MINUTES
November
16,
2011 1:00
PM – 3:00 PM
Members Present: Madeline Colon, Treasurer; Kristen Connors (speaker
phone), 2nd
Vice Chair; Rick Costa, Chairperson; Anna Liebenow, NAC Chair;
Jack Ringland,
Secretary; Heidi Showstead, 1st Vice Chair.
Staff Present:
Camille Pansa,
Administrator; Lisel Rockwood, Assistant to the
Administrator.
1.
Minutes
October 5,
2011: previously
sent. A motion was made by Madeline Colon
and seconded by
Kristen Connors to accept the minutes as written. Vote
passed unanimously.
2.
Vote to renew
NCIL membership: A motion was
made by Kristen
Connors and seconded by Heidi Showstead to renew the NCIL
membership at a cost
of $143. Vote passed
unanimously.
3.
Review December
2011 and January 2012 calendar: The December scheduled meetings are
as follows:
Quarterly Council meeting – Wednesday, December 7th,
1:00 p.m. –
3:00 p.m. at the Warwick Public Library; Needs Assessment
Committee (NAC) –
Wednesday, December 14th, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. The
snow date for
the quarterly will be Friday, December 16th.
The January
meetings are as follows: Executive Committee – Wednesday,
January 4th,
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.; NAC – Wednesday, January 11th,
1:00 p.m. –
3:00 p.m.; Finance Committee – Wednesday, January 18th,
1:30 – 3:00
p.m.
4.
December
quarterly Council
meeting agenda: was
reviewed. Staff will check with Liz Graves to confirm that
Laura Beaudry, a
social worker at Meeting Street School, will be available to
present on the
process of youth transitioning to adult services. It was
suggested that
Christina Battista, Cross Disability Coalition, could be an
alternative
educational presentation. Quarterly Committee Chair reports
are due Monday,
November 28th.
5. Progress on 704
Part 1 Report: The
SILC
sections are complete and entered into the online RSA MIS.
The CILs
reports are due November 21st.
6. Recruitment:
Camille Pansa reported
that there were several responses from a second ServeRI
advertisement placed in
the Providence Journal that listed volunteering opportunities
with the Council.
One candidate has been interviewed and will start on the Needs
Assessment and the
Finance Committees in January. Another candidate has been sent
information.
Heidi Showstead suggested that an interest email could be sent
out to former
YLF candidates.
7. Chairperson’s
report: Rick Costa
reported that he had attended the NFB-RI Conference in
October. The theme was
employment. Congressman Langevin and Congressman Cicilline
were in attendance.
Rick also stated that he had attended the October NAC meeting
and was impressed
with the high energy, commitment, and willingness of its
members.
8. Finance report:
Madeline Colon
reported that the Finance Committee had only met once. Final
figures for FY
2011 were reviewed and no discrepancies were found. The $7000
carryover funds that
are needed for the third year of the level funded budget are
in line with
budget projections. Madeline will review the bank statements
in December and
the committee will meet on January 18, 2012.
$5000 was borrowed from the bank line of credit and
paid back when the quarterly
funds were received.
9. Needs Assessment
Committee report:
Anna Liebenow reported that the sub-committee had met again
with Sue Babin and
the survey graphics are near completion. The committee was
been working on
distribution of the survey by concentration on contacting
agencies, making
presentations, and distribution of the flyers.
10.
Old
Business/new business: Heidi
Showstead
reported on Advocates in Action Conference she attended in
October
and the Cross Disability Coalition. Anna Liebenow reported on
a well-attended
meeting concerning people who are eligible for both Medicare
and Medicaid and
what can be done to combine these services.
Jack
Ringland
Secretary