MINUTES
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
6:30PM-7:30PM
REGRETS:
A. Bladen, L. Oransoff, R. Leclerc, J. Goldman, B.
Lehmann, A. Bloom, S. Daley
Time Item Discussion Action
6:30 PM-6:35 PM
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Introduction: Call to
order
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S. Baxter called the meeting to order at 6:30
PM. A thank-you note from Joan Buck
was read. S. Baxter shared information about the Town’s
strategic planning process. J. Goldman
will represent the needs of families with young children on the Steering
Committee. C. Guerreri discussed the
investment plan from the Children’s Cabinet: “ Ready
by 5, Fine by 9.” There will be funding available for community-wide planning
(pg. 35). S. Baxter announced that we received the award
letter from SDE for $107,000 for School Readiness. |
Pursue possible funding from the State/Graustein for the Town’s Strategic Planning effort. Determine when our School Readiness monitoring
visit will be scheduled for this year. |
6:35 PM-6:40 PM
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Approve minutes of 6/6/07 |
No discussion. |
The minutes of the June 6 meeting were not adopted
in the absence of a quorum |
6:40 PM-6:55 PM
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MAC By-Laws discussion
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The most recently updated by-laws were included in
the packet. This version incorporated
all comments received to date. J. Stoughton clarified that in Article III, #4 that
the issue has to do with limits on members of a specific organization. The
general feeling of the group was to not place any limits on membership unless
this appears to become a problem. C. Guerreri encouraged the group to consider this item as
providing structure and framework for membership in the governing body of
MAC. J. Soroka
suggested that we could identify organizations that need to be
represented. M. J. Newman suggested
that we maintain the limit at 25. |
J. Buck suggested a minor change in Article II, #9:
change accepted. It was decided that membership will reflect
balanced/diverse representation from all elements of the community identified
in the by-laws. |
6:55 PM-7:30 PM
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Discovery visit and evaluation
Process
(Visit 9/5/07) for development of 2008-09 Application Development
of Ad Hoc Committee to Accomplish above in Aug. Report
on Evaluation Conference Call of 7/12/07 Anne & |
Preparation for the Graustein
visit on Sept. 5: the following areas need to be considered relative
to (1) progress to date on strategies identified in the Action Plan,
(2) relevant barriers and (3) next steps. The indicators of success that need
to be evaluated are Collaboration, Parent Engagement, Local Leadership, Staff
Support, Meaningful Local Match, and Participation In Discovery. C. Guerreri
suggested dividing the strategies from the 2007 action plan into each of
these three categories as a starting point; then pull in other activities as
relevant. We should think of this as a
status report. For each strategy we
need to determine if it was completed, in progress, or yet to be done. |
The group went through the Action Plan and
classified each of the strategies by the indicators for success identified by
Graustiein.
A small group will continue to meet on this issue in the month of
August to prepare for the Graustein visit. All MAC members are invited to attend. |
7:30 PM FYI:
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Discovery Incentive Grant: Parent
Empowerment Workshop Series with PEP
“People Empowering People”
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No discussion. |
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The meeting adjourned at 7:40 PM
Respectfully submitted,