Oregon 211

OR 211 BOARD MEETING

Minutes

April 3, 2008

621 SW Alder, Suite 810, Portland, OR  97205

 

Present:  Liesl Wendt, Mark Tennyson, Jeri Shumate, June Sedarbaum (by phone), Kathleen McHarg, Stephen Guntli

Staff:  Tom Page

 

The meeting was called to order at 7:45 a.m.  A quorum was not available until approximately 8:00 a.m. so action on approving minutes was deferred until the next meeting.  One correction was noted:  the “save-the-date” postcard template incorrectly invites people to a meeting on May 31.  The date should be May 30.

 

Stephen opened the discussion with the need to determine our rationale for government support, preparatory to the May 30 meeting.  Basic reasons include:

·         State match is needed to strengthen local and private funding

·         HB 3443 mandates the development of a statewide 2-1-1 system

 

Tom announced a new “messaging strategy” that emerged from 211US’s national leaders meeting this past weekend in Indianapolis: 

 

“211 is core infrastructure for social services and emergency response just as 911 is core infrastructure for public safety.”

 

PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE REQUEST:  Discussion followed about the specific amount to be requested and the purposes for which it would be used.  Informal agreement was reached that we would request $2,000,000 during the 2009-2011 biennium, to be used for the following purposes:

 

• Support to build and strengthen key partnerships with:
• Area Agencies on Aging/Seniors & Persons With Disabilities
• United Ways of Oregon
• Community Action Partnership of Oregon
• Association of Oregon Counties
• Association of Oregon Cities
• Support to open 2-1-1 services in Eugene and Roseburg
• Support to strengthen 2-1-1 services in Portland and Bend
• Development and implementation of 2-1-1 in Salem and surrounding counties
• Outreach and development for 2-1-1 across the balance of the state

           

Our request will include an agreement to provide a $1,000,000 match in Year Two from all other local sources (including support already available), thus providing $2,000,000 in working assets in Year Two.

 

 

Existing match to proposed state funding (stable 211info funding)

$240,000/year – United Way of the Columbia Willamette

$100,000/year – Washington County

$340,000 – Total stable funding

+$95,000 (currently in development) from Portland & Multnomah County

$435,000 potential local funding for 211info in FY2008-09

 

 

PLANNING FOR MAY 30 EVENT:  Discussion turned to logistics for the meeting.

 

LOCATION: Oregon Childcare Development Coalition office in Wilsonville

TIME: 8:00 am – 9:30 am

 

INVITEES:  We reviewed the list of names generated last month to determine responses to date.  We secured a list of Oregon State Representatives and Senators and identified potential invitees.  We agreed to establish a deadline of making “first contact” with the original list by Friday, April 11, and to disseminating the new list of potential senators and representatives for feedback on contact opportunities.

 

A save the date will be sent no later than Wednesday April 16th.

 

GOVERNOR:  Liesl will contact her former boss who now workers for Governor Kulongoski about the best way to assure he is well-involved and that support for 2-1-1 is secured and maintained from his office.

 

AGENDA:  The program for May 30 includes:

 

Welcome & Purpose

What is 211?

            High-level explanation of 2-1-1w/National & State Status – Jeri & Tom

           

            Why are you here?  The state ask – John Tapogna (Jeri to confirm)

                        What we need

                        Why we need it

                        Consequences of not receiving state support

**Handout - one-pager with the ask and past 5 year investment in 211– Liesl & Tom to develop

 

Panel discussion: Why does 211 matter?

(Include people like Donalda Dodson from OCDC, Ian Finch (user), Deb Wallace and/or Jim Moeller as electeds from Washington State)

 

What is OR 211 asking from attendees? 

            Personal/organizational support for OR211 ask

            2 – 5 legislative champions

            Ideas/access to other funding

OUTCOMES: 

·         Identify legislative champions in Portland, Southern and Central Oregon

·         Secure Gov. Kulongoski’s support for 2-1-1 budget request

·         Develop partnerships with other I&R service providers

 

We briefly discussed hoped-for outcomes and determined that our primary goal is to get buy-in from key legislators who can champion the request, and for critical information on how to get onto the Governor’s budget.  We want people attending who are able to assure we can get something in front of the legislature.  We also want to invite key business professionals who may support 2-1-1 development financially.

