Minutes of July meeting

Minutes

SSDVTF, July 8, 2008

VeeB’s Restaurant, San Saba, TX

Call to order – Noon

Those present were: Georgia Harris, Donna Webb, Missy King, Cathie Lehman, Brenna Troncoso, Lindy Schulz, Tonnie Robbins, Charles Carter, Danna Smith, Dee St. John, and Melissa Switzer

A presentation of a beautiful plaque was made by Cathie Lehman to Georgia Harris: FIRST ANNUAL SSDVTF AWARD FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP with the wording “In honor of a bold spirit and 10 years of dedicated leadership to the people of San Saba in the fight against domestic violence.”

Cathie had to leave early for another meeting.

Minutes read and approved

Agency Announcements

-Legal Aid of Northwest Texas – They are back on board after being very busy with the FLDS custody cases in San Angelo. Also, Tonnie had a death in her family and had been unable to attend last month’s meeting. Legal Aid intends to continue to see clients the 2^nd Tuesday of each month.

-CTCADA – Missy King will be going to annual training, hopes to get viable statistics on correlation between dv and drug abuse.

-Melissa Switzer – BIPP Program has picked up, also Brownwood dv group starts this week and the anger management group in San Saba has evolved to a domestic violence taskforce group.

Dove Project 10 Year Anniversary – Georgia reported that the City of San Saba, Economic Development had given $500 towards a media campaign to put on the Fun Fair/Health Fair to be held in conjunction with the 10 year celebration on July 16, 2008. She reported that with the media money we were able to get $850 in sponsorship from the Central Texas Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, City National Bank, Custom Services, Doner Pecan, Everett’s Pharmacy, Everett’s Furniture, Hamrick’s Automotive, State Farm Insurance, and The Taylor Clinic. This will be all the money we will need to pay for a giant waterslide, the Dr. Pepper drink trailer, food, and tote bags to hand out.

-A special thanks to Lindy Schulz for getting many of those sponsors.

-Task Force members were asked to wear their shirts and for those who could to arrive at 9:00 am to set up. Tables will be provided for those who need them and agencies were encouraged to bring brochures, etc.

-A Proclamation will be signed by the Mayor at City Council meeting, declaring; July 16, 2008 Mayor will be there along with others to read it on the 16^th around noon.

-Many agencies have said they would be participating and we are anticipating representatives from the Texas Council on Family Violence.

-Brenna suggested we need to do some Spanish language outreach. Georgia and Brenna will work on getting the flyer translated into Spanish.

Outreach Efforts

-Brenna did a live radio interview with KBAL Radio on July 8, regarding PAPA, Dove Project and SSDVTF.

-Georgia and Dr. Taylor of the Taylor Clinic will do live interview next week on Tuesday and Wednesday of the 10 Year Anniversary.

Status of Grants

No Word as yet regarding any grant notices.

Other Business:

-SSDVTF plan for the future – Brenna encouraged us to not just be a social club but that the Task Force needs to schedule a strategic planning meeting and invite speakers (e.g., Barbara Pearce of the Georgetown Project and Commander Dunn of San Marcos PD/Family Justice Center) to discuss what the task force might accomplish and how to leverage its position in San Saba. In fact, Barbara Pearce had indicated she could come to one of our Fall meetings and Georgia asked City Manager, Stan Weik about her addressing the City Council that night.

-Data collection

-TCFV – Legal Advocacy Network Conference will be held August 15-17, 2008. Lindy, Georgia, and Brenna plan to attend the conference in Midlothian, TX

-Trafficking Conference, FREE, Austin 25-26 (CEUs & TCLEOSE)

Sabrina Maultsby was unable to break loose from the Dove Project for the task force meeting, so a lovely post-meeting presentation – led by Missy King – was had at the Dove Project to present Sabrina with her 1^st ANNUAL SSDVTF AWARD FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP.

Consensus was that we would hold our next meeting at City Hall Council Chambers and make it a brown bag luncheon. It would be quieter and we would have more privacy. Georgia said she would secure the building for the next meeting.

Meeting adjourned at 1 pm.