Eating Disorders Recovery Services (EDRS) Meetings
EDRS Business Meeting Minutes
6/21/10
Attending: Haleh Kashani, Cat Meehan , Leslie Hayden-Malloy, Joan Thompson and Audrey Bell
1. Dias de los Muertos EDRS altar: We are waiting on the news from Michelle about the set up date and location of Dias de los Muertos EDRS altar. We will set up 3-4 days in advance. Theme will be a celebration of life and recovery. Cat will figure out with Michelle design and plan – and prepare process that can be included from participants at the collaborative meeting. Cat and Leslie will assist in set up of window.
2. Calendar of EDRS Board meeting dates set at the last meeting, the dates will remain the same for now. Haleh may have to work on Wed nights in the future. She will keep us posted about a change to the schedule. Thursday night was brought up as a possible substitute but there are others that have a conflict. Also discussed was meeting via E-conference or phone conference on occasion. We will re-visit issue.
3. EDRS Collaborative meeting is scheduled for Sept. 18th at Petaluma Hospice from 10:30am to 5PM. Set up at 10:00. space is limited to 40 participants. For food donation, Haleh will speak with (Kara) Timberline Knolls, Center for Discovery (South Bay) and Center for Hope (Sierras) about sponsorship for lunch food. Cat and Michelle will coordinate an experiential artistic activity for the meeting that will contribute to/support the EDRS alter in October. Post cards will be mailed out by invitation and will have our traditional logo, with maybe a colorful border. Cat will design cards – review of information will be distributed by email for review. The cards will be ready by August 16th and we will prepare them for mailing at the Aug.16th meeting. Email notice will sent out in the beginning of August.
4. EDAW Conference – Haleh suggested to keep EDAW on the 1st weekend of February instead of last to avoid conflict with other Bay Area EDAW offerings (Stanford). Haleh suggested theme of the conference to focus on "dual diagnosis" and the relevant treatment consideration in bridging the gap between various co-existing illnesses and eating disorders. We are working on a title for the conference that has a holistic feel, along with bridging different problems that an individual may be experiencing, combined with hopeful recovery. For the community day, we can invite individuals with dual diagnosis to present their story .Audrey offered to give a talk).
5. Dominican Health Fair: Joan will check into dates and requirements for participating in Dominican University Health Fairfor nursing students- Haleh can attend.
6. Professional Training: Mary will be in charge of speaker series. We have had a couple of offers by various professionals to speak at one our meetings. The group decided that at this time we should not organize another speaker presentation until after Feb. 2011, so that we can focus on Collaborative and EDAW.
· Timber Knolls and Stanford had expressed interest in presenting. Haleh will follow up with them about the conference.
· Continue to look at interest in professional case consultation group
7. Non-Profit application: Changes that have been discussed and will apply to the formation of the 501(3)(c) Non-Profit status, new fictitious business name, mission statement and more…
New Name:
Eating Disorder Recovery Support (EDRS)
The S will now stand for "support" rather than Services. We adopted this change- Voted and approved 5 out of 5.
New Mission:
EDRS is dedicated to promoting community awareness, professional education and collaboration, with the goal of supporting individuals and families on their path to healing and recovery.
Mission statement, brief and concise, is a clear overview of the organization’s goal.Reviewed, revised and approved - 5 out of 5 voted yes on our new mission statement.
Revised Brochure
Cat will send the text of the Brochure for group’s review and suggestion. It includes new name, mission, tax id #, goals and activities of the organization, etc.
Attorney Alternatives
Cat filled out a first draft of the non profit application for Attorney Alternatives and group reviewed and approved the first draft of the application to be submitted to the attorney by Haleh.
Board Positions and Duties:
At this time we have 7 permanent board members and a vote will require 4 (more than half) to be present.
Board Officers:
President – Haleh Kashani
VP – Joan Thompson
Treasurer – Ronnie Benjamin
Secretary – Leslie Hayden-Malloy
Board Members:
Mary Fiumera, Professional training
Audrey Bell- Community Education
Cat Meehan –Media and Art (Artist in Residence)
Advisory Board: Group discussed and approved establishing an Advisory Board to allow other members who are interested in being involved in EDRS but are not able to make the time commitment required of the working board members. Michelle Minero accepted to be on the advisory board. Jackie Holmes and Deborah Brenner-Liss also agreed to be on the Advisory Board. Haleh will follow up with both to find out about their interest and level of involvement. Haleh will also follow up with Barbara Birsinger regarding her interest in an Advisory Board position. The Advisory Board is by invitation from EDRS Board. Commitment for participation is limited to projects of interest and they can attend meetings as needed.
8. Artist in Residence
Cat Meehan presented a proposal to create a designated position of Artist in Residence - the position is one that will support the efforts of bringing creative expression into the EDRS offerings, support/assist in the projects such as those currently planned (alter building), and those yet to be developed, such as a recovery art show, offering more expressive art based opportunities as part of community building, recovery support and education, as well as being able to apply for grants that will support this direction as an integral part of all of the EDRS efforts. The Artist in Residence will oversee the programming that is developed and bring all ideas to the board for review. A vote was taken and Cat is designated EDRS Artist in Residence.
9. Web site revision/upgrade will be rolled out with non-profit announcement:
· Resource list - Audrey will go through list and edit.
· Haleh/Cat to compose a pdf form of 4 quality control questions for new professionals who want to be added to our site. Processing will be designed.
· List will be standardized; multiple pages for simplifying search and reference name will be linked to individual/organization websites by Cat.
· More discussion/examples of plans for website will offered at next meeting.
