Agenda & Minutes April 15, 2004 View: Agenda Minutes

Agenda

Minutes

April 15, 2004

Attendance

Sara Becker, Bette Chapman, Marlise Dahl, Cheri Fletcher, Katie Good, Terry Goode, Brandi Granse, Mary –alayne Hughes, Ruth Myers-Dunnum, Carla Oldham, Amy Santos, Dianne Rothenberg, Josette Baumann

Introductions

Members in attendance identified themselves and affiliated agency.

Agency Announcements

• Terry Goode stated that throughout the state CFC grants had to be re-bid. The CFC based in Bloomington and held by CCRN was awarded to Crosse Pointe in Danville, Illinois. CCRN protested the decision due to a potential conflict of interest because Crosse Pointe id a provider agency. There has been no information from DHS. LIC’s are not to contact Crosse Pointe until we have the go ahead. A hiring freeze has also been put in place so no LIC Coordinator will be hired for Champaign. Four staff have resigned from the CFC staff. Decatur and Springfield CFC offices will help support our families through this transition. Donna Epps was interested in the LIC Coordinator position but the interview was cancelled due to the hiring freeze. Mary Anne Wilson suggested the council ask Donna Epps to attend the meetings to check out the council. It was then stated that the local Champaign LIC might not have a coordinator after June.
• Mary Anne Wilson reminded everyone about the Parent Resource Guides. This resource is geared toward families.

Old Business and New Business

• Last Meeting’s Minutes:
  Bernard Cesarone needed to be added to the attendance and new business section in minutes. Bette Chapman motioned to approve minutes and Terry Goode seconded the motion. The council moved to pass the meeting minutes from March 18, 2004.
• Nomination for Co-Chairs:
  Terry Goode asked members to recommend parents to volunteer for LIC Coordinator for May. The council would like to have a parent who has experience working with early intervention or early childhood services. Someone mentioned contacting Donna Epps about volunteering as LIC Coordinator.
• Budget:
  Terry Goode and Mary Anne Wilson presented the council with a budget plan. The plan’s layout was described. See Handout. Terry Goode asked Marlise Dahl if the Transition binders were still being used. Marlise answered, “yes, but they need to be updated.” Marlise reported that when binders are given to parents for review, some binders do not come back. Terry and Mary Anne included the binders in the budget plan. It was asked if the transition information from the binders could be placed on the website. Carla Oldham asked if there were space limitations for the website. Dianne Rothenberg stated that there are no limitations. Paper supplies can come from the CFC office. The council just needs to let people know. Terry Goode mentioned waiting on publicity items such as magnets, pocket safety cards, pens, etc. Amy Santos mentioned placing transition and publicity on the web for now and depending on the budget after June 30, 2004, the council could add them back in. There was a lot of discussion regarding phone usage/package. Need to include phone plan in budget. Carla Oldham motioned to accept budget plan. Mary-alayne Hughes seconded the motion. The council passed the budget plan. Terry will make the changes to the plan as discussed in today’s meeting.
• Website:
  The theme colors are blue and gold. The web page will have a gold color that fades into the background. The web designers will ensure that the website is easy to read and is accessible to people wit disabilities. The council reviewed sample web pages. U of I has permission for website pictures. If the council has pictures taken, the council would then be responsible for storing the pictures and permissions to use the pictures.
• The Parent Resource Guide and Help Source will be used as links on the website. For the events calendar, agencies will need to provide information regarding the events to be placed on the website. The web designers will make it easy for the council to update the event calendar on our own. The council will need to decide who will update the events calendar.
• Dianne Rothenberg suggested changing the “Child Find/Transition” and “Provider Recruitment” button because parents may not understand what that means. May want to have a box that is easy to read and is highlighted. Transitions will be a separate button on the website.
• Dianne Rothenberg stated that the “Questions and Answers” link would not be added to the web page until the council develops this information.
• “Family Resources” will be used instead of “Parent Resources”. The council needs to identify other resources we want added.
• It was recommended to the council to add state agency information to the web page.
• “About Us” link will have information such as the Council’s Mission, Minutes, By Laws, Memorandum of Understanding, State Structure, etc.
• Mary-alayne suggested adding baby pictures in addition to the preschool children’s pictures. She also mentioned fading pictures in and out. Starting with the Logo of the Council and then fading into several pictures of different children.
• Bette Chapman suggested bringing in parents to review the website to check on the value and ease of the website.
• Terry Goode mentioned adding more color to the website such as border frames.
  

New Business

• Bette Chapman passed out the By-Laws Draft to the council. She asked the members to review the draft and provide feedback at the May meeting.
• Public Awareness Committee:
  The Public Awareness Committee scheduled a meeting for May 13, 2004 at United Way from 10:30 to 11:30.

Adjournment

Brandi Granse made a motion to adjourn the meeting and Carla Oldham seconded the motion.

Next Meeting

May 20th from 8:45 – 10:30

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