Minutes

Tuesday, April 13, 2010 – 4:30 pm

Location:  High School, Small Cafeteria

Facilitator: Dan Stinson

Attendees:

Regrets:  Peter McMahon, Sybil Kennedy, Mary Cooke, Gary Roesch, Lisa Dollendorf, Kristie Giaimo

Present: Dick Crawford, Robert Christmann, Dan Stinson, Sally Yageric, Sandra Anzalone, & Jacqueline McGinty

Attachments:

Topic:

1.  (5 min) Welcome / Intro:

2.  (5 min) Senior Celebration –

·         Held the day of the Senior Prom, next meeting will be held April 28^th (?).

3.  (5 min) Coalition Framework Training – Week two report: 

·         Dan needs to complete 5 items to be eligible for “official” graduation in January.  Graduating will provide Dan the credentials and knowledge to better prepare Grant applications. 

4.  (5 min) Grant DFC – follow-up:

·         Invite Prevention Resource Center Reps (PRC), Tom Talbot and Jennifer Zambito to May meeting.

·         To better qualify for Grants, Grand Island needs to have surveys completed by students.

·         Funders tend to gravitate to surveys they make available, rather than generic surveys.

·         Sandra Anzalone to look into possibility of having students complete a survey during Spirit Week in September / October.

5.  (5 min) Upcoming events:

·         Forum on Underage Drinking – Wednesday, April 28^th, 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

·         Horizon Health Svcs is sponsoring a workshop for parents on becoming a Parent Investigator – Tuesday April 20^th, 7:00 – 8:30 pm or Tuesday, April 27^th, 7:00 – 8:30 pm.

·         Information will be posted on the school’s website as well as sent out to PTA parents via E-alert.

6.  (5 min) Resources:

·         MADD Broadband

·         Blue Ribbon video – You make a Difference

·         Signs and Symptoms link – Drug Free America – Interactive website.  Possibly place link on Town website?

7.  (5 min) Updates / Follow-ups:

·         April 27^th – joint PTA meeting – Tuesday, April 27, 2010 @ 6:30 pm, List Dollendorf & Dan Stinson will attend and provide information.

·         Operation Drug Free Program – Ginny Sukmanowski and Sybil Kenned – will carry over to May meeting.

8.  (10 min) Tip Line:

·         Promotion:  follow-up – One Island listed on Bowling Alley sign. 

·         Kristie to check into Tops donating space on the back of their receipts.  Kristie is not in attendance, will hold over to May meeting.

9.  (5 min) Project Sticker Shock Dates:  April 15^th and May 20^th – High School.

10.  (5 min) PR Subcommittee report:  No new information.

11.  (5 min) NA Report:  No new information.

12.  (10 min)  Implementation of new action steps:

·         Include Tip Sheet in High School report card envelopes.  Will start with tip sheet #1.  Will follow up with Mary Cooke on how tip sheet was distributed to Nursing Homes, Doctor Offices and Hospitals.

13.  (5 min) New Business / Roundtable:

14.  Next Steps:

·         Dan will check with Linda & Kristie regarding contacting drug stores to distribute tip sheets.

Next meeting:  May 11^th, 2010 @ 4:30 pm in the small cafeteria.