10. Follow up items:
6/21/10
Attending: Haleh Kashani, Cat Meehan , Leslie Hayden-Malloy, Joan Thompson and Audrey Bell
1. Dias de los Muertos EDRS altar: We are waiting on the news from Michelle about the set up date and location of Dias de los Muertos EDRS altar. We will set up 3-4 days in advance. Theme will be a celebration of life and recovery. Cat will figure out with Michelle design and plan – and prepare process that can be included from participants at the collaborative meeting. Cat and Leslie will assist in set up of window.
2. Calendar of EDRS Board meeting dates set at the last meeting, the dates will remain the same for now. Haleh may have to work on Wed nights in the future. She will keep us posted about a change to the schedule. Thursday night was brought up as a possible substitute but there are others that have a conflict. Also discussed was meeting via E-conference or phone conference on occasion. We will re-visit issue.
3. EDRS Collaborative meeting is scheduled for Sept. 18th at Petaluma Hospice from 10:30am to 5PM. Set up at 10:00. space is limited to 40 participants. For food donation, Haleh will speak with (Kara) Timberline Knolls, Center for Discovery (South Bay) and Center for Hope (Sierras) about sponsorship for lunch food. Cat and Michelle will coordinate an experiential artistic activity for the meeting that will contribute to/support the EDRS alter in October. Post cards will be mailed out by invitation and will have our traditional logo, with maybe a colorful border. Cat will design cards – review of information will be distributed by email for review. The cards will be ready by August 16th and we will prepare them for mailing at the Aug.16th meeting. Email notice will sent out in the beginning of August.
4. EDAW Conference – Haleh suggested to keep EDAW on the 1st weekend of February instead of last to avoid conflict with other Bay Area EDAW offerings (Stanford). Haleh suggested theme of the conference to focus on "dual diagnosis" and the relevant treatment consideration in bridging the gap between various co-existing illnesses and eating disorders. We are working on a title for the conference that has a holistic feel, along with bridging different problems that an individual may be experiencing, combined with hopeful recovery. For the community day, we can invite individuals with dual diagnosis to present their story .Audrey offered to give a talk).
5. Dominican Health Fair: Joan will check into dates and requirements for participating in Dominican University Health Fairfor nursing students- Haleh can attend.
6. Professional Training: Mary will be in charge of speaker series. We have had a couple of offers by various professionals to speak at one our meetings. The group decided that at this time we should not organize another speaker presentation until after Feb. 2011, so that we can focus on Collaborative and EDAW.
· Timber Knolls and Stanford had expressed interest in presenting. Haleh will follow up with them about the conference.
· Continue to look at interest in professional case consultation group
7. Non-Profit application: Changes that have been discussed and will apply to the formation of the 501(3)(c) Non-Profit status, new fictitious business name, mission statement and more…
New Name:
Eating Disorder Recovery Support (EDRS)
The S will now stand for "support" rather than Services. We adopted this change- Voted and approved 5 out of 5.
New Mission:
EDRS is dedicated to promoting community awareness, professional education and collaboration, with the goal of supporting individuals and families on their path to healing and recovery.
Mission statement, brief and concise, is a clear overview of the organization’s goal.Reviewed, revised and approved - 5 out of 5 voted yes on our new mission statement.
Revised Brochure
Cat will send the text of the Brochure for group’s review and suggestion. It includes new name, mission, tax id #, goals and activities of the organization, etc.
Attorney Alternatives
Cat filled out a first draft of the non profit application for Attorney Alternatives and group reviewed and approved the first draft of the application to be submitted to the attorney by Haleh.
Board Positions and Duties:
At this time we have 7 permanent board members and a vote will require 4 (more than half) to be present.
Board Officers:
President – Haleh Kashani
VP – Joan Thompson
Treasurer – Ronnie Benjamin
Secretary – Leslie Hayden-Malloy
Board Members:
Mary Fiumera, Professional training
Audrey Bell- Community Education
Cat Meehan –Media and Art (Artist in Residence)
Advisory Board: Group discussed and approved establishing an Advisory Board to allow other members who are interested in being involved in EDRS but are not able to make the time commitment required of the working board members. Michelle Minero accepted to be on the advisory board. Jackie Holmes and Deborah Brenner-Liss also agreed to be on the Advisory Board. Haleh will follow up with both to find out about their interest and level of involvement. Haleh will also follow up with Barbara Birsinger regarding her interest in an Advisory Board position. The Advisory Board is by invitation from EDRS Board. Commitment for participation is limited to projects of interest and they can attend meetings as needed.
8. Artist in Residence
Cat Meehan presented a proposal to create a designated position of Artist in Residence - the position is one that will support the efforts of bringing creative expression into the EDRS offerings, support/assist in the projects such as those currently planned (alter building), and those yet to be developed, such as a recovery art show, offering more expressive art based opportunities as part of community building, recovery support and education, as well as being able to apply for grants that will support this direction as an integral part of all of the EDRS efforts. The Artist in Residence will oversee the programming that is developed and bring all ideas to the board for review. A vote was taken and Cat is designated EDRS Artist in Residence.
9. Web site revision/upgrade will be rolled out with non-profit announcement:
· Resource list - Audrey will go through list and edit.
· Haleh/Cat to compose a pdf form of 4 quality control questions for new professionals who want to be added to our site. Processing will be designed.
· List will be standardized; multiple pages for simplifying search and reference name will be linked to individual/organization websites by Cat.
· More discussion/examples of plans for website will offered at next meeting.
10. Follow up items:
- Group to discuss preparation for EDAW, annual fundraising letter and mixer at next meeting.
- Haleh has a call into to PHCD for confirmation about their support for EDAW 2011 – discussion that the newspaper ad does not draw participants and is a high cost item. Consideration of asking PHCD for funds to cover the location and a stipend ($500) for promotion & printing.