 

With this understanding, we re-visited our invitations list and determined it would be important and appropriate to hold a second event later in the summer for the broader base of key stakeholders.  This will include folks such as representatives from tribes and community stakeholders that individual regions may want to bring into their fold.

 

The national 211US team will be meeting in Portland at the end of July or early August, and we agreed to ask some of those key leaders to be available for this event.  Tom will coordinate with 211 US.

 

FINANCIAL REPORT:  Kathleen and Jeri presented a rough budget to demonstrate where we are financially and where we have funds available for development in the next three months and following into our next fiscal year.

 

CONSULTING DIRECTOR’S REPORT:  Tom briefly reviewed his report (see attached) making particular note of the extensive community-based work that happened in March.

 

 

ACTION ITEMS/NEXT STEPS

o      Confirm arrangements with OCDC location – Jeri

o      Arrange catering for continental breakfast - Jeri

o      Phone calls to key attendees by April 9 – see attached list

o      Stephen & Jeri to review list of state electeds with Howard and/or UWCW lobbyist

o      Save the date notice by April 16 – see attached notice and forward to your assigned contacts

o      Confirm speakers – Jeri (John Tapogna, Deb Wallace, Ian Finch, Donalda Dodson), Tom (Jim Moeller)

o      Develop key partner list (who we need onboard) – Jeri & Kathleen

o      Draft presentation – Tom & Liesl

o      Draft summary of ask including stable funding and other funding secured in past five years – Tom & Liesl, to be reviewed by Julie Massa

 

 

Next Meeting

Thursday, May 1, 2008 from 7:30 am – 9:00 am at 211info

Goals: Finalize what we want to get out of May 30th meeting

             Strategy for inclusion of funding request in governor’s budget          

 Discuss summer meeting for key stakeholders

 

The meeting adjourned at 9:15 a.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Jeri Shumate, with support from Tom Page

UPDATED KEY CONTACTS LIST – Invitees to May 30 breakfast in Wilsonville

 

Please note which individuals you have agreed to contact.  Respond to Jeri or Tom no later than 12:00 noon on Friday, April 11, 2008 with the status of these contacts.

 

• Ken Wilhelm, ED of United Way of Deschutes County/Central Oregon (Jeri)
• A representative of Central Oregon tribes (Tom)
• Donny Castleman, CEO Edge Wireless, or chief legal counsel or lobbyist (Tom)
• John McLaughlin, CEO North Face, Deschutes Commission on Children & Families (Tom)
• Jay Bloom or lobbyist, United Way of Columbia-Willamette (Stephen discuss w/Howard)
• Ellen Lowe, retired lobbyist (Jeri)
• Tom Clancy-Burns, Interim ED of CAPO (Jeri)
• Lowell Greathouse (Jeri)
• John Tapogna, 211info Board Chair (Jeri)
• WA State Representative Deb Wallace, 211info Board (Jeri)
• Jerralynn Ness for OR Sen Mark Hass (Jeri)
• WA State Representative Jim Moeller (Tom)
• Dick Roland, NW Medical Teams (Liesl)
• Phillip Kennedy-Wong, Multnomah County (Liesl)
• Representative Tina Kotek, Carolyn Tomei, or (former) Steve March (Liesl)
• Craig Opperman, CEO, Looking Glass (June)
• Representative Phil Barnhart (Len)
• Ken Murphy, Director of OEM (Mark)
• Kay Sohl, director of TACS and NAO (Stephen)
• Jeremy Emerson, DHS at Oregon State (Kathleen)
• Representative from the Association of Oregon Cities
• Representative from the Association of Oregon Counties
• Susan Stoltenberg, CEO, Portland Impact (Jeri)
• Other state government employees who can help drive and influence legislation