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MCP Community Board Meeting
6/3/2009
9:30am, Community Action Partnership, Canastota
Present: Sara Coulthart (Madison County’s Promise), Lisa Benn (Madison County Head Start), Kurt
Wheeler (Project Café), Sue Casanova (Tobacco Free Madison County), Heather Bernet (Reality Check),
Kari Shanahan (OCM BOCES), Peggy O’Connor (Hamilton Central School), Mary Bartlett (RSVP and
BRiDGES), Joanne Eddy (Madison County Youth Bureau), Molly Gamble (BRiDGES and STOP-DWI intern),
Donna Cashman (NYS Department of Health), Terri Becker (Cornell Cooperative Extension), Melissa
Clarke (STOP ACT/CAZACTION), Mo Campanie (BRiDGES/Madison County’s Promise), Steve Goodfriend
(STOP-DWI), Lynn Collier (Oneida Daily Dispatch), Cassie Meltzer (BRiDGES intern), JoAnne Morak (CAP),
Kimberly Lorraine (CAP), Laurie Ann Ross (Madison Central School), Valerie Offutt (Morrisville State
College Bridge Program), Dan Lehman (Jesus Street Youth Ministry), Tina Louis (Madison County Youth
Bureau), Jan Thorton (Madison County ARC), Mary Handley (Coalition Evaluator), and Rob Young
(S.T.O.P.P.E.D program).
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Minutes from last meeting were reviewed and approved. Coalition Chair Lisa Benn led the
group in introductions.
Coalition Evaluation:
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Coalition Evaluator Mary Handley led the coalition in an evaluation. Coalition volunteer
members, excluding staff and new coalition members, filled out the evaluation. Mary will
compile the results to share with the coalition. Discussion about the coalition followed the
evaluation.
Review of Sustainability Progress and Action Plan
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Sara reviewed the sustainability progress made by the coalition toward a plan.
The official plan was submitted to funders back in March and has been accepted.
o Copies are available of the sustainability plan, contact Sara for a copy.
Sustainability is important because although the coalition has been refunded for another 5 year
cycle, it is important to consider how the coalition’s work can be sustained beyond the grant the
coalition currently has. It is also important to consider alternative ways of keeping the most
critical outcomes of the coalition running and ‘alive.’
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The Action Plan was reviewed.
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Through sustainability planning, several coalition members identified six “approaches” that the
coalition would work on sustaining first. These approaches include the MCP Mini Grants,
Staying Connected and Communications, Media Campaigns, Town Hall Meetings, Environmental
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Prevention, and TiPS server training. While these are not ALL of the things the coalition wants
to make sure are sustained, these were identified as the most popular.
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The approaches were reviewed again and each was explained in detail1.
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Approach-Mini Grants
Approach-Staying connected and communications
Approach-Media campaigns (Parents Who Host, Underage Drinking….)
Approach-Town Hall Meetings
Approach-Environmental Prevention
Approach-TiPS Server Training
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It was then decided that the most effective way to raise money/resources for each of theses
approaches is to create a toolkit for each that any coalition member can utilize to ask for
money/resources to sustain.
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Each toolkit will be a kit promoting a different approach (Mini Grants, Staying Connected, Media
Campaigns, Town Halls, Environmental Prevention, and TiPS) that coalition members can take
with them out into the community to ask for funds. The coalition hopes to have one or two of
these ready for the Community Board Meeting in September.
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Sara shared the coalition’s possible toolkit contents. A toolkit might consist of –
a. A brochure on the MCP coalition
b. A fact sheet on the specific approach that could include things like statistics on how
effective the approach is (statistics), testimonials, or pictures of the approach (if it is an
event or something of that nature)
c. A sheet with what we are asking for Is it money? Space? Volunteers?
d. A coalition ‘business card’ that has the MCP mission statement and website on one side
and on the other a space for the coalition member to put their own contact information
e. A sample elevator speech for MCP
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A 5-8 minute video on “How MCP Has Effected Me.”
Coalition members were asked to share with Sara any other ideas that they might have for the
toolkits
S.T.O.P.P.E.D Program:
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The coalition welcomed Rob Young of the Madison County Sherriff’s S.T.O.P.P.E.D program.
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Rob shared some interesting statistics about young drivers-
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Motor vehicle crashes are the number one cause of death for young adults between the
ages of 16 and 24.
o 16 to 24 year old drivers only make up 14% of all drivers, yet they are involved in 28% of
all collisions.
o Young drivers are involved in fatal traffic crashes at over twice the rate of the rest of the
population.
o More than 11,000 people aged 15 to 24 were killed in crashes in 2002, and 5940 of
those were drivers and passengers in vehicle operated by drivers ages 16 to 20.
S.T.O.P.P.E.D stands for Sheriff's Telling Our Parents & Promoting Educated Drivers.
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How the program workso
A parent voluntarily registers any vehicles in their household operated by youth under
the age of 21.
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Those vehicles receive a S.T.O.P.P.E.D sticker that can be placed on the windshield of
the registered vehicle.
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If the vehicle is stopped and is operated by the underage youth, a report is filled out by
the Madison County law enforcement that make the stop.
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The report is mailed home to the parents of the young person.
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The program’s goal is to help parents and raise awareness with young drivers before it is too
late.
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Forms are available on the S.T.O.P.P.E.D website - http://madisoncountysheriff.us/stopped to
sign up. They are also available through the Sherriff’s department.
Vote:
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Mary Bartlett and Lynn Collier were both approved as Community Board Members. The
coalition welcomes them.
The next Community Board Meeting will be on September 23, 2009 at 9:30am (location TBA).