- Fiscal sponsorship will move to APTED until EDRS non-profit is established – call to PHCD regarding this issue and the accounting of money held by PHCD over the last two years. Accounting of all, or perhaps only 2010 income and expenses required for 501(3)(c) paperwork – attorney to clarify
EDRS Meeting Minutes
May 26, 2010
Present: Michelle Minero, Haleh Kashani, Audrey Bell, Cat Meehan, Leslie Hayden-Malloy, Joan Sawyer
The following calendar of activities for the year was discussed and approved:
EDRS Business Meetings:
Group agreed that minimum of 4 business meeting per year should be set as the standard and additional meetings can be added, as needed. Group agreed that given the need to start planning for the upcoming programs in the fall and winter, we will need to meet monthly for the next 4 months or so.
The following is the date of upcoming meetings:
2010-2011:
May 26, 2010
Present: Michelle Minero, Haleh Kashani, Audrey Bell, Cat Meehan, Leslie Hayden-Malloy, Joan Sawyer
The following calendar of activities for the year was discussed and approved:
EDRS Business Meetings:
Group agreed that minimum of 4 business meeting per year should be set as the standard and additional meetings can be added, as needed. Group agreed that given the need to start planning for the upcoming programs in the fall and winter, we will need to meet monthly for the next 4 months or so.
The following is the date of upcoming meetings:
- June 21st
- July 21st
- August 16th
- September 15th
2010-2011:
- The Professional Collaborative Gathering on September 18th at Hospice in Petaluma (Thank you for securing that, Michelle!!)
- Eating Disorders Awareness Week Conference on February 25th and 26th. We are hoping to have it at the Petaluma Community Center.
- Dominican University Health Fair in September. We will have some degree of a presence or involvement there.
- El Dios de Los Muertos in October. (Michelle has begun working on the details. Again, our gratitude!)
Professional Education
- Professional Trainings in April 2011 and in June 2011, TBA
Non-profit status:
Group discussed whether we are ready and willing to make the necessary commitment to EDRS in becoming a nonprofit.
The group approved becoming a non-profit. The group also reviewed the cost and approved hiring an attorney to file the papers to handle all the legal paperwork.
We addressed who from the core group would like to be on the Board of the nonprofit and what position they feel would be a good fit for them. The board will have 4 officers, President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and as many board members as we determine as a group. Joan was nominated and elected as the vice-president, and Leslie as the Secretary. Ronnie had volunteered as the Treasurer but was not present for the meeting to finalize the position. Haleh will fu on this with Ronnie.
The group discussed setting up committees with a Board member as the director for each committee, such as committees for Fund Raising, Treatment Fund, publicity, community education and professional training and resource guide, etc.
We need to create by-laws and a mission statement for the nonprofit. We may be able to get assistance from APTED re: by-laws.
Resource guide:
We discussed that we need to revise and update our professional resource guide and need to set it as a priority for the coming year. Group also agreed that we would like to have some level of quality control. We will follow up on this at future meetings.
PHCD:
Haleh will follow up with PHCD regarding their sponsorship of next year EDAW and will request reserving the space at the community center.
CHF:
Haleh will fu with CHF with regards to transferring the balance of our funds to APTED as our new fiscal agent.
Submitted by:
Joan Sawyer
Haleh Kashani
EDRS Business Meeting Minutes
March 28, 2010
Present: Haleh Kashani, Joan Thompson, Leslie Hayden-Malloy, Audrey Bell
Agenda items discussed:
1. Non profit status application and formation of a working board
2. Treatment Scholarship Fund (TSF), eligibility, application and approval process
3. EDAW Conference 2011, dates and location
4. Body Positive Training and School Prevention Project
5. Review and approval of current applicants for the TSF
1. Non Profit Status application and formation of a working board:
o Discussed and approved hiring a legal representative to file for non-profit application. A reference was provided by APTED which Haleh will follow up on. Based on the information from APTED it cost them $750 to complete the non profit status through an online legal service, of which $350 was for filing fees.
o Formation of working Board: The current working staff of EDRS is invited to join the EDRS Board. Recognizing that it does require time and commitment, we are asking you to let us know if you are interested and able to join the Board. The minimum commitment is to attend majority of board meetings which will be held on monthly or every other month basis ( to be determined as needed), to lead a committee and to participate in other EDRS projects as needed, such as the annual EDAW conference, etc. The committees include: Professional Resources, Professional Education, School and Community Education, Web-based Resources, Treatment Scholarship Fund.
o Based on the response from the EDRS working group, we will open the search for new board members to fill empty seats.
Joan Thompson
Haleh Kashani
March 28, 2010
Present: Haleh Kashani, Joan Thompson, Leslie Hayden-Malloy, Audrey Bell
Agenda items discussed:
1. Non profit status application and formation of a working board
2. Treatment Scholarship Fund (TSF), eligibility, application and approval process
3. EDAW Conference 2011, dates and location
4. Body Positive Training and School Prevention Project
5. Review and approval of current applicants for the TSF
1. Non Profit Status application and formation of a working board:
o Discussed and approved hiring a legal representative to file for non-profit application. A reference was provided by APTED which Haleh will follow up on. Based on the information from APTED it cost them $750 to complete the non profit status through an online legal service, of which $350 was for filing fees.
o Formation of working Board: The current working staff of EDRS is invited to join the EDRS Board. Recognizing that it does require time and commitment, we are asking you to let us know if you are interested and able to join the Board. The minimum commitment is to attend majority of board meetings which will be held on monthly or every other month basis ( to be determined as needed), to lead a committee and to participate in other EDRS projects as needed, such as the annual EDAW conference, etc. The committees include: Professional Resources, Professional Education, School and Community Education, Web-based Resources, Treatment Scholarship Fund.
o Based on the response from the EDRS working group, we will open the search for new board members to fill empty seats.
