Fairmont Area Youth Council Agenda

February 21, 2005 @ 7:00 p.m.

 

1. Call to Order

- Regular meeting of the Fairmont Area Youth Council held on Monday, February 21, 2005 at City Hall at 7:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers.

 

2. Roll Call of Members Present – Kimbra

Kimbra Schreurs                 Kelsey Bulock                      Tom Earhart                         Kendra Teveldal                 

Jon Malecha                        Ashlee Hoeppner                Justa Goraczkowski

 

After you determined at least 5 members are present – Kimbra say “we have a quorum for tonight’s meeting”

 

3. Reading of the Minutes

                - Minutes of February 7, 2005 meeting

*** Kendra – you can either suggest that all council members take a moment to glance over the minutes from the last meeting, have Kimbra summarize them, or just state that minutes were sent in the mail with notification of this meeting – would anyone like to make a motion to pass the minutes from the Feb 7 2005 meeting?

 

4. Old Business/Schedule

                - Please see the back of this sheet

 

*** Ask council members to refer to the schedule on the back of this sheet about upcoming meetings, events, and service projects.

 

5. New Business

- Service Projects – Kendra & Kelsey

                - March Service Project

** Remind council members that March 5 we will be meeting at 12:00 at the Humane Society to volunteer until 2:00. At this time you could ask Justa if there is anything special that we need to wear or be aware of. Also, who is going to call the Humane Society and make them aware of this? FYI – I will be unable to attend. However I could meet you all there at 12:00. I am teaching a class.

- Kick Butts Day

** We need to get started on this project ASAP. We can discuss this B4 the meeting.

- Membership/Community Awareness – Kimbra, Justa, & Ashlee

                - FMC Club Med – Just a & Kelsey

** Just see how it went, if anyone picked up applications. Also if they have any information that Jon & Kimbra need to be sure and present to Teen Court

                - Teen Court

** A reminder to Jon and Kimbra that they will be speaking at Teen Court tomorrow. You can state that the necessary information will be given to them after the meeting. You can give either Jon or Kimbra the packet of information.

                - Sentinel Article

** Each council member was to write a mock article on the Fairmont Area Youth Council, our upcoming activities, mission, etc. You could go around the room and have each person read what they wrote. A decision will need to be made on how this information is going to be compiled, who is going to do it/be incharge of it, and when it will be completed and turned into the Sentinel. It needs to go through approval process/be filed with Betsy first.

                - Membership

** We decided that we would aim to gain 5 additional active members before the summer – how is recruitment coming? Brainstorm some other ways to recruit people.

- Funding/Youth Activity

- Youth activity

** Our youth activity is scheduled for Friday, March 18 from  8 p.m. to Midnight  at the Knights of Columbus, Cost is $ 3.00 per person.

                - Knights of Columbus - Justa

** See if Justa was able to make the necessary contacts to reserve the facility. Did she also find out about the youth council selling food at the Knights? What is the rental charge?                                                                                        

- DJ

** This is where you announce the information about the DJ and if one has been scheduled

                                -Other Items

                                                - Chaperones

** It was approved at the Feb 7 meeting that each council member was to bring the names of 5 potential chaperones to this meeting. You can go around the room and have them list the names of 5 people. State to the council that we need to be seeking chaperones ASAP with only 25 days till the council’s big event. How are we going to handle this? Who is going to do the asking? Who is going to ask who? Who will send the chaperones reminders?

                                                - Advertising

**Idea: Ask each council member to make a list of the different means of advertising for this dance. Go around the room and ask each council member to state the means this listed?  Ask the council as a whole, what means they would like to do. They decided who is going to create the posters, flyers, radio announcements, etc. If need be state that Betsy can e-mail them some samples, but they are responsible for creating these posters/flyers/announcements, etc. If no one volunteers, you can appoint someone. Also, state that the poster, once completed need to be e-mailed to Betsy for approval and to file. Remember that I have on file the posters from the last two dances, they can be used as a guide, but should not be copied!!!

 

** You will also need to state that we received money from area businesses and a sign needs to be made with the individuals/business names on it thanking them for their support. Who is going to make that? Also, these businesses need to be thanked? Who is going to write the thank you notes. Signed by each council member. I will see that the information gets published in the Sentinel after our activity.

 

7. Other Business

                - Justa – update on City Council meeting on Feb.14

** Ask Justa to provide a quick update on the City Council meeting. How was it, what was discussed, any items that Jon & Kimbra need to be aware of for the next meeting?

                - Jon & Kimbra will represent the youth council at the city council meeting on Feb. 28

                - Home Town Focus

                                * I guess, if the council would like, could set-up something for an interview with some of the council members and they could share information about the FAYC. I suggest that if this is passed. Set up a date and schedule some times to practice with questions and answers. This is going to be aired live. Someone from the council will need to set this up. I have the contact information.

                - Survey

** We can talk about this before the meeting.

                -FAYF Grant & FMC Grant/TB

** We can discuss this before the meeting. Each council member should look at the grants and see what their thoughts are. If they are not going to do this/agree with the grant – it should not be sent in. Also the teambuilding/youth council day could be brought up.

               

               

8. Next Meeting Date –Schedule for March

 

** Meeting schedule for March

           

 

9. Adjourn

 

 

Kendra, I have also spoken to a couple of people regarding a team building activity. What are your thoughts on this? When would you like to do it? Maybe having something locally for our group is the way to go with everyone’s busy schedules. This too could be discussed before the next meeting.

 

 

 

FAYC Activity Schedule for February

 

                - Monday, Feb. 21 @ 7:00 p.m.        FAYC meeting                                                                                      City Hall

                -Tuesday, Feb. 22 @ 6:00 p.m         Teen Court – Jon & Kimbra                                                              Martin County Courthouse                                - Monday, Feb. 28 @ 5:30 p.m.        City Council Meeting – Jon & Kimbra                                             City Hall Council Chambers

                - Saturday, Mar. 5 @ 12 – 2 p.m.      Humane Society Service Project                                                     Humane Society 238-1885