AGENDA

 

Mansfield Advocates for Children

 

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Mansfield Public Library (NOT Buchanan Center)

6:30PM-8:00 PM

 

PLEASE CALL 429-3315/429-3338 ASAP IF YOU

 

ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING

 

 

Time                                                   Item                                        Pre-work                   Outcome

6:30 PM-6:35 PM

Call to order and Announcements

-Joan Buck resignation

-Update re. Collaborative Agent

-Membership Cards

Complete Membership Card

FYI and

Compile member information

 

 

6: 35PM-6:40PM

Approve minutes of 2/06/08

**Read minutes 2/06/08 enclosed

Approve minutes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6:40PM-7:00PM

 

 

 

MAC Parking Lot Items:

Week of the Young Child

    -Committee formation,            activities to plan,  & flyer

First committee meeting date

 

Needs Assessment

Review samples and consider possible format and questions

 

 

 

Consider how you can assist with WOYC events

 

 

 

Read sample assessments and consider questions to ask in our assessment work

Committee begins work on WOYC events

 

 

 

 

Each small group generates questions for our needs assessment work

 

 

 

 

Update action plan and consider next steps

 

Create Action Steps which incorporate and consolidate actions of each of the small groups towards our vision

 

 

 

 

 

 

7:00PM-7:45PM

 

 

Small Groups Meet

-Action Plans & Timeline

For next steps

Decide next steps for your group in order to write actions and time line

 

Action plans for each group with a time line and next steps

 

 

7:45PM-8:00PM

Small Groups report out to

Council

 

 

 

Total MAC group participates in furthering our Action Plan

 

Next steps are evident to all

 

 

 

8:00PM

ADJOURN

 

 

 

*REMINDER:  PLEASE COMPLETE MEMBERSHIP BIO CARDS TO SUBMIT AT MEETING OR MAIL IN TO SANDY, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:  Write 2 sentences about yourself, who are you, how did you get to MAC?                                                                                                                                         

Additional Instructions:  Consent Agenda unless otherwise noted

 

Packet Inclusions: February 6, 2008 MAC Minutes, The Connecticut Post article “Legislators Back State Income Tax Credit, and sample needs assessments from other towns.

           

**Read MAC packet materials and bring packet to MAC meeting.

 

 

Possible meetings after main meeting:  Infant/Toddler Ad Hoc Committee, Parent Group, Membership/Communications Group

 

+As part of our new by-laws we have agreed that each member will be an active participant on a sub committee or ad hoc work group.  If you have not chosen a group or sub committee, please discuss with Sandy.  Thank you.

 

 

 

NEXT MAC MEETING:  April 2, 2008, 6:30PM-8:00PM Location TBA