Oct 24, 2007
OR 211 Board of Directors
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Call to Order
The conference call meeting was called to order at 9:04am.
Attendance
Stephen Guntli, Oregon CCR&R Network, Chair
Kathleen McHarg, Multnomah County Aging Services, Treasurer
Len Hockley, White Bird Clinic (Lane County)
Jeri Shumate, 211info (Portland Metro Area)
Julie Massa, Oregon Food Bank
June Sedarbaum, United Way of Lane County
Mark Tennyson, OR Emergency Management
Jimi Smith, Community Action (Washington County), Secretary
Tom Page, OR211 Consultant
Update from the Chair
Stephen updated us on a planning meeting held by Stephen, Jeri and Tom last week. Stephen would like to hold a meeting of the OR211 Board Executive Committee before our next Board meeting is held. There are two topics requiring further discussion and planning:
1. We need money by the end of the year to pay for consultant/staffing.
2. We need to examine changing the nature of the Board.
Funding needs
Wendy VanElverdinghe has notified us of the willingness of the Community Action Directors of Oregon (CADO) to give OR211 $5,000 which will help get us to the end of November.
The Meyer Memorial Trust has denied our grant request. The Spirit Mountain request may still provide funding before the end of this calendar year.
It was suggested that Jeri propose to the 211info Board that 211info and OR211 jointly hire Tom.
Examining the nature of our Board
Stephen has taken a new position with the Komen Foundation. He would like to continue working on the OR211 Board, but as 2-1-1 is not a priority for the Komen Foundation, he cannot continue to take time from his work to participate on the Board. Also, in order to attract members with other skills from outside the social service field, we would need to hold our meetings early in the morning, late in the afternoon, or in the evenings when they are more likely to be available.
Kathleen feels we need more State representation on the Board. We briefly discussed the advisability of changing the nature of the Board and where we need the focus of the Board to be.
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Jeri moved that the Executive Committee meet and be empowered to develop a restructuring of the Board and organization over the next six months. The motion was seconded by Len and passed unanimously.
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Update on the California wildfires
Tom provided an update on the California wildfires, some call statistics for southern California 211s, and the nationwide responsiveness within the I&R community.
Update from 211info on TOPOFF4
Jeri said 211 was included in the media for the TOPOFF exercise in spite of the lack of supporting funding. They only received 44 calls, but Multnomah County has approached 211info and forwarded an MOU template to Jeri.
Our next meeting will be from 9-11am on November 28th at the 211info office in Portland.
Respectfully submitted,
Jimi Smith, Secretary