Steering Committee Meeting Minutes June 15

South Central New York Executive Directors Group
Steering Committee Meeting
June 15, 2010, 8:30 am
ACCORD Offices, Binghamton, New York

In attendance: Darrell Newvine - Steering Committee Chair, Dick Squire – Vice Chair, Keith Leahey – Committee Member, Deborah Fitzgerald – Committee Member, Cynthia Smith Gordineer – General Member & David Karre, General Member.

1) Steering Committee Membership –
Darrell Newvine expressed his desire to step down from his role as Steering Committee Chair and has offered to take on the role of Membership Chair and to stay active in the Steering Committee.
Deborah Fitzgerald was asked to take on the role of Steering Committee Chair and has accepted.
Dick Squire has agreed to remain as Vice Chair
David Karre and Cynthia Smith Gordineer have agreed to work as Interim Co- Chairs of the programs committee. David has also expressed interest in working as Vice Chair.
Keith Leahey will continue as a Steering Committee Member and will assist with committees as needed.
It is anticipated that Joe Sellepak will continue as Special Project Committee Chair.
The focus of these Steering Committee changes at this time is to keep continuity from initial group and to assist with moving the group forward in its mission and toward development of new steering committee members who will transition into group leadership roles. We will continue to reach out to those members who have expressed an interested in increased involvement.
The Next Steering Committee Meeting is scheduled for September 17th, 8:30 am at Accord, 30 W. State St, Binghamton

2) Program Committee –
It was agreed by all present that the focus of the September meeting be a facilitated discussion/brainstorming session with general membership on how the needs of the ED’s in our community have changed since the group began and how we can be more responsive to those needs. Do we need different types of programming and member interaction or more focus on specific topics to draw greater participation? Sustaining the ED Group – Does it provide something valuable to ED’s? If yes, call out to members to be actively engaged in the process and the increased benefits of involvement.

A Date for the next program was set for September 30th at 8:30 am and will be hosted by the Red Cross at 620 East Main Street, Endicott.

3) Special Projects Committee –
No report from the special projects committee at this time.