588 24 26018 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/9fddfc9f1df8c64fe25502c994ab1525.pdf e966a116e30ae99900bdd9ce3885b1a0 PDF Text Text STATE OF MICHIGAN JOHN ENGLER , Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing , Michigan 48911 Telephone : (517) 335-4295 FAX: (517) 373-4977 Chairperson Russell G. Mawby Executive Director Kyle Caldwell MEMORANDUM TO: Members of the Michigan Community Service Commission FROM: MCSC Designees to the Board of Directors for the ConnectMichigan Alliance Julie F. Cummings, Michelle Engler, Terry Pruitt, Kyle Caldwell (ex officio) RE: Update on ConnectMichigan Alliance Activities DATE: Thursday, August 30, 2001 The CMA has experienced tremendous progress is its organizational and financial development. The CMA is delighted to welcome JohnS. Lore as the CMA's founding Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Lore has extensive experience in the nonprofit sector in Michigan and was instrumental in the initial development of the Michigan Nonprofit Forum as its director(see resume attached). John begins his duties as head of the CMA on September 3, 2001. At the urging ofthe Kresge Foundation, the CMA has developed a (draft) preliminary business plan. The attached document is designed to focus the strategies of the CMA and provide potential funders with an overview ofthe organization's vision, strategies, organizational structures and budget. Finally, an update on the CMA Endowment Campaign is provided for your review. We are progressing and funders are showing more and more interest including commitments from Detroit Edison, Grand Rapids Foundation, Hudson-Webber Foundation, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. The goal is to have 100% participation of the members ofthe MCSC by the time we meet at our September Retreat. 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At the 2001 National Community Service Conference in Minneapolis, twenty-three Youth Commissioners assembled to foster a collective vision for enhancing service in their states. Following this first-ever Youth Commissioner Training, held June 27, fourteen Youth Commissioners reconvened in August in Washington, DC, to draft a "Call to Action". The "Call to Action" drafted in conjunction with America's Service Commissions (ASC) and the Corporation for National Service (Corporation) focuses on engaging youth more effectively in service and leadership roles. The "Call to Acyon" acknowledges the need to bring to the table all youth serving organizations like the Points of Light Foundation (POLF) and Youth Service America (YSA) and many others. I ~inneapolis The Youth Commissioners worked together in and Washington, DC to collaborate and produce four "Action Steps" that they believe each state commission should adopt and implement to the level that is appropriate for their respective state. These "Action Steps" outline a process of engaging youth in service and provide a means for building a more comprehensive picture of youth engagement statewide and nationally. Thus enabling each commission to be the convener for all youth activities in their state. The four "Action Steps" are designed to expand I the existing structure of state commissions. I Action Steps The mission of the four Action Steps is to promote young people as leaders and decisionmakers both by motivating and compelling young people to serve, and by creating service opportunities for young people. This mission will be achieved by carrying out the following: 1. Promote a dialogue on the national vision to engage youth in service. 2. Ensure the appointment of an active Youth Commissioner in every state. 3. Promote an effective dialogue among all state commissioners to encourage networking, collaboration and information sharing. 4. Establish a Youth Advisory Council under each state commission with a focus on leadership development and service engagement. We invite you to read the following proposal and encourage you to engage youth in leadership and decision-making opportunities where they are not involved and expanding and improving their leadership and decision making opportuni ies where they are engaged all of which will strengthen our collective vision for improving national service. �A CALL TO SERVE A PLAN FOR ACTIVELY ENGAGING YOUTH ON STATE SERVICE COMMISSIONS In Partnership with The American Association of State Service Commissions And The Corporation for National Service August 2001 9-03-01 , 2 2 �CALL TO AcpoN AUTHORS The following youth commissioners helped draft the current Call to Action. This was a combined effort that resulted from the June 2001 National Conference on Volunteerism and Community Service in Minneapolis, MN and a meeting of fourteen Youth Commissioners that reconvened in August in Washington, DC. We are currently seeking input and feedback from all 58 youth commissioners. Shafkat Anwar, District of Columbia Karen Asher, Kentucky* Kari Brummett, Louisiana Michael Eklund-Grayum, Washington Billy Grover III, Indiana Joshua Hewitt, New York Callie Lambarth, Oregon Julie Mann, Kansas James Mitchell, Arizona Melvin Moore, District of Columbia Adeola Oredola, Rhode Island Jocelyn Osborne, Missouri Kari Pardoe, Michigan Jacquelyn Poplawsky, Texas JeffRanby, Arizona Juan Rodriguez, Nevada Abigail Rojas, Nevada Ryan Scarborough, Florida Cameron Smith, Ohio Erica Marie Serrano, fllinois Zach Zelinski, Arizona With Support From: Amy Achor, Board Member, Corporation for "{ational Service Deena Johnson, Corporation for National Service Thea Kachoris, Corporation for National Service Jeanne Sanders, America's Service Commissions * Karen Asher serves on the Kentucky Commission as Youth Programs Coordinator. 9-03-01, 2 3 �PART 1: OVERVIEW AND BACKGROUND Imagine for a moment, a world in which adults think that young people are incapable of making a difference; a world in which partnerships between youth and adults do not exist and the ideals ofyoung people are not considered. Imagine a world in which the voices ofyouth are not heard and young people do not believe that they can make a difference ... Is this what you envision for our world? Now imagine a world in which adults trust in the capacity of young people; a world in which youth and adults engage in meaningful partnerships, working together to create positive sustainable change. Imagine a world in which the voices of youth are heard and young people believe that they can make a difference ... This can be our world. Your service commission can make it happen. Youth represent 26% of the United Sta es population. 1 As we enter the 21st century with meteoric progress in many aspects of our world and yet a world increasingly divided across racial, economic, gender, social, and other demographic lines, it has become vitally important, for people to unite and work together to prepare us for the ever changing world we will face. Are we really prepared to give our youth the reins to the future? Are we creating environments in which youth are involved in leadership opportunities; in which youth are engaged in civic participation; in which youth feel invested in their communities? Are we creating a world in which youth actually care about shaping the landscape of their world and their futures? We have the opportunity to ensure that "Meaningful Engagement of Youth" is not just another catch phrase, but a reality. If we are interested in creating the world we envision, we need to hold fast that phrase and ensure its realization. We assert that this "Call to Action" serves as a means of creating a future to which we can look forward. HISTORY The National and Community Service Act of 1993 mandates that State Commissions include youth representation. Section 178 states that among the required representatives on state commissions there must be at least one "individual between the ages of 16 and 25."2 Throughout the past eleven years, many states have involved youth as active commissioners in various capacities. An idea was born in the fall of 2000 to bring together youth commissioners at the national conference to open dialogue and build partnerships with one another. Through the efforts of American Association of State Service Commissions (ASC), the 1 Lesko, Wendy and Emanuel Tsourounisll, "the 26% Solution: Youth," Activism 2000 project, 1998. National and Community Service Act, Section 178, 1990. 2 9-03-01, 2 4 �Corporation of National Service (the Corporation), and the Points of Light Foundation (POLF), twenty-three youth commissioners from 19 states convened in Minneapolis, Minnesota in June 2001, for a three-day conference. The conference was a tremendous success, resulting in the first-ever youth commissioner training. The attendees gained knowledgeable skills that will help them become more effective commissioners in their respective states. Throughout the duration of the conference, youth commissioners came to the realization that there are discrepancies among state commissions pertaining to youth involvement. While at the conference, the Youth Commissioners assembled for a brain storming session to foster a collective vision for enhancing service in every state. This vision was shared with the executive directors and Commission Chairpersons at the ASC breakfast meeting at the 2001 National Community Service Conference in Minneapolis. Expanding on the vision fostered at the National Conference, a "Call to Action" emerged that is designed to bring together ASC, the Corporation, POLF, and other youth leadership organizations, to more effectively engage youth in service. The Call to Action included the four Action Steps described in detail in the following pages. Consider the following statistics: 1. Youth are a significant constituency. • As of the 1998 US Census, youth (ages 25 and under) compnse 26% of the population3 2. Youth participation in service is high. • Sixty percent of college students are or have been involved in community service during the past year. 4 3. Youth are interested in the community, but hesitate to become engaged in political affairs. • Eighty-five percent of youth prefer community volunteerism to political engagement as the better way to solve important issues facing their communities. • Sixty-four percent of youth do not trust the Federal government to do the right thing all or most of the time. 4. Participation in local, state, and national politics offers a powerful tool for engaging youth in civic affairs. • Ninety percent of youth believe that showing youth real-life examples of the efficacy of politics will motivate students to further political engagement. • Ninety-four percent of youth say more direct contact with political candidates, campaigns and institutions would be an effective way to raise political participation rates. 3 1998 U.S. Census "Attitudes Toward Politics and Public Service: A National Survey of College Undergraduates," Harvard University, 2000. http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/iop/projects-survey-findings.html 4 9-03-01, 2 5 �5. Of 53 potential commissions, including 3 U.S. Territories, only 2 states do not have commissions. However, thirteen commissions do not have youth commissioners. GOALS The overall mission of this Call to Action is to promote young people as leaders and decision makers both by motivating and compelling young people to serve, and by creating service opportunities for young people. This mission will be reached by carrying out the following actions: 1. Promote a dialogue on the national vision to engage youth in service. 2. Stress the importance of having at least one active Youth Commissioner in every state. 3. Promote an effective dialogue among state commissioners to encourage networking and share information. 4. Establish Youth Advisory Councils (YACs) in every state. The purpose of these actions is to expand the youth outreach capabilities of state service commissions by utilizing the existing structures to foster youth development and civic engagement. Many young people are actively involved in their communities and we need to build on this foundation by opening positions that will enable them to actively participate in establishing policies that will change the underlying social problems we face. Every idea, every vision, no matter how well thought out or thoroughly tested, must be tailored and allowed to take root in the specifics of a local context. Engaging people across society requires the sharing of resources, power, leadership, and ideas. Through the utilization of national service resources, we will combine our efforts and advance the vision for national service. Community/state organizations are capable of offering significant support in the promotion, organization, and mobilization of service events. They can help involve young people by creating opportunities for youth that are meaningful and challenging. Many young people are already actively involved in their communities. We need to build on this foundation by opening additional positions that will enable them to set policies that will change underlying social problems. By engaging youth as policy makers, young people can enhance their service efforts and further foster sustainable community change. We need to promote and pursue these strategies of expanding civic engagement by bringing together diverse segments of society there by increasing the exposure and awareness of yduth. In order to foster a better understanding of their respective roles and responsibilities for service, we must increase our youth's sense of empathy, community, and reciprocity. Only by engaging young people will we be able to promote self-sufficiency and continued improvement in the communities and country in which these young people live and serve. YouthlAdult partnerships remain a challenge and a barrier to true equality in leadership positions on boards. "Traditionally, youth and adult roles have been defined by the parent/child 9-03-01 , 2 6 �relationship or the teacher/student relationship. Youth voice and leadership requires adults to define their relationships differently with young people. In youth/adult partnerships young people and adults work together, sharing power, and learning from each other as they build stronger communities." PART II: IMPLEMENTING THE ACTION STEPS Below is an outline of how youth commissioners will work with state commissions, ASC and the I Corporation for National Service to implement the four action steps. OUR ASSUMPTIONS • Understanding that each commission is different and will work from varying starting points, the goal for the implementation of all objectives is three years. In order to expand the youth outreach capabilities of service commissions, the Call to Action plan takes into account the diversity of all commissions. In the fall of 2000, the Grantrnakers' Forum on Community and National Service formed a partnership with ASC to collect information that will serve as the resource for understanding the infrastructure and priorities of each state commission. This will enable us to identify actions according to a standard that is both realistic and attainable for every state service commission to achieve. • The action steps outlined below and future goals will be implemented through youth/adult partnerships. That is, young people and adults will work together, share power, and learn from each other to achieve these goals and build stronger communities. 3 ACTION STEP #1: PROMOTE A DIALOGUE ON THE NATIONAL VISION TO ENGAGE YOUTH IN SERVICE Purpose: Promote young people as leaders and decision-makers within and outside the youth commissioner network. Young people need more opportunities to try the leadership roles for which they are preparing, which includes making appropriate and important decisions, practicing leadership roles, and demonstrating they can make valuable contributions to their community, state and nation. Youth inclusion in decision-making processes will result in a positive impact on both the youth and the adults involved. Goal: Develop youth I adult partnerships which: 3 Definition of youth/adult partnerships taken from "Youth Voice: A Guide for Engaging Youth in Leadership and Decision-Making in Service-Learning Programs." 9-03-01, 2 7 �~ ~ Foster a greater development of life skills through experience and the application of their education in leadership, public speaking/communication, community involvement, and civic and career responsibility. Encourage organizations to become more connected and responsive to the youth in their community. Partners All individuals and organizations interested in youth engagement are partners m implementing the national vision including the following: ~ State Agencies ~ Youth leadership/service organizations ~ State Government ~ Educational Organizations ~ Inter-governmental agencies/boards ~ Non-Profit Organizations Methodology: Below are three concepts towards fulfilling this action step. Within each concept, we have outlined current goals and tasks to implement our vision. ~ Advocate youth involvement in all organizations that pertain to youth o Send a unified message on the importance of promoting youth as leaders and decision-makers. • Youth commissioners develop message. • Youth commissioners and state service commissions, establish a public relations advocacy strategy for more youth involvement. • ASC creates a database for contacting youth, leadership and service, and governmental organizations and associations that can be utilized at the state level. • Distribute "Youtb Voice" guide to all state service commissions at the AmeriCorps*State/National/Tribes National meeting. o 9-03-01, 2 Identify more opportunities for young people to serve on boards and commissions so that youth on boards becomes a common expectation. • Youth commissioners research the boards and commissions that have young people serving on their boards to have a better understanding on youth governance. • Research effective practices and benefits commissions have derived from the service of youth. • Youth comrmsstoners research and contact boards and commissions that do not have youth serving on their boards and advocate for youth involvement and participation. • Youth commissioners develop tools and handbooks for youth commissioners to use when working within the school/education system to allow students to receive service-learning credit for service on boards and commissions. 8 �>- Promote awareness of State Service Commissions as a resource o Youth commissioners provide support, best practices, and training for commissions and youth commissioners o The State Service Commissions establish themselves as the resource, serving as a bridge-builder for youth service opportunities on, boards of organizations. • Create Public Service Announcements • Provide Youth Commissioner web site • Establish 1-800 numbers for ease of communication • Develop a resource library of youth organizations and those supporting youth initiatives >- Provide education about statewide service opportunities o Publicize service-scholarship opportunities. o Increase awareness of Work-Study opportunities for service involvement. o Promote "Seasons of Service" and service opportunities. o Educate people about the benefits of service: intrinsic, extrinsic, monetary, and achievement rewards. o Promote corporation programs as a vehicle for paying for school. Information on the above items will be included in the youth commissioner handbook (see Action Step #3) to help youth commissioners, youth action councils, and state commissions fulfill these tasks. Budget: Expenditures • Time • Conference Calls • Mailings • Marketing/training materials Resources • ASC • Youth Commissioners • State Commissions • Corporation for National Service Sustainability: The overall framework for this action step is to: • Advocate • Promote • Educate Within this framework, the goals and tasks will change and evolve over time to meet the needs of the field. 9-03-01 , 2 9 �ACTION STEP #2: APPOINTING AN ACTIVE YOUTH COMMISSIONER IN EVERY STATE Purpose: Every state commission is requN-ed through federal legislation to appoint a youth commissioner. Barriers such as lack of support, partnership, and financial resources, and lack of reception from state governments have kept youth from participating on state commissions in the past. The following methodology will help ensure that the youth voice is represented on every state commission. Goal: To ensure the appointment of at least one active youth commissioner in every state. Partners: ~ Youth Commissioners ~ Commission staff members ~ Interim Regional Representative from the five different clusters ~ ASC ~ Corporation for National Service Methodology: 9-03-01,2 ~ Communicate with State Executive Directors, staff members, and chairpersons o Identify states that do not have youth commissioners and provide technical assistance in obtaining a youth commissioner. o Write letters to state commissions that do have youth commissioners and include a survey regarding the youth commissioner's activities and participation on the commission to use as illustrations of meaningful roles. o Open a dialog with the Executive Directors and Chairpersons in order to encourage the active participation of current youth commissioners and advocate for the filling of youth commissioner vacancies. o Present at commission meetings on the value of youth commissioners and the meaningful roles they can play. ~ Communicate with State Governors to promote the timely appointment of youth commissioners o Write letters encouraging appointment of youth commissioners and offering assistance in the selection process. o Develop personal relationships by meeting with governors in order to promote their education on the scope of youth engagement in service in their states. 10 �Budget: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Expenditure Information from state commissions Postage Editors Sponsors Travel Expenses Resources • ASC • Youth Commissioners • State Commissions • Corporation for National Service Sustainability • Communication • Networking • Education ACTION STEP #3: ESTABLISH A FORMAL YOUTH COMl\flSSIONER COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK Purpose: To promote and encourage an effective dialogue among State Commissioners in order to support individual youth initiatives within the state and to identify regional youth policy issues. The youth commissioners' Communication Network will serve as an effective mechanism through which strategies, relationships and communication systems will be coordinated and enhanced. Goal: To further promote and encourage networking, skill building, and education among Youth Commissioners. Partners: ~ ASC ~ Interim and Ongoing Regional Cluster Leaders ~ Corporation for National Service ~ Individual State Commissions ~ Current Youth Commissioners Methodology ~ 9-03-01, 2 Establish Cluster Leaders • Select two cluster leaders from each cluster. 11 �• • • • • 9-03-01 , 2 Selection will be made through an application process that will be administered by ASC. • Applications will be reviewed by representatives from ASC and the Corporation. • Induction of formal Cluster Leaders will take place annually during the month ofNovember. • Youth Commissioners will serve a one-year term. • There will be a total of 10 cluster leaders. serve as liaisons for the Corporation and ASC • Cluster Leaders will have direct contact with the Corporation for National Service, youth representatives on the Corporation's board, and ASC staff. Serve as a steering committee with the Corporation for National Service and ASC for the National Conference training. • Cluster leaders will meet with the Corporation and ASC staff to discuss agenda items and take a proactive role in planing a training and orientation process for new Youth Commissioners Promote and encourage each state within clusters to have active youth commissiOners. • Regional leaders visit states that do not have a youth commissioner on the commission. • Provide information, leadership and guidance to those states that do not have youth commissioners on their commissions. Serve as a facilitator for new working relationships among youth commissiOners. • Inform new youth commissioners of organizations or partnerships that their fellow youth commissioners utilize. • Share effective practices and provide support through the use of email, phone, conference calls, and letters • Share lists and other documentation of cluster resources. ~ Encourage dialogue among youth commissioners through peer-to-peer exchanges • Utilize cluster meetings. • Use youth commissioners rn leadership roles as facilitators and presenters. • Use former youth commissioners as mentors to current youth COmmiSSIOners • Utilize the National Service Conference. • Use Youth Commissioners in leadership roles as facilitators and presenters. • Implement interstate training of Youth Commissioners, facilitated by ASC using peer to peer resources. ~ Establish a National Meeting for Training and Networking • Share ideas and effective practices among Youth Commissioners. 12 �• • Provide an opportunity for youth commissioners to establish national goals and a strategic plan . Provide training and orientation about various aspects of the role of a youth conumsswner. • Develop a training manual that addresses commonly asked questions and peer presentations. • Develop a peer to peer youth commissioner orientation manual. • Develop a youth commissioner resource handbook to be used as a guide by current and future youth commissioners. Budget: In development Sustainability (Resources): };;> America's Service Commissions };;> Corporation for National Service };;> State Commissions };;> Youth Commissioner Web Site (www.asc-online.org/yc) ACTION STEP #4: ESTABLISH YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCILS (YACS) IN EVERY STATE Purpose: Youth Advisory Councils (YACs) provide a forum to cultivate, educate and grow future leaders. They were founded on the principle that youth need opportunities for their voices and ideas to be heard and recognized. YACs encourage youth participation in community service and offer forums for youth to develop and build leadership skills. TheYAC is a statewide mechanism to: Hear the voice of youth representatives, Set the agenda for youth service policy, Promote active youth service, and Implement and support needed youth service projects. YACs exist under some state commissions. Rhode Island, Michigan, Indiana, New York, Maryland, and Florida are examples of functioning YACs. Goal: To establish a Youth Advisory Council (YAC) under each state commission. Partners: };;> Youth commissioners: Develop and facilitate the aforementioned strategies in a leadership role. Youth Commissioners need to be active on their state commission as well as involved in their state YAC in order to serve effectively as liaisons 9-03-01, 2 13 �between the two boards and to act as conveners of youth activities m their respective states. >- The advisors: Provide guidance and create stability within the Youth Advisory Council. Examples of current advisors include AmeriCorps Alumni, State Commission staff, YES Ambassadors, AmeriCorps Promise Fellows, Volunteers, and fellow Commissioners. >- Each Y AC may fmd it useful to have a chair or co-chair to serve as an aid to the advisor in planning and technical assistance. **Members of YACs usually range in ages from 12-22. It is important to include members of rural, urban, and suburban communities to ensure that every voice is represented and heard. Methodology: >>>>>>>>- Research - Research current landscape of state youth activities and organizations Advocacy - Set agenda for youth service policy statewide, by developing a relationship with the state legislature and other local agencies. Project Development - Carry out needed youth service projects, such as tutoring/mentoring programs, by mobilizing young people around service days and activities. Promotion - Promote youth service though newsletters, presentations at meetings, and inviting other young service leaders to participate in special events. Promotion - Promote state commissions as the resource through which to achieve volunteerism, by spreading the .Jrord among youthful audiences. Training - Ensure the continued sustainability of statewide and national service by providing the necessary professional development tools such as training manuals, conferences, orientations, opportunities to participate in the grant-making process, and tools to develop relationships with national service program initiatives. Diversity - Improve state service commissions' ability to assess and meet the needs of youth in their state, by ensuring a diverse representation within the YAC. Collaboration - Look to pre-existing statewide youth organizations as advising entities. These should be a mixture of non-profit, private, governmental organizations and educational institutions, and should represent rural, urban, and suburban communities in order to achieve a successful balance. Budget: Expenditures • Travel I Accommodations • Meeting space • Postage for mailings • Photocopying • Teleconference calls • Training and technical assistance Resources • State Commissions 9-03-01 , 2 14 �• • • • Learn and Serve grants Local foundations America's Promise AmeriCorps Alums, Inc.(?) Sustain ability: * Points of Light Seasons of Service • YES Ambassadors- in collaboration with youth corrumsswners commission staff and **For current examples of Youth Advisory Councils in different states, please see page 15. 9-03-01, 2 15 �PART III: EXAMPLES AND EFFECTIVE PRACTICES ARIZONA (ENGAGED YOUTH COMMISIONERS As Youth Commissioners are also full-time students, the Arizona Governor's Commission on Service and Volunteerism accommodates its young representatives by holding some of its meetings on Friday evenings or on Saturdays. In consideration of the state's geographically large size, the Arizona Commission holds its meetings in different locations in order to prevent the same people from having to travel long distances. Moreover, holding meetings in different locations allows commissioners to make site visits, at which local officials are often invited to speak. Unlike most states, Arizona has three youth representatives. These individuals represent the southern, central, and northern areas of the state to ensure representation of all youth in the state of Arizona. INDIANA {YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCILS) The Indiana Youth Commission for Service and Leadership (IYCSL) is a statewide network of 50 youth commissioners, who are appointed by Governor Frank O'Bannon to a twoyear term. The youth commissioners, aged 13-19, serve as their state senate district's representative for youth initiatives, advocacy, service, and philanthropy. Each youth commissioner is then guiding in the selection of 2-4 "ambassadors," who assist them in their two-year term to accomplish tasks necessary, 9ut rarely attend the statewide meetings. The structure of IYCSL is simple. We are governed by our fiscal agent and parent organization, the Indiana Commission on Community Service (ICCSV) and Volunteerism, of which Mr. Joseph L. Smith is the Executive Director. The ICCSV employs an AmeriCorps member to run the IYCSL program from the state capital. Within IYCSL itself, we have a representative democracy, with each member getting to vote for our chair, vice-chair, secretary, and webmaster. The chair of the IYCSL serves on the ICCSV in their "youth commissioner" position. The three focuses of IYCSL are service, advocacy, and philanthropy. There are committees for each of them, and each work as almost individual bodies, setting their own agendas and goals. KENTUCKY {YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCILS) The Kentucky Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service has demonstrated its commitment to youth by hiring a full-time youth programs coordinator. This staff person, who is an AmeriCorps Alum, travels the state to visit sites where youth volunteer programs are in place and helps to provide resources to caring individuals who are interested in starting new programs. This person is also the advisor to the 30-member Kentucky Youth Council on Community Volunteerism and Service and offers support to the youth commissioner. NEW YORK {YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCILS) 9-03-01,2 16 �The New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Office of Youth Development in partnership with the New York State Association of Youth Bureaus at the request of Governor George E. Pataki created the New York State Leadership and Service Council (YLSC) in 1998. Since then, a diverse group of thoughtful, committed young citizens ranging from ages 14-20 have been sharing ideas and experiences as well as promoting youth service throughout the state as delegates to the Youth Leadership Council. The YLSC meets several times a year throughout the state to discuss ways in which young people can mobilize their communities by building partnerships with adults, enhancing communication with youth development organizations, and participating in community service activities. The Council serves as the voice ofi young New Yorkers to the State Commission on National and Community Service. TEXAS (NATIONAL VISION AND YOUTH ACTION COUNCIL) Jacquelyn Poplawsky served on the Texas Youth Action Council for one year prior to her appointment to the Texas Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service. The Texas Youth Action Council gave Jacquelyn the opportunity to gain experience in State Service before taking on her position as Youth Commissioner. Jacquelyn has been serving on the Executive Committee and the Youth Services Committee for the past nine months, offering a younger perspective at the age of 19. The Texas Commission has allowed Jacquelyn the opportunity to have an active voice in meetings as well as Chair projects. 9-03-01, 2 17 �PART IV: BENEFITS AND OUTCOMES Thank you for taking the time to listen to the voices of youth. Like their adult counterparts, the Youth Commissioners are committed to meeting the challenges and needs of their communities, while developing and renewing their civic capacity through national and community service. Because our world is becoming increasingly divided across numerous demographic lines, all Commissioners, both youth and adult, must work together to implement the four Action Steps outlined in the previous pages. The resulting benefits of applying these Action Steps are tremendous: Not only will implementing this Call to Action help engage more young people in service both locally and nationally; it will also promote and help maintain the youth I adult partnerships discussed throughout the Call to Action. Young people will be able to work actively with their adult role models toward creating a more effective and balanced world. However, it is important to remember that balance requires an effort from all parties. Engaging people across society requires the sharing of resources, power, leaderships, and ideas. While the existing structure of youth involvement in service is certainly a solid foundation, we can strengthen and build upon it through partnerships, dialogue, and information sharing. The vision and goals described in this Call to Action cannot be achieved without the participation of all Commissioners. We can- and must- work together to make this happen. The following page lists the necessary steps, or implementation goals, that we must take in order to execute the four Action Steps over the next few years. There is a role for every Commissioner, young or old, in these steps; we must each take the initiative to carry out our roles. 9-03-01 , 2 18 �CALL TO ACTION IMPLEMENTATION GOALS /11 3 years, we e11visio11 this Call to Actio11 will be fully impleme11ted. First 6 months: • Complete call to action paper and gain acceptance by greater commission world • Establish Regional Leaders and implement successful communication system • Begin Youth Commissioner Orientation outline and planning • Share plan in at least 3 clusters (regional trainings) • Establish National Conference design team and begin work • Begin gathering resources on the landscape of youth activity and services in states 6-12 Months • Establish youth commissioners in all states (all Executive Directors and chairs have been contacted and dialogue has begun on recruitment, retention, and sustainability) • Begin development of youth commissioner handbook and resource guide • Dialogue and integration of youth commissioner at cluster meetings • Complete and incorporate youth commissioner orientation into national conference and individual commissions • Institutionalize Youth!Adult partnerships: 1) promotion, 2) training developed, 3) incorporated into CLDI guide, and 4) presented at all clusters • Convene National Youth Action Council for the 1st time and establish national agenda • Assess progress of first year goals • Hold national conference with heavy concentration on developing/designing Youth Action Councils (including executive directors, staff and chairs) Year2 • Begin rollout of Youth Action CoUiilcils Provide resources and technical assistance to individual commissions Each state completes two days of service Assess progress of second year goals and realign • • • Youth Action Councils are in place in a majority of states Youth commissioner orientation is integrated into commissioner training and is self sustaining Systems in place for youth commissioners to dialogue around key issues and set policy agendas Assess progress 9-03-01 , 2 19 • • • Year3 • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Welcome and Introductions- Chairperson Mawby II. Review & Approval of May 21, 2001 Minutes- Chairperson Mawby III. Board Development Committee - Terry Pruitt A. Recommendations for New Commissioners (Brennan) B. Designation ofNew MCSC Leadership Advisory Committee Members (Begg, Cummings, Neelis) C. Election of Executive Committee Member (Replacement for Commissioner Cummings) IV. Standing Committee Reports A. Executive Committee - Chairperson Mawby 1. Review Executive Committee August 17, 2001 meeting B. Legislative Outreach Committee - Vice Chairperson Pruitt 1. Presentation & Acceptance of Committee Report 2. MCSC 101h Anniversary Celebration/Legislative Outreach Event C. Marketing and Public Relations Committee- Commissioner O'Day 1. Presentation & Acceptance of Committee Report �D. Report ofDesignees of the ConnectMichigan Alliance Board of Trustees Commissioners Cummings, Engler & Pruitt 1. Appointment of Executive Director 2. Business Plan 3. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 50213 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001-09-10 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/4583c3bf91512bf276c8664124078737.pdf 5ed8b1437502249499181c2bc098c041 PDF Text Text 1 1 MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION 2 COMMI SSIONERS MEETING 3 4 5 6 7 May 21, 2001 8 12:30 p.m. • a 1 '. II 9 10 11 12 13 Grand Valley State University 14 DeVos Center, Robert C. Pew Campus 15 University Club Room 16 401 West Fulton Street 17 Grand Rapids, Michigan 18 19 20 21 22 Reported by: Julie A. Fox, CSR-4566 23 24 .JUN 1 3 200\ 25 GERGER-MORE'l'TI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �2 P R 0 C E E D I N G S 1 2 3 DR. MAWBY: We'll call the order of this 4 meeting, the Michigan Community Service Commission. 5 we're delighted to welcome everyone here to this beautiful 6 DeVos Center of the Robert Pew Campus of Grand Valley 7 State University. 8 on this campus, Mr. President, of your great institution, 9 and we appreciate very much the privilege of being here. 10 And For many of us, this is the first time President Lubbers, Don Lubbers, is president of 11 Grand Valley State University and he and I were 12 reminiscing a bit. 13 Lubbers has just been named a member of our Commission, so 14 he's a fellow commissioner now of the Community Service 15 Commission. 16 You're all aware that President Don has been president of this institution for 17 32 years, which I think is a record. 18 were reflecting. 19 this neighborhood, and recall when Grand Valley State 20 University was established 1n Allendale, which is the 21 campus just west of town. 22 (phonetic) was the first president, served for about five 23 years, and then Do~ 24 three decades. 32 years. 25 Mr. Lubbers and I I'm a native of Grand Rapids, grew up in And Dr. James Summerick has been the president for more than And a marvelous growth of this institution. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 The �3 Allenda l ~ 1 campus at is i mpressive. If you haven't been 2 there, you need to do that in the future. 3 increasingly, Grand Valley State has become involved 4 downtown and Don will give us some picture of that. But then 5 I remember first the Meijer Broadcasting Center 6 or the Eberhard Conference Center just across the freeway 7 and then the development of this beautiful campus. 8 then plans for the future with the new health professions 9 building going in over here, the Van Andel Institute and 10 the hospital. 11 people but a great difference also in the community. 12 we did And A great difference in the lives of lots of So or we should comment on that in just a moment. Just a reminder for all of us, as we make 13 14 comments, it will be helpful to your recorder if we give 15 names so that they can be become a part of the minutes. 16 And then, of course, it's always helpful if one speaks at 17 a time. 18 that. 19 So we'll try to remind ourselves to cooperate on But let's just go around the table and 20 introductions of everyone and then we'll come back and 21 have Dr. Lubbers give us a welcome -- an explanation of 22 the office here at Grand Valley State. 23 have the privilege of chairing the Michigan Community 24 Service Commission and I'm the chairman emeritus of the 25 W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR I'm Russ Mawby. Terry, go on 616-343-0118 I �4 1 around the room. MR. PRUITT: 2 I'm Terry Pruitt, vice chair of the 3 Commission, and distinct pleasure of probably having 4 served the longest. 5 commissioner. 6 DR. MAWBY: 7 MR. PRUITT: 8 DR. MAWBY: 9 Grand Valley State. 12 shortest serving. 13 20 Raise their hand, I'm Don Lubbers, president of You're the longest serving, I'm the DR. MAWBY: Wait until we get to the initiation MR. WESAW: Matt Wesaw, recently retired from the Michigan State Police. DR. MAWBY: 17 19 Any others? ceremony. 15 18 Founding commissioner. DR. LUBBERS: 11 16 You're a founding commissioner? please. 10 14 This will be my tenth year as the I'm just a commissioner. Retired. Just a kid. The record will show. MS. ESTRADA: Mary Estrada, the longest serving employee of the Commission. 21 DR. MAWBY: Starting very, very young. 22 MR. COLLIER: That was when you were five. 23 MS. ESTRADA: I told you, you had to behave. 24 MR. COLLIER: I'm Rob Collier, president of the 25 Council of Michigan Foundations. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �5 MS. RYAN O'DAY: 1 2 I'm Pat Ryan O'Day. I'm from Marquette and I publish the Marquette Monthly. MR. NEWPORT: 3 Don Newport, president of Alpena 4 Community College. 5 it took five institutions for me to get my 32 years. MR. WEST: 6 7 MS. ALGRA: 9 Independence Agency. 10 MS. GRILL: MR. GROSS: Garry Gross, member of the Commission staff. MS. PFEILER: 20 21 22 Mary Pfeiler, staff director for the Corporation of National Service Michigan. MS. BOTTEMLEY: 18 19 Paula Kaiser, a member of the Commission staff . 16 17 Mary Grill, a member of the MS. KAISER: 14 15 I'm Diana Algra from The Family Commission staff. 12 13 I'm Ray West, United Way Community Services. 8 11 Don, you're 32 years as president, but Martha Bottemley, Volunteer Muskegon. MR. BARFIELD: John Barfield, Chairman of Bartech Group. DR. MAYWBY: We should write a comment on here. 23 All of us are aware -- I think we're so pleased and proud 24 that John is receiving, this evening, the Sapphire Award. 25 MR. BARFIELD: L------------G~E~R~G~E~R~-~M~O~R~E~T~TI Thank you. REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �6 1 2 DR. MAWBY: And Betty is here with you and we'll all see both of you at the celebration. 3 MR. BARFIELD: 4 DR. MAWBY: 5 Just so pleased about your recognition of the great contributions. 6 MR. BARFIELD: 7 MS. SMITH: 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 You will. Thank you. I appreciate that. Meg Smith, Director of Retired and Senior Volunteer Program. MR. NEELIS: Randy Neelis, superintendent of Sparta Area Schools. MS. LENZ: Nancy Lenz with Michigan National/Standard Federal. MR. WEINSTOCK: I'm Ethan Weinstock. I'm a student at Williamston High School. 15 MS. PARDOE: I'm Kari Pardoe and I'm finally a 16 senior now at Central Michigan. 17 DR. MAWBY: We appreciate your being here. 18 MR. CALDWELL: Kyle Caldwell, Executive Director 19 of Michigan Community Service. 20 DR. MAWBY: Good. And let's now turn to Don. 21 We appreciate your willingness to have us here. 22 you know, we try to hold a couple of meetings each year 23 somewhere outside of Lansing. 24 natural to be here in Grand Rapids with the major grant 25 seeker conference going on at the same time. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING And as This year, it was just - MCOR And we 616-343-0118 �7 1 appreciate so much your hospitality, the staff, the 2 facility, the food, everything. 3 wonderful to be here. 4 5 6 Just perfect. And it's Don, tell us a little bit about Grand Valley State, if you know anything about it. DR. LUBBERS: Well, I don't know if I know it as 7 well as I should, but well, thank you, Russ. We're 8 delighted to have all of you here today. 9 take a minute or two to tell you about Grand Valley by I think I can 10 describing our aspirations. 11 about doing this is, first, we aspire to be the best 12 undergraduate teaching institution. 13 university for like undergraduates are neglected, so the 14 university will have about 19,000 students in the fall, 15 probably a little over with about 3,500 of them graduate 16 students, and the other undergraduate students, we really 17 strive to make our campus feel like a small college with a 18 lot of personal attention with good instruction and with 19 excellent housing. 20 The best way I can think So often, a Our second aspiration is to be a partner with 21 our community. Whatever that community is. 22 advantages of a relatively new institution is that it 23 doesn't have old ideas about itself and it is easier to 24 relate to the communities which you serve. 25 our research would be applied research in assisting the GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR One of the And so most of 616-343-0118 �8 1 community in one way or the other. Our third aspiration would be to create an 2 3 environment in which people's -- where people work and 4 study where their spirits are lifted. 5 by hopefully making architectural design and function flow 6 together and in creating a beautiful environment with 7 which to work. 8 gallery so that whenever we construct a building, there's 9 a sizable budget for art. And we try to make every building an art We try to make 10 We try to do this we're in the process of trying 11 to make the whole campus a sculpture garden, because we 12 believe that contributes to the beauty of the 13 environment. 14 ~s 15 to create these facilities that are very attractive places 16 in which to work. 17 beauty. So as Pete said, beauty is proof and proof We do buy into that to some extent in trying It's probably a rather old-fashioned idea, but I 18 hope and I stress always that we staff with entire 19 procurement; that as a professional institution, we want 20 your academic quality to be top rate. 21 mean very much unless the human climate is also that way. 22 So I hope this is an institution where people are treated 23 with the dignity with which people should be treated with 24 and we hope that's conveyed to schools and that it -- as 25 it works itself out in their lives, they become givers to GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR But that doesn't 616-343-0118 �9 1 the society rather than just takers. 2 underlying philosophy to our institution. 3 than just the educational process. 4 personal maturation and spiritual insight. 5 wrapped up. DR. MAWBY: 6 7 Rapids. 9 There's more It's also about It's all You have Allendale and Grand What other communities are you -DR. LUBBERS: 8 So there's really an then Grand Rapids. Allendale is the main campus and We have a campus in Holland. It has 10 only one building, but it may have more eventually. 11 on the Muskegon Community College campus in our higher 12 education center with other institutions, and we're over 13 in Northwestern Community College in Traverse City, their 14 center for higher education with other institutions. 15 we have five locations. 16 television license for this area of Michigan which gives 17 us an interesting intervention in the lives of people 18 here. 19 20 DR. MAWBY: 22 DR. MAWBY: 25 Thank you. We're honored that you are joining us on this Commission. DR. LUBBERS: 24 So We also have the old public Great. 21 23 We're I am honored. And we appreciate very much the -- you being here this day, being on your campus. As those who have been here before know, we operate informally. If you need anything further from any GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �10 1 of the nutritional options available to us, help 2 yourselves. We've had a wonderful luncheon. 3 And a reminder that we have a new agenda. 4 you're operating on the pink agenda, throw it away. 5 MR. CALDWELL: 6 DR. MAWBY: If That's a has-been. When I was on the faculty at 7 Michigan State, we always worried about pink slips because 8 you really were a has-been, so 9 as to whether this is maize or yellow or gold. 10 maize to me. 11 revised, May 21st. 12 their place. there's been some debate It looked Be sure you're on the maize agenda, which is And we have -- I think everyone found And we have the review and approval of the 13 14 February 9 minutes. 15 tab 3. 16 minutes? They were sent to us. They're under Are there additions or corrections to the If not, they'll be accepted as presented. 17 MS. RYAN O'DAY: 18 DR. MAWBY: Move to approve. Now, we have a series of committee 19 reports. 20 Executive Committee, which was held on April 20. 21 all of the items incorporated are pretty well self- 22 explanatory. 23 recommendations and most of those will come back at our 24 agenda with subsequent committee reports. 25 I'll comment first on the meeting of the I think We approved some staff programming funding So unless there are questions about the GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �11 1 Executive Committee meeting, let's move on to two 2 specifics. 3 ConnectMichigan Alliance and, Terry, we'd ask you for a 4 progress to date on board membership and the CEO search of 5 the alliance. The Executive Committee report on the MR. PRUITT: 6 They have in their packet a couple 7 of reports, written reports, one of the financial summary 8 and a report around some of the strategy in place now to 9 complete the endowment campaign. Let me come back to that 10 and talk a little bit about exactly where we are with the 11 CEO search. There are four finalist candidates and we've 12 13 conducted as we indicated at the last meeting, we want 14 to conduct a national search. 15 advertised in a number of national publications and had 16 inquiries and resumes submitted from all over the United 17 States. 18 assistance of Sam Singh and Kyle have screened what we 19 felt were the four finalists or best candidates for the 20 position. 21 today, Diane Algra. The job was posted and And the Search Committee along with the And one of those individuals is sitting with us 22 They all have a considerable amount of 23 experience in the field of service and volunteerism and we 24 think these are four very excellent candidates for the 25 position. Two of them have been interviewed. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR We will be 616-343-0118 �12 1 conducting our third interview this afternoon after the 2 conclusion of this meeting with the Interview Committee. 3 Then the final interview will be completed the first week 4 of June. 5 We will probably, at that point, take a couple 6 weeks to get some negotiations with the finalist and then 7 bring a recommendation back to the full CMA Board for 8 approval and, hopefully, we will have the person in place 9 sometime during the month of July. So that's sort of the 10 tracking and the timing. We do have two additional 11 candidates to interview and we expect to complete that 12 process by the first week in June. 13 I think that's all I can really say. 14 thing is, again, Russ and Kyle, you can help me on this, 15 but we think that the campaign itself, the Endowment 16 Campaign is moving along very well. A number of calls 17 have been made with General Motors. I accompanied 18 Mrs. Engler on our visit with Chrysler. 19 call went very, very well. 20 scheduled with Ford. 21 MR. CALDWELL: 22 MR. PRUITT: The other We thought that I think we had a session Yeah. And we think we're at a point with 23 both General Motors and Chrysler where the "ask" is on the 24 table and is being reviewed and we should be hearing very 25 shortly about our "ask" with those two grant requests. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �13 1 And in both cases we asked for a million dollars. 2 big. 3 We went So we think that we're tracking very well there. We have some strategy in place now and some 4 calls to make up in my neck of the woods, Midland, where 5 the first"ask" for the foundation is to both Dow Chemical 6 and Dow-Corning. 7 very shortly. 8 things are looking very well. 9 Those calls are to be made and scheduled So on the corporation side of things, We're now moving, I think, much more into the 10 foundation stage, the smaller foundations, and to make our 11 "asks" there. 12 very, very good progress in coming up to the plate 13 stepping up to the plate and raising the $10 million. 14 So all in all, I think we're making some I think the question was asked at our last CMA 15 Board Meeting around the timing for our solicitation of 16 private individuals. 17 to at least be at that 60 to 70 percent mark, in terms of 18 the $10 million matching activity that we have to meet, 19 before we actually launch a full-blown campaign that would 20 be directed to the individuals. 21 And I our thinking is that we want That does not, however, exclude this body. If 22 you'll recall, at our last Commission meeting, all of you 23 were asked to consider your own personal gift. 24 memory serves me correctly, we all had a little pledge 25 card, and I'll let Russ give you the update. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR And if my But I think 616-343-0118 �14 1 those of you who have not made a commitment, I think it 2 speaks volumes and speaks to your commitment if we would 3 all step forward and actually do that as we try to move 4 forward with all activity. So 1n summary, I think we're tracking very, very 5 6 well. It looks like for over the course of the next 60 7 days, we should be at that 60 to 70 percent mark. 8 terms of actual fund-raising, we're looking at somewhere 9 toward the end of August, first part of September to In 10 actually launch the individual solicitation part of this 11 whole thing. We will have a director in place. 12 We've also 13 started actually putting some job descriptions and moving 14 forth with some of the other key staff positions that we 15 know we will have to have. 16 decisions. 17 those decisions. 18 running a bit with a series of resumes and things they can 19 consider right from day one. 20 21 22 23 We will not make those We will allow the executive director to make It will allow them to get the ground So that's kind of where we are. I think things are moving along very well. MR. BARFIELD: Did I read that to date there's about $4 million collected? 24 MR. PRUITT: 25 MR. BARFIELD: Yes. And is half of that the State's GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �15 1 match? 2 MR. PRUITT: No. That's a separate department 3 of the State, actually. 4 MR. BARFIELD: 5 get four million from the State? 6 MR. PRUITT: 7 MR. BARFIELD: 8 MR. PRUITT: 9 DR. MAWBY: Does that mean you're going to Yes. So you're already at 8 million? Essentially, yes. We might comment. This -- the 10 Michigan Alliance is again a national pace-setting 11 initiative of public, private collaboration, and I think 12 you're always aware this has been created by four 13 entities, this Michigan Community Service Commission, the 14 Michigan Nonprofit Association, the Volunteer Centers of 15 Michigan, and Michigan Campus Compact. 16 has come together with members from each of those. 