Story County Human Services Council Meeting

MINUTES Story County Human Services Council Meeting Thursday, February 23, 2012, 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Collegiate United Methodist Church annex 130 Sheldon Avenue in Ames - Auditorium

A. Welcome – Introductions The meeting started with introductions from the following people: Shelley McQueeny (ACCESS), Bill Dodd (Big Bros/Sis), Geff Gescheidler (Boys/Girls Club), Mark Kubik (CCJ), Shari Atwood (Ames Area MPO/CyRide), Janelle Durlin (MICA), Michael Hansen (Foster Grandparents), Karla Webb (Story Co. Comm Svc), Arti Sanghi (Central Iowa RSVP) Lynn Scarlett (United Way of Story County), Shellie Orngard (Volunteer Center), Marion Kresse (YSS), Rick Sharpe (MSL), Andrea Bentzinger (Story Co. Comm. Housing Corp.), Tom Elston (Wesley Retirement Services).

B. Program: Ruth Powell presented on Social Media, Trends and the Workplace.

C. Business Meeting 1. Call to order 2. Approval of last January, 2012 minutes) UNANIMOUSLY PASSED 3. Reports: -Treasurer $1,956.69 in checking. HCS will be issuing a check to Karla Webb for $246.62 for expenses to restore the HCS website, renew the hosting account, and domain names. -ASSET updates: Panel Reports- Shelley McQueeny reported that ASSET Admin Team had questions for the agencies regarding the ASSET hearings. Did your agency have enough time to present? There is discussion about adding more time to agencies that provide services in more than one panel. Also if an agency had a problem from the previous year, more time would be given to address it. Each agency must show financial stability next year. Some agencies bring a lot of people with them to the hearings. Next year each agency will be limited to 3 people – the Executive Director, Board Chair, and Financial staff. If an agency has brought a number of people to the hearings in the past, it was recommended that the agency invite the ASSET liaison to a Board meeting so they can hear from the agency’s support. The ASSET Admin Team is going to offer technical support to agencies.

4. Old business: -SCHSC Website Issues – Bill, discussed site issues, email vote was taken and unanimously approved to reinstall and pay needed balance; Because of a change at The Arc of Story County, SCHSC did not receive a notice about renewing their website host and domain, the website was temporarily taken down. Karla was able to contact GoDaddy and get things up and running. The question to the group was should HSC get a credit card so board members are not required to place charges for things like the website on their personal credit cards. Lynn reported that UWSC would be willing to place the charges on their corporate card and then HSC could reimburse UWSC annually. It was recommended that UWSC receive the notices for renewal and then submit the charges to HSC. The total cost would be approximately $100 annually to renew the two domains (.com and .org) and the website hosting fee.

5. New business Karla read a thank you note from Donna Scherr for the gift from HSC. Monica Goedken-Abramowitz has been awarded the YWCA Rising Star award this year. -Shari Atwood would like to talk about Passenger Transportation Plan -Next meeting March 22, 2012 Nonprofit Management Academy – Lynn Lynn reported that UWSC is considering partnering again with ISU Extension Story County on a Nonprofit Management Academy. The academy had been held until about 3 years ago when the attendance dropped off to the point that sessions were being cancelled. The group discussed topics for the academy and were supportive of UWSC and ISU Extension holding it possibly beginning in September 2012. Marion Kresse suggested sending out a SurveyMonkey to vote on possible class offerings. Ames Police Department – Karla reported that Bill Dodds was approached by the City of Ames Police Department to provide a one-page guide of what services are offered by human service agencies. It was suggested that Bill direct them to the Story County Resource Guide or 2-1-1.

D. Agency Spotlight Marion Kresse presented the Agency Spotlight on a parenting program being offered through YSS. (5-7 minutes)

E. Agency announcements. Please limit information sharing to 1-2 minutes. If your agency needs extra time, please let a co-chairman know in advance so they can plan accordingly. If you want your announcement included in the minutes of the meeting, please submit a short summary to Bill on the ½ sheet of paper that will be made available to you.

THANKS FOR ATTENDING!

Karla Webb, Co-Chairman - [email protected] Lynn Scarlett, Co-Chairman –[email protected] Bill Dodd, Secretary – [email protected] Arti Sanghi, Treasurer – [email protected]