MCSSA BOARD MEMBER DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 12, 2008 MEETING

 

MCSSA OFFICE                                                                                        LANSING

 

Those Participating                              County                                     District

In Person:

Floyd Rabineau                                   Chippewa                                  I

Fred Rogers                                        Emmet                                     III

Jamie Cripe                                        MCSSA

Mel Haga                                            MCSSA

Shelley Jipson-Lomax                         MCSSA

 

By Phone:

Don Arquette                                      Lake                                         III

Dale MacDonald                                  Isabella                                     V

 

I.        Meeting Called to Order at 11:08 AM by Co-Chair Don Arquette.

 

II.       Disposition of Minutes of January 8, 2008

Floyd Rabineau moved to approve. Seconded. Motion carried.

 

III.      Discussion of Mid-Year Session

Travel restrictions have been lifted for MCSSA/MCSSW activities.

 

We will phone Shaun Culp to obtain his availability to speak with the board members on Thursday morning at the mid-year conference. The registrations are coming in nicely.

 

There will be a 50/50 raffle held.

 

Ismael Ahmed, Stanley Stewart, and Ron Hicks are all planning to attend the
Wednesday luncheon. Messrs. Ahmed and Stewart plan to have breakfast with everyone on Thursday morning. They will then remain to meet with the County Directors Council.

 

IV.      Discussion of Board Member Retreat

The Midway Hotel has been scheduled and the contract signed. Susan and Jay have been invited to present their orientation session for board members on Wednesday afternoon and have agreed to do so.

 

Dale wants to call the event the Board Member Extravaganza.

 

For our discussion of local innovative programming, we should try to get someone from central office to talk about the Silent Auction held for Caring About Kids. It would be great to have someone from Macomb County talk about their fund-raising event with local Harley Davidson dealers to raise funds for their foster care kids.

V.       Summer Conference

We have Wednesday morning, August 13, for Board Member Development Day.

 

Shelley is going to work to develop a colorful attention-getting brochure that explains the committees and provides a volunteer form. However, it would be helpful to have the committee chairs talk about what each committee does and could prove to be successful in recruiting members. We can do this as part of Board Member Development Day. We would include Adult and Health Services, Child and Family Services, Standard of Living/Housing/Employment Programs, Board Member Development, and Legislative.

 

Floyd Rabineau moved that staff approach counties that typically don’t donate an item to the silent auction, encouraging them to make a personal donation to the scholarship fund. Seconded. County funds cannot be used for such a donation. Motion carried.

 

V.       Meeting Adjourned.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Shelley Jipson-Lomax

MCSSA BOARD MEMBER DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

AGENDA

 

APRIL 11, 2008

 

 

 

I.        Call to Order at 11:00 AM

 

II.       Disposition of Minutes of February 12, 2008

 

          A.       Agenda Update

 

III.      Unfinished Business

 

          A.       Board Member Retreat

 

          B.       Board Member Development Day – August 13, 2008

 

IV.      New Business

 

          A.       Reference Guide Review

 

V.       Adjournment