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STATE INDEPENDENT LIVING COUNCIL
STATE INDEPENDENT LIVING COUNCIL
November 16 & 17, 2006
WILR Office, 305 West 1st, Casper
Thursday, November 16th
Present: Bill Marsh, Woody Absher, Carole Fontaigne, Ken Hoff, Dorothy Cronin, Becky Holloway, John and Diane Culhane, CaroleAnn Marsh
Absent: Liz Ladeburg, Angela Joannides
Meeting called to order & Introductions made - Bill (SILC Chairperson), at 1 p.m.
The agenda was reviewed and updated to note those present, and those who would have to leave early.
Minutes of the previous meeting were reviewed. A motion was made to accept the minutes as written. The motion was unanimously carried.
SILC budget report was provided and reviewed by Woody. Bill is to request an additional $5,000 from DVR I&E money for the SILC’s budget expenses for the year. A move to accept the budget as written was made by Becky Holloway and Seconded by John Culhane. The motion was unanimously carried.
Old Business:
Quarterly Reports were provided in SILC packets and highlights were reviewed with the SILC, by Ken and Carol.
Liz Ladeburg’s resignation was announced by Woody. A discussion of committee members and chairpersons followed. Dorothy volunteered to be the new SRC representative due to commitment to attend those meetings as a part of Project BRAIN. She also volunteered to remain on the SPIL Review Committee. Bill will remain as head of the CIL Relations Committee. All other Committee Chairs will remain as they were.
Program Updates
VIP – Ken Hoff discussed changes in staff, a pending transportation contract and difficulty in hiring staff due to shortage of qualified applicants.
Becky Holloway mentioned an upcoming conference for the visually impaired. It was suggested that SILC materials be made available in alternate formats to be accessible for the audience. Becky motioned that the SILC pay for 50 disk copies and CarolAnn Marsh Seconded the motion. Brochures, SILC membership application forms, the SILC invitation letter, and website information are to be saved to disk and distributed at the conference. The SILC is to pay the costs for the disk and cases, and Dorothy will make the copies at no charge. The motion was unanimously carried.
BIAW – Dorothy Cronin provided an update regarding Project BRAIN, the Brain Injury Association of Wyoming’s conference in October, and progress with the HRSA grant.
P & A - Lee Beidelman discussed P&A’s tour of the state to visit brain injury support groups, shared progress on school transitioning issues and progress over the last 2 years.
Committee Reports
Training – Becky Holloway reported that she has returned the IL CD on modular training to Bill. Low vision support groups now number 4, and the Douglas group is providing training on taking medications correctly.
Dorothy suggested using the modular training CD at the next meeting. Discussion followed. Ken Hoff will make copies and provide one to each member to review, and then the group will discuss the contents at the next SILC meeting.
SRC Report – Dorothy provided detailed notes from the latest SRC meeting, including: new applicants to the SRC, updates in policies at DVR, updates to secretaries salaries at DVR, results of the DVR employee survey, Earl DeGroot’s rehab assessment results, Project BRAIN update, review of client satisfaction survey, discussion of homeless student issues, CAP report by Lee Biedelman, and the provided training on the history of DVR.
Legislative – Ken stated there was nothing new to report until the legislative session opens for the year.
Marketing – Ken Hoff – new SILC signs were developed and on display in time for the MEGA conference. Brochures were also made available for conference attendees, through placement on the WILR booth at the event.
Nomination/Membership - Carol/Woody- Bob Roan of Red-Feathered Eagle was positive about being asked to join, and will fill out an application. Shane Moore applied to the SILC, was invited to attend this meeting but did not respond and did not attend as asked. Dorothy will follow up with Shane to see what happened.
The Nomination Committee reminded members whose terms were about to expire, to send in a letter stating they wish to re-apply to the SILC.
We had time left to meet, so the following two items were moved up a day on the agenda.
Mission/Vision/Action Plan – Dorothy moved to accept each section of the Action Plan as written. Carol Ann Marsh Seconded the motion, the motion was unanimously carried.
Conference Report- Bill/Carol Ann & John/Dianne - the MEGA conference had fewer participants, lots of vendors, and was well organized. The keynote speaker was very good. Discussion followed regarding those topics presented at the conference.
The Brain Injury Conference was attended by 150 people, scholarships were provided to survivors and family members. Dorothy shared a list of speakers and topics from the conference.
IL process at local level – presented by Kay Anderson from WSIL. Kay discussed how the IL’s connect consumers with agencies, build rapport with agencies, network, and become a stable community influence. Kay also discussed a program called Agribility, and shared Consumer Directed Care brochures to help explain that program to the members.
Meeting recessed until Friday November 17th at 8:30 a.m.
Friday, November 17th
Meeting called to order at 8:30 a.m.
New Business:
2007 SILC Congress information was shared. No one present is able to go. Bill will follow up with Angela to see if she can attend.
Appoint/re-appoint Committee Chairs for 2007-08 - Bill
Committee Chairs were retained as is (and as were listed in this meeting’s agenda), and there was discussion regarding recruitment of new members to expand the committee membership.
Dorothy was appointed by Bill as the new SRC representative.
Bill and Carol Ann were appointed as the CIL Relations Committee Chair and assistant.
John & Dianne will join the Marketing Committee.
Bill will ask Angela if she has a committee preference.
Members were reminded of their responsibility to recruit more SILC members statewide. Dorothy suggested that each member bring the name of one person interested in joining the SILC, to the next SILC meeting.
Bill shared a request he’d received from the Denturist Association asking for support of their work in the state. Discussion followed. Bill will do some research to see exactly what kind of support is being requested. Bill will invite the requestor to attend the next SILC meeting if it appears the request is appropriate for the SILC.
Ken Hoff requested the SILC’s help to sponsor the national IL conference, being held in Casper in June of 2007. Dorothy motioned that the SILC commit $2,000 to sponsor the event, John Seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously carried pending approval of the $5,000 I&E money from DVR.
It was suggested that we hold our June SILC meeting in conjunction with the conference to encourage SILC members to be involved.
This suggestion started a discussion of the rest of the meetings for the year. Meetings have now been set as follows:
March 15-16, 2007 in Sheridan
June 28-29 in Casper
August 16-17 in Thermopolis
November 15-16 in Cheyenne
Vote on Recommendation of New Applicant – cancelled due to applicant’s absence.
Narrative Reports
There was a discussion about the content of the reports being provided by WILR and WSIL. Members expressed a preference for similar data from both organizations. Following the discussion it was decided that the reports should contain at least:
1. Advocacy and success stories as well as barriers.
2. Changes/updates to the different programs being offered by the CIL’s.
3. Reports regarding training/conferences attended by CIL members and what information was helpful/useful to the CIL.
4. Information regarding any new resources located since the last SILC meeting.
Both CIL’s are to include these items in future reports to the SILC. BIAW will provide the same information as the CIL’s.
Meeting was adjourned at 11:20 a.m.