barbara Rozul reported that RISILC should finish the year financially
strong. The final figures for the fiscal year will not be finalized until the
audit has been completed in 2010.
14. Leadership Development
and Advocacy Committee Report: previously sent.
12.Old
Business/New Business/Incoming Mail: Kristen
Connors reported that Congressman Langevin was having an
event on October 9th to announce that
Respectfully
submitted,
Secretary