1. In attendance:
2. Minutes.
Minutes were approved with
changes.
3. Grant Funds.
Request to spend grant
money is going before the YISD Board this Wednesday. Everyone needs to talk
to Sharon Foster about equipment requirements as soon as possible. She will
start purchasing as soon as she has specifications, etc.
4. Funds.
Grant money has been
released by the TIF board. The funds will be put into line items at YISD.
The funds cannot be spent until the YISD Board approves it.
Sherry Lambert will
present a budget update at every CN2 meeting. This way we all know when and
how the money is being spent.
5. Mentors.
Who do we want to be
mentors and what skills do they need to have? We definitely need people who
will be reliable and have appropriate computer skills. Bilingual is a must.
Trainer Mentors will
attend the CN2 meetings.
6. Health & Human Services
Grant: (Grant for Technology to Assist Disabled Persons)
Committee agreed to pursue
this grant. The letter of intend has already been submitted. Irene Newlon
doesn’t have time to write it. It was suggested that Rick Rossos at Region 19
(Transitional Oversight Committee) might be able to help us. However in order
to submit everything by the due date (October 4th) we need to get
the required information and cover letters and signature pages quickly. The
grant will be award on November 4th, 2002. We need to figure out
what we want to do. Send our plan, and as many completed grant forms as
possible, to Sherri Lambert by September 16th, email preferred.
She will also need to know: What sites; how many at each site; necessary
equipment and furniture.
NOTE: We can use
the CN2 TIF grant as matching.
There will be a meeting on
September 16, 2002 at 9 AM at the UTEP Library, McNealy Room, to discuss this
grant.
Community Meeting:
There will be four areas
of discussion: Technology; Local Content; Training and Volunteers; Marketing
and PR.
First we need to ask
participants to tell us about themselves and sign a letter. We need to find
out what they would like to see happen for their org’s/co’s. Then we need to
find out what they contribute to our project. Finally what is their future
vision of Community Networking for El Paso.
NOTE: add Project Vida
and the Boys and Girls Clubs to list of people to invite to community meeting.
We still need the
addresses and contact information for all the proposed community members.
Send them to Sherri Lambert.
Reminder, committee
members are responsible to contact the people on the community members list to
let them know about the meeting and our objective.
Sherri Lambert will send
out an invitation and brief overview of project by the end of this week.
8. Next Meeting.
9. Action Items.
Sherri Lambert will mail out
invitations and overview by the end of this week.
Sherri Lambert will contact
Region 19 regarding participation in Health & Human Services Grant.
Reminder, committee Chairs
will email Irene Newland with their introduction/overview for the community
meeting.
Everyone that has contact
information, addresses, etc, for any of the community members should email
Sherri Lambert with the information.
Selected members will
contact the community members to discuss the project and upcoming meeting
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