CFAC (Consumer And Family Advisory Committee)
Meeting Minutes
MINUTES OF CFAC MEETING
October 1, 2007
Members Present: Bill Cook, Kelly Rodriguez, Leslie Huntley, Ron McKenney, & Rosemary Weaver
Members Excused: Bob Carey, Donna Tatnall, Howard Graves, Kelly Boone, & Mona Cornwell
Staff Present: Melissa Faulkner
Guest: Jim Greer
Community Connections: Upcoming event in SA, Workshop in November, Know Your Rights. Jim will send info to all CFAC members via email.
Meeting
I. Welcome and Introduction
II. Ground Rules - explanation to guests
Posted.
III. Approval of Agenda (Any additions/changes by Committee Members)
Added Carelink Database to end of the agenda, before committee reports.
IV. Review of Minutes of July & September Meeting
- Minutes cannot be approved without quorum. Melissa will send draft of minutes to all members with a deadline for approval, will assume no response is an approval.
- Reviewed CFAC Executive Committee meeting minutes. Discussed Action Plan, Item #7: Letter to the board regarding the meeting time and place. Recommended that CFAC Exec approaches WHN Board Exec with this issue.
V. Membership Recruitment – Discussion of one on one working with providers/ Organizations
Need representation from Transylvania, Henderson, Yancey, Polk, and Rutherford. Bill will work on Yancey. Kelly will approach the Hendersonville Mayors Committee. Rosemary will work on Rutherford. Jim will try to recruit minorities. Will try to have equal representation across all disabilities and counties, but mostly concerned with getting membership up. Email Leslie nominations along with reason for nomination. Will take to the Executive Committee meeting.
VI. CFAC Role at WHN Annual Meeting
11/15/07. Will need to nominate consumers or advocacy groups that have done positive work in the past year for recognition. Members need to attend.
VII. CFAC Role at WHN Board Retreat, Friday, Oct. 5
At Highlands Lake's Inn in Hendersonville. Brown bag lunch. Need a CFAC member present as an observer. Need to contact Beverly for details. Rosemary will attend.
VIII. CFAC members’ role in CFAC
- What is the role of a CFAC member? Individuals have the responsibility to find out what going on in your community and find out if issues are systemic. Representation of disability group, bring awareness of their disability group to the CFAC and the LME.
- Organizational needs of CFAC, need more members present to discuss. Suggested that CFAC identify tasks in the Executive Committee and assign task to members at meeting. Need to address members with low/ no attendance.
IX. Training Opportunities – need for policy – asking for member input
- Trainings should meet mission of CFAC, be for the benefit of all CFAC members. Recommended CFAC write a policy around training vs amending by-laws. Approval and budgeting process. Should CFAC request written reports from members that attend trainings?
- Discussed importance of PCP training. WHN will be doing 2 PCP trainings in the month of October, Rosemary plans to attend. Melissa will make sure that the training calendar for providers will also be sent to CFAC.
- Jim suggested that CFAC use an RFP/ application type process, include what the training is, what the cost is, what other trainings has that individual been to in the last year, what are they bringing back to CFAC that will benefit the committee. Discussed setting a training requirement for members?
- NC Council meeting in Pinehurst on 12/9/07 to 12/12/07. Bill and Bob going, Rosemary and Kelly also plan to attend.
- Decriminalization of the Mental Ill, Monday after Thanksgiving. Visit www.naminc.org for more info.
X. CareLink Database
Isothermal planning and development in Rutherford County. Council on Aging wanting to develop database that tracks consumers in Rutherford County. Concern around HIPPA compliance. Melissa will communicate CFACs concerns to Donald Reuss, Director of Provider and Consumer Relations.
XI. Committee Reports
a. Finance – Bill Cook
Reviewed end of FY 2007 report and year to date FY 2008 report.
b. Nominating – Rosemary Weaver
Need members. Suggest that at November meeting everyone bring a prospective member. Leslie will not hold position as co-chair past December, Donna only wanted to be interim co-chair. Discussed alternate co-chair. Need a committee meeting. Rosemary will email committee members to try to coordinate schedules. Suggested that members do a call in, Melissa will help coordinate.
c. Executive Committee Report – Leslie Huntley
Covered in review of committee minutes.
XII. Other
- When do county commissioners meet? Mitchell meets first Monday of the month. Polk county is second and fourth Monday of the month. Each member needs to find out when there county commissar meetings are held.
- CFAC needs to discuss possibility of moving day/ time of CFAC meeting. Will discuss at Executive Committee.
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