17 chair board is Ed Blews, who is with the Independent 18 Colleges of Michigan. And so the Board Th e And the board 1s moving forward very 19 20 effectively. We have t he forward then -- the challenge o f 21 the legislature has provided $10 million of public fundin g 22 to endow the ConnectMichigan Alliance and we as the 23 private sector, then, we have to match the 10 million one 24 for one. 25 million dollar endowment for the mission and purposes of So that ultimately the goal is to have a 20 GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �16 1 the ConnectMichigan Alliance. A lot of folks, Terry, Kyle, and others have 2 3 been working on this. Rob, you've been engaged in this 4 particularly from the foundation side. 5 comment on the private foundation with the community 6 foundation, their interest in this, Rob? MR. COLLIER: 7 8 of everybody. 9 State. Can you just Yes, lots of interest on the part I mean, it's resonating well all over the And at our recent board meeting, Russ serves as 10 chair of our Advisory Committee, so he was at the board to 11 help present it to help support the Michigan Alliance as 12 well. 13 behalf of the campaign, I think, all over the State. But lots of interest and good works happening on DR. MAWBY: 14 Kyle, in the absence of Commissioner 15 Engler and Cummings, would you comment on how the campaign 16 is going? MR. CALDWELL: 17 Sure. Just one correction. I 18 just want to back up to Mr. Barfield's question. 19 what we have are two million in foundation, just one from 20 Mott, one from the Kellogg Foundation, that's two 21 million. 22 from private sector and two million from the State. 23 that money has moved in, but -- so to date, if you look at 24 the private sector side, we have eight million to go. 25 To date And the four million overall is the two million The calls have been very good. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR So The thing that's 616-343-0118 �17 1 strange for everyone, I think, you know, including our 2 fund-raising counsel, who's gone with us on visits with 3 Monohan & Associates, is we haven't been told no yet. 4 That is a very strange phenomenon on a campaign this size, 5 especially with the large pool of prospects that we have. The "asks" out up to date add up to a little 6 7 over $4-and-a-half million. So that's what we have 8 sitting out in proposals, both to foundations and 9 corporations. And over the next 60 days, we'll have an 10 additional two million in "asks" out into the field, 11 including Midland and southeast Michigan. So by the fall, we should be in very good shape 12 13 to say we're at the 80 percent mark. Which Terry is 14 right, in the next 60, 90 days, we'll be at the 60, and 15 into the fall we'll be at 90 percent, which is then 16 probably the time to unveil and go public and do so at the 17 top. The volunteers have been great. 18 We've had a 19 great crop of really hard-working campaigners, and it's 20 very helpful to have the support of all the commissioners 21 as well, whenever we call and ask for information and the 22 help coming up. 23 when they say this is a remarkable campaign. 24 very fast. 25 This campaign counsel is not sucking up DR. MAWBY: It's going Now, one of the things we talked GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �18 1 about at our last meeting, of course, is the serving on 2 nonprofit boards when you're trying to raise money. 3 always well to be able to say the board of directors are 4 committed. 5 this Commission, the Nonprofit Association, Campus Compact 6 and Volunteer Centers -- that the boards have, of all four 7 entities, evidenced their commitment by each making 8 individual pledges. And so we're anxious that the four entities -- I can speak to this. 9 It's We had a confession up on 10 this corner. I said, "Terry, I finally got my pledge in 11 last week," and you said you were going to do yours today. 12 MR. PRUITT: 13 DR. MAWBY: That's right. Now, we can speak to it. No, the 14 important thing is not the amount. It's the fact that we 15 can say, 100 percent participation. 16 circumstance is different, so don't worry about that. 17 if we were able to say in the near future that all members 18 of the Commission have made a personal contribution, that 19 will be very useful. 20 have done so at this point. And everyone's But I think all of us but six or seven 21 MR. CALDWELL: 22 DR. MAWBY: That's right. I finally found my pledge card. 23 We're remodeling the old farm house and I can't find 24 anything, but I found my pledge card and got it turned in 25 last week. So just a reminder, and if you don't know GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �19 1 where the pledge card is, see either Kyle or Mary. But it 2 would be very helpful , as you know in fund-raising, to 3 say, yes, every member of the Commission has given an 4 appropriate contribution t o this purpose. 5 Anything further on that? 6 exciting. Very good. I think it's tremendously Again, Michigan is pace-setting, and we'll be 7 8 go1ng to the National Conference of State Committee 9 Service Commissions in the Twin Cities late next month. 10 And I think one of the things we'll be sharing with them 11 there is that this has been an initiative in which this 12 Community Service Commission has been very actively 13 engaged. 14 elsewhere coming with this concept of the public private 15 collaboration on behalf of purposes and we'll be able to 16 share that at the national level later next month. 17 Kyle and Terry and others at this table and Any questions or anything further on this? 18 John, we've got a lot of unfinished business, we know. 19 far, there is -- I think the reaction has been very 20 encouraging. 21 MR. NEWPORT: Can we have a target date for when 22 we want to conclude the campaign? 23 the fall, okay, then how long will that broad-base 24 campaign last? 25 MR. CALDWELL: So We said 80 percent by Closing the whole campaign, GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �20 1 October. Sooner, if possible. DR. MAWBY: 2 By the end of the calendar year, if 3 we can, we'd like to get it done. 4 MR. CALDWELL: And realizing, that's the target 5 and best case scenario. Also, Rob, the other goal is to, 6 of course, not cram up against the November 2002 state 7 deadline for the match boxes, so -DR. MAWBY: 8 9 10 11 Thank you, Terry. Okay. Other questions or comments? Thanks for your leadership in all cf this. If you take -- next after the update on the 12 Search Committee, you'll find minutes of the Retreat 13 Committee Planning Committee held in April. 14 Don, Chris, and Nancy and I are members with that. 15 working with Mary and Kyle in particular. 16 And Randy and Nancy And a reminder that this meeting will be 17 September 10 and 11, Monday and Tuesday, starting at noon 18 on Monday through noon on Tuesday. 19 Brook Lodge Conference Center, now a facility of Michigan 20 State University, down sort of halfway between Battle 21 Creek and Kalamazoo . 22 We're meeting at the It's a countryside setting. It was the 23 conference facility of the Upjohn Company before Upjohn 24 became Pharmacia & Upjohn and then became Pharmacia and 25 its headquarters moved to New Jersey and the conference L-----------~G~E~R~G~E~R~-~M~O~R~E~T =TI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �21 1 center in Augusta no longer made sense. So they looked at 2 options, and it's now a facility of Michigan State 3 University. 4 it was very accurate. Mary went down and checked it out and thought 5 MS. ESTRADA: 6 DR. MAWBY: Beautiful place. Beautiful. The settings are marvelous. So 7 we'll be meeting there Monday and Tuesday, September 10 8 and 11. 9 conceptualized the program in this way, that the first The Retreat Planning Committee sort of 10 afternoon and evening we'll be really updating ourselves 11 on things going on. 12 in which we're operating, so much dramatic change has 13 taken place, we just need to be updated in terms of 14 information, friends, directions, and so forth. 15 If you think about this whole arena So on Monday afternoon -- and I'll have Kyle 16 comment on specifics, but on Monday afternoon or evening, 17 we're going to have an update at the national level with 18 two things happening. 19 Service, under which we operate, new leadership, new 20 chair, new executive director, and new administration at 21 the national level, federal level. 22 update on where the Corporation for National Service fits 23 into priorities and so forth of the new administration. 24 25 One, the corporation of National And so we need an Coupled with that is the faith-based initiatives in many areas in which we're engaged and nonprofits and GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �22 1 government agencies are engaged, and so an update also on 2 the faith-based initiatives and the implications of that. 3 Of course, specifically the work of the Commission. 4 the national level, we see those two major developments in 5 which we need to update clarification. So at Secondly, at the state level, similar kinds of 6 7 changes taking place. But specifically, we know that 8 there will be significant changes in the political arena 9 in the State of Michigan. Next year we've got four or 10 five people interested in the Democratic Party and 11 succeeding Governor Engler and we've got two or three, at 12 least all have been announced, for the Republican Party. 13 So it's going to be an active year politically in 14 Michigan. 15 executive branch. 16 there's personality changes, people will be different, and 17 so whatever happens makes a difference in our life. 18 And all of that reality of change in the And even if there's no party change, Couple that with the growing impact of the 19 reality of term limits and so we --by next year, we'll 20 have -- by the elections next year we'll have no one in 21 the legislature who voted yes or no -- who voted on 22 establishing the Michigan Community Service Commission. 23 So term limits, everyone is new and you know the challenge 24 of that reality. 25 And then the second big reality in Michigan will GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �23 1 be the ConnectMichigan Alliance and its implications or 2 outside the work of this Commission because some of the 3 things which we have been doing directly as a Commission 4 probably will be handled through grants to organizations 5 and entities under the broad concept of the 6 ConnectMichigan Alliance . 7 the ultimate purpose, will not be changed. 8 and the way we do it will change to some extent with the 9 impact of the Michigan Alliance. So the nature of what we do, But the nature Kyle comment on the resource people -- kinds of 10 11 people we're hoping to have with us for that afternoon and 12 evening. 13 MR. CALDWELL: Great. Thank you, Russ. The 14 Planning Committee met and we discussed what sort of 15 resource people would be helpful, who knows the issues and 16 then who could we get. 17 pointed out, is to talk about the transitions at the 18 national level, specifically the Corporation for National 19 Service and the new and emerging faith-based initiative 20 that's being ruled out by the Bush administration. 21 contacted Wendy Zanker (phonetic), who's the current 22 acting CEO of the Corporation for National Service. 23 agreed to come out to our retreat and talk about the 24 corporations world. 25 number two person at the corporation after the new CEO is The first thing that, as Russ So we She' s It is likely that Wendy will be the GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �24 1 appointed, it looks like, in the next couple weeks. 2 know who it is yet, but I do know that the corporations 3 DR. MAWBY: 4 MR. CALDWELL: 5 Don't Don't even have a good rumor? Well, I've got lots of good rumors and I can start a few for the right price. 6 DR. MAWBY: Okay. 7 MR. CALDWELL: And then at the State level, 8 we're going to invite Ed Blews, who's the current chair of 9 the ConnectMichigan Alliance and the new CEO of the 10 Alliance, to talk to us about future goals with the 11 Alliance. 12 people down, talk to them eye to eye, and say what 13 hopefully your expectations are as well for the future of 14 that organization. And this is your opportunity to sit these Then we get into a discussion of how do we talk 15 16 about the transition and state government? 17 challenge was, you can't court any one candidate and bring 18 them to your meeting, because then you've picked a side 19 and then you've picked your fate as well. 20 decided to do was talk to the mediator, surprising enough, 21 and those who are political consultants, who really are 22 tracking the issues of candidates and the dialogue that's 23 going on. 24 25 And the So what we And so two resource people that we are going to tap for that are Greg Rough (phonetic), Public Secretary GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �25 1 of Consultants, and Tim Scubic (phonetic), who we all know 2 1s a political commentator in many circumstances, but 3 Michigan Politics is his radio and TV show that he's in 4 the platform for. 5 we'll see which ones we can secure, and that will be into 6 the evening program. Those two are being approached, which That's the first day, talking about resource 7 8 persons. Then transitioning into the second day, we've 9 been able to secure an excellent facilitator who's worked 10 with the Board of Kellogg Foundation, a person by the name 11 of Alice Beuhl, who I believe is also working with the 12 Kellogg Foundation Board currently on a number of 13 products. 14 dealing with the organizational frame that we have to do 15 based on the paper that you all approved in concept at the 16 last Commission meeting, I'm talking about the future of 17 the Commission, but also based on all you've heard to the 18 previous date, how do you put an action plan together both 19 short-term and long-term for the Commission that staff can 20 help operate and that board members know their role. 21 Alice comes with high recommendations and high 22 credentials, so I'll let Russ talk a little bit about 23 Alice. 24 25 And she's agreed to walk us through not only And But that's kind of the resource people and the lay of the day, going from noon on Monday to noon on GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �26 1 Tuesday. DR. MAWBY: 2 I've had a lot of experience, others 3 have, too, with Alice in this role. She's very 4 professional, very knowledgeable, and also very flexible, 5 so she responds to the process. 6 essentially, is to help us keep on target. 7 listen to these presentations and then the second day our 8 challenge, really, is to say, okay, what does all of that 9 mean to MCSC? What her role will be, We want to What does this mean to our strategic plan 10 in updating it based on these new developments and 11 realities? 12 do we have to address as priorities in the next 12 and 24 13 months, because that will be a very active time? 14 at the national level, changes at the state level. 15 we engage as we're coming down to our legislative outreach 16 and all of that process a little later when we have to be 17 putting our plans together, strategic, long range. 18 specifically, then, following the 24 months? 19 we need to comment on. 20 And secondly, particularly, specifically, what How do What What things So that's sort of the agenda for the retreat. 21 It's a beautiful setting. 22 You'll enjoy the stroll by the mill pond. 23 MR. COLLIER: 24 DR. MAWBY: 25 Changes Grand Valley State. You'll enjoy the lodging. Good food, too. Good food, too, almost as good as And dress will be appropriately GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �27 1 casual. 2 there. 3 my neck ties except two. 4 for funerals and this is my wedding tie. 5 know, this is a happy occasion. 6 But it will be casual. 7 and I think it's going to be a very important -- probably 8 one of the most important, after a decade of changes going 9 to deal with a concession and anxious to get it on 10 11 That's only two miles from where I live down Everyone knows that when I retired, I burned all I have one for weddings and one I wanted you to This is my wedding t i e. It will be a delightful setting everyone's calendar. Any questions? You'll be getting some 12 background information, probably some reading materials to 13 expedite that process. 14 stimulating and fun kind of event because of the setting 15 and resource people and the oneness of this Commission 16 thinking and working together. 17 But it's going to be what I call a Good. Now, board development. The next page is 18 related to board development, the memo, dated March 21 19 with an update on the board development work. 20 we'll turn to you, s1r. 21 MR. PRUITT: And, Terry , Well, I'll certainly invite Pat and 22 others who are part of that to add to a couple 23 developments. 24 did have a meeting 25 where we reviewed the status of appointments to the You see the report, first of all, that we telephone conference on March 21st GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �28 1 board. 2 representative from the faith-based community and we had 3 targeted -- try to go after somebody from the Salvation 4 Army to sort of serve in that role. 5 We are looking for somebody who can sort of be a Secondly, most of you know, we do have a new 6 Superintendent of Michigan Department of Education in the 7 State of Michigan, Dr. Watkins. 8 superintendent of the schools here in the State has a 9 mandated position on the Commission, so we're extending an 10 invitation to Dr. Watkins to serve in that capacity and to 11 attend our commissioner meetings. 12 And by law, the And if not, we move to our government relations 13 side of things and local government, and we are still on a 14 mission to find a local governmental leader. 15 you can comment on that as well as I. 16 We are trying to identify someone And, Nancy, I have an 17 individual up in my area who has some previous experience 18 in the whole service and volunteer area, who's the 19 township manager up in that area, and so we're going to 20 extend an invitation to him to consider an appointment to 21 the Commission. 22 But more importantly, I think, there is a resume 23 in front of you in the packet that was at your seats when 24 you came in, and I think Diana and maybe John was the one 25 who strongly encouraged us to look at someone from the GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �29 1 disabled community. And we've been thinking and come up 2 with the name of Alfonzo Swain. 3 recommend to the Governor's Office that this individual be 4 appointed to the Commission. And we'd like to You can read that bio and background statement 5 6 on this individual, but everything I've been told, this is 7 a very excellent individu al and will represent us very 8 well. 9 activities, he's held other positions that were Governor And when you look at some of the credentials and 10 appointed positions. So the Governor's Office is very 11 familiar with this individual and I think he would be a 12 wonderful addition to this Commission. 13 him, but -- Kyle, if you've got any other information, 14 that will help us. MR. CALDWELL: 15 I have not met I'll also defer to Mary Estrada 16 and Diana Algra and Garry Gross. 17 working with us for a couple months now on trying to do 18 disability awareness for us in our AmeriCorps program 19 area. 20 meeting, we had started working 21 disability community to recruit AmeriCorps members as wel l 22 as programs that will service that population. 23 Al Swain has been As you may have recalled at our last Commission ~n making outreach to the Mr. Swain came to our meeting and was instantly 24 engulfed in the program. Then Mary Estrada had an 25 opportunity to hear him speak in public at the conference GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �30 1 and he's been approached in-- by staff to find out his 2 interest, and he said that this is something he'd very 3 much like to become engaged in. 4 with Mr. Swain, of course, is that he is wheelchair bound 5 and is visually impaired, but when you look at his resume 6 and his line of work, he's just the kind of person that 7 you'd expect to get involved in a Commission like this. 8 He has really been there and has a lot of energy. The unique thing involved 9 And the toppers of all toppers is that we found 10 out well into this process, that he will be housed -- his 11 office is housed next door to our new space, so it will 12 even be in the same building. 13 him and he comes with high recommendations from both Diana 14 and Joslin Vanda. 15 MR. PRUITT: 16 MS. LENZ: 17 DR. MAWBY: 18 19 20 21 So very unique to run into Any other contribution from you? You did a very nice job. Any comments from Diana or Mary? You've met with -MS. ALGRA: No, I would defer to Mary, because she's a pretty good kind of judge. MS. ESTRADA: Well, I saw him speak last week at 22 a conference and he had everybody very -- you know, they 23 were just all clapping and -- because he tells you, he 24 doesn't want your sympathy, he wants your respect. 25 though, you know, he's impaired visually and is in a GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 Even �31 1 wheelchair, he just -- you guys will love him. 2 great. DR. MAWBY: 3 He's just Well, that's a recommendation, 4 Terry, that I think our action would be to accept the 5 recommendation and then forward the recommendation to the 6 Governor. 7 MR. COLLIER: So moved. 8 HR. BARFIELD: 9 DR. MAWBY: Support. Any all in favor say aye. 10 (All said aye) 11 DR. MAWBY: Great. Sounds like a great addition 12 to our Commission and we hope he'll be joining us when we 13 meet in September. Anything further on the Board Development, 14 15 Terry? 16 Terry mentioned, the Superintendent of Public Education 17 is, by legislation, a member of the Commission. 18 learned of John Watkins' appointment, I called him in 19 Florida, invited him to be here today. 20 it. 21 started a couple weeks ago. 22 with us this evening. 23 reception and dinner tonight. 24 our Commission. 25 Appreciate that. You'll be interested that, as When we He couldn't make He can't get it on his calendar already. He just Anyway, he's planning to be So look for Mr. Watkins at the He will be a new member of Thanks, Terry, for all of that. The next item, proceeding through the committee GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �32 1 report, is the report of the Public Relations and 2 Marketing Subcommittee, and we appreciate the willingness 3 of Pat, who served as chair of that group, and would like 4 to have you and whoever else might give us an update on 5 your thinking. MS. RYAN O'DAY: 6 Well, as you recall, the reason 7 the subcommittee was created was to share with a lot more 8 people all of the good work of the Commission. 9 had one meeting and it's detailed fairly well 10 packets, so I won't go into any great detail. 11 to ask Vivian, and I'm getting her -- did you have a 12 chance or have a telephone conference call with Geneva? MS. PICKARD: 13 14 ~n your I do want We have a meeting scheduled -- a conference call scheduled with Geneva. 15 MS. RYAN O'DAY: 16 MS. PICKARD: 17 And we'd that. And when was that? I assumed that you were part of Well, I saw it on my calendar, I assumed. 18 MS. RYAN O'DAY: 19 MS. PICKARD: I was not a part of that call. No, it's coming up. I assumed 20 that my secretary -- of course, you are the most important 21 one to participate, so -- 22 MS. RYAN O'DAY: 23 24 25 No, but I will talk with you afterwards. MS. PICKARD: Okay. And Geneva has agreed to talk to us about any interests and ideas. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �33 1 MS. RYAN O'DAY: One of the things that we 2 decided to do, rather than inventing the wheel completely 3 from scratch, was to check with other nonprofits and other 4 resources and find out what we could use from their -- the 5 things that have worked for them. 6 understand that Grand Valley has been extremely 7 cooperative and we will be getting some great support from 8 them. 9 plan to have a full report for you at the September 10 And we have -- I There are many other things that we'll do. We will meeting. MR. BARFIELD: 11 Pat, there's a gentleman in Ann 12 Arbor that's been very successful with new centers. 13 name is Joe Fitzsimmons. 14 active gentleman. 15 Subsidiary (phonetic), Ann Arbor, University of 16 Microfilms. 17 couple of years and the community has just such great 18 respect for him and what he's done with the organization, 19 and I think he has an entirely different approach to 20 this. 21 he could get you some very good facts. Very He was a past chairman of Bell & Howe But he's been at the new center for the last And I think if you were to get in touch with Joe, MS. RYAN O'DAY: 22 He's very well known. His Thank you. Anyone else that 23 has any suggestions for us, we'd be very happy to have 24 them. 25 MR. PRUITT: Just for Mr. President Lubbers' GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �34 1 sake, we've referenced Grand Valley. 2 discussion was the fact that there are amenities at the 3 university, especially in their marketing department, 4 they're looking for opportunities maybe to connect with 5 the real world. 6 or not we might get one of the universities around the 7 state involved in the project where they could actually 8 help us construct a public relations or marketing plan for 9 an organization like this and help us build something like And part our of our And part of the idea was to see whether 10 that. 11 but if you could help facilitate that, maybe that would 12 certainly be of some service. 13 So if you -- I hate to put you to work this soon, DR. LUBBERS: The business school -- the School 14 of Communications, where the public relations program is, 15 would be honored. 16 MS. PICKARD: Another idea we also had is once 17 hopefully we had a plan in place, the thought was to maybe 18 go to the larger P.R. agencies with the State of Michigan 19 to see if they would provide some kind of pro bono for the 20 agency, like maybe tourism for the State of Michigan, to 21 see if one of those would give us something pro bono. 22 we'll see what happens. 23 MR. CALDWELL: So One of the things I have to say 24 on Dr. Lubbers' behalf is that he's already been engaged 25 and I already followed up and got him to commit to us GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �35 1 working with the Philanthropy Center. 2 secured a commitment to work with him. 3 draft, I'm sorry. 4 So we already So we're quick to Thank you. DR. MAWBY: Okay. Any other comments? If 5 you're anxious for ideas -- and we'll be continuing. 6 you can see, this again to be a part of our work line 7 is one of the treatment plans --we'll call it the changes 8 going on nationally and the state. 9 person on the street wouldn't have a clue what the 10 MS. RYAN O'DAY: That's right and that's our challenge, to know. DR. MAWBY: 13 14 I think the average Michigan Community Service Commission is involved in. 11 12 As right. And they need to know. That is Thank you, Pat. The other part of that general admission area is 15 16 looking at the legislature outreach and the changes going 17 on there. 18 the Outreach Subcommittee. 19 So that's the next item just before tab five, MR. PRUITT: Again, you have a written report. 20 We did have a meeting in April to discuss some of the 21 various themes and ideas that have been mentioned over the 22 last couple meetings. 23 didn't come up with any formal game plan at this point. 24 We're still trying to figure out how to get our 25 legislature on our side in terms of communication and I'll be very candid with you. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 We �36 1 2 understanding of what the Commission is all about. Obviously, we need to think in terms of some 3 significant event where we can get as many of the 4 legislatures in attendance as possible. 5 talking just before we started, and this being our lOth 6 year as a Commission, there might be an opportunity to -- 7 sometime later in the year for us to actually plan some 8 formal celebration in the fall where we get the 9 legislature involved and provide some recognition to the 10 Governor's office for their long-standing support of the 11 Commission. 12 Russ and I were I think this is important from the perspective 13 that as we look to next year, as you've already indicated, 14 Russ, it's a very political year. 15 administration and term limits and a number of 16 especially on the senate side -- of those individuals 17 leaving office, we've got a lot of work to continue to 18 cultivate and gain understanding and awareness of the 19 Commission. 20 And looking at changing I think the other factor that we have to think 21 about is every day we hear more and more stories in the 22 medias about the tightening revenues of the State. 23 one of the concerns I had that was mentioned in our 24 Executive Committee report. 25 million dollars a year and we're struggling in trying to It's The State is giving us a GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �37 1 spend it. 2 the legislature might have a different view of those 3 funds. 4 And if that gets to be a very public knowledge, So it's important that we figure out a way to 5 keep the legislature on our side. Not only for just 6 economic reasons, funding support, but also there's some 7 great things that we're doing in the individual 8 communities where these legislators live. 9 make sure that they understand and help carry the message And we need to 10 not only back to their community but back to the federal 11 government, that a lot of funding and support we get at 12 the national level continue. So there's lot of changes on the political 13 14 front. 15 to 24 months we need to be involved as best we can in 16 terms of just helping our own State legislature understand 17 what this Commission's all about. 18 to ideas. 19 I think we can see over the course of the next 18 So I think we're open I think we're moving towards some sort of 20 legislative event, recognition activity for the Governor 21 and the First Lady, later in the year. 22 combine that, actually, so that the -- maximize our 23 opportunity to get our legislature involved in that -- get 24 them involved. 25 MR. WEINSTOCK: We'd like to Did you talk at all about having GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �38 1 more individual meetings with specific senators or just 2 in the area, maybe commi ssioners who live in an area? 3 DR. MAWBY: 4 MR. PRUITT: With their own district? No , we haven't, but that's a good 5 idea. 6 opportunity where every s i ngle commissioner can be 7 involved in some way, so I think if you've got any ideas, 8 you know, channel it to Kyle or Russ or myself. 9 will probably be tapping some of you on the shoulder to 10 help us figure out exactly how to put -- I think, Matt, 11 you've got a lot of experience with the legislature and I 12 think you can help us there. 13 heads together over the next two or three months and 14 figure out exactly what it is we can do, but we need to 15 work on that. 16 A very good idea. DR. MAWBY: And I think this is an So we need to try to put our That one-on-one contact with 17 somebody 1n the district is very often the most 18 persuasive, I think, then they can relate it. 19 And we MR. PRUITT: Now, haven't we invited all of the 20 various legislators to those communities where individuals 21 are being recognized? 22 visible to those legislators. 23 introduce yourself. 24 25 MR. BARFIELD: So again, make yourself very Go up and shake a hand, Terry, the Commission, has it been going on ten years now? GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �39 1 MR. PRUITT: 2 MR. BARFIELD: Yes. Honestly, before Kyle asked me to 3 join, I honestly never knew a thing about it. 4 knew it was an entity. 5 Russ just said a minute ago that that's still the case. 6 So over the last decade, nothing's been done to expose the 7 work of the Commission. 8 that? MR. PRUITT: 9 I never I didn't even know what they did. How would you propose to change Oh, boy, now you asked the $64,000 10 question. And I think part of that goes back to the 11 previous discussion with our public relations activity. 12 We've got to put a plan in place that generates some of 13 that sort of communication to the general population. 14 so I don't think there's any magic answers today, but I 15 think we need to continue to work at that and we need some 16 outside help to figure out how to do that. MS. PICKARD: 17 And And we do have help from some 18 other nonprofits who are doing quite well -- such as 19 United Way and there was one other that someone mentioned 20 in a meeting -- to actually look at some other nonprofits 21 and try to benchmark those and see how they have gotten 22 their word out. 23 agencies around the State who are volunteer agencies, 24 et cetera. 25 word out, so we wanted to benchmark those. I mean, we all know about certain They have done a pretty good job getting their GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �40 1 And hopefully us having the communities and the 2 schools, maybe a business plan or something that they can 3 develop for us so that 4 than we are, so -- 5 and they're more of an expert MS. RYAN O'DAY: A part of our problem is that 6 in the beginning and until now, when we're faced with the 7 need to get the word out, we wanted the emphasis to be on 8 the people who are rece1v1ng our grants and to have them 9 be successful. And there are two sides to that, of 10 course, because we're making the grant possible. 11 part of it is, is can we give them publicity while giving 12 ourselves publicity? 13 of the things that we are working very hard to figure out 14 the best way to get that message out, the most economical 15 way to get that message out so we don't have the kind of 16 money to spend on that. 17 MR. BARFIELD: 18 But it's a challenge and that's one But you can't wait -- you shouldn't have to wait another decade. MS. RYAN O'DAY: 19 20 And so afford to. Definitely not. We can't We can't afford to. MR. WEST: 21 No. Terry, being our lOth anniversary, 22 could you do something along the lines of the legislature 23 of breakfast or lunch to celebrate our lOth anniversary? MR. PRUITT: 24 25 now. Well, that's on the line right Going back to John's response, one of the things GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �41 1 that I feel is very important, the legislature represents 2 a very specific target audience for us. 3 a significant amount of funding -- we're one of the few 4 commissions in the country that has legislative status and 5 is in the funding stream 6 And it's important that, as these legislators sit there 7 every year and pull out a budget and look at us, and if 8 there's a line item in that budget of that ten percent, 9 then who we are and what we're doing and that they think You know, we get the funding cycle each year. 10 what we're doing is important. 11 job to do with that particular audience, to hold them, 12 especially in light again of turnover and administrative 13 changes that we're looking at next year. MS. RYAN O'DAY: 14 So, you know, we've got a And this is kind of scary. 15 Many of these people have never heard of us because they 16 didn't vote on the original, so it's up to us. 17 lots of work to do. 18 we have. DR. MAWBY: 19 We have We're not limited in the challenges All right. Any other questions or 20 comments? A lot of unfinished business. 21 things -- that completes the reports of the standing 22 committee. 23 things that require our attention. 24 chairs and to the committees for the -- and the staff for 25 the good work going on. And they all moved. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING A lot of That's great. A lot of And thanks to the - MCOR 616-343-0118 �42 1 Kyle, executi ve director's report. 2 MR. CALDWELL: I have a couple things that I 3 need to do to -- kind of semi-housekeeping. 4 do that, I have to turn to my left and say, hello, and 5 welcome to our Commiss i oner Pickard and who was delayed by 6 an act of God called the weather and the airport. 7 two things you can't control . 8 9 10 11 12 13 But before I Those But, Vivian, you also wanted to talk a little bit about the Commission and campaign in general and the impressions -MS. PICKARD: And I apologize again for being late, but I did make it safely, so that was worth it. As many of you probably know, Julie Cummings, 14 Michelle Engler, Geneva Williams came in and met with 15 General Motors with the ConnectMichigan campaign, and I 16 wanted to just give some reaction to GM's perception and 17 what we felt needed to be done. 18 First of all, many of them, of course, did not Con~unity 19 know about the Service Commission or a lot of 20 detail regarding what we actually do until I briefed them 21 before, but they were still kind of -- didn't know what we 22 did because they had not recognized the name separate, 23 other than my vice president, of course, and that's 24 probably, of course, because I'm serving on the 25 Commission. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �43 1 Secondly, they truly did not believe -- and I 2 really did ask for very honest feedback. 3 believe that our proposal had the meat in it that we 4 needed to be asking for the funds. 5 who many of you probably know, has actually agreed to sit 6 down and talk to us and work out some of the meat that 7 should be added to that proposal. 8 with the foundation for probably at least 15 years, so she 9 has a lot of background in terms of what should be in the 10 11 They didn't And Debbie Dingell, And Debbie has been proposal and what corporations -- what they have to say. Many corporations are probably going to say yes 12 based on who's presenting the proposal. 13 are not aware of Julie Cummings and who know Michelle 14 Engler but may not have the allegiance that General Motors 15 or some of the others may have to her or ones whose 16 budgets are truly, truly tight and they really need a 17 true, true reason for giving whatever dollars, there was a 18 belief that it truly did need more meat in it. 19 we're willing to set that up and work before, hopefully, 20 we go out on another one. 21 DR. MAWBY: 22 MS. PICKARD: 23 24 25 Thanks for that. But for ones who So again, That's crucial. I mean, the right people were presenting it, but it just needed a little more meat. DR. MAWBY: That's CMA, of course. Appreciate your alert on that. ~----------~G=E=R=G=E=R~-~M=O=R=E=T=T==I-=R=E=P=O=R=T~I=N~G~_-~M=C~O=R~-6~1~6~--3~4 ~3~-~0=1=1~8__________ _j �44 MS. PICKARD: 1 And we're probably going to do 2 something, we just don't know the level. 3 the additional meat, so 4 MR. CALDWELL: We're waiting on We will make it prime rib, so -- 5 Thank you. What we -- the staff wanted to do real quick, 6 before I get into our report, is give you an overall look 7 at one of the areas or programs that we focus on. 8 lot of these Commission meetings you end up approving the 9 grant, especially AmeriCorps grants, which take a lot of In a 10 time and a lot of complication and the -- and by the way, 11 these folks are doing great work. The second thing is, we've got great stories to 12 13 give you, good ambassadors for this organization. 14 decided that the biggest issue that we're focusing on 15 right now, that's new for us, is in the area of service- 16 learning. 17 quick presentation on what service-learning is and what 18 we're doing to help support it here in Michigan. 19 So we And the staff wanted to give you a five-minute At your place you have a handout of the 20 overheads that Paula put together and that we're going to 21 walk you through right now. 22 MS. KAISER: 23 MR. CALDWELL: I lost Paula somewhere. I'm right here. And Paula has been nice enough to 24 be my cue person. So it's not magic; Paula's doing the 25 screen and I'm standing back here doing all the light GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �45 1 work. 2 So I'd like to talk to you a little bit about 3 service-learning and then going into some specific 4 examples and then leave time for questions, if you have 5 any. 6 materials to you in the future which will talk about our 7 different other areas of programming that we focus on so 8 that you continually have a good grasp on what the staff 9 are working on. And then I'll also be presenting these kinds of But in a nutshell, service-learning is a 10 11 teaching methodology that focuses on two primary 12 proponents. 13 students are now critically measured on and the second 14 thing is service . 15 service is assuring that the two are linked together and 16 that it's not just service or servicing and it's not just 17 academics or academicing. 18 learning and making it real for students in what they call 19 now an explorential teaching methodology. 20 two things we're coordinating together. One is the academics, the things that And the important component to quality So it's really a way of Why is it important? 21 So those are Students take an active 22 role in their learning. Drop out rates decrease, 23 attendance rates increase, and discipline referrals 24 decrease. 25 climate. It improves the overall school and community The students learn in the community as well as GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �46 1 serving in the community. 2 you think about the term that's being flown around now, 3 the disconnectedness, when people are talking about 4 Columbine and the sort of violence happening when they 5 don't feel a part of their community. 6 avenue for students to become positive contributors to 7 society and seen as more than just recipients of service 8 in the education system. 9 Two very important points when It also provides an The research to date indicates that service- 10 learning has several impacts. 11 is increased. 12 responsibilities and enhances students' personal 13 development and social and emotional development as long 14 as their work skills. 15 learning experiences. 16 First, academic achievement It increases the sense of civic That need to engage in-service The people working on this? Well, more than 17 41,000 students are engaged in service-learning through 32 18 programs that we fund through the Learn and Serve-Michigan 19 School-Based programs that you all approve every year. 20 There's about 180 school districts involved. 21 academies indicate they engage in service-learning 22 activities. 23 And That's a self-purporting. And finally, third, the Commission study from 24 Ferris State University says Michigan service-learning is 25 more likely to occur in the larger districts, those with GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �47 1 3,000 or more, than those medium or small districts. It's 2 no surprise here. 3 coordination in order to engage in service-learning 4 programming. 5 teachers and the support staff working together -- it's 6 going to take a larger district with larger resources. It takes a lot of work and staff And those districts where you have the 7 It also indicat es that the school districts with 8 a higher percentage of free lunch rates are less likely to 9 engage in service-learning. 10 That may have a direct correlation, again, to the past. There's been a few avenues that we've worked to 11 12 get wrapped up. First of all, our role in supporting 13 service-learning works primarily right now through grant 14 areas. 15 corporations for national service funds that are 16 distributed to school districts for them to engage in 17 service-learning programs in private. 18 based grants which work with the community-based 19 organizations outside of the schools to bring service- 20 learning to the students. 21 society programs can receive grants to pull the students 22 into quality service-learning experiences. 23 new innovative grant program called CHESP, which is 24 Community Higher Ed School Partnership Program. 25 it is designed to do is bring together the partner First, we have school-based and these are We have community So scouting programs, the honor GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR Then we have a And what 616-343-0118 �48 1 community-based organization, higher ed institutions, 2 schools, and community, in general, into one knit group 3 all focusing on kids and service-learning. 4 legally a way of the corporation saying, look, we give out 5 funding in this area in several different streams, we want 6 you to pull it together by bringing a tight coordination 7 to the program. 8 $1.2 million. And so it's So all 1n all it works out to be about There's also some match funding. How 1s service-learning being advanced in 9 10 Michigan? Well, we're focusing on five different areas, 11 and realizing that this is a plan that grew out of 12 refocusing of our grant making last year where we said 13 that service-learning right now is barely on the EKG. 14 It's very oblit. 15 on out there. 16 Department of Ed to take on. 17 based program, which is $120,000. 18 lot, so we went out and we garnered up the $1.2 million 19 resources and put together the focus with the help of 20 Chris Kwak, who's absent today, and her folks and the 21 learning and the project, which is another handout, and 22 I'll explain in a moment. We didn't have a whole lot of bang going It wasn't a whole lot of program for the We only had the communityIt's tough to push a The areas we're focusing on is first public 23 24 policy. How to get service-learning raised on the radar 25 of administrators, elected officials, those decision- GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �49 1 makers who could see this as a way of reforming schools 2 and young people's education. Second, a leadership group. 3 DR. MAWBY: 4 optimistic or getting changes? 5 How's that's going? MR. CALDWELL: Are you We're just starting it so we 6 haven't made any overtures. Right now we're really into 7 researching who has successful public policy efforts. 8 first approach is going to obviously be our -- starting 9 within our board and approach John Watkins to find out if Our 10 he's going to help us advance service-learning as a viable 11 teaching methodology within the Department of Education. 12 The second piece of leadership group -- about 13 two years ago we convened a group of somebody here as well 14 as folks from the business community, from the 15 philanthropic community, and from schools in the higher 16 ed, and said, how do we get service-learning wrapped up? 17 What's the way to do it? 18 this group got us launched into that $1.2 million. 19 They mentioned these areas and We'll now 1n the future reconvene that group or 20 use a different group, depending on our needs, as a 21 leadership group that we call together to get the movers 22 and shakers engaged in service-learning. 23 call on the same group of people to help us advance. 24 25 Again, it will The third area is research, does servicelearning work? If so, how? For who and to what degree? GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �50 1 We have just started to put together a research group that 2 is going to commission two studies in looking at Michigan 3 schools and how service-learning has worked for students. 4 We're going to take that research as our own marching 5 orders in saying, hey, folks, here's where it works, 6 here's where it doesn't, here's where the gaps are, we've 7 got to fill them . 8 9 Fourth, the marketing plan, much like we talked about here -- I imagine for many of you when I mention the 10 term service-learning, half the room didn't even register 11 the term, the other half knew what it was. 12 something that needs to be explained in every sound bite 13 terms that everybody can grab on to. 14 making learning real for kids and then trying to draw 15 serv1ce as a way of getting explorential learning go1ng 16 on, hands-on learning. 17 not necessarily the pitch that everyone understands. 18 we need to figure out a target audience, put a marketing 19 plan together and engage that plan. 20 It is The terms I use are But that's not enough and that's So Finally , we have teachers as our greater 21 champions and getting their professional development up to 22 a level where service-learning is an expectation for all 23 teachers, just like dealing with discipline issues, 24 learning the new math terms that are out now, or whatever 25 the new teaching methodology is. GERGER-MORET'ri REPORTING Service-learning has to - MCOR 616-343-0118 �51 1 be up at that same level. So those are the five areas that we're going to 2 3 work on with this. Those helping us advance this is a 4 grant through Kellogg Foundation as a part of the Learning 5 In Deed Project. 6 who's working with us to co-administer the $800,000 of 7 school-based grants. 8 of Michigan Foundation's Learning to Give Program has been 9 a great contribution with Rob Collier and our own chair, The Michigan Department of Education, Of course, ourselves. The Council 10 Russ Mawby. The Michigan Campus Compact Commission for 11 those getting to work with us for those professional 12 development students, for teachers. 13 Michigan University has been a long-standing partner with 14 us in providing training and technical assistance. And then Eastern Before you go on, there is, at your seat, a 15 16 brief synopsis of a broker study that the folks at the 17 Learning In Deed Project at the Kellogg Foundation, the 18 multi-million dollar a year program had commissioned that 19 talks about what Americans want from their public 20 schools. 21 they want are all the components of service-learning. 22 They want to make learning real for their students. 23 want more civically engaged students. 24 more tied to their community. 25 truly civically engaged members of local schools as well And as you read through this, the things that GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING They They want students They want students who are - MCOR 616-343-0118 �52 1 2 as the area in which they live. If you look at the back of this, it lays out the 3 percentages. But I think what I was telling you was for 4 us, the one near the bottom, where it says 90 percent say 5 that they are likely to support service-learning in the 6 public schools once they know what it is. 7 know how it works and once they know what the benefits 8 are -- the biggest challenge, if I may step out of, you 9 know, being one of the champions of service-learning and And once they 10 serve as the devil's advocate. 11 that it operates highly on antidote, we know 12 service-learning works because we've seen it. 13 service-learning works because it feels right. 14 service-learning works because it's common sense. 15 The biggest challenge is We know We know I imagine Randy and others will tell you that 16 sometimes that doesn't get a millage through, because 17 people say, we know we need a new school building because, 18 look, it doesn't work. 19 to the next level and say, here are the facts, here's why 20 it works, and this is why you need to support. 21 We need to take service-learning So that is our staff's quick synopsis for you. 22 Paula Kaiser at the end of table is our director of the 23 program, is spearheading this, along with a new employee, 24 India Plough. 25 We will be counting on some of you to help us GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �53 1 figure out how to implement this plan. 2 of the work we've been able to do. 3 cracked the whip on all of us to get this to the stage 4 that it is. 5 California, meeting with our counterparts in other states 6 to find out what they're doing and the good news is, we're 7 on the right track. 8 to go before we're all done successfully. 9 any questions, I'd love to entertain them now. 10 We're very proud Paula has really In fact, we were just in San Diego, The bad news is, we've got a long way DR. LUBBERS: But if you have Well, I have a comment. As I was 11 listening to you, it seems to me, we have all these 12 schools of education where the teachers are being prepared 13 to go into the field. 14 through the philanthropy centers, we try to engage our 15 faculty to do that with the students ln our university and 16 there are a few profs in the School of Education who 17 participate. 18 ought to try to develop a strategy to approach the schools 19 of education. 20 you could get the schools of education and the Michigan 21 universities and colleges to buy into this as part of 22 their curriculum, then you would have made some really 23 strides forward. 24 to be relatively slow, but I think if you're persistent, 25 it can be accomplished, at least in a large number of the Now, I know at our university But it seems to me, as a Commission, we So this gets -- over the next decade, if It's not going to be easy and it's going GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �54 1 schools. 2 MR. CALDWELL: You're right. That's exactly what we need to 3 do. 4 its affiliate schools are trying to be able to begin to 5 push us in that direction. 6 we don't have great diligence. 7 into the deans. DR. LUBBERS: 8 9 And the Michigan Campus Compact and It's a place, quite frankly, We don't have a great tie Because the deans of the state universities -- I don't know about the public ones or the 10 public university -- I don't know about the private 11 colleges, but they meet -- every year they meet at least 12 once or twice and it would be good to be on their agenda 13 sometime. 14 MR. COLLIER: 15 MS. LENZ: It's a great idea. Another one I was going to add, Randy 16 and I were talking about our state associations with him 17 being a school superintendent and I being a school board 18 member, we have our associations. 19 Association of School Boards meet annually and they have a 20 whole sundry of workshops. 21 this research and then try to get on the agenda of some of 22 those things. 23 group, too, and it's another avenue for us to get the 24 message out or, at least, get it to the administration. 25 And I know the Michigan To me we should do some of School Superintendents Association has a MR. CALDWELL: That's great. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR We're going to 616-343-0118 �55 1 have to talk after the meeting a little bit. 2 MR. WEINSTOCK: How accurately do you think that 3 180 people or 180 communiti es that they said have 4 service -- you know, on the definition of service- 5 learning? 6 assume they have service-learning but it's really just 7 kind of an extracurricular. 8 9 Because I know at least in our community we MR. CALDWELL : You raise an excellent point. We don't know and that's why we've got to do some more of our 10 own individual research and investigation through the 11 service-learning or if it's just service or if it's 12 service-learning, but it's not done in a way we'd like to 13 see it done. 14 dealing with now is that service-learning gets tied into 15 this idea of mandated service for graduation. 16 two are not synohymous, it's very different, and so we 17 need to spend -- that 180 is just a general casted out 18 number of self-identified numbers saying they do it. 19 In other words, a lot of times what we're And these Now, we've got to go out and dig deeper and try 20 to figure out where is it hot and where is it not and what 21 is the landscape of the state. 22 research piece that we're talking about. 23 MS. KAISER: So that's part of that I would just comment on that, with 24 regard to research. I mean , really we see two avenues. 25 One is, we want to do an environmental scan to really get GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �56 1 a sense of where is it really happening and at what level 2 and how is it connected. 3 is it an after-school kind of setting or 1s it really 4 happening in the sort of core curriculum of the 5 educational institutions and at what level is that really 6 happening. 7 So right to your point, Ethan, So one of the first things we have to do before 8 we can move forward and think about some really specific 9 goals we'd like to accomplish, we have to get a sense of 10 where is it and at what level is it occurring. 11 that, speaking to Kyle's point, there still isn't a lot of 12 research out there that says it really does benefit kids 13 academically. 14 result of participating in service-learning. 15 the things -- that's one of the things, we really want to 16 see that connection. 17 Beyond So how are kids academically changed as a So one of Also, as standards have become a huge issue in 18 this state with regard to performance and accountability, 19 we want to see is 1 does service-learning actually help 20 kids do better on the MEAP test. 21 Friday a research work group that includes practitioners, 22 it includes higher eds, it includes some national people 23 who have been looking at some people across the board to 24 help us come up with our research agenda for the next 25 three years. So we are convening this So we have a lens of what we need to be GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �57 1 looking at and how do we find out about getting the data 2 we need, to then turn and sell it as this is viable, this 3 is what it will do for you. 4 you. This is what it will do to So more people will be excited. 