SCNY-ED Group Steering Committee Meeting Minutes

September 17, 2010, 8:30 am –At Accord Conf Room, State St., Binghamton
In Attendance: Richard Squire, Joseph Sellepack, Cynthia Gordineer, David Karre, Darrell Newvine, Deborah Fitzgerald.

Next meeting scheduled for Friday, November 5, 2010 @ 8:30 am
Location – Accord Conf Room. State St., Binghamton

MEMBERSHIP
We have recently added several new members to the organization and there continues to be new interest. Darrell Newvine will work on updating the Steering & Sub committee lists.

We continue to look for members who are interested in sitting on the Special Projects, Programs and Membership committee. Cynthia will reach out to individuals who have expressed interest in becoming more active.

The Steering committee is looking for 1 to 2 new members. (The Steering is comprised of the heads of each sub committee and officers).

To be eligible individuals must be actively participating in a sub-committee.

PROGRAMS
Next program to be held on December 1st @ 8:30 am. Darrell has offered to host at FEN and provide refreshments.

Program content will be focused on highlighting the significant accomplishments of the Special Projects committee.
- Breaking down the data collected to date
- What does the data tell us about our community?
- How do we use this information to benefit the Non-profits in our community?
- Does it make our case for the important impact we have?
- The committee’s suggestions & recommendations for building on this foundation.

Darrell will send a new survey to membership for input on future topic interest areas as we have addressed most topics previously indicated.
David & Cynthia will be scheduling a program committee meeting prior to the December 1st presentation.

SPECIAL PROJECTS
The committee will be ready with an overview/summary of the data collected by the Special Projects committee “Non-Profit Economic Impact Study” for the Dec 1st program.

After initial review of the raw data the committee has expressed their interest in extending this project to give the report additional balance. Several options are being explored for community partnerships to further the study and give our NP community more useful and tangible tools.

The special project committee will be scheduling a meeting in October.

NEW BUSINESS
Discussion of the future of the ED Group and potential affiliations
Considering full membership meeting in January to explore further.