August 22, 2000 12 p.m.

Silverdale Lutheran Church

Board Members Present: Dayle Crane, Susan Vitale-Olson, Jennifer Stowell, Martha Voorhees, Denise Thomson, Debbie Brockman, Dean Logan, Sally Olsen, John Lee, Dianne Juhl, Ramalina Steiner, Claire Bradley Board Members Excused: Cheryl Graf, Teresa Moses Board Members Unexcused: Pete Ball Others Present: Heidi Hoke (Administrative Coordinator), Sue Nolan (Financial Coordinator)

The meeting was called to order by Chair, Dayle Crane.

I. Minutes: The July minutes were approved as written.

II. Treasurer's Report: The report was submitted. VAWA funds are not confirmed. Everyone is encouraged to send electronic mail to the legislature and let them know the funds are needed.

III. Committee Reports:

A. Program Committee: Notes were submitted.

Summit Update:
• The Americorps Volunteer fell through and work release was offered, but declined. The Board agreed they would themselves volunteer to help set-up and break-down before and after the Summit. Setup is also needed on the September 25 after 1 p.m.

• Additional Donations: Blue Sky printers, Pepsi, Central Market

• Sandwich Boards: The designs are done and John will put the boards out on the street the morning of the Summit.

• It was moved and approved to donate up to $250 to Crossroads Neighborhood Church. The Executive Board is authorized to decide the amount, pending the results of the Summit.

• The next Program Committee meetings will be Thursdays, September 7, 14, & 21 at 9 a.m. at the YWCA. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend.

B. Community Education: New Appointments: Dean Logan, Chair, Community Education Denise Thomson, Chair, Dating Violence Workgroup Claire Bradley, Chair, Bridging the Gaps Workgroup

1. Speakers: Dean said he doesn't envision regular meetings for CE, but will serve as the liaison for the Executive Board. He is working with the local weekly papers and The Sun to insure Summit coverage. There was a DV 101 training for the Naval Hospital and will be a DV in the Workplace talk next week. Debbie has been training Harrison Memorial Hospital and she is willing to help out with the Naval Hospital talk. Another Law Enforcement training is in the works and will include new protocols and SAIVS information. Another talk was given to a Human Resources department.

2. Training/Topic Specific

a. CPS: Susan has started attending SAIVS meetings for DCFS.

b. Bridging the Gap: Next meeting is Tuesday, August 30 at 4:30 p.m. at the Jury Holding Room.

c. Faith: Dianne is working on a panel for the Summit. She's been talking to someone with Guide One Insurance to talk about risk and liability for churches. Dianne has been attending the Minority Services meetings and has been able to get information on Spanish speaking churches.

d. Substance Abuse Providers: Martha and Ramalina are meeting next Friday.

e. Dating Violence: Denise has met with Laura Mitchell with the Kitsap Sexual Assault Center and Melinda Harmon from B-KCHD. They are regrouping and will have a meeting on October 18 from 2-4 p.m. at the Health District. They will have a flyer/notice available at the Summit.

f. Victim's Services/Perp. Treatment: Judge Riehl spoke highly about Kitsap County at the statewide annual meeting in July. The next Coalition meeting will be September 7 at 11:45 a.m. at Probation. They will be planning the next judges meeting which may include a guest speaker that is a DV perpetrator whose gone through treatment. Dianne brought up that clergy is not trained to perform perpetrator treatment and the judges need to know that, so they don't refer them. Sally and Dean will also be conducting a training for judges that will be at least 2 hours long and may be able to add that info in their training.

g. Membership: No report.

IV. Old Business:

A. A date and a plan needs to be set for our Community Awards. Discussion is tabled until next month.

V. New Business:

A. The YWCA are hosting a Youth Summit on October 31st. It was moved and approved for the KCDVTF to lend our name to the event as supporters. Employees of the YWCA abstained from the vote. It was suggested that information about dating violence be included in the Youth Summit and we may be able to provide workshops. The YWCA would also like our financial support. A donation of $150 was suggested. Because of our unsure VAWA grant and the upcoming DV Summit, it was decided to postpone any financial donation decision until the next board meeting in October.

B. The Dispute Resolution Center is writing a grant to provide DV training for their mediators. Sally, Dayle, and Claire have read the material and think it looks good. The material was developed from the National Bar Association. It was moved and approved to write a letter of support for their effort. Dean abstained from voting (he is a board member of DRC). The DRC will most likely rely on us to help them with the trainings too.

VI. Other Announcements/Updates:

A. YWCA Week Without Violence will be October 15-21. A candlelight vigil will kick off the week on Sunday the 15th at the boardwalk in Bremerton at 6 p.m. Wednesday the 18th will be the Unity Luncheon. Debbie was proud to announce that the KCDVTF will be given an award and so will Dianne Juhl for all she has done this year.

VII. Meeting Adjourned

Respectfully Submitted,

Heidi Hoke

Administrative Coordinator