The Waterville Community Connections board met on Sep. 12 at 10 a.m. at Cummiskey Law office in Waterville. Members present were Cindy Kennedy, Jane Cummiskey, Dave Cummiskey, Lynne Coleman, Diane Munson and Karen Bauer.
There was discussion about the Community Resource Forum scheduled for Oct. 4, 4-6:30p.m. at Gilligan's. Diane will send the invitation and information letters out by Sept. 15. RSVP's are requested by Sept. 27th. We will send out email reminders to those who do not respond. There are about 40 to 50 participants invited including the WCC board.
Cindy will talk to Jennifer about the agenda, and it was suggested we should have a brochure about WCC and nametags for participants. We should also have an evaluation form that could be filled out at the forum. Lynne will be handling the brochure, statistics and data. Possibly have snacks and small gifts on the tables, Karen would handle this, as well as setting up a photo display.
The Friends of the Library made a $500.00 donation to the Waterville Library for the purchase of books and materials. The library will decide what's needed and bill us.
Adjournment by concensus.
Karen Bauer
Note taker/editor/blogger.
The Waterville Community Connections board met at 10:00 a.m. on Aug. 30, at the Cummiskey Law office in Waterville. Members present were Cindy Kennedy, Dave Cummiskey, Lynne Coleman, Beverly Nelson-Brown, Diane Munson and Karen Bauer.
Jennifer Nelson from SMIF also attended.
Jennifer advised us on how we could organize a Community Resource Forum. She and other people from SMIF will provide facilitation and "asset mapping" at the forum. This will identify the community's assets and providers, so they, the providers, can see what other providers are doing in the community, in order to determine needs and overlaps of services. The WCC and Jennifer tentatively scheduled Oct. 4, 2011 for the forum, and the Waterville Community Connections board will plan the event and invite service providers to the forum. After Jennifer left, the board made some plans for the event.
Dave will call Gilligan's to reserve space for the event. Time for the event was decided, 4 p.m. to 6:30, with 30 min. for registration and refreshments.
Diane Munson, with the help of other members, composed a letter to be sent as an invitation to the providers. She will fine tune it and email to the others for revisions, suggestions and approval. She and Lynne will develop a database to record names of invitees and RSVPs.
Suggestions were made as to who should be invited, and the Waterville Area Volunteer Directory, developed by the Waterville Community Connections, was used as a source for many of the names, and there were other suggestions of names from the board. A representative of each organization or provider will be invited.
Cindy will keep contact with Jennifer in regard to times, location, etc.
RSVPs should be sent, via email or phone, to Cindy.
The board would like to develop a brochure about WCC to be handed to participants.
An evaluation form would be given out also.
The board will meet here again Sep. 12 to finalize the plans.
In other business, a motion was made by Cindy and seconded by Diane, to approve the submission of SMIF Community Foundation Partnership Grants. Grants will be submitted for Entrepreneur Development by Kimberly Gossen, and Early Childhood Development by Lynne Coleman. Motion approved.
Karen Bauer
Note taker/editor/blogger.
Waterville Community Connections Aug. 8, 2011
The Waterville Community Connections Steering Committee met at Cummiskey Law Office in Waterville at 10:30 a.m. on Aug. 8, 2011.
Committee Reports:
A.) Beautification:
*Motion made by Diane and seconded by Beverly, to pay Jim Frost $71.22 for the military sign he made and installed at the Senior Center, out of the Ride Around Town funds. Motion carried.
*Discussion on signage for the downtown benches, Jim Frost would do the signs. These would be used on benches that were bought as memorials.
*Concensus approval for Jane to submit a proposal to Hone Depot for up to $5,000.00 grant money to buy products for the Downtown Beautification Group for next year. We would try to work with the city to see what equipment might be needed.
B.) Jobs Workteam: No action
C.) Youth Workteam:
*Reviewal and approval of the proposal that Lynne is presenting to the City Council for a Year Round program for youth and families. Lynne needs support at the City meeting, so members should attend if possible. Concensus approval.
D.) Treasurer's report. Unavailable.
E.)General Fundraising:
*Jane and Dave will go to the State Fair on Sep. 3rd to accept $500.00 we won in Competition with other towns.
*Schedule a meeting with Jennifer Nelson from SMIF. Have her facilitate a forum with other providers in Sep. or Oct.
Reports from Projects:
A.) Sakatah Arts Experience: Motion made by Karen and seconded by Diane to approve the final report and expenses. The $1200.00 requested for the SAE for expenses was not needed, so it was returned to the SAE line on the funding schedule.
B.) Summer Activities Program:
1. Motion made by Karen and seconded by Bev to accept the $2000.00 grant from the city of Waterville for the summer project. Motion carried.
2. Motion made by Diane and seconded by Bev to approve current expenses of $52.80. Motion carried.
3. Motion made by Karen and seconded by Diane to approve charge accounts of $100.00 each at Davis' Market, Ron's Hardware and Chip's True Value Hardware, for the Activities Program. Motion carried.
4. Concesus approval of the proposal that Lynne sent to Best Buy for the Teen Project.
C.) WV FOL. Friends of the Library made about $70.00 selling used books so far, at the National Night Out and Friday at the Farmer's Market.
D.) Barrels of Hope. Bev reported that the project is going well, and she will be giving school supplies out soon.
Adjournment by concensus.
Karen Bauer
Note taker/editor/blogger.
Friends of the Waterville Library Minutes of the Meeting of July 7, 2011
Posted on July 12, 2011 by 4river
Present: Karen Bauer, Lynne Coleman, Pat Kelm, Cindy Kennedy, Dallas McIntyre, Diane Munson, Sue Neidick, Dennis Woitas.
