In Attendance
· Wolf Ametsbichler
· Michelle Dorsey
· Jude Monson, Summit Independent Living Center
· Vida Wilkinson, Missoula College UM
· Russ Johnson, Experience Works
· Kellie Battaglia, HomeWORD
· Brendan Moles, HomeWORD
· Jeannine Lorell, HomeWORD
· Mark Cumming, Vocational Rehabilitation
· Janet Van Dyke, Vocational Rehabilitation
· Bob Wegman, Vocational Rehabilitation
· Adam Ragsdale, Missoula Housing Authority
· Lori Davidson, Missoula Housing Authority
· Kurtis Mayne, Opportunity Resources
· Ron Lizak, WORD
· Jessica Allred, Missoula Food Bank
· Jodie Rasmussen, Lifelong Learning Center
· Brenda Josephson, Working Innovations, Inc. – Mineral
· Marje Doyle, Missoula Public Library
· Linda Gessner, Office of Public Assistance
· Leslie McAffee, Community WORCcenter
· Jim Morton, Human Resource Council District XI
· Maggie Driscoll, Human Resource Council District XI
· Coco Ballew, Families First
· Sundee Carr, Missoula Pre-Release Center
· Kristi Harman, Missoula WORC Program
Agenda
Brief Review of One-Stop System and CMT Purpose – Wolf
The state came up with the idea for Community Management Teams several years ago. Service organizations that covered training, employment, education and housing would form into local groups to facilitate the spread of information and better serve our customers through improved knowledge of our community. Our local CMT covers Missoula and Mineral counties.
The CMT also provides a quick method of information distribution and useful contacts when individual organizations apply for grants. Many local CMTs have seen the focus shift inwards as the recent recession took hold, including ours.
As things have eased slightly since the depths of the recession, it’s time to refocus and reinvigorate the Missoula area CMT. We would like to meet approximately twice a year as a large group, with the executive committee continuing to meet monthly.
Community Resource Fair Planning
In the past, our CMT has planned events to ensure staff at partner organizations are informed of each other’s scope and services. The executive committee is asking for an idea of the interest in a Community Resource Fair on the afternoon of November 15 from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (as traffic dictates). The Fair would be open to members of the community in addition to CMT partner organizations. The Lifelong Learning Center has volunteered the use of the pod area for the event. Registration will be required so that enough packets of information can be prepared. The Society for Human Resource Management will be involved as a co-sponsor.
Anyone interested in volunteering to help organize the event should contact Wolf (wametsbichler [at] mt.gov) or Michelle (mdorsey [at] mt.gov).
Pinterest (Shared Technology Platform for Better Communication)
The group agreed to start a Pinterest board for the Community Resource Team. Organizations interested in participating need only send a clean copy of their logo to Michelle (mdorsey [at] mt.gov) along with any text they would like to include or a specific hyperlink location. (Default will be the organization’s homepage.) More information is forthcoming.
Next Steps for Our CMT
We would like to maintain two larger goals for our CMT: continued crosstraining through events like the Community Resource Fair, and the inclusion of guest speakers at full CMT meetings not only to inform the CMT of other organizations and businesses, but also as recognition that workers have extended families who may benefit from the services CMT partner organizations provide.
Round Robin
Each organization was given three minutes to update the group on their recent activities.
