AGENDA

Blueprint for Mansfield’s Children

Leadership Work Group Meeting #2

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Mansfield Town Hall, Council Chambers

5:30-7:30 PM

Light Dinner Available

Childcare Stipends Available

Desired Outcomes: - LWG Members will become aware of the status of the grant award

-LWG Members will adopt minutes of the 6/19/08 meeting

-LWG Members are grounded in the timeline of the project

-LWG Members have identified data and information available to provide a picture of the issues impacting Mansfield’s children and families.

-LWG Members have identified the individuals and groups they will need to connect with to learn more about the issues.

-LWG Members have determined the next steps necessary toward preparing for gathering this data and information.     

WHAT	HOW	WHO	WHEN
Dinner, Announcement, Minutes	Welcome, present status of grant award and adopt minutes of June 19, 2008 meeting	Sandy	5:30-5:45PM
Review Project Time Line	See Time Line to gauge where we are presently and what we want to accomplish by summer’s end	Sandy	5:45-5:50PM
What Do We Know About Mansfield?	-Reflect on issues identified about young children by the Mansfield 2020 town-wide strategic plan -What has been learned in the MAC committees so far?  -What has the group experienced or heard professionally or personally?	Kevin	5:50-6:20PM
Learning More About the Issues	-What do you need in order to learn more about the issues and how they impact Mansfield’s children and families? -What data/information would you like to have? -Who are the people (individuals and groups) that you need to talk to? -Who, on the LWG, has access to this data/information/people?	Malia	6:20-6:45PM
How Do We Organize this Work?	Large group or small group? Co-Chairs discuss options with the group	Terry and Raluca	6:45PM-7:00PM
What Do We Want to Achieve by 8/28	Discuss what we want to accomplish to move the work forward by the August meeting.	Malia	7:00-7:10PM
Next Steps	Action Plan for the next month.  Who will be do what?	Malia	7:10-7:20PM
Next Meeting	Next Leadership Work Group Meeting – August 28, 2008, at 5:30-7:30PM in Town Hall, Council Chambers.  Light dinner available.  Please R.S.V.P.	Sandy	7:20-7:30PM

Submitted by: Sandy Baxter, 860-429-3338, Baxtersp@mansfieldct.org