Executive Committee June 15, 2017 Present: Mark Steele, Keith Greenarch, Rene Cummins, Kimlyn Lambert, Staff: Debbie Hippler Absent: Ping Miller, Kay Miley Chair, Keith Greenarch called the meeting to order at 1:05 Items discussed: * What do the CILs want? * Prior payment to a member was discussed. Final Response will be given to the entire SILC at the August meeting in the form of a timeline of events. * Council member’s anonymous comments after the May SILC meeting point by point o Steps will be taken to address points. * Looking forward for the Executive committee – going forward to next year. o Chair has the discretion to appoint a member at large o Upcoming memberships and renewals. Meeting was suspended for ILRU town meeting regarding SPIL writing and instruments used 3:00 – 4:30 * Contracting with Julia Adams-Scheurich as a policy analyst o Finance committee to vote on approval at next meeting. o Executive committee to determine final wording of contract * Technical Amendment o Vote finalized with approval by the SILC body. o Keith will sign tomorrow o During June 9 meeting, DSE, Claudia Horn committed to sign o Mark will send out for CIL Directors approval and signatures o New Project Officer with ACL, Kimball Gray will be contacted to move forward * Youth to APRIL youth conference in Oct. o Work out budget, scope of work and outcomes o Application designed for distribution o Contact those who had expressed interest in obtaining applications o Outside committee of alumni will receive and evaluate the applicants o Two mentors are suggested to attend Meeting suspended at 5:07 Meeting reconvened at 9:30am Friday, June 16 * Paula McElwee training content for August 3rd, all day * List of SILC advocacy for the CILs discussed and prepared * Slate of Officers and additional appointee to the Executive Committee o Further discussion will take place before a full slate is presented before August meeting * Change of title for Operations Manager job description * Qualifications listed for position as used for all prior Executive Directors are met * Two annual job evaluations have been completed to date o Action:(Rene Cummins, Kimlyn Lambert) vote unanimous to change title from Operations Manager to Executive Director * Policy committee updates/changes * Bylaw changes/updates. When completed, the full body of the Bylaws as updated will be sent out to the entire Council before calling for a vote. Progress is being made. * Agenda of August meeting Meeting was adjourned at 12:30pm Addendum: The electronic vote for the Technical amendment was carried with 14 yes and one member not voting. The amendment was sent to the Center Directors for approval. Two Center Directors voted no, the others all signed giving the 51% required. The Chair and our DSE signed. All paperwork was submitted and approved Monday, June 26. The contract amendment was approved by VR and is in the process of being completed. This will allow the SILC to send additional youth the APRIL Youth Conference in October. Respectfully submitted: Debbie Hippler