MINUTES

Blueprint for Mansfield’s Children

Leadership Work Group Meeting #9

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Mansfield Town Hall, Council Chambers

5:30-7:30 PM

PRESENT: , M. Baker , M. Barton,  F. Baruzzi, S. Baxter, G. Bent, T. Berthelot, L. Buczynski, K. Dorgan, R. Fields, J. Goldman, L. Grossman, K. Grunwald, C. Guerreri, ,J. McLaughlin, P. Michalak, R. Miller, R. Mocanu, C. Paulhus, K. Paulhus, J. Stoughton, B. Tanner, L. Young,

REGRETS: M. Capriola, M. Feathers, M. Kelly, J. Osleeb, M. Perkins, S. Renfro, K. Russo, S. Zacharie,

Item	Discussion	Outcome
Dinner Opening Announcements	Welcome by T. Berthelot Call to order at 5:40 p.m. Minutes of the January meeting were reviewed. S. Baxter made the following announcements: the next meeting will be March 19, 2009 at the Buchanan Center at the Mansfield Library. RBA training will take place in Mansfield on 3/31 form 9-11 a.m in council chambers. State Rep. Denise Merrill and Bennett Pudlin will present a 2 hour overview of Results Based Accountability to Town Council and BOE. www.bettertogether.org is a good website for LWG members to visit for ideas about ‘connectedness to community’. Introduction of K. Dorgan, a Mansfield resident with experience in community planning	Minutes were approved F. Baruzzi (motion) M. Baker (second) LWG members are invited to attend. Two handouts from the site were distributed – “100 things you can do to build social Capital” “A Carousel for Missoula (Montana)”
Work update	L. Grossman presented results of the Blueprint Survey. Copies of respondent comments were distributed.	527 surveys were completed. Respondents ranked education and health as highest priorities, with transportation lower. However, transportation and community connection were referred to directly and indirectly in respondent comments about other issues and activities for families ranking
Small Group Work	Health, Education and Community Connectedness groups refined previous work based on survey results.	Changes given to L. Grossman for collation and development.
Presentation Feedback	S. Baxter shared results of the power point presentations to Town Council, PTOs, BOE and community organizations.	Some simply received the information. In some groups the presentation generated lively discussion and good suggestions for LWG.
RBA review	L. Grossman reviewed basic RBA information on strategy development.	A strategy is a logical approach to help achieve the plan’s goals. Strategies don’t name actions but are more of a general goal from which suggested actions will follow.
Small Group work Review of RBA performance measures	Small groups worked on strategies in light of the survey results. Small groups worked on the development of performance measures for their strategies.	L. Grossman will refine and tweak wording of the strategies and develop some performance measures for the next LWG meeting.
Next Meeting	Adjourned at 7:30 p.m. Next meeting March 19, 2009 at the Buchanan Center at the Mansfield Public Library.	RSVP to S. Baxter

Respectfully Submitted,

Gloria Bent