BOARD RETREAT
February 22, 2005
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Island Lake, Bremerton

Board Members Present: Sandy Robbins, Oudy Acosta Perez, Rebecca Garcia, Laurie Adamson, Dave Bell, Susan Dewees, Benny Myers, Jody Stewart, Sharlyne Hays, Laura Grayum, Jackie Aitchision. Board Members Excused: Sue Shultz, Kelly Pelland, and Tracy Flood. Board Members Not Excused: Claire Bradley. Others Present: Joan Taie, Administrative Coordinator

Susan Dewees opened the meeting. January Minutes were approved. Financial statement was passed out by Joan.

Board Planning:

Exec. Board Voting: Votes were tallied for the new Executive Officers. The winners are: Sue Shultz; Chair, Sandy Robbins; Vice-Chair, Oudy Acosta Perez; Treasurer, Susan Dewees; Secretary.

Bylaws: Sharlyne submitted suggested changes to the existing bylaws. The board agreed to have her make the changes and submit to the next board meeting for final approval.

Attendance/tardiness: Attendance and tardiness problems were addressed. The board voted that the attendance of the previous meeting be discussed at the next meeting and then a decision will be made regarding excused/not excused. Also, tardiness seems to be a problem at the committee meetings. Susan D. suggests that if you are late to a committee meeting please don't expect those that arrived on time to catch you up during the meeting. Time is limited and this causes delays.

Committees: Faith - Debbie Brockman is Chair. Quarterly went well. Program Committee - Award criteria/guidelines that were developed by Sharlyne was passed out and approved by unanimous vote.

RESPECT: Working on a small tri-fold resource card for youth that they can fit in a wallet. The Task Force used to have these - Susan D. thinks there maybe one in Debbie B. office. She will bring it to the next meeting.

Minority: Silverdale Lutheran Youth group provided a Holiday dinner to the women & children of El Centro - it was very nice.

Medical: Sandy spoke with the ER Physicians. She told them mission statement and handed out printouts. Mel Belding was there and very interested. Some asked for material. Dr. Ekin was very supportive. She was going to follow up with emails. The YWCA is looking for donations for Digital cameras for SA cases. The ER is no longer documenting these.

Gaps: Still working on Judicial Roundtable. Last meeting the discussion was about ordering assessments instead of Perp tx.

Membership: Lauren Fanning resigned so we have an opening. Susan D is going to start scheduling interviews. Board is to solicit new applicants.

New Biz: Rebecca provided board with copies of the fatality review. There is an increase in suicide and teen violence is addressed. Looking for ways to support the victim's family/friends/supporters. Should include the review in our speaking/training as a stand-alone. Link it to the website. Make recommendations to lobbyists or commissioners. WSCADV site has the information. Sandy will update on issues in Olympia. Rebecca is looking into becoming certified for offering CEC. Fund Raising: Sue Shultz wanted to discuss fund raising ideas. The board felt resurrecting the KitsaParty was a good idea. Also, scheduling a date for the Rule of Thumb play. The Backwards co. is also interested in bringing back their play. Laurie is scheduling the OC event in May and will let us know details as soon as they are available. Laurie also brought up the Girls Night Out at the Kitsap Mall as an idea for fund raising. The board wanted to table until Sue Shultz was available next meeting.

Old Biz: Laurie is meeting Thursday with student about our website. She will email Dayle regarding setting up times to meeting with her.

Meeting was adjourned at approximately 12:00.

Respectfully submitted,

Joan Taie
Administrative Assistant