- Treatment Scholarship Fund – Discussed and approved that applicants can receive $500 from the treatment fund once every six months, instead of once per year. This will allow to increase funds per member depending on need and availability of funds. Applications will be reviewed by a small committee and scholarships are based primarily on financial needs and need for and commitment to treatment. Group approved asking applicants to include verification of income by including a copy of tax return for previous year and a statement of income and their monthly expenses in the application process. Applicants no longer need to reside in Petaluma, as we now hold a separate fund with APTED that does not have restriction on residency. The funds will go directly to a licensed provider. At this time until a new board committee is formed, Leslie, Joan and Haleh will be on the TSF committee to review and approve the applicants.
- Given the positive feedback, group discussed and agreed to hold EDAW at the Community Center in Petaluma next year, most likely for two days, the last week-end in February (the correct EDAW weekend date!).
- Group agreed to hold the Collaborative Gathering perhaps in the Fall so that there is better spacing between the two events.
- There will be a Body Positive Training in April. Discussed evaluating goals and plans regarding school prevention programs. At some time in the future, we could consider funding some individuals to attend this training after we have arrived at a clear plan and obtained approval from schools with regards to our school prevention program. We would want to ensure that we had a very clear action plan following the training. This will be on the agenda for the school prevention committee, once the committee is formed and working.
- Treatment Scholarship Fund applicants reviewed and approved.
- Our next Speakers Meeting will be May 8th in Corte Madera, 12:30 to 3:30. We need to finalize the speaker for this meeting.
- Our next EDRS Business meeting will be held on the same day 11:00 to 12:30.
Joan Thompson
Haleh Kashani
Minutes -EDRS Monthly Business Meeting
September 4, 2009
September 4, 2009
Present: Joan Thompson, Mary Fiumara, Cat Meehan, Roberta Vink, Michelle Minero, Audrey Bell, Haleh Kashani
Report on PHCD board meeting presentation on August 19, 09 by Haleh, Joan and Michelle provided.
Report from the committees:
Monthly Speaker education committee: Upcoming list of presenters reviewed. Laurelee Roark, cancelled her presentation for October and would like to reschedule. Michelle will consider scheduling her presentation for October 3rd if possible.
If Michelle was not able to present on this date, we will need to recruit a new presenter for October.
Haleh presented possibility of adding a monthly consultation group for the North Bay. Group discussed and agreed with this addition as part of the monthly education meeting. For the time being we will continue with our scheduled speaker meetings and will tag on the consultation group to the speaker meeting and will re-assess based on the response we get.
Action: Haleh will send a group email to our professional community and will inquire about interest in a consultation group and will set a start date based on number of people interested.
Professional education committee: Michelle’s training session was cancelled and will be scheduled in the near future.
Action: Michelle will consider presenting on October 3rd if her schedule allows.
Community outreach committee: Joan is working on coordinating out reach programs with other agencies in the community. Joan and Cat will be attending an upcoming community education program.
School outreach committee: Roberta will present at Casa Grande high school.
Ashley and Audrey are working on developing a power point presentation for high schools.
Referral and resources committee: discussed need to organize and expand the referral and resources list. Cat volunteered to work with Barbara in this committee. Cat suggested asking interested professionals to complete an application in order to be listed on the website after review and approval of the committee. Action: Cat will email the application to the EDRS work group for review and feedback.
Marketing and website committee: Cat will continue to be in charge of the website. All updates and postings should be sent to Cat .
Fundraising committee: Leslie not present for this meeting to report. Discussed
funding needs for the 2 upcoming annual events, such as funds for food, rental, marketing and mailing, etc and role of the committee in raising funds.
We need to arrive at an itemized list of costs for both events and then work on identifying funding sources.
Action:
We need a volunteer to develop an itemized list of costs for both events. Since Haleh was not involved in organizing these events in past, input of those who were previously involved will be very useful in putting together this list.
The fundraising committee will look into potential sponsors for the 2 annual events, while Haleh will follow up with PHCD for funding for both events.
Business cards printing
Cat has printed business cards for Haleh as the Executive Director. She can also Print cards with the title: Professional Staff, with a blank space to add your name.
At this point we don’t have funds to pay for this but we may be able to get reimbursed later if and when we get funds from PHCD for administrative costs.
The cost to each individual on the professional staff would be around $5 per person. Those present in the meeting approved to go forward with printing cards.
Action: Cat will order cards for everyone. Please let us know ASAP if you object to this decision.
Annual collaborative meeting: date, location, format, food, invitations and advertising:
The group discussed the following with regards to the meeting:
Potential dates: Nov 14 or Dec 5 or 12
Time: 12 to 4 pm
Location: first choice is Hospice. And the community center as second choice if available.
Invitations: Mailing post cards as we did last year. Approximate cost for printing was around $150 and $ 100 for postage stamps.
Content: focusing on “Renewal” and Reconnecting as professionals; setting goals and finding ways of collaborating and supporting each other and networking
Lighting the candles and raffle as traditions to carry forward.
Action: Michelle will contact Debbie and we are hoping that she can secure the place for Nov 14. Haleh will confirm with PHCD re funding
Fundraising committee will work on finding sponsors for the event
Last year some of the residential programs paid for invitations and food. Whole food also helped out last year and should be contacted again.
EDAW: date, location format, food, funding, advertisement
Date: February 6th for one day conference geared toward professionals and community members.
Discussed adding weekday presentations at various locations during that week as another possibility.
Discussed possibility of a joint fundraising with Beyond Hunger and APTED
Action:
Those interested in presenting during the week nights let Haleh know by next business meeting or before.
The theme for the conference can be determined based on the theme identified by NEDA.
Please forward ideas regarding topics for presentations for the conference to Haleh.
