Steering Committee Meeting Minutes October 12

Present:
Cornelia E. Brown, MAMI Interpreters
Frank DuRoss, Mohawk Valley Community College
Jeff Owen, USC The Business College
Kevin Marken, Stanley Center for the Arts
Tim Trent, Future Development

Discussed upcoming Nov 9th Program, featuring discussion on partnerships and mergers. Will create a survey to go out to the Group asking for questions for the panelist discussion. Questions will be solicited in the following areas:

• Budget/Finance


• Staffing


• Board


• Programs


• Facilities


• Fund Development (fundraising)


• Identity


• Big picture

The agenda for the program was also discussed and outlined:

Agenda (9am to 12pm)

• Introduction of Group, Program and Moderator (5 mins)


• John Zogby Introduction and Context of Partnership/Consolidation Trends (15 mins)


• Introduction of Panelists (each panelist introduces themself and their example of partnership) (30 mins)


• Discussion Questions (10 to 13 questions) (90 mins)


• Closing Remarks and questions from audience (20 mins)

Next Steering Committee Meeting is December 14th from 8:30am to 10:30am. Location to be confirmed (Music Room at Library).