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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-08-19-HSC-min.pdf HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Minutes of the Meeting of August 19, 1985 Present Roberta Black, Leonora Feeney, Harvey Lowell, Jan Eustis, Judy Zabin, Bea Phear Judy is now working at Hospice Care Inc She has written a letter to Town Counsel, Norm Cohen, about this possible conflict of interest and has chosen to abstain from discussion and voting on issues that relate to Hospice Care It is assumed that Norman will find this satisfactory Fall Conference There was discussion about the draft guest list that Bea had mailed. A number of names were added and deleted. The invitation will be phrased to encourage an agency to send a member of their staff or board, and will go only to the CEO The format of the conference was decided. It will be a panel discussion of the general topic of 'Funding Trends and Fiscal Realities" , with speakers from various sources of possible funding responding to a presentation of Lexington needs A second topic, of Chapter 689 housing, was also discussed as covering a variety of client issues this may be used for a future meeting The panel to be invited includes Legislative perspective Dick Kraus (Judy Zabin) State Agency perspective Nancy Kaufman (Bea Phear) Charities/Foundation Neil Houston (Harvey Lowell) Municipal Government Bob Hutchinson or Paul Marshall (Bea) Corporate Donors To be selected (Bea) The panel will respond to a summary of some of the needs that have been identified in Lexington, with discussion of their approach to funding for such services After the discussion there will be ample time for informal meeting and wine and cheese A new date of November 7 was selected, since it was felt we couldn't line up the speakers and guests on short notice Bea will prepare a draft invitation for discussion at the next meeting Next meeting Monday, September 9 at 7 30 p m. room 111 Monday, September 23 at 7 30 p m. room 111 Respectfully submitted, Beatrice Phear