Haleh will contact Beyond Hunger and APTED to find out about joint fundraising possibilities.
Cat will email sponsorship letters to everyone to review. You can send them to any potential sponsors after running it by the fundraising committee chair, Leslie, to make sure our efforts are coordinated.
Submitted By Haleh Kashani
Report on PHCD board meeting presentation on August 19, 09 by Haleh, Joan and Michelle provided.
Report from the committees:
Monthly Speaker education committee: Upcoming list of presenters reviewed. Laurelee Roark, cancelled her presentation for October and would like to reschedule. Michelle will consider scheduling her presentation for October 3rd if possible.
If Michelle was not able to present on this date, we will need to recruit a new presenter for October.
Haleh presented possibility of adding a monthly consultation group for the North Bay. Group discussed and agreed with this addition as part of the monthly education meeting. For the time being we will continue with our scheduled speaker meetings and will tag on the consultation group to the speaker meeting and will re-assess based on the response we get.
Action: Haleh will send a group email to our professional community and will inquire about interest in a consultation group and will set a start date based on number of people interested.
Professional education committee: Michelle’s training session was cancelled and will be scheduled in the near future.
Action: Michelle will consider presenting on October 3rd if her schedule allows.
Community outreach committee: Joan is working on coordinating out reach programs with other agencies in the community. Joan and Cat will be attending an upcoming community education program.
School outreach committee: Roberta will present at Casa Grande high school.
Ashley and Audrey are working on developing a power point presentation for high schools.
Referral and resources committee: discussed need to organize and expand the referral and resources list. Cat volunteered to work with Barbara in this committee. Cat suggested asking interested professionals to complete an application in order to be listed on the website after review and approval of the committee. Action: Cat will email the application to the EDRS work group for review and feedback.
Marketing and website committee: Cat will continue to be in charge of the website. All updates and postings should be sent to Cat .
Fundraising committee: Leslie not present for this meeting to report. Discussed
funding needs for the 2 upcoming annual events, such as funds for food, rental, marketing and mailing, etc and role of the committee in raising funds.
We need to arrive at an itemized list of costs for both events and then work on identifying funding sources.
Action:
We need a volunteer to develop an itemized list of costs for both events. Since Haleh was not involved in organizing these events in past, input of those who were previously involved will be very useful in putting together this list.
The fundraising committee will look into potential sponsors for the 2 annual events, while Haleh will follow up with PHCD for funding for both events.
Business cards printing
Cat has printed business cards for Haleh as the Executive Director. She can also Print cards with the title: Professional Staff, with a blank space to add your name.
At this point we don’t have funds to pay for this but we may be able to get reimbursed later if and when we get funds from PHCD for administrative costs.
The cost to each individual on the professional staff would be around $5 per person. Those present in the meeting approved to go forward with printing cards.
Action: Cat will order cards for everyone. Please let us know ASAP if you object to this decision.
Annual collaborative meeting: date, location, format, food, invitations and advertising:
The group discussed the following with regards to the meeting:
Potential dates: Nov 14 or Dec 5 or 12
Time: 12 to 4 pm
Location: first choice is Hospice. And the community center as second choice if available.
Invitations: Mailing post cards as we did last year. Approximate cost for printing was around $150 and $ 100 for postage stamps.
Content: focusing on “Renewal” and Reconnecting as professionals; setting goals and finding ways of collaborating and supporting each other and networking
Lighting the candles and raffle as traditions to carry forward.
Action: Michelle will contact Debbie and we are hoping that she can secure the place for Nov 14. Haleh will confirm with PHCD re funding
Fundraising committee will work on finding sponsors for the event
Last year some of the residential programs paid for invitations and food. Whole food also helped out last year and should be contacted again.
EDAW: date, location format, food, funding, advertisement
Date: February 6th for one day conference geared toward professionals and community members.
Discussed adding weekday presentations at various locations during that week as another possibility.
Discussed possibility of a joint fundraising with Beyond Hunger and APTED
Action:
Those interested in presenting during the week nights let Haleh know by next business meeting or before.
The theme for the conference can be determined based on the theme identified by NEDA.
Please forward ideas regarding topics for presentations for the conference to Haleh.
Haleh will contact Beyond Hunger and APTED to find out about joint fundraising possibilities.
Cat will email sponsorship letters to everyone to review. You can send them to any potential sponsors after running it by the fundraising committee chair, Leslie, to make sure our efforts are coordinated.
Submitted By Haleh Kashani
EDRS BUSINESS MEETING
Minutes - August 1ST, 2009
Present: Audrey Bell, Leslie Malloy, Mary Fiumara, Roberta Vink, Haleh Kashani
Mary : Professional speaker series: schedule for the upcoming events:
Mary’s presentation was very thought provoking and was well received.
Reviewed and approved schedule of presentations for the upcoming months.
September: Michelle Minero: Helix Model of treatment: Planning and creation of a treatment team
October: to be announced
November: Elizabeth Scott: THE BODY POSITIVE’S INTUITIVE HEALTH™ MODEL: Exploring an Empowering Approach to Treating People with Weight and Eating Problems
December: Annual collaborative meeting
January: Barbara Bersinger: Intuitive eating
February: Eating Disorder Awareness week
Joan & Audrey: Community outreach educational Presentations:
November: Connie Sobczak: THE BODY POSITIVE: A NEW LOOK AT WEIGHT AND HEALTH: Sustain a healthy lifestyle and improve your quality of life with this informative workshop.
Includes viewing of The Body Positive's new DVD, “Discover your Healthy Weight”
Action: we need to confirm the space with PHCD and figure out the best way of advertising to reach as many people in the community as possible.
