August 25th, 2005

Meeting called to order by Stephanie May at 6:44pm. In attendance were the following board members: Charles, John, Stephanie, Winston, Leslie, Hale, Mark, Jonah (8:00 P.M.)

Also in attendance were Gina Sasso, EDI Co-Executive Director, Karla Thompson (Hale's voicer) and Corinne Haskins (minute taker)

Public Comment

Gina Sasso said that there had been some complaints from people who could not afford EDI services.

Approval of minutes from July 28th, 2005

Corrections for misspelled names were submitted by Gina Sasso, Kriss Worthington, Roy Misquitta. A typo was identified in the Personnel committee report and corrected to read "Steve Olson". A correction was made to Anthony Acampora's misspelled last name. Another correction was for NIAC. The spelling of Scott McCormick was also corrected.
Charles made the motion that the minutes be accepted
Stephanie seconded the motion and asked for those in favor. The motion passed unanimously.

Approval of Agenda

Charles said that by the time the meeting gets to action, discussion, and Executive Session something like two hours have gone by. Charles suggested that members think of realigning the agenda so that the important work can be completed before people burn out on being around each other. Stephanie was concerned that if the Executive Session was moved up that the public would be forced to leave early. Hale added that it would be inappropriate for staff to be present during Executive Session. Charles suggested that Executive Session could be held at 5:30 instead of later and reiterated that he felt the key business of the Board should be tackled while everyone was fresh. Charles asked that people think about the issue.

Charles moved that the agenda be accepted as proposed. John seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.

President's Report

There was no President's report.

Executive Director's Report

One female attendant was suspended.

One client scheduled a meeting for mediation, which was cancelled. Mediation is setting standards with this client to schedule when they are ready and to stop further cancellation.

This month EDI collected 39 fee vouchers as a result of the demand/response services provided to date.

The office sent out information with the demand response change of days and hours, a Board recruitment letter, and a follow up to the Paratransit application.

Rose and Gina attended a non-profit Day. They met Belinda Stradley, a grant writer for CIL, who gave them a resume and talked about her grant writing for CIL. She gave them tips for outreach and writing grants for EDI.

Scott McCormick from CARD came to the staff training on disaster planning. They will conduct a meeting in September meeting on the topic of personal tips for disaster planning at home.

The web site has been updated.

EDI is looking for a new Case Manager and has posted the position on Craig's List and also on the web site.

Secretary's Report

There was no Secretary's report.

Treasurer's Report

Mark asked what needed to happen to establish his signature as Treasurer at the bank.

Gina replied that she and Mark needed to complete the required paperwork for a signature change on EDI accounts and could rectify the situation with a trip to the bank.

Executive Committee Report

There was no Executive Committee report.

Fundraising Committee Report

The newsletter is being worked on and should be out by September 1st. The committee discussed modifications to the website that included posting Rose's and Leslie's letters soliciting donations. Ayanna suggested putting up a client feedback form to allow EDI clients to make comments.

Stephanie would like a structured plan so that she knows where she is going with grant writing for EDI.

Stephanie would like to set up a Founder's Night in the fall recognizing all those who have worked with and for EDI over the years.

Gina and Rose are working on an EDI fundraiser and outreach event to be held at Freight and Salvage.

Report on the Board Retreat

The date for the Board Retreat was scheduled for Sunday, November 6th. The next planning meeting will be September 9th. Board self-assessment forms will be distributed and collated by Stephanie before the Retreat.

Personnel Committee Report

The ED's were told that their reviews would be given to them within two weeks. The consultant had gone to the hospital and that had slowed the process.

SUS Report

There was no SUS Report.

Invasive Care Committee Report

The committee did not meet, but Stephanie read an e-mail from Jonah where he said that he had asked the Assemblywoman's Chief of Staff to contact the EDI Board on this issue and also had left a message to the director of CIL asking how she felt about joining a coalition on supporting a bill. Stephanie stated that this issue was very important to the EDI attendants because they are personally liable every time they perform invasive care. She believes the Board should work harder to correct the situation. Gina said that Ralph had informed her that Nevada allowed invasive care under their Nurse's Practices Act. Gina and Charles agreed to research the legislation. Corinne suggested that they should support the legislators attempting to stop the governor and ask that they support the invasive care bill in return.

Stephanie asked that the committee to acknowledge that the Invasive Care committee should meet in the next month. Leslie made a motion that the Invasive Care committee needs to meet, Stephanie seconded, and the motion passed unanimously.

Action & Discussion

A. Stephanie, speaking for Jonah, is concerned that some Jewish holidays are not as prominent as some of the other holidays, and that maybe a Board member would be dismissed from the Board for failing to attend on Jewish holidays. Jonah wants a guarantee that that will not result in being removed from the Board.

Stephanie made a motion to have EDI recognize that religious holidays are a legitimate excuse. Leslie seconded the motion. The motion passed with four ayes and one abstention.

B. Not discussed.

C. Approval of the FY 05-06 Budget. Charles moved to approve the revised FY05-06, John seconded, and the motion passed with six ayes and one abstention.

D. Discussion of new financial reporting to the Board. Mark made a motion to have
monthly and quarterly budget reports submitted to the board, Charles seconded,
and the motion passed without opposition.

At 8:40 P.M., the Board moved to go to Executive Session.