MINUTES
February
25, 2011 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Members Present: Liz Graves, Chairperson;
Staff Present:
Interpreter: Dona Lombardi
1.
Minutes
of January
5: previously
sent. A
motion was made by Mary
Wambach and seconded by Anna Liebenow to accept the minutes as written. Vote passed unanimously.
2.
Review
March and April 2011 calendar:
The March scheduled
meetings are as follows: Needs Assessment SUB-Committee – Monday, March
7th,
Noon to 2:00 p.m.; Needs Assessment Committee – Monday, March 14th,
Noon
to 2:00 p.m.; Council quarterly meeting – Wednesday, March 23rd,
1:00
p.m. – 3:00 p.m. at PARI. The
Executive
Committee will not meeting in March. Staff will be out of the office on
Wednesday, March 2nd to attend a workshop at the RI
Foundation. The
April scheduled meetings are as follows: Executive Committee –
Wednesday, April
6th, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.; Needs Assessment Committee – Monday, April
18th,
Noon to 2:00 p.m.; Finance Committee – Wednesday, April 20th,
1:30
p.m. – 3:00 p.m. The ServeRI VolunCheers event will be held on April 13th;
Liz
Graves and Heidi Showstead will be attending RIPIN’s Annual Conference
on
April 27th.
3.
Agenda for March 23
quarterly Council meeting: was
reviewed. The Centers will present on
their respective 704 reports in lieu of an educational presentation. It
was
suggested that Kathleen Taylor, the newly appointed Director
of the Department of Elderly Affairs, be
asked to present at the June quarterly.
4.
Date and place for
June quarterly Council meeting: The
June quarterly will be held at the Warwick Public Library, if
available.
Suggested dates were Friday, June 17th, Monday, June 20th,
or
Friday June 24th. The date will be confirmed at the March
quarterly.
5.
Vote / RISILC
Contract Project Manager: A
motion was made by Heidi Showstead and seconded by Barbara Rozul, to
appoint
Camille Pansa as the Contract Project Officer. Vote passed
unanimously.
6.
Vote / RIDVP
membership: A motion was made by
Heidi
Showstead and seconded by Anna Liebenow to renew the RIDVP membership.
Vote
passed unanimously.
7.
Vote /Serve RI
membership: A motion was made by
Liz
Graves and seconded by Anna Liebenow to renew the ServeRI membership.
Vote
passed unanimously with one abstention, Mary Wambach. RISILC
nominees for ServeRI
VolunCheers recognition were discussed.
8.
Vote
/
Bylaws revision: The revised
Bylaws were reviewed and additional changes were suggested. After
said changes have be made and reviewed by the Executive Committee
members, the
Bylaws will be placed on the March quarterly Council meeting’s agenda
for a
vote for approval.
9.
Vote
/
Personnel Manual revision: The
Personnel Manuel was revised by the Finance Committee and forwarded
to Executive Committee for approval. The modifications were made to
reflect the
changes in staffing. A motion was made by Mary Wambach and
seconded by
Heidi Showstead to approve the Personnel Manuel as revised. Vote
passed
unanimously.
10.Review meeting with
Rep.
Langevin: Camille Pansa read
an email response from Kelly
Buckland concerning the meeting he had with Todd and Congressman
Langevin in
Washington, DC. Congresswoman McMorris Rodgers will introduce
legislation, the
Reauthorization of the Rehabilitation Act and the creation of an
Independent
Living Administration, in the House in an effort to get bi-partisan
support.
Congressman Rodgers also co-chairs the House Disability Caucus with
Congressman
Langevin. Kelly thanked the RISILC for their help.
11.Chairperson’s
report: Liz
Graves sent her continued compliments to committee members and staff
for all
their hard work and efforts ‘improving who we are’ and stated that ‘we
are
better than yesterday’.
12.Finance Committee Report: Barbara Rozul reported that the 1st
quarter funds were
received in mid-January. Second quarter funds to-date have not been
received.
Camille Pansa stated that the FY 2011-13 contract
with
DHS has been signed and all previous issues have been resolved.
13.Needs Assessment
Committee report: previously
sent. Mary Wambach reported that she was
pleased
with the good, clear focus of the new NAC Committee and that it has
been
working efficiently on the development of the Needs Assessment survey.
The
Committee recently met at OSCIL to get input from the Centers, and will
also be
reviewing the past RISILC 2000 and 2003 Needs Assessment survey.
14.Membership/Nominating
Committee report (RIDLC): Vanessa
Volz, formerly representing RIDLC, resigned from the Council as she has
accepted employment elsewhere.
Ray Bandusky, Director of RIDLC, has been contacted. He stated that he
expects to have a new RIDLC representative for Council consideration by
the end
of March. Silvermoon Mars, representing the Tribal Nations, has also
resigned
from the Council due to time constraints. She feels that it is
important to
have the Tribal Nations represented on the Council and will try to
recruit
possible candidates. Mary Wambach and Liz Graves also submitted names
of two possible
candidates.
15.State Plan/704 Report
Committee report: no report.
16.Old Business/new
business: none.
Rick
Costa
Secretary