5 MS. PICKARD: Paula, this is another one you may 6 want to talk to Geneva about, because the United Way of 7 Southeast Michigan, they do have a service-learning 8 component to their program. And by the way, one of the things that did come 9 10 up 1n our meeting and also with my conversation with a 11 couple other foundation people in the Metropolitan Detroit 12 are is aren't we competing with United Way and especially 13 United Way of Southeastern Michigan? 14 Geneva was in the room because Geneva closed the door to 15 let it really be known that this Commission does not 16 really compete with United Way. 17 some of that data. DR. LUBBERS: 18 19 And it was good that But she may already have The Commission -- does the Commission make grants to secure the research? MR. CALDWELL: 20 We are. And that's what some of 21 those fundings turn into, especially the multi-funding 22 one. DR. MAWBY: 23 24 25 Randy, any comments on the world of reality? MR. NEELIS: Well, I guess have an experience GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �58 1 standpoint. 2 there's some truth to it. 3 not so sure service makes good kids. 4 now are involved in a multitude of service activities, but 5 I don't know if it's service-learning. 6 most of it's an offshoot of organizations like student 7 counsels, national honor societies, those types of 8 things. I just sort of wrote this down jokingly, but Good kids provide service. I'm Most schools right Most of it's -- 9 You know, there's a ton of things going on, but 10 what you're asking schools to do is to integrate service- 11 learning into the overall curriculum. 12 I see it as. 13 come from. 14 And I certainly would hope that schools get away from the 15 idea of trying to mandate it as a part of graduation 16 requirement, because I think that's defeating the purpose 17 of service and volunteerism. 18 I mean, that's what And quite frankly, that's where it has to I don't think it can be a separate course. I think it's doable, but it's going to take a 19 lot of time. It's got to become a part of the culture of 20 the school system and I think in a large way it is right 21 now a culture of most of the school systems, but not from 22 the standpoint of 23 place as a result of the activities that kids are being 24 exposed to and asked to get involved in rather than 25 teaching or -- that's going to be a hard shift. we're assuming learning is taking GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR It's not 616-343-0118 �59 1 going to be easy. 2 3 DR. MAWBY: good students do service, does service make good kids. 4 5 It's interesting, your comment about MR. NEELIS: It's more of a question than a statement. 6 DR . MAWBY: Well, it's kind of a question, but I 7 think there is some research on that. And I'm sure the 8 board will start, which works with very troubled kids -- 9 service-learning is a part of -- every college has service 10 projects and they don't do a nice placement about talking 11 about why and so forth, so they work with senior citizens 12 home and writing for the handicap and many of those 13 things. 14 they say they've ever been able to do something to help 15 somebody else. 16 done that, it's the first time anybody said things, we 17 appreciate what you've done. 18 For many of those kids, this is the first time And secondly, most of them, when they've So I think there's some evidence that --that 19 handled right -- I agree with you, I don't like mandatory 20 volunteerism. 21 graduate, that doesn't make sense at all. 22 be in the context of civic responsibility of citizenship 23 and so -- great challenge. You've got to volunteer or you can't So it's got to 24 It's going to take some time and almost change 25 one of the things that's going on in a society, I think, GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �60 1 that is really debating and frustrating, is the question 2 of role in schools in social structure or the changing 3 nature of society of the home and family and community and 4 all of that. 5 MR. NEELIS: 6 DR. MAWBY: 7 MR. CALDWELL: 8 flagged me on it. 9 where this is working. I wish they'd figure it out. And so it's interesting. We wanted to give -- and Paula I passed over it. Some examples of I just want to give you one real 10 quick one that goes to both Randy's point and your point, 11 Russ, about what service-learning can do. Chris Kwak and Mrs. Engler paid a visit to the 12 13 Duby Urbin Center (phonetic). 14 unfamiliar with it, it's a school K through sixth that 15 runs -- that operates in the Cass Corridor of Detroit, 16 which for those of you who know Detroit, it is one of the 17 rougher parts of town. 18 projects that are now being torn down. 19 into the district there and their community has taken the 20 climb. 21 For those of you who are Frequent drive-bys, several But they have come In the middle of this is the school that's 22 operated by a principal named Francis Hart who worked in 23 the Pennsylvania school district to try to get service- 24 learning ramped up and get it as part of the culture. 25 did that in Philadelphia and then came up to Detroit to be GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 She �61 1 principal at this small K through six building. 2 At this building, it sits in the center of four 3 housing projects. Two of which are abandoned and being 4 used as crack houses and, you know, places of gang 5 warfare. 6 the window, is a homeless shelter where from the time of 7 5:00 to 9:00 curfew, people all over who are homeless come 8 line up and get in line for a meal and a bed. Next to this building, literally right outside 9 Many school principals would shudder at the 10 thought that at a time when a lot of their busses are 11 corning through, children are crossing paths with the 12 homeless and other folks. 13 decided that service-learning would be a part of every 14 student's learning experience every day and every year. But the Duby Urban School The way they do that is, as you pointed out, 15 16 every teacher has to do it and every teacher has to 17 publish the research on what they want and then every 18 teacher talks to service-learning about part of their 19 future. 20 Francis Parker tells it this way: If you think 21 you can't do service-learning, you need to come to my 22 school. 23 a student who can't even relate with the fact that they 24 are sitting in the room with another child. 25 relate to other people. Let me give you the worst case scenario. I have They can't They are oftentimes autistic. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �62 1 None of them are potty trained. 2 maintenances to begin with. So they are high And the way they did it is they looked at their 3 4 community right next door and said these homeless people 5 come in and they have a need for hygiene, soap, bath 6 towels, simple things. 7 building -- pre-K room learn to sort soap, toothbrushes, 8 towels, and they make care baskets for the homeless next 9 door. So these children in this pre-K The children's learning outcomes were hygiene, 10 sorting, counting, simple organizational tools, which is 11 what pre-K kids do. 12 to homeless shelter and gave them to the residents of the 13 shelter. They then walked those products over Now the shelter folks who go into that building 14 15 look at the school very differently. It is not just on 16 the way to the shelter; it is something they have to care 17 for because it is taking care of them. And the way Francis Parker tells it: 18 We have no 19 drive-bys, we have no violence in our schools, from 20 outside students, and the homeless shelter is not seen as 21 a threat, it is seen as a resource to the school and the 22 community because of the connection made by these 23 students. 24 25 So when I hear teachers say you can't do service-learning, that's the example I give. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR It just 616-343-0118 �63 1 takes a lot of creative thinking and a different way of 2 kind of turning it on its head when we talk about 3 teaching. DR. MAWBY: 4 5 So that's my example for that. Great update. Thank you Paula and all the others. MR. BARFIELD: 6 Russ, may I, please? I have a 7 question for Kyle. I was just looking in the literature. 8 What is BHK development -- I mean, child development. MR. CALDWELL: 9 That's a program in the upper 10 peninsula that works to provide child care services. 11 do --we found that from the AmeriCorps program and it's 12 in Baraga and Keweenaw. 13 MR. BARFIELD: And I notice that $2,838,034 was 14 the amount for all of those efforts. 15 deciding who gets what? 16 less. MR. CALDWELL: 17 We How do you go about Some get a lot; some get a little For us the programs are all peer 18 reviewed by some of you here and by others outside of our 19 Commission. 20 funds available. 21 programs. 22 spend each year and that is what you all approve once a 23 year, usually in the spring or fall for funding. 24 are federal dollars that we appropriate to the corporation 25 and they are run through our standard review. We're looking you look at the overall You look at the quality of the We match the two up and decide what we can GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR So there 616-343-0118 �64 1 MR. BARFIELD: I was just interested because I 2 notice the City of Detroit got maybe the smallest amount 3 and I was wondering why that was. 4 MR. CALDWELL: It has oftentimes to do with what 5 they solicit from us rather than us deciding that they 6 didn't need that. 7 8 9 10 MR. BARFIELD: So had they asked for more, they may have gotten more? MR. CALDWELL: If the program was in the quality it needed to be and we had the resources available, yes. 11 DR. MAWBY: 12 MR. NEWPORT: Okay. Good. Just a couple quick comments. 13 One, I'm glad to hear my old element, preschool, has 14 gotten better. 15 guess just a quick comment, starting earlier is better, I 16 still think. 17 in our part of the world with service-learning and Youth 18 Volunteer Corp. 19 that we could kind of discover the wheel and we really 20 learned real quickly that we had to partner with K-12 and 21 become very active with that partnership to establish a 22 foundation before we could stand any chance of being 23 successful with our service-learning component at the 24 college level. 25 It wasn't always that way. Secondly, I And we've had a little bit of experience up And we, as a college, started thinking And I guess, I just would really encourage, you GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �65 1 know, that dialogue that ' s going to take place somewhere 2 with K-12, to look at trying to get that as low in the 3 system as is feasible. 4 but I know that, at least in our environment, that's 5 really what it took to get things going. And I don't know what that means, And we just got through taking a group of 6 7 students to Haiti and spent, you know, two weeks a long 8 way from anything, including electricity and water and al l 9 those other kinds of things. And that wouldn't have 10 happened if there hadn't have been some really good stuff 11 that had been developed at K-12 out of the students we 12 were working with. 13 DR. MAWBY: Good. 14 MR. WEINSTOCK: We had -- we had some experience 15 with the -- the Capitol Regional Foundation through funds 16 decided to start doing -- start trying to encourage 17 service-learning in the capitol region area. 18 started a program called Mini Grants for the Environment. 19 We kept finding that through the grant-making process we 20 do every year, we still had some money left over, so we 21 started giving these small grants to elementary school 22 classes who would come up with a problem in their 23 community and they would write their own grant through the 24 classroom. 25 would apply through the grant process with us and then we So they And then they would apply to the grant -- they GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �66 1 would award this to them and they would have to update us 2 on what was happening. 3 And each member would go to their own community 4 and try to get it started and we had a lot of communities 5 where it was really successful. 6 think it was Chippewa Elementary School in Okemos, but we 7 also had communities which I'm sorry to say, like my own 8 community, where we couldn't get anybody to do anything at 9 all, especially with elementary kids, they thought they Like Ovid-Elsie and -- I 10 wouldn't grasp the concept of service- learning. 11 had teachers that said, "Well, I don't have time in my 12 teaching schedule to put aside valuable hours for this." 13 And it was really disappointing. DR. MAWBY: 14 We also So that's the reality of the chain. 15 Shall we move to the 2001 budget? 16 MR. CALDWELL: Yes. In your packet you have a 17 report from Garry Gross, at the far end of the table 18 there. 19 shortfall for the 2001 budget keeps floating. 20 current budget. 21 shortfall for the moment. 22 last met, is that the Department of Ed budget has ordered 23 an overall five percent -- is that correct, Garry -- from 24 this year's physical budget -- 25 MR. GROSS: The numbers that are quoted in this is the That's the I'm going to stick with the 600 million But what has happened, since we Uh-hum. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �67 MR. CALDWELL: 1 -- that we've had to absorb with 2 an eye towards future budgets having larger cuts. 3 bring you this information to let you know that we may be 4 recommending scaling back some services as we go along and 5 to keep you aware that we are coming into a crunch process 6 with regard to the budget. 7 implications with regard to operations of the organization 8 at this time, but just wanted to give you the caution that 9 1n the future, with revenues being down, we may have to 10 I only We don't see any major make recommendations and cuts. The second piece I wanted to give you real 11 12 quick, you have the green sheet at your place that is lime 13 green. 14 Community Service Commission as of June 1. 15 quickly recall that what we wanted to do, as part of our 16 future plans, was us to choose where and how we move and 17 not have the next governor boot us out of the Governor's 18 Offices that we currently reside in. 19 a proactive stance that we wanted to take. That gives you the new address of the Michigan 20 You'll very We thought that was And that, secondly, this is the first time that 21 we have actually taken out the costs of housing 22 ourselves. 23 the Governor's Office and providing the ten years of 24 support that they have so far. 25 and very lucky to have, really, great support from them. And I had to take this moment just to thank GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING We've been very fortunate - MCOR 616-343-0118 �68 At the back you'll see a blueprint of the new 1 2 office space. We will have an opportunity within this new 3 space to hold our own Commission meetings. 4 a board room large enough to accommodate us and several 5 other amenities. 6 somewhere that talks about the color. There will be There's a swatch board around here I'll have you know, I'm putting everyone on 7 8 notice in public right now that I had absolutely nothing 9 to do with picking any of the colors of this office. 10 Having said that, I'm pointing a finger directly at Paula 11 Kaiser, who Garry and I dodged the bullet, who said Paula , 12 you choose. So I overcame my colorblindness by Paula. So as of June 1, that will be the new office 13 14 space. The way our calendar is written right now, we 15 won't have an opportunity to meet in that space for at 16 least a year, because we will be in Detroit in December 17 and we'll be Augusta in September. 18 DR. MAWBY: 19 MS. PICKARD: 20 DR. MAWBY: Detroit is in December? Yes. And then, by then, Mary will have 21 figured out the math to the 1048 Pure Bond. 22 year to do that, Mary. 23 MR. CALDWELL: You've got a The good news is this will avoid 24 the construction that's going on -- highway construction 25 that's going on in downtown Lansing. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR I-496 is being 616-343-0118 �69 1 ripped up. 2 the major artery for Lansing is now closed. 3 news is the intersection that we were actually moving to 4 will be under construction sometime in the near future. 5 We try to run away and we just can't do it. 6 For those of you that have been to Lansing, Now the bad Third, I want to talk to you about national 7 service funding real quick. Again, as you've been getting 8 the notices, I hope, by e-mail or fax, it looks like 9 status quo for the overall budget were flat funded. 10 However, there are new initiatives coming out dealing with 11 the senior core. 12 another one being Veteran's of Michigan for Youth. 13 One being a silver scholarship and then The latter I'm very unfamiliar with. The Silver 14 Scholarship Program regulations will be published in 15 October, 1s that right? 16 MS. PFEILER: Is that what we talked about. They may be in draft but we'll 17 have to wait for the funding to the come through. 18 think they'll write regs until they have 19 HR. CALDWELL: I don 't Mary Pfeiler from the Corporation 20 of National Service a nd I talked about this. 21 publish the regs, we would like to provide public comment 22 on your behalf about the program and then work with folks , 23 like Meg Smith, and work with any authorizations, but I 24 just wanted to give you an advisory and a heads-up. 25 When they Next piece I wanted to talk to you -- I provided GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �70 1 you with reams of, I know it, too much paper. 2 of paper on the faith-based initiative. 3 is there to say what has happened in the administration, 4 that what they thought was going to be a very simple idea, 5 very small initiative, created a lot of fire and from 6 angles and directions they didn't expect. 7 could be considered the political left and what could be 8 considered the political right in the area of faith-based 9 institutions. 10 11 But reams All of that paper Both from what All are saying, don't mess with it, we just learned the rules. Don't change the game. On the other hand, there is a driving force out 12 there say1ng that there is this perceived or genuine 13 discrimination of faith-based organizations with regard to 14 federal funding. 15 to be appointed and then closed after recommendations were 16 made seems to be going to be around for a while. 17 doesn't know -- I don't know the direction of it and they 18 do -- they want to involve all federal agencies, including 19 the one we work with. 20 the strategy, it will be unclear as to how it impacts us. 21 So this 18-month office that was going It But until they have kind of jelled I will say that people like Mrs. Engler and 22 Dottie Johnson and others have been called to the White 23 House to participate in a dialogue around this issue. 24 I don't know what the result of that has been, but I'll 25 brief you on that when I know more. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 And �71 The Corporation for National Service, for a 1 2 moment, they are having their board meeting this week. As 3 many of you know, Dott i e Johnson, our former commissioner , 4 currently is serving as chair of that organization. 5 will be stepping down likely at this upcoming board 6 meeting to allow Steve Goldsmith, former mayor of 7 Indianapolis, to be chair of the corporation for 8 national. 9 know. She She will remain on the board, as far as I Goldsmith was one of the chief architects for the 10 faith-based initiative, so we've got to believe that we 11 will be heavily involved in whatever rolls out of that. Then, as I understand it, shortly after that 12 13 board meeting, there will be a new CEO appointed to the 14 Corporation for National Service. 15 know who it will be. 16 that window. 17 negotiation with some of the candidates. Beyond that, I don't I don't know when exactly within I do know that the president's office is in The other piece they wanted to talk about real 18 19 quickly is having to do with some of the other background 20 materials that I've given you. 21 sheet that talks about what the Executive Committee 22 recommended for funding. 23 have their reports, the division reports, available for 24 you. 25 commissioner listing. Certainly, there is a blue Mary Grill and Paula Kaiser both There is a handout with regard to the new Is that right, Mary? GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR It is this 616-343-0118 �72 1 white sheet of paper dated 5/9? 2 MS. ESTRADA: 3 on there, let me know. MR. CALDWELL: 4 Right. If anybody has any changes There's also a Citizens Guide to 5 State Government. Now, let me talk to you about 6 networking for a minute. 7 many coples lS that Mary's husband works at the printing 8 office. 9 right there, that's it. The only reason that we got this Now, you want to talk about resource allocation So you have that. 10 This will be a useful tool 11 for you as we begin to talk about legislature outreach. 12 It gives a brief description about everyone and the map o f 13 the districts. 14 you may recall. They used to give this to you in a binder , And then, of course, the arms related to the 15 16 faith-based initiative, that, in a nutshell, is the 17 executive director's report. 18 of license, if I may, to commend the staff for the work 19 they've done since we last gathered together. 20 illustration of what I'm talking about is the last two 21 weeks where I -- this is more of a criticism of me than a 22 compliment of the staff. 23 intended. And a prime Please take it the way it was I've been out of the office for the last three 24 25 I do have to take a minute weeks. I've been at the office for maybe a day or two. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �73 1 I'm sad to say the place is run perfectly without me and 2 that is all to the credit of the staff. 3 the fact that we've got the Governor Service Award, our 4 biggest event for the year, and that we've just taken on a 5 whole brand-new funding strategy with regards to service- 6 learning, we've just reorganized our miracle funding, 7 we've just reorganized our training and technical systems 8 for that funding, we are moving and it itself is a 9 nightmare. When you think of All of these things have been delegated, as far 10 11 as responsibility, down to staff and they've done a scperb 12 and excellent job. 13 supported by the nation's greatest staff with regard to 14 service and state service commlsslon. 15 to all staff. 16 to a staff meeting in the last several weeks. 17 appreciate all the work that they've done and thank you. So I'm happy to say that you are again This is probably the closest we've gotten 18 Mr. Chair? 19 MR. PRUITT: 20 the events today? 21 et cetera? 22 So I say thank you So I Can we ask Mary to walk us through I mean, where are we supposed to be and MS. GRILL: Yes. You do have, at your place, 23 the program for tonight's event, which is, I think, the 24 very last thing. 25 The reception begins at 5:45 at the Amway Grand Plaza in It looks like this in your information. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �74 1 the Continental Ballroom, which if you can -- if you valet 2 park and go in the front doors, you will kind of walk up a 3 ramp to your right and to the Continental Ballroom. 4 dinner begins at 7. 5 same time that the reception ends. 6 Ambassador Ballroom, which is at the top of the grand 7 staircase, which is kind of that spiral staircase you see 8 immediately to the left when you come into the front 9 door. The The doors open at 5:45, which is the The dinner is in the And events conclude at 9:00. 10 MR. PRUITT: 11 MS. GRILL: How lS the seating arrangement? Good question, Terry. There are 12 actually reserved tables toward the front of the room for 13 all commissioners and their guests who are in attendance. 14 I know that we also have some former commissioners who are 15 going to be joining us and who will also be seated at the 16 commissioner's table. 17 Michigan Community Service Commission. 18 near the Governor's tables. 19 MR. PRUITT: 20 MS. GRILL: And those tables are just labeled They are up front Do we have legislators? Legislators actually are not at 21 reserved tables . 22 with their constituents, who are a part of the general 23 audience. 24 25 The legislators are encouraged to sit DR. MAWBY: So 5:45 all of us are invited to be part of the reception? GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �75 1 MS. GRILL: To be part of the reception in the 2 Continental Ballroom and we move from there to the 3 Ambassador Ballroom. 4 DR. MAWBY: And the table's near the front? 5 MS. GRILL: And the table's near the front. 6 DR. MAWBY: And we mentioned the Youth Poster 7 contest. 8 tonight on stage prior to dinner. 9 and white picture on page, maybe, 8, I'm guessing -- no, The Youth Poster Contest will also be unveiled You will see a black 10 page 7 in the program. 11 in high school from Three Rivers who are so excited to be 12 at this event that they've rented tuxes. 13 on stage as part of the unveiling of that. 14 tremendously grateful to the commissioners who supported 15 the Youth Poster Contest. 16 It was designed by three seniors And they will be And we are Of course, you're all familiar with Commissioner 17 Cummings' challenge to all of the commissioners. 18 matched dollar for dollar and we have Commissioner Wesaw 19 who made a contribution, Commissioner Collier, the FIA 20 made a contribution, Dr. Mawby made a contribution. 21 hope I didn't forget -- oh, Chris Kwak, who is actually 22 not here, made a contribution, so we thank them. 23 DR. MAWBY: 24 MR. CALDWELL: 25 She I You ought to challenge Julie. For those of you who also contributed, please don't leave the program tonight right GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �76 1 away, because we have a special -- 2 MS. GRILL: 3 MR. CALDWELL: Not tonight. Well, another time we'll have 4 another very special thank you. 5 mouth shut. 6 DR. MAWBY: Okay . 7 all sorts of things, Kyle. 8 old business. 9 Research results. 10 I should have kept my Thank you for an update on Old business. Me, but I'm not Michigan Volunteer Investment Grants. Kyle? MR. CALDWELL: And we have one approval item? As many of you know, the 11 Commission has been working -- struggling with trying to 12 do two things. 13 dollars that we give out for the Volunteer Investment 14 Grant and at the same time measure the quality of the 15 product that we're distributing. 16 Number one, expend the full one million At the last Commission meeting, we received a 17 recommendation for modifications to the program that 18 included lowering the match rate and changing some of the 19 other parameters of the grant. 20 that we study the Volunteer Investment Grant intensely and 21 then provide a recommendation to you for modification, if 22 any were necessary. 23 We recommended to you all At your place, we handed out, I believe on a 24 green handout -- is that correct -- the recommendations 25 that the staff are suggesting at this time. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR Let me give 616-343-0118 �77 1 you -- and we do have copies for you of the full study 2 that was conducted by Mark Wilson at Michigan State 3 University. 4 we found. 5 Let me give you just a brief snapshot of what First, that -- surprise, surprise -- there is no 6 other program 1n the nation ·that combines volunteerism, 7 grant making, and endowment building all in one program, 8 so it was difficult for us to go and say, here's what 9 another organization did and here's what we've learned. 10 So again, being out in front has its advantages; on the 11 other hand, it has some disadvantages. 12 Secondly, the most overwhelmingly, conv1nc1ng 13 p1ece of evidence available was that the match rate 14 graduated match rate does not work, and that most 15 organizations and community-based organizations involved 16 said that one to one match rate was what would work most 17 effectively for them. 18 The second -- the third piece that was clear by 19 the evidence was that organizations thought they needed 20 more time in order to meet the grant. 21 time they go through the application process and are 22 awarded the grant. 23 Nine months by the They thought it was short. So looking at those recommendations by the 24 study, we've made one very clear recommendation to you all 25 and then your permission to further study the issue. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �78 1 First, that the graduated match level be eliminated and we 2 go to a straight one to one match. 3 for every state -- every local dollar, one state dollar be 4 provided for equal endowment. 5 recommendation that we hope we clearly make, although 6 there 1s more evidence in the study that says that we 7 might want to look at future modifications once we have 8 more data. And that, therefore, That is the only The second recommendation that was suggested by 9 10 those interviewed was that we stretch out the time. Well, 11 you have essentially done that by asking for the 12 legislature to carry over funds from one fiscal year to 13 another. 14 for grant making. You've provided a longer window of opportunity Unfortunately, those days are gone. The State legislature looked at the million 15 16 dollars that we're getting now and all the dollars that 17 have been carried over from one fiscal year to another 18 throughout state government and have put a freeze on it. 19 So whatever we expend at the end of the fiscal year is all 20 we're going to spend. 21 any funds. 22 window. 23 We will not be able to carry over That eliminates our ability to create a longer The final recommendation that was suggested, 1n 24 the memo we received at the last meeting, was that we 25 allow, in time, soft product to be used to the cash match GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �79 1 to go into the endowment. 2 can't endow a soft product. 3 dollars, so you're kind of in a Catch 22. 4 the staff recommends for your consideration flattening out 5 the match, no longer a two to one or a 1.5 to one, but we 6 go a straight one to one match, which was requested by 7 Volunteer Centers of Michigan and others involved with the 8 program. 10 You can't endow the state So, therefore, I think that requires a motion. DR. MAWBY: 9 The challenge there is you All right. And that's on the green sheet? 11 MR. CALDWELL: 12 DR. MAWBY: Yes. The recommendation as presented that 13 we lower the graduated cash match requirement of the 14 Volunteer Investment Grant Program of one to one level for 15 all successful applicants -- and this modification would 16 be retroactive, being current? 17 18 MR. CALDWELL: Right. We didn't want to penalize any -- 19 MR. WESAW: Move. 20 DR. MAWBY: Do we have support? 21 MR. COLLIER: 22 MR. BARFIELD: 23 DR. MAWBY: 24 (All said aye) 25 DR. MAYWBY: Support. I'll support. All in favor say aye. Oppose? GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �80 1 MR. COLLIER: Russ, could I just ask a 2 question? 3 mean that we still have about $380,000 of a million 4 dollars that will not be spent that year? How on earth is it -- the math -- does this MR. CALDWELL: 5 6 numbers. 7 that. I think the numbers are actually different than MS. KAISER: 8 I'll defer to the bottom line We have gone out about $600,000 9 this year and we are expecting that the State is going to 10 ask us to give back a portion of the funds related to the 11 budget cuts this year. 12 want to speak to that. And I don't know, Kyle, if you 13 MR. CALDWELL: 14 ask for it, they already took it. 15 told us they took it after they took it. 16 likely to come in asking for more of that unexplained 17 dollar. 18 is that we go back to the current applicants, all who 19 would like to come in for more at this one to one match 20 rate as well as try to figure out if you can find other 21 applicants. 22 Actually, they're not going to The nice thing is, they And they're So the plan put in place by your recommendation MS. KAISER: What we anticipate is -- what we 23 expect the State to sort of take back is -- we have about 24 160 to $180,000. 25 go to our current grantees and say to them, we're going to Garry and I did the math and that if we GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �81 1 lower this to a one to one match, would you still like to 2 have the amount that you ultimately set as your fund- 3 raising goal for the year, and if they do come in and 4 lncrease the grant size based on what they were already 5 planning to raise to match it, they should -- they should 6 be able to use that $160,000, roughly, and therefore that 7 doesn't require us to do another round of applications to 8 new organizations to sort of expend the dollar. So that's what we're hoping will happen and that 9 10 will be our first obligation. 11 were obligated to those who stuck it out this year, who 12 toughed it out to try to meet the two to one match. 13 also thought it could lead to trouble ln the next year in 14 that some people might not finish out our grant this year, 15 knowing they could get the one to one next year. 16 was no incentive. 17 we thought this was the best strategy for us at this point 18 in time, so -- We There So trying to avoid all of those issues, MR. PRUITT: 19 Because we felt like we 20 we should look at this. 21 year? You know, there's another way that What is this, the third or fourth 22 MS. KAISER: Fourth. 23 MR. PRUITT: Sometime maybe this year we'll look 24 at the individual grants and the size of those endowments 25 and actually how much money has been generated per our GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �82 1 investment in these grants, because, you know, it's one 2 way to look at impact -- I mean, it's very narrow out of 3 the evaluation, just to see what 4 as commissioners ought to have some idea -- I don't care 5 if we've invested pretty close to $3 million in this 6 venture -- how much money has actually been generated on 7 the endowment side. 8 9 certainly, all of us Because the whole idea was to create an ongoing source of funds for these volunteer action centers so they 10 have operating support in these individual communities, 11 so -MS. KAISER: 12 We could get you that. We actually 13 do have a chart that talks about the amount of money we've 14 given to each grantee. 15 funded about 45 organizations. 16 has applied for four consecutive years. 17 figures 18 MR. PRUITT: So over the past ten years we've Over those 45, only one So we have the I'm sure their investment 19 strategies are different from community foundation to 20 community foundation, but on the other hand, we need to 21 kind of get a feel for what it may actually have done with 22 the money in terms of the investment. 23 MS. KAISER: One of the other things that really 24 came out of the study, too, was the fact that there was a 25 real need for training and technical assistance, that GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �83 1 volunteer centers really aren't educated around endowment 2 billing, and this is sort of a challenge for them because 3 they don't have a lot of expertise or practice in this 4 arena. 5 dollars we get doesn't come with an additional added 6 million dollars to provide a lot of training and technical 7 assistance. 8 9 10 The challenge for us is that, really, the million So we're sort of looking at what additional support can we provide so we can be more supportive as to what it is we're asking them to do, so -- 11 DR. MAWBY: 12 business, two items. 13 lOth anniversary of the Commission coming up this fall and 14 we feel like we need to do some things in observance of 15 the decade, particularly express thanks to the legislature 16 and the executive branch and support in creating the 17 Commission that has supported us through the ten year8. 18 In fact, the Michigan Alliance, all the things that are 19 happening -- and in light of that, it seems to be 20 appropriate that we relate this to our work in the 21 legislative arena that we talked about earlier. 22 Okay. Thank you, much. Under new We've already noted that this is our So I'd ask Terry if he would take the leadership 23 of anything we might do could be in conjunction with the 24 fall legislative activity. 25 Ask Julie Cummings, who has been very much engaged in all Ask Terry to take the lead. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �84 1 of this, along with Dottie Johnson, a former member of the 2 Commission, and provide leadership. 3 in volunteerism, so you can call on any of us, Terry, 4 including me. And then we believe And we'll do something later this year. Nomination to the ASC Steering Committee. 5 This 6 is the Association of State Commissions for Community 7 Service. 8 Steering Committee. 9 well represented as a Michigan Commission in the affairs We've been asked by them to name someone to the We're fortunate that we're already 10 of the national association, because Terry is a member of 11 the Executive Commission. 12 And in light of that and in thinking of all of 13 the other involvement, Terry and I have concluded that we 14 were recommending Kyle be recommended to the Steering 15 Committee from Michigan. 16 director and we thought that Terry and Kyle would put us 17 in good standing at the national level. It's very often the executive 18 Does that need action by the Commission? 19 MR. CALDWELL: 20 MR. WESAW: Support. 21 DR. MAWBY: All in favor say aye. 22 (All said aye) 23 MR. NEELIS: 24 25 Move. It just means the staff will have more days alone. MS. KAISER: We don't mind. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �85 1 DR. MAWBY: Okay. Good. Let's see if there's 2 any public commept? We always invite the public comment 3 as we move through. Let's see if there is public 4 comment. Martha. She's here from Muskegon. MS. BOTTEMLEY: 5 Yes. I got a fax from Mary 6 Pfeiler and I was -- I have a vested interest in a couple 7 of your agenda items and I decided to make the short trip 8 over and to view the new building of my alma mater. 9 not been to this building here. 10 DR. MAWBY: 11 MS. BOTTEMLEY: I've Are you very proud? I am very happy that I'm a 12 graduate of Grand Valley and to see this beautiful 13 building is lovely. 14 one to one for the investment grant, since I was one of 15 the people at Volunteer Centers of Michigan and would 16 constantly brow- beat Kyle and other people that that was 17 certainly -- the higher matches were just totally 18 undoable. 19 I would thank you for lowering the I would, however, throw out that because a bunch 20 of us banned together to make this statement to the 21 Commission, that for us now not to able to participate in 22 the one to one match is not, in my eyes, totally fair -- 23 I'll just throw that out --because it was something that 24 we felt we needed to do to make a statement as a state 25 association. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �86 The other thing is in the service-learning 1 2 discussion, having received a CVO service-learning grant 3 for a number of years, and your discussion today totally 4 focused on schools, I would encourage you not to forget 5 the CVOs; that we do a lot of really important work with 6 the grant that I get. 7 children who last summer alone gave over 6,000 hours of 8 service in the service-learning model. 9 wonderful combination to bring the learning process, I work with several hundred And it's such a 10 whether it's taught in a textbook or whether it's the 11 human life skills or team building -- whatever you put in 12 as your learning component of service-learning is really 13 quite valuable. 14 of the antidote stories; however, it has worked. And it really, truly-- I realize I'm one 15 However, India has asked me to be the guinea pig 16 for some of the hard research this summer, which I'm eager 17 to do. 18 of Muskegon County measure up, and I'm looking forward to 19 what those results are. 20 for that. 21 So I am anxious to see just how the young people MS. KAISER: We've been working on the survey Just to clarify. One of the things 22 that we're doing with the community-based service-learning 23 program is to develop a participant impact tool that we 24 will use for all of our CVO programs so that we can have 25 some aggregate data consistently to see the impact the GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �87 1 service-learning program is having in the community-based 2 setting. 3 to develop the tool and we're going to pilot it this 4 summer at two or three of our programs. 5 CVO grantees will be required to participate with that 6 tool next year. 7 So India, who's on our staff, has been working MS. BOTTEMLEY: Then all of the Just one thing. When you were 8 talking about the legislators, I said to Mary, the 9 Commission has a natural in with your local legislators 10 with your grantees to encourage them to contact their 11 legislators. 12 done somewhat. 13 be, but to really let them know what the commission 14 dollars are buying in their homes. 15 tool and I know my three legislators are always very 16 anxious -- they're very good to come and visit us and have 17 been very helpful. 18 And that's something Volunteer Muskegon has We're not as good as we probably should DR. MAWBY: Okay. It is a very powerful Good suggestion. 19 appreciate suggestions and your comments. 20 you being here. 21 MS. BOTTEMLEY: 22 DR. MAWBY: 23 public comment or -- 24 25 MS. ESTRADA: We We appreciate Well, it's fun. Thank you. Any other items under Russ, I just want all the commissioners to know tonight you have a designated table GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �88 1 for you. 2 get you there. MR. BARFIELD: 3 4 If you're havi ng trouble, come find me and I'll Mary, what about guests and spouses and stuff. 5 MS. ESTRADA: 6 MS. GRILL: We've got you covered on that. John, you're actually at the Blue 7 Cross Blue Shield table because of the award you're 8 getting. MR. BARFIELD: 9 10 You and all your guests are at that table. So Betty would sit there as well? 11 MS. GRILL: Yes. 12 MR. BARFIELD: I've gotten a lecture or two over 13 the years when I got home and there were accommodations 14 for me and not necessarily my wife. 15 was awful, so I wanted to make sure. She just thought that 16 MS. GRILL: You're all set. 17 DR. MAWBY: We're doing well with our 18 adjournment. Let's take just a moment and I want to go 19 around and be sure if there's any comment or concern. 20 comment? Any Any concern? Vivian? 21 MS. PICKARD: Nothing for me. 22 DR. MAWBY: Thanks for being here with all the 24 DR. MAWBY: Kari? 25 MS. LENZ: 23 problems. Ethan? Nancy? I would say I'm sorry I can't be at GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �89 1 the awards tonight and it's a nice touch to put the 2 commissioners together, because I know in the past we've 3 kind of been spread all out. 4 to do it. 5 6 DR. MAWBY: So that's a really nice way We'll miss you. Meg? John, Thanks for being here. Mary, we'll be there celebrating with you tonight. 7 MR. BARFIELD: 8 MS. BOTTEMLEY: 9 DR. MAWBY: Thank you. I think I had my say. Good. 10 thank you for being here. 11 date with all these things going on. We're anxious to keep up to 12 MS. PFEILER: I'll try. 13 DR. MAWBY: Garry? 14 MS. GRILL: No comment. 15 MS. ALGRA: No, fine. 16 DR. MAWBY: Ray? 17 MR. WEST: 18 DR. MAWBY: 19 Randy? Paula? I bet you are, too. Mary? Thank you. Just enjoy the facilities here. Don? Pat, thanks for coming down from the upper peninsula. 20 DR. MAWBY: 21 DR. LUBBERS: Don? Just invite all of you, since 22 we're out early, if you want to wander around this 23 building, you might enjoy looking at it. 24 interesting features is across the way at the library 25 where you can see Spot. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR One of the 616-343-0118 �90 1 2 3 4 MR. COLLIER: If you haven't seen Spot, the book retriever, it's worth see1ng Spot. DR. MAWBY: That's in this complex right across the courtyard. 5 MR. COLLIER: Right across the courtyard. 6 DR. LUBBERS: Spot is a robot. It allows you to 7 store 270,000 volumes, a lOth of the space that you have 8 previously stored. 9 techniques, really. 10 11 12 It's just using some older industrial The robot finds the book for you. MR. COLLIER: It's fabulous. If you have time, you should go watch it. DR. MAWBY: Don, aga1n, welcome to the 13 Commission and thank you for the wonderful hospitality. 14 Please convey to your staff all of the -- all of their 15 gracious help. 16 DR. MAWBY: 17 MR. PRUITT: 18 Terry? Again, I'm going to sign my pledge card today and I encourage you all to do the same. 19 DR. MAWBY: Okay. 20 MR. CALDWELL: 21 DR. MAWBY: Lock the door. Kyle? Sign early and sign off. Okay. Thanks everyone. And if you 22 get in trouble tonight, look up Mary. 23 of you will be at the reception and we look forward to the 24 meeting on September lOth and 11th. 25 meeting down in the countryside. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING At 5:45 we hope all Very important Thanks much. - MCOR 616-343-0118 �91 MS. ESTRADA: You've got to do a motion to 3 MR. NEWPORT: Motion. 4 MS. LENZ: 5 DR. MAWBY: 1 2 6 7 adjourn. Support. We have a standing motion to adjourn. (Commission meeting adjourned at 2:46p.m.) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �92 CERTIFICATE 1 2 STATE OF MICHIGAN ss. 3 COUNTY OF ALLEGAN 4 5 I certify that this transcript, consisting of 92 6 pages, is a complete, true, and correct record of the 7 Commissioner Meeting held on May 21st, 2001, all to the 8 best of my ability. 9 I also certify that I am not a relative or 10 employee of or an attorney for a party, or financially 11 interested in the action. 12 13 IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 11th day of June, 2001. 14 15 16 17 18 ( R-4566) No ary Publi 1n and for Allegan County, Michigan 19 My commission expires 1/17/02 20 21 22 23 24 25 GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MCSC_2001-06-13_Meeting-Transcription Title A name given to the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 2001 06 13 commission meeting meeting transcription Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Community Service Commission Description An account of the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 2001 06 13 commission meeting meeting transcription. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 50212 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001-06-13 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/24f1bc8cace9a2233bef26c51508b5e6.pdf 82ca979d724488421359f0a37a071cb5 PDF Text Text .. What is service-learning? • Service-Learning is a method of teaching that combines academic work with service to the community. Student~ learn by doing through a clear application of skills and knowledge while helping meet needs in the school or greater community. �Why is Service-Learning Important? ~ );> );> Students take an active role in their learning. For example, dropout rates decrease, attendance rates increase, and discipline referrals decrease. It improves the overall school and community climate. Provides an avenue for students to become positive contributors to society. �. ~ Research to date indicates that Service-learning pacts students in the following ways: );o- Improves academic achievement );o- Increases civic responsibility );o- );o- Enhances students' personal and social development Improves work skills �Wlao is implementing servicelearning? . ~ ~ ~ ~ More than 41 ,000 students are engaged in servicelearning through 32 Learn & Serve-Michigan SchoolBased programs. Approximately, 180 Michigan School Districts and Academies indicate that they engage in servicelearning activities. A recent Ferris State University survey indicates, that in Michigan service-learning is more likely to occur in large school districts (more than 3,000 students) than medium or small districts. The survey also indicates that school districts with a higher percentage of free lunches is less likely to engage in service-learning. �How is service-learning being advanced in Michigan? ~ Through MCSC grantmaking - School-based grants $815,395 - Community-based Grants $220,000 - CHESP $166,995 - Total $1 ,202,390 �How is service-learning being · advanced in Michigan? ~Policy Efforts ~Leadership Group ~Research Program ~Marketing Plan ~Professional Development �.. ' Who is helping to advance servicelearning? ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ W. K. Kellogg Foundation through their Learning In Deed Initiative Michigan Departmen.t of Education Michigan Community Service Commission Council of Michigan Foundation's Learning to Give Program Michigan Campus Compact Eastern Michigan University � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MCSC_2001-05-21_What-is-Service-Learning Title A name given to the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 2001-05-21 commission meeting what is service-learning? Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Community Service Commission Description An account of the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 2001-05-21 commission meeting what is service-learning?. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 50211 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001-05-21 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/4c439e7b6ba7780748bf79961ccbf9fb.pdf 505878791f2a056706338c51fcc820cd PDF Text Text STATE OF MICHIGAN JOHN ENGLER , Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION 111 George W. Romney Lansing , Telephone: FAX: Chairperson Russell G. Mawby Executive Director Kyle Caldwell S. Capitol Ave . Bldg ., 4th Floor Michigan 48913 (517) 335-4295 (517) 373-4977 MEMORANDUM TO: Members of the Michigan Community Service Commission FROM : Kyle Caldwell, Executive Director RE: May 21, 2001 DATE: Staff Recommendations for Modifications to VIG for FY 2001 The staff of the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) recommends lowering the graduated cash match requirements of the Volunteer Investment Grant (VIG) Program to a 1:1 level for all successful applicants. In addition, staff recommends that the modification be made retroactive to the beginning of the FY 2001 program cycle. Background The staff of the MCSC informed the members of the MCSC of the concerns of the Volunteer Centers of Michigan (VCM) regarding the requirements of the Volunteer Investment Grant (VIG) Program. In a letter from the member organizations ofVCM, the members requested: a lowering of the match requirements, allowance of in-kind contributions to be calculated ~s match, and lowering ofthe minimum grant requirements. The staff requested authorization to commission a study, the results of which would be used to make recommendations for modifications to the VIG program that would address issues of concern and improve the overall quality of the program. Dr. Mark Wilson from Michigan State University was secured to conduct the study. The preliminary data suggests that modifications to the match requirement were warranted. Dr. Wilson ' s study of current and past VIG grantees provides overwhelming evidence that, absent a third investor (Romney Fund), a 1 to 1.5 or 1 to 2 match rate places too high a burden for community-based organizations to meet over a sustainable period of time. Future Modifications No other conclusions can be drawn from the remaining data; therefore staff does not recommend any further action at this time. In addition, the current projected state revenue shortfalls may negatively impact the availability ofVIG funds in the future. Any additional modifications need to be considered within the context of more concrete budget projections. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 50210 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001-05-21 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/eb84ac9f914019cececaa222d4e54c3b.pdf f35514ebf844ec4ad29d17847ea387b1 PDF Text Text MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION 5/9/01 Updated Dr. Russell Mawby - Chair 8400 N. 39th Street Augusta, Michigan 49012 (H)616-731 -4638 Fax: 616-731-5914 Ms. Julie F. Cummings 100 Riverfront Dr. , Apt. 2611 Detroit, Michigan 48226 (W) 313-566-0199 Fax: 313-566-9028 *Lovelight Foundation Mr. Kyle Caldwell, Executive Director Michigan Community Service Commission George W. Romney Building, 4th Floor 111 S. Capitol A venue Lansing, Michigan 48909 (W)517-33 5-4295 Fax: 517-373-4977 Ms. Michelle Engler Michigan Community Service Commission George W. Romney Building, 4th Floor 111 S. Capitol Avenue Lansing, Michigan 48913 Ms. Karen Aldridge Eason C. S. Mott Foundation 1200 Mott Foundation Building Flint, Michigan 48503 (W) 810-238-5651 Fax: 810-766-1753 *Mott Foundation Ms. Christine K wak W. K. Kellogg Foundation One Michigan Avenue East Battle Creek, Michigan 49017-4058 (W)616-969-23 34 Fax: 616-969-2693 *W. K. Kellogg Foundation Mr. John W. Barfield The Bartech Group 17199 N. Laurel Park Drive, S te. 224 Livonia, Michigan 48152 (W)734-953 -5050 Fax: 734-953-5076 *The Bartech Group Ms. Nancy Lenz Michigan National Bank 200 W. Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007 (W)616-349-0549 Fax: 616-349-0550 *Michigan National Bank Mr. Victor Begg 1264 Club Drive Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48302 (W) 248-334-9225 Fax: 248-334-9225 *Small business Mr. Arend Lubbers Grand Valley State University One Campus Drive Allendale, Michigan 49401 (W)616-895-2182 Fax : 616-895-3503 *Grand Valley State University Mr. Robert Collier Council of Michigan Foundations One South Harbor A venue P.O. Box 599 Grand Haven, Michigan 49417 (W)6 16-842-7080 Fax: 616-84201760 *Council of Michigan Foundations Mr. Randy N eelis Sparta Area Schools 465 S. Union St. Sparta, Michigan 49345 (W) 616-887-8253 Fax: 616-887-9958 *Sparta Area School District 1 �·"' Mr. Donald Newport Mr. Thomas D. Watkins, Jr. Alpena Community College 666 Johnson Street Alpena, Michigan 49707 (W) 517-356-9021 ext. 7246 Fax: 517-358-7553 *Alpena Community College Superintendent Michigan Department of Education Superintendent's Office P.O. Box 30008 Lansing, Michigan 48909 (W) 517-3 73-9235 Fax: 517-335-4565 *Michigan Department of Education Ms. Patricia Ryan O'Day Marquette Monthly 424 E. Hewitt A venue Marquette, Michigan 49855 (W)906-226-6500 (H)906-228-8315 Fax: 906-226-9696 *Small Business Owner - Mr. Ethan Weinstock 430 N. Putnam Road Williamston, ~ichigan 48895 (H)517 -655-8088 Fax: 517-655-(_)729 *Williamston High School Student Ms. Kari Pardoe Mr. Matthew Wesaw 14925 A Drive North Marshall, Michigan 49068 (H)6 16-781-3406 (W)616-842-7080 Fax: *CMU Student 3939 Mayapple Lane Lansing, Michigan 48911 (W)517-336-7782 Fax: 517-336-8997 *Michigan State Police Ms. Vivian Rogers Pickard Mr. Raymond W. West GM Corporation 300 Renaissance Center P.O. Box 300 482-C27-B76 Detroit, Michigan 48265-3000 (W)3 13-665-2989 Fax: 313-665-0746 *Corporate Relations Rep. United Way Community Services Labor Department 1212 Griswold Detroit, Michigan 48226-1899 (W) 313-226-9215 Fax: 313-226-9210 *United Way Community Ser\rfce Mr. Terry Pruitt, Jr. Ms. Geneva Jones Williams 1469 Allendale Drive Saginaw, Michigan 48603 (W) 517-496-8827 Fax: 517-496-4393 *Dow Corning Corporation Executive Vice President and COO United Way Community Services 1212 Griswold Detroit, Michigan 48226-1899 (W) 313-226-9444 Fax: 313-226-9339 *United Way Community Services Ms. Meg Smith RSVP of Monroe County 1623 W. Sterns Road Temperance, Michigan 48182 (W)734-241-8181 Fax: 734-850-6099 *RSVP of Monroe County 2 �Michigan Community Service Commission New Address as of June··· 1, . 2001 1048 Pierpont, Ste. 4 Lansing, Michigan 48911 The phone will likely stay the same (517)335-4295. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 50209 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001-05-21 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/8de3084ebc51407a6ecfa468ddc664da.pdf 9d18a37453f8ab8ae9b7ff8a1a91f77a PDF Text Text ..... -1:. . ......· -~ i ._ Michigan Community Service Commission "Revised" Agenda I :• . May 21,2001 Grand Valley State University DeVos Center, Robert C. Pew Campus University Club Room 401 W. Fulton Street Grand Rapids 12:00 p .m . -4:00p.m. I • .;:" I" •• I. Welcome and Introductions- Chairperson Ma_wby II. Welcome by Commissioner Lubbers . .. _.. "-· . .. : .. ~ - III. Review & Approval of February 9, 2001 Minutes - Chairperson Mawby IV. Standing Committee Reports A. Executive Committee - Chairperson Mawby .... 1. Review Executive Committee Meeting of April20, 2001 meeting B. Retreat Planning Committee-Chairperson Mawby C. Board Development- Commissioner Pruitt · ":' ~ 'I ••• 1. AI Swain resume ) . • D. Public Relations and Marketing- Commissioner O'Day {' E. Legislative Outreach- Commissioner Pruitt v. Executive Director's Report - Kyle Caldwell A. Service-Learning in Michigan .. ~(. ~.. ... . .. ..... ·;- ····~ B. MCSC FY 2001 Budget C. Office Relocation .. ...... .. :.:-.- 1,," ... ... ·- !!!!!!!!!!. /~w. . •~. . ;f. .. ... -. .. .__~.~·p-- .~ ...... 1' •- .. