Group Updates!

The Steering Committee met yesterday, 7/22/08, to establish additional committees and plan for the upcoming group-wide meeting. In attendance were: Darrell Newvine, Family Enrichment Network; Bob Hanye, AVRE; Joseph Sellepeck, Broome Council of Churches; Keith Leahy, Mental Health Association; Deborah Fitzgerald, Recess Resources and Andrew Marietta, CCSNYS.

The Committee:

• Discussed membership and talked about creating a group directory that would be available to all members as a resource
• Created 3 new committees and appointed committee chairs: Membership- Keith Leahy, Programming- Dick Squire and Bob Hanye, Special Projects- Joseph Sellepeck. The committee chairs will be contacting people who have previously expressed interest in specific committees. (If you would like to learn more about being a committee member, please email Andrew Marietta at amarietta@ccsnys.org and he will pass along your info.)
• Reviewed results from the initial Economic Impact Survey. Talked about how to use information like this in the future and the need to include social impact as well.
• Planned for the group-wide meeting that will take place on Tuesday, September 23rd @ 8:30am. The meeting will be held at the Family Enrichment Network in Johnson City. There will be an introduction to the group, discussion of focus areas, and time for the committees to meet and talk about their plans of action.

Make sure to mark your calendar for the September 23rd meeting; committees have been formed and now the group is ready to start taking action. You can confirm your attendance here.