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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-04-20-HSC-min.pdf HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Minutes of the Meeting of April 20, 1982 Present Steve Baran, Howard Reynolds, Ruth Nablo, Nancy Zarle, Tom Zarle, Judy Zabin, Ilene White, Roberta Black, also Bea Phear Minutes of the meeting of March 29 were approved as mailed Youth Commission Bea reported that she had tentatively scheduled May 4 for a ioint meeting with the Youth Commission The committee felt that they were still unsure of how they wanted to establish the context of meeting with other groups, and that it was still premature since the brainstorming hadn't yet finished Roberta and Judy were invited by RePlace to the joint meeting on April 27, which will be a start in clarifying expectations Mystic Valley Tom reported that Don Lund was back after an administrative leave They had a meeting scheduled for April 21 and he planned to have finances on the agenda Roberta brought a fundraising coupon that she had received from "Val-Pak" on Mystic Valley which she felt was in bad taste Other members of the committee did not find it offensive, as it is so hard to buy advertizing inexpensively Bea will find'out the current hours of Mystic Valley in preparation for consideration of testifying at the hearing for extension Brainstorming The committee discussed Bea' s letter to Steve on planning issues The sense of the committee was that they felt the need for some active focus and getting out into the community more with an emphasis on communication Nancy pointed out that we had talked about a legacy, and Steve mentioned the preventative focus and bringing in cable TV Ludy emphasized that we need to appreciate what we have done as well , and could build on that It was suggested that we build on the sub committees and hold a series of workshops that will get providers together as well as informal networks and interested citizens A possibility would be to start with the concept of strengthening the family, a broad rubric that could embrase elderly violence as well as youth summer problems The purpose of the workshops include coordination among providers communication with the public education of ourselves re needs and gaps bringing together the informal networks Ruth said it would be nice if the committee could have public monthly meetings around a theme and then follow up with evaluation and recommendations, perhaps getting other groups to run some of the topics, eg Youth Commission Bea felt that a subject/issue woudl be a better focusing device than talking about a population Tom felt it would be dangerous to bite off more than we can chew to include the public at first, yid we should keep control if it were only providers, who would then he receiving as well as giving 1 I;ene suggested that she would like to see providers here in the room to brainstorm about how to best reach the public with information and to develop workshops Judy suggested we invite them in to discuss the topic of our choice - families and summer Ruth and Roberta felt we needed quite a lot of structure Tom suggested that the sub committees discuss the ideas with agencies and then come back together at the next meeting to put together a half dozen basic questions Nancy said we also need an evaluation tool handed out at the meeting The next meeting will continue this discussion and come to closure on what kind of workshops we wish to have and what topics shoudl be addressed A target date will be early June Member resignation Ruth announced that this was her last meeting and she was submitting her resignation as a member of the Human Services Committee She reminded the group that she had been appointed for only six months The committee tried to pursuade her to stay on, and thanked her for her insights and contributions Next Meeting May 4 7 30 pm Selectmens Meeting Room �.,.wmn:-.rxio-yxwwmu.ew�w. Respectfully Submitted, _SQA- 11 ��e� Beatrice Phear