Next meeting

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Lunch, 11:30

Business Meeting, Noon to 1:00 pm

VeeB's Restaurant

San Saba, Texas

TASK FORCE: Same Time, New Day, New Place

Dear All:

The Task Force has changed the date and venue for its meetings.

From now on it will be the SECOND TUESDAY of every month, 11:30 am (for lunch), with the business portion of the meeting held from 12 to 1 pm, in the meeting room at VeeB's Restuarant on Hwy. 16 North, which is a couple blocks north of the railroad underpass (for you out-of-towners).

At our next meeting -- on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 -- we will be taking photos for the paper of Judge Theodosis signing the proclamation declaring April 13-19 as Crime Victims Awareness Week, and we may also have a special guest from Brownwood who will tell her own story.

Don't miss this meeting. It will make it very clear to you why we do the work we do.

Trip to Abilene - Noah Project

Members of the SSDVTF are planning a trip to Abilene to meet with representatives of the Noah Project to brainstorm and take stock of developments and trends there and in nearby communities, and to discuss the work our task force is doing in San Saba. The trip is tentatively scheduled for early April. More to follow. Any task force member interested in coming should speak to either Brenna or Georgia. Or, if you are unable to join us but would like to have a topic addressed or discussed on behalf of you or your agency, let us know and we'll make sure it gets addressed.

More Photos of March Meeting

Left, general photo. Right, Donna Webb and Cathie Lehman.

SSDVTF - March meeting

The March meeting was a great success. Definitive plans have been made for April activities. Read the minutes below.



(Pictured from far left around the table are: Tonnie Robbins, Georgia Harris, Ross Cox, Charles Carter, Rick Daniels, Cathie Lehman, Donna Webb, and Kathy Dixon; not pictured, Brenna Troncoso)

Minutes - March 12, 2008

Minutes

San Saba Domestic Violence Task Force

March 12, 2008

Ma & Pa’s Restaurant

The meeting was called to order at 12 noon. In attendance were: Tonni Robbins, Kathy Dixon, Donna Webb, Cathie Lehman, Charles Carter, Rick Daniels, Ross Cox, Sr., Brenna Troncoso, and Georgia Harris.

The minutes were read by GH and a motion to accept the minutes as read were made by T.R. and seconded by BT.

GH read a note from the teens who presented at last months meeting, thanking us for “letting us present our program to your committee. A special thanks for providing bags, t-shirts, pamphlets, and the cards for our project. We also appreciate your inviting us to be on a Teen Dating Violence Task Force.” Signed by Selleca Robles and Jennifer Anaya

GH reported that the two girls had placed 3^rd in regional competition and would be going to state competition in a few weeks. Mrs. Carter, their teacher, has requested that we help the girls to present between now and state competition at any function by contacting anyone we know.

There were not any police or sheriff’s department updates as Allen Brown with the Police Department was ill and unable to attend and no representative for the Sheriff’s department was present.

Protocols were discussed and it was the consensus that we would continue to work to fine tune the protocols and possibly plan an official signing in conjunction with a training or the 10^th anniversary of the Dove Project (in July)

BT handed out a training manual to those wishing a copy of the Criminal Justice System Response Training that she attended in Bastrop. There was discussion of bringing the training to San Saba County. A copy of the materials should now be available at the Rylander Public Library (some one please check). BT also stated that she would be contacting the library about placing additional literature there about domestic violence and the Political Asylum Project or any other organization dealing with DV/FV. She also suggested we discuss the possibility of developing a SSDVTF Mentor program for high school students interested in career development and education.

The SSDVTF then discussed the calendar for the year. Activities for the SSDVTF will try to focus on at least one event per month.

• For April the focus will be two pronged - on National Crime Victims Week April 13-19 and on Child Abuse Awareness Month.
• For Crime Victims Week, KD suggested we get hold of the packet put out by Crime Victims and get the sample proclamation. KL stated that she had a friend whose child was a victim of crime 2 years ago and felt she would be willing to talk about it. DW offered to write a human interest story about a victim of crime to run concurrently with the proclamation to be published in the newspaper.
• As for Child Abuse Awareness month, CL is coming to San Saba next week and will meet with GH about strategies for the month and possible psa’s that could be run on the radio. The Task Force will plan some sort of public event and/or announcement for EACH WEEK OF APRIL. PSAs, radio interviews, newspaper stories, etc. Each effort will reference either directly or indirectly the SSDVTF.

With regard to development & funding either by grants or fundraising for the purpose of paying for food for future trainings or to purchase literature :

DW is going to look into a grant proposal from OVW (Office of Violence against Women) to support coalition and grassroots efforts. DW will see if we need to have non-profit status and is wanting to see if she can do it as part of a work project for her Masters in Nursing school.

GH suggested that we consider selling Roses for Mother’s Day with the proceeds going to the SSDVTF. This had been successful in Brownwood. She will get more information on that.

Due to several members having to leave, the discussion about a 5 year plan and 10 year plan was tabled until a future meeting.

NOTICE: The Family Services Center of Brownwood wishes to be a part of the taskforce but Wednesday is not possible. FSC will start coming to the Dove Project on Tuesdays to provide am AA/NA class and support group at the Dove Project. They have asked if the taskforce could be changed to Tuesdays. GH will send out a memo to task force members and ask for input. If most are in agreement, the task force will meet on Tuesday.

Minutes by Georgia Harris

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