InterAgency Alliance March 2007

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#990000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <A HREF="http://www.gcchc.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.gcchc.org"><U>Home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Calendar"><U>Calendar</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Grant County Information"><U>Grant County Information</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Health Council"><U>Health Council</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Council Staff"><U>Council Staff</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Community Meetings "><U>Community Meetings </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="InterAgency Alliance"><U>InterAgency Alliance</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Highlights "><U>Highlights </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id453.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Resource Directory 2007"><U>Resource Directory 2007</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>InterAgency Alliance March 2007</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> InterAgency Alliance</div> <div> <B>March 15, 2007</B></div> <div> <B>In attendance:  Melvyn Gelb, Alice Jones, Nancy Kailing, Pat Kingsley,</B></div> <div> <B>Michael Lavelle, Shelly Lennay, Lynn Lewis, Kendra Milligan, Susan Rice, Rachel Tais, Darlene Tarpley, Beth Walker</B></div> <bR> <div> Meeting called to order 8:30 am</div> <div> Alice apologized for not attending last month's meeting.  She was in Santa Fe lobbying for Early Childhood Bills.</div> <div>   </div> <div> Introductions and Announcement:</div> <bR> <div> Rachel Tais:  Department of Labor.  SIGRED mentoring 26 kids working in the community, placing people in jobs.  Danny Mitchell is recruiting seniors to work in the community.</div> <bR> <div> Nancy Kailing: GCCHC, PFLAG, NAMI, Safe Schools.  The Silver City Safe Schools Committee began April 4, 2004.  It is involved with fitness and nutrition and new school board policy.</div> <bR> <div> Lynn Lewis:  Family to Family Coordinator WNMU and Town of Silver City.</div> <div> Helping to coordinate child care in the community.</div> <bR> <div> Beth Walker: WNMU Social Work.  The week of June 4 there is a conference on campus concerning Border Issues.</div> <div> Also, Jimmy Carter (Habitat House) will be on the WNMU Campus in Gallup</div> <bR> <div> Melvin Gelp:  Public Health Nurse.  Involved with fitness and nutrition in the Silver Schools  (FANS)  He reports that the Silver Schools are in 100% compliance with the Food and Nutrition Bureau.  </div> <div> He is working with La Vida.  Gila Regional has been approved by the Diabetes Association.  Active and Alive  offering free exercise class on April 14.</div> <bR> <div> Susan Rice:  Silver schools.   School Health Advisory Board meets 3<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >rd</FONT> Thursday of the month at 3:30 pm.</div> <bR> <div> Pat Kingsley:  WNMU Adult Basic Education. (flyers and information distributed)</div> <div> May 8- Job Fair</div> <div> March 1-Dec 31- PNM will pay for all GED tests Statewide  Inquire at Watts Hall.</div> <bR> <div> Alice Jones:  WNMU</div> <div> April 13-14 Counseling Ed. Program  Spiritual Wellness/ Pathways to Practical Wellness/ The Neutral Zone (Information was distributed)</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Discussion:</div> <div> Beth Walker talked about WNMU Social Work.  She also talked about the discussion that was held during the meeting last month.  She said that several people had a hard time getting to this meeting because of the time it was held. She said Mr. Hamilton suggested having another meeting and on Feb 4 held a meeting at the Red Barn at noon.  There were about the same number of people present as at this meeting today.  She asked if this group could change the time of this meeting.  Maybe that the two groups take different directions and suggested Kendra go to both meetings and relay messages to both.  </div> <bR> <div> Kendra said it would be difficult for her to add another meeting to her schedule.</div> <bR> <div> Melvin stated that the two groups need to come together instead of having two diluted groups.  He said that two weak groups were not as valuable to the community. </div> <bR> <div> Alice stated that from her perspective of ten years that this existing group was involved in sharing and networking and, in the past, had a strong political voice with legislative committees.  At one point the group was a major lobby arm.  </div> <div> She stated that the group could alternate a regular meeting with an alternate committee forum.</div> <div> A follow up discussion was needed.</div> <bR> <div> Next month's meeting can be a Strategic Planning Meeting to reorganize, elect officers, and have a secretary that will take minutes OR a Community Forum discussing the issues of the community.</div> <bR> <div> Need to identify the goals and functions of IAA.  Set a strategic plan and if unable either join other groups or disband.</div> <div> It was stated that we do have a Mission Statement in place.</div> <bR> <div> Kendra stated that Mary Stoeker, not present, wants to keep the meeting time and dates the same.</div> <div> Kendra thinks we need to merge with the other group-to form a round table-and in the effort to increase enrollment.</div> <bR> <div> There was a vote to have a Strategic Planning Meeting on April 19 at 8:30 am.</div> <div> 10 yes/ 2 no</div> <bR> <div> There was a discussion regarding the changing of time of the meeting and Alice stated the time was not the issue and that the group needed to refocus.</div> <bR> <div> Meeting was adjourned at 10:30 am.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>