Membership Council – Minutes
Monday, August 18, 2014
2:30 – 4:00 pm
Attendance: Blythe Plunkett(MLF), Mitchell Gibbs(FS), Sharon Lowe(Foundation for the Homeless), Darilynn Cardona-Beiler(ATCIC); Carlos Rivera(City HHS); Ann Howard (ECHO), Niki Paul; Christy Moffett (Travis Co), Christine Banks (Community), Mike Manor (Travis County), Irit Umani (Trinity Center); Charles Walker; Kathy Ridings (Salvation Army); Lisa Garcia(HACA); Susan McDowell(LifeWorks)
WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS Carlos Rivera, Chair
APPROVAL OF MINUTES Carlos Rivera, Chair
ECHO UPDATE Ann Howard
· Membership Council Restructuring
a. Draft Conflict of Interest Policy and Procedure
b. Suggested membership
- Clarification on Elected Seats 14-18
- Need to clarify quorum with the structure and included in by-laws
- Will need more work for pre-meeting prep for any voting
- Should the Work Group chairs vote-yes
e. Vote: Motion to amend the “Appointed/Non-voting”-Consensus, 1 abstention
i. Kathy Ridings-Motion to accept changes
ii. Susan McDowell-Second motion to accept
f. Vote: Consensus for amended restructure
- COMMENT:
- Question: Voting “ECHO” as lead agency-clarification
- Add-Conflict of Interest form review as part of meeting prep (Review who should abstain) and involve during recruitment
· CoC Governance Updates
o Bi-Annual Meeting (Fall and Spring)
o Increasing to two meeting per year and update contract
· NAEH Conference Report Back
o Focus on ending veteran homelessness and chronic homelessness
o Resources now posted online
· PSH Evaluation Report and new goal
o ECHO published on behalf of the City of Austin
o See ECHO website www.austinecho.org
o Next Thursday, August 28th Mayor’s Office might present resolution Mayor’s Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness and new goal of 400 units of Housing First units
· Poverty Simulation, September 20th 12-4pm, Junior League HQ
o Junior League new member class will also be in attendance
o 20-25 Candidates will be attending
o Recruiting volunteers-contact Niki Paul
COORDINATED ASSESSMENT UPDATE Kameron Fowler/Ann Howard
· 3 new Coordinated Assessment Intake Specialists started today 8/18/14
· Will be working at “front doors”-Caritas, Front Steps and Salvation Army
WORK GROUP UPDATES Work Group Chairs
· Housing
o Veterans
o Prevention
o Housing Specialists
· Continuum of Care
o Review 2014 Timeline
· Education and Outreach
o Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week Feedback
§ Currently have several events planned for the week
§ Connection with
· Data Work Group
o HMIS Workgroup
o Looking at data elements
OTHER
· State reached out with Travis County and City of Austin to discuss Austin State Hospital (ASH) campus and looking for alternatives to take over management
· Looking into opportunities for PSH or treatment facility
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ADJOURN Carlos Rivera
Next Meeting: Monday, September 15th, 2014 2:30pm-4pm, Palm Square Building, 100 N. IH35, Ste, 1003