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Present
John Norris, Atscott Mfg., Garland Kotek, Pine Technical College, John Schlagel, Joe Hobson, Hobson Landscape/M&J Consulting, Terry Dalbey, Mora/Cambridge Workforce Center, Dennis Adams, Cambridge Community College, Randy Zieske, Schlagels, Inc., Ted Dimberio, East Central Energy, Darwin Bostic, Pine City Public Schools and Ray Hoheisel, Executive Director, ECMWF Partnership. Travis Marttila, student representative came to meeting, but could not stay since it was first day of classes.
Call to Order
Chair John N. asked Vice-Chair Ted D. to conduct meeting because he needed to leave at 8:00 a.m. Vice-Chair Ted D. called the meeting to order at 7:00 a.m.
Minutes
Minutes of the August 1, 2000 Executive Committee meeting were approved upon motion by Darwin B., seconded by Joe H. Motion carried.
Financial Report
A financial statement through August 31, 2000 was distributed. Treasurer Randy Z. reported a balance of $39,837.82. Receipts included interest earned and voluntary payment of $500.00 from Grandview Christian Ministries.
Disbursement was June/July payment for executive director. School-To-Work funds for Year IV including Year III carry-over were reported as $179,215.16 with $27,091.42 expended with a balance of $152,123.74. Upon motion by Dennis A., seconded by John N. the report was accepted and filed. Motion carried.
Board Organization
Student Representative Position: Travis Marttila, a 10th grade student from Braham has agreed to serve on the board. Our thanks to Ted D. and Pat Conn of Braham High School for encouraging Travis to serve. Upon motion by Joe H., seconded by John S. Travis Marttila was appointed to the board. Motion carried.
Web-Site Development
Ted D. reported on Web-Site Committee meeting. Included in report were recommended physical changes to Home Page, discussion regarding formulation of e-mail groups with connection to Web Page and listing of board of directors and e-mail addresses. Executive Committee members agreed to list e-mail addresses along with mail addresses and telephone numbers on Web Page. Ray H. was asked to check with committee members not present about listing their e-mail addresses.
Allied Health Care
Dennis A. reported that Minnesota Jobs Skills Partnership grant has been awarded in the amount requested to provide leadership training to involved businesses. He stated that Greg Carlson of Grandview Christian Ministries presented/responded to questions about the grant proposal from the Minnesota Jobs Skills Partnership board members. Dennis A. commented that Greg Carlson did an excellent job of representing the grant request. He also briefed the committee on contents of the grant and the implementation process. It was recommended to the committee to consider designing training courses in incremental sections. Dennis A. requested input from the group on other health care business issues the committee should consider addressing. Not much discussion evolved and it was suggested to ask for input at the partnership meeting.
Partnership Budget
Members briefly discussed formulation of partnership budget as mentioned at last meeting. Discussion touched on developing a revenue and expenditure spread sheet, the goal of doubling membership and whether that should be reflected in planning expenditures, making contact with East Central Energy and using their contacts with area businesses to market and expand partnership. John N. requested Ray H. to develop a current year revenue and expenditure budget as an initial step.
History of Funding Report on Web-Site
John N. suggested and asked that a listing of partnership involved grants and dollars funded for each grant be prepared and placed on Web Site as an information item.
Future of Partnership/Focus on Training Planning
Ray H. reported that the consultant has completed interviews at six businesses. He has submitted two written reports and will complete the remaining reports in the next week. Copies of the two reports were distributed and discussed. Discussion then centered on next steps, including establishing priorities on training topics, either writing or finding applicable teaching units and hiring teachers to test out the units. A number of suggestions were made regarding ways to accomplish the next steps of the pilot study. The Future of Partnership/Focus on Training committee will analyze reports once submitted and plan a course of action for next steps. A suggestion was made to summarize recommendations from each business and place in a single document.
School-To-Work
Ray H. reported that he would be meeting with School-To-Work Coordinators on September 20th to coordinate implementation of the Year IV School-To-Work grant. By consensus the Executive Committee endorsed scheduling district School-To-Work committee presentations at Partnership meetings during the upcoming year.
Payment for Services of Executive Director
John S. proposed and Terry D. seconded the payment for services provided by Executive Director in August for 6 days. Motion carried.
Employer Conference
Reported that the Employer Conference committee will meet after the Partnership meeting on September 12th to make initial plans for the conference. Conference content was also discussed and a suggestion was made to consider changing the name of the conference to Employer/Employee Conference.
Member Reports
Ray H. reported that 15 financial pledges have been made to support the work of the Partnership. Four of the pledges are new.
Copies of an e-mail describing MnSCU’s Role in Workforce Development were distributed. Also a brochure describing technology curriculum offerings for small businesses sponsored by Minnesota Technology were distributed. The courses are offered under the title Minnesota Technology eBusiness Institute.
Agenda for Membership Meeting
The agenda for the partnership meeting was set as follows: 1. STW Report, 2. Allied Health Care, Retail and Web Site Committee Reports, 3. Future of Partnership/Focus on Training Committee Report, 4. Employer Conference Discussion, 5. Executive Committee Report, 6. Presentation by Metro Commuter Services and Greater Minnesota Rideshare, 7. Minnesota Technology eBusiness Institute, and 8. Communities Investing in Families Grant Proposal.
Adjournment and Minutes
Vice-Chair Ted D. adjourned the meeting at 8:35a.m. Motion carried.
Minutes by Ray H.