September 26, 2001 9 a.m.

Board Members Present: Susan Vitale-Olson, Denise Thomson, Dayle Crane, Debbie Brockman, Sally Olsen, Ramalina Steiner, Cheryl Graf, Martin Knott

Board Members Excused: Pete Ball, Dianne Juhl, Claire Bradley, Marilyn Wandry, Dianne Juhl,

Board Members Not Excused: Martha Voorhees

Others Present: Heidi Hoke (Administrative Coordinator)

The meeting was called to order by Chair, Cheryl Graf .

I. Approval of Minutes: July minutes were approved.

II. Financial Report: Reminder to board to send in financial donations to the Task Force and to turn in their volunteer time sheets.

III . Committee Reports

A. Program - SUMMIT: we have 204 people signed up right now for the Summit and 12 resource tables. Setup on Monday: 3 p.m. at the church. Soroptomist also will be there to help. We will order balloons for the sandwich signs. Pete will put up signs. Bring ice and coolers. Registrations: Claire, Sally, Ramalina. Board members need to sign up for Resource Table shifts. Heidi needs to Email Denise the KCDVTF logo for nametags. Dayle has done the signs for the rooms. Mary Ellen will help out too and talk to Stalcups if they need a ride to/from hotel. Heidi send invoice for printing and binders and supplies for $1500 - send invoice to the County in care of Mary Ellen, MS-23 Personnel and Human Services. Lunches: add 15 for Soroptomist (Denise will pay). Order 15 extra - Heidi will email Debbie tonight with the number count and breakdown. Honorariums: The following people have asked for these quantities: Hollis ($50 + mileage) and Lupita (200) Mike Patten (100).

Ethnic Unity Coalition: we were overcharged for the conference, Cheryl will write her a letter or make a phone call. We did receive money from the DRC for our training back in March. They also sent Ramalina \ money for her services.

Martha Wescott, KSAC: STOP Grant (VAWA) - KCDVTF, Federal Government bill hasn't been signed yet. There is an extra $523 this year and Martha proposes to split it between KCDVTF, YWCA, KSAC $35,942. The Board members all signed that they agreed to split the money.

B. Community Education

1. Speakers Bureau/Trainings - County training coming up on November 9. Debbie will let us know details after Summit. 2 1/2 day sessions. Focus on DV in the workplace.

2. Topic Specific Workgroups

b. Bridging the Gap: tomorrow.
c. Faith Community Action Group: letter is being sent out to generate money for a hotel fund for housing, being sent to pastors/churches etc. We need new chair for the committee - Debbie will talk to Dianne about it. Faith forum at 11:30 10/16 at YWCA

d. CD & DV: no report.

e. RESPECT Kitsap Youth: met last Friday. Denise asked for someone to step up and chair the committee. Candy Cardinal and Jennifer Forbes will co-chair the group.

f. Perpetrator Treatment/Victim’s Services: meeting last week with Maureen Kelly and Roy Carson (who do DV Certification) - they talked about WAC's.

g. Minority Services - no report.

C. Membership - we have 3 openings. Heidi will bring apps for the resource table at the summit. There is a SK teacher they are looking into. Mary Ellen and Dayle just spoke with Dr. Lindquist from the B-KCHD - maybe we could get another person from there. They may ask Winnie Logan.

IV. Old Business

A. Update on staffing: the job descriptions/add will run in the Sun for 2 Sundays. Also we'll get the job descriptions up on the website, Heidi will email Dayle the verbiage. Dayle is stepping down from the selection committee.

B. SAIVS appointee - we still need one. 2nd Thursday of the month. Pete may be interested.

C. Cultural Diversity Training. The board needs to expand their knowledge about cultural issues in relation to DV. We'd like to plan a 1/2 day training for the board. There is a diversity training offered by the County - Dayle will look into it and email us. There are a lot of issues/education/trainings that our board could get involved with. Maybe we will do our own trainings and offer them to other people.

V. New Business

A. FYI: Executive Board meeting will be 3rd Thursday at the YWCA 8-9 a.m. and Program meetings will be moved to 3rd Thursdays 9-10 a.m.

VI. Updates

A.

VII. Meeting Adjourned

Respectfully Submitted,

Heidi Hoke
Administrative Coordinator