Joan’s report: With an eye to looking at a teen health type presentation for the community (or at least some level of collaboration), I am in contact with Lynn Companario from the Drug Abuse Alternative Center (DAAC). I am also in contact with Helen Grieco from BRAVE (standing up to abuse), Social Advocates for Youth (SAY), Girls Circle in the Juvenile Probation Dept., and I would like to have someone from the Phoenix Teen Health Clinic and perhaps also El Molino High's Teen Health Center. I am just beginning to look into where we can fit into the work of the Mental Health Coalition of Sonoma County (MHCSC).
Action: Roberta will help Joan to get in contact with Lynn Moquete regarding presentations at Petaluma high and Casa Grande high
Audrey is working on establishing a family support group, alternating with ANAD family group. Her work will be supervised by her current supervisor at ANANDA.
Audrey & Ashley: School Out-reach prevention programs:
Peer educator program, similar to Body Positive and Beyond Hunger needs a staff position to coordinate, educate and supervise student’s presentations in schools.
We can apply for a grant with the community health foundation this fall to fund a paid staff position as a program coordinator. If we obtain the grant for the peer educator program, we will start that program in 2010-2011.
Mean while, Ashley is working on developing a power point presentation for high school classroom presentations based on her work with Beyond Huger, where she has been working as a peer educator for several years and will be joining as assistant to the program coordinator next year.
Our goal is to do one presentation at each 3 high schools in Petaluma. Ashley will need an EDRS staff volunteer to be present at each presentation. Ashley and Audrey will do the presentations.
Action: We need to find a contact person in the school district to assist us with getting approval for the presentations.
Haleh will meet with Ashley and Audrey to discuss plans for this program.
About Face, A media awareness program, about face goes to schools to educate students about media, they are interested in covering schools in the North Bay, currently in sf and east bay. We may decide to bring this program to the high schools. For now we will place this on hold.
Leslie: Fundraising update:
The fund raising letter is completed for the greater Petaluma area
Currently investigating finding another foundation that would allow for tax deductable donations for fundraising in other areas
Action: will start fundraising in Petaluma. Roberta suggested that Leslie contact Elyse Hemple at Petaluma People Services for ideas re fundraising.
Haleh will explore options re finding a fiscal agent in Marin County to obtain tax deductable status outside of Petaluma
Haleh: Professional training programs:
Physician education: Investigating ways of reaching the physician practice groups, email, letter, phone, etc
Offering an overview of medical management of ED and team approach during the staff meetings to physicians, nurses and their support staff.
Therapist education: A pilot program funded by PHCD for the current year and conducted by Michelle. Requesting funding to repeat this program next year
Action: Haleh will be presenting at the PHCD board meeting next week and will request funding for future trainings as well as for the EDAW conference.
Haleh: Upcoming annual collaborative meeting in December and Eating Disorder Awareness Week: Dates and possible locations and content ideas:
Possible locations:
Petaluma community center: $50 - $70 per hours if no fee is charged.
Hospice: Possible for annual collaborative meeting but they are not willing to confirm that too far ahead of time
Sheraton: see attached. It comes up to $ 40 per person including bkf, lunch and use of space for the EDAW.
Action:
If we decided to charge for the conference, we may consider Sheraton and eliminate bkf to reduce the cost.
Joan to contact community center for EDWA and Hospice for the annual collaborative meeting to find out if space is available.
We need to decide on the format and content for both meetings .
Group decided that the EDAW should be only one day. Lauralee Roark from Beyond Hunger who attended the education meeting, suggested collaborating together to hold a fundraiser for EDWA by hosting a fun activity such as a dance,etc. Haleh will explore this further with her.
Dates approved for the 2 events:
Collaborative meeting: December 5th
EDAW: February 6th
Next business meeting is scheduled for Friday September 4th at 6:30 at Semolina Pasta. Please RSVP to the meeting. Group emphasized that as we are getting closer to our 2 big events of the year, it is important to have as many people at this and upcoming business meeting as possible.
Submitted by Haleh Kashani
Minutes - August 1ST, 2009
Present: Audrey Bell, Leslie Malloy, Mary Fiumara, Roberta Vink, Haleh Kashani
Mary : Professional speaker series: schedule for the upcoming events:
Mary’s presentation was very thought provoking and was well received.
Reviewed and approved schedule of presentations for the upcoming months.
September: Michelle Minero: Helix Model of treatment: Planning and creation of a treatment team
October: to be announced
November: Elizabeth Scott: THE BODY POSITIVE’S INTUITIVE HEALTH™ MODEL: Exploring an Empowering Approach to Treating People with Weight and Eating Problems
December: Annual collaborative meeting
January: Barbara Bersinger: Intuitive eating
February: Eating Disorder Awareness week
Joan & Audrey: Community outreach educational Presentations:
November: Connie Sobczak: THE BODY POSITIVE: A NEW LOOK AT WEIGHT AND HEALTH: Sustain a healthy lifestyle and improve your quality of life with this informative workshop.
Includes viewing of The Body Positive's new DVD, “Discover your Healthy Weight”
Action: we need to confirm the space with PHCD and figure out the best way of advertising to reach as many people in the community as possible.
Joan’s report: With an eye to looking at a teen health type presentation for the community (or at least some level of collaboration), I am in contact with Lynn Companario from the Drug Abuse Alternative Center (DAAC). I am also in contact with Helen Grieco from BRAVE (standing up to abuse), Social Advocates for Youth (SAY), Girls Circle in the Juvenile Probation Dept., and I would like to have someone from the Phoenix Teen Health Clinic and perhaps also El Molino High's Teen Health Center. I am just beginning to look into where we can fit into the work of the Mental Health Coalition of Sonoma County (MHCSC).
Action: Roberta will help Joan to get in contact with Lynn Moquete regarding presentations at Petaluma high and Casa Grande high
Audrey is working on establishing a family support group, alternating with ANAD family group. Her work will be supervised by her current supervisor at ANANDA.
