Meeting Activities
Executive Committee (EC) Meeting
Date: February 18, 2015
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ISSUE:
1. Call to order, Introductions
2. Minutes January 21, 2015
3. Executive Director’s (ED)Report
4. Review Agenda for January Council Meeting
5. Nominating Committee
6. New/Old Business
7. Adjournment
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DISCUSSION:
1. Meeting convened at 2:40 PM.
2. Minutes were approved.
3. ED Report: Marcia Tewell reported that the recent Lunch and Learn on Bullying in the Schools was well
received, with over 60 attendees.
She will sit on the Alliance Conflict of Interest Committee for another two months as it is
time-limited.
and value after that time period.
Mary McGhee will leave the department at the end of the month, due to re-structuring.
Boards and Commissions will be dismantled, and Council may be under the Community
Living Centers which could be viewed as a conflict of interest.
Discussion revolved around the mandate of being independent of service providers with the
Department of Human Services.
Marcia will be meeting on Friday at 2 pm with all her backup information to try and maintain
the independence of Council.
4. Council Agenda Review: The general consensus of the committee was that watching videos for 20
minutes or longer was a waste of valuable time.
The committee concluded that reports from other committees were not
generating any meaningful dialogue. Mary Anne suggested that a committee
report focus on one topic and allow Council to discuss that in depth. She
believed Council breaking out into smaller groups was a disservice to all
Council Members, who would miss out on hearing the contributions from the
other groups.
Tim Hudner voiced his opinion that Council meetings should be as interactive
as possible.
Barb Ramsay will talk about the changes at the Division at March’s Council
meeting. It was agreed that Council should ask how we can partner with Barb
with the changes occurring within the division.
Sue Fager offered to invite people knowledgeable with the Comprehensive
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Review and Analysis to come and speak about the reports that Council must
submit to the Feds.
5. Grants Updates: Katie Grange said Planning and Grants will discuss topics and priorities to fund at next
week’s meeting.
Another issue will be the upcoming public forums and formulating questions for them.
She will also update the progress of the Civic Engagement documented quote.
6. Legislative and Public Policy Committee: Ed George said the committee is following the Parents’ Bill of
Rights legislation and will use this bill for the mock hearing at
April’s Legislative Workshop.
Marcia concurred, saying it was straightforward and
controversial for debate.
Mary Anne distributed a sheet from Disability Law regarding
Guardians and the Right to Least Restrictive Environment for
Persons with Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illness.
Confusion was clarified over the L&PP’s wish to have an
informational session on guardianship at the capitol for one of
their committee meetings.
Tim expressed his views on the topic and Mary Anne agreed
with Marcia that this topic of guardianship had multiple layers
to expose.
Guardianship will warrant serious consideration as a Lunch and
Learn topic, separate from the L&PP meeting.
Ideas ranging from a Position paper to a video of people
talking about their experiences with guardianship were offered
up, no concrete decisions were recommended.
7. New Business: Marcia will send out other position papers and articles by Dohn Hoyle.
NEXT MEETING: March 18, 2015 at the Council Offices
8. Adjournment: The meeting ended at 4:35 PM
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ACTION/MOTION/CONSENSUS:
1. Mary Anne moved to approve the minutes; Tim Hudner seconded, and the minutes passed.
2. Topics for future Lunch and Learns were: Employment, Olmstead, Waiver Simplification, Community
Choice Transition, Guardianship and Seclusion and Restraint.
3. Mary Anne Harvey will send Marcia a Conflict of Interest paper.
4. Marcia will inform the Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD) of the
impending change in the Council’s overseeing agency.
5. Ed George requested that future ED reports not be printed on the pink paper; no one objected.
6. Sue will create and distribute to Council a fact sheet based on the Comprehensive Review and Analysis.
7. Marcia will email Committee Chairs to remind them that they should talk about one topic at their March
Council meeting.
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Those in attendance: Katherine Carol, Ed George, Katie Grange (GTM), Mary Anne Harvey, Tim
Hudner (GTM)
Guest: Mikelle Learned
Staff Present: Sue Fager, Lionel Llewellyn, Marcia Tewell
Absent: Jeanette Cordova, Mackenzie Helton, Sarita Reddy
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