Cindy Kennedy called the meeting to order at 4:30 P.M.
General Discussion: Lynne Coleman updated the Board on her meeting with the Regional Library’s Personnel Committee. The posted job description is Branch Library Supervisor and does not require any specific librarian qualifications or experience. The application period has been extended until the week of July 11th. The Regional Library Board is not interested in continuing the many innovative programs developed under Lynne’s leadership; their primary focus is to just provide the very basic library functions. Lynne did report that based on her presentation of Summer Youth Activities Program to the Waterville City Council, the City reallocated a sum of money to the Horizons Group to fund this program. The Council also allocated funds for this program for non-school days during the Fall/Winter. Dennis Woitas reported he attended the Regional Library Board meeting at the Le Sueur Library on June 13. He stated nothing relative to the Waterville Library situation was discussed.
Treasurer’s Report: Dallas McIntyre submitted the Treasurer’s Report for the month of July. The only activity was receipt of the check from Echoes in the amount of $73.04 representing reimbursement for the FOL expenses incurred for the Silent Auction/Dance in February. Cash on hand at July 7th was $379.60.
New Business: FOL Brochures: The Board recommended getting the FOL brochures out to the private campgrounds. Sue Neidick volunteered to distribute the brochures. Brochures should also be available at the library. Brochures will be available at the Community Connections Table at the Sakatah Arts Experience on Sunday, July 10. Book Sale: The Board also discussed the need to have a table at the Farmer’s Market on Fridays during the month of August. Lynne Coleman volunteered to organize this program and indicated she will work the first Friday in August. Sue Neidick volunteered to work the 2nd Friday in August. Additional volunteers will be needed to fill out the month of August as well as work with Lynne in setting up the table, hauling books, etc. National Night Out – August 2nd: Diane Munson will contact Rachel Androli to ask if FOL can have a table at the Lion’s Park to hand out our brochures, sell books, etc. WEM City-Wide Garage Sale: The Board plans to participate and conduct a book sale during the WEM City-Wide Garage Bike Trail Sale. A volunteer is needed to coordinate this event. (As of today, July 12th, no date has been set for this event. Diane Munson will follow-up with Lisa at Lake Region Life to see when this event will be scheduled.)
Schedule of Upcoming Events: August 2: National Night Out – Lion’s Park 5:00 P.M. – Dusk.
Final Details Pending Diane Munson Volunteering August 4: FOL Library Meeting 4:30 P.M. – Library Pat will put new meeting time on Library’s Calendar August 5: Farmer’s Market Book Sale — 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM Lynne Coleman to Coordinate Lynne Coleman Volunteering August 12:
Farmer’s Market Book Sale — 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM Sue Neidick Volunteering August 19: Farmer’s Market Book Sale – 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM Volunteer needed August 26:
Farmer’s Market Book Sale – 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM Volunteer needed
Date & Time Pending WEM City-Wide Trails Garage Sale Volunteers needed There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Diane Munson
Waterville Horizons Community Connections Steering Committee 7/5/11
Posted on July 7, 2011 by 4river
The Waterville Horizons Community Connections board met at 10:00 a.m. on July 5, at the Singing Hills Coffee Shop in Waterville. Members present were Cindy Kennedy, Jane Cummiskey, Dave Cummiskey, Lynne Coleman, and Karen Bauer. Kim Gossen attended as a representative from the Sakatah Arts Experience.
Jane showed us the recent spreadsheet with the group’s financial situation, showing that we have about $4000.00 in our SMIF fund that is not allocated to certain projects.
Jane had a list of areas where money was requested to pay expenses for the upcoming Sakatah Arts Experience and other areas. These expenses were previously approved by the WHCC board.
The items were:
1 $300.00 to Rochester International Dance Studio, LLC
2. $300.00 to Zach Benson, Tombstone Trio Band
3. $300.00 to John Hiscox, Chance Meeting Band
4. $300.00 to Krista Wilkowske, Flathead Cats Band
5. $400.00 to Dennis Cummiskey, for set-up and use of tents,
6. $65.00 to Waterville Chamber of Commerce for Dues,
7. $105.70 to Suel Printing Co. for Friends of the Library brochures,
8. $128.00 to Lake Region Life,
9. $800.00 to Kim Gossen.
The purpose of today’s meeting was to find fund raising opportunities for the group’s projects and needs. Some of the proposed items were:
*Bring back the New Year’s Eve Luminaries project. Luminaries, bags with sand and candles, are sold to sponsors for a certain amount each, placed around Sakatah Bay, and lit on New Year’s Eve, as a drive-by attraction.
*Provide hot chili and muffins to fishermen on the day of Walleye fishing opener
in May, with a free will donation.
*Apply for SMIF incentive grants.
*Explore other grant opportunities.
*With future grant or donated funds, hire a full time person as a community development co-ordinator.
Other items mentioned:
The Minneapolis Foundation, holding the Sakatah Foundation funds.
Work with Chamber, meet with them as a group, to encourage community development.
Offer a trainer for small towns festivals, possibly through Extension.
Have a form available for nonprofits to fill out when proposing fund requests.
At our next meeting, Aug. 8, plan for a community forum to be held in Sept, possibly with Extention facilitating it.
Lynne mentioned the need for more summer reading events, as proposed
by Sally Pelant. The proposal will be presented to the City Council this evening. We discussed the fact the city has always provided funds for this at the library, but there has been no request this year due to changes at the library. It would be good to have the funds for the Summer Reading Program channeled through SMIF. This idea was approved by the board, by concensus. There was discussion about using the library during closed hours, using the senior center, Lynne would attempt to talk to Shirley about it.
Meeting adjourned by concensus.
