BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING- October 22, 2002 Noon.
Health District

Board Members Present: Helen Todhunter, Susan Vitale-Olson, Laurie Adamson, John Wise, Dayle Crane, Dianne Juhl, Denise Thomson, Ramalina Steiner, Debbie Brockman & Martha Voorhees.

Board Members Excused: Marilyn Wandry & Sue Shultz.

Board Members Not Excused: Pete Ball, Martin Knott, Rick Wilson, Claire Bradley & Tracy Flood.

Others Present: Joan Taie (Administrative Coordinator).

Debbie Brockman called the meeting to order.

I. Approval of Minutes: Minutes were approved for September

II. Financial Report: Volunteer sheets were turned in. P&L was passed out and explained.

III. Committee Reports

A. Program - Quarterly to be held in January. We will be following up on the Summit then. It was mentioned that they didn't feel the gaps in county services were addressed well at the summit. The next program meeting may be held during the minority services meeting so that they could do a "debrief" of the Summit together. It would be good if GAPS could also attend.

Summit - Next year we are going to try to schedule Jackson Katz as the main speaker. He was very well received the last time he spoke. Denise is trying to set up a date. It may mean having the Summit on another day other than the first Tuesday but it would be worth the change. Even Columbus Day would be an option. That date would work well for students to be able to attend. The grant from the Justice Dept. ($5,000) could cover speaker costs and maybe offer a few scholarships to students so that they may attend. Maybe create some sort of class project around it so many students could attend.

B. Community Education

C. Speakers Bureau/Trainings - No report

2. Topic Specific Workgroups

a. Bridging the Gap: No meeting this month - no report.

b. Faith Community Action Group: Faith forum this week (Oct. 24). Have good speakers covering hiring staff, background checks, etc.

Faith Forum Oct. 24 at the YWCA "Liability and Youth" 11:30-1:00 light lunch provided.

c. Substance Abuse Providers: Advisory board wants to fund survey for providers to see if trainings would be useful. They will fund but they do not want to come up with the questions. They would like 3 or 4 questions on the survey. Martha is meeting with John and Ramilina to discuss further.

d. RESPECT Kitsap Youth: RESPECT brochures were printed. They got 400+ for $500. Looking around for better deals.

e. Perpetrator Treatment/Victim's Services: They met at Poulsbo Municipal Court and Judge Tolman didn't show. It was a big disappointment. Other than that the turnout was great, providers, prosecutors, was not a waste of time. We got a lot accomplished. The Judges are not issuing no-contact orders. They are just making them a condition of their release. Prosecutors are really pushing for them to be issued. Next meeting is at BI Court.

e. Minority Services - Miriam White wants to volunteer. Diane directed her toward looking for grants for Minority Services. Laura Contreras from the Amigas emailed wanting to get feedback on their talk at the Summit. Everyone agreed that it went very well. Feedback has been positive, saying it was brave, personal and meaningful. A big thank you to Ed Fuentes for all the translating he did before and during the Summit.

g. Legislative update - No report

h. Membership - Dianne Juhl has submitted her resignation. Denise Thomson will also be resigning at the end of her term (April 03). Dayle and Ramilina's final terms both expire in February 03. Pete Ball's term will also end next June.

In December we elect new Exec. Officers. Nominations need to be emailed to Joan. Martha, Susan Vitale-Olson and Debbie will be the nominating committee.

Kitsap leadership has approached Dianne about having someone from their board on the DVTF. She was going to look further into it. Also, Laurie has suggested that perhaps someone from the American Association of University Women (AAUW) would like to join the DV board.

IV. Old Business -

V. New Business - Martha is now, finally getting her email!! If you don't already have it - it is ywcamarthav@donobi.net Joan has been trying to get the donated printer and copier to work but to no avail. The board suggested that she go ahead and purchase an all in one type from Office Depot.

December's meeting will be a holiday lunch at the Silver City Brewing Co. in Silverdale on December 17th at noon.

Joan will be working on the next issue of the DVTF newsletter. Please email her with ideas ASAP.

VII. Meeting Adjourned

Respectfully Submitted,
Joan Taie Administrative Coordinator