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MCSC_2001-05-21_Revised-Agenda Title A name given to the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 2001-05-21 commission meeting revised agenda Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Community Service Commission Description An account of the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 2001-05-21 commission meeting revised agenda. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 50208 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001-05-21 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/d10eb337d04d4c45edefbae9bfcb7a58.pdf 519653c6d3e5d340b6e8465ff169de0a PDF Text Text STATE OF MICHIGAN JOHN ENGLER , Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION 111 George W. Romney Lansing , Telephone: FAX : Chairperson Russell G. Mawby Executive Director Kyle Caldwell S. Capito l Ave . Bldg ., 4th Floor Michigan 48913 (517) 335 -4295 (517) 373-4977 MEMORANDUM TO: Russell G. Mawby, Chair Christine Kwak Don Newport Randy Neelis Nancy Lenz FROM: Kyle Caldwell, Executive Director RE: April25, 2001 Retreat Committee Meeting Summary DATE: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 jy(_ The following is a brief summary of the meeting of the Retreat Planning Committee held on April25 , 2001 . Attached you will also find a memo detailing the overall goals for the retreat. Agenda (FIRST DRAFT) Monday, September 10, 2001 Tuesday, September 11, 2001 12:00 - 2:45 p.m. 2:45 - 3:00p.m. 3:00 - 5:30p.m. 6:15 - 7:00 p.m. 7:00 - 8:00p .m. 8:00 - 9:30 p.m. 7:15 - 8:00 a.m. 8:00 - 10:00 a.m. 10:00 - 10:15 a.m. 10:25 - 11 :45 p.m. 11 :45 - 12:00 p.m. 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. Meeting of the MCSC Transition to retreat MCSC retreat Reception Dinner Evening Program Breakfast Work session Break Work session Break Working lunch End �Facilitator The committee discussed various facilitators to help with the retreat and the characteristics that would be most helpful in the work the Commissioners need to engage in at their September meeting. After some in depth discussion, the committee determined that it would like to work with someone skilled in taking large agendas and moving groups toward progress. One candidate shined above all the others. Alice Buhl, a skilled facilitator who has worked extensively with the board of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, has agreed to facilitate our meeting. Resource People The committee discussed the need for outside experts to bring national and state perspectives to the first day of the retreat. The following is a list of possible candidates. • • • • (National Issues) Corporation for National Service- Wendy Zenker, acting CEO [confirmed] (National Issues) Faith Based Initiative- to be determined (State Issues) ConnectMichigan Alliance- Ed Blews, Chair of the CMA; new CEO (to be determined) (State Issues) Michigan Politics-Craig Ruff, Public Sector Consultants; Bill Ballard, Inside Michigan Politics; Tim Skubick, Off the Record The attire for the retreat will be casual. �STATE OF MICHIGAN JOHN ENGLER , Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION Chairperson Russell G. Mawby 111 George W. Romney Lansing , Telephone : FAX : MEMORANDUM Executive Director Kyle Caldwell TO: Retreat Planning Committee FROM: Russell G. Mawby, Chair RE: Summary of March 28, 2001 Meeting DATE: April11, 2001 S. Capitol Ave . Bldg. , 4th Fl oor Michigan 48913 {517) 335 -4295 (517) 373 -4 977 -. ~•-c • ~ Thank you for participating on the call and helping to prepare for the upcom.ing retreat. The agenda seems to be shaping up into two distinct sections: (a) national initiatives updates and state transition issues for the first day, and (b) crafting strategies to proactively address the state and national issues on the second day. From our discussions, we would address the following issues: National Issues • • Whitehouse Office on Faith and Community Based Initiatives Corporation for National Service New Leadership State Issues • Transitions in Government - Executive and Legislative • ConnectMichigan Alliance - New Organization and New Leadership Commissioners will have a number of questions that cannot be addressed by staff This will require that we bring in some additional resource people and should seek the advice of our other commissioners and friends for names of potential candidates. • • • Mrs . Engler - Faith and Community Based Initiative Dottie Johnson - Corporation Leadership ConnectMichigan Alliance - New CEO (TBD) Finally, the retreat will be moved forward by a skilled facilitator (national or within state) who can be brought up to speed on the Michigan Landscape and the various political concerns associated with our planning process. ~ o& P"t'41EOON flfC>'HIDPAPf" � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. 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Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 50207 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001-05-21 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/770798c7a1bc46851b30c068e74c75d2.pdf e64d75aedb1777943ee837a517bda9d1 PDF Text Text STATE OF MICHIGAN JOHN ENGLER , Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION 111 George W. Romney Lansing , Telephone : FAX: Chairperson Russell G. Mawby Executive Director Kyle Caldwell S. Capito l Ave . Bldg ., 4th Floor Michigan 48913 (517) 335-4295 (517) 373-4977 MEMORANDUM TO: Members of the Public Relations & Marketing Subcommittee Pat O'Day, Chair Vivian Pickard Terry Pruitt FROM: Kyle Caldwell, Executive Director RE: Summary of April11, 2001 Meeting DATE: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 ;)I- The members of the Public Relations & Marketing Subcommittee met on April 11, 2001 and discussed the attached agenda (see Public Relations & Marketing Subcommittee Meeting Agenda). The members of the committee discussed three basic topics: benchmarks, markets, themes, strategies and next steps. Benchmarks The committee suggested that the MCSC review the policies and practices of other nonprofit and government organizations and identify what components and plans the committee could use as a framework. Mr. Caldwell will check into departments in the State ofMichigan and Commissioner Pickard will contact Commissioner Williams to investigate United Way Community Services' plans. Markets The committee identified volunteers, volunteer organizations, grant making organizations, potential grantees and nonprofits generally as target markets for the public relations and marketing plans of the MCSC. �Themes The existing themes articulated in the MCSC visioning documents were deemed sufficient for incorporation in a plan. They include, "MCSC as Grantor" and "MCSC as an Information Resource." Strategies The committee suggested a number of strategies to address the public relations & marketing needs ofthe MCSC: 1. Use major grantees and grantors advertisement opportunities (i.e. Goodwill Ads) that showcase MCSC's grant making. 2. Work with grantees to make grant making more visible and tie to legislators and communities. 3. Develop a brochure and online tools Next Steps The committee charged staff with creating a 3-5-page document that lays out a strategy for desired outcomes, strategies and definition of roles stakeholders. Contact higher education institutions with strong business/marketing department for help including Grand Valley State University, University ofMichigan, and Central Michigan University. Another call will be scheduled for June. �Public Relations & Marketing Subcommittee Meeting Aprilll, 2001 (Conference Call) --DRAFT-- Agenda I. Review Subcommittee Charge Public Relations & Marketing Members: Commissioners O'Day (Chair), Pickard and Pruitt The Public Relations & Marketing Subcommittee is an ad hoc subcommittee of the Communication & Outreach Committee, a standing committee of the MCSC, that will work to address the public relations and marketing needs of the MCSC and its grantees. Specifically, the subcommittee would: 1. Identify MCSC stakeholders and their interests. 2. Determine the best way to communicate the work and accomplishments of the MCSC and it's grantees to the general public and other target populations. 3. Recommend strategies for addressing the MCSC communication needs. 4. Identify and invite potential partners/collaborators. 5. Provide an action plan to the full commission at their September 1011, 2001 meeting. The subcommittee may terminate by September of2001. II. Identify Key Outcomes • • • • Types of Relationships to be Cultivated Messages to be Conveyed (Who are we and what' s the best way to tell our story?) Cycle of Activities to Support/Ensure Outcomes MCSC Action Plan III. Define Action Plan Process • • • • • Needs Assessment Data Analysis Strategic Planning Implementation Review �Public Relations & Marketing Subcommittee Meeting April 11, 2001 IV. Outline Primary Strategies for Implementation • • • • Where can we go to get help? Who should we involve as partners? What level and type of resources will we need? How can we broker the resources? V. Develop Preliminary Timeline • Action Plan Presented to the MCSC Membership September, 2001 VI. Determine Next Steps • • • • Next Meeting Follow Up Activities Staff Assignments Commissioner Assignments Page 2 of2 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 50206 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001-05-21 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/64fe79cdeb91fa9cdec1ec3ab378ec06.pdf 8186921e0ad627ca07be7a79beccaf3c PDF Text Text STATE OF MICHIGAN JOHN ENGLER , Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION 111 George W. Romney Lansing , Telephone : FAX: Chairperson Russell G. Mawby Executive Director Kyle Caldwell S. Capito l Ave . Bldg ., 4th Floor Michigan 48913 (517) 335-4295 (517) 373-4977 MEMORANDUM TO: Members of the Michigan Community Service Commission FROM: Paula Kaiser, Director of Programs Michigan Community Service Commission RE: Program Division Director's Report DATE: May 5, 2001 LPauW The past few months has been a busy time for the program division of the Michigan Community Service Commission as evidenced by my lengthy report. Enclosed for your review is my progran1 division update of our recent accomplishments and upcoming activities. Michigan's AmeriCorps Michigan's AmeriCorps Application Process 2001 - 02 For the past few months the staff has been engaged in the Michigan's AmeriCorps application process. The process included two components- one for organizations currently funded (renewals) and one for organizations that do not currently receive Michigan's AmeriCorps funds (new). The staff presented their funding recommendations to the executive committee on April 20, 2001 . Listed below are the staff recommendations that were approved by the executive committee. Formula and Education Award Only Renewal Applicants The MCSC issued renewal application guidelines to all of its Michigan's AmeriCorps renewal programs. The staff reviewed those guidelines with the programs on the December conference call. Competitive renewal applications were due to MCSC on January 12, 2001. The MCSC approved the competitive renewal programs during the February 9, 2001 meeting. The formula and education award only renewal applications were due April 6, 2001. Eight organizations were eligible to renewal funding. Seven of those organizations submitted renewal applications. Northern Michigan Community Mental Health decided not to reapply at this time. The applications were reviewed by staff. Applicants were provided written feedback that included �Program Division Director 's Report 2 any necessary rev1Slons. The staff presented their funding recommendations to the executive committee on April 20, 2001. Listed below are the staff recommendations that were approved by the executive committee. At the April20, 2001 Executive Committee meeting the following renewal programs were approved: Legal Applicant Funding Approved #ofFT #ofPT #of Summer Branch Intermediate School District $140,738 10 0 0 Habitat for Humanity Michigan $312,755 17 20 0 Ionia County Intermediate School District $153,138 12 0 0 Marquette Alger Intermediate School District $205,690 13 8 0 Michigan Department of Natural Resources $73,000 120 150 0 SOS Crisis Center $116,831 6 8 0 Volunteer Muskegon $180,828 13 2 6 Total $1,182,980 191 188 6 New Formula Applications After reviewing the current portfolio and current grantees' position in the three-year funding cycle, MCSC staff determined that we had approximately $2 million to fund new AmeriCorps programs for FY 2001-02. Organizations were notified of the availability of funds for new AmeriCorps programs the week ofDecember 18th. The MCSC hosted two technical assistance session the week of January 15th. One session was held in Lansing and the other was held in Gaylord. Interested applicants were required to submit an Intent to Apply form by January 31, 2001. The MCSC received 31 Intent to Apply Forms. Seventeen organizations submitted applications on February 16, 2001. The applications were peer reviewed on February 26, 2001. Eight applicants were recommended to submit comprehensive applications. The MCSC convened the eight applicants on March 7, 2001 to discuss submission of a comprehensive application. The comprehensive applications were due on March 30, 2001. The staff reviewed the eight comprehensive applications and recommended all eight be funded at the requested level. �Program Division Director 's Report 3 At the April20, 2001 Executive Committee meeting the following new Michigan ' s AmeriCorps programs were approved: Legal Applicant Funding Approved #ofFT #ofPT #of Summer Camp Fire Boys and Girls West Michigan Council $123,911 7 6 0 Creston Neighborhood Association $126,168 10 0 0 The Guidance Center $256,005 16 6 6 Michigan Institute for Nonviolence Education $629,199 52 0 0 Underground Railroad, Inc $181,507 14 2 0 VFW National Home for Children $140,800 4 12 6 Wayne Metropolitan Community Services Agency $127,834 10 0 0 Young Detroit Builders $179,131 14 0 0 Total $1,764,555 127 26 12 For the 2001-02 program year, the MCSC will grant a total of$6,497,110 to 26 Michigan's AmeriCorps programs engaging nearly 850 AmeriCorps members in service to Michigan. The Michigan' s AmeriCorps portfolio will expand from 21 programs in 2000-01 to 26 programs in 2001-02. In addition, the MCSC leveraged an additional $1 ,599,433 to support Michigan ' s AmeriCorps programs. This will be our largest Michigan's AmeriCorps portfolio to date. The staff should be commended .. Planning Grants For the 2001-02 Michigan's AmeriCorps application process, the MCSC is implementing a planning grant phase. The purpose of the planning grants will be to give new grantees three months to plan and put the necessary systems in place to operate their Michigan's AmeriCorps program. Any organization that has not operated an AmeriCorps program and wants to apply for a Michigan ' s ArneriCorps program will be required to apply for a planning grant. The planning grant phase will begin June 1, 2001 and end August 31, 2001. After successfully completing the planning phase, grantees will begin the operational phase of their grant. The planning grants will not exceed $15,000 and majority ofthe funds will cover the personnel costs associated with the �Program Division Director's Report 4 start up of the program. The funds may also cover limited funds for supplies, travel, and equipment. During the planning grant phase new programs will be assigned a mentor from a successful existing AmeriCorps program to assist them through the development stage. The staff is hopeful that the planning grants will allow the grantees to put basic systems to lay a strong foundation for a successful program. Genesee County AmeriCorps Program At the February 9 th board meeting the staff recommended the Genesee County AmeriCorps Program (GCAP) for provisional funding due to some performance issues. The GCAP program was put on probation and asked to submit a corrective action plan for addressing the issues of member recruitment and retention, timely reporting, and partner commitment. The program submitted a corrective action plan. The staff reviewed the plan and has been working with the program to rectify the issues. The staff is satisfied with the progress the program is making toward rectifying the issues. The staff will be meeting with the program on May 8, 2001 to discuss the future of the program. The program has indicated that they may want to make substantial changes to the scope of the program for next year. The staff will be discussing the parameters for which such modifications may be made. The program will be required to submit a revised renewal application if they choose to make major modifications. All future funding will be contingent upon the program addressing all outstanding issues relating to their probationary status. Creston Community Action Corps The Creston Community Action Corps, one of our current AmeriCorps programs has requested a waiver to meet the 50% match requirement for the 2001-02 program year. The staff reviewed the request and asked the program to respond to some additional questions in order to better understand the implications of the match requirement on the program. On April 21 st the executive committee was asked to grant the authority to the staff to make the fmal decision since the commission would not convene again before the application would have to be submitted to the Corporation for National Service. The executive committee approved the request. The staff received the program response on April 25, 2001. Upon review of their response, the staff will grant a waiver of the 50% match requirement for the 2001-02 program year. The program will be allowed to remain at the 33% match requirement. The staffbased their decision on the fact the program will be doubling the size of the program and will need to spend the next year ensuring the systems are in place related to the overall program expansion. The program felt that if they had to spend majority of their time fund-raising rather than focusing on the program expansion the quality of the program might suffer. The MCSC staff concurred and has decided to grant the waiver. The program will be expected to meet the 50% program match for the 2002-03 year and all match requirements for subsequent years. Michigan's AmeriCorps Signature Projects Every summer the Michigan's AmeriCorps programs hosts two statewide Signature Service Projects. The purpose of the projects is to engage members from around the state in a day of �Program Division Director's Report 5 training and a day of service. This year the projects will take place in Pontiac, Michigan on June 8 & 9, and in Marquette, Michigan on June 22 & 23, 2001. See below for additional details. If you are interested in participating in either project please let me know. Pontiac. MI - June 8 & 9 We expect 250 AmeriCorps members to participate in the service project in Pontiac. The MCSC is partnering with the City of Pontiac, and two local non-profits to get things done on Saturday, June 91h. Members will be involved in painting park fences, planting shrubbery and beautifying two of Pontiac's community centers and parks. Marquette, MI - June 22 & 23 The 150 AmeriCorps members traveling to Marquette will spend their day of service on KI Sawyer, a former air base that was closed five years ago. Members will be working with community residents to turn the base into a thriving community. A special thanks to Commissioner Patricia O'Day for her assistance in planning the project. Losing an Exemplary Employee It is with deep regret that I inform you that Beth Barney, one of our Michigan's AmeriCorps program officers will be leaving the commission. Beth's last day will be July 27 1h. Beth will be attending Bowling Green State University in the fall to get her masters degree in organizational development. During her tenure at the commission, Beth was instrumental in creating the member council, implementing the statewide member celebration, resurrecting the annual signature projects, and helping revise the program monitoring systems to name a few of her many accomplishments. Although we will miss her deeply, I hope you join me in thanking her for her tremendous service to MCSC and wishing her much success in her next endeavor. Learn & Serve- Michiean Learn & Serve-Michigan School-Based Program 2001-02 Application Process The MCSC is currently in the process of developing the application guidelines for the 2001-02 program year to realign funding toward our overall goals of increasing the scope and quality of academic service-learning. The MCSC has $600,000 to fund Learn and Serve-Michigan School-Based programs. The application guidelines will be sent to all local School District and Intermediate School District Superintendents. In addition, all current grantees and all schools that completed the Ferris State University survey will receive copies of the guidelines. The MCSC will be offering three categories of funding . School districts that have never received Learn and Serve funding may apply for up to $8,000 in order to develop a plan to establish academic service-learning throughout the district. The MCSC anticipates funding five (5) planning grants. School districts that have received funds in the past may apply for up to $20,000 to expand quality academic service-learning practice throughout the district. The MCSC anticipates funding up to 18 implementation grants. Finally, the MCSC will offer grants of up to $35,000 to school �Program Division Director 's Report 6 districts to establish partnerships between institutions of higher educations, K-12 school districts, and community organizations whose primary goal is to advance the institutionalization and sustainability of academic service-learning through policy, research, and dissemination initiatives. The MCSC anticipates funding 10 partnership grants. The MCSC will be hosting technical assistance conference calls on May 23 and 24 for all schools interested in applying. Schools districts interested in applying must submit an Intent to Apply form by June 8, 2001. Applications will be due June 29, 2001. Leader Schools Three Michigan schools were recently selected as 2001 National Service-Learning Leader Schools. The National Service-Learning Leader Schools program is a presidential initiative that recognizes schools for their excellence in service-learning. Leader Schools serve as models of excellence for their exemplary integration of service-learning into the curriculum and the life of the school. This year 64 middle and secondary schools from 31states were selected as the National Service-Learning Leader Schools. Tinkham Alternative High School of Westland, Michigan, Onekama Middle School of Onekama, Michigan and Garber High School of Essexville, Michigan were among those selected . In June, awardees will attend a national Leadership Institute in Washington DC where they will be recognized and given time to develop their two-year leadership plans. Leader schools are expected to provide leadership and assistance around service-learning to other schools in their communities, states, and throughout the nation. Learn & Serve-Michigan Community-Based Grant Program 2001- 02 Application Process The MCSC is currently in the process of developing the application guidelines for the 2001-02 program year to realign funding toward our overall goals of increasing the scope and quality of community-based service-learning. The MCSC has $150,000 available to fund new Learn and Serve-Michigan Community-Based programs. The MCSC anticipates funding approximately 10 programs at an average of $15,000 each. A notice of available funding was mailed to nearly 6,000 organizations across the state. (See the attached NOF A.) The MCSC will be hosting a technical assistance workshop on May 31, 2001 for all organizations interested in applying. The application guidelines will be available on May 21, 2001. Organizations interested in applying must submit an Intent to Apply form by June 29, 2001. Applications will be due July 20, 2001. National Service-Learning Conference Scholarships The MCSC offered our current Learn and Serve-Michigan CBO grantees scholarships to attend the 2001 National Service Learning Conference in Denver, Colorado in April. Six of the eight grantees attended the conference. The MCSC hosted a grantee breakfast during the conference in order to have the grantees meet the new additions to the MCSC staff. �Program Division Director's Report 7 L & S Coordinator Hired I am pleased to welcome Jeanine Yard to our service-learning team. Jeanine joined the staffin early March. She in conjunction with Angelia Salas administer our Learn & Serve-Michigan School-Based and Community-Based program. Jeanine has 20 years of experience in the fields of prevention and intervention. She was a counselor and director of a juvenile diversion program providing services to youthful offenders. For the past 12 years, Jeanine has been the director of a private, non-profit agency providing prevention services to South Central Michigan. As a certified Prevention Specialist, Jeanine provided training, consultation, and evaluation services to both school-based and community-based organizations in the areas of primary prevention, asset building, substance abuse prevention, and peer helping (mentoring, mediation, leadership, listening). Service-Learning Research One of the things we know we must do is provide additional proof on how service-learning is impacting students, schools, and the community. As a result, the MCSC has composed a Service-Learning Research Working Group that will be convened two to three times per year to help us establish a systematic multi-year research agenda for Michigan. The group, composed of experts in the field and representing all service-learning stakeholders, will convene May 25, 2001 for an all day meeting in Lansing. This group is charged with the task of prioritizing research areas and recommending essential criteria of proposed research studies. Funds from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Corporation for National Service will support the service-learning research. The MCSC has completed a statewide survey to determine the specific areas that are of concern to K -1 2 educators in the state. Volunteer Investment Grants MG) FY 2001 VIG Update The MCSC has $1 million available on an annual basis to support Michigan' s Volunteer Investment Grants. In December, the MCSC issued 12 grants totaling $478,200. The MCSC offered a second round of2001 VIG ftmds in mid-February. The Intent to Apply forms were due on March 16, 2001. The MCSC received two Intent to Apply Forms. On March 23, the MCSC received two applications requesting $141,885. One of the applications was from an organization that has never received VIG ftmds and therefore had to be peer reviewed. Both applications were reviewed by the staff on April 10, 2001. The applicants were given written feedback and asked to address the issues identified in the review process. �Program Division Director 's Report 8 On April20, 2001 , the Executive Committee approved the following applicants: Le2al Applicant Allegan County United Way Fundinl! Awarded $81,885 Match Level 1.5 The Volunteer Center of Holland $60,000 1 Total $141,885 For FY 2001 the MCSC has awarded 14 grants for a total of $620,085 . The MCSC still has approximately $380,000 to disburse before the end ofthe fiscal year. The staff is currently awaiting the results of the VIG analysis (see section below for additional information) before recommending next steps. The staff will be prepared to submit our recommendations at the May 21, 2001 board meeting. VIG Analysis The MCSC has contracted with the Michigan State University Institute for Public Policy and Social Research to conduct an analysis of the Michigan's Volunteer Investment Grant Progran1. Mark Wilson, Associate Professor, will conduct the review. The proposed review will gather and analyze data on the Michigan's VIG program to inform the MCSC of the progress and impact of the initiative. The goal ofthe review is to understand and present the reach, adoption, and impact of Michigan's Volunteer Investment Grants. The major portion of the proposed evaluation will be assessing organizational reaction and capacity to utilize the Michigan's VIG program. A draft report will be submitted to MCSC on May 9, 2001. The staff will review the report and draft program modifications that will be presented to the board on May 21 st. Michiean's AmeriCorps Promise Fellows Program Update All16 Michigan's AmeriCorps Promise Fellows have been selected by the 10 sites across Michigan. A second orientation was held on Sunday April 29th in Roscommon for the new Fellows who were unable to attend the tri-state orientation back in January. The orientation was held in conjunction with the statewide Communities ofPromise meeting on April 30 through May 1, 2001 and served as the second quarterly training for all the Promise Fellows. Promise Fellows had an opportunity to attend multiple training sessions, network with others from Communities ofPromise and take valuable ideas back to their communities as a result of the meeting. In addition, they were also introduced to a new tracking database that will allow them to accurately capture their accomplishments. The ACCESS database was developed by staff member Jennifer Forbes. Finally, the MCSC will be offering scholarships for at least three (3) Promise Fellows to attend the National Community Service Conference in Minneapolis, MN this June. All interested �Program Division Director's Report 9 Fellows were asked to complete an application and address specific questions on why they should be selected to attend the conference. The staff is currently reviewing the applications and will make their selections by May 18, 2001. Trainine and Technical Assistance Cross-Stream Training In March, the MCSC hosted the first of the two cross stream trainings. Cross-stream trainings are trainings that are offered to all national service programs not just one specific national service stream. The first cross-stream training, 'Advanced Supervisory Skills' was presented by the National Crime Prevention Council, a national provider contracted through the Corporation for National Service. This training was an advanced curriculum, which built on the previous Supervisory Skills training that had been offered the past two years. There were 31 attendees at this training, representing AmeriCorps, VISTA, Senior Corps and Learn and Serve. This training received an extremely positive response from training participants. On May 17- 18, 2001, the second cross-stream training on program sustainability will be offered to national service programs in the state. This training will be presented by Campaign Consultation. Thirty-five representatives from the various streams have signed up for the training. This training will focus on vital tools and practices for programs to develop resources for programmatic longevity. The training will offer a special track for the Michigan's AmeriCorps programs in order to help them meet their incremental match requirements. Finally, the latest edition of the Overture, our bi-monthly training and technical assistance newsletter, is attached for your review. �;: Volume 3 (517) 335-4295 Michigan Community Service Commission April2001 • ' -. Issue 1 Fax (517) 373-4977 In The Spotlight The National Community Service Conference Update The Year that Chan2es the World -- Celebratin2 the Internatioriai Year of Volunteers The National Community Service Conference, sponsored by the Points of Light Foundation, is the premier venue for spreading the message of volunteering and national service. This annual event provides an extraordinary opportunity to inspire and mobilize people globally through a full array of national and community service programs designed to address social problems. It will offer more than 250 training sessions to choose from in the following areas: Traditions of Service, Diversity of Service, Innovations of Service, Inspiration through Service; as well as by constituency interests. This year, the National Conference will be taking place between June 28 and July 1, 2001 in Minneapolis/ St. Paul, Minnesota. The conference program is now available at www.PointsofLight.org/2001NCSC. Explore the listing of exciting pre-conference meetings, workshops, seminars, and networking events to assist you as you plan your conference experience in the Twin Cities. Don't miss the 'early-bird' registration deadline on May 24, 2001 for reduced registration fees!! Service-Learning Project Plan Development Mini-Grant Opportunity The MCSC is currently seeking organizations interested in developing service-learning project plans for community-based service-learning programs. A project plan would contain a brief description of the project, what students will do , content to be learned, project activities, school/community resources, and performance assessment tools. Up to $5,000 is available for project plan development with $500 being awarded per project plan. Applicants may apply to be funded to develop more than one project plan. These mini-grants allow applicants to develop new project ideas with the support and guidance of Learn and Serve-Michigan staff. To find out more about this opportunity, please attend the technical assista!'lce_§ession schedule~ .for May 31, 2001 in Lansing. Contact Tara Gilman ·.. . -:•. > ~~. RESOURCES 'Teens With The Courage To Give Award' The Hasbro/YSA Teens with the Courage To Give Award is now available on-line at www.ysa.org/ hasbro.htm1 . This award is for young people who have faced a physical and/or emotional obstacle, reached out to make a difference to others, and ultimately helped themselves as a consequence. National Service News · For citizens in service through Learn & Serve America, AmeriCorps, and the National Senior Service Corps. Published every other Monday on the worldwide-web site of the Corporation for National Service. For the latest information and updates, visit http: //www.nationalservice.org. LEARNS Tutoring/Mentoring Website New on the LEARNS Web site are 12 ready-to-print-and-use activities for training tutors, mentors, and staff of volunteer programs. You'll find ways to help tutors and mentors understand and work within school cultures, select books, support literacy in pre-school children, articulate mentoring roles, make games, and more. For staff are activities that help clarify key partners and develop team roles. Call or e-mail us to discuss extensions that fit your particular training needs. They'd love to hear from you ... Here's the link: http://www.nwrel.org/ learns �Calendar- Upcoming Trainings and Events· May2001 3 New Michigan's AmeriCorps Program Orientation 17-18 Sus_tainability Cross-Stream Training- Gaylord, MI 21-22 Grant Makers/Grant Seekers - Grand Rapids, MI [For more information on this event, please contact Jan Harper at the Michigan Non profit Association- (517)353-5038.] 23-24 Technical assistance conference call for Learn and Serve:_Michigan SB applicants 31 Technical assistance outreach session for Learn and Serve-MI CBO applicants - Lansing, MI ' June 2001 6 · New Michigan~s AineriCorps Program Orientation 8-9 AmeriCorps Signature Service Project -Pontiac, MI 13-15 National Senior Service Corps North-Central Cluster Conference- Milwaukee, WI 21 Communities ofPromise Conference Call- 9:00am 22-23 AmeriCorps Signature Service Project- Marquette, MI 28-1 National Community Service Conference- Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN Trainine Alert!- Sustainabilitv Mav 17-18, 2001 Gavlord The Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) is pleased to announce that Campaign Consultation, INC., a national training and tech9-ical assistance provider for National Service programs, will be holding a two-day Sustainability Training at the Sy lvan TreeTops Resort in Gaylord, Michigan on May 17- 18, 2001. 'Sustainability' training will cover how to develop collaborative skills, work w ith marketing/media and develop resources beyond traditional fundraising . Partic ipants w ill have the opportunity to engage in one or all of these topics during this training, based on your self-assessed need. As well, follow up technical assistance will be made available to participants during the implementation of their new sustainability plans. Space for the tra_ining is limited to 50 participants. Participants should be prepared to attend both days of the training as the sessions build on one another. The MCSC will cover the follo wing costs for participants: meals during the training days, overnight (double occupancy) accommodations and training materials. The program is responsible for transportation costs to and from the training and other incidental costs. Registration deadline is May May 4, 2001 . Should you have any further questions regarding the training or registration, please contact Michael Freeman at (517)241-3494. Congratulations 2001 National Service-Learning Leader School Congratulations to Garber High School in-Essexv ille~ Onekama M iddle School in Onekama and Tinkham Alternative High School in Westland! ~ These schools were recently selected as 2001 National Service-Learning Leader Schools. The National Service-Learning. Leader Schools program is a Presidential initiative that recognizes schools for their excellence in service-learning. Leader Schools serve as models of excellence for their exemplary integration of service-learning into the curriculum and the life of the school. These schools join 1999 Leader School Awardee Ace High School in Stambaugh and 2000 Leader School Awardees Romulu~ High School in Romulus and Lasher High School in Bloomfield Hills . Michigan now has six schools with this designation. Additional congratulations go to Onekama Consolidated School District for being selected as one of Michigan 's Best in the Michigan Associafion of School Board 's 2001 Education Excellence Award Program for Project NETGAP! Project NETGAP is a Learn and Serve-CBO funded program that involves middle school students teaching senior citizens of the community how to work with computers. Students get practical application of classroom assignments while learning about the adults. Onekama students received press in the Manistee News Advocate for this project and for being selected to present at the National Service-Learning Conference. For additional training and technical assistance resources, please visit out website at www.state.mi.us/career/mcsc or contact Michael Freema n at (517) 241-3494. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Romney Lansing , Telephone: FAX: Chairperson Russell G. Mawby Executive Director Kyle Caldwell S. Capito l Ave. Bldg ., 4th Floor Michigan 48913 (517) 335-4295 (517) 373-4977 MEMORDANDUM -~~ TO: ,_:- ~· - ·. Members ofthe Michigan Community Service Commission;_ FROM: Mary Grill, Director of Outreach & Fund Development ~"J RE: Outreach & Fund Development Division Report DATE: May 9, 2001 v Governor's Service Awards The 81h Annual Governor' s Service Awards (GSA) reception and dinner are scheduled for Monday, May 21, 200 I at the Am way Grand Plaza in Grand Rapids . In keeping with tradition, the awards dinner will be held in conjunction with the Grantmakers/Grantseekers conference. A maximum of five (5) finalists were selected in each of the 15 categories through a peer review process that was held on Tuesday, March 13 111 at the Hampton Inn in Lansing. A special thank you to Commissioners Pardoe, Pruitt, Weinstock and Wesaw for serving on the Peer Review Panel. Ameritech is again the exclusive sponsor of the GSA dinner and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network will sponsor the reception. Youth Poster Contest The Youth Poster Contest was an overwhelming success. There were 266 posters entered in the contest by Michigan middle, junior high and senior high school students. The students worked in teams of 2- 4 to create the posters and more than 760 students participated. The winning poster was selected through a youth-driven peer review process. The winning poster was designed by Joshua Bannow, Joe Mason and Cristopher Vaughan, seniors at Three Rivers High School in Three Rivers. These students were supported in their efforts by their teacher Jeanne Pawlowski. -··••Ot< ll[CYCII.·I· APfl> �The fund raising challenge issued by Commissioner Cummings was successful as well with five new sponsors ofthe Youth Poster Contest coming on board this year. We also want to thank Commissioners Collier, Cummings, Kwak, Mawby, and Wesaw for their generous contributions. MYPAC Led by YES Ambassador, Jill Manlove, MYP AC continues its progress as a standing committee ofthe MCSC. The next MYPAC Executive Council's quarterly meeting is being held in conjunction with ·the AmeriCorps Signature Service Project on June gth and 9th in Pontiac. At this meeting the current MYP AC members will review applications for new MYPAC members. The MYPAC Ambassadors complete quarterly reports to provide youth voice to the MCSC and keep the MCSC informed of their local activities. Michigan's Promise .. . ,_ _ Strengthening The Promise, a statewide Michigan' s Promise meeting, was held on April 30th and May 1st at the Ralph A. MacMullan Conference Center at Higgins Lake in Roscommon. Over 65 participants representing the Communities of Promise and Community Partners gathered for two days of workshops, discussion and networking. The participants had the opportunity to gain insight on working with the media in their local communities through the opening speaker Bob Hall, editor of the Traverse City Record Eagle. Attendees also attended sessions on collaboration, youth-led initiatives, local commitment gathering and asset-based programming. In addition, MYPAC members Jared DeBacker and Jennifer Molby co-presented a session on effective youth leadership . Two representatives from the America's Promise staff were on hand to share the national perspective and resources. Communities of Promise also had the opportunity to engage in a discussion and offer input on the future direction of Michigan' s Promise support and resources. Attached you will find the most recent edition of The Link, the bi-monthly newsletter highlighting the statewide and local Michigan's Promise activities. The Link, which was designed and edited by Liz Clemenshaw the AmeriCorps Promise Fellow housed at the MCSC as a loaned executive from CMF, is faxed to all Communities of Promise, Head Start Sites of Promise, Michigan' s AmeriCorps Promise Fellows, Emerging Communities of Promise, and other Michigan' s Promise partners. The current Communities of Promise roster is attached for your information. Disabilitv Project There was a meeting of the Disability Advisory Committee on Thursday, April 12, 2001 at the Hampton Inn in Lansing. The committee members spent time focusing on the development of an ongoing strategy for the Disability Committee. Key discussion points were the committee' s successes and challenges, the ongoing mission and purpose of the committee, establishing effective communication practices with the committee outside of meetings and ways to make the �committee meetings most beneficial. Linda Adam, the Disability Coordinator, will utilize the feedback when developing and implementing her work plan. MCSC Web Site The MCSC has selected the vendor, Trillium Teamologies based in Royal Oak to revamp the MCSC web page. The timeline for this project is being developed and additional information forthcoming. The Commissioners will be asked to provide input and feedback via survey during the web site development process. ConnectMichigan The summer issue of the ConnectMichigan newsletter is in process and scheduled for distribution by June 22, 2001. This issue highlights volunteer efforts in faith-based organizations. Staff The O&FD staff is currently at full capacity. Former AmeriCorps Promise Fellow, Liz Clemenshaw successfully completed her term of service on Wednesday, March 2th and immediately transitioned into a new position at the MCSC as the Community Outreach Coordinator. This is a loaned executive position from Council of Michigan Foundations (CMF). Joining the MCSC staff on Tuesday, April24 1h was Mary Ann Williams the new AmeriCorps Promise Fellow. She will be working extensively with the Communities of Promise to provide support and resources at the statewide level. (A copy of Mary Ann's resume is attached.) Also joining the MCSC is Linda Adam, who began her employment as the Disability Coordinator on Friday, April2th. Linda will be working with the MCSC staff, grantees and programs partners to encourage and support individuals with disabilities in their volunteer service. (A copy of Linda' s resume is attached.) �The Llnll connecting Partners in Michtgan's Promise March 200 1 Volume 5 Opportunities Abound in Muskegon A Day of Caring By Martha Bottomley, Executive Director Vol unteer Muskegon ! By Krysti Bland , Health Educator District Health Department #4 Mus kegon youth w ill have a var iety of service-learning opportunities this summer with . help from the Youth Volunteer Corps (YVC). YVC wi ll connect over 100 youth in Muskegon to service projects . These youth volunteers will be found at several day camps , includ ing theater, literacy, youth science, and those serving people with disabilities . Volunteers will also be involved with the County Museum , painting murals , and working with Habitat for Humanity. An environmental project will give youth a chance to take part in a neighborhood clean up , distribute information to area residents and do water testing. The Montmorency & Alpena Alliance for Youth (MAAY) is bu sy planning the second annual Beautify Alpena with A Day of Carin g. Th is citywide flower-planting project will ta ke place on May 191h , 2001 when approximately 100 volunteers are expected to plant over 14,000 flowers at all three of the incoming corridors to the city. After the service project, volunteers will celebrate with a summer picnic at the local park. Volunteers will receive a packet of seeds to take home to plant at their homes to further beautify the city. MAAYworks in conjunction with the City of Al pena , the DowntOwn Developmeot Authority, Un ited Way of Northeast Michigan, Boys & Girls Club youth members and Youth Volunteer Corps youth members to make this project a success. For furth er information on Montmorency & Alpena Counties ' Promise effort, contact Krysti Bland at (517} 354-4230. Some youth will also take part in a group completing a variety of one-day service projects , such as cleaning the police cars , weed ing flowers, and painting . The largest project, taking place throughout the summer, wil l conduct youth asset mapping in at least two neighborhoods in the City of Muskegon . To get involved in Muskegon or to learn more, contact Martha Bottomley at (231 } 722-6600. 000 Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians Strengthening the Promise By Beverly McBride Anishnabek Community and Family Services A Statewide Michigan's Promise Meeting In February 1999, the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe became the First Tribe of Promise . Tri bal members from seven counties in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan set the target number of youth to be served and work to generate commitments to fulfill the Five Promises . Five National Direct AmeriCorps Prom ise Fellows will be coming on board in April 2001 to expand youth services and establish core volunteer services in each of the outlying areas. A Spring into Summer Youth Fair in May 2001 will highlight information on and give youth an opportunity to sign-up for summer camps and other youth activities throughout the community. A Hometown Hero 's Nomination and Banquet will highlight adults who have made a difference in the lives of area youth . In addition , communication and cooperation with Chippewa County's Promise and Mackinac County's Promise helps to strengthen the Promise effort in the Upper Peninsula. America's Promise helps create a role for youth within the community, expands the scope of activities in which youth participate, establishes youthrun programs and activities, and promotes youth leadership and servicelearning opportunities . To learn more about the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Promise, contact Be verly McBride at (906) 632-5250. Mlt:hl~;m ' ,~; 1 •rumi..!.~ T lw ,\lll., .. r rur \ 'otuh Join us for a conference des igned specifical ly for ind ividuals and organizations devoted to the America's Promise effort through the ir local Com munity of Promise! Monday, April 30- Tuesday, May 1, 2001 R.A.M. Conference Center at Higgins Lake Roscommon, Michigan Every Community of Promise may register up to three (3) ind ividuals to attend the conference free of charge . Please coordinate with your local Com mun ity of Promise Lead Contact to reserve a spot. In add ition , th is conference will serve as a quarterly training for the Michigan's AmeriCorps Promise Fellows. The Promise Fellows also attend free of charge and are not counted as one of the three co m munity representatives. For more information, contact Liz Clemenshaw at (517) 241 -3 4 93 or clemenshawl@state.mi. us Registration Deadline: Apri/10, 2001 �The Link March 2001 Page 2 Facts from Michigan: Giving & Volunteering Key findings from a 1999 survey of Michigan residents (A publ ication of the Council of Michigan Foundations and the Michigan Nonprofit Association ) Who Volunteers? • Statewide, 46.7 percent of Michigan adults have volunteered during the past 12 months. • Women are more likely to volunteer than men , as are individuals between the ages of 30-49 . • Only 6.5 percent of individuals between 25-29 volunteered within the past 12 months . Where to Volunteer? • 51.7 percent of those who volunteered within the past 12 months did so for a religious organization . • The second most popular organizations among volunteers are educational, such as public or private schools , daycare centers , and preschools. • Volunteering opportunities were next noted for youth development (28 .9 percent); human services (27 .7 percent); and health organ izations (22 .9 percent) . Who Doesn 't Volunteer? • The majority of those who did not volunteer in the past year (81 .3 percent) reported that they had not been asked to volunteer. Overall, half of those (55.5 percent) said that they had been volunteers in the past. How Do Volunteers Learn About Opportunities? • 21 .5 percent became involved through family members or friends already involved in the organization. • 16.8 percent reported that they were asked to become involved . • 11 .8 percent found out about opportunities through work or school • A small percentage of people said that they responded to an ad on the television, rad io, or in the newspaper. • Less than 5 percent said that they sought the volunteer activity on their own . Calendar 2001 April29- New Promise Fellow Orientation and Promise Fellow & Site Supervisor Reception- Higgins Lake April 30 & May 1 -Strengthening the Promise- Higgins Lake May 21 -Governor's Service Awards -Grand Rapids May 21 & 22- Grantmakers/Grantseekers ConferenceGrand Rapids May 24-9 a.m.- Prom ise Fellows Conference Call June 8 & 9- Signature Service Project- Pontiac June 21 -9 a.m.- Michigan's Promise Conference Call June 22 & 23- Signature Service Project- Marquette June 22-26- Prudential Youth Leadership Institute Summer Camp- Minneapolis , MN June 28- July 1- National Community Service ConferenceMinneapolis , MN Serving in Delta County By Angie Larson, AmeriCorps Promise Fellow Pathways to Healthy Living A unique collaboration between Delta County's Prom ise and the City of Escanaba Inspection Department is giving area youth an opportunity to give back through community service and giving elderly and disabled residents the help they need . Now in the third winter of this partnership , opportunities abound for the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and youth groups on the volunteer list. The 18 individuals currently on the "resident" list have no other way of keeping up with snow shoveling , raking , and/or lawn mowing . These residents are partnered with youth from the volunteer list and can call them whenever they need assistance with snow removal or lawn care . The AmeriCorps Promise Fellow recruits youth from the community. Advertisements by the City Inspection Department help to let residents of the community know that this opportunity exists . This d.~pa(iment also refers individuals who call looking for.this type .o(assistance . This partnership creates an excellent opportunity for youth to lend a hand in the community and a chance to form a men to r-mentee relationship with an elderly or disabled adult. If you would like more information on Delta County's Promise, please contact Angie Larson at (906) 789-7454. Prudential Youth Leadership Institute Today's young people will be tomorrow's community leaders . But where can they go to get the necessary skills? This summer they can go to Minneapolis·, Minnesota where they will join up to 100 other youth from throughout the United States to participate in the Prudential Youth Leadership Institute Summer Cam p June 22-26, 2001 . Youth who will be entering their Sophomore, Junior, or Senior year in High School next year are eligible to apply. Cost of attending is $465.00 per person (includes hotel , meals, and extra activities) plus cost of travel to and from Min neapolis . Applications must be postmarked by April 19,2001 . At the Prudential Youth Leadership Institute Summ er Camp attendees will : *Learn leadership and service skills to bring back to their local communities; *Participate in a commun ity service project in Minneapol is; *Partake in fun evening events in and around Minneapol is; *Meet youth from all over the United States; *Have FUN! For more information or an application contact Jill Manlove, YES Ambassador at Michigan Community Service Comm ission at (517) 241-3867 or manlovej@state.mi .us For further information please contact Rick Bialczak at the Points of Light Foundation {202) 729-8151 or rbialczak@pointsoflight.org . Michigan Community Service Commission (5 17) 335-4295 Fax (51 7) 373-4977 Beth Barney, Michigan 's AmeriCorps Promise Fellows Program Manager, (51 7) 335-795 2 barneyb@state.mi.us Mary Grill, Michigan's Promise (5 17) 335-7875 grillm@state.mi.us Liz Clemenshaw, Michigan 's AmeriCorps Promise Fellow (5 17) 241-3493 clemenshawl@state.mi. us �Michigan's Promise COMMUNITIES OF PROMISE ROSTER Mr. Chris Angel Alpena Volunteer Center 666 Johnson Street Alpena, MI 49707 Phone: (517) 356-9021 x.335 Fax: (517) 354-0698 E-mail: angelc@al pen a. cc :rni. us Community: Alpena/Montmorency Counties Ms. Lynne Martinez Commission for LAnsing Schools' Success 300 East Michigan A venue Lansing, MI 48910 Phone: (517) 319-5437 Fax: (517)484-6910 E-mail: lynnem@acd.net Community: Capital Area Youth Alliance Ms. Krysti Bland District Health Department #4 100 Woods Circle Alpena, MI 49707 Phone: (517) 354-4230 Fax: (5 17) 356-3529 E-mail:bland@amaesd.k12.rni.us Community: Alpena/Montmorency Counties . Mr:·::Paul McConaua,:,hy · Capital Area United Way 1111 Michigan Avenue, S~ite 300 East Lansing, MI 48823 Phone : (517) 203-5020 Fax: (517) 203-5001 E-mail: p .mcconaugh y@capi talareauni tedway.org Community: Capital Area Youth Alliance Ms. Claudette Lunney 205 21st Street Bay City, MI 48708 Phone: (517) 894-5756 home (517) 686-9355 work Fax: (517) 686-0155 E-mail:producer1967@yahoo.com Community: Bay City Ms . Karen McKnight Casey Service Learning Center Michigan State University 30 Student Services Building East Lansing, MI 48825 Phone :(517)353-4400 Fax: (517) 353-6663 E-mail:caseyk@pilot.msu.edu Community: Capital Area Youth Alliance Mr. Lloyd Banks Blue Cross Blue Shield 600 East Lafayette Mail Code 0250 Detroit, MI 48226 Phone: (313) 225-5516 Fax: (313) 225-9693 E-mail: Community: Capital Area Youth Alliance Mr. Sam Singh Michigan Nonprofit Association 29 Kellogg Center East Lansing, MI 48824 Phone: ((517) 353-5038 Fax: (517) 355-3302 E-mail: Community: Capital Area Youth Alliance �Ms. Sue Atkins-Wagner Sault Area Community Foundation 138 Ridge Street, Suite 3 P.O. Box 1979 Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 Phone: (906) 635-1046 Fax: (775) 417-7368 E-mail: sacf@saul t. com Community: Chippewa County Ms. Theresa Nelson Menominee-Delta-Schoolcraft Community Action Agency 507 1st Avenue, North Escanaba, MI49829 Phone: (906) 786-7080 Fax: (906) 786-9423 E-mail:no.email Community: Delta County Mr. Leroy Pieri Chippewa/Luce Counties FIA 208 Bingham Drive Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 Phone: (906) 635-4105 Fax: (906) 635-4173 E-mail :pieril@state.mi. us Community: Chippewa County Ms . Tricia Pulis United Way Community Services 1212 Griswold Detroit, MI .