Executive Director Update
November 13, 2015
2015: October-November Results and News
• The Health Care Consortium is official. It is known
as the “NY Nonprofit Benefits Exchange sponsored
by the Council of Agency Executives and the Human
Services Leadership Council”. There are 10 founding
members: two HSLC member agencies and eight from the
Council of Agency Executives (COAE) in Rochester. Negotiated
rates will take effect January 1, 2016.
2015: October-November Results and News
TRAINING and HR AFFINITY GROUP:
• 21 people from 12 member agencies will “graduate”
the Excellent Supervisor course on November 20.
We anticipate offering the course again in 2016.
• The HR Affinity Group members will meet on
November 12 with Katie Doucette and Susan
Burgess of the Leading Element, to work out
specifics of a “Time Management” workshop for
HSLC members. The goal is to help agencies and their
staffs address the challenges of managing workload demands,
expectations and time. The HR Affinity Group identified the
need for this training, in response to the new regulations on
classification of exempt/non-exempt employees. We anticipate
offering this training in 2016.
2015: October-November Results and News
FINANCE AFFINITY GROUP:
• The Finance Affinity Group hosted Peter Dunn as
their guest speaker on October 1 and over 15
agencies attended the meeting. New members
joined the affinity group as a result of this meeting.
Many attendees indicated that the opportunity to
dialog with a community leader in a small group
setting was a major benefit of this affinity group.
• Haylor, Freyer and Coon met with the Finance
Affinity Group on November 5. The focus was on
worker’s compensation but the meeting provided an
opportunity for dialog on a range of insurance
issues.
2015: October-November Results and News
ADVOCACY COMMITTEE:
• The Advocacy Committee has completed their work
on the advocacy process guidelines. These
guidelines will be presented to the HSLC members at
the November 13 meeting for approval. This will
enable the committee to begin advocacy work, using
these guidelines, at the outset of 2016.
2015: October-November Results and News
RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS:
• The HSLC has purchased a CD of a webinar
“Leadership Transitions, Surviving the Unexpected
and Planned Succession Events”. The webinar is
sponsored by Nonprofit WebAdvisor. This CD is
available for any interested agency to use. There is
a single copy available. Please contact Loretta to
borrow the CD.
2015: October-November Results and News
COMMUNITY LIAISON ACTIVITIES:
• Loretta has been invited to serve on a committee to
develop and recommend to the Onondaga Citizens
League possible study topics for 2016.
• Loretta continues to participate in the 2015 OCL
study on transportation, along with HSLC member
agencies, including Providence Services, ACTS,
Welch Terrace, Visions for Change, OnPoint for
College, ARISE, Peace, Inc., Salvation Army, OCMS
and others.
2015: October-November Results and News
FINANCIAL and REPORTING MATTERS:
• The HLSC will present a year-end report with 2015
highlights to funders on December 8, 2015.
• The October, 2015 financial statement is available to
members upon request.
• A reminder that 2016 dues will be billed in December
2015 and will be due by January 31, 2016. The dues
increase in 2016, in accordance with the current HSLC threeyear plan (2014-2016), is approximately 33% over the 2015 dues
rate.
2015: October-November Results and News
SURVEYS:
• Results from the “State of the Human Services
Nonprofit Sector” survey will be made available by
early December. We are awaiting the final report
from the SU student through the Community Link
program.
• Regarding the Financial Impact data request, please
respond as soon as possible. This is crucial
information for the HSLC strategic planning process.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN
THESE SURVEYS!! YOUR COOPERATION PROVIDES
VITAL DATA TO COMMUNICATE THE COLLECTIVE
IMPACT OF THE HSLC MEMBERSHIP!!
2015: October-November Results and News
• Along with a number of HSLC member agencies,
Loretta attended the Syracuse community meeting
on November 9 at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
(The Harvest Christian Center) to hear a presentation
by Ed Dougherty on the Rochester-Monroe AntiPoverty Initiative. At the November 13 HSLC
members’ meeting, we will have time on the agenda
to engage in a follow-up to the discussion begun at
that meeting, regarding next steps for Syracuse.