AGENDA

 

MANSFIELD ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Mansfield Town Hall, Council Chambers

6:30-8:30 PM

 

PLEASE CALL 429-3315 ASAP IF YOU ARE

UNABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING

 

I.                     INTRODUCTIONS/MINUTES: 

A.                 Introductions:  Anne Bladen steps forward to serve as new Chair, still seeking Co Chair.

 

B.                 Thank you to members who helped with the Month of the Young Child events:   Maria Dickson, Bethany Maines, Lisa Young (MDD), for collecting and displaying children’s art.  To the following people for being present to represent MAC at events:  Joan Buck, Lisa Oransoff and her daughter Chloe, Katherine Paulhus, Judy Stoughton, Jane Goldman.  For people who wrote ‘letters to the editor’:  Joan Buck and Jane Goldman.  For those who helped with the Denise Merrill event on 4/24/07 at MDD:  Mary Jane Newman, Joan Buck, and Jane Goldman.   Paul Vivian who led our 4/4/07 Retreat and to Jessica Bonfire for talking to us about Advocacy.  Ariana and Chloe Oransoff for their help at the Preschool Family Fun Fair.  Rachel Leclerc for taking minutes at the 2/7/07 meeting.

 

C.                Adoption of minutes of February 7, 2007, and April 4,th.

 

II.                   COMMUNICATIONS (Consent Agenda, unless otherwise noted)

A.                 Letter to the Editor by Joan Buck

B.                  Courant article:  “New Education Chief Backs Exit Exam, Tighter Standards”

                  

III.                  NEW BUSINESS  - Small Groups - Sub-Committees Work - Please        come prepared to choose at least one sub-committee to work on.  Goals and some actions, which were discussed at the retreat, will be outlined for starting place.

 

A.                 Membership, Recruitment, Publicity                                                                                

B.                 Infant/Toddler Access

C.                Parents

D.        By-Laws (based on three models in last month’s packet)

 

IV.       PROGRAM UPDATES

A.                 School Readiness Update

B.                 Discovery

·        MAC Retreat

·        Month of the Young Child

·        Sub Committees

V.        OLD BUSINESS

A.       MAC Calendar – Every Month or Every Other Month??    

 

VI.               NEXT MEETING: June 6, 2007 or July 11, 2006 (1stWed. is 4th of July)

 

·        Meetings are held from 6:30- 8:30 PM at a location to be determined.  Additional meetings may be scheduled as needed, or removed as not needed.

 

     VII.  Adjournment