~.?276 Phope : (313}":226-9491 . ,. Fax: (313 ) 226-9490 E-mail: Community: Detroit Ms. Jacqueline Augustine Public Health - Delta & Menominee Counties 2920 College Avenue Escanaba, MI 49829 Phone: (906) 789-81 01 Fax : (906) 786-1962 E-mail : Community: Delta County Mr. Gerald Mcintyre Dickinson County Collaborati ve Board 500 St. Stephen Avenue, Suite 30 1 Iron Mountain, MI 49801 Phone: (906) 779-0075 Fax : (906) 774-7797 E-mail: gmcintyre@bresnanlink.net Community: Dickinson/Iron Counties Ms. Deb Nedeau Pathways to Healthy Living 301 N. Lincoln Road, Suite 8 Escanaba, MI 49829 Phone: (906) 789-7454 Fax: (906) 789-7458 E-mail: dnedeau@bresnanlink.net Community: Delta County Ms. Carolee Dodge Francis Dickinson County Area Community Foundation P.O. Box 648 Iron Mountain, MI 49801-0648 Phone: (906) 774-3131 Fax: (906) 774-7640 E-mail: Community: Dickinson/Iron County �Ms . Lorraine Laferriere VFW National Home for Children 3573 S. Waverly Drive Eaton Rapids, MI 48827 Phone: (517) 663-1521 Fax: (517)663-7549 E-mail: Community: Eaton Rapids Ms . Deanna DePree Michigan Communities In Schools 160 South Waverly Holland, MI 49423 Phone: (616) 396-7566 x.119 Fax: (616) 396-6893 E-mail : ls~,.cis@iserv .net Community: Holland Mr. Jerry Johnson Priority Children 202 E. Boulevard Drive, Suite 120 Flint, MI 48503 Phone: (81 0) 234-5007 Fax: (810)234-5017 E-mail :jerry@prioritychildren.org Community: Flint/Genesee County Mr. George Hubbard Ionia County ISD 2191 Harwood Road Ionia, MI 48.84.6 ·· 'P hone: (616) 527-4900-· Fax: (616) 527-4731 E-mail :ghubbard@remc8 .kl2 .mi.us Community: Ionia County Ms. Laurie Craft The Grand Rapids Foundation 209-C Waters Building 161 Ottawa, NW Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Phone: (6 16) 454-1751 Fax: (616) 454-6455 E-mail:lcraft@grfoundation.org Community: Grand Rapids Ms . Dee Obrecht Child & Family Enrichment Council 402 S. University Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858 Phone : (517) 773-6444 Fax: (517) 772-9663 E-mail: cafedee@hotmail. com Community: Isabella County Ms . Tasha Bourne Center for Good Health Hollnad Community Hospital 1061 South Washington Avenue Hollnad, MI 49423-5216 Phone : (616) 394-9841 Fax : (616) 394-3794 E-mai1:tashau@hoho.org Community: Holland Ms. Lois Sandbrook WINN Area Activities Center 4423 West Fremont Road Blanchard, MI 49310 Phone: (5 17) 866-2358 Fax: (517) 866-6213 E-mail:fairviewacres@msn .com Community: Isabella County �Ms . Vera Wiltse Isabella County Extension Office County Annex Building 200 N. Main Street Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858 Phone: (517) 772-0911 x.219 Fax: (51 7) 773-1622 E-mail: Community: Isabella County Ms. Elaine Koons Livonia Public Schools 15125 Farmington Road Livonia, MI 48154 Phone: (734) 432-3669 Fax: (734) 432-3699 E-mail :ekoons@livonia.k1 2.mi.us Community: Livonia Ms. Shelly Schadewa1d Jackson Nonprofit Support Center 325 West Michigan Avenue Jackson, MI 49201 Phone : (517) 796-4750 Fax: (51 7) 796-5981 E-mail :shelly@j acksonnonprofit.org Community: Jackson County Ms . Rose Ann Welte Strong Families/Safe Children P.O. Box 73 200 Hamilton Lake Road Ne..yperry, .ryfiA9S68 'Phone: (906) 293-8'145 , Fax : (906) 293-8199 E-mail:roseann@up.net Community: Luce County Mr. Aaron Cantrell Volunteer Center of Greater Kalamazoo 709-A S. Westnedge Avenue Kalamazoo , MI 49007 Phone : (616) 382-835 0 Fax: (616) 382-8362 E-mai1:kalcac@aol.com Community: Kalamazoo County Ms. Joyce Belonga Mackinac County Extension Offi ce 100 Marley Street St. Ignace, MI 49781 Phone : (906) 643-0314 Fax: (906) 643-0353 E-mail : Community: Mackinac County Ms . Ranae McCauley Kalkaska County Extension Office 605 North Birch Kalkaska, MI 49646 Phone: (231 ) 258-3320 Fax: (231 ) 258-4678 E-mail:mccauler@msue.msu.edu Community: Kalkaska County Ms. Geraldine Stelmaszek Mackinac County Extension Office 100 Marley Street St. Ignace, MI 49781 Phone: (906)643-0354 Fax: (906) 643-0353 E-mail:stelmasg@msue.msu.edu Community: Mackinac County �Ms. Carole Touchinski The Alliance for Youth 307 S. Front Street Marquette, MI 49855 Phone: (906) 228-8919 Fax: (906) 228-7712 E-mail: eta uchinski@ma yf. org Community: Marquette/Alger Counties Ms . Denise Hubbard EightCAP, Inc. 904 Oak Drive Greenville, MI 48838 Phone : (616) 754-9315 Fax: (616) 754-9310 E-mail :dhubbard@mcmentoring.org Community: Montcalm County Ms . Connie Kreft Saginaw Community Foundation 100 S. Jefferson, Suite 501 Saginaw, MI 48607 Phone: (517) 755-0545 Fax: (517) 755-6524 E-mail:connie@saginawfoundation.org Community: Saginaw County Ms. Bev McBride Anishnabek Community and Family Services 2864 Ashmun Street Sault Ste. N{arie, MI 49783 .·Phone: (905) 632-5250Fax: (906) 632-5266 E-mail:bmcbride@northemway.net Community: Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indian s Ms. Martha Bottomley Volunteer Muskegon! 880 Jefferson Muskegon, MI49440 Phone: (231) 722-6600 Fax: (231)722 -6611 E-mail :mjbottornley@hotmail .com Community: Muskegon Mr. Herman Proby City of Southfield Southfield Public Schools 24433 West ine Mile Southfield, MI 48034 Phone: (248) 827-0678 Fax: (248) 827-0679 E-mail: Community: Southfield Ms. Carol Rienstra COGIC Community Center 112 E. Grand Avenue Muskegon, MI49442 Phone: (231) 772-7741 Fax: (231)722-4609 E-mail:rienstra7@aol.com Community: Muskegon Mr. Joe Bixler St. Clair County 4-H Youth Program 200 Grand River, Suite 102 Port Huron, MI 48060 Phone: (81 0) 989-6935 Fax: (81 0) 985-3557 E-mail :bixlerj @msue .msu.edu Community: St. Clair County �Ms . Elaine Flowers St. Clair County FIA 220 Fort Street Port Huron, MI 48060 Phone: (810) 966-2129 Fax : (81 0) 966-2043 E-mail: flowerse@state .rni. us Community: St. Clair County Ms. April McGrath Department of Public Safety 525 Washington Avenue Grand Haven, MI 49417 Phone: (616) 842-3460 Fax: (616) 847-6050 E-mail:amcgrath@grandhaven.org Community: Tri-Cities Mr. Mark Henson-Bolen St. Joseph County ISO P.O . Box 219 Centreville, MI 49032 Phone: (616) 467-5453 Fax: (616) 467-4309 E-mail :mahb@charter.net Community: St. Joseph County Ms. Diane Dykstra United Way of Wexford County P.O. Box 177 Cadillac, MUl960 ,. ' 1 . Phone: (23 :t) 775-~753 _ Fax: (231 ) 775-0169 E-mail:unitedwaywex@vo yager.net Community: Wexford Count) Ms . Elizabeth O 'Dell Human Services Commission 677 Main Centreville, MI 49032 Phone: (616) 46 7-1298 Fax: (616) 467-1229 E-mail: Community: St. Joseph County Ms. Lara MacGregor Volunteer Center of the Tri-Cities 20 N. Fifth Street Grand Haven, MI 49417 Phone: (616) 842-7130 Fax: (616) 842-3596 E-mail: tcauwvc@novagate.org Community: Tri-Cities � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MCSC_2001-05-21_Outreach-and-Fund-Dev-Report Title A name given to the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 2001-05-21 commission meeting outreach and fund development report Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Community Service Commission Description An account of the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 2001-05-21 commission meeting outreach and fund development report. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 50204 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001-05-21 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/6fd2986ebdfc192858d5ea130c4abbf1.pdf e8acd3a38a3dd8074978390960385506 PDF Text Text MICIDGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION NOTICE OF FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR LEARN AND SERVE-MICIDGAN COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS The Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Corporation for National Service (CNS) are pleased to announce the availability of $150,000 in federal funds to support Learn and Serve-Michigan Community-Based Organizations (CBO) programs to start October 1, 2001 for a oneyear cycle. What is Learn and Serve-Michigan? The Learn and Serve-Michigan CBO grant program is part of the Learn and Serve America program for school age youth supported by the Corporation for National Service. The Learn and Serve Aill.erica program funds and assists in the development of high quality service-learning programs in K-12 schools and in community-based organizations. Grants provide funding for service-learning programs that address local needs in the areas of ed~cation, public safety, human needs, and/or the environment. Service-learning involves youth in activities that meet genuine community needs and requires the application of knowledge, skills, and reflection time. Youth are involved in assessing community needs, designing projects to address the community needs, and reflecting before, during and after their service experiences. The service activities must be tied to intentional learning objectives. Examples of community-based service-learning projects include: designing neighborhood playgrounds, teaching younger children to read, testing the local water quality, developing urban community gardens, starting recycling programs, and other projects that meet community needs while teaching youth valuable skills. Who are we? The MCSC is the administrative agent for Learn and Serve-Michigan. The MCSC's mission is to enable all citizens, including youth, to engage in public problem solving through service and volunteerism. The MCSC works to fulfill its mission through a number of programs, projects, and activities focused on service and volunteerism. Annually, the MCSC distributes $8.5 million in national service and volunteerism grants and recognizes exemplary volunteers through the Governor's Service Awards and Make a Difference Day. Established in 1993, CNS engages more than a million Americans each year in service to their communities by providing a way to solve community problems. CNS works with government appointed state commissions, state education agencies, nonprofits, faith-based groups, schools, and other civic organizations to provide opportunities for Americans of all ages to serve their corinnunities. CNS's three major service initiatives include AmeriCorps, Learn and Serve America, and the National Senior Service Corps. CNS partners with MCSC to administer Learn and Serve-Michigan. Why should roy organization apply for Learn and Serve-Michigan CBO funding? If your organization currently places a strong emphasis on youth programming and you see the value of engaging youth in service to their community, then this is an excellent opportunity to expand your programming. Community-based service-learning is a great way to engage young people in their community while teaching them valuable skills. Whether the goal is academic improvement, personal development, or both, students engaged in service-learning can learn critical thinking, communication, teamwork, civic responsibility, problem solving, public speaking, vocational skills, and computer skills. �Who is eligible to apply? Any 501 © 3 nonprofit organization that has been in existence for at least three years is eligible to apply for Learn and Serve-Michigan funds . This may include, but is not limited to, local government entities, faith-based organizations, communitybased organizations, and neighborhood-based groups. Learn and Serve-Michigan staff. To find out more about this opportunity, please attend the technical assistance session scheduled for May 31, 2001 in Lansing. (Please note: Organizations applying for Learn and Serve-Michigan CBO funds are not eligible to apply for this funding.) What is the grant amount? Grant requests may vary in amount depending on the type and scope of a proposed program. Applicants are allowed flexibility in developing their budgets, within federal regulations. Grants will be assessed for program cost effectiveness. The average grant amount will be approximately $15,000. What are the Learn and Serve-Michigan funding priorities? The MCSC will consider funding programs that provide community-based service-learning opportunities during non-school hours. We encourage applicants to partner with schools, however, the service-learning experiences may not occur during school hours. Other priorities include connection to other national service programs and local America's Promise initiatives. What can Learn and Serve-Michigan CBO funds support? Learn and Serve-Michigan CBO funds can be used to support the expenses associated with conducting the service-learning activities. This may include, but is not limited to, staff time, supplies, participant training, and transportation. Can I partner with other organizations to apply for funding? Yes. You are encouraged to partner with schools (including Learn and Serve-Michigan School-Based grantees) and other nonprofit organizations in your community to apply for Learn and Serve-Michigan CBO funding. Is there a match requirement? All applicants are required to provide a one-to-one match. Therefore, applicants must provide $1.00 of match for every $1.00 requested. Match funds may be in-kind or cash and come from federal and nonfederal sources. What are th-e responsibilities of operating a Learn and Serve-Michigan CBO program? Responsibilities of operating a Learn and ServeMichigan CBO program include: • Recruiting, selecting, training, and supervising participants; • Designating a coordinator to administer the program; • Submitting semi-annual progress narratives, quarterly expenditure reports, and semiannual financial status reports; and • Participating in statewide grantee meetings, events, and activities. Are there other Learn and Serve-Michigan funding opportunities, if I choose not to apply for CBO program funding? Yes. There is another funding opportunity available. MCSC is currently seeking organizations interested in developing service-learning project plans for community-based service-learning programs. A project plan would contain a brief description of the project, what students will do, content to be learned, project activities, school/community resources, and performance assessment tools. Up to $5000 is available for project plan development with $500 being awarded per project plan. Applicants may apply to be funded to develop more than one project plan. These mini-grants allow applicants to develop new project ideas with the support and guidance of How do I find out more about Learn and ServeMichigan? The MCSC will be offering a training and technical assistance outreach session for applicants. The session will include two components. The morning session will include a general overview of community-based service-learning, the Learn and Serve- Michigan CBO program, funding priorities, and how to apply for the grant. The afternoon �session will focus on the service-learning project plan development mini-grants. If you would like to attend all or part of the training and technical assistance session, please complete the request form below and return it to the MCSC by May 18, 2001. For additional information about Learn and ServeMichigan, please visit the MCSC's website at www.state.mi.us/career/mcsc or CNS ' s website at www.nationalservice.org or call (517) 241-2553. How do I get an application? Applications will be available by May 21 , 2001. To download a copy ofthe 2001-02 Learn and ServeMichigan CBO application guidelines visit our website at www.state.mi.us/career/mcsc. If you do not have access to the web you may request a copy by completing the request form below. Application guidelines will be put in the mail within five working days upon receipt of the request. Applications will be sent by standard U.S . mail and will not be faxed or delivered express mail.· Who do I contact if I have questions? If you have any questions regarding the Learn and Serve-Michigan program or the application process, please contact Jeanine Yard, Program Development Coordinator at (517) 335-4295 or at yardj @state.mi.us. Learn and Serve-Michigan Request Form Name: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Organization: ---------------------------------------------------------------------Adilless: _________________________________________________________________________ Phone Number: ---------------------------- Fax Number: -----------------------------Email Address: _____________________________________________________________________ Technical Assistance Session (Deadline for registering is May 18, 2001) I would like to participate in the May 31, 2001 session in Lansing, Michigan. 0 I would like to participate in the grant application session from 9:00 to 12:30. 0 I would like to participate in the service-learning project plan development mini-grant training from 1:15 to 2:45 . Application Guidelines (Deadline for requesting the guidelines is June 22, 2001) 0 0 I would like to request a copy of the Learn and Serve-Michigan CBO application guidelines. I would like to request a copy of the service-learning project plan development mini-grant application guidelines. Please fax this form to the Michigan Community Service Commission at (517) 373-4977. If you have any questions, please call Tara Gilman at (517) 241-2553 �Learn and Serve-Michigan Application Timeline May 18 Deadline for registering for the applicant technical assistance session. May21 Application guidelines are available. May 31 Applicant information/technical assistance session in Lansing. June 22 Last day to request application guidelines. June 29 Intent to apply forms are due to MCSC. July 20 Learn and Serve-Michigan CBO applications are due to MCSC. Oct 1 Learn and Serve-Michigan CBO grant start date. Michigan Community Service Commission 111 South Capitol Avenue George W. Romney Building, 4 1h Floor Lansing, MI 48913 FIRST CLASS MAIL U.S.POST AGE LANSING, MI PERMIT N0.1200 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MCSC_2001-05-21_Notice-of-Funds Title A name given to the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 2001-05-21 commission meeting notice of funds Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Community Service Commission Description An account of the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 2001-05-21 commission meeting notice of funds. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 50203 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001-05-21 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/2d6e9f0618ccab0336525932cf8141d5.pdf 0516207d7504ddf08ce8c64e327dcc5c PDF Text Text I Michigan Community Service Commission February 9, 2001 George W. Romney Building Michigan Room Lansing 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. MINUTES MEMBERS PRESENT: Russell Mawby, Chair John Barfield Victor Begg Michelle Engler Christine Kwak Nancy Lenz Patricia Ryan O'Day Kari Pardoe Vivian Rogers Pickard Terry Pruitt Meg Smith Ethan Weinstock Ray West Kyle Caldwell, Ex Officio MEMBERS ABSENT: OTHERS : Karen Aldridge Eason Robert Collier Julie Cummings Arthur Ellis Arend Lubbers Randy Neelis Don Newport Matthew Wesaw Geneva J. Williams Mary Estrada, Michigan Community Service Commission Mary Grill, Michigan Community Service Commission Bonnie Graham, Michigan Office on Aging Garry Gross, Michigan Community Service Commission Nacori Joyce, Michigan Youth Progressive Action Council Paula Kaiser, Michigan Community Service Commission Lee Lacy, Corporation for National Service Jill Manlove, Michigan Community Service Commission Mary Pfeiler, Corporation for National Service, State Office India Plough, Michigan Community Service Commission Robin Lynn Schultheiss, Volunteer Centers of Michigan Amy Srnitter, Michigan Campus Compact Jocelyn Yanda, Family Independence Agency �I. Welcome and Introduction- Chairperson Mawby The meeting was called to order at 12:30 p.m. by Chairperson Mawby. Chairperson Mawby welcomed everyone to the meeting and asked everyone to introduce themselves. II. Review & Approval of December 8, 2000 Minutes -Chairperson Maw by Chairperson Maw by asked for any corrections or comments regarding the December 8, 2000 meeting. Being none, Chairperson Mawby asked for a motion to approve. Commissioner Smith moved to approve the December 8, 2000 minutes. Commissioner O'Day seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously. III. Standing Committee Reports A. Executive Committee- Chairperson Mawby Chairperson Maw by highlighted several points of the Executive Committee summary and stated that there would be more discussion later in the agenda. Chairperson Maw by explained that the Executive Director's Annual Performance Review had just been completed. Commissioner Pruitt explained the process and the report that was given to all commissioners and discussed with Kyle Caldwell in advance of the meeting. Commissioner Pruitt stated that he felt that the report was good and everyone was pleased with the outcome. Commissioner Pruitt asked if there were any questions or concerns about the survey, there were none. Chairperson Mawby talked about the ConnectMichigan Alliance (CMA) folder which was given to all commissioners. Chairperson Mawby asked Kyle Caldwell to give an update on the CMA. Mr. Caldwell stated that the CMA held the its board meeting on February 1, 2001. Dr. Edward Blews was elected Chair, Michelle Engler was elected Vice Chair and Terry Pruitt was elected Secretaryffreasurer. Commissioner Pruitt will also be on the Search Committee to look for an executive director for CMA. Mr. Caldwell stated that the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) will need all the commissioners to help identify individuals, businesses, or foundations that should be contacted to join the CMA campaign. Mr. Caldwell explained that the CMA is looking for 100% participation from MCSC members, Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), Volunteer Centers of Michigan (VCM) and Michigan Campus Compact (MCC) board members and staff. Mr. Caldwell said if anyone has questions, to please call him at the office. Mr. Caldwell then showed the CMA video. Commissioner Begg asked if each commissioner could obtain a copy of the video and Commissioner Barfield asked if any financial commitments have been received as yet. Mr. Caldwell answered their questions. Commissioner Engler stated that the CMA is meeting with many different organizations and people to get people involved in CMA. • 2 �B. Michigan Youth Progressive Action Council (MYPAC) -Jill Manlove and Nacori Joyce Ms. Manlove gave an overview of the MYP AC Second Quarterly Updates and highlights on the members ' volunteer activities. Ms. Nacori Joyce, a member of the Executive Council of MYP AC talked about MYP AC and her own experiences in volunteerism. Ms. Joyce stated she started in Girl Scouts and has been a member for 13 years and continues to volunteer in many community projects and some projects in other countries. Commissioners asked several follow up questions of Ms. Joyce including how she started volunteering. IV. Executive Director's Report- Kyle Caldwell A. Staff Recommendation for Funding - Kyle Caldwell Mr. Caldwell stated that the MCSC is working more on service-learning in schools. The MCSC has received a commitment from W. K. Kellogg Foundation and the Corporation for National Service (CNS) to make this happen. The MCSC will work with schools in Michigan to develop public policy in the schools at the state level and local level to begin to institutionalize service-learning. Mr. Caldwell introduced India Plough who will be working at the MCSC on the service-learning project along with Angelia Salas and Paula Kaiser. 1. AmeriCorps Competitive Renewal Mr. Caldwell explained Michigan' s AmeriCorps Competitive Renewal Applications process for FY 2001-02. Mr. Caldwell stated that CNS does not have additional resources to support new competitive AmeriCorps programs. Therefore, state commissions may only request funds for programs currently funded out of the competitive pool of resources. The MCSC sent renewal application guidelines to all of its Michigan's AmeriCorps renewal programs. The staff reviewed the guidelines with the programs in December during a conference call. The competitive renewal applications were due to the MCSC on January 12, 2001. The MCSC conducted a staff review of all applications. Applicants were provided written feedback that included any necessary revisions. All revisions are due back to the MCSC by January 31 , 2001 . The staff will review all of the revisions to ensure all issues are addressed. Assuming all identified issues are addressed, the staff recommended renewal funding at the requested amount for the following applicants: BHK Child Development for $409,500; Charlevoix Emmet Intermediate School District for $242,000; City Year Detroit for $108,885; Environmental Research Institute of Michigan for $108,885 ; Family Independence Agency for $348,574; Michigan Communities In Schools for $211,368; Michigan Department of Agriculture for $233,865; Michigan State University for $423,500; Oakland University for $220,619; The Regents of the University of Michigan for $368,550. The total amount recommended is $3 ,284,711 . 3 �A motion was made to approve all renewal funding at the requested amount by Commissioner Barfield. The motion was seconded by Commissioner O'Day. Motion passed unanimously. The staff recommended provisional funding at the requested amount for one applicant. Provisional funding means that if the program addresses the weaknesses that have been identified by April 30, 2001, the program will be funded. The staff may modify the deadline if the program is making a concerted effort to address the issues, but needs additional time to address the issues. Assuming all issues are addressed, the staff recommended provisional funding at the requested amount for United Way of Genesee County for $227,429. The total amount recommended is $227,429. A motion was made to approve the provisional funding at the requested amount by Commissioner Pruitt. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Weinstock. Motion passed unanimously. 2. Michigan's AmeriCorps Promise Fellows For FY 2001, the MCSC received $194,994 funding to support 18 Michigan's AmeriCorps Promise Fellows for Michigan's Communities of Promise. In Round I, the MCSC approved eight applications requesting $129,996 to support 12 fellows. The MCSC conducted a second round of applications to distribute the remaining six Promise Fellows positions. On January 5, 2001 , the MCSC received four applications requesting $43,332 to support four fellows. The MCSC staff conducted a staff review of all applications. Applicants were provided written feedback that included any necessary revisions. All revisions were due to the MCSC by January 26, 200 1. The staff reviewed all of the revisions and made the following recommendations. The staff recommended new funding for new applicants at the requested amount for Volunteer Centers of the Tri-Cities for $10,833; Michigan State University Extension-Mackinac County for $10,833 and Boys and Girls Club of Lansing for $10,833. Total amount recommended was $32,499 for three fellows. A motion was made to approve the new funding for new applicants at the requested amount by Commissioner Lenz. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Smith. Motion passed unanimously. The staff recommended additional funding to existing grantees at the requested amount for Marquette and Alger Counties' Promise-The Alliance for Youth for two fellows for $10,833 each. Total amount recommended was $21,666. A motion was made to approve additional funding to existing grantees at the amount requested amount by Commissioner Smith. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Barfield. Motion passed unanimously. 4 �Mr. Caldwell stated that there was a complete update on what has been happening with the MCSC' s AmeriCorps, Learn & Service-Michigan, Volunteer Investment Grants, Michigan's AmeriCorps Promise Fellows , and Training and Technical Assistance programs in Ms. Kaiser's Program Division Director's Report . Mr. Caldwell stated that there was a report from Finance & Administration Division from Mr. Gross. Mr. Gross also handed out a very brief summary of the MCSC's budget and Mr. Caldwell explained the summary. Mr. Caldwell stated that there was a report from Outreach & Fund Development Division from Ms . Grill included in the packet. Mr. Caldwell stated that the report would update commissioners on the activities of that division. B. National Service Policy Recommendations (White Paper) 1. Review and Comment Mr. Caldwell discussed a draft copy of a white paper on national service which Michigan took the lead on developing but authored in collaboration with six other state commissions, Office on Aging, CNS state offices and other stakeholders from the field. The paper positions national service as a state-driven initiative. 2. Endorsement of Principles (approval item) Mr. Caldwell explained that the paper will be advanced by the American Association of State Service Commissions (AASSC). The paper explains that states are recommending the immediate advancement and institutionalization of the following principles: a. All Americans should be encouraged and empowered to give back through a quality volunteer experience that can make a genuine and meaningful difference in someone's life or the community at large. b. States and local communities should be empowered to help engage their. citizens in meaningful, effective and sustainable volunteer service. c. All sectors of society including government, education, businesses, nonprofit organizations, faith-based institutions and civic organizations should ban together to address community challenges by envisioning, creating and sustaining community problem solving models that utilize volunteers as their primary resource. d. Adequate, flexible and non-duplicative financial and human resources from the federal government should be leveraged by states for local communities and community-based organizations to develop stable and enduring volunteer service infrastructures (resources, technical support, coordination, etc.) that demonstrates a substantial investment in a community problem solving model. 5 �e. Local, state and national leaders should demonstrate their support for volunteerism through personal action for the common good and through the advancement of principle-centered public policy that uses national and community service as a prominent strategy to address issues. Mr. Caldwell asked that commissioners read the paper and review it very carefully as he will be asking for their official feedback and endorsements of the principles and strategies. Commissioner Pruitt gave his support and asked all commissioners to formally approve the five principles. Commissioner O'Day made a motion to approve the five principles and Commissioner Smith seconded the motion. The motion was passed unanimously. Several commissioners gave their views, concerns and their own ideas on the future of national service. Mr. Caldwell explained the dissemination process for the white paper. Explaining that the AASSC will take the white paper to the CNS and other related organizations. Mr. Caldwell explained a hand-out (on yellow paper) of examples of how current Michigan's AmeriCorps programs partner with faith-based organizations. Mr. Caldwell also asked commissioners to look at the enclosed release from Sandy Scott on "President Bush Enlist Corporation for National Service in Faith-Based and Community Initiative." V. Old Business- Chairperson Mawby A. MCSC Retreat (Monday-Tuesday , September 10 & 11, 2001) - Chairperson Maw by 1. Brook Lodge - Augusta, Michigan Chairperson Mawby announced that there will be a commissioner retreat on September 10 & 11, 2001. Chairperson Maw by explained that the MCSC needs more time to discuss where and how Michigan will be in the future. The meeting will be at Brook Lodge in Augusta. 2. Goals & Agenda Committee Chairperson Mawby asked Commissioner Lenz, Kwak, Aldridge, Neelis and Newport to serve on a retreat planning committee. The committee will work to put together an agenda and goals for the retreat. B. Legislative Outreach - Chairperson Maw by 1. Strategy Committee Chairperson Mawby explained that the MCSC needs this committee to work with legislators and the MCSC to develop a strategy for the future. Chairperson Mawby asked Commissioner Pruitt to serve on this committee as the chair along with Commissioner Pickard and Commissioner Aldridge. Commissioner Pruitt discussed his position with Dow Corning and his position with the MCSC. Commissioner Pruitt stressed the importance of 6 �keeping our legislators informed about the work of the MCSC. Commissioner Pruitt asked that Commissioner Begg also join this committee because of his expertise in working with legislators. C. Governor's Service A wards & Grantmakers/Grantseekers 200 1, May 21 & 22, 2001, Amway Grand Plaza, Grand Rapids Chairperson Maw by announced that the next MCSC meeting will be on May 21, 2001 in Grand Rapids hosted by Commissioner Lubbers. The Grantmakers/Grantseekers Conference will be held May 21 & 22, 2001 at the Am way Grand Plaza in Grand Rapids. The Governor's Service Awards will be held the evening of May 21, 2001 at the Am way Grand Plaza. The MCSC mailed out nomination forms in November and are due back today, February 9, 2001. There will be a Peer Review of all the nominations that were received in March and the finalist will receive notification in April and then be invited to the Governor's Service Award dinner on May 21, 200 1. Chairperson Maw by stated that he hopes that all commissioners can attend. Ms. Robin Schultheiss gave an update on the Grantmakers/Grantseekers Conference. Ms. Schultheiss stated that registrations materials will be available by March 1, 2001 and they have several great speakers for the conference. VI. New Business- Chairperson Mawby A. National Community Service Conference- Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota June 28- July 1, 2001 Mr. Caldwell explained how the conference has grown over the years and how it now has many organizations involved in the conference besides the Points of Light Foundation. Mr. Caldwell stated that several of the MCSC staff will be attending and encouraged other commissioners to attend. The conference runs from June 28 -July 1, 2001 but Mr. Caldwell explained that there are many pre and post events. Commissioner Pruitt explained that the American Association of State Service Commission annual meeting will be held prior to the start of the National Community Service Conference. Commissioner Pruitt asked Chairperson Mawby to attend that meeting and speak at that meeting on behalf of the MCSC. VII. Public Comment - Chairperson Mawby Chairperson Mawby asked for comments from everyone. Ms. Lee Lacy from the Corporation for National Service thanked commissioners and staff of the MCSC for all their help in making her visit to Michigan a success. Ms. Paula Kaiser asked for peer reviewers for the AmeriCorps review on February 26, 2001. Ms. Mary Grill asked for peer reviewers for the Governor' s Service Awards and donations for the Youth Poster Contest. Commissioner Lenz stated that she has recently been involved with the school district regarding service-learning and is amazed that people really don't understand what servicelearning really is about. Commissioner Kwak agreed to send information from W .K. Kellogg Foundation on service-learning to anyone who was interested in receiving the materials. 7 �Commissioner Barfield made a motion to adjourn the meeting. 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Pew Campus 15 University Club Room 16 401 West Fulton Street 17 Grand Rapids, Michigan 18 19 20 21 22 Reported by: Julie A. Fox, CSR-4566 23 24 25 GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �2 P R 0 C E E D I N G S 1 2 3 DR. MAWBY: We' l l call the order of this 4 meeting, the Michigan Community Service Commission. 5 we're delighted to welcome everyone here to this beautiful 6 DeVos Center of the Robert Pew Campus of Grand Valley 7 State University. 8 on this campus, Mr. Pres i dent, of your great institution, 9 and we appreciate very much the privilege of being here. 10 And For many of us, this is the first time President Lubbers, Don Lubbers, is president of 11 Grand Valley State University and he and I were 12 reminiscing a bit. 13 Lubbers has just been named a member of our Commission, so 14 he's a fellow commissioner now of the Community Service 15 Commission. 16 You're all aware that President Don has been president of this institution for 17 32 years, which I think is a record. 18 were reflecting. 19 this neighborhood, and recall when Grand Valley State 20 University was established in Allendale, which is the 21 campus just west of town. 22 (phonetic) was the f i rst president, served for about five 23 years, and then Don has been the president for more than 24 three decades. 25 Mr. Lubbers and I I'm a native of Grand Rapids, grew up i n And Dr. James Summerick 32 years. And a marvelous growth of this institution. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 The �3 1 campus at Allendale is impressive. If you haven't been 2 there, you need to do that in the future. 3 increasingly, Grand Valley State has become involved 4 downtown and Don will give us some picture of that. But then 5 I remember first the Meijer Broadcasting Center 6 or the Eberhard Conference Center just across the freeway 7 and then the development of this beautiful campus. 8 then plans for the future with the new health professions 9 building going in over here, the Van Andel Institute and 10 the hospital. 11 people but a great difference also in the community. 12 we did And A great difference in the lives of lots of So or we should comment on that in just a moment. Just a reminder for all of us, as we make 13 14 comments, it will be helpful to your recorder if we give 15 names so that they can be become a part of the minutes. 16 And then, of course, it's always helpful if one speaks at 17 a time. 18 that. 19 So we'll try to remind ourselves to cooperate on But let's just go around the table and 20 introductions of everyone and then we'll come back and 21 have Dr. Lubbers give us a welcome -- an explanation of 22 the office here at Grand Valley State. 23 have the privilege of chairing the Michigan Community 24 Service Commission and I'm the chairman emeritus of the 25 W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek. GERGER-MORETT i REPORTING - MCOR I'm Russ Mawby. Terry, go on 616-343-0118 I �4 1 around the room. MR . PRUITT: 2 I' m Terry Pruitt, vice chair of the 3 Commission, and distinct pleasure of probably having 4 served the longest. 5 commlSSloner. 6 DR. MAWBY: 7 MR. PRUITT: 8 DR. MAWBY: 9 Grand Valley State. 12 shortest serving. 13 20 Raise their hand, I'm Don Lubbers, president of You're the longest serving, I'm the DR. MAWBY: Wait until we get to the initiation MR. WESAW: Matt Wesaw, recently retired from the Michigan State Police. DR. MAWBY: 17 19 Any others? ceremony. 15 18 Founding commissioner. DR. LUBBERS: 11 16 You 're a founding commissioner? please. 10 14 This will be my tenth year as the I'm just a commissioner. Retired. Just a kid. The record will show. MS. ESTRADA: Mary Estrada, the longest serving employee of the Commission. 21 DR. MAWBY: Starting very, very young. 22 MR. COLLIER: That was when you were five. 23 MS. ESTRADA: I told you, you had to behave. 24 MR. COLLIER: I'm Rob Collier, president of the 25 Council of Michigan Foundations. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �5 MS. RYMJ O'DAY: 1 2 I'm Pat Ryan O'Day. I'm from Marquette and I publish the Marquette Monthly. MR. NEWPORT: 3 Don Newport, president of Alpena 4 Community College. 5 it took five institutions for me to get my 32 years. MR. WEST: 6 7 MS. ALGRA: 9 Independence Agency. 10 MS. GRILL: MR. GROSS: Garry Gross, member of the Commission staff. MS. PFEILER: 20 21 22 Mary Pfeiler, staff director for the Corporation of National Service Michigan. 18 19 Paula Kaiser, a member of the Commission staff. 16 17 Mary Grill, a member of the MS. KAISER: 14 15 I'm Diana Algra from The Family Commission staff. 12 13 I'm Ray West, United Way Community Services. 8 11 Don, you're 32 years as president, but MS. BOTTEMLEY: Martha Bottemley, Volunteer Muskegon. MR. BARFIELD: John Barfield, Chairman of Bartech Group. DR. MAYWBY: We should write a comment on here. 23 All of us are aware -- I think we're so pleased and proud 24 that John is receiving, this evening, the Sapphire Award. 25 MR. BARFIELD: Thank you. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �6 1 2 DR. MAWBY: And Betty is here with you and we'll all see both of you at the celebration. 3 MR. BARFIELD: 4 DR. MAWBY: 5 Just so pleased about your recognition of the great contributions. 6 MR. BARFIELD: 7 MS. SMITH: 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 You will. Thank you. I appreciate that. Meg Smith, Director of Retired and Senior Volunteer Program. MR. NEELIS: Randy Neelis, superintendent of Sparta Area Schools. MS. LENZ: Nancy Lenz with Michigan National/Standard Federal. MR. WEINSTOCK: I'm Ethan Weinstock. I'm a student at Williamston High School. 15 MS. PARDOE: I'm Kari Pardoe and I'm finally a 16 senior now at Central Michigan. 17 DR. MAWBY: We appreciate your being here. 18 MR . CALDWELL: Kyle Caldwell, Executive Director 19 of Michigan Community Service. 20 DR. MAWBY: Good. And let's now turn to Don. 21 We appreciate your willingness to have us here. 22 you know, we try to hold a couple of meetings each year 23 somewhere outside of Lansing. 24 natural to be here in Grand Rapids with the major grant 25 seeker conference going on at the same time. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING And as This year, it was just - MCOR And we 616-343-0118 �7 1 appreciate so much your hospitality, the staff, the 2 facility, the food, everything. 3 wonderful to be here. 4 5 6 Just perfect. And it's Don, tell us a little bit about Grand Valley State, if you know anything about it. DR. LUBBERS: Well, I don't know if I know it as 7 well as I should, but well, thank you, Russ. We're 8 delighted to have all of you here today. 9 take a minute or two to tell you about Grand Valley by I think I can 10 describing our aspir.ations. 11 about doing this is, first, we aspire to be the best 12 undergraduate teaching institution. 13 university for like undergraduates are neglected, so the 14 university will have about 19,000 students in the fall, 15 probably a little over with about 3,500 of them graduate 16 students, and the other undergraduate students, we really 17 strive to make our campus feel like a small college with a 18 lot of personal attention with good instruction and with 19 excellent housing. 20 The best way I can think So often, a Our second aspiration is to be a partner with 21 our community. Whatever that community is. 22 advantages of a relatively new institution is that it 23 doesn't have old ideas about itself and it is easier to 24 relate to the communities which you serve. 25 our research would be applied research in assisting the GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR One of the And so most of 616-343-0118 �8 1 community in one way o r the other. Our third asp i ration would be to create an 2 3 environment in which people's --where people work and 4 study where their spirits are lifted. 5 by hopefully making architectural design and function flow 6 together and in creating a beautiful environment with 7 which to work. 8 gallery so that whenever we construct a building, there's 9 a sizable budget for art. And we try to make every building an art We try to make 10 We try to do this we're in the process of trying 11 to make the whole campus a sculpture garden, because we 12 believe that contributes to the beauty of the 13 environment. 14 is beauty. 15 to create these fac i lities that are very attractive places 16 ln which to work. 17 So as Pete said, beauty is proof and proof We do buy into that to some extent in trying It's probably a rather old-fashioned idea, but I 18 hope and I stress always that we staff with entire 19 procurement; that as a professional institution, we want 20 your acade1nic quality to be top rate. 21 mean very much unless the human climate is also that way. 22 So I hope this is an institution where people are treated 23 with the dignity with which people should be treated with 24 and we hope that's conveyed to schools and that it -- as 25 it works itself out in their lives, they become givers to GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR But that doesn't 616-343-0118 �9 1 the society rather than just takers. 2 underlying philosophy to our institution. 3 than just the educational process. 4 personal maturation and spiritual insight. 5 wrapped up. DR. MAWBY: 6 7 Rapids. 9 There's more It's also about It's all You have Allendale and Grand What other communities are you -DR. LUBBERS: 8 So there's really an then Grand Rapids. Allendale is the main campus and We have a campus in Holland. It has 10 only one building, but it may have more eventually. 11 on the Muskegon Community College campus in our higher 12 education center with other institutions, and we're over 13 in Northwestern Community College in Traverse City, their 14 center for higher education with other institutions. 15 we have five locations. 16 television license for this area of Michigan which gives 17 us an interesting intervention in the lives of people 18 here. 19 20 DR. MAWBY: 22 DR. MAWBY: 25 Thank you. We're honored that you are joining us on this Commission. DR. LUBBERS: 24 So We also have the old public Great. 21 23 We're I am honored. And we appreciate very much the -- you being here this day, being on your campus. As those who have been here before know, we operate informally. If you need anything further from any GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �10 1 of the nutritional options available to us, help 2 yourselves. We've had a wonderful luncheon. 3 And a reminder that we have a new agenda. 4 you're operating on the pink agenda, throw it away. 5 MR. CALDWELL: 6 DR. If That's a has-been. When I was on the faculty at MAWBY ~ 7 Michigan State, we always worried about pink slips because 8 you really were a has-been, so 9 as to whether this is maize or yellow or gold. 10 maize to me. 11 revised, May 21st. 12 their place. there's been some debate It looked Be sure you're on the maize agenda, which is And we have -- I think everyone found And we have the review and approval of the 13 14 February 9 minutes. 15 tab 3. 16 minutes? They were sent to us. They're under Are there adiitions or corrections to the If not, they'll be accepted as presented. 17 MS. RYAN O'DAY: 18 DR. MAWBY: Move to approve. Now, we have a series of committee 19 reports. 20 Executive Committee, which was held on April 20. 21 all of the items incorporated are pretty well self- 22 explanatory. 23 recommendations and most of those will come back at our 24 agenda with 25 I'll comment first on the meeting of the I think We approved some staff programming funding subsequ ~ nt committee reports. So unless there are questions about the GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �11 1 Executive Committee meeting, let's move on to two 2 specifics. 3 ConnectMichigan Alliance and, Terry, we'd ask you for a 4 progress to date on board membership and the CEO search of 5 the alliance. The Executive Committee report on the MR. PRUITT: 6 They have in their packet a couple 7 of reports, written reports, one of the financial summary 8 and a report around some of the strategy in place now to 9 complete the endowment campaign. Let me come back to that 10 and talk a little bit about exactly where we are with the 11 CEO search. There are four finalist candidates and we've 12 13 conducted as we indicated at the last meeting, we want 14 to conduct a national search. 15 advertised in a number of national publications and had 16 inquiries and resumes submitted from all over the United 17 States. 18 assistance of Sam Singh and Kyle have screened what we 19 felt were the four finalists or best candidates for the 20 position. 21 today, Diane Algra. The job was posted and And the Search Committee along with the And one of those individuals is sitting with us 22 They all have a considerable amount of 23 experience in the field of service and volunteerism and we 24 think these are four very excellent candidates for the 25 position. Two of them have been interviewed. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR We will be 616-343-0118 �12 1 conducting our third interview this afternoon after the 2 conclusion of this meeting with the Interview Committee. 3 Then the final interview will be completed the first week 4 of June. 5 We will probably, at that point, take a couple 6 weeks to get some negotiations with the finalist and then 7 bring a recommendation back to the full CMA Board for 8 approval and, hopefully, we will have the person in place 9 sometime during the month of July. So that's sort of the 10 tracking and the timing. We do have two additional 11 candidates to interview and we expect to complete that 12 process by the first week in June. 13 I think that's all I can really say. 14 thing is, again, Russ and Kyle, you can help me on this, 15 but we think that the campaign itself, the Endowment 16 Campaign is moving along very well. A number of calls 17 have been made with General Motors. I accompanied 18 Mrs. Engler on our visit with Chrysler. 19 call went very, very well. 20 scheduled with Ford. 21 MR. CALDWELL: 22 MR. PRUITT: The other We thought that I think we had a session Yeah. And we think we're at a point with 23 both General Motors and Chrysler where the "ask" is on the 24 table and is being r9viewed and we should be hearing very 25 shortly about our "ask" with those two grant requests. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �13 1 And in both cases we asked for a million dollars. 2 big. 3 We went So we think tl1at we're tracking very well there. We have some strategy in place now and some 4 calls to make up in my neck of the woods, Midland, where 5 the first"ask" for the foundation is to both Dow Chemical 6 and Dow-Corning. 7 very shortly. 8 things are looking very well. 9 Those calls are to be made and scheduled So on the corporation side of things, We're now moving, I think, much more into the 10 foundation stage, the smaller foundations, and to make our 11 "asks" there. 12 very, very good progress in coming up to the plate 13 stepping up to the plate and raising the $10 million. 14 So all in all, I think we're making some I think the question was asked at our last CMA 15 Board Meeting around the timing for our solicitation of 16 private individuals. 17 to at least be at that 60 to 70 percent mark, in terms of 18 the $10 million matching activity that we have to meet, 19 before we actually launch a full-blown campaign that would 20 be directed to the individuals. 21 And I our thinking is that we want That does not, however, exclude this body. If 22 you'll recall, at our last Commission meeting, all of you 23 were asked to consider your own personal gift. 24 memory serves me correctly, we all had a little pledge 25 card, and I'll let Russ give you the update. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR And if my But I think 616-343-0118 �14 1 those of you who have not made a commitment, I think it 2 speaks volumes and speaks to your commitment if we would 3 all step forward and actually do that as we try to move 4 forward with all activity. So in summary, I think we're tracking very, very 5 6 well. It looks like for over the course of the next 60 7 days, we should be at that 60 to 70 percent mark. 8 terms of actual fund-raising, we're looking at somewhere 9 toward the end of August, first part of September to In 10 actually launch the individual solicitation part of this 11 whole thing. We will have a director in place. 12 We've also 13 started actually putting some job descriptions and moving 14 forth with some of the other key staff positions that we 15 know we will have to have. 16 decisions. 17 those decisions. 18 running a bit with a series of resumes and things they can 19 consider right from day one. 20 21 22 23 We will not make those We will allow the executive director to make It will allow them to get the ground So that's kind of where we are. I think things are moving along very well. MR. BARFIELD: Did I read that to date there's about $4 million collected? 24 MR. PRUITT: 25 MR. BARFIELD: Yes. And is half of that the State's GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �15 1 match? MR. PRUITT: 2 No. That's a separate department 3 of the State, actually. 4 MR. BARFIELD: 5 get four million from the State? 6 MR. PRUITT: 7 MR. BARFIELD: 8 MR. PRUITT: 9 DR. MAWBY: Does that mean you're going to Yes. So you're already at 8 million? Essentially, yes. We might comment. This -- the 10 Michigan Alliance is again a national pace-setting 11 initiative of public, private collaboration, and I think 12 you're always aware this has been created by four 13 entities, this Michigan Community Service Commission, the 14 Michigan Nonprofit Association, the Volunteer Centers of 15 Michigan, and Michigan Campus Compact. 16 has come together with members from each of those. 17 chair board is Ed Blews, who is with the Independent 18 Colleges of Michigan. And so the Board The And the board is moving forward very 19 20 effectively. We have the forward then -- the challenge of 21 the legislature has provided $10 million of public funding 22 to endow the ConnectMichigan Alliance and we as the 23 private sector, then, we have to match the 10 million one 24 for one. 25 million dollar endowment for the mission and purposes of So that ultimately the goal is to have a 20 GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �16 1 the ConnectMichigan Alliance. A lot of folks, Terry, Kyle, and others have 2 3 been working on this. Rob, you've been engaged in this 4 particularly from the foundation side. 5 comment on the private foundation with the community 6 foundation, their interest in this, Rob? MR. COLLIER: 7 8 of everybody. 9 State. Can you just Yes, lots of interest on the part I mean, it's resonating well all over the And at our recent board meeting, Russ serves as 10 chair of our Advisory Committee, so he was at the board to 11 help present it to help support the Michigan Alliance as 12 well. 13 behalf of the campaign, I think, all over the State. But lots of interest and good works happening on DR. MAWBY: 14 Kyle, in the absence of Commissioner 15 Engler and Cummings, would you comment on how the campaign 16 is going? MR. CALDWELL: 17 Sure. Just one correction. I 18 just want to back up to Mr. Barfield's question. 19 what we have are two million in foundation, 20 Mott, one from the Kellogg Foundation, that's two 21 million. 22 from private sector and two million from the State. 23 that money has moved in, but -- so to date, if you look at 24 the private sector side, we have eight million to go. 25 To date just one from And the four million overall is the two million The calls have been very good. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR So The thing that's 616-343-0118 �17 1 strange for everyone, I think, you know, including our 2 fund-raising counsel, who's gone with us on visits with 3 Monohan & Associates, is we haven't been told no yet. 4 That is a very strange phenomenon on a campaign this size, 5 especially with the large pool of prospects that we have. The "asks" out up to date add up to a little 6 7 over $4-and-a-half million. So that's what we have 8 sitting out in proposals, both to foundations and 9 corporations. And over the next 60 days, we'll have an 10 additional two million in "asks" out into the field, 11 including Midland and southeast Michigan. So by the fall, we should be in very good shape 12 13 to say we're at the 80 percent mark. Which Terry is 14 right, in the next 60, 90 days, we'll be at the 60, and 15 into the fall we'll be at 90 percent, which is then 16 probably the time to unveil and go public and do so at the 17 top. The volunteers have been great. 18 We've had a 19 great crop of really hard-working campaigners, and it's 20 very helpful to have the support of all the commissioners 21 as well, whenever we call and ask for information and the 22 help coming up. 23 when they say this is a remarkable campaign. 24 very fast. 25 This campaign counsel is not sucking up DR. MAWBY: It's going Now, one of the things we talked GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �18 1 about at our last meeting, of course, is the serving on 2 nonprofit boards when you're trying to raise money. 3 always well to be able to say the board of directors are 4 committed. 5 this Commission, the Nonprofit Association, Campus Compact 6 and Volunteer Centers -- that the boards have, of all four 7 entities, evidenced their commitment by each making 8 individual pledges. And so we're anxious that the four entities -- I can speak to this. 9 It's We had a confession up on 10 this corner. I said, "Terry, I finally got my pledge in 11 last week," and you said you were going to do yours today. 