Audrey & Ashley: School Out-reach prevention programs:
Peer educator program, similar to Body Positive and Beyond Hunger needs a staff position to coordinate, educate and supervise student’s presentations in schools.
We can apply for a grant with the community health foundation this fall to fund a paid staff position as a program coordinator. If we obtain the grant for the peer educator program, we will start that program in 2010-2011.
Mean while, Ashley is working on developing a power point presentation for high school classroom presentations based on her work with Beyond Huger, where she has been working as a peer educator for several years and will be joining as assistant to the program coordinator next year.
Our goal is to do one presentation at each 3 high schools in Petaluma. Ashley will need an EDRS staff volunteer to be present at each presentation. Ashley and Audrey will do the presentations.
Action: We need to find a contact person in the school district to assist us with getting approval for the presentations.
Haleh will meet with Ashley and Audrey to discuss plans for this program.
About Face, A media awareness program, about face goes to schools to educate students about media, they are interested in covering schools in the North Bay, currently in sf and east bay. We may decide to bring this program to the high schools. For now we will place this on hold.
Leslie: Fundraising update:
The fund raising letter is completed for the greater Petaluma area
Currently investigating finding another foundation that would allow for tax deductable donations for fundraising in other areas
Action: will start fundraising in Petaluma. Roberta suggested that Leslie contact Elyse Hemple at Petaluma People Services for ideas re fundraising.
Haleh will explore options re finding a fiscal agent in Marin County to obtain tax deductable status outside of Petaluma
Haleh: Professional training programs:
Physician education: Investigating ways of reaching the physician practice groups, email, letter, phone, etc
Offering an overview of medical management of ED and team approach during the staff meetings to physicians, nurses and their support staff.
Therapist education: A pilot program funded by PHCD for the current year and conducted by Michelle. Requesting funding to repeat this program next year
Action: Haleh will be presenting at the PHCD board meeting next week and will request funding for future trainings as well as for the EDAW conference.
Haleh: Upcoming annual collaborative meeting in December and Eating Disorder Awareness Week: Dates and possible locations and content ideas:
Possible locations:
Petaluma community center: $50 - $70 per hours if no fee is charged.
Hospice: Possible for annual collaborative meeting but they are not willing to confirm that too far ahead of time
Sheraton: see attached. It comes up to $ 40 per person including bkf, lunch and use of space for the EDAW.
Action:
If we decided to charge for the conference, we may consider Sheraton and eliminate bkf to reduce the cost.
Joan to contact community center for EDWA and Hospice for the annual collaborative meeting to find out if space is available.
We need to decide on the format and content for both meetings .
Group decided that the EDAW should be only one day. Lauralee Roark from Beyond Hunger who attended the education meeting, suggested collaborating together to hold a fundraiser for EDWA by hosting a fun activity such as a dance,etc. Haleh will explore this further with her.
Dates approved for the 2 events:
Collaborative meeting: December 5th
EDAW: February 6th
Next business meeting is scheduled for Friday September 4th at 6:30 at Semolina Pasta. Please RSVP to the meeting. Group emphasized that as we are getting closer to our 2 big events of the year, it is important to have as many people at this and upcoming business meeting as possible.
Submitted by Haleh Kashani
EDRS Monthly Meeting Minutes
June 6, 2009
1. Monthly education meeting
Review of first meeting: Attendence 10 professionals
Location worked great, central to Bay area, a great room for gathering with access to a kitchenette and coffee maker
Great presentation by Pamela Carlton and well received
Food: bagel and coffee provided by Haleh and well received. Will have a donation basket to cover the cost in the future
What needs to be done differently?
Name tags
Map and direction on the invitation
2. Future meetings:
Next meeting tentatively scheduled for July 11 , will consider putting the meetings on hold for the summer
Location: group voted on keeping the meetings at this location as it is centrally located
Speakers: will experiment with monthly and will revise as needed. May consider quarterly speaker meetings instead
Haleh will follow up with Mary in finding next speakers.
3.Outreach community education report:
Discussed organizing education presentations for the public by professionals on various mental health, substance abuse and eating disorder related areas.
2-4 presentations per year at the Petaluma community center, Leslie will follow up with the community center and listing in the Park and Rec center schedule
Joan will explore and identify potential presenters
Joan suggested collaborating with other community health organizations in organizing presentation
Participating in Health Fair, Human Race, Health and Harmony Fair
4. School Prevention programs :
Ashley and Audrey will work on organizing 4 school presentations for Petaluma high schools.
They will report to the group about the presentation in August
Coordinate with other community organizations
5. Sponsorship letter:
Group reviewed the sponsorship letter written by Leslie
Haleh will find out about the tax ID number and whether we need a different tax ID number for other locations
Group discussed separating donations to treatment fund or educational programs
6. Resource list:
Barbara will work on developing an application for inclusion in our resource list. She will also develop a set of questions for clients to ask provider
7. Web site update:
Cat will continue with her role as our webmaster and will let us know when and if she needs assistance in keeping up the website
8. Listing on website of EDRS Staff (Staff: committed EDRS committee chairs and members) with photo:
Staff can submit their bio and picture to be posted on the website
9. Treasurer:
Audrey agreed to be the Treasurer and the person in charge of managing the Treatment Fund
June 6, 2009
1. Monthly education meeting
Review of first meeting: Attendence 10 professionals
Location worked great, central to Bay area, a great room for gathering with access to a kitchenette and coffee maker
Great presentation by Pamela Carlton and well received
Food: bagel and coffee provided by Haleh and well received. Will have a donation basket to cover the cost in the future
What needs to be done differently?
