Minutes of the February 13th, 2009 STNED Steering Committee Meeting
In Attendance: Sara Palmer-Community Foundation, Chris Sproule-Triangle Fund, Dick Russell-Faith in Action, Pat Rogers- Institute for Human Services, Joyce Hyatt-Chemung Valley Rural Health Network, Nancy Blake- Career Development Council, Elaine Farwell-Tanglewood Nature Ctr. & Museum
I. Review of IHS Annual Meeting (March 18th, 2009)
a. Pat stated that it was decided at the last meeting that STNED’s initial meeting be scheduled after the IHS regular meeting. People can go to the IHS meeting and then go to the STNED meeting, or just to the STNED (no charge for conference participants, actual refreshment cost charge to STNED only participants). Pat mentioned possibly doing a pre-conference online survey to identify participant organizational priorities in the current economic environment . Pre-conference registration will be posted online.
II. Mission Statement
a. Joyce brought the template for creating mission statements and after much discussion (and patient editing by Joyce), we came up with the following tentative mission statement for STNED:
“The Southern Tier Non-Profit Directors Group is a network of non-profit executive and management professionals in the Southern Finger Lakes Region of New York State that provides education, peer support and the sharing of ideas to strengthen leadership and promote the collaborative utilization of resources.”
III. STNED Meeting after IHS Annual Meeting
a. What do we want to do at the meeting? Elaine (TW) stated we want to make sure it isn’t a repeat of the first meeting we had at the IHS in Bath in November. We all agreed we want to make sure people know we are making progress. We came up with the following format:
i. Short introduction to NYNED by Andrew Marietta
ii. Pat Rogers will give a short compilation of what the Steering Committee has been working on (including our mission statement). He will also outline how the IHS can support the Group to be more organized and have an internet presence (newsletter, constant contact, web links), which will keep us connected (along with NYNED site) between quarterly meetings.
iii. Establish/OK meeting schedule (taking info. from Andrew’s previous online survey). Might look something like: brown bag lunch meetings, 1st or 3rd week of the month, in Feb/March, May, September and November, roaming locations. We can get more input from everyone at this point (works, doesn’t work, alternate).
iv. Do a Graffiti type exercise with flip charts containing headlines of already established (through another of Andrew’s online surveys of interested directors) important key topics. Attendees will rotate through the topics. Key topics will include: Networking, Fund Development, Grantseeking, Economic & Community Impact of Non-profits and possibly one more? Each chart will have a steering committee member facilitate working through the topics to see what people want more specifically. What does this topic mean to you? What does your organization want to get from the exploration of this topic?
IV. Other Business
a. Joyce (CVRHN) brought up questions about dues (should we have them?), competing groups (there are really none in the immediate area) and take-aways from the meetings. She also suggested having a yearly schedule of sorts so that people know what is coming up and can arrange their schedules accordingly. Dick (FIA) said that we could structure it as Joyce had described. Ours might look something like: Feb/March- Education (piggybacking on the IHS Annual Meeting), May and November-Focus Groups, September-Social Networking.
b. Chris said the Triangle (and Community Foundation) are interested in keeping an eye on the STNED Group and possibly helping us as we move forward. Maybe financially (via a grant?), maybe otherwise, since there is an interest with both Foundations in seeing a group like ours succeed.
c. We should have a logo at least to begin on professionalizing the group. Nancy Blake suggested using a BOCES or CCC student project as they had previously done.
In Attendance: Sara Palmer-Community Foundation, Chris Sproule-Triangle Fund, Dick Russell-Faith in Action, Pat Rogers- Institute for Human Services, Joyce Hyatt-Chemung Valley Rural Health Network, Nancy Blake- Career Development Council, Elaine Farwell-Tanglewood Nature Ctr. & Museum
I. Review of IHS Annual Meeting (March 18th, 2009)
a. Pat stated that it was decided at the last meeting that STNED’s initial meeting be scheduled after the IHS regular meeting. People can go to the IHS meeting and then go to the STNED meeting, or just to the STNED (no charge for conference participants, actual refreshment cost charge to STNED only participants). Pat mentioned possibly doing a pre-conference online survey to identify participant organizational priorities in the current economic environment . Pre-conference registration will be posted online.
II. Mission Statement
a. Joyce brought the template for creating mission statements and after much discussion (and patient editing by Joyce), we came up with the following tentative mission statement for STNED:
“The Southern Tier Non-Profit Directors Group is a network of non-profit executive and management professionals in the Southern Finger Lakes Region of New York State that provides education, peer support and the sharing of ideas to strengthen leadership and promote the collaborative utilization of resources.”
III. STNED Meeting after IHS Annual Meeting
a. What do we want to do at the meeting? Elaine (TW) stated we want to make sure it isn’t a repeat of the first meeting we had at the IHS in Bath in November. We all agreed we want to make sure people know we are making progress. We came up with the following format:
i. Short introduction to NYNED by Andrew Marietta
ii. Pat Rogers will give a short compilation of what the Steering Committee has been working on (including our mission statement). He will also outline how the IHS can support the Group to be more organized and have an internet presence (newsletter, constant contact, web links), which will keep us connected (along with NYNED site) between quarterly meetings.
iii. Establish/OK meeting schedule (taking info. from Andrew’s previous online survey). Might look something like: brown bag lunch meetings, 1st or 3rd week of the month, in Feb/March, May, September and November, roaming locations. We can get more input from everyone at this point (works, doesn’t work, alternate).
iv. Do a Graffiti type exercise with flip charts containing headlines of already established (through another of Andrew’s online surveys of interested directors) important key topics. Attendees will rotate through the topics. Key topics will include: Networking, Fund Development, Grantseeking, Economic & Community Impact of Non-profits and possibly one more? Each chart will have a steering committee member facilitate working through the topics to see what people want more specifically. What does this topic mean to you? What does your organization want to get from the exploration of this topic?
IV. Other Business
a. Joyce (CVRHN) brought up questions about dues (should we have them?), competing groups (there are really none in the immediate area) and take-aways from the meetings. She also suggested having a yearly schedule of sorts so that people know what is coming up and can arrange their schedules accordingly. Dick (FIA) said that we could structure it as Joyce had described. Ours might look something like: Feb/March- Education (piggybacking on the IHS Annual Meeting), May and November-Focus Groups, September-Social Networking.
b. Chris said the Triangle (and Community Foundation) are interested in keeping an eye on the STNED Group and possibly helping us as we move forward. Maybe financially (via a grant?), maybe otherwise, since there is an interest with both Foundations in seeing a group like ours succeed.
c. We should have a logo at least to begin on professionalizing the group. Nancy Blake suggested using a BOCES or CCC student project as they had previously done.
V. Next Meeting
a. Will be planned if needed before the March 18th IHS meeting. We will consult via email about that and to re-look at the mission we developed. Pat will let us know about any needs he has (including additional flip charts and volunteers to facilitate work at the charts) for the March meeting.
a. Will be planned if needed before the March 18th IHS meeting. We will consult via email about that and to re-look at the mission we developed. Pat will let us know about any needs he has (including additional flip charts and volunteers to facilitate work at the charts) for the March meeting.
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