Steering Committee Minutes: Next Program Set for July 21st

Mohawk Valley Nonprofit Leaders Group
Steering Committee Meeting May 25

Present:
C. Sonia Martinez, Mohawk Valley Latino Association, Inc.
Cassandra Sheets, Center for Family Life and Recovery
Darby O'Brien, Utica Library
Frank DuRoss, Mohawk Valley Community College
Kevin Marken, Stanley Center for the Arts
Lorraine Kinney-Kitchen, Mid-York Child Care Coordinating Council

Discussion about next program meeting, following the year’s theme of Planning and Partnership for Financial Success

• Set for Thurs, July 21st from 9 to 12
• Proposed location is Herkimer County Community College
o Will check on possibility (Frank is making initial contact)
• Following up on Mike Stein’s presentation on the Fund Development Assessment, the next topic is Strategic Planning for Financial Success and will focus on the fund development plan and committee
o Session will include some starting info and a panel
o Also, approach will be more a working one
o Possibly split people up by stage they are at (have a fund development committee; trying to develop a plan; already have one)
o NYCON will provide foundation (fund development plan tools and examples)
• Will pursue nonprofits that have a plan in place to have examples and possibly ask them to be on panel to speak to their experience (how developed, problems ran into, etc).
o Use survey and direct approaches to find examples

Next Steering Committee meeting is June 29th at 9am at the Community Foundation