12 MR. PRUITT: 13 DR. MAWBY: That's right. Now, we can speak to it. No, the 14 important thing is not the amount. 15 can say, 100 percent participation. 16 circumstance 17 if we were able to say in the near future that all members 18 of the Commission have made a personal contribution, that 19 will be very useful. 20 have done so at this point. lS It's the fact that we And everyone's different, so don't worry about that. But I think all of us but six or seven 21 MR. CALDWELL: 22 DR. MAWBY: That's right. I finally found my pledge card. 23 We're remodeling the old farm house and I can't find 24 anything, but I found my pledge card and got it turned in 25 last week. So just a reminder, and if you don't know GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �19 1 where the pledge card is, see either Kyle or Mary. But it 2 would be very helpful, as you know in fund-raising, to 3 say, yes, every member of the Commission has given an 4 appropriate contribution to this purpose. 5 Anything further on that? 6 exciting. Very good. I think it's tremendously Again, Michigan is pace-setting, and we'll be 7 8 going to the National Conference of State Committee 9 Service Commissions in the Twin Cities late next month. 10 And I think one of the things we'll be sharing with them 11 there is that this has been an initiative in which this 12 Community Service Commission has been very actively 13 engaged. 14 elsewhere coming with this concept of the public private 15 collaboration on behalf of purposes and we'll be able to 16 share that at the national level later next month. 17 Kyle and Terry and others at this table and Any questions or anything further on this? 18 John, we've got a lot of unfinished business, we know. 19 far, there is -- I think the reaction has been very 20 encourag1ng. 21 MR. NEWPORT: Can we have a target date for when 22 we want to conclude the campaign? 23 the fall, okay, then how long will that broad-base 24 campaign last? 25 MR. CALDWELL: So We said 80 percent by Closing the whole campaign, GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �20 1 October. Sooner, if possible. DR. MAWBY: 2 By the end of the calendar year, if 3 we can, we'd like to get it done. 4 MR. CALDWELL: And realizing, that's the target 5 and best case scenario. Also, Rob, the other goal is to, 6 of course, not cram up against the November 2002 state 7 deadline for the match boxes, so -DR. MAWBY: 8 9 10 11 Thank you, Terry. Okay. Other questions or comments? Thanks for your leadership in all of this. If you take -- next after the update on the 12 Search Committee, you'll find minutes of the Retreat 13 Committee Planning Committee held in April. 14 Don, Chris, and Nancy and I are members with that. 15 working with Mary and Kyle in particular. 16 And Randy and Nancy And a reminder that this meeting will be 17 September 10 and 11, Monday and Tuesday, starting at noon 18 on Monday through noon on Tuesday. 19 Brook Lodge Conference Center, now a facility of Michigan 20 State University, down sort of halfway between Battle 21 Creek and Kalamazoo. 22 We're meeting at the It's a countryside setting. It was the 23 conference facility of the Upjohn Company before Upjohn 24 became Pharmacia & Upjohn and then became Pharmacia and 25 its headquarters moved to New Jersey and the conference GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �21 1 center in Augusta no longer made sense. So they looked at 2 options, and it's now a facility of Michigan State 3 University. 4 it was very accurate. Mary went down and checked it out and thought 5 MS. ESTRADA: 6 DR. MAWBY: Beautiful place. Beautiful. The settings are marvelous. So 7 we'll be meeting there Monday and Tuesday, September 10 8 and 11. 9 conceptualized the program in this way, that the first The Retreat Planning Committee sort of 10 afternoon and evening we'll be really updating ourselves 11 on things going on. 12 in which we're operating, so much dramatic change has 13 taken place, we just need to be updated in terms of 14 information, friends, directions, and so forth. 15 If you think about this whole arena So on Monday afternoon -- and I'll have Kyle 16 comment on specifics, but on Monday afternoon or evening, 17 we're going to have an update at the national level with 18 two things happening. 19 Service, under which we operate, new leadership, new 20 chair, new executive director, and new administration at 21 the national level, federal level. 22 update on where the Corporation for National Service fits 23 into priorities and so forth of the new administration. 24 25 One, the corporation of National And so we need an Coupled with that is the faith-based initiatives in many areas in which we're engaged and nonprofits and GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �22 1 government agenc1es are engaged, and so an update also on 2 the faith-based initiatives and the implications of that. 3 Of course, specifically the work of the Commission. 4 the national level, we see those two major developments in 5 which we need to update clarification. So at Secondly, at the state level, similar kinds of 6 7 changes taking place. But specifically, we know that 8 there will be significant changes in the political arena 9 in the State of Michigan. Next year we've got four or 10 five people interested in the Democratic Party and 11 succeeding Governor Engler and we've got two or three, at 12 least all have been announced, for the Republican Party. 13 So it's going to be an active year politically in 14 Michigan. 15 executive branch. 16 there's personality changes, people will be different, and 17 so whatever happens make s a difference in our life. 18 And all of that reality of change in the And even if there's no party change, Couple that with the growing impact of the 19 reality of term limits and so we -- by next year, we'll 20 have -- by the elections next year we'll have no one in 21 the legislature who voted yes or no -- who voted on 22 establishing the Michigan Community Service Commission. 23 So term limits, everyone is new and you know the challenge 24 of that reality. 25 And then the second big reality in Michigan will GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �23 1 be the ConnectMichigan Alliance and its implications or 2 outside the work of this Commission because some of the 3 things which we have been doing directly as a Commission 4 probably will be handled through grants to organizations 5 and entities under the broad concept of the 6 ConnectMichigan Alliance. 7 the ultimate purpose, will not be changed. 8 and the way we do it will change to some extent with the 9 impact of the Michigan Alliance. So the nature of what we do, But the nature Kyle comment on the resource people -- kinds of 10 11 people we're hoping to have with us for that afternoon and 12 evenlng. 13 MR. CALDWELL: Great. Thank you, Russ. The 14 Planning Committee met and we discussed what sort of 15 resource people would be helpful, who knows the issues and 16 then who could we get. 17 pointed out, is to talk about the transitions at the 18 national level, specifically the Corporation for National 19 Service and the new and emerging faith-based initiative 20 that's being ruled out by the Bush administration. 21 contacted Wendy Zanker (phonetic), who's the current 22 acting CEO of the Corporation for National Service. 23 agreed to come out to our retreat and talk about the 24 corporations world. 25 number two person at the corporation after the new CEO is The first thing that, as Russ So we She's It is likely that Wendy will be the GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �24 1 appointed, it looks like, in the next couple weeks. 2 know who it is yet, but I do know that the corporations 3 DR. MAWBY: 4 MR. CALDWELL: 5 Don't Don't even have a good rumor? Well, I've got lots of good rumors and I can start a few for the right price. 6 DR. MAWBY: Okay. 7 MR. CALDWELL: And then at the State level, 8 we're going to invite Ed Blews, who's the current chair of 9 the ConnectMichigan Alliance and the new CEO of the 10 Alliance, to talk to us about future goals with the 11 Alliance. 12 people down, talk to them eye to eye, and say what 13 hopefully your expectations are as well for the future of 14 that organization. And this is your opportunity to sit these Then we get into a discussion of how do we talk 15 16 about the transition and state government? 17 challenge was, you can't court any one candidate and bring 18 them to your meeting, because then you've picked a side 19 and then you've picked your fate as well. 20 decided to do was talk to the mediator, surprising enough, 21 and those who are political consultants, who really are 22 tracking the issues of candidates and the dialogue that's 23 going on. 24 25 And the So what we And so two resource people that we are going to tap for that are Greg Rough (phonetic), Public Secretary GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �25 1 of Consultants, and Tim Scubic (phonetic), who we all know 2 is a political commentator in many circumstances, but 3 Michigan Politics is his radio and TV show that he's in 4 the platform for. 5 we'll see which ones we can secure, and that will be into 6 the evening program. Those two are being approached, which That's the first day, talking about resource 7 8 persons. Then transitioning into the second day, we've 9 been able to secure an excellent facilitator who's worked 10 with the Board of Kellogg Foundation, a person by the name 11 of Alice Beuhl, who I believe is also working with the 12 Kellogg Foundation Board currently on a number of 13 products. 14 dealing with the organizational frame that we have to do 15 based on the paper that you all approved in concept at the 16 last Commission meeting, I'm talking about the future of 17 the Commission, but also based on all you've heard to the 18 previous date, how do you put an action plan together both 19 short-term and long-term for the Commission that staff can 20 help operate and that board members know their role. 21 Alice comes with high recommendations and high 22 credentials, so I'll let Russ talk a little bit about 23 Alice. 24 25 And she's agreed to walk us through not only And But that's kind of the resource people and the lay of the day, going from noon on Monday to noon on GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �26 1 Tuesday. DR. MAWBY: 2 I' v e had a lot of experience, others 3 have, too, with Alice in this role. She's very 4 professional, very knowledgeable, and also very flexible, 5 so she responds to the process. 6 essentially, is to help us keep on target. 7 listen to these presentations and then the second day our 8 challenge, really, is to say, okay, what does all of that 9 mean to MCSC? What her role will be, We want to What does this mean to our strategic plan 10 in updating it based on these new developments and 11 realities? 12 do we have to address as priorities in the next 12 and 24 13 months, because that will be a very active time? 14 at the national level, changes at the state level. 15 we engage as we're coming down to our legislative outreach 16 and all of that process a little later when we have to be 17 putting our plans together, strategic, long range. 18 specifically, then, following the 24 months? 19 we need to comment on. 20 And secondly, particularly, specifically, what How do What What things So that's sort of the agenda for the retreat. 21 It's a beautiful setting. 22 You'll enjoy the stroll by the mill pond. 23 MR. COLLIER: 24 DR. MAWBY: 25 Changes Grand Valley State. You'll enjoy the lodging. Good food, too. Good food, too, almost as good as And dress will be appropriately GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �27 1 casual. 2 there. 3 my neck ties except two. 4 for funerals and this 5 know, this is a happy occasion. 6 But it will be casual. 7 and I think it's going to be a very important -- probably 8 one of the most important, after a decade of changes going 9 to deal with a concession and anxious to get it on 10 11 That's only two miles from where I live down Everyone knows that when I retired, I burned all ~s I have one for weddings and one my wedding tie. I wanted you to This is my wedding tie. It will be a delightful setting everyone's calendar. Any questions? You'll be getting some 12 background information, probably some reading materials to 13 expedite that process. 14 stimulating and fun kind of event because of the setting 15 and resource people and the oneness of this Commission 16 thinking and working together. 17 But it's going to be what I call a Good. Now, board development. The next page is 18 related to board development, the memo, dated March 21 19 with an update on the board development work. 20 we'll turn to you, sir. 21 MR. PRUITT: And, Terry, Well, I'll certainly invite Pat and 22 others who are part of that to add to a couple 23 developments. 24 did have a meeting 25 where we reviewed the status of appointments to the You see the report, first of all, that we telephone conference on March 21st GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �28 1 board. 2 representative from the faith-based community and we had 3 targeted -- try to go after somebody from the Salvation 4 Army to sort of serve in that role. 5 We are looking for somebody who can sort of be a Secondly, most of you know, we do have a new 6 Superintendent of Michigan Department of Education in the 7 State of Michigan, Dr. Watkins. 8 superintendent of the schools here in the State has a 9 mandated position on the Commission, so we're extending an 10 invitation to Dr. Watkins to serve in that capacity and to 11 attend our commissioner meetings. 12 And by law, the And if not, we move to our government relations 13 side of things and local government, and we are still on a 14 mission to find a local governmental leader. 15 you can comment on that as well as I. 16 We are trying to identify someone And, Nancy, I have an 17 individual up in my area who has some previous experience 18 in the whole service and volunteer area, who's the 19 township manager up in that area, and so we're going to 20 extend an invitation to him to consider an appointment to 21 the Commission. 22 But more importantly, I think, there is a resume 23 in front of you in the packet that was at your seats when 24 you came in, and I think Diana and maybe John was the one 25 who strongly encouraged us to look at someone from the GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �29 1 disabled community. And we've been thinking and come up 2 with the name of Alfonzo Swain. 3 recommend to the Governor's Office that this individual be 4 appointed to the Commission. And we'd like to You can read that bio and background statement 5 6 on this individual, but everything I've been told, this is 7 a very excellent individual and will represent us very 8 well. 9 activities, he's held other positions that were Governor And when you look at some of the credentials and 10 appointed positions. So the Governor's Office is very 11 familiar with this individual and I think he would be a 12 wonderful addition to this Commission. 13 him, but -- Kyle, if you've got any other information, 14 that will help us. MR. CALDWELL: 15 I have not met I'll also defer to Mary Estrada 16 and Diana Algra and Garry Gross. 17 working with us for a couple months now on trying to do 18 disability awareness for us in our AmeriCorps program 19 area. 20 meeting, we had started working in making outreach to the 21 disability community to recruit AmeriCorps members as well 22 as programs that will service that population. 23 Al Swain has been As you may have recalled at our last Commission Mr. Swain came to our meeting and was instantly 24 engulfed ln the program. Then Mary Estrada had an 25 opportunity to hear him speak in public at the conference GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �30 1 and he's been approached in-- by staff to find out his 2 interest, and he said that this is something he'd very 3 much like to become engaged in. 4 with Mr. Swain, of course, is that he is wheelchair bound 5 and is visually impaired, but when you look at his resume 6 and his line of work, he's just the kind of person that 7 you'd expect to get involved in a Commission like this. 8 He has really been there and has a lot of energy. The unique thing involved 9 And the toppers of all toppers is that we found 10 out well into this process, that he will be housed -- his 11 office is housed next door to our new space, so it will 12 even be in the same building. 13 him and he comes with high recommendations from both Diana 14 and Joslin Vanda. 15 MR. PRUITT: 16 MS. LENZ: 17 DR. MAWBY: 18 19 20 21 So very unique to run into Any other contribution from you? You did a very nice job. Any comments from Diana or Mary? You've met with -MS. ALGRA: No, I would defer to Mary, because she's a pretty good kind of judge. MS. ESTRADA: Well, I saw him speak last week at 22 a conference and he had everybody very -- you know, they 23 were just all clapping and -- because he tells you, he 24 doesn't want your sympathy, he wants your respect. 25 though, you know, he's impaired visually and is in a GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 Even �31 1 wheelchair, he just -- you guys will love him. 2 great. DR. MAWBY: 3 He's just Well, that's a recommendation, 4 Terry, that I think our action would be to accept the 5 recommendation and then forward the recommendation to the 6 Governor. 7 MR. COLLIER: So moved. 8 MR. BARFIELD: 9 DR. MAWBY: Support. Any all in favor say aye. 10 (All said aye) 11 DR. MAWBY: Great. Sounds like a great addition 12 to our Commission and we hope he'll be joining us when we 13 meet in September. Anything further on the Board Development, 14 15 Terry? 16 Terry mentioned, the Superintendent of Public Education 17 is, by legislation, a member of the Commission. 18 learned of John Watkins' appointment, I called him in 19 Florida, invited him to be here today. 20 it. 21 started a couple weeks ago. 22 with us this evening. 23 reception and dinner tonight. 24 our Commission. 25 Appreciate that. You'll be interested that, as When we He couldn't make He can't get it on his calendar already. He just Anyway, he's planning to be So look for Mr. Watkins at the He will be a new member of Thanks, Terry, for all of that. The next item, proceeding through the committee GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �32 1 report, is the report of the Public Relations and 2 Marketing Subcommittee, and we appreciate the willingness 3 of Pat, who served as chair of that group, and would like 4 to have you and whoever else might give us an update on 5 your thinking. MS. RYAN O'DAY: 6 Well, as you recall, the reason 7 the subcommittee was created was to share with a lot more 8 people all of the good work of the Commission. 9 had one meeting and it's detailed fairly well in your And we'd 10 packets, so I won't go into any great detail. 11 to ask Vivian, and I'm getting her -- did you have a 12 chance or have a telephone conference call with Geneva? MS. PICKARD: 13 14 We have a meeting scheduled -- a conference call scheduled with Geneva. 15 MS. RYAN O'DAY: 16 MS. PICKARD: 17 I do want that. And when was that? I assumed that you were part of Well, I saw it on my calendar, I assumed. 18 MS. RYAN O'DAY: 19 MS. PICKARD: I was not a part of that call. No, it's corning up. I assumed 20 that my secretary -- of course, you are the most important 21 one to participate, so -- 22 MS. RYAN O'DAY: 23 24 25 No, but I will talk with you afterwards. MS. PICKARD: Okay. And Geneva has agreed to talk to us about any interests and ideas. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �33 MS. RYAN O' DAY: 1 One of the things that we 2 decided to do, rather than inventing the wheel completely 3 from scratch, was to check with other nonprofits and other 4 resources and find out what we could use from their -- the 5 things that have worked for them. 6 understand that Grand Valley has been extremely 7 cooperative and we will be getting some great support from 8 them. 9 plan to have a full report for you at the September 10 And we have -- I There are many other things that we'll do. We will meeting. MR. BARFIELD: 11 Pat, there's a gentleman in Ann 12 Arbor that's been very successful with new centers. 13 name is Joe Fitzsimmons. 14 active gentleman. 15 Subsidiary (phonetic), Ann Arbor, University of 16 Microfilms. 17 couple of years and the community has just such great 18 respect for him and what he's done with the organization, 19 and I think he has an entirely different approach to 20 this. 21 he could get you some very good facts. Very He was a past chairman of Bell & Howe But he's been at the new center for the last And I think if you were to get in touch with Joe, MS. RYAN O'DAY: 22 He's very well known. His Thank you. Anyone else that 23 has any suggestions for us, we'd be very happy to have 24 them. 25 MR. PRUITT: Just for Mr. President Lubbers' GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �34 1 sake, we've referenced Grand Valley. And part our of our 2 discussion was the fact that there are amenities at the 3 university, especially in their marketing department, 4 they're looking for opportunities maybe to connect with 5 the real world. 6 or not we might get one of the universities around the 7 state involved in the project where they could actually 8 help us construct a public relations or marketing plan for 9 an organization like this and help us build something like And part of the idea was to see whether 10 that. 11 but if you could help facilitate that, maybe that would 12 certainly be of some service. 13 So if you -- I hate to put you to work this soon, DR. LUBBERS: The business school -- the School 14 of Communications, where the public relations program is, 15 would be honored. 16 MS. PICKARD: Another idea we also had is once 17 hopefully we had a plan in place, the thought was to maybe 18 go to the larger P.R. agencies with the State of Michigan 19 to see if they would provide some kind of pro bono for the 20 agency, like maybe tourism for the State of Michigan, to 21 see if one of those would give us something pro bono. 22 we'll see what happens. 23 MR. CALDWELL: So One of the things I have to say 24 on Dr. Lubbers' behalf 1s that he's already been engaged 25 and I already followed up and got him to commit to us GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �35 1 working with the Philanthropy Center. 2 secured a commitment to work with him. 3 draft, I'm sorry. So we're quick to Thank you. DR. MAWBY: 4 So we already Okay. Any other comments? If 5 you're anxious for ideas -- and we'll be continuing. 6 you can see, this again to be a part of our work line 7 is one of the treatment plans --we'll call it the changes 8 going on nationally and the state. 9 person on the street wouldn't have a clue what the 10 MS. RYAN O'DAY: That's right and that's our challenge, to know. DR. MAWBY: 13 14 I think the average Michigan Community Service Commission is involved in. 11 12 As right. And they need to know. That is Thank you, Pat. The other part of that general admission area is 15 16 looking at the legislature outreach and the changes going 17 on there. 18 the Outreach Subcommittee. 19 So that's the next item just before tab five, MR. PRUITT: Again, you have a written report. 20 We did have a meeting in April to discuss some of the 21 various themes and ideas that have been mentioned over the 22 last couple meetings. 23 didn't come up with any formal game plan at this point. 24 We're still trying to figure out how to get our 25 legislature on our side in terms of communication and I'll be very candid with you. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 We �36 1 2 understanding of what t he Commission is all about. Obviously, we need to think in terms of some 3 significant event where we can get as many of the 4 legislatures in attendance as possible. 5 talking just before we started, and this being our lOth 6 year as a Commission, there might be an opportunity to -- 7 sometime later in the year for us to actually plan some 8 formal celebration in the fall where we get the 9 legislature involved and provide some recognition to the 10 Governor's office for their long-standing support of the 11 Commission. 12 Russ and I were I think this is important from the perspective 13 that as we look to next year, as you've already indicated, 14 Russ, it's a very political year. 15 administration and term limits and a number of 16 especially on the senate side -- of those individuals 17 leaving office, we've got a lot of work to continue to 18 cultivate and gain understanding and awareness of the 19 Commission. 20 And looking at changing I think the other factor that we have to think 21 about is every day we hear more and more stories in the 22 medias about the tightening revenues of the State. 23 one of the concerns I had that was mentioned in our 24 Executive Committee report. 25 million dollars a year and we're struggling in trying to It's The State is giving us a GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �37 1 spend it. And if that gets to be a very public knowledge, 2 the legislature might hav e a different view of those 3 funds. So it's important that we figure out a way to 4 5 keep the legislature on our side. Not only for just 6 economic reasons, funding support, but also there's some 7 great things that we're doing in the individual 8 communities where these legislators live. 9 make sure that they understand and help carry the message And we need to 10 not only back to their community but back to the federal 11 government, that a lot of funding and support we get at 12 the national level continue. So there's lot of changes on the political 13 14 front. 15 to 24 months we need to be involved as best we can in 16 terms of just helping our own State legislature understand 17 what this Commission's all about. 18 to ideas. 19 I think we can see over the course of the next 18 So I think we're open I think we're moving towards some sort of 20 legislative event, recognition activity for the Governor 21 and the First Lady, later in the year. 22 combine that, actually, so that the -- maximize our 23 opportunity to get our legislature involved in that -- get 24 them involved. 25 MR. WEINSTOCK: We'd like to Did you talk at all about having GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �38 1 more individual meetings with specific senators or just 2 in the area, maybe commissioners who live in an area? 3 DR. MAWBY: 4 MR. PRUITT: With their own district? No, we haven't, but that's a good 5 idea. 6 opportunity where every single commissioner can be 7 involved in some way, so I think if you've got any ideas, 8 you know, channel it to Kyle or Russ or myself. 9 will probably be tapping some of you on the shoulder to 10 help us figure out exactly how to put -- I think, Matt, 11 you've got a lot of experience with the legislature and I 12 think you can help us there. 13 heads together over the next two or three months and 14 figure out exactly what it is we can do, but we need to 15 work on that. 16 A very good idea. DR. MAWBY: And I think this is an So we need to try to put our That one-on-one contact with 17 somebody in the district is very often the most 18 persuasive, I think, then they can relate it. 19 And we MR. PRUITT: Now, haven't we invited all of the 20 various legislators to those communities where individuals 21 are being recognized? 22 visible to those legislators. 23 introduce yourself. 24 25 MR. BARFIELD: So again, make yourself very Go up and shake a hand, Terry, the Commission, has it been going on ten years now? GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �39 1 MR. PRUITT: 2 MR. BARFIELD: Yes. Honestly, before Kyle asked me to I honestly never knew a thing about it. I never 3 JO~n, 4 knew it was an entity. 5 Russ just said a minute ago that that's still the case. 6 So over the last decade, nothing's been done to expose the 7 work of the Commission. 8 that? MR. PRUITT: 9 I didn't even know what they did. How would you propose to change Oh, boy, now you asked the $64,000 10 question. And I think part of that goes back to the 11 previous discussion with our public relations activity. 12 We've got to put a plan in place that generates some of 13 that sort of communication to the general population. 14 so I don't think there's any magic answers today, but I 15 think we need to continue to work at that and we need some 16 outside help to figure out how to do that. MS. PICKARD: 17 And And we do have help from some 18 other nonprofits who are doing quite well -- such as 19 United Way and there was one other that someone mentioned 20 in a meeting -- to actually look at some other nonprofits 21 and try to benchmark those and see how they have gotten 22 their word out. 23 agencies around the State who are volunteer agencies, 24 et cetera. 25 word out, so we wanted to benchmark those. I mean, we all know about certain They have done a pretty good job getting their GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �40 1 And hopefully us having the communities and the 2 schools, maybe a business plan or something that they can 3 develop for us so that 4 than we are, so -- and they're more of an expert MS. RYAN O'DAY: 5 A part of our problem is that 6 in the beginning and until now, when we're faced with the 7 need to get the word out, we wanted the emphasis to be on 8 the people who are receiving our grants and to have them 9 be successful. And there are two sides to that, of 10 course, because we ' re making the grant possible. 11 part of it is, is can we give them publicity while giving 12 ourselves publicity? 13 of the things that we are working very hard to figure out 14 the best way to get that message out, the most economical 15 way to get that message out so we don't have the kind of 16 money to spend on that. 17 MR. BARFIELD: 18 But it's a challenge and that's one But you can't wait -- you shouldn't have to wait another decade. MS. RYAN O'DAY: 19 20 And so afford to. Definitely not. We can't We can ' t afford to. MR. WEST: 21 No. Terry, being our lOth anniversary, 22 could you do something along the lines of the legislature 23 of breakfast or lunch to celebrate our lOth anniversary? MR. PRUITT: 24 25 now. Well, that's on the line right Going back to John's response, one of the things GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �41 1 that I feel is very important, the legislature represents 2 a very specific target audience for us. 3 a significant amount of funding -- we're one of the few 4 commissions in the country that has legislative status and 5 is in the funding stream 6 And it's important that, as these legislators sit there 7 every year and pull out a budget and look at us, and if 8 there's a line item in that budget of that ten percent, 9 then who we are and what we're doing and that they think You know, we get the funding cycle each year. 10 what we're doing is important. 11 job to do with that particular audience, to hold them, 12 especially in light again of turnover and administrative 13 changes that we're looking at next year. MS. RYAN O'DAY: 14 So, you know, we've got a And this is kind of scary. 15 Many of these people have never heard of us because they 16 didn't vote on the original, so it's up to us. 17 lots of work to do. 18 we have. DR. MAWBY: 19 We have We're not limited in the challenges All right. Any other questions or 20 comments? A lot of unfinished business. 21 things -- that completes the reports of the standing 22 committee . 23 things that require our attention. 24 chairs and to the committees for the -- and the staff for 25 the good work going on. And they all moved. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING A lot of That's great. A lot of And thanks to the - MCOR 616-343-0118 �42 1 Kyle, executive director's report. 2 MR. CALDWELL: I have a couple things that I 3 need to do to -- kind of semi-housekeeping. 4 do that, I have to turn to my left and say, hello, and 5 welcome to our Commissioner Pickard and who was delayed by 6 an act of God called the weather and the airport. 7 two things you can't control. 8 9 10 11 12 13 But before I Those But, Vivian, you also wanted to talk a little bit about the Commission and campaign in general and the impressions -MS. PICKARD: And I apologize again for being late, but I did make it safely, so that was worth it. As many of you probably know, Julie Cummings, 14 Michelle Engler, Geneva Williams came in and met with 15 General Motors with the ConnectMichigan campaign, and I 16 wanted to just give some reaction to GM's perception and 17 what we felt needed to be done. 18 First of all, many of them, of course, did not 19 know about the Community Service Commission or a lot of 20 detail regarding what we actually do until I briefed them 21 before, but they were still kind of -- didn't know what we 22 did because they had not recognized the name separate, 23 other than my vice president, of course, and that's 24 probably, of course, because I'm serving on the 25 Commission. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �43 1 Secondly, they truly did not believe -- and I 2 really did ask for very honest feedback. 3 believe that our proposal had the meat in it that we 4 needed to be asking for the funds. 5 who many of you probably know, has actually agreed to sit 6 down and talk to us and work out some of the meat that 7 should be added to that proposal. 8 with the foundation for probably at least 15 years, so she 9 has a lot of background in terms of what should be in the 10 11 They didn't And Debbie Dingell, And Debbie has been proposal and what corporations -- what they have to say. Many corporations are probably going to say yes 12 based on who's presenting the proposal. 13 are not aware of Julie Cummings and who know Michelle 14 Engler but may not have the allegiance that General Motors 15 or some of the others may have to her or ones whose 16 budgets are truly, truly tight and they really need a 17 true, true reason for giving whatever dollars, there was a 18 belief that it truly did need more meat in it. 19 we're willing to set that up and work before, hopefully , 20 we go out on another one. 21 DR. MAWBY: 22 MS. PICKARD: 23 24 25 Thanks for that. But for ones who So again, That's crucial. I mean, the right people were presenting it, but it just needed a little more meat. DR. MAWBY: That's CMA, of course. Appreciate your alert on that. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �44 MS. PICKARD: 1 And we're probably go1ng to do 2 something, we just don't know the level. 3 the additional meat, so 4 MR. CALDWELL: We're waiting on We will make it prime rib, so -- 5 Thank you. What we -- the staff wanted to do real quick, 6 before I get into our report, is give you an overall look 7 at one of the areas or programs that we focus on. 8 lot of these Commission meetings you end up approving the 9 grant, especially AmeriCorps grants, which take a lot of In a 10 time and a lot of complication and the -- and by the way, 11 these folks are doing great work. The second thing is, we've got great stories to 12 13 g1ve you, good ambassadors for this organization. 14 decided that the biggest issue that we're focusing on 15 right now, that's new for us, is in the area of service- 16 learning. 17 quick presentation on what service-learning is and what 18 we're doing to help support it here in Michigan. 19 So we And the staff wanted to give you a five-minute At your place you have a handout of the 20 overheads that Paula put together and that we're going to 21 walk you through right now. 22 MS. KAISER: 23 MR. CALDWELL: I lost Paula somewhere. I'm right here. And Paula has been nice enough to 24 be my cue person. So it's not magic; Paula's doing the 25 screen and I'm standing back here doing all the light GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �45 1 work. So I'd like to talk to you a little bit about 2 3 service-learning and then goi ng into some specific 4 examples and then leave time for questions, if you have 5 any. 6 materials to you in the f uture which will talk about our 7 different other areas of programming that we focus on so 8 that you continually have a good grasp on what the staff 9 are working on. And then I'll also be presenting these kinds of But in a nutshell, service-learning is a 10 11 teaching methodology that focuses on two primary 12 proponents. 13 students are now critically measured on and the second 14 thing is servlce. 15 service is assuring that the two are linked together and 16 that it's not just service or servicing and it's not just 17 academics or academicing. 18 learning and making it real for students in what they call 19 now an explorential teaching methodology. 20 two things we're coordinating together. One is the academics, the things that And the important component to quality So it's really a way of Why lS it important? 21 So those are Students take an active 22 role in their learning. Drop out rates decrease, 23 attendance rates increase, and discipline referrals 24 decrease. It improves the overall school and community 25 climate. The students learn in the community as well as GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �46 1 serv1ng 1n the community. 2 you think about the term that's being flown around now, 3 the disconnectedness, when people are talking about 4 Columbine and the sort of violence happening when they 5 don't feel a part of their community. 6 avenue for students to become positive contributors to 7 society and seen as more than just recipients of service 8 in the education system. 9 Two very important points when It also provides an The research to date indicates that service- 10 learning has several impacts. 11 is increased. 12 responsibilities and enhances students' personal 13 development and social and emotional development as long 14 as their work skills. 15 learning experiences. 16 First, academic achievement It increases the sense of civic That need to engage in-service The people working on this? Well, more than 17 41,000 students are engaged in service-learning through 3 2 18 programs that we fund through the Learn and Serve-Michigan 19 School-Based programs that you all approve every year. 20 There's about 180 school districts involved. 21 academies indicate they engage in service-learning 22 activities. 23 And That's a self-purporting. And finally, third, the Commission study from 24 Ferris State University says Michigan service-learning is 25 more likely to occur in the larger districts, those with GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �47 1 3,000 or more, than those medium or small districts. It's 2 no surprise here. 3 coordination in order to engage in service-learning 4 programming. 5 teachers and the support staff working together -- it's 6 going to take a larger district with larger resources. It takes a lot of work and staff And those districts where you have the 7 It also indicates that the school districts with 8 a higher percentage of free lunch rates are less likely to 9 engage in service-learning. 10 That may have a direct correlation, again, to the past. There's been a few avenues that we've worked to 11 12 get wrapped up. First of all, our role in supporting 13 service-learning works primarily right now through grant 14 areas. 15 corporations for national service funds that are 16 distributed to school districts for them to engage in 17 service-learning programs in private. 18 based grants which work with the community-based 19 organizations outside of the schools to bring service- 20 learning to the students. 21 society programs can receive grants to pull the students 22 into quality service-learning experiences. 23 new innovative grant program called CHESP, which is 24 Community Higher Ed School Partnership Program. 25 it is designed to do is bring together the partner First, we have school-based and these are We have community So scouting programs, the honor GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR Then we have a And what 616-343-0118 �48 1 community-based organization, higher ed institutions, 2 schools, and community, in general, into one knit group 3 all focusing on kids and service-learning. 4 legally a way of the corporation saying, look, we giv8 out 5 funding in this area 1n several different streams, we want 6 you to pull it together by bringing a tight coordination 7 to the program. 8 $1.2 million. And so it's So all 1n all it works out to be about There's also some match funding. How is service-learning being advanced in 9 10 Michigan? Well, we're focusing on five different areas, 11 and realizing that this is a plan that grew out of 12 refocusing of our grant making last year where we said 13 that service-learning right now is barely on the EKG. 14 It's very oblit. 15 on out there. 16 Department of Ed to take on. 17 based program, which is $120,000. 18 lot, so we went out and we garnered up the $1.2 million 19 resources and put together the focus with the help of 20 Chris Kwak, who's absent today, and her folks and the 21 learning and the project, which is another handout, and 22 I'll explain in a moment. We didn't have a whole lot of bang going It wasn't a whole lot of program for the We only had the communityIt's tough to push a The areas we're focusing on is first public 23 24 policy. How to get service-learning raised on the radar 25 of administrators, elected officials, those decision- GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �49 1 makers who could see this as a way of reforming schools 2 and young people's education. Second, a leadership group. 3 DR. MAWBY: 4 optimistic or getting changes? 5 How's that's going? MR. CALDWELL: Are you We're just starting it so we 6 haven't made any overtures. Right now we're really into 7 researching who has successful public policy efforts. 8 first approach is going to obviously be our -- starting 9 within our board and approach John Watkins to find out if Our 10 he's going to help us advance service-learning as a viable 11 teaching methodology within the Department of Education. 12 The second piece of leadership group -- about 13 two years ago we convened a group of somebody here as well 14 as folks from the business community, from the 15 philanthropic community, and from schools in the higher 16 ed, and said, how do we get service-learning wrapped up? 17 What's the way to do it? 18 this group got us launched into that $1.2 million. 19 They mentioned these areas and We'll now in the future reconvene that group or 20 use a different group, depending on our needs, as a 21 leadership group that we call together to get the movers 22 and shakers engaged in service-learning. 23 call on the same group of people to help us advance. 24 25 Again, it will The third area is research, does servicelearning work? If so, how? For who and to what degree? GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �50 1 We have just started to put together a research group that 2 is going to commission two studies in looking at Michigan 3 schools and how service-learning has worked for students. 4 We're going to take that research as our own marching 5 orders in saying, hey, folks, here's where it works, 6 here's where it doesn't, here's where the gaps are, we've 7 got to fill them. 8 9 Fourth, the marketing plan, much like we talked about here -- I imagine for many of you when I mention the 10 term service-learning, half the room didn't even register 11 the term, the other half knew what it was. 12 something that needs to be explained in every sound bite 13 terms that everybody can grab on to. 14 making learning real for kids and then trying to draw 15 service as a way of getting explorential learning going 16 on, hands-on learning. 17 not necessarily the pitch that everyone understands. 18 we need to figure out a target audience, put a marketing 19 plan together and engage that plan. 20 It is The terms I use are But that's not enough and that's So Finally, we have teachers as our greater 21 champions and getting their professional development up to 22 a level where service-learning is an expectation for all 23 teachers, just like dealing with discipline issues, 24 learning the new math terms that are out now, or whatever 25 the new teaching methodology is. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING Service-learning has to - MCOR 616-343-0118 �51 1 be up at that same level. 2 So those are the five areas that we're going to 3 work on with this. Those helping us advance this is a 4 grant through Kellogg Foundation as a part of the Learning 5 In Deed Project. 6 who's working with us to co-administer the $800,000 of 7 school-based grants. 8 of Michigan Foundation's Learning to Give Program has been 9 a great contribution with Rob Collier and our own chair, The Michigan Department of Education, Of course, ourselves. The Council 10 Russ Mawby. The Michigan Campus Compact Commission for 11 those getting to work with us for those professional 12 development students, for teachers. 13 Michigan University has been a long-standing partner with 14 us in providing training and technical assistance. And then Eastern Before you go on, there is, at your seat, a 15 16 brief synopsis of a broker study that the folks at the 17 Learning In Deed Project at the Kellogg Foundation, the 18 multi-million dollar a year program had commissioned that 19 talks about what Americans want from their public 20 schools. 21 they want are all the components of service-learning. 22 They want to make learning real for their students. 23 want more civically engaged students. 24 more tied to their community. 25 truly civically engaged members of local schools as well And as you read through this, the things that GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING They They want students They want students who are - MCOR 616-343-0118 �52 1 2 as the area in which they live. If you look at the back of this, it lays out the 3 percentages. But I think what I was telling you was for 4 us, the one near the bottom, where it says 90 percent say 5 that they are likely to support service-learning in the 6 public schools once they know what it is. 7 know how it works and once they know what the benefits 8 are -- the biggest challenge, if I may step out of, you 9 know, being one of the champions of service-learning and And once they 10 serve as the devil's advocate. 11 that it operates highly on antidote, we know 12 service-learning works because we've seen it. 13 service-learning works because it feels right. 14 service-learning works because it's common sense. 15 The biggest challenge is We know We know I imagine Randy and others will tell you that 16 sometimes that doesn't get a millage through, because 17 people say, we know we need a new school building because, 18 look, it doesn't work. 19 to the next level and say, here are the facts, here's why 20 it works, and this is why you need to support. 21 We need to take service-learning So that is our staff's quick synopsis for you. 22 Paula Kaiser at the end of table is our director of the 23 program, is spearheading this, along with a new employee, 24 India Plough. 25 We will be counting on some of you to help us GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �53 1 figure out how to implement this plan. 2 of the work we've been able to do. 3 cracked the whip on a ll of us to get this to the stage 4 that it is. 5 California, meeting with our counterparts in other states 6 to find out what they're doing and the good news is, we're 7 on the right track. 8 to go before we're all done successfully. 9 any questions, I'd love to entertain them now. 10 We're very proud Paula has really In fact, we were just in San Diego, The bad news is, we've got a long way DR. LUBBERS: But if you have Well, I have a comment. As I was 11 listening to you, it seems to me, we have all these 12 schools of education where the teachers are being prepared 13 to go into the field. 14 through the philanthropy centers, we try to engage our 15 faculty to do that with the students in our university and 16 there are a few profs in the School of Education who 17 participate. 18 ought to try to develop a strategy to approach the school s 19 of education. 20 you could get the schools of education and the Michigan 21 universities and colleges to buy into this as part of 22 their curriculum, then you would have made some really 23 strides forward. 24 to be relatively slow, but I think if you're persistent, 25 it can be accomplished, at least in a large number of the Now, I know at our university But it seems to me, as a Commission, we So this gets -- over the next decade, if It's not going to be easy and it's going GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �54 1 schools. 2 MR. CALDWELL: You're right. That's exactly what we need to 3 do. 4 its affiliate schools are trying to be able to begin to 5 push us in that direction. 6 we don't have great diligence. 7 into the deans. DR. LUBBERS: 8 9 And the Michigan Campus Compact and It's a place, quite frankly, We don't have a great tie Because the deans of the state universities -- I don't know about the public ones or the 10 public university -- I don't know about the private 11 colleges, but they meet -- every year they meet at least 12 once or twice and it would be good to be on their agenda 13 sometime. 14 MR. COLLIER: 15 MS. LENZ: It's a great idea. Another one I was going to add, Randy 16 and I were talking about our state associations with him 17 being a school superintendent and I being a school board 18 member, we have our associations. 19 Association of School Boards meet annually and they have a 20 whole sundry of workshops. 21 this research and then try to get on the agenda of some of 22 those things. 23 group, too, and it's another avenue for us to get the 24 message out or, at least, get it to the administration. 25 And I know the Michigan To me we should do some of School Superintendents Association has a MR. CALDWELL: That's great. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR We're going to 616-343-0118 �55 1 have to talk after the meeting a little bit. 2 MR. WEINSTOCK: How accurately do you think that 3 180 people or 180 communities that they said have 4 service -- you know, on the definition of service- 5 learning? 6 assume they have service-learning but it's really just 7 kind of an extracurricular. MR. CALDWELL: 8 9 Because I know at least in our community we You raise an excellent point. We don't know and that's why we've got to do some more of our 10 own individual research and investigation through the 11 service-learning or if it's just service or if it's 12 service-learning, but it's not done in a way we'd like to 13 see it done. 14 dealing with now is that service-learning gets tied into 15 this idea of mandated service for graduation. 16 two are not synonymous, it's very different, and so we 17 need to spend -- that 180 is just a general casted out 18 number of self-identified numbers saying they do it. In other words, a lot of times what we're And those Now, we've got to go out and dig deeper and try 19 20 to figure out where is it hot and where is it not and what 21 lS 22 research piece that we're talking about. 23 the landscape of the state. MS. KAISER: So that's part of that I would just comment on that, with 24 regard to research. I mean, really we see two avenues. 25 One is, we want to do an environmental scan to really get GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �56 1 a sense of where is it really happening and at what level 2 and how is it connected. 3 is it an after-school kind of setting or is it really 4 happening in the sort of core curriculum of the 5 educational institutions and at what level is that really 6 happening. 7 So right to your point, Ethan, So one of the first things we have to do before 8 we can move forward and think about some really specific 9 goals we'd like to accomplish, we have to get a sense of 10 where is it and at what level is it occurring. 11 that, speaking to Kyle's point, there still isn't a lot of 12 research out there that says it really does benefit kids 13 academically. 14 result of participating in service-learning. 15 the things -- that's one of the things, we really want to 16 see that connection. 17 Beyond So how are kids academically changed as a So one of Also, as standards have become a huge issue in 18 this state with regard to performance and accountability, 19 we want to see is, does service-learning actually help 20 kids do better on the MEAP test. 21 Friday a research work group that includes practitioners, 22 it includes higher eds, it includes some national people 23 who have been looking at some people across the board to 24 help us come up with our research agenda for the next 25 three years. So we are convening this So we have a lens of what we need to be GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �57 1 looking at and how do we find out about getting the data 2 we need, to then turn and sell it as this is viable, this 3 is what it will do for you. 4 you. This is what it will do to So more people will be excited. MS. PICKARD: 5 Paula, this is another one you may 6 want to talk to Geneva about, because the United Way of 7 Southeast Michigan, they do have a service-learning 8 component to their program. 9 And by the way, one of the things that did come 10 up in our meeting and also with my conversation with a 11 couple other foundation people in the Metropolitan Detroit 12 are 1s aren't we competing with United Way and especially 13 United Way of Southeastern Michigan? 14 Geneva was in the room because Geneva closed the door to 15 let it really be known that this Commission does not 16 really compete with United Way. 17 some of that data. DR. LUBBERS: 18 19 And it was good that But she may already have The Commission -- does the Commission make grants to secure the research? MR. CALDWELL: 20 We are. And that's what some of 21 those fundings turn into, especially the multi-funding 22 one. DR. MAWBY: 23 24 25 Randy, any comments on the world of reality? MR. NEELIS: Well, I guess have an experience GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �58 1 standpoint. 2 there's some truth to it. 3 not so sure service makes good kids. 4 now are involved in a multitude of service activities, but 5 I don't know if it's service-learning. 6 most of it's an offshoot of organizations like student 7 counsels, national honor societies, those types of 8 things. I just sort of wrote this down jokingly, but Good kids provide service. I'm Most schools right Most of it's -- 9 You know, there's a ton of things going on, but 10 what you're asking schools to do is to integrate service- 11 learning into the overall curriculum. 12 I see it as. 13 come from. 14 And I certainly would hope that schools get away from the 15 idea of trying to mandate it as a part of graduation 16 requirement, because I think that's defeating the purpose 17 of service and volunteerism. 18 I mean, that's what And quite frankly, that's where it has to I don't think it can be a separate course. I think it's doable, but it's going to take a 19 lot of time. It's got to become a part of the culture of 20 the school system and I think in a large way it is right 21 now a culture of most of the school systems, but not from 22 the standpoint of 23 place as a result of the activities that kids are being 24 exposed to and asked to get involved in rather than 25 teaching or -- that's going to be a hard shift. we're assuming learning is taking GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR It's not 616-343-0118 �59 1 go1ng to be easy. 2 3 DR. MAWBY: good students do service, does service make good kids. 4 5 It's interesting, your comment about MR. NEELIS: It's more of a question than a statement. DR. MAWBY: 6 Well, it's kind of a question, but I 7 think there is some research on that. 8 board will start, which works with very troubled kids -- 9 service-learning is a part of -- every college has service And I'm sure the 10 projects and they don't do a nice placement about talking 11 about why and so forth, so they work with senior citizens 12 home and writing for the handicap and many of those 13 things. 14 they say they've ever been able to do something to help 15 somebody else. 16 done that, it's the first time anybody said things, we 17 appreciate what you've done. 18 For many of those kids, this is the first time And secondly, most of them, when they've So I think there's some evidence that -- that 19 handled right -- I agree with you, I don't like mandatory 20 volunteerism. 