Next Meeting: Monday, July 19, at noon
I. CEP Stanislaus Action Items Approved or Denied
a. No action items were voted upon
II. Stanislaus Solutions – follow-up status from prior meeting (HW)
a. Agreed to one day symposium on October 15th, MJC West Campus, Debbie booked room
III. Meeting/Discussion
a. General comments, suggestions, concerns
i. Given our limited time and need for community participation and discussion amongst panelists, we must be careful to limit the number of speakers in each panel.
ii. Publicity, publicity, publicity!
iii. Speakers usually prefer to be given a roadmap – where we want them to go, etc…
iv. SOLUTIONS PANEL…
1. Consider breaking down solutions-discussions into SHORT-TERM solutions and LONG-TERM solutions since these are probably quite different and require different sorts of resources and knowledge…
2. Given the challenges, we should focus on “out of the box” solutions. Examples of short-term out of the box solutions: MICRO LENDING; MORE GRANTS APPLICATIONS (can we identify groups that have successfully implemented these solutions either here or in our “cohort” community? (which towns/areas would fit as our cohort?)
b. Breakdown of Panel Presentation
i. Panel #1 (Context/Background to Employment) – from 1 pm to 2:30 pm?
1. The point was made that the context/background panel will most likely require less discussion than the subsequent “solutions” panel… so shorten the first panel?
2. Proposed speakers for Panel #1 – Causes/Context
a. Lawrence Giventer, Professor, Politics and Public Administration, CSU Stanislaus
b. Bill Bassett or Jeff Rowe
c. Jeffrey Michaels – University of the Pacific
d. Invite non-profits from Modesto as well as the airport district (suggested by Deborah/Dan)
e. Invite a good speaker who happens to be unemployed-with-skills and can offer a direct perspective (suggested by Bill)
ii. Panel #2 – Employment Solutions – from 3 pm to 6 pm?
1. Proposed speakers for Panel #2 – Employment Solutions
a. George Boodrookas, Dean of MJC’s Community and Economic Development, can provide intro/set the stage
b. Michelle Weber, PH.D. in Political Economy, Financial Advisor, Edward Jones Investments (she offered interesting ideas on the potential role of micro lending)
c. Dan Costa?
d. Invite a good speaker who happens to be unemployed-with-skills and can offer a direct perspective (suggested by Bill)
iii. MC for the event? - Bill Anelli/coordinator of CEP or ??
iv. Non-profit participation
1. Table display for non-profits who are actively addressing employment issues in the valley
2. Invite these non-profits to submit power point slides to be projected before each panel and during breaks…
3. List of possible non-profits
a. Great valley Center
b. Stanislaus Alliance
c. Habitat for Humanity
d. City of Modesto
IV. HOMEWORK FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS (DUE NEXT MEETING)
a. Bill –
i. Minutes
ii. email Amanda five “wish list” items that panelists should cover – for both panels
b. Mike
i. contact George – would he like to be on a solutions panel? (we did speak with George at the end of the meeting – and he tentatively said yes… ??)
ii. Research: non-profit groups, speakers, ??
iii. Public Relations - ??
iv. email Amanda five “wish list” items that panelists should cover – for both panels
c. Deborah
i. Will research non-profits to invite
ii. email Amanda five “wish list” items that panelists should cover – for both panels
d. Richard
i. Will contact Bill Bassett, Jeff Rowe – are they available?
ii. email Amanda five “wish list” items that panelists should cover – for both panels
iii. Research…
e. Amanda
i. Research…
ii. Compile wish list items for speakers (and bug us if we haven’t submitted these via email to her… : ) )
V. EMPLOYMENT PANEL SYMPOSIUM INFO, CONTACTS, RELEVANT WEBLINKS
a. When: October 15, Friday, 1 to 6 pm in Sierra 132
b. POSSIBLE SPEAKERS/EXPERTS
i. Keith Griffith, Senior Manager for Education, Stanislaus Economic Development and Workforce Alliance, 567-4985; griffitk@stanalliance.com
ii. Lawrence Giventer, Professor, Politics and Public Administration, CSU Stanislaus, (209) 667-3509, LGiventer@csustan.edu
iii. George Boodrookas, Dean of MJC's Community and Economic Development , 575-6714 boodrookasg@mjc.edu
iv. Michelle Weber, Ph.D. (political economy) Financial Advisor Edward Jones Investments 848-4496 mweberphd@gmail.com
v. Randall Svedbeck, Research Manager, Stanislaus Economic Development & Workforce Alliance, 567-4636 SvedbeR@stanalliance.com
vi. Balvino Irizary
vii. Virginia Medueno
viii. Carla Strong
ix. Bill Bassett
x. Jeff Rowe
xi. Dennis Cardoza
xii. Rich Homer (?)
xiii. Bill Lyons
xiv. Ann Venomen
xv. Curtis Clark
xvi. Someone from Stoobies Organic Dairy
xvii. Hans Bjornsen, UC Merced (he has experience creating alternate business models)
c. WEBLINKS
i. Cisco De Vries/PACE - http://www.renewfund.com/ ; http://www.grist.org/article/2010-04-22-cisco-devries-renewable-funding-earth-day-40-people
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