TECC Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
01/08/10
Called to Order by Co-Chair Mary Cecchinato at 12:40p.m.
In Attendance: Donna Labbe, Cheryl Kloczko, Cindy Guerreri, Elaine Hanscom, Stephanie Fowler, Mary Cecchinato, Doreen Deary
Grant Update/Budget Information: Transition Grant Budget presented. Total funds during January through March 2010 are $14,250.00; $6,250 to be received from Graustein Memorial Fund(GMF), $3,000 from City of Torrington’s original $4,777 & $5,000 from ARRA funds (full grant $8,000). Next budget period will be from 4-1-10 to 3-31-11 if grant awarded by GMF. Expenses for the transition period detailed. Largest expense is the coordinator’s salary. Discussion centered around if we should pursue securing 501c3 status for TECC as it grows and pulls in bigger resources. Also had discussion about the TECC coordinator’s job duties. Right now 1/3 of her time is spent in grant writing, 1/3 in administrative work such as scheduling meetings, and 1/3 in event
planning and parent engagement. We discussed the possibility of additional staffing to share job responsibilities so that more of the coordinator’s time can be spent in grant writing, data management and budgets.
Community Plan Update: Our workgroups need direction to maintain consistency in actions. The initial plan was completed and unveiled to the community in 9/09. During this grant transition time we are responding to feedback we have received on the plan document and refining our stories to prepare our grant proposal. Implementation of the plan is a 3 year timeline. Our 4 workgroups are: Parent, Child Growth and Development, Education, Sustainability. We discussed what criteria to consider for choosing strategies to implement in the first 2 years of the plan implementation. 3 topics we discussed were: impact, time and resources. We have a rating tool that each of the work groups can use to rank each of the strategies according to these criteria. This work will need to be
completed by the end of February so we can update the plan document.
Next meeting scheduled for February 12th.
Meeting adjourned at 2:08p.m.
Submitted by Elaine Hanscom
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