Notes from the Meeting, Tuesday, August 20

Attending:Ý ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Susan Buell , Ann Luther, Marty Lyons, Doug Michael

Next Meeting:Ý ÝÝÝ Friday, August 30, 2002

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 10:00 a.m. (following the meeting on One ME grant)

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Jennyís Conference Room, MDI High School

Agenda

… Outcome from the Susan Savell Meeting/Communities for Children

o Next Steps

… Issues facing Youth Sub-Committee

o Update on State of the Island Report, key measures

o Sports issues, Open Gym initiative, etc.

o Re-survey local youth on their physical activities

o Transportation, launching a walking/biking program

o RFP for One ME grant monies for tobacco and alcohol prevention ages 12-17

o Need to develop a group of core youth grades 6-12 to join the Youth Subcommittee

… Report from the Steering Committee

o Need a ghostwriter for an editorial piece on Youth issues

o Need representative to work on the web site

o Need to contribute to the qualitative survey

o MDI Tomorrow full group meeting Thursday, August 22, pot luck desserts.Ý Can we contribute?

o November MDI Tomorrow conference is still scheduled for . . .

Outcome from the Susan Savell Meeting/Communites for Children

The meeting on August 8 was very successful.

… Susan Savell did an outstanding job; she gave a clear and upbeat presentation.

… About 40 community members attended.

… Of those who completed a post-registration form (about 30 attendees), nearly all would support the formation of a Communities for Children initiative on MDI.

… Seven or eight people signed up for the Kitchen Cabinet, including two youth

Next Steps:

… Convene the Kitchen Cabinet

o Hope for a group of between 10 and 20 people, including youth and key adult stakeholders.

o Desire to be inclusive and open to all perspectives.

o Use the seven or eight people who volunteered to get organized, plot the course, then recruit others.

o May need someone additional from Tremont ñ possibly Ralph and Francis Reed.

o Set the date September for 16^th, 17^th, 19^th, or 20^th.

o Ask Ron Beard to facilitate ñ key the final date(s) from his availability.

o Topics for the first meeting of the Kitchen Cabinet:

- Review existing material

- Governance, decision making process, roles

- Define leadership core, representation on the Kitchen Cabinet

- Develop an educational model to draw in more players, build value for the program

- Plan to launch asset surveys among youth

- Letter of Intent to Communities for Children (this comes with $1,000 start-up grant).

Other Next Steps regarding Communities for Children

… Decide whether to use Healthy Acadia or another agency as an umbrella coalition and fiscal agent.Ý There is potentially a significant overlap in mission with Healthy Acadia.

… Borrow a program description and other materials from a community thatís up and running.Ý Ellsworth?

Update on the State of the Island Report, Key Measures

We identified the following measures to research:

… Food pantries, families served

… Sports facilities usage

… Incident reports from schools, youth-youth and adult-youth:

o Bullying

o Mistreatment

o Teasing and put-downs

o Sexual harassment

… Teen suicides

… Substance use and abuse

… Tobacco addiction

… Poverty gap, wealth divergence

… Fighting, assault between teens

… Emancipated kids

… Auto accidents, drinking & driving

… Breaking the law

… Household & gun accidents

… Unprotected sex, teen pregnancy, STDís

… Obesity, exercise & diet

Draft Agenda for Next Meeting

Continue with the agenda above ñ we ran out of time.