Training Committee Minutes

5/23/06 

Present: Denise Berridge (Family Tree), Beth Nixon (Savio), Melissa Maile (Catholic Family Charities), Tracy Thayer (Tennyson Center), Katie Mason (CAFCA), and Renee Johnson (Third Way Center) Chair.

 Annual Conference: "Staying on Track" - June 23rd 2006

• Bethany Lutheran Church - Located on Hampden and Colorado Blvd.
• Catered by Lookout Mountain School - Continental Breakfast and Buffet style lunch. Renee needs to coordinate with Chef Campe. $17 per person, 100 to 150 people
• Cap at 150 people.
• We have 6 sponsors, possibility for more. We are under what we got for sponsorships last year, but there is still time. Need tables for sponsors, and can set up in the hall area.
• 14 entries for awards, but there is still some time. Bonnie McNulty, Anne Robinson, Katie and Renee are on the "decision committee". Katie will order the plaques. Discussed the possibilities for prizes - lunch for teams, Starbucks, Einstein's, Louis's Chocolate (which Denise is checking in to). We needed to know location of the awards recipients, and need to do more of the detail work.
• Brochure looks great! Thanks Beth. Considering we blew the budget with the "save the date" mailings, we are using the internet primarily to advertise. Katie was taking care of the mailings to the agencies that attended last year, rather than to individuals. Also Melissa was going to see about advertising on the State Website. Early registration ends June 9th.
• Coffee Bar for $275 - 8 to 10am, all the coffee we can drink or they can make.
• Keynote - Marguerite McCormack - "Secondary Trauma". $200
• Decided to wait until next meeting to determine who would be at which workshop - to introduce and give gift.
• Gift ideas were associated with mugs and coffee, or gift certificates.
• Conference evaluations and certificates of attendance need to be worked out.
• Cake to honor Association's 25th Anniversary. Maybe a table with some honorable mentions.
• We need green and purple (CAFCA colors) folders -to include evaluation forms, pen, pads, etc. Katie will print out labels for folders.
• RJ needs to make contact with Rhonda at Bethany to determine rooms available, and general layout, with Beth's assistance.

2nd Quarter Workshop: "Lights, Camera, Action" with Charlie Appelstein - 5/11/06

• Great success, made money on it, and we received positive feedback in general.
• Charlie stole the cord, however Katie saved the day by buying Sean the tech guy with the state a new one.
• Needed to hand out the evaluation forms sooner, so that people could fill out and leave as they left. We did not get many back.

3rd Quarter Workshop: "Cultural Competencies" - American Humane Society

• 8/25/06
• Place - Want to check out possibility of Fort Logan Auditorium.
• Glitch in plan - Virginia, the presenter, has left the agency. However another from American Humane has agreed to join and assist with the workshop.
• All day workshop so need to look into caterers, thinking about box lunches, or something very casual.
• Both Beth and Denise were going to follow through on their leads. (The Center, and African American leadership institute)
• We will need to work on these details soon after Educational Conference.

4th Quarter Workshop: "Holiday Triggers" November 10th

• Place - Need to check in to VOA or Humphries Mansion
• Julie Alvarado may be interested, has been talking to Katie. A few other possibilities for presenters were brought up as well, if Julie wasn't available, or too expensive.

New Business:

• Adoption Committee is interested in a workshop/training on relinquishment and prebirth notices with Kurt Olsson. 1/2 day training on a Thurs or Friday in July. We didn't have a lot of time to discuss at this meeting.

Next Meeting: June 13th at 1pm. Take note that this meeting will take place at CAFCA