Town of Kennebunkport, ME - Youth Services Comm. Minutes 05-10-2006

Youth Services Commission	Members	Present	Absent	Members	Present	Absent	Members	Present	Absent
	Barbara Kamm	x
	Russ Grady		x
		Dolores Edwards	x
			Gary Connor		x
			Stephanie Sluyter		x
	Minutes:	John Bear	x					Staff
		May 10, 2006							Rachel Phipps
	x			Topic	Information/Discussion	Action	Introductions	The Commission welcomed new member Barbara Kamm as an alternate from Kennebunkport. Introductions were made all around.	· N/A
	Review of Minutes	Minutes from April 5^th approved and accepted.	· Minutes approved and accepted.	Discussion re: recruiting new youth member for the YSC	Rachel shared that there are two potential youth members for the Commission. Hopefully they will both attend the June meeting.	· Invite both students to attend June meeting.	Discussion re: Annual Town Meetings	Rachel announced that the Kennebunk Annual Town Meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 14^th, the same evening as our June meeting. Kennebunkport’s Annual Town Meeting will be held on Saturday, June 17^th. Rachel plans to attend both meetings. It would be helpful if Commission members can attend their town meeting to give a Commissioner’s perspective if there are questions or discussion about the Youth Services budget.	· Attend Annual Town Meetings as able. · Dolores will attend K’port meeting.
Discussion re: summer meeting schedule	The Commission discussed the summer meeting schedule. Members present agreed that the Commission would not meet in July. Rachel will send an email to the Commission in early August to see how many members would be available to meet in August. If we do not meet in August, meetings will resume in September.	· Rachel will email YSC in early August to see how many people could attend an August meeting. Based on the response, she will notify Commissioners when they will next meet: August or September.	Discussion re: parent focus group	The purpose of the August and September meetings will be to plan for a parent focus group for the October 11^th meeting.	· Parent focus group will be put off to the October meeting. · Commission will further discuss purpose of and hoped for outcomes of focus group at August and September meetings.	Discussion re: OSA Grant implementation	Rachel will be involved in the community pieces of the OSA grant this summer. Rachel will be spending time this summer getting DART: A C4C&Y partner operating again based on the goals of the grant. Rachel asked for input regarding the Commissioners’ view of their role and how involved they would like to be. John suggested waiting until more members are present to discuss this issue.	· Rachel will be recruiting for new members for the DART: C4C&Y team. · The YSC will discuss their role at a future meeting.	Discussion re: after school programming at MSK
Rachel announced that she and others have begun to explore expanding the Stretch Beyond program of MSAD #71 into the Middle School. There is a lot of enthusiasm for providing more after school opportunities to this age group. She has frequently heard about this need in the community.	· Rachel will continue to explore this program.	Discussion re: casework	Rachel shared information about the type of services she is providing in her casework.	· N/A	Next Meeting	Our next meeting will be Wednesday, June 14, 2006, from 5 – 6 pm, in room 306.	· Please make every effort to attend this meeting to say goodbye to Stephanie and hello to new student members. RSVP if you cannot attend meeting.