21 graduate, that doesn't make sense at all. 22 be in the context of civic responsibility of citizenship 23 and so -- great challenge. You've got to volunteer or you can't So it's got to 24 It's going to take some time and almost change 25 one of the things that's going on in a society, I think, GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �60 1 that is really debating and frustrating, is the question 2 of role in schools in social structure or the changing 3 nature of society of the home and family and community and 4 all of that. 5 MR. NEELIS: 6 DR. MAWBY: 7 MR. CALDWELL: 8 flagged me on it. 9 where this is working. I wish they'd figure it out. And so it's interesting. We wanted to give -- and Paula I passed over it. Some examples of I just want to give you one real 10 quick one that goes to both Randy's point and your point, 11 Russ, about what service-learning can do. Chris Kwak and Mrs. Engler paid a visit to the 12 13 Duby Urbin Center (phonetic). 14 unfamiliar with it, it's a school K through sixth that 15 runs -- that operates in the Cass Corridor of Detroit, 16 which for those of you who know Detroit, it is one of the 17 rougher parts of town. 18 projects that are now being torn down. 19 into the district there and their community has taken the 20 climb. 21 For those of you who are Frequent drive-bys, several But they have come In the middle of this is the school that's 22 operated by a principal named Francis Hart who worked in 23 the Pennsylvania school district to try to get service- 24 learning ramped up and get it as part of the culture. 25 did that in Philadelphia and then came up to Detroit to be GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 She �61 1 principal at this small K through six building. 2 At this building, it sits in the center of four 3 housing projects. 4 used as crack houses and, you know, places of gang 5 warfare. 6 the window, is a homeless shelter where from the time of 7 5:00 to 9:00 curfew, people all over who are homeless come 8 line up and get in line for a meal and a bed. Two of which are abandoned and being Next to this building, literally right outside 9 Many school principals would shudder at the 10 thought that at a time when a lot of their busses are 11 coming through, children are crossing paths with the 12 homeless and other folks. 13 decided that service-learning would be a part of every 14 student's learning experience every day and every year. But the Duby Urban School The way they do that is, as you pointed out, 15 16 every teacher has to do it and every teacher has to 17 publish the research on what they want and then every 18 teacher talks to service-learning about part of their 19 future. 20 Francis Parker tells it this way: If you think 21 you can't do service-learning, you need to come to my 22 school. 23 a student who can't even relate with the fact that they 24 are sitting in the room with another child. 25 relate to other people. Let me give you the worst case scenario. I have They can't They are oftentimes autistic. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �62 1 None of them are potty trained. 2 maintenances to begin with. So they are high And the way they did it is they looked at their 3 4 community right next door and said these homeless people 5 come ln and they have a need for hygiene, soap, bath 6 towels, simple things. 7 building -- pre-K room learn to sort soap, toothbrushes, 8 towels, and they make care baskets for the homeless next 9 door. So these children in this pre-K The children's learning outcomes were hygiene, 10 sorting, counting, simple organizational tools, which is 11 what pre-K kids do. 12 to homeless shelter and gave them to the residents of the 13 shelter. They then walked those products over Now the shelter folks who go into that building 14 15 look at the school very differently. It is not just on 16 the way to the shelter; it is something they have to care 17 for because it lS taking care of them. And the way Francis Parker tells it: 18 We have n o 19 drive-bys, we have no violence in our schools, from 20 outside students, and the homeless shelter is not seen as 21 a threat, it is seen as a resource to the school and the 22 community because of the connection made by these 23 students. 24 25 So when I hear teachers say you can't do service-learning, that's the example I give. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR It just 616-343-0118 �63 1 takes a lot of creative thinking and a different way of 2 kind of turning it on its head when we talk about 3 teaching. 4 5 So that's my example for that. DR. MAWBY: Great update. Thank you Paula and all the others. MR. BARFIELD: 6 Russ, may I, please? I have a 7 question for Kyle. I was just looking in the literature. 8 What is BHK development -- I mean, child development. MR. CALDWELL: 9 That's a program in the upper 10 peninsula that works to provide child care services. 11 do --we found that from the AmeriCorps program and it's 12 in Baraga and Keweenaw. 13 MR. BARFIELD: And I notice that $2,838,034 was 14 the amount for all of those efforts. 15 deciding who gets what? 16 less. MR. 17 CAJ~DWELL: We How do you go about Some get a lot; some get a little For us the programs are all peer 18 reviewed by some of you here and by others outside of our 19 Commission. 20 funds available. 21 programs. 22 spend each year and that is what you all approve once a 23 year, usually in the spring or fall for funding. 24 are federal dollars that we appropriate to the corporation 25 and they are run through our standard review. We're looking you look at the overall You look at the quality of the We match the two up and decide what we can GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR So there 616-343-0118 �64 1 MR. BARFIELD: I was just interested because I 2 notice the City of Detroit got maybe the smallest amount 3 and I was wondering why that was. 4 MR. CALDWELL: It has oftentimes to do with what 5 they solicit from us rather than us deciding that they 6 didn't need that. 7 8 9 10 MR. BARFIELD: So had they asked for more, they may have gotten more? MR. CALDWELL: If the program was in the quality it needed to be and we had the resources available, yes. 11 DR. MAWBY: 12 MR. NEWPORT: Okay. Good. Just a couple quick comments. 13 One, I'm glad to hear my old element, preschool, has 14 gotten better. 15 guess just a quick comment, starting earlier is better, I 16 still think. 17 in our part of the world with service-learning and Youth 18 Volunteer Corp. 19 that we could kind of d i scover the wheel and we really 20 learned real quickly that we had to partner with K-12 and 21 become very active with that partnership to establish a 22 foundation before we could stand any chance of being 23 successful with our service-learning component at the 24 college level. 25 It wasn't always that way. Secondly, I And we've had a little bit of experience up And we, as a college, started thinking And I guess, I just would really encourage, you GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �65 1 know, that dialogue that's going to take place somewhere 2 with K-12, to look at trying to get that as low in the 3 system as is feasible. 4 but I know that, at least in our environment, that's 5 really what it took to get things going. And I don't know what that means, And we just got through taking a group of 6 7 students to Haiti and spent, you know, two weeks a long 8 way from anything, including electricity and water and all 9 those other kinds of things. And that wouldn't have 10 happened if there hadn't have been some really good stuff 11 that had been developed at K-12 out of the students we 12 were working with. 13 DR. MAWBY: Good. 14 MR. WEINSTOCK: We had -- we had some experience 15 with the -- the Capitol Regional Foundation through funds 16 decided to start doing -- start trying to encourage 17 service-learning in the capitol region area. 18 started a program called Mini Grants for the Environment. 19 We kept finding that through the grant-making process we 20 do every year, we still had some money left over, so we 21 started giving these small grants to elementary school 22 classes who would come up with a problem in their 23 community and they would write their own grant through the 24 classroom. 25 would apply through the grant process with us and then we So they And then they would apply to the grant -- they GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �66 1 would award this to them and they would have to update us 2 on what was happening. 3 And each member would go to their own community 4 and try to get it started and we had a lot of communities 5 where it was really successful. 6 think it was Chippewa Elementary School in Okemos, but we 7 also had communities which I'm sorry to say, like my own 8 community, where we couldn't get anybody to do anything at 9 all, especially with elementary kids, they thought they Like Ovid-Elsie and -- I 10 wouldn't grasp the concept of service- learning. 11 had teachers that said, "Well, I don't have time in my 12 teaching schedule to put aside valuable hours for this." 13 And it was really disappointing. DR. MAWBY: 14 We also So that's the reality of the chain. 15 Shall we move to the 2001 budget? 16 MR. CALDWELL: Yes. In your packet you have a 17 report from Garry Gross, at the far end of the table 18 there. 19 shortfall for the 2001 budget keeps floating. 20 current budget. 21 shortfall for the moment. 22 last met, is that the Department of Ed budget has ordered 23 an overall five percent -- is that correct, Garry -- from 24 this year's physical budget -- 25 MR. GROSS: The numbers that are quoted in this is the That's the I'm going to stick with the 600 million But what has happened, Slnce we Uh-hum. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �67 MR. CALDWELL: 1 -- that we've had to absorb with 2 an eye towards future budgets having larger cuts. 3 bring you this information to let you know that we may be 4 recommending scaling back some services as we go along and 5 to keep you aware that we are coming into a crunch proces s 6 with regard to the budget. 7 implications with regard to operations of the organization 8 at this time, but just wanted to give you the caution that 9 in the future, with revenues being down, we may have to 10 I only We don't see any major make recommendations and cuts. The second piece I wanted to glve you real 11 12 quick, you have the green sheet at your place that is lime 13 green. 14 Community Service Commission as of June 1 . 15 quickly recall that what we wanted to do, as part of our 16 future plans, was us to choose where and how we move and 17 not have the next governor boot us out of the Governor's 18 Offices that we currently reside in. 19 a proactive stance that we wanted to take. That gives you the new address of the Michigan You'll very We thought that was And that, secondly, this is the first time that 20 21 we have actually taken out the costs of housing 22 ourselves. 23 the Governor's Office and providing the ten years of 24 support that they have so far. 25 and very lucky to have, really, great support from them. And I had to take this moment just to thank GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING We've been very fortunate - MCOR 616-343-0118 �68 1 At the back you'll see a blueprint of the new 2 office space. 3 space to hold our own Commission meetings. 4 a board room large enough to accommodate us and several 5 other amenities. 6 somewhere that talks about the color. We will have an opportunity within this new There will be There's a swatch board around here I'll have you know, I'm putting everyone on 7 8 notice in public right now that I had absolutely nothing 9 to do with picking any of the colors of this office. 10 Having said that, I'm pointing a finger directly at Paula 11 Kaiser, who Garry and I dodged the bullet, who said Paula, 12 you choose. So I overcame my colorblindness by Paula. So as of June 1, that will be the new office 13 14 space. The way our calendar is written right now, we 15 won't have an opportunity to meet in that space for at 16 least a year, because we will be in Detroit in December 17 and we'll be Augusta in September. 18 DR. MAWBY: 19 MS. PICKARD: 20 DR. MAWBY: Detroit is in December? Yes. And then, by then, Mary will have 21 figured out the math to the 1048 Pure Bond. 22 year to do that, Mary. 23 MR. CALDWELL: You've got a The good news is this will avoid 24 the construction that's going on -- highway construction 25 that's going on in downtown Lansing. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR I-496 is being 616-343-0118 �69 1 ripped up. 2 the major artery for Lansing is now closed. 3 news is the intersection that we were actually moving to 4 will be under construction sometime in the near future. 5 We try to run away and we just can't do it. 6 For those of you that have been to Lansing, Now the bad Third, I want to talk to you about national 7 service funding real quick. Again, as you've been getting 8 the notices, I hope, by e-mail or fax, it looks like 9 status quo for the overall budget were flat funded. 10 However, there are new initiatives coming out dealing with 11 the senior core. 12 another one being Veteran's of Michigan for Youth. 13 One being a silver scholarship and then The latter I'm very unfamiliar with. The Silver 14 Scholarship Program regulations will be published in 15 October, is that right? 16 MS. PFEILER: Is that what we talked about. They may be in draft but we'll 17 have to wait for the funding to the come through. 18 think they'll write regs until they have 19 MR. CALDWELL: I don' t Mary Pfeiler from the Corporation 20 of National Service and I talked about this. 21 publish the regs, we would like to provide public comment 22 on your behalf about the program and then work with folks , 23 like Meg Smith, and work with any authorizations, but I 24 just wanted to give you an advisory and a heads-up. 25 When they Next piece I wanted to talk to you -- I provided GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �70 1 you with reams of, I know it, too much paper. 2 of paper on the faith-based initiative. 3 is there to say what has happened in the administration, 4 that what they thought was going to be a very simple idea , 5 very small initiative, created a lot of fire and from 6 angles and directions they didn't expect. 7 could be considered the political left and what could be 8 considered the political right ln the area of faith-based 9 institutions. 10 11 But reams All of that paper Both from what All are saying, don't mess with it, we just learned the rules. Don't change the game. On the other hand, there is a driving force out 12 there saying that there is this perceived or genuine 13 discrimination of faith-based organizations with regard t o 14 federal funding. 15 to be appointed and then closed after recommendations were 16 made seems to be going to be around for a while. 17 doesn't know-- I don't know the direction of it and they 18 do -- they want to involve all federal agencies, including 19 the one we work with. 20 the strategy, it will be unclear as to how it impacts us. 21 So this 18-month office that was going It But until they have kind of jelled I will say that people like Mrs. Engler and 22 Dottie Johnson and others have been called to the White 23 House to participate in a dialogue around this lssue. 24 I don't know what the result of that has been, but I'll 25 brief you on that when I know more. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 And �71 1 The Corporation for National Service, for a 2 moment, they are having their board meeting this week. 3 many of you know, Dottie Johnson, our former commissioner, 4 currently is serving as chair of that organization. 5 will be stepping down likely at this upcoming board 6 meeting to allow Steve Goldsmith, former mayor of 7 Indianapolis, to be chair of the corporation for 8 national. 9 know. As She She will remain on the board, as far as I Goldsmith was one of the chief architects for the 10 faith-based initiative, so we've got to believe that we 11 will be heavily involved in whatever rolls out of that. Then, as I understand it, shortly after that 12 13 board meeting, there will be a new CEO appointed to the 14 Corporation for National Service. 15 know who it will be. 16 that window. 17 negotiation with some of the candidates. Beyond that, I don't I don't know when exactly within I do know that the president's office is in The other piece they wanted to talk about real 18 19 quickly is having to do with some of the other background 20 materials that I've given you. 21 sheet that talks about what the Executive Committee 22 recommended for funding. 23 have their reports, the division reports, available for 24 you. 25 commissioner listing. Certainly, there is a blue Mary Grill and Paula Kaiser both There is a handout with regard to the new Is that right, Mary? GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR It is this 616-343-0118 �72 1 white sheet of paper dated 5/9? 2 MS. ESTRADA: 3 on there, let me know. 4 MR. CALDWELL: Right. If anybody has any change s There's also a Citizens Guide to 5 State Government. Now, let me talk to you about 6 networking for a minute. 7 many copies is that Mary's husband works at the printing 8 office. 9 right there, that's it. The only reason that we got this Now, you want to talk about resource allocation 10 So you have that. This will be a useful tool 11 for you as we begin to talk about legislature outreach. 12 It gives a brief description about everyone and the map o f 13 the districts. 14 you may recall. They used to give this to you in a binder, And then, of course, the arms related to the 15 16 faith-based initiative, that, in a nutshell, is the 17 executive director's report. 18 of license, if I may, to commend the staff for the work 19 they've done since we last gathered together. 20 illustration of what I'm talking about is the last two 21 weeks where I -- this is more of a criticism of me than a 22 compliment of the staff. 23 intended. And a prime Please take it the way it was I've been out of the office for the last three 24 25 I do have to take a minute weeks. I've been at the office for maybe a day or two. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �73 1 I'm sad to say the place is run perfectly without me and 2 that is all to the credit of the staff. 3 the fact that we've got the Governor Service Award, our 4 biggest event for the year, and that we've just taken on a 5 whole brand-new funding strategy with regards to service- 6 learning, we've just reorganized our miracle funding, 7 we've just reorganized our training and technical systems 8 for that funding, we are moving and it itself is a 9 nightmare. When you think o f All of these things have been delegated, as far 10 11 as responsibility, down to staff and they've done a superb 12 and excellent job. 13 supported by the nation's greatest staff with regard to 14 service and state service commission. 15 to all staff. 16 to a staff meeting in the last several weeks. 17 appreciate all the work that they've done and thank you. So I'm happy to say that you are again This is probably the closest we've gotten 18 Mr. Chair? 19 MR. PRUITT: 20 the events today? 21 et cetera? 22 So I say thank you So I Can we ask Mary to walk us through I mean, where are we supposed to be and MS. GRILL: Yes. You do have, at your place, 23 the program for tonight's event, which is, I think, the 24 very last thing. 25 The reception begins at 5:45 at the Amway Grand Plaza in It looks like this in your information. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �74 1 the Continental Ballroom, which if you can -- if you valet 2 park and go in the front doors, you will kind of walk up a 3 ramp to your right and to the Continental Ballroom. 4 dinner begins at 7. 5 same time that the reception ends. 6 Ambassador Ballroom, which is at the top of the grand 7 staircase, which is kind of that spiral staircase you see 8 immediately to the left when you come into the front 9 door. The The doors open at 5:45, which is the The dinner is in the And events conclude at 9:00. 10 MR. PRUITT: 11 MS. GRILL: How is the seating arrangement? Good question, Terry. There are 12 actually reserved tables toward the front of the room for 13 all commissioners and their guests who are in attendance. 14 I know that we also have some former commissioners who are 15 going to be joining us and who will also be seated at the 16 commissioner's table. 17 Michigan Community Service Commission. 18 near the Governor's tables. 19 MR. PRUITT: 20 MS. GRILL: And those tables are just labeled They are up front Do we have legislators? Legislators actually are not at 21 reserved tables. 22 with their constituents, who are a part of the general 23 audience. 24 25 The legislators are encouraged to sit DR. MAWBY: So 5:45 all of us are invited to be part of the reception? GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �75 1 MS. GRILL: To be part of the reception in the 2 Continental Ballroom and we move from there to the 3 Ambassador Ballroom. 4 DR. MAWBY: And the table's near the front? 5 MS. GRILL: And the table's near the front. 6 DR. MAWBY: And we mentioned the Youth Poster 7 contest. The Youth Poster Contest will also be unveiled 8 tonight on stage prior to dinner. 9 and white picture on page, maybe, 8, I'm guessing -- no, You will see a black 10 page 7 in the program. 11 in high school from Three Rivers who are so excited to be 12 at this event that they've rented tuxes. 13 on stage as part of the unveiling of that. 14 tremendously grateful to the commissioners who supported 15 the Youth Poster Contest. 16 It was designed by three seniors And they will be And we are Of course, you're all familiar with Commissioner 17 Cummings' challenge to all of the commissioners. 18 matched dollar for dollar and we have Commissioner Wesaw 19 who made a contribution, Commissioner Collier, the FIA 20 made a contribution, Dr. Mawby made a contribution. 21 hope I didn't forget -- oh, Chris Kwak, who is actually 22 not here, made a contribution, so we thank them. 23 DR. MAWBY: 24 MR. CALDWELL: 25 She I You ought to challenge Julie. For those of you who also contributed, please don't leave the program tonight right GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �76 1 away, because we have a special -- 2 MS. GRILL: Not tonight. 3 MR. CALDWELL: Well, another time we'll have 4 another very special thank you. 5 mouth shut. 6 DR. MAWBY: Okay. 7 all sorts of things, Kyle . 8 old business. 9 Research results. 10 I should have kept my Thank you for an update on Old business. Me, but I'm not Michigan Volunteer Investment Grants. Kyle? MR. CALDWELL: And we have one approval item? As many of you know, the 11 Commission has been working -- struggling with trying to 12 do two things. 13 dollars that we give out for the Volunteer Investment 14 Grant and at the same time measure the quality of the 15 product that we're distributing. 16 Number one, expend the full one million At the last Commission meeting, we received a 17 recommendation for modifications to the program that 18 included lowering the match rate and changing some of the 19 other parameters of the grant. 20 that we study the Volunteer Investment Grant intensely and 21 then provide a recommendation to you for modification, if 22 any were necessary. 23 We recommended to you all At your place , we handed out, I believe on a 24 green handout -- is that correct -- the recommendations 25 that the staff are suggesting at this time. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR Let me give 616-343-0118 �77 1 you -- and we do have copies for you of the full study 2 that was conducted by Mark Wilson at Michigan State 3 University. 4 we found. 5 Let me give you just a brief snapshot of what First, that -- surprise, surprise -- there is no 6 other program in the nation that combines volunteerism, 7 grant making, and endowment building all in one program, 8 so it was difficult for us to go and say, here's what 9 another organization did and here's what we've learned. 10 So again, being out in front has its advantages; on the 11 other hand, it has some disadvantages. 12 Secondly, the most overwhelmingly, convincing 13 piece of evidence available was that the match rate 14 graduated match rate does not work, and that most 15 organizations and community-based organizations involved 16 said that one to one match rate was what would work most 17 effectively for them. 18 The second -- the third piece that was clear by 19 the evidence was that organizations thought they needed 20 more time in order to meet the grant. 21 time they go through the application process and are 22 awarded the grant. 23 Nine months by the They thought it was short. So looking at those recommendations by the 24 study, we've made one very clear recommendation to you al l 25 and then your permission to further study the issue. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �78 1 First, that the graduated match level be eliminated and we 2 go to a straight one to one match. 3 for every state -- every local dollar, one state dollar be 4 provided for equal endowment. 5 recommendation that we hope we clearly make, although 6 there is more evidence in the study that says that we 7 might want to look at future modifications once we have 8 more data. And that, therefore, That is the only The second recommendation that was suggested by 9 10 those interviewed was that we stretch out the time. Well, 11 you have essentially done that by asking for the 12 legislature to carry over funds from one fiscal year to 13 another. 14 for grant making. You've provided a longer window of opportunity Unfortunately, those days are gone. The State legislature looked at the million 15 16 dollars that we're getting now and all the dollars that 17 have been carried over from one fiscal year to another 18 throughout state government and have put a freeze on it. 19 So whatever we expend at the end of the fiscal year is all 20 we're going to spend. 21 any funds. 22 window. 23 We will not be able to carry over That eliminates our ability to create a longer The final recommendation that was suggested, in 24 the memo we received at the last meeting, was that we 25 allow, in time, soft product to be used to the cash match GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �79 1 to go into the endowment. 2 can't endow a soft product. 3 dollars, so you're kind of in a Catch 22. 4 the staff recommends for your consideration flattening out 5 the match, no longer a two to one or a 1.5 to one, but we 6 go a straight one to one match, which was requested by 7 Volunteer Centers of Michigan and others involved with the 8 program. 10 You can't endow the state So, therefore, I think that requires a motion. DR. MAWBY: 9 The challenge there is you All right. And that's on the green sheet? 11 MR. CALDWELL: 12 DR. MAWBY: Yes. The recommendation as presented that 13 we lower the graduated cash match requirement of the 14 Volunteer Investment Grant Program of one to one level for 15 all successful applicants -- and this modification would 16 be retroactive, being current? 17 18 MR. CALDWELL: Right. We didn't want to penalize any -- 19 MR. WESAW: Move. 20 DR. MAWBY: Do we have support? 21 MR. COLLIER: 22 MR. BARFIELD: 23 DR. MAWBY: 24 (All said aye) 25 DR. MAYWBY: Support. I'll support. All in favor say aye. Oppose? GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �80 1 MR. COLLIER: Russ, could I just ask a 2 question? 3 mean that we still have about $380,000 of a million 4 dollars that will not be spent that year? 5 How on earth is it -- the math -- does this MR. CALDWELL: 6 numbers. 7 that. I think the numbers are actually different than MS. KAISER: 8 I'll defer to the bottom line We have gone out about $600,000 9 this year and we are expecting that the State is going to 10 ask us to give back a portion of the funds related to the 11 budget cuts this year. 12 want to speak to that. And I don't know, Kyle, if you 13 MR. CALDWELL: 14 ask for it, they already took it. 15 told us they took it after they took it. 16 likely to come in asking for more of that unexplained 17 dollar. 18 is that we go back to the current applicants, all who 19 would like to come in for more at this one to one match 20 rate as well as try to figure out if you can find other 21 applicants. 22 Actually, they're not going to The nice thing is, they And they're So the plan put in place by your recommendation MS. KAISER: What we anticipate is -- what we 23 expect the State to sort of take back is -- we have about 24 160 to $180,000. 25 go to our current grantees and say to them, we're going to Garry and I did the math and that if we GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �81 1 lower this to a one to one match, would you still like to 2 have the amount that you ultimately set as your fund- 3 raising goal for the year, and if they do come in and 4 increase the grant size based on what they were already 5 planning to raise to match it, they should -- they should 6 be able to use that $160,000, roughly, and therefore that 7 doesn't require us to do another round of applications to 8 new organizations to sort of expend the dollar. So that's what we're hoping will happen and that 9 10 will be our first obligation. 11 were obligated to those who stuck it out this year, who 12 toughed it out to try to meet the two to one match. 13 also thought it could lead to trouble in the next year in 14 that some people might not finish out our grant this year , 15 knowing they could get the one to one next year. 16 was no incentive. 17 we thought this was the best strategy for us at this point 18 in time, so -- We There So trying to avoid all of those issues , MR. PRUITT: 19 Because we felt like we 20 we should look at this. 21 year? You know, there's another way that What is this, the third or fourt h 22 MS. KAISER: Fourth. 23 MR. PRUITT: Sometime maybe this year we'll look 24 at the individual grants and the size of those endowments 25 and actually how much money has been generated per our GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �82 1 investment in these grants, because, you know, it's one 2 way to look at impact -- I mean, it's very narrow out of 3 the evaluation, just to see what 4 as commissioners ought to have some idea -- I don't care 5 if we've invested pretty close to $3 million in this 6 venture -- how much money has actually been generated on 7 the endowment side. Because the whole idea was to create an ongoing 8 9 certainly, all of us source of funds for these volunteer action centers so they 10 have operating support in these individual communities, 11 so -MS. KAISER: 12 We could get you that. We actually 13 do have a chart that talks about the amount of money we've 14 given to each grantee. 15 funded about 45 organizations. 16 has applied for four consecutive years. 17 figures 18 MR. PRUITT: So over the past ten years we've Over those 45, only one So we have the I'm sure their investment 19 strategies are different from community foundation to 20 community foundation, but on the other hand, we need to 21 kind of get a feel for what it may actually have done with 22 the money in terms of the investment. 23 MS. KAISER: One of the other things that really 24 came out of the study, too, was the fact that there was a 25 real need for training and technical assistance, that GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �83 1 volunteer centers really aren't educated around endowment 2 billing, and this is sort of a challenge for them because 3 they don't have a lot of expertise or practice in this 4 arena. 5 dollars we get doesn't come with an additional added 6 million dollars to provide a lot of training and technical 7 assistance. 8 9 10 The challenge fo r us is that, really, the million So we're sort of looking at what additional support can we provide so we can be more supportive as to what it is we're asking them to do, so -- 11 DR. MAWBY: 12 business, two items. 13 lOth anniversary of the Commission coming up this fall and 14 we feel like we need to do some things in observance of 15 the decade, particularly express thanks to the legislature 16 and the executive branch and support in creating the 17 Commission that has supported us through the ten years. 18 In fact, the Michigan Alliance, all the things that are 19 happening -- and 1n light of that, it seems to be 20 appropriate that we relate this to our work 1n the 21 legislative arena that we talked about earlier. 22 Okay. Thank you, much. Under new We've already noted that this is our So I'd ask Terry if he would take the leadership 23 of anything we might do could be in conjunction with the 24 fall legislative activity. 25 Ask Julie Cummings, who has been very much engaged in all Ask Terry to take the lead. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �84 1 of this, along with Dottie Johnson, a former member of the 2 Commission, and provide leadership. 3 in volunteerism, so you can call on any of us, Terry, 4 including me. And then we believe And we'll do something later this year. Nomination to the ASC Steering Committee. 5 This 6 is the Association of State Commissions for Community 7 Service. 8 Steering Committee. 9 well represented as a Michigan Commission in the affairs We've been asked by them to name someone to the We're fortunate that we're already 10 of the national association, because Terry is a member of 11 the Executive Commission. 12 And in light of that and in thinking of all of 13 the other involvement, Terry and I have concluded that we 14 were recommending Kyle be recommended to the Steering 15 Committee from Michigan. 16 director and we thought that Terry and Kyle would put us 17 in good standing at the national level. It's very often the executive 18 Does that need action by the Commission? 19 MR. CALDWELL: 20 MR. WESAW: Support. 21 DR. MAWBY: All in favor say aye. 22 (All said aye) 23 MR. NEELIS: 24 25 Move. It just means the staff will have more days alone. MS. KAISER: We don't mind. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �85 DR. MAWBY: 1 Okay. Good. Let's see if there's 2 any public comment? We always invite the public comment 3 as we move through. Let's see if there is public 4 comment. Martha. She's here from Muskegon. MS. BOTTEMLEY: 5 Yes. I got a fax from Mary 6 Pfeiler and I was -- I have a vested interest in a couple 7 of your agenda items and I decided to make the short trip 8 over and to view the new building of my alma mater. 9 not been to this building here. 10 DR. MAWBY: 11 MS. BOTTEMLEY: I've Are you very proud? I am very happy that I'm a 12 graduate of Grand Valley and to see this beautiful 13 building 1s lovely. 14 one to one for the investment grant, since I was one of 15 the people at Volunteer Centers of Michigan and would 16 constantly brow- beat Kyle and other people that that was 17 certainly -- the higher matches were just totally 18 undoable. 19 I would thank you for lowering the I would, however, throw out that because a bunch 20 of us banned together to make this statement to the 21 Commission, that for us now not to able to participate in 22 the one to one match is not, in my eyes, totally fair -- 23 I'll just throw that out --because it was something that 24 we felt we needed to do to make a statement as a state 25 association. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �86 The other thing is in the service-learning 1 2 discussion, having received a CVO service-learning grant 3 for a number of years, and your discussion today totally 4 focused on schools, I would encourage you not to forget 5 the CVOs; that we do a lot of really important work with 6 the grant that I get. 7 children who last summer alone gave over 6,000 hours of 8 service in the service-learning model. 9 wonderful combination to bring the learning process, I work with several hundred And it's such a 10 whether it's taught in a textbook or whether it's the 11 human life skills or team building -- whatever you put in 12 as your learning component of service-learning is really 13 quite valuable. 14 of the antidote stories; however, it has worked. And it really, truly -- I realize I'm one 15 However, India has asked me to be the guinea pig 16 for some of the hard research this summer, which I'm eager 17 to do. 18 of Muskegon County measure up, and I'm looking forward to 19 what those results are. 20 for that. 21 So I am anxious to see just how the young people MS. KAISER: We've been working on the survey Just to clarify. One of the thing s 22 that we're doing with the community-based service-learning 23 program is to develop a participant impact tool that we 24 will use for all of our CVO programs so that we can have 25 some aggregate data consistently to see the impact the GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �87 1 service-learning program is having in the community-based 2 setting. 3 to develop the tool and we're going to pilot it this 4 summer at two or three of our programs. 5 CVO grantees will be required to participate with that 6 tool next year. 7 So India, who's on our staff, has been working MS. BOTTEMLEY: Then all of the Just one thing. When you were 8 talking about the legislators, I said to Mary, the 9 Commission has a natural in with your local legislators 10 with your grantees to encourage them to contact their 11 legislators. 12 done somewhat. 13 be, but to really let them know what the commission 14 dollars are buying in their homes. 15 tool and I know my three legislators are always very 16 anxious -- they're very good to come and visit us and have 17 been very helpful. 18 And that's something Volunteer Muskegon has We're not as good as we probably should DR. MAWBY: Okay. It is a very powerful Good suggestion. 19 appreciate suggestions and your comments. 20 you being here. 21 MS. BOTTEMLEY: 22 DR. MAWBY: 23 public comment or -- 24 25 MS. ESTRADA: We We appreciate Well, it's fun. Thank you. Any other items under Russ, I just want all the commissioners to know tonight you have a designated table GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �88 1 for you. 2 get you there. MR. BARFIELD: 3 4 If you're having trouble, come find me and I'll Mary, what about guests and spouses and stuff. 5 MS. ESTRADA: 6 MS. GRILL: We've got you covered on that. John, you're actually at the Blue 7 Cross Blue Shield table because of the award you're 8 getting. MR. BARFIELD: 9 10 You and all your guests are at that table. So Betty would sit there as well? 11 MS. GRILL: Yes. 12 MR. BARFIELD: I've gotten a lecture or two over 13 the years when I got home and there were accommodations 14 for me and not necessarily my wife. 15 was awful, so I wanted to make sure. She just thought that 16 MS. GRILL: You're all set. 17 DR. MAWBY: We're doing well with our 18 adjournment. Let's take just a moment and I want to go 19 around and be sure if there's any comment or concern. 20 comment? Any Any concern? Vivian? 21 MS. PICKARD: Nothing for me. 22 DR. MAWBY: Thanks for being here with all the 24 DR. MAWBY: Kari? 25 MS. LENZ: 23 problems. Ethan? Nancy? I would say I'm sorry I can't be at GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �89 1 the awards tonight and it's a nice touch to put the 2 commissioners together, because I know in the past we've 3 kind of been spread all out. 4 to do it. 5 6 DR. MAWBY: So that's a really nice way We'll mlss you. Meg? John, Thanks for being here. Mary, we'll be there celebrating with you tonight. 7 MR. BARFIELD: 8 MS. BOTTEMLEY: 9 DR. MAWBY: Thank you. I think I had my say. Good. 10 thank you for being here. 11 date with all these things going on. We're anxious to keep up to 12 MS. PFEILER: I'll try. 13 DR. MAWBY: Garry? 14 MS. GRILL: No comment. 15 MS. ALGRA: No, fine. 16 DR. MAWBY: Ray? 17 MR. WEST: 18 DR. MAWBY: 19 Randy? Paula? I bet you are, too. Mary? Thank you. Just enjoy the facilities here. Don? Pat, thanks for coming down from the upper peninsula. 20 DR. MAWBY: 21 DR. LUBBERS: Don? Just invite all of you, since 22 we're out early, if you want to wander around this 23 building, you might enjoy looking at it. 24 interesting features is across the way at the library 25 where you can see Spot. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR One of the 616-343-0118 �90 1 2 3 4 MR. COLLIER: If you haven't seen Spot, the book retriever, it's worth seeing Spot. DR. MAWBY: That's in this complex right across the courtyard. 5 MR. COLLIER: Right across the courtyard. 6 DR. LUBBERS: Spot is a robot. It allows you to 7 store 270,000 volumes, a lOth of the space that you have 8 previously stored. 9 techniques, really. 10 11 12 It's just using some older industrial The robot finds the book for you. MR. COLLIER: It's fabulous. If you have time, you should go watch it. DR. MAWBY: Don, again, welcome to the 13 Commission and thank you for the wonderful hospitality. 14 Please convey to your staff all of the -- all of their 15 gracious help. 16 DR. MAWBY: 17 MR. PRUITT: 18 Terry? Again, I'm going to sign my pledge card today and I encourage you all to do the same. 19 DR. MAWBY: Okay. 20 MR. CALDWELL: 21 DR. MAWBY: Lock the door. Kyle? Sign early and sign off. Okay. Thanks everyone. And if you 22 get in trouble tonight, look up Mary. 23 of you will be at the reception and we look forward to the 24 meeting on Septeinber lOth and 11th. 25 meeting down in the countryside. GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING At 5:45 we hope al l Very important Thanks much. - MCOR 616-343-0118 �91 MS. ESTRADA: You've got to do a motion to 3 MR. NEWPORT: Motion. 4 MS. LENZ: 5 DR. MAWBY: 1 2 6 7 adjourn. Support. We have a standing motion to adjourn. (Commission meeting adjourned at 2:46p.m.) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 �92 CERTIFICATE 1 2 STATE OF MICHIGAN ss. 3 COUNTY OF ALLEGAN 4 5 I certify that this transcript, consisting of 92 6 pages, 1s a complete, true, and correct record of the 7 Commissioner Meeting held on May 21st, 2001, all to the 8 best of my ability. 9 I also certify that I am not a relative or 10 employee of or an attorney for a party, or financially 11 interested in the action. 12 13 IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 11th day of June, 2001. 14 15 16 17 18 Julie A. Fox (CSR-4566) Notary Public in and for Allegan County, Michigan 19 My commission expires 1/17/02 20 21 22 23 24 25 GERGER-MORETTI REPORTING - MCOR 616-343-0118 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 50100 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2000-05-10 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/612abb5096afad7e3da40afa1e385f3e.pdf 0f166ad31400dd74dcfecb6103f8e15b PDF Text Text Michigan Community Service Commission Agenda May 10, 2000 George W. Romney Building Lansing, Michigan 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. I. Welcome and Introductions - Chairperson Engler II. Review & Approval of January 21, 2000 Minutes - Chairperson Engler III. Standing Committee Reports A. B. Executive Committee - Chairperson Engler 1. Review of Executive Committee March 24, 1999 meeting. 2. Review of Progress on the Volunteer Alliance Concept Board Development Committee - Terry Pruitt 1. IV. V. Executive Director's Report VII. - Kyle Caldwell A. Michigan's AmeriCorps (approval item) B. Learn & Serve Community Based Grants (approval item) C. Volunteer Investment Grants (approval item) D. Sustainability of MCSC programs (approval item) E. Pre-Audit Survey F. Briefing Packet Old Business - Chairperson Engler A. VI. Recommendations (approval item) Staff Recommendations for Future Direction of the MCSC New Business A. Special Meeting Date (approval item) B. Michigan Family Independence Agency Strategic Plan Jocelyn Vanda Public Comment VIII. 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Romney Building Lansing, Michigan 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. I. Welcome and Introductions - Chairperson Engler II. Review & Approval of January 21, 2000 Minutes - Chairperson Engler III. Standing Committee Reports A. B. Executive Committee - Chairperson Engler 1. Review of Executive Committee March 24, 1999 meeting. 2. Review of Progress on the Volunteer Alliance Concept Board Development Committee - Terry Pruitt 1. IV. V. Executive Director's Report Michigan's AmeriCorps (approval item) B. Learn & Serve Community Based Grants (approval item) C. Volunteer Investment Grants (approval item) Old Business - Chairperson Engler Staff Recommendations for Future Direction of the MCSC New Business A. VII. - Kyle Caldwell A. A. VI. Recommendations (approval item) Michigan Family Independence Agency Strategic Plan Jocelyn Vanda Public Comment VIII. 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Romney Lansing , Telephone FAX S. Capitol Ave . Bldg ., 4th Floor Michigan 48913 (517) 335-4295 (517) 373-4977 January 2000 Dear School Administrators, Teachers and Students: Millions of students volunteer every day - weaving the fabric of communities, neighborhoods and schools and making Michigan and America stronger. You know students who give their time, talents and treasures to others in their communities. You also know talented students who love to express themselves through the visual arts. The Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) would like to give both groups the opportunity to speak out and connect with other students across our state. We would like to encourage students to submit a visual image and slogan that they feel will best encourage their fellow youth to connect through volunteer service. Part of the ConnectMichigan Campaign for Volunteerism, the Youth Connecting Through Volunteer Service Poster Contest seeks students who know and understand the benefits of volunteering and who want to share that message with others. Students from Michigan middle, junior high, and high schools are encouraged to participate in our poster contest. The submitted posters and slogans should be designed to inspire young people to volunteer in their communities. Select posters will be displayed in the State Capitol during National Volunteer Week (April 10- 14, 2000). The winning team will be invited to and recognized at the Seventh Annual Governor's Service Awards. The winning poster will be unveiled at the Seventh Annual Governor's Service Awards and will be printed and disseminated to schools and youth serving agencies across Michigan. I have enclosed the contest rules and an entry form. Please note that the application postmark deadline is February 25, 2000. We look forward to receiving your school's submission(s). If you have any questions regarding the contest, please contact the MCSC at (517) 373-4200. Si/f!(}JM/1 Kyle Caldwell �Youth Connecting Through Volunteer Service Youth Poster Contest 2000 CONTEST RULES Entry Rules: 1 . Contestants should design a poster and create a slogan to encourage young people to volunteer. 2. This contest is open to students in Michigan middle, junior high and high schools. 3. Each entry must be the work of a team of students. The team should be no less than two people and no more than four people. All team members must be students at a Michigan middle, junior high or high school. Each team may submit only one entry. 4. Any school may have multiple teams that submit entries. 5. Entry forms must include the name of a teacher/coordinator that we may contact. Entry forms must be completed and signed by each student and his/her parent /guardian. Entry forms must be stapled together and submitted with the poster. 6 . Posters must be postmarked no later than Friday, February 25, 2000. 7. Mail or deliver the poster to the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC • 111 S. Capitol Avenue • George W. Romney Building, 4th Floor • Lansing, Michigan 48913). Poster Guidelines 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. The poster must be the original art work of the students. Posters should be drawn on poster board standard size 22" x 28" . Posters should be designed vertically. The contest theme must be evident in a written slogan or phrase. Please check spelling. Posters may be in color or black and white. Posters must be drawn free hand by the student. Do not use paste-ons, stenciling, tracing, air brushing or computer generated graphics. 7. Posters may be designed using pens, pencils, colored pencils, markers, crayons, watercolors or acrylic paints. Do not use charcoal, oil paints, pastels, chalk, glitter or sand. 8. Do not sign your name anywhere on the front of the poster. Print all names on the back of the poster in black ink that will not bleed through. Poster Judging 1 . Posters will be judged on: A. Theme: Relationship of the poster design to the theme of "Youth Connecting Through Volunteer Service." B . Originality: Originality of the poster and how the idea is expressed in the poster design. C. Creativity: The art work and its creative execution. D . Visual Impact: Visual impact of the poster's design to catch a young person's attention. 2 . Judging will be done by a panel of youth and adults representing youth agencies and other community-based organizations. All rules regarding poster specifications, theme, lettering, etc. must be followed. Posters that do not follow all rules may be disqualified. 3 . All poster contestants will be notified as to the results of the judging. 4. Please note that the poster entries will not be returned. Poster Contest Awards 1. Select posters will be displayed in the State Capitol during National Volunteer Week (April 1014, 2000). 2 . The winning poster will be unveiled at the Governor' s Service Awards dinner on May 18, 2000. The winner poster team members will be invited to and recognized at the Governor's Service Awards dinner. 3 . The winning poster will be printed and distributed to schools and youth serving agencies across Michigan. �Youth Connecting Through Volunteer Service Youth Poster Contest 2000 ENTRY FoRM • • • EACH team member must fill out an entry form with his/her parent/guardian's signature . All information must be completed. Incomplete forms will be disqualified . ALL entry forms must be submitted with the poster. Full Name Of Each Team Member (two to four students): 1. _________________________________________________________________ 2. ----------~--~~----------~-===~~~~~~------------------- 3. ----------------------------------------------------------------4. ----------------------------------------------------------------Name Of Your School: ------------------------------------------------Teacher/Coordinator's Name: --------------------------------------------Teacher/Coordinator's Phone Number: ( )_____________________________________ Student's Full N arne: ----------------------=:---------------------=--:---:-----Last First Initial Home Address: ----------------------:-:---------------------------------Street Address State City Phone: ( )_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Zip County E-mail Address: Date Of Birth: ------------------------- Grade In School: _______________ Poster Slogan: ------------------------------------------------------- Student and ParenUGuardian Sienatures Required We hereby authorize the Michigan Community Service Commission to use this entry for judging and publicity purposes. 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DeRoy/Josephine S. \Veiner Lecture \Vayne State University- McGregor Memorial Conference Center Thursday, November 4, 1999 ·•volunteering- the Next l\-lillennium'' Thank you- thank you for the invitation to speak at this prestigious lecture series. \vnen I think of all the organizations you represent, and all the hours upon h ours of senice you have personally perfo rm ed or he lped make possible. I am truly inspired. You know the secre t co a happ y life - and that is to serve others . As ::VIother Teresa used to say: .. Love cannot remain by itself- it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action. and tha t action . . , 1s sernce. I've been asked to address a very ambitious topic- volunteerism in the new millennium. Before tackling that, I would like to make a few observations about the cultural and historical context in which volunteerism has evolved this century and see what we've learned. VVhen you look back at American history in the 20'~ century, you see two extremes. At the beginning of the century, when Progressive ideas held sway, it was thought that the national government was the only entity in a democracy that could counter big business and establish a tolerable socioeconomic order. Philosopher William James, in a famous essay titled "The Moral Equivalent of War," urged Americans to consider not military conscription, but compulsory national service. The idea was to have an "army" of American youth out fighting injustice, and it was an idea that would appeal to the imagination of many leaders in succeeding generations. It was an idea that prompted President Franklin Roosevelt to establish the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression, and that inspired Presidents Kennedy and Johnson to create the Peace Corps and VISTA in the 1960s. The assumption was, the more the national government could spearhead volunteering and involve itself in ci<vic renewal, the better the chances such renewal would succeed. So historically this century saw the · development of one extreme: the idea that \Vashingtan could- and shouldtake the lead on civic renewal by organizing an "army·· of volunteers . The other extreme arose in response to this increasing reliance on the national government . It looked back to de Tocque\ille for inspiration and counseled the nation not to turn to the federal government for he lp, but instead to ci<vil society. That was the argument \ve heard in the 1980s, in the �work of scholars like Charles 1\.-Iurray. and in the '90s. in the writings of Cni;,:e rsi :y of Te:-.:J.s professor ~[arvin Ola.:::ky . They argued chat ch~ intrusions of big government .,....-ere sapping America's volunteer tradition: that volunteers \vere being usurped by bureaucrats. This is the ocher extreme- the ide:1 that civil society can- and should- do all the hard work of civic renewa l. _l\;ow, there is no doubt in my mind that both extremes- big government champions on the one :S ide. ci\il society champions on th e othe:have been motivated by good int~nc ions and compelling hi:Storical evidf::nce to support their case . I am not here to attack either camp . Frankly, our friends on the right need to realize that Americans don't \vant to get rid of governmen t: that it's here to stay . And our friends on the left need to understand that the federal government is not the bes~ instrument to bu ild up an ethic of se:·..ice: that it's too removed from oc. r communities a:-.d oc.: families. In thinking about volunteerism in the ne\v millennium, I challenge us to chart a middle course between these two extremes . I challenge us to learn from the strengths and weaknesses of both approaches. I challenge us to set aside our ideologies and stay focused on what matters- and that's the people in need- and on \vhat works, even if it doesn't fit our preconceived notions. So you know where I'm coming from , here are four principles that guide my thinking. First, it's not government, per se, but how government interfaces and partners with civil society that is key. Volunteerism in the future will feel the impact of government, to be sure. But government should not have a dominating role. Rather, government needs to learn to be a better partner with civil society- with the business community, charitable organizations, and faith-based institutions- because these entities have a crucial role to play in civic renewal. They have the leadership, experience. and a real army of volunteers to attack social pathologies , solve problems , and build a better America. Second, I am convinced that the time-tested principle of subsidiarity is a sound one. Put simply, subsidiarity says that no problem should be :Solved by a larger entity if a smaller one can do the job. Thus, if local government in partnership with civil society can solve a problem, then keep the state out. If state government in partnership with civil society can solve a problem , don't make a federal case out of it, and so on. It's a principle in harmony .,vith our Founders' vision of America. Third, where the federal government must be involved because the scale of problems is so massive, even then Washington needs to give sufficient 2 �fun ding and flexibility t0 the sta tes . It needs to abandon a t0p-down. coo kiecutte r approa ch and g1ve our 50 "laboratories of democra cy" the authori · y to pursue what works . You'll notice these first three princi ples h a ve to do with the role of government in sohing social problems. The fourth principle has to do \vith the role of volunteers in solving problems , especially how society viev.;s volunteerism. I don't have to te ll this crowd: vol unteerism is not just nice: it's necessary. And volunteers ha ve to be vie\ved as rea l partners in sohin~ problems . Kow, in la:ing out these introductory observations. I hope to have m:;.C.e cle:;, :- both the r.istorical perspecti \'e and the pr:.:-.ciples that hose influenced my thinking. For the remainder of my talk, I'd like to ra ise a few questio ns that I believe \vill be critically important to deal with if voluntee rism is to thrive in the new millennium. I don't pretend to have all the answers, but I do believe that these questions engage some of the key lSSUeS . I'd first like to discuss one of our natio n's top needs- and that's to develop our volunteer pool and an ethic of senice. If you have been in a bookstore recently, you may have noticed a paperback that's at tracting attention. It's by the editors of George , the magazine founded by the late John F. Kennedy, Jr., and it's titled 250 l.;Vays to lvlake America Better.t Well, guess what's number one on their list. It's renev:.ring an ethic of service and encouraging people to volunteer. I couldn't agree more. The challenge, of course, is how to make that happen. How do we build up what Harvard professor Robert Putnam calls "social capital"? Putnam defrnes social capital as all those networks and norms of civic engagement that prevailed throughout much of American history. In his much-discussed essay titled "Bowling . ~one, . " Putnam argues that lunerica has seen a steady erosion of social capital, of civic participation, over the past few decades. There's a widespread feeling today that "the quality of our society at the everyday level has deteriorated severely .'' The public and private consequences of this erosion are severe, Putnam main tains, for without acti,·e participation in public life, feelings of trust and bonds of reciprocal helping are undermined, \vhich means that our ability to solve problems is greatly weakened. His argument in a nutshell: as local problems go, so goes the nation . ~ Carolyn :..fackler and the edito rs of G.:orge :..Iagazine. 