Madison County’s Promise Community Board Meeting
October 1st, 2009
Koester Building
Present: Jan Thorton (Madison Cortland ARC), JoAnne Morak (CAP), Maureen
McCullough (CAP), Carrie Hunt (Madison County Planning Department), Donna
Cashman (NYS Dept. of Health), Melissa Clarke (STOP), Sarah Johnson (BRiDGES),
Lisa Murray (Chittenango HS), Dan Lehman (Jesus Street), Adam Burnett (Project
CAFÉ), Kari Shanahan (OCM BOCES), Lisa Benn ( Head Start), Tina Louis (Act for
Youth), Joanne Eddy (Youth Bureau), Steve Goodfriend (STOP DWI), Mike Fitzgerald
(DSS), Terri Becker (Cornell Cooperative Extension), Valerie Offutt ( Morrisville
College), Dawn Smith (Oneida Indian Nation), Josie Glos (Project CAFÉ), Beth Seeley
(community member), Kim Sacco (Syracuse Anti-Drug Commission), Bob Pezzolesi
(Alcohol Policy), Chief Meeker (Oneida City Police), Gretchen Slater (BRiDGES),
Susan Jenkins (BRiDGES), Kim Lorraine (CAP), Maureen Campanie (MCP), Molly
Gamble (Colgate University)
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The meeting was called to order by Chair Lisa Benn at 9:35 am.
Vote on new chair of Family Management, Kim Lorraine and JoAnne Morak
for Vice-Chair of Coalition. Motion by Terri Becker, second by Dan Lehman.
Both new members approved.
Presentation of awards to those resigning from the coalition- Dan Lehman and
Marla Velky-Reger. Susan Jenkins spoke about Dan’s service through Jesus
Street and as a member of the coalition. Marla was not able to be present at
the meeting; her award will be sent to her.
Colgate graduate Molly Gamble who interned at BRiDGES and STOP DWI
during the summer presented on a Alcohol Mapping Project. The project
showed the relationship between on-premise locations, off-premise locations,
DWI crashes, and schools and DWI crashes. The project was modeled after
research by Bob Pezzolesi who developed a similar project based on Syracuse
data. Comments included that follow up on violence and DWI / DUI arrests,
on bar density and suicide, establishments that sell to minors and schools,
snowmobile and ATV crashes and establishment location would be
interesting.
Board members were given out the MCP By-Laws to review and send any
comments / changes to Mo or Sara in the next few weeks. A vote will be held
at the December board meeting.
AnnouncementsProject CAFÉ is holding a costume exchange. Also restarting their
open mic nights on Thursdays from 6-8 and substance-free
entertainment on Fridays 8-10.
Kari Shanahan announced she is working on a project through the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to build community health leaders
to improve access to care. She passed around a Declaration of Health
Rights for anyone interested in supporting the effort. The idea behind
the effort being the everyone has a right to health care.
STOP DWI- announced community meetings in Morrisville and
Hamilton centered around alcohol issues. The next meeting for
Hamilton is October 14th. The SADD Conference will be held in
November, tentatively the 17th at New Beginnings Church. STOP DWI
will also be working on a Traffic Fair in April with Morrisville
College.
BRiDGES will offer the next Strengthening Families Program in
November in Canastota. Flyers will be sent out. The next TIPS Server
training will be on October 29th from 9:30-4 at BRiDGES, no cost for
participants.
Susan mentioned the panel presentation on social host law. Melissa
mentioned that the effort is moving forward in Cazenovia. Social Host
provides more options for law enforcement in regards to consequences
for underage drinking parities.
Caz Action will be holding coffee talks beginning in November and
running through February on various topics related to risk factors and
substance abuse. The hope is to engage more community members
through these conversations.
VII. The meeting next Community Board meeting will be held December 3rd at
3pm at the Hamilton Bookstore at which time the mini grant winners will present
on their projects.