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Planning |
Facilitator: Frank
Tetto |
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Note Taker:
Alycea Tetto | ||||
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Frank Tetto, Maria Tetto, Alycea Tetto,
Phil Graziano, Carol LaForte, Steve Lewis, Grace Cerrato, Joe
Gallagher. A new member,
Cathlin Lyons, was introduced. | ||||
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Frank Tetto
called the meeting to order at 7:15 pm. Minutes from the
last meeting were reviewed and accepted. Agenda
Item: Status
Reports Attorney
Search Phil reported
that he has found an attorney willing to do the work for us pro-bono. He is Pierce Butler, 908-689-2550. Accountant
Search Frank has tried
reaching out to the accountant he mentioned last meeting, but hasn�t yet
been able to touch base with him. Sponsorship Frank has met
with Father Bob about sponsorship.
St. Jude�s has been offered as our sponsor. He will meet with him again at a
later date to define it a little more; esp. with regard to fund-raising,
and to make sure we�re all on the same page. A discussion ensued about how
fund-raising would work, but no conclusion was
reached. Web
Site Phil announced
that the web site is now up and accessible on the web at http://www.mycommunitycareteam.com/. The web site has the potential for
up to 300 mailboxes, and the idea is that a contact page will be added on
which the visitor need only to click on an address to send an e-mail. We also discussed setting up a
chat room. Joe suggested a
message board with threads, and Phil suggested a FAQ
page. By-Laws Joe reviewed his
draft of the by-laws. He
suggested that it be sent out to the general membership for review,
comments and suggestions.
Carol and/or Joe will e-mail it to me for
distribution. Business
Plan The business
plan drafted by Mary and presented at the last meeting still needs some
�fleshing out�. Frank
suggested that we form a committee to formulate and implement Phase I,
setting up the web site with links.
The initial Web Content Committee will comprise of Alycea, Grace,
Steve and Phil, who will chair the committee. The target date for proposed
content, i.e., a list of appropriate web links, is May 20, 2003. Suggestions for formatting the
links included grouping in order of the process one should follow, and/or
grouping by need/goal. We can
also solicit feedback from visitors to the site to determine validity and
usefulness of a link, and also solicit additional members to the committee
once we begin having general meetings. Phase II
involves reaching out to the community at large. We need to start identifying
people/families with disability issues, most likely through other churches
and civic organizations.
Within the next few months, we should have a general meeting,
whether inviting just the interested people from St. Jude�s, or whether
through other outreach efforts.
The consensus is that we should begin an outreach to the larger
community. Cathlin
volunteered to serve on the Outreach committee with
Frank. The Center
for Non-Profit Corporations
Frank presented
us with our Membership Certificate from the Center, our first official
recognition as an entity. We
will put that up on the web site. ListServ
MCCT
Lost
cause. Student
Council Letter Frank has
advised them that we are now sponsored by the church. We will keep them abreast of our
progress, and welcome their continued interest in MCCT. By the time the next school year
begins, we should be well underway and their involvement will be
appreciated. Logo Phil presented
several designs by Shauna Haley, a young person in the Parish. A heart design, incorporating the
colors and initials of MCCT was highly touted as being �great�. It�s a starting point, although we
may want to wait until the general meeting to make a definitive
decision. Agenda
Item: New
Business Incorporation The planning
committee has essentially done what it has needed to do. Frank suggested that we form a
committee to complete the paperwork for incorporation. All agreed with Phil that we
should let the attorney do all the paperwork. It was decided that Frank and Phil
will be the point persons to meet with the attorney and get the ball
rolling. They will ask in
particular whether there can be a power-of-attorney to sign the paperwork
until elections can take place.
Phil thought that the meeting can be arranged within the next few
days. Agenda Item: Next MeetingWe discussed the
need for further planning committee meetings before we open it up to
general meetings. We decided
as a group that one more
planning committee meeting must take place in order to tie up loose
ends. This meeting will take
place on Tues., May 27, 2003 at 7:00 pm. Alycea will confirm that the
Parish Center will be available. Phil advised us
that the K of C will be resuming Tuesday night Bingo for the summer,
beginning in June and on-going through August. The first
general meeting will take place towards the end of June, date and time to
be determined. At that
meeting, we will ask for a nominating committee for officers, present the
by-laws for revision and/or approval, and the status of the Web site. At a second general meeting in
July (?), the board can be nominated. The meeting was
adjourned at 8:52pm. | ||||
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Alycea will
distribute minutes to attendees. | ||||
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