25/) Wa ys to :Vlahe America Better. Introduc:ion by John F. Kennedy ..Jr. (Vill ard, 1999). ~See Allan Wallis. Jarle P. Crocker. Bill Schechter, "Social Capi tal and Community Building: Part I." National Ciuic Reuieu:. 81 (Fall 1998): 253. 3 �~ow, tne editors of George and many others have suggested that the best way to scop the erosion. the best \vay to revive civic participation and volunteerism. is to push young people out into our communities and he lp them develop the habit of giving. \\ nich leads to my tirst ques tion: vrr.ac i.3 the right approach to achieve this worthvvhile objective? Should we reauire comml,.lnity senice of our young people? If the mandate reaches down to high schoolers to perform community senice. it becomes a tricky question i:1vohing jealously·guarded issues of local control. It is interesting to watch what other scates are doing. :Maryland and Georgia, for example. have a statewide requirement that young people p~rform a cer::::i!"'. r.u.r::ber of b..ot.:r.3 of co:r..~. '..:~: ~y ser·,-ice bef0re t:-.e:: ge: r:-:. c- ::· diploma. And Florida requires 90 hours of public service to be eligible for its state merit scholarship. Pennsylvania is considering a similar policy. Frankly, the issue has received mixed reviews. Here in :\-Iichigan, the state has a "recommended model curriculum," consistent with local control of public schools. I look fonvard to the day when the State Board of Education includes a model for community senice that could be adopted by local school boards. ultimately, in Michigan. communities and families \vill have to make that decision at the local level. In the meantime, no one should object to incorporating service learning into the K-12 curriculum, which in any event offers an alternative way to learn core subjects. But of Michigan's nearly 600 high schools, only about 50 include a formal service learning component in their curriculum. We can do better. vVhat, then, about college students? Michigan State University right now is having a debate over whether every student needs to come to campus equipped with a laptop computer. But are '>ve doing enough to encourage those same students to "plug in'' to the community, and become "civic literate"? Here in rviichigan, there are campuses that actually integrate service into the curriculum. One that comes to mind is Olivet College, '>vhich writer Stephen Covey calls "one of the most unusual and inspirational examples" of servanthood in the American academy.3 Then there are colleges and universities that provide opportunities for s~u.den~.:; to fc,n out i.r.to their communities and serve ochers. I'm on the board of the Center for Learning through Community Service at the University of :..Lichigan, which provides opportunities for students to make a difference in Stephen R. Covey . "Servant·Leadership from the Inside Out." Foreword to Insights on Leadership. ed. Larry C. Spears (::\ew York: John Wiley & Sons. 1998), pp. xvii-xviii. J 4 �the rommuni ty. _c._nri I kn0w th3t there are \Vayne State . ~imil::tr pr o ~am s ri£h t herr? J. t All these institutions are doing an admirable job of building an ethic of senhce in our young people, .,vho have the energy and idealism to give abundantly. The habits these students acquire \vhile young will carry O\·er into a lifetime of service. Then there is the whole question of older. non-traditional volunte::rs. In the past- as recently as the ··ozzie and Harriet'" days of the '50s and early '60s- the nation could count on an army of stay-at-horne morns to volunteer and shore up our communities . But we children. the baby-boomers , have been busy balancing career wuh family , and ha ven·t volumeereci as mucn. )iow that many of the baby boomers have had successful careers or are approaching retirement age, they have the time and disposable income to give. They've had success; now they want significance. How we train this huge pool of "social capital" and appropriate their experience and skills are real issues that need to be intelligently addressed. For example. I think all the organizations involved- from corporations to nonprofits- are going to have to be more flexible in the future. particularly when it comes to using volunteers' time effectively. Businesses are going to have to give their employees release time, and allo\v flexibility in their work schedules. Agencies are going to have to accommodate volunteers with busy schedules and conflicting demands. As we all recognize, the nonprofits need to ensure that service experiences are meaningful, so that first-time volunteers will return. In addition, the most successful organizations reward their volunteers and give them the social recognition they deserve. For instance, the lVIichigan Community Service Commission established the Governor's Service Awards to recognize outstanding rvlichigan volunteers in a variety of categories, from ind.i-....iduals to groups. Last but not least, there are still legal issues that need to be addressed. Especially in the litigious environment we live in today, we need to do a better job of protecting our volunteers against frivolous la.,vsuits. Vvhy should a volunteer ever be sued unless he or she deliberately harms someone? Because government throughout most of the :20th century \vas considered the ideal medium for civic renewal, my next question concerns the whole relationship between the national government and state and local go\·ernrnents ... as well as the relationship between government at all levels and civil society. 5 �Based on what we nov; kno\v, we should be asking whether the needy are best helped when the federal government- or any unit of governmentdominates all programmatic considerations. Washington in particular has shown a remarkable ability to get in the way of solving problems. Its lack of flexibility ha.s not served our neediest citizens \vell. As all of us \vho buy clothes understand, one-size-fits-all ends up not fitting anybody~ Based on \vhat v.re no\v know about the limitations of government, isn't it preferable to build stror:g commu~ i ties in ,..:hich government, busi~e~.:;. charitable organizations, and faith-based institutions work together? ·wouldn't it be better to end our addiction to government, not only by giving citizens the tools to become strong and self-reliant, but also by giving r:or.profi: cl:a.ri~3.ble a.::d religious i:-~s;:i~u~ior:s t:=-.c rescurces they r.eeGresources to leverage their own independent institutional vitality'?.; Each of these partners brings special strengths to the table. Government:, of course, does a great job collecting taxes and, because of that, can fund public-private partnerships. Business brings sound business practices to the table, in addition to a \vhole army of volunteers. Nonprofits know how to deliver services \vith a human touch and in a cost-effective \vay -because they have to. And here I return to my point about changing the perception of volunteer organizations. They are more than the group that picks up trash in the playground on Saturday morning. They are a major player in our publicprivate partnerships and should have a seat at the table. You know, these public-private partnerships really got a boost \vhen, earlier this decade, the states were given the freedom to address social problems. The world changed \vith welfare reform. First and most ob\iously, it changed the lives of recipients. Second and more subtly, it opened our eyes to the tremendously creative, powerful ways in which volunteer organizations can successfully partner with government to help people in need. The Kational Governors' Association recommends that, in addition to welfare block grants, we have civic rene\val block grants. The idea is to ensure that states have the flexibility to act as the primary facilitator of services and volunteer programs. I have seen public-private partnerships do so many good things here in i>Lichigan. and I am confident that we in the states can do an outstanding job coordinating the network of public services with private charities, while .: See Frank Dirks. "Building a Legacy of :--:ational Service from the Bottom Cp,'' unpublished paper. July 19, 1999. 6 �f·•c:te ring- mrne mn per;Hi nn and mul tiplyin~ r esources. Critical to thi.' coo rdination effort. I v.:o uld submit, is the state's ability to a dmini5tt:r national service programs like AmeriC orps , \vhich [Governor] .John [Engler] and I have supported since its inception . .tvlother idea that's very exciting and that has great poten tial is under consideration by the nation's governors , my husband included . The y are asking: Especially at a time .,vhen many states are enjo_:.ing a hefty surplus . why don't legislatures redirect some revenues to establish a venture ca:;ital fund for non-profits? That's right- venture capital for non-profits. A radica l idea . But \ve know how effective venture capital has been in the private , forprofit seccor. Let"s replicate its success for the benefit of all the communi ty. Speaking of benefiting all the community, I no\v have to ask: \\nat is the role of the media in civic renewal? Let me flesh out the problem with a story many of you know, especially if you have children. It comes from '"The Snow Queen," by Hans Christian Andersen. Recall the goblin's mirror. Anything beautiful that was reflected in the mirror shrank to almost nothing. Everything that was \vorthless or ugly became large and looked \vorse than ever. Eventually the mirror shattered into hundreds of millions of pieces , and if a sliver got in somebody's eye , it would stick there , and that person would see only the bad side of life. As a commentator once remarked, '·There are an awful lot of people in the media with little [slivers] of the goblin's mirror in their eyes who don't have a clue \vhat to do with [service] that is predicated on waking up the better angels of our nature." Vlhat we are seeking are manifestations of our better angels .5 \Vhat we are seeking, in our efforts to build up the ethic of volunteerism in American society, is an unparalleled degree of cooperation between government, business, charitable organizations. and religious institutions . But cooperation doesn't make news. It's "dog bites man." \Vnich is unfortunate. \Ve must challenge the mas.:; media , given their pov.;er and reach, to do better. Now to the last question. In recent years we've heard a lot about "reinventing government." I think we need to speak just as passionately about "reinventing ·charity." Allow me to point out the obvious: volunteerism isn't free. That's -..vhy philanthropy and volunteerism go hand-in -hand. America is blessed to have many wealthy people who have been touched by "a happening of the heart." A review of Slate magazine's list of .--\ria nna Huffington. ~ Powell Crusades , Journalists Yawn.'' Internet column. (h ctp ://www .ariannaonline .com/columns/files/0-!149797 .html). April 1-±. 1997. j 7 �the 60 largest charitable contributions in America- sort of a counter-li:3t to the Forbes 400- proves that many affluent people give abundantly. But the question must be asked: In our pluralistic societv, . . are we channeling gifts in the best possible "vay? In other "vords , shouldn't there be what .1\rianna H uffington calls a "hierarchy of giving"? \Ve appreciate the fact that the rich and famous serve on board.:;. donate money, and have buildings named after them. Cenainly I'm sensitive to being at a university that works to generate these kinds of donation:3. But I hope more of our philanthropists 'vvill think about this idea of a hierarchy of giving. I hope they will also donate to programs that are sohing serious soCial problems through the intelligent use of volun"teers. Fortunately, for big donors it's not a zero-sum game. The richest .-\mericans are wealthy enough to give to universities and to the needy. I look forward to the day in America when it is as prestigious to fund a soup kitchen as it is the opera ...-\nd let me say this: I look forward to the day when it is as prestigious to serve lunch in a soup kitchen as it is to fund the opera. When we celebrate those who give their time as much as those 'vvho give their money. And I greet the day when it is as prestigious to sit down and tutor a child as it is to sit on a museum board. Wnen we recognize a hierarchy of giving time. Admittedly, this is an extremely difficult problem to get our hands around since it involves a sea change in our culture. We can't legislate habits of the heart. \Ve can't treat the donation of time differently in our tax code. l'vfaybe the best we can do is to elevate the prestige of service, such as you're doing here at \Vayne State. These are big questions, the answers to which I don't have. What I do know is that we need to get back to a society \vhere we all recognize our personal responsibility to the children and the least fortunate among us. This morning, I've raised a number of questions for your consideration -questions about building up our social capital and volunteers, about the role of government and civil society, about the hierarchy of giving time and money. It's an awful lot to raise in one talk. But overarching all these questions is one simple conviction: it's the conviction that, ultimately, we are answerable not just to each other, but to our children. They are the focus of our probing, our searching, our desire for a better America. Our children- they are the next millennium. # # 8 # � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 50096 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2000-01-21 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/c3754618456270161b2ae840aad36191.pdf d93b4a67ce1c1e4bed81d28cb26fbae5 PDF Text Text JAN 2 0 2000 l AW O FFI C ES DYKEMA GOSSETT P R O F ES S ION AL l ! M ifE O l i A B I LI TY C OM P ANY 800 M ICH I G A N N AT I ON AL T OW E R LA..'l SI:xo , ::Hrc HroA..' 48933-1707 AN N ARB OR , M IC H I G AN D ET R O IT , M ICH IG AN B LOO M F I ELD HIL LS , MI C H IG AN C HIC A GO , ILLIN O IS TELE PH O NE ( 517 ) 3 74 - 91 00 TE L E C O PIE R ( 5 17) 3 74 -9 19 1 G RA N O RA PIDS, M IC HI G AN WA SHI N GTON , D MEMORANDUM TO: Kyle Caldwell FROM: sandra M. Cotter (374-9I29yr RE: The Alliance: Initial Steps DATE: January 20, 2000 The Michigan Community Service Commission ("MCSC") and the Michigan Nonprofit Association ("MNA") have discussed forming a third entity that would absorb the two organizations' common functions . You have called this third entity "The Alliance," and for purposes of this memorandum, I will use the same term. Recognizing that final decisions have not been made concerning all aspects of The Alliance, we have discussed some of the nuts and bolts of formin g a third entity. We determined that The Alliance should be an inc orporated organization that qualifies as a tax exempt organizatio n under Section 501(c)(3) ofthe Internal Re venue Code. We also discussed some aspects of fundraising and concluded that a Charitable Solicitation License from the Michigan Attorney General may be required. You asked that I prepare a memo setting forth the initial steps for this effort together with questions or concerns at each step. This memo addresses your request. Should you require clarification or if you have additional questions, please let me know. I. Incorporate: Articles of Incorporation must be drafted, executed, and filed with the Michigan Department of Consumer and Industry Services. Provided that we apply for Section 50l(c)(3) status within 15 months of incorporating, the date of incorporation will be the date the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") uses as the date on which donors can rely for tax deductibility purposes. It is also the date the IRS will use to commence the five year Advance Ruling Period for determination as a public charity or private foundation. (Public charities are treated more favorably under the Internal Revenue c �DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ Code, so if it is possible to achieve this status under the financing plan, that should be the status sought by The Alliance.) The Articles of Incorporation are considered the "organizing" instrument. Bylaws for the operation of the corporation must also be adopted. A. Questions concerning the Articles of Incorporation: 1. Will the corporation be a membership or directorship organization? Because you desire a strong executive board. a directorship corporation would make the most sense. The corporation would be managed by its directors. 2. What is/are the corporation's purpose(s)? The purposes must be set forth with specificity and must meet the statutory requirements of Michigan and Federal law. 3. Does the corporation wish to limit liability for the good faith acts of its volunteers? Michigan law permits such limitation but does not require it. 4. Who is/are the incorporator(s)? The incorporators can be related to the organization or not. As the attorney drafting the Articles, I can also be the incorporator. 5. What is the corporation's registered address and who is the resident agent at that address? 6. What is The Alliance's legal name? Will there be an assumed name? 7. To set forth its importance, we should include an article about the "appointment" process for members of the board of directors . I understand that the initial board of directors will be appointed by MCSC and MNA. How many board members will there be? How many appointed from each of the original organizations? For how long will the initial board serve? ·what happens after the initial board members complete their terms? B. Issues concerning the Bylaws: 1. Standard Bylaws for a Section 501(c)(3) organization likely will make sense for The Alliance. A sample is attached to this memorandum. Specific to The Alliance will be operational information concerning the board of directors and the executive board. 2 �DYKEM A GOSSETT PLLC _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ 2. Depending on how the fi nancial operations will be set up, T he A ll iance may w ish to include specifi c info rmati on on financ es and report ing . 3. Specific information concerning the activities of the Executi ve D irector and other employees can be set fo rth in the Bylaws or may be incl uded in a separate document. C. Issues concerning corporate organization : l. We w ill need to supp ly the names and addresses of the members ofthe initial Board ofDirectors. 2. We will need to supply the names and add resses of the officers of the corporation. 3. Organizing resoluti ons must be adopted by the Board. These reso lutions would address such items as the electio n of offic ers. the ado ptio n of the By laws, directions to proceed with filin g the applicatio n for tax exempt status, establishing an initial bank account, and like matters. II. Application for Recognition of Exempt Status : IRS Form 1023 is the document through which an organization must appl y for tax exempt status under Section 50l (c)(3) of the Internal Re venue Code . The application fee for an exemption request is $500.00. A copy of Package 1023, of which Form 102 3 is part, is included for you r refere nc e. This fo rm w ill become a publ ic record and must be made available to anyo ne who requests it. A. Issues concerning tax exempt status : 1. If tax exempt status is earned. the organization will be required to file an annual Return of Exempt Organization with the IRS on Form 990. The return, except for the page identifying contributors of more than $5 ,000. 00, is subj ect to public disclosure . Form 990 is similar to the Form 1040 that ind ividual taxpayers file . Assuming the organization chooses a fiscal year that matc hes the calendar year, the return will be due on May 15 for the previous year's activities. 2. It is advisable to have a Certified Public Accountant engaged to prepare the Form 990 for the organization. 3 �DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC _ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ __ __ _ __ _ 3. The information contained in Form 990 is the basis for the annual reports filed with the Attorney General to re new the solicitation license (discussed below). B. Qu estions concerning Form 1023 : 1. The organization's purposes must be set forth with great specificity. We cannot simply restate the purposes stated in the Articles. We will have to detail planned activities addressing "what." "vvhen." "how." and "where ." 2. The financial support and fundraising plans will need to be set forth. 3. Proposed budgets for the current year and for the next two years must be developed and disclosed on Form 1023 . 4. The organization will need to determine whether it wishes to "influence legislation" (i.e. lobby) . It may be a legitimate part of the organization's function, so due consideration should be given thi s question. If the organization decides that it may wish to influence legislatio n. such activities cannot be a "substantial part" of the organization's wo rk. Since "substantial part" is not a well defined term, the organization should elect to be judged under Section 501 (h) of the Code, in which case an "expend iture test" is utilized. A separate IRS form is filed to make that election. III. State of Michigan License to Solicit Charitable Donations : If you determine that The Alliance will solicit contributions from the general public. it is likely that a License to Solicit Donations will be required. The license is issued by the Attorney General upon application. For your reference, I have enclosed an lnirial Chariwble Trust/Charitable Solicitation Quesriunnaire. Upon filing this questionnaire, the Attorney General will advise an organization whether a License is required. License applications for new organizations are not complex. If a License is required and issued, the License must be renewed annually. As indicated in Section II above, the federal Return forms the basis for questions on the renewal application which addresses revenues and expenditures of the organization. As will the federal tax forms , the Attorney General filings are also subject to public disclosure. LA\60821.1 IDI SDM 4 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MCSC_2000-01-21_The-Alliance-Initial-Steps Title A name given to the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 2000-01-21 commission meeting The Alliance: Initial Steps Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Community Service Commission Description An account of the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 2000-01-21 commission meeting The Alliance: Initial Steps. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 50095 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2000-01-21 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/4ec8d186a624962181220f6ae8850056.pdf fb715908eb0caa897df1ab3f6eecab26 PDF Text Text STATE OF MI CHIGAN JOHN ENGLER , Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION Chairperson Michelle Eng ler MEMORANDUM Execut ive Director Ky le Caldwel l TO: FROM: 111 George W. Romney Lansing . Teleph one FAX S. Cap1tol Av e. Bldg. , 4th Floor Michig an 48913 (517 ) 335-4295 (51 7) 373-4977 ~;:::;d:~~~:::::t~:::i:~:gan~~ullity Service Comrrllssion RE: Progress on the Volunteer Alliance DATE: January 11, 2000 Last September I laid out the concept for an alliance (The Volunteer Alliance) between the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Michigan Nonprofit Association and its affiliates that would secure the future of the service and volunteer sector in Michigan. Given recent events with America Online and Time Warner, I think that others are following our entrepreneurial lead! I am happy to report significant progress in our efforts to move this initiative forward. 1. The Chair and Executive Director of the MCSC have investigated the legal ramifications of the MCSC engaging in the Volunteer Alliance and are working to secure legal counsel. 2. The Attorney General's Office has been contacted and has agreed, in principle, to the legal viability of the Volunteer Alliance. 3. All the respective boards have been introduced to the concept of the Volunteer Alliance and have charged their staff to move forward at varying levels. 4. Formal meetings with the Governor have provided strong preliminary indications that the state portion of the $20 million endowment for the Volunteer Alliance will be included in the Governor's budget for FY 2001 or as an addendum to FY 2000 (more on this at the January 21, 2000 meeting). Attached you will fmd the latest draft of the Volunteer Alliance concept and an article by Frank Slobig of Aguirre International/Project T ASC, that offers the 14 key things to remember when considering private sector options for state commissions. You will note that we are on target, at least according to Mr. Slobig. At our January meeting I will spell out in more detail, our next steps. However, I would like you to consider the following: 1. Officially charging the MCSC and its staff with developing the Volunteer Alliance. 2. Empowering the Executive Committee to construct the MCSC's plan for the Volunteer ~. . ~ 'R ~ • ~ ~- M~ o( (;W;. fJlJ ~~ q' ft..lvL~SL c4 fi.... ~ ~ ~a-t ___.._. ~ Alliancz.. it' ct,l.-. 'f#.,... ~- �3. Creating a Fund Development Standing Committee to spearhead the MCSC fund raising for the Volunteer Alliance. 4. Empowering the MCSC staff to secure the necessary outside expertise to develop and implement the Volunteer Alliance. Thank you. 2 �To: From: Subject: MARY ESTRADA Kyle Caldwell for the minutes CC: Date Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 11 :12 AM The MCSC approved the following staff recommendations concerning the development of the Volunteer Alliance: The MCSC hereby officially charges its staff and empowers the Executive Committee to represent the interests and commitment of the MCSC with regard to any and all plans and negoiations pertaining to the creation of the Volunteer Alliance provided that the staff and Executive Committee ~ek the concurrance of a majority of the full membership of the MCSC at the next scheduled meetmg or sooner If necessary. Further, the MCSC hereby empowers the staff and Executive Committee to develop any and all necessary groups and advisory boards including a Fund Development Standing Committee to spearhead the MCSC fund raising and developemnt of the Volunteer Alliance. Finally, the MCSC hereby authorizes the MCSC staff and Executive Committee to secure the necessary outside expertise to develop and implement the Volunteer Alliance including, but not limited to fund raising and legal counsel. Page 1 �The Alliance An Overview Prepared for the Michigan Community Service Commission Background: In the past decade, Michigan has seen the development of a number of statewide infrastructure organizations focusing on the promotion of volunteerism and community service. The Michigan Campus Compact (MCC) was developed in 1989 to recognize the service contribution that institutions of higher education were making to their communities. A few months later, a small group of community based volunteer centers began the Volunteer Centers of Michigan (VCM). A year later, the Michigan Nonprofit Association (:MNA) (known then as the Michigan Nonprofit Forum) was developed to enhance the understanding of the nonprofit sector including the advancement of philanthropy and volunteerism. Finally in 1991 , newly elected Governor John Engler created by Executive Order the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC). Over the years, all four organizations have worked collaboratively with one another. In the mid1990' s, both VCM and MCC entered into partnerships with the MNA. These partnerships have strengthened all three organizations and have resulted in immense administrative savings. In addition to the administrative savings, the programs and activities of all three organizations have been enhanced by this unique partnership. Under new leadership, the MNA (and its affiliates) and the MCSC have made a concerted effort for a more intentional and effective partnership. As the field of service continues to change and be challenged by "outside influences," serious conversations between MNA and MCSC have occurred regarding the need for a sustainable support system for existing and developing volunteer initiatives. Three primary motivators - the need to provide well-rounded support services to the volunteerism field ; the desire not to duplicate services and programs; and the potential changes in federal programs that support volunteerism - lead to a reasonable conclusion that we can be much more effective as a unified front than as two separate entities. However, it is also acknowledged that some activities/functions MUST remain separate- again, for the greater food of the field. What seems to make the most sense is the development of a third entity that would absorb common functions of MNA and MCSC, while maintaining its neutrality and program-focus. This conceptual organization, unofficially dubbed "The Alliance" for purposes of conversation, has received a great deal of support from sector leaders and partner organizations, and the official states of planning have begun. Purpose: The purpose of "The Alliance" is to centralize state-level, volunteer programming efforts in a manner that ensures long-term sustainability. Initially, "The Alliance" would administer volunteer programming currently administered by :MNA, VCM, MCC, and MCSC. "The Alliance" would continue to partner with additional organizations as deemed appropriate. An endowment fund would be created to support "The Alliance" which would secure its existence into perpetuity. �• • • • • • September 1999- Proposal is brought to MCSC, MNA Board, VCM Advisory Committee, and MCC Council of Presidents for feedback. October/November 1999 - Meet with local constituents that might be impacted by the "Alliance." October/November 1999- Engage a committee of board leadership from MNA, MCSC, MCC and VCM to provide guidance and oversight to staff. October/November 1999 -Further develop administrative structure and funding prospects. November 1999 - Engage experienced consultants to review our process, administrative structure and operating documents. December 1999 - Present formal plan to MCSC, l\1NA, VCM and MCC. Phase 2 - Fund Development Campaign (Only if Phase One is found acceptable) Phase 3 - Organizational Implementation (Only if Phase One is found acceptable) 3 �The Alliance Organizational Chart Draft · MNA :}_;: · _M¢. §q.l:\1: \·t .. i\iiil - Nl~lgt:iGli§t«WIIII .. :. il&llil :.: . . . :: .. :· Executiv~ Pit~t·a r :;_: : :. ~\: A~ffii~!JiMjJJ~~·:·:~,:·!•, J:::.:.:· : .~~Ri.~ :¥!.f!f,_]' \:'j:\ lllf~ [I ll it~ii1 [rliit~l Administrative Services � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 50094 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2000-01-21 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/c71f02fb4c46accd45c137160883b647.pdf 3cdab345d20e3acb3c7efd59e3c893f6 PDF Text Text STATE OF MIC HIGAN JOHN ENGLER , Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION Chairperson Michelle Engler Executive Director Kyle Caldwell MEMORANDUM TO: Members of the Michigan Community Service Commission FROM: Paula Kaiser, Director of Michigan Community Service Commission RE: Program Division Director's Report DATE: January 7, 2000 111 George W. Romney Lans ing , Te lephone FAX S. Capitol Ave. Bldg ., 4th Floor Michig an 48913 (517) 335-4295 (517 ) 373-4977 Prograrrls.f~ Listed below is a program division update for your review. Michigan's AmeriCorps 2000 Michigan 's AmeriCoros Application Process Most of the staffs time has been consumed with the 2000-2001 application process. As I discussed in my previous update, we have approximately $2 million in federal funds to grant out for FY 2001. In addition to the $2 million dollars we have available in our formula funds, the MCSC can submit applications to be funded out of the national competitive funds (approximately $105,000,000). Although there is no guarantee that we will receive any of the competitive funds, we have been successful in the past. The MCSC must submit our competitive application by February 28, 2000. We will be notified on May 4, 2000 as to which programs (if any) have been funded from the competitive funds. The MCSC must then submit its formula application package to Corporation for National Service by May 15, 2000. On October 8, 1999, the MCSC mailed a letter to more than 15,000 organizations announcing the availability of funds for new Michigan's AmeriCorps programs and asking organizations to respond if they wanted a copy of the application guidelines or to participate in one of our technical assistance sessions. On October 18, 1999, the MCSC conducted two conference calls for organizations to get a basic understanding of the Michigan's AmeriCorps program. More than 100 organizations participated in the calls. The MCSC also hosted three technical assistance sessions for organizations interested in sponsoring a Michigan's AmeriCorps program. More than 175 individuals registered for the Detroit session. Nearly 75 individuals registered for the Kalamazoo session and 75 additional individuals registered for the conference call technical assistance session. The MCSC received requests for more than 600 copies of the application guidelines. �Program Division Director's Report Page 2 The MCSC's outreach effort translated into 77 organizations submitting Intent to Apply forms . Thirty four (34) organizations submitted Michigan ' s AmeriCorps applications on November 30, 1999. The applications were peer reviewed on December 6, 1999. The peer review teams recommended that 21 of the proposals move to the next stage of the application process (the staff review). The staff reviewed the 21 proposals and asked 20 of them to submit comprehensive proposals. Comprehensive proposals were received on January 3, 2000. Eighteen of the 20 organizations submitted a comprehensive proposal. The staff is currently reviewing the proposals and will present their recommendations for the MCSC Competitive funding application package at the January 21 , 2000 board meeting. You will receive the staff recommendations on January 17, 2000. Member Council During the 1999-2000 program year, the MCSC began a new initiative, the Michigan's AmeriCorps Member Council. The creation of the Council is in direct response to input we have received from members around the state. There are two representatives from each Michigan's AmeriCorps Program on the Council. The purpose of this Council is to act as a planning committee for AmeriCorps events, assist in the development of a Michigan' s AmeriCorps newsletter, and serve as a liaison between members and the MCSC. In addition, members will have the chance to network with each other, build a forum for corpsmember exchange and develop relationships with other programs throughout the state. The council met for the first time in November to discuss their vision. Prior to the meeting, members called other State Commissions to learn more about the member councils they sponsored. Outcomes included plans for the 2000 Signature Service Project, strategies for marketing AmeriCorps in Michigan and the first AmeriCorps Member Newsletter, to be distributed in February. AmeriCorps Evaluation The MCSC is in the process of contracting with the Northwest Regional Education Lab (NWREL) to conduct a statewide evaluation for Michigan ' s AmeriCorps programs. NWREL has conducted similar evaluations for the Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana commissions. The evaluation will include a compilation of the accomplishments of Michigan's AmeriCorps programs as well as case studies on three specific programs. Information gathered from the case studies will be disseminated throughout the Michigan' s AmeriCorps network. Learn & SERVE Michigan Michigan Department o(Education Partnership The MCSC and the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) renewed our Learn and ServeMichigan Interagency Agreement in the amount of $40,000. As in previous years, Angelia Salas, Learn and Serve CBO coordinator and Tara Hulbert, administrative assistant will receive funds to cover a portion of the time spent co-managing the Learn and Serve-Michigan School-Based grant program. Major responsibilities include managing the RFP outreach and proposal review process, coordinating grantee meetings, communication with grantees, and conducting grantee site visits. �Program Division Director's Report Page 3 Learn & SERVE Michigan Grants For FY2000, the MCSC will only have Learn and Serve-Michigan CBO funds available to support renewal programs. Renewal applications will be issued in February and staff recommendations will be presented at the April 27th board meeting. In partnership with the Michigan Department of Education, the MCSC will be offering funds to support third year renewal and a limited number of new Learn and Serve-Michigan school-based programs. Request for Proposal applications are expected to be released in February. Applications will be approved by the MDE State Board of Education in May. Leader Schools Last year, the Corporation for National Service launched the National Service-Learning Leader Schools program. The program is a Presidential initiative designed to encourage and foster improved teaching and leadership through high quality service-learning. Through this program, up to 100 middle schools and up to 100 high schools from across the county will receive recognition for their exemplary integration of student service into the curriculum and the life of the school. National Service-Learning Leader Schools will receive national recognition for outstanding efforts, including: a National Service-Learning Leader School banner; an invitation to attend a three-day National Service-Learning Leader Schools workshop and recognition ceremony in Washington, D.C.; national and local publicity opportunities, involvement in a national network of Leader Schools working to share information on effective practices and advance service-learning as a teaching, learning and community building strategy for the 21st century. The Iron County Community Schools- ACE High School was Michigan's first Leader School. The MCSC, in partnership with MDE is currently seeking applications for the next Leader Schools. Applications have been sent to Intermediate School Districts, current Learn & SERVE grantees, former grantees, and other service-learning practioners. Applications are due to the MCSC no later than February 3rd. Applications will be reviewed by a team of peer reviewers and staff. Two applications must be submitted to CNS on February 11, 2000. Volunteer Investment Grants (VIG) FY 99 Grants For FY 99, the MCSC issued 17 grants for a total of $904,000. As of January 1, 2000 a total of $804,131 has been endowed in local community foundations and the MCSC has distributed $698,742. The FY99 VIG grants expired on December 31, 1999. Several of the grantees have been granted an extension. After year end payments to the remaining grantees and to our capacity building grantees, we will be very close to spending the entire one million dollar state appropriation. Capacity Building Grants In addition, the MCSC approved two capacity building grants. The Volunteer Centers of Michigan were given $50,000 to develop the Michigan's Volunteer Investment Grant Assistance and Support Program. The program features four main components: a fund development training, a mini-grant initiative, a scholarship program for additional training opportunities, and a peer mentoring program. �Program Division Director' s Report Page4 The second capacity building grant to the Michigan Campus Compact is still being negotiated. We expect to have it fmalized by January 31 , 2000. FY 2000 Grants On November 5, 1999 the Executive Committee approved 15 grants for FY 2000 totaling $696,725. Please see the attached chart for the specific organizations that were approved. Please note that only 14 organizations are listed because Lenawee United Way and Volunteer Center has declined their FY 2000 grant. Therefore, the MCSC still has $303,275 to distribute in FY 2000. The MCSC will be offering a second round of 2000 VIG funds. Round IT grants will be available to current grantees for the purpose of increasing their 2000 grant award or to any agency who has previously applied or been funded. FY 2000 grantees will be encouraged to apply for supplemental funds up to the $100,000 maximum. Applicants not approved for funding in Round I, applicants from previous years and other interested organizations will also be invited to apply. Staff will present the FY 2000 VIG Round IT recommendations at the April 27, 2000 the MCSC meeting. Michigan's Promise Michigan's AmeriCorps Promise Fellows During the last meeting there was some discussion about the Grand Rapids application regarding their inability to fill all of their awarded Promise Fellow slots in the first year. After several discussion with them, they have decided to return two of their five positions. They were not confident that they could fill all five of the positions and therefore requested that the MCSC modify their grant to reflect three fellow positions. Grand Rapids currently has two of the three positions filled for the 2000 program year. We have given them a deadline of January 31 , 2000 to have the third fellow position filled. If they do not have the position filled by then the MCSC would like to retain the Fellow position internally. This will be presented at the January 21 st meeting for the board' s approval. In addition, the MCSC issued a Request for Proposals to existing Communities of Promise for the two Fellow positions (returned by Grand Rapids.) Two communities, Alpena and Saginaw, submitted their intent to apply for the fellows. They will be submitting their applications to the MCSC on Friday, January 14, 2000. The MCSC staff will review the applications and present their recommendations at the January 21st board meeting. Multi-State AmeriCorps Promise Fellows Training A tri-state orientation and training is being held for the AmeriCorps Promise Fellows January 1921 at Pokegon State Park in Angola, Indiana. The new Fellows will attend the training for all three days and their additional training will include orientation to AmeriCorps and America's Promise. (Michigan has three new Fellows attending. All of the Fellows from Ohio and Indiana are new.) The returning Fellows will attend the training for two days and will attend sessions on Volunteer Management, Building Collaboration Skills, Telling Your Story and AP Reporting and Tracking. In addition, Michigan's returning Fellows will lead a session on Year One accomplishments and lessons learned. �Program Division Director's Report PageS Statewide Communities ofPromise Meetings Statewide Community of Promise meetings are being held in Lansing on Monday, January lOth and in Marquette on Thursday, January 13th. The purpose of these half-day meetings are to discuss the successes and challenges the communities face and to learn the direction and focus they would like the statewide support they receive from the MCSC to take in 2000. These meetings will also provide an opportunity to discuss the future direction of Michigan's Promise at the statewide and local levels and will provide a networking opportunity for the Communities of Promise contacts. Michigan Bank Association Letter The Michigan Bankers Association has made a statewide commitment to America's Promise to move forward the national commitment made by the American Bankers Association. Their commitment includes encouraging and supporting their Michigan members to expand by a minimum of 10% at least one of the current community programs with which they are involved. This commitment will earn them the title of Bank of Promise. A letter co-signed by Mrs. Engler and David Hickman, Chairman of the Michigan Bankers Association is being sent to over 180 member banks to encourage their participation in America's Promise. Currently, 35 banks have made a commitment and are Banks of Promise. These 35 banks have been thanked for their involvement and encouraged to contact their local Community of Promise representative, if appropriate, to connect with local activities. Best Buy -National Commitment Maker Best Buy's national America's Promise commitment of $1.5 million over three years includes contributing $3,000 to local communities where Best Buy opens new or remodeled stores. This year two stores in the Detroit area have been remodeled. The project, Now That's a Great Idea , encourages young people and youth-serving organizations to partner to apply for funds to support service projects in their local community. With a recommendation from the MCSC, Detroit's Promise will receive $5,500 to implement projects at Butzel Middle School and Bellevue Elementary that address the issues of safe streets and safe pathways for children and youth to walk to school. This project will include a walkability survey, safety awareness and safety tips for students, and safe place decals for residents that watch and assist the children walk to school safely. In addition, the MCSC staff recommended that $500 be granted to the Michigan Neighborhood partnership's Back to B.A.S.I.C.S. Abstinence Project. Training and Technical Assistance Training and Technical Assistance Coordinator As you know the training and technical assistance coordinator position has been vacant since August. Diana Algra has been serving as the interim coordinator. We interviewed four candidates for the position and are close to making an offer. We hope to have the position filled no later than January 31, 2000. PDAT On November 17, 1999, the MCSC submitted its annual Program Development and Training (PDAT) plan to CNS. The MCSC applied for $120,000 to provide training and technical assistance to our grantees and others in the national service and volunteerism field . �Program Division Director's Report Page6 Unified State Trainin~ Plan In the Fall of 2000, the MCSC in partnership with the CNS State Office and the Michigan Department of Education will be required to submit a Unified State Training Plan to the Corporation for National Service. The purpose of the plan is to maximize the training resources each of the streams of service are receiving. We have held some initial meetings to begin the planning process. Other Customer Service Survey The MCSC is always looking for ways to provide better customer service to our constituents. As a result, the MCSC issued a service performance survey to its current grantees. The surveys are due back on January 10, 2000. The results will be tallied and incorporated into the program divisions continuous improvement plan. Cluster Meetin~ The MCSC will host the state commissions in the North Central Cluster in Detroit on May 1 -3 , 2000. The meeting occurs on a annual basis and will focus on the current issues commissions are facing. �FY 99 VOLUNTEER INVESTMENT GRANTS YEAR 2 VIG GRANTS As of 1/1 /2000 GRANTEE NAME GRANT NUMBER Albion Vol. Service Org . MCSCNIG/F-25/99 Barry County United Way MCSCNIG/F-26/99 Dickinson Cty Area Comm. Foundati MCSCNIG/F-27/99 ENRICH for Ionia County MCSCNIG/F-28/99 Jackson Non-Profit Support Center MCSCNIG/F-29/99 Keweenaw Children's Museum MCSCNIG/F-30/99 MCSCNIG/F-31/99 Lighthouse of Oakland Co. Marquette County Vol. Center MCSCNIG/F-32/99 MCSCNIG/F-33/99 Resource Center Southwestern Michigan Vol. Center MCSCNIG/F-34/99 Voluntary Action Center of Midland C MCSCNIG/F-35/99 Volunteer & Info. Services, Battle Cn MCSCNIG/F-36/99 Volunteer Center of Isabella County MCSCNIG/F-37/99 Volunteer Center of Northwest Michi~ MCSCNIG/F-38/99 Volunteer Center of Otsego County MCSCNIG/F-39/99 Volunteer Center of the Tri-Cities MCSCNIG/F-40/99 Volunteer Muskegon MCSCNIG/F-41/99 Lenawee United Way & VC MCSCNIG/F-42/99 GRANT AMOUNT SIGNED GRANT PAYMENTS I TOTALS $65,500 $50,500 $25,500 $25,500 $75,500 $34,000 $25,500 Cancelled $60,000 $25,500 $100,000 $100,000 $50,000 $100,500 $25 ,500 $50,000 $40,500 $50 ,000 TOTALS WITH WORK PROJECT - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - I MCSCNIG/F-65/00 MCSCNIG/F-66/00 $65,071 $36,908 $25,ooo $75,000 $177,520 $12 ,750 $12,750 $60 ,000 $6,085 $100 ,000 $40,314 $50,000 $75,000 $25,500 $50,000 $27,114 $50 ,000 $60,000 $6,085 $102 ,869 $40,314 $50,000 $75,000 $25,500 $50,000 $27,114 $50,000 $698,742 $804,131 : $50,000 $50,000 I $65,071 $36,908 $25,000 I $904,000 ! FY 99 Work Project Grants Volunteer Centers Michigan Cmpus Compact YES YES YES YES YES YES YES NO YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES AMOUNT OF ENDOWMENT $1 ,004,000 I NO NO I $698.742 I $804 ,131 1 I I �I FY 2000 VOLUNTEER INVESTMENT GRANTS YEAR 3 VIG GRANTS As of 1/1/2000 GRANTEE NAME GRANT NUMBER GRANT AMOUNT SIGNED GRANTj PAYMENTS MCSCNIG/F-50/00 Barry County United Way MCSCNIG/F-51/00 United Way of Chippewa Cty MCSCNIG/F-52/00 Volunteer Muskegon! Dickinson Cty Area Com . Found . MCSCNIG/F-53/00 MCSCNIG/F-54/00 Vol Center of Otsego Cty Volunteer & Info. Services, Battle Cre MCSCNIG/F-55/00 MCSCNIG/F-56/00 Hillsdale Cty Vol Resource Center Volunteer Center of Northwest Michi~ MCSCNIG/F-57/00 United Way of Allegan Cty MCSCNIG/F-58/00 United Way of Saginaw Cty MCSCNIG/F-59/00 Vol. Center of the Tri-Cities MCSCNIG/F-60/00 MCSCNIG/F-61 /00 Vol. Action Center of Midland Cty MCSCNIG/F-62/00 Volunteer Impact MCSCNIG/F-63/00 Jackson Nonprofit Support Ctr I TOTALS I I $51,725 $25,000 $25,000 $30,000 $25,000 $25,000 $50,000 $75,000 $50 ,000 $40,000 $25,000 $100,000 $100,000 $75,000 YES NO YES NO YES YES NO YES YES NO NO YES NO YES AMOUNT OF ENDOWMENT I I $696,725 $0 -- $0 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. 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STATE OF MICHIGAN JOHN ENGLER , Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION Chairperson Michell e Engl er Executive Director Kyle Caldwell MEMORANDUM TO: Michigan Community Service Commission FROM: Lindy RE: Outreach & Fund Development Division Director's Report DATE: January 10, 2000 111 George W. Romn ey La nsing , Telep hone FAX S. Ca pitol Ave. Bldg ., 4th Fl oo r Michi gan 48913 {517) 335-4295 {517 ) 373-4977 Lange~ ~ The following is an update from the Outreach and Fund Development Division. The function of the Outreach and Fund Development (O&FD) Division is to address the non-program and nonadministration components of the Michigan Community Service Commission's (MCSC) work (i.e. publications, special events, media relations, fund development, training, etc.). 1. Make A Difference Day in Michigan • The MDDay scrapbook will be available in early Spring. . • MDDay in Michigan will be highlighted at the Volunteerism SuperConference 2000 (May 18- 19, 2000). There will be a MDDay in Michigan workshop, a MDDay themed luncheon and a MDDay in Michigan display board. • The MCSC received more than 350 newspaper articles highlighting local MDDay projects. Of these articles, more than 60 noted the MCSC's involvement/support ofMDDay. • MDDay is a ConnectMichigan initiative. • We are currently looking for a MDDay in Michigan sponsor. 2 . Seventh Annual Governor's Service A wards • The Seventh Annual Governor's Service Awards dinner will be held May 18, 2000 at the Lansing Center, in conjunction with the Volunteerism SuperConference 2000. • More than 15,000 nomination forms and flyers were mailed to the MCSC database on December 14. An additiona1850 nomination forms were mailed to the Michigan Nonprofit Association database. (See Attachment A) • The nomination form is available to download on the MCSC website. Your computer must have Acrobat Reader to download the form. • Nomination forms are due February 11. • The peer review of the nomination forms will take place March 14 in Lansing. If you would like to be a peer reviewer, please complete and return the enclosed form. (See Attachment B) 3 . Youth Poster Contest • The MCSC will hold a 2000 ConnectMichigan Youth Poster Contest. The contest theme is "youth connecting through service." The contest will take place this winter, with the unveiling scheduled for the Seventh Annual Governor's Service Awards dinner. • Poster contest entry materials were mailed on January 6 to Michigan's middle, junior high and high schools. In addition, materials were also sent to our grantees, MSU Extension ~ o& -•rooo. IO(C'OQ.f1)PU'(. �• • • Offices, Volunteer Centers, Boys and Girls Clubs, and other youth-related organizations. (See Attachment C) The poster will be included in a mailing this Fall that will be sent to schools, youth programs and nonprofit organizations that work with youth. The contest is a ConnectMichigan initiative . We are currently looking for an additional sponsor(s) for the contest. (Thanks to Commissioner Cummings, our current sole sponsor.) 4 . Volunteerism SuperConference 2000 • The Volunteerism SuperConference 2000 is being held May 18 - 19 at the Lansing Center. • The keynote speakers are former First Lady Barbara Bush, Geoffrey Canada, Mark Victor Hansen and Reverend Altagracia Perez. • Conference registration materials will be mailed to you in February. • We are currently looking for additional sponsors for the conference. • Visit the conference website at www.vcmsuperconf.rnna.msu.edu. 5. MLK, Jr. Day • The MCSC is helping to spread the word about MLK Day projects and to encourage our grantees and others to participate in MLK Day activities. Please visit www.servenet.org or www.TheKingCenter.com to register your project or to read about other projects. 6. Celebrating Michigan's Volunteers Breakfast • The second annual Celebrating Michigan's Volunteers breakfast is scheduled for April 27, 2000 at the Radisson in Lansing. • The Celebrating Michigan's Volunteers event is designed to provide an opportunity for the MCSC and others to share information on the state of volunteerism in Michigan with the Michigan Legislature. • The breakfast is a ConnectMichigan initiative. 7. MYPAC • The MYPAC is up and running under the leadership of Jill Manlove, MCSC's YES Ambassador. Applications for new MYP AC Ambassadors will be available the first week of February. Applications are due the end of March. 8 . Annual Report • Work on the 1998 - 1999 MCSC annual report is currently underway. If you haven't done so already, please complete the attached Commissioner Profiles for Annual Report form and fax it to Maria Santana. (See Attachment D) 9. ConnectMichigan Newsletter • The Fall newsletter was printed and mailed on January 14, 2000. A special thanks to Commissioner Orosz for his terrific cover story highlighting the past and future of volunteerism in Michigan. 10. MCSC Website • The MCSC website address is www.state.rni.us/career/mcsc. The website is revised quarterly and highlights each of our programs, activities, and events and links readers to our partner organizations' websites. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MCSC_2000-01-21_Outreach-and-Fund-Dev-Directors-Report Title A name given to the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 2000-01-21 commission meeting outreach and fund development division director's report Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Community Service Commission Description An account of the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 2000-01-21 commission meeting outreach and fund development division director's report. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 50092 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2000-01-21