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Monday, February 8, 2010
4:30 pm
The meeting was called to order at 4:30 pm by Tom Hickey, Chairman.
Present: Katherine Bennett, Anne Condon, Thomas Hickey, Norma Jackson,
Patricia LaLiberte, Arthur LeMay, William Scott, Stephen Waynen, Ann Manning, Joanne Pollick and Barbara Farnsworth, Director
Absent: Susan Kiernan
SECRETARY’S REPORT: On a motion duly made and seconded, the minutes of the January 11, 2010 meeting were accepted.
TREASURER’S REPORT:
Municipal Account: Reviewed.
Donation Account: Reviewed. Balance $38,820.61.
Annual Appeal to date has raised $30,493.00. Barbara presented statistics showing the past 4 years annual appeal totals. Donations have risen each year – noted a slight increase in the past year despite the economy.
The Advisory Board is still reviewing budgets. It is expected that they will recommend our Elder Services budget as submitted.
The Formula Grant was level funded at $7.00/elder in House II (the Governor’s proposed budget for FY2011)..
DIRECTOR’S REPORT - See attached.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
40th Anniversary Committee: The Board viewed the poster advertising the March 14 concert, which will be placed at locations around town, and surrounding towns, and the tickets which we will help to sell.
Donation Account Enhancement Committee: No new business.
OLD BUSINESS: Katie Bennett presented ideas for the Celebration with East School, one of Hingham’s 375th birthday events. This event will hopefully promote intergenerational awareness and friendships with targeted guests, current East School families and Hingham Seniors.
The next regular meeting will be held on Monday, March 8, 2010 at 4:30 pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Ann Manning
Secretary
DIRECTOR’S REPORT
FEBRUARY 2010
Newsletter – As discussed at the January meeting, we have been exploring a different company for the production of our newsletter. Two Senior Centers in Connecticut were contacted who use Senior Communications and both were very happy with the product and cooperation from the company. Currently there are not Senior Centers/Councils on Aging in Massachusetts who use this company. We have also reviewed our agreement with Senior Citizens Publishing, and are obliged to give a 90 day notice prior to the end of our term which is April of next year. We are currently not within a 90 day window, therefore, any change in publication providers would have to wait until 2011. There is currently a Senior Center in MA who will be starting with Senior Communications in June, therefore, we will be able to monitor their satisfaction/dissatisfaction with company over a couple of months before making and decision to change publishers. Also, based on the mock-up copy that Senior Communications did with our newsletter, Barbara and Caroline will be working to develop a different layout for the current newsletter. This will be brought back to the Board during the fall months for further discussion.
Dedication of the fields in Chief Carlson’s name will be held on Saturday, May 1.
Strategic Plan Draft – The final draft of this plan for review by the Board is contained in this packet. The Board voted the goals and objectives in late 2008, and the Vision and Values. The final component of this plan was the development of the Action Plan. During the next month, please review this draft and we will have an in –depth discussion of the plan at the March Board meeting for changes, revisions and adoption. Once the Board has voted to adopt the Strategic Plan, we will hold a public forum with constituents and interested others to present the Plan.