September 10, 2014

Coalition Meeting

City Place

Next Coalition Meeting: Thursday, October 9, 2014, at 3pm. Location to be determined.

Minutes

Attendees: Lois Deasy, Chris Delaney, Cameron Stroup, John Kirby, Bill Mackay, Ashton Graham, Gene Morgan, Jeff Graham, Hunter Barclay, Lt. Donahue, and Lyndsey Baker.

  1. Welcome and Announcements:
  1. DFC Update: No Updates. Awards should be made any day.
  2. Webinar Announcement- September 23, 2014 from 1pm-2pm, School Based Prevention. Anyone interested in the webinar can view in the SES Conference Room 116 Hitchins or request a link to Lyndsey.
  3. National Public Radio Interview about FCC. The news reporter interviewed Dr. Gibralter, Lyndsey Baker, Jeff Graham, April Baer, Lt. Donahue, and Rich Godlove to acquire information for a piece on our work as a Coalition to address high risk drinking in a college town. A link to the broadcast will be provided as it becomes available. The interview is scheduled to broadcast on WFWM 91.9 FM on Friday, September 12, 2014 in the afternoon
  4. Volunteer signup sheets for events: Thank you for your time, help, and support! New items have been ordered as giveaways for the table. Raffles for stadium blankets and stadium chairs as well as promotional giveaways stylus pens, stress balls, and USB flash drives. We still need helpers to volunteer for some athletic events. Please make yourself available for at least one event. The results of the first few events are:
  1. Block Party: 25 Parent Education Packs / 24 Buzzed Driving Pledges / 18 Community Event Surveys
  2. MRHS Back to School Night: 76 PWH Pledges / 32 Parent Education Packs
  3. Westmar Back to School Night: 35 Pledges / 22 Parent Education Packs
  4. Mt. Savage Back to School Night: 63 Pledges / 55 Parent Education Packs
  1. Chris Delaney shared information regarding an upcoming forum on October 29, 2014, at 5pm. The forum is sponsored by the Allegany County Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council to bring together county stakeholders to discuss substance abuse treatment. The Coalition was asked to speak during the forum. Jesse Ketterman, Jeff Graham, and Lyndsey Baker were invited to attend.
  1. Strategic Updates and Implementation:

Enforcement & Adjudication
Strategy / Person Responsible / Budget / Updates
TIP Hotline
301-687-STOP / Lt. Ralston-reporting
Ashton Graham-Graphic Design
PR Specialist-marketing / $12,640.00 / August 2013- 1
August 2014- 1
Lyndsey advised that the calls to the TIP Hotline have increased for September.
Party Patrols / ACSO- Lt. Cutter
MSP- F/Sgt. Kloos / $20,600.00 / MSP- 30 hours
31 traffic stops
9 traffic citations
15 traffic warnings
12 repair orders
1 criminal arrest
1 drug violation
ACSO-no update
Knock & Talks: 8 during MSPF funded patrols
Party Houses: none yet
Saturation Patrols / FPD-Chief Douty
FSUPD-Lt. Donahue / $33,180.00 / FSUPD- 26 hours
8-Knock & Talks
3-TIPS Line calls
9-Assist Other Agency
14-Traffic Stops
2-Foot Patrol
5-Alcohol Violation
1-Ordinance Violation (Public Urination)
1-Disturbance
1-CDS
Lt. Donahue advised there wasn’t anything out of the ordinary and it was business as usual for a typical weekend in Sept. He mentioned how large groups of students are traveling together in packs which could present a problem if an incident would occur. Jeff Graham echoed the concern and discussed the recent happenings in Ferguson, MO.
FPD- no statistical update was available. Mr. Kirby reported that there were over 100 calls for service during the first weekend after classes of Sept. 4-6.
Compliance Checks / ACSO-Lt. Cutter
Azul International-CARD 301 / 14,080.00 / ACSO- no update
Azul International- no update
Retail Availability
Strategy / Person Responsible / Budget / Updates
Cooperating Alcohol Agreement / Chris Werner-FrostburgFirst, Main Street Manager
Ashton Graham-Graphic Design / $17,690.00 / COA: 2014 Partners
K of C
Zen Shi
American Legion
Outback Lounge
Bar Monkey
Dogwood flat Barton Gun Club
TIPS Training: 9/5/14- BURG Org. 14 people. Next training: 9/15/2014, 5-9pm, CCIT rm. 153
Messaging: Posters for Frostoberfest: Alcohol 101, No Alcohol, Public Urination, Open Container, Low-Risk Strategies.
Low-Risk Events: Sushi eating contest at Zen Shi on Oct. 25th at 6pm. The coalition will be sponsoring the event with coalition t-shirts for the contestants and plaques for the winner.
Other:
  • Retail Availability Meeting: 8/26/2014
  • ID detection tools will be ordered soon.
  • Need to provide list of partners to ACSO for compliance checks.
  • Need to order faux compliance checks for partners and set up CARD 301 with Azul Unlimited.

Messaging and Education
Strategy / Person Responsible / Budget / Updates
Media Campaigns / Ashton Graham-Graphic Design
PR Specialist-Marketing / $15,664.00 / Parents Who Host:
Pledges: 174
Brochures: 134
Party Tips: 25
Press Release: News about our upcoming year and increased resources (?)
Radio:
WTBO Sponsorship for MRHS football
WDZN Sponsorship for MRHS football
Posters:
MRHS: see social norming campaign below
FSU: Reprint of 12 old posters for residence halls on 9/3/14
Middle Schools: see social norming campaign below
Billboard:
AlcoholEdu spring 14
Social Norming Campaign / MRHS-Hunter Barclay
FSU-Don Swogger
Ashton Graham-Graphic Design
PR Specialist-Marketing / $6,050.00 / Middle School: Operation Free and “I choose not to drink because…”
MRHS: #FYI for girls and boys using YRBS 2013 data.

FSU: Partner with BURG org. to create acampaign for campus using Maryland Alcohol Survey 2014 data.
Alcohol Education / April Baer- / $22,530.00 / Parent Education: 134 parent packs
AlcoholEdu: Fall Health Classes
The Real Deal Program: MRHS, and Middle Schools
Making it Count Program: FSU
With a change in ownership of the Freshman Orientation classes, for whom this program was primarily used, came changes in the requirements of the course and therefore less than 10 classes will receive this training program about alcohol and high risk drinking. Jeff Graham suggested a meeting with Lyndsey Baker and April Graham to revisit the Making it Count and The Real Deal programs to make updates and modifications.
Jeff Graham advised that he sent out an email message to students about living in the community with tips on how to be a good student and neighbor.
Jeff Graham also advised of a new program being facilitated to athletic teams titled Step Up which has reached over 600 students of a high risk population that provides training for bystander intervention as it relates to alcohol and sexual assault.

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