Madison County’s Promise
IMPACT Meeting
February 21, 2012
6:30p.m. – Church on the Rock, Oneida, NY
Present: Linda Boylan (Chair), Ruth Bohm, Faith Musachio (Church on the Rock),
Jeff Leheay (Church on the Rock), Tina Louis (Youth Bureau), Cassondra Eyster (Church of the Nazarene),
Sarah Howell (MCP)
I.
II.
III.
Minutes were reviewed and accepted
What do we want to see IMPACT be?
a. Sarah mentioned that IMPACT attendance has been rather sparse in the past few
months, and asked the group what they would like to see IMPACT become.
b. Ruth noted that she thought IMPACT was getting a bit stagnant.
c. Jeff said that instead of casting a wide net and only coming up with a few takers we
should use our connections and focus in on the youth leaders/pastors we know to draw
them in.
i. One suggestion that was made was to have the committee create a “speakers
bureau” that has a list of topics IMPACT members are well versed on and could
speak on, and promote this to area churches.
ii. Another suggestion was to write up what IMPACT really is and work to speak to
area churches/congregations to achieve more participation.
Spring Series
a. Sarah mentioned an idea that Linda, Jeff, and Tina had come up with, that IMPACT could
do a two part series on recruitment to try and draw more people in.
b. The committee liked this idea, however over the course of the discussion the topic
changed from recruitment to several different topics with smaller periods of time
dedicated to the presentations. For April’s meeting the committee decided on having
Linda and possibly Diane talk about how they were successful in getting the Good News
Club up and running in Canastota Schools. Sarah asked if she thought Charles and his
wife Michelle would like to talk about working to get the 7-8th grade Good News club up
and running. Linda will ask if this is something they would be interested in. Jeff said that
he could do a small piece on their youth group, he will ask Dennis to talk with him.
i. Jeff would also like his daughter Aubrina to come and talk about how she
worked to form a lunch time bible study group with a group of students at her
school. – The committee was very excited by this idea.
ii. Each group would get approximately 15 minutes to talk about their piece, and
then we could have 30-45 minutes for discussion.
c. In May for the Networking Dinner Jeff thought we could reach out to Brookfield Bob and
his youth group. He said he knows that they have a pretty successful group. Perhaps Bob
could bring several youth and they could discuss the youth group, why they came to the
group, and what has made them stay. Jeff will reach out to Bob and see if he is
interested in this idea.
d. Linda made the suggestion that we eat first and then hold the presentation following
dinner. The committee thought this would be fine and agreed that it would probably be
a better way to run the networking dinner.
IV.
V.
e. The committee discussed the possible location of the events, and decided that it should
be held at the same location both months. Tina will check on the First Presbyterian
Church of Oneida to see if the space is open for both April and May.
f. Promotion of the events was also discussed. The committee will send out newsletter
style invitations for the event to draw people in. They will also reach out to people via
personal connections to try and get more participation. Sarah will work on creating a
mock newsletter invite for the March meeting.
g. The committee also briefly discussed inviting the press to cover the events. Sarah can
contact Aliana Potrikus from the Post Standard, and we can invite John Haeger from the
Oneida Dispatch. Sarah will also run some press releases for the event.
Announcements
a. Sarah announced the Mock Oscars at the Kallet Theater in Oneida sponsored by Reality
Check. This event was for students in grades 7-12. The event was held on February 25th
from 7p.m.-11p.m.
b. Tina announced a bullying prevention program that will be held at the Onieda Public
Library on March 27th at 6:00p.m. Tim Collin a graduate of V.V.S will be bringing his
Standing by/Standing up program to Madison County. This program is appropriate for
students in grades 4-12 and parents. Please contact Michele Ryan at the Oneida Public
Library for more details.
The next IMPACT meeting is March 20th at 6:30p.m.- Linda is checking with Charles Motley to
see if he would like to host this meeting at Conquest Christian Church in Canastota. I will let you
know as soon as I know where our next meeting is taking place.