Date:	June 13, 2006
Meeting location:	Little Dog Coffee Shop, Brunswick
Notes compiled by:	Kerry Salvo
Chair(s) / Facilitator(s):	Kerry Salvo, Tamara Heligman
Members present:	Kerry Salvo, Tamara Heligman, Deb Bicknell, Ian Engdahl

Agenda Item(s):	Major Points of Discussion:
§ Updates o LYAC o Katie’s $100 o MYAN Conference partnership o Finishing up our work	§ LYAC v Deb and Ian were both at the last meeting. There are a lot of youth members whose terms are ending and the group is unsure if new members will be appointed before the new law takes effect (preventing appointments until the start of the new legislative session). If not, there will only be 6-7 members until January. v LYAC chose two sites where they want to have their forums: Kennebunk and Narraguagus (backups Ellsworth and MDI). They have also broken into subcommittees to discuss different issues that might be topics for the forums. v LYAC cannot meet again this year unless Sen. Libby and youth co-chair Jennifer Thompson request an additional meeting…which Phil McCarthy is encouraging them to do, but they have not yet done. v Phil is going to examine the possibility of getting new members appointed before the new law takes effect. v Over the summer LYAC needs to organize and prepare for the hearings. § Katie’s $100 v We will mail her a $100 gift certificate to Target along with a thank-you letter. § MYAN Conference Partnership v Deb sent Kathy an email proposing two options: § $$ for a Civic education/engagement strand of workshops. § $$ for scholarships for students who cannot afford to attend. v Kathy is away and was not at the Steering Committee meeting to discuss this, so hopefully this will be flushed out while Deb is gone at Seeds of Peace and before the next CETF Steering Committee meeting in August—by email—Genell Vashro will be the MYAN contact. Kerry will follow up with Kathy. § Finishing Up Our Work v Tamara and Kerry discussed this at the CETF Steering Committee meeting. The group would hate to lose all youth perspectives and MYAN is the largest youth network in the state, so it should stay involved. § Deb and Ian can: 1. Join the Task Force only, 2. Join the Task Force and Steering Committee. 1. Ian will join both. 2. Deb will make a decision by August. § Kerry will notify Kathy that Ian wants to join the SC and TF and make sure he gets on the email/mail lists.
§ Website Revision	o§ See attached sheet for all of the proposed website edits. o Kerry edited the main pages and the Maine, National, and International sites. o Deb and Tamara edited the issue links. o Ian worked on an update for the LYAC page. He will continue to work on it and come up with a simple opening paragraph. He will send it electronically to Kerry. o We went over the proposed edits and Deb added a few additional sites to other sections. § We decided not to do a blog for the stories. Instead, we will convert the Youth Speakup Discussion Forum to a stories page. We will post the stories we have and then give an email address to which people can send their stories and comments.
§ Thank you notes	§ We wrote 4 thank-you notes + Katie’s letter to the submitters of the stories. § Kerry will send them from the KIDS office.
§ Review of where we’ve been	§ We looked over the sheet prepared by Kerry outlining all of the work our subcommittee has done over the last two years.
§ Celebration	§ Dinner at the Great Impasta!

Next Steps:
Finish LYAC website update	Ian
Submit website edits to DOE	Kerry and Tamara
Decide future role on SC/TF	Deb and Ian (Ian a yes, Deb by August)
Notify Kathy of Ian’s decision to join SC/TF	Kerry
Talk to Charlie about different ways to put stories online	Tamara and Kerry
Follow up with Kathy and SC about CETF sponsoring MYAN Conference	Kerry

Next Meeting Date/Time:	None!!! We are finished!
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