Advisory Council Meeting

May 10, 2007

Minutes

Held at 1501 Blue Spruce Drive

Fort Collins, Colorado  80524

CALL TO ORDER

Earl Stevens called the meeting to order at 1:40 p.m.

COUNCIL MEMBER BIOGRAPHY:

Karen Wagner gave a brief autobiography.

REPORT FROM NOMINATING COMMITTEE

Elnora McCloughan will provide a slate of officers by the next Advisory Council meeting on June 14, 2007.

UPDATE ON OFFICE ON AGING

Margaret Long reported that HB1100 is on the way to the Governor for his signature and that he has pledged to sign it.  Between the funds from that bill and those in the Long Bill, Margaret is fairly confident that we will be able to continue to fund providers at this year’s level.  Margaret reminded the council that she will present the One-Year Plan at the June meeting for their review and approval.

COMMITTEE OPTIONS

The council members discussed the three new committee structure options laid out by the Office on Aging staff. 

There were two cons captured for Option 1:  (1) Titles don’t explain what the committee’s do, and (2) Recommendation to change Outreach to Advocacy.

There were two pros and three cons to Options 2A:  Pros – (1) Talent oriented, useful for new board members, and (2) Describes broad functions of the council (need to define titles).  Cons – (1) (Noted at least five times throughout the discussion); Events category should be named Special Projects; and be a regular committee - not ad hoc, (2) Events won’t have structure, and (3) Resource Development could possibly be competing for funds with other providers.

There were three Pros captured for Option 2B:  (1) Talent oriented, (2) Describes broad functions of the council, and (3) Special Events included in individual committees.

VOTE

Marcie Greenslit moved to decide whether to change the current committee structure or keep it the same.  Roger Bailey seconded the motion.  Paul Bell commented that there may be a fourth option available and was concerned on voting on one of the options available.  The vote came to 8 in favor of changing and 5 to not change.

Roger Bailey moved to not vote on the three options available.  Marcie seconded and added comments that a subgroup be created to create a fourth option. 

Earl Stevens appointed a subcommittee to work on a fourth option.  Janet Montera volunteered to be the lead and schedule a time to discuss ideas with Roger Bailey, Marcie Greenslit, Steve Budner and Katy Mason.  Janet asked the council members to email her with three major points they would like addressed so that the subcommittee can start the process.

ADJOURNMENT

Earl adjourned the meeting at 3:30 p.m.