Jun 22, 2005
OR211 Board of Directors Meeting
Thursday, June 22, 2005
CADO Office
4035 12th Street Cutoff SE, Salem OR
Minutes
Present: Jonathan Brock; Wendy Van Elverdinghe; Len Hockley, Shawn Michael, Jeri Shumate
Discussion Items:
- Welcome and Introductions
- Review of Current Organizational Status
- 501c3 Status
- D - Shawn is completing the application and has met with Cindy Cumfer to review
- Funding - DHS, DAS, other
- D -
- DHS - Wendy will be meeting with Brian Johnson to begin dialogue; Cindy and Gary have left
- DAS - Send a note to introduce the project
- Budget Committee Report
- Fund Development Committee
- Members
- Jonathan - Facilitator (will be out of town until 7/5 and will contact members at that time)
- Lou
- Liesl
- Tasks
- Develop short-term and long-term fund development strategy
- Identify funding opportunities
- Research grant requirements
- Write grants, submit
- Monitor grant status
- HB 3443 A
- Passed with Yes recommendation; no challenges expected; no questions or concerns; will be requesting that the bill be signed at 211info; one change remains to be approved that makes clear there is no fiscal impact to OEM
- Review of Tasks to be completed- postpone discussion to next month's board meeting
- Update on 211info/OR211 partnership possibilities
- 211info has had a very busy agenda recently
- Immediate objectives are 24/7 coverage and Verizon
- Proposal can be submitted at the next board meeting - July 27th
- Review of Staffing Needs
- Additional Items
- Thank you celebration for George
- August board meeting
- Next meeting and regular meetings
- Poll will be held for "best times" for recurring meeting
- Jeri - Bad: third Wednesday; third Friday
- Len - Bad: Tuesdays
- Wendy - Bad: first Thursday; morning of second Thursday
- Possibilities - second and fourth Wednesdays
- July 13th at CADO (1:30pm - 3:30pm) will be next meeting
- Jonathan also offered to host meetings at his office
- Balance of funding
- Needs to be spent by Dec. 1, 2005
- Proposal to be drafted by next board meeting
- Fundraising and/or Administrative expenses
- Update on Federal Legislation
- SB 211; HR 896
- Would authorize $150mil (2 yrs), $100mill (2 yrs); amounts have been updated; action is necessary:
- United Way is opening the "888PASS211" number again
- Some coordination is needed
- Press coverage is necessary
- Delegation should be formed
- Liesl will be the point person on getting talking points out and coordinating the communication strategy
- Those present will be contacting their networks of contacts
- Homeland Security Funding
- Feds have developed strategy where funds are distributed to the State or military departments within the State; Allotment for overhead is taken and counties or regions need to submit application/planning for funding
- Funds are being targeted towards WMD
- Reference ORS401
- Deadline for applications was in March
- AIRS Conference
- Add to next board meeting agenda; invite Liesl
Motions:
- Accept Jonathan as new board member: Move - Jeri; Second - Len - all in favor; no oppose; Jonathan - abstain
- Accept minutes from last meeting: Move - Shawn; Second - Len - all in favor; no oppose; Jonathan - abstain
- Fiscal Year will be 7/1 - 6/30; Move - Jeri; Second - Len - all in favor; no oppose; no abstention
Action Steps:
- Shawn - Send out budget draft to all board members
- Jonathan - Communicate with other fund development committee members
- Wendy - Will distribute board contact information
- All - Will communicate the need for pushing the federal legislation through network of contacts
- Liesl/Jen - will be communicating with media to get the message out including the Oregonian
- Wendy - will send contact information for Oregon News Service to Lou
- Jonathan - will get the message out to Public Safety Answering Point members (aka 911 directors)
- Shawn - Add agenda item to next month's meeting: Review of Task List
- Len - will talk with contacts around fund development
- Len - will send Shawn web site contact information and will contact Ellie to let her know I will be contacting her; Ellie Gross - 541.485.4558
- Jeri - will draft the proposal on how to spend the balance of the funding available.
- Shawn - Add to next board meeting agenda; invite Liesl
- Jeri - will contact Lee Girard (DHS) re: Network of Care