Name tags
Map and direction on the invitation
2. Future meetings:
Next meeting tentatively scheduled for July 11 , will consider putting the meetings on hold for the summer
Location: group voted on keeping the meetings at this location as it is centrally located
Speakers: will experiment with monthly and will revise as needed. May consider quarterly speaker meetings instead
Haleh will follow up with Mary in finding next speakers.
3.Outreach community education report:
Discussed organizing education presentations for the public by professionals on various mental health, substance abuse and eating disorder related areas.
2-4 presentations per year at the Petaluma community center, Leslie will follow up with the community center and listing in the Park and Rec center schedule
Joan will explore and identify potential presenters
Joan suggested collaborating with other community health organizations in organizing presentation
Participating in Health Fair, Human Race, Health and Harmony Fair
4. School Prevention programs :
Ashley and Audrey will work on organizing 4 school presentations for Petaluma high schools.
They will report to the group about the presentation in August
Coordinate with other community organizations
5. Sponsorship letter:
Group reviewed the sponsorship letter written by Leslie
Haleh will find out about the tax ID number and whether we need a different tax ID number for other locations
Group discussed separating donations to treatment fund or educational programs
6. Resource list:
Barbara will work on developing an application for inclusion in our resource list. She will also develop a set of questions for clients to ask provider
7. Web site update:
Cat will continue with her role as our webmaster and will let us know when and if she needs assistance in keeping up the website
8. Listing on website of EDRS Staff (Staff: committed EDRS committee chairs and members) with photo:
Staff can submit their bio and picture to be posted on the website
9. Treasurer:
Audrey agreed to be the Treasurer and the person in charge of managing the Treatment Fund
Eating Disorders Recovery Services (EDRS) Meeting - May 2, 2009
Minutes
1. Introductions
Present: Haleh Kashani, Mary Fiumara, Leslie Malloy, Audrey Bell , Joan Thompson, Ellen Zebrowski.This was Haleh’s first meeting as the Executive Director of EDRS
2. Networking announcements
3. Review of current activities:
o Annual collaborative meeting in December
o Annual EDAW in February
o Website as a Resource for the community
o Fundraising for the Treatment Fund
o Professional training
o Low cost, affordable services to the community
4. Our vision for the future:
EDRS, as a collaborative volunteer professional group, to be recognized as The Resource Center for the Community and the ED professionals, in the areas of:
i. Referral Resources
ii. Treatment Fund iii. Training for professionals
iv. Community outreach and education
5. Goals for the upcoming year
Increasing involvement of ED professionals in the larger Bay Area in EDRS by:
i. Increasing opportunities for networking
ii. Speakers bureau/training as part of monthly or quarterly meetings: inviting professionals to volunteer to present on a topic of expertise at EDRS meetings
iii. Inviting speakers to submit an article to be published on the website as an educational material for the community and as a marketing tool for the speaker
- Increasing involvement of community members and businesses as volunteers and sponsors through community outreach
- Increasing fund raising activities for the Treatment Fund
- Pursing contracts for low fee training for professionals
- Community Outreach and education
- Develop committees to head and organize activities in each of these areas
The following committees were formed:
Speakers Bureau Committee: Mary: Chair, Ellen: member
Community Out-Reach Committee: Audrey, Joan: Co-Chairs, Leslie, Ashley: members
Fundraising and Sponsorship Committee: Chair needed
Barbara and Leslie: members
Training Committee: Haleh: Chair, Michelle: member
Professional Membership Committee: Barbara: Chair
Treasurer: needed
Media and website: Cat: Chair, Ellen and Audrey: members
The next EDRS Monthly Collaborative meeting will be on 6/6/09 at 12:30, during the first hour informal presentation, Q & A, and networking, and the second hour for business meeting.
Speaker and location to be determined.
Minutes
1. Introductions
Present: Haleh Kashani, Mary Fiumara, Leslie Malloy, Audrey Bell , Joan Thompson, Ellen Zebrowski.This was Haleh’s first meeting as the Executive Director of EDRS
2. Networking announcements
3. Review of current activities:
o Annual collaborative meeting in December
o Annual EDAW in February
o Website as a Resource for the community
o Fundraising for the Treatment Fund
o Professional training
o Low cost, affordable services to the community
4. Our vision for the future:
EDRS, as a collaborative volunteer professional group, to be recognized as The Resource Center for the Community and the ED professionals, in the areas of:
i. Referral Resources
ii. Treatment Fund iii. Training for professionals
iv. Community outreach and education
5. Goals for the upcoming year
Increasing involvement of ED professionals in the larger Bay Area in EDRS by:
i. Increasing opportunities for networking
ii. Speakers bureau/training as part of monthly or quarterly meetings: inviting professionals to volunteer to present on a topic of expertise at EDRS meetings
iii. Inviting speakers to submit an article to be published on the website as an educational material for the community and as a marketing tool for the speaker
- Increasing involvement of community members and businesses as volunteers and sponsors through community outreach
- Increasing fund raising activities for the Treatment Fund
- Pursing contracts for low fee training for professionals
- Community Outreach and education
- Develop committees to head and organize activities in each of these areas
The following committees were formed:
Speakers Bureau Committee: Mary: Chair, Ellen: member
Community Out-Reach Committee: Audrey, Joan: Co-Chairs, Leslie, Ashley: members
Fundraising and Sponsorship Committee: Chair needed
Barbara and Leslie: members
Training Committee: Haleh: Chair, Michelle: member
Professional Membership Committee: Barbara: Chair
Treasurer: needed
Media and website: Cat: Chair, Ellen and Audrey: members
The next EDRS Monthly Collaborative meeting will be on 6/6/09 at 12:30, during the first hour informal presentation, Q & A, and networking, and the second hour for business meeting.
Speaker and location to be determined.