Governor s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities Minutes Meeting Date: October 27, 2004 Facilitator: Marette Monson Minute Recorder: Mary Nokes In Attendance: Karalee Smith, Karla Padilla, Cory Ervin, Sherrie Crespo, Charlee Wallace, Gary Knapp, Kirby Croyle, Paul Kelsey, Jeff Morris, Amanda Dickson, Diane Russell, Marette Monson and Brian Small Excused: Ken Reid, Stephen Maas, Thom Smith, Kevin Cammack and Russ Thelin. Actions Completed Action Item Status Send Handouts to Members not in attendance. Sent. Meeting Date: October27, 2004
Topic and Summary of Discussion Agenda Item Discussion Welcome and Introductions: Diane welcomed everyone. She reported that Kevin Cammack has resigned from the Committee as he is no longer able to attend meetings due to his business commitments. Approval of Minutes: Diane asked if there were any corrections to the minutes. Sherrie Crespo stated that the meeting date listed on the last page is incorrect as it should read October 27, 2004. Finding no other corrections the minutes were accepted. Special Presentation: Kirby presented a special award to Marette Monson in recognition of her service as the Governor s Committee Chair. Marette accepted the plaque and thanked everyone for the honor and opportunity to serve as Chair. Diane Russell thanked Gary Knapp and Enable Industries for making the plaque. Meeting Date: October 27, 2004 2
Updates UBET: Kirby presented an overview of the October 13, 2004 meeting. She handed out copies of the agenda and minutes. As Craig Peterson was not able to attend he will discuss how UBET fits into the Chamber organization at the next meeting Recruitment discussed and it was decided that Chamber members and Golden Key Award recipients would be invited to join. UBET members would like to have the Governor s Committee define their functional relationship with UBET. A member of UBET from Columbus Community Center suggested that the printing of brochures and other marketing materials could be done by the Board of Education Print Shop. The Work Ability CD cover is being redesigned to include contact information on the back cover. Stickers with the Chambers logo will be printed and put on the shrink wrap. CDs. Ideas for a UBET logo were discussed. The members of the Governor s Committee thought it was a good idea to have a Meeting Date: October 27, 2004 3
UBET logo and suggested that perhaps Stephanie Mackay could help with a design. Kirby reported the US Chamber has a lot of information that can be used for the Business to Business seminars. The UBET committee members are reviewing the US Chamber s information to see what can be used for the seminars. UBET is planning a Kick-off for January 2005. Kirby and Diane Russell will be interviewing next week for an intern to help staff the UBET program. PSAs will run before the Kick off. Mentoring Day: Diane Russell reported that Mentoring Day was a great success. The Salt Lake Mentoring Day orientation was held October 13, 2004 at the Swire Coca-Cola Company. Two concurrent seminars were held; one for the Mentors and one for the Mentees. Brian Small spoke at the Mentee seminar about Searching for a job. Ben Alberico and Jeff Cowley from Marriott Guest Services preformed mock job interviews. Karalee Smith led the students in an open discussion about the interviews. Every one seemed to enjoy themselves and found it very helpful. Stephen Maas facilitated the Mentor seminar and also presented the Work Ability CD to the employers. Charlee Wallace spoke about the value of Mentoring Day. After the seminars the Mentors and Mentees were introduced and then joined for lunch. Mentoring Day was held October 21, 2004 and most of the Meeting Date: October 27, 2004 4
participants had a very successful day. Gary Knapp reported that the Ogden Mentoring Day was also a huge success. The orientation was held at Enable Industries. The Mt. Ogden Rotary Club held their lunch meeting at Enable and designated all mentees honorary Rotarians for the day. Mock interviews were held for the mentees and Gary presented the Workability CD to the Mentors. Diane reported that some of the evaluations have started coming back and that the comments have been positive. Sherrie asked if the Governor s Committee would summarize the comments. Diane agreed to do this. State Use: Gary Knapp reported on the 2 day NISH work shop he attended October 4-5. In attendance were people from Division of Services for People with Disabilities, several providers and also the President of the Texas State Use Plan. Gary was very impressed with the Texas State Use Plan and would like to see Utah s State use Plan modeled after it. Utah does have a State Use Law but it doesn t work. Gary is purposing that new legislation be drafted to improve the Utah State Use Law. The goal right now is to put together a group that can draft a new Bill and find a sponsor to present the Bill during the 2005 Legislature. Marette asked what the Governor s Committee could do to help. Gary stated that he would like an endorsement from the Governor s Committee and also help with finding sponsors. Meeting Date: October 27, 2004 5
Bylaws Amendments: Diane reported that the By-laws had been approved at the last meeting. She stated that she had not provided a copy of the by-laws to the Committee members at this point. She will need to discuss with Blaine Peterson the Committees recommendation that the state Board of Education has delegated the appointment of committee chair to the Executive Director of the State Office of Rehabilitation. be written into the by-laws. Elections of Officers: Diane as a representative of the nominating committee presented a slate of nominations for Chair and Vice Chair. The nominations were Charlee Wallace for Chair and Jeff Morris for Vice Chair. After hearing no other nominations, Karalee Smith made a motioned to elect Charlee Wallace for Chair Sherrie Crespo 2 nd the motion. Amanda Dickson amended the motioned to elect Jeff Morris as vice-chair; Marette seconded the motion. The vote was unanimous. It was decided that the new officers would begin their 2- year terms November 1, 2004. Other news and updates: Diane congratulated Charlee Wallace and Manpower for receiving the Employer of the year Award from the National Business & Disability Council. Manpower received the Employer of the Year award in recognition of its unique employment programs. The company offers a reverse- Meeting Date: October 27, 2004 6
funnel assessment approach that identifies a variety of positions a candidate could perform well in, an extensive job training program, in-depth disability awareness and accommodation training for Manpower staff, as well as community partnerships that open employment doors for people with disabilities. Diane reported that Stephen Maas suggested the Governor s Committee might want to expand its membership. She asked that committee members recommend potential new committee members. Sherrie suggested we recruit a representative from Hill Air Force Base and IHC. Diane reported that on October 24, 2004 Marette, Mandee Buckley, Mike Nixon and herself made a presentation about accommodations and hidden Disabilities to the BMW Bank of America employees. The presentation was well received. Copies of the Work Ability CD were made available to those in attendance. Meeting Date: October 27, 2004 7
Parking Lot Items: 1. PSA for the UBET program 2. The PR and Events Committee proposed a large Golden Key Awards ceremony in January be considered. At this event a State award recipient in each category will be honored. This event will produce much PR for employment of people with disabilities. While transitioning to this new approach to the Golden Key Awards there are a few items requiring more attention. 3. Further discussion with Blaine Petersen relative to the idea of establishing a non-profit status for the business leadership network will be pursued. 4. Call Kevin Foster, BLN Director in Arizona as he has offered to help us establish a 501 (3) non-profit corporation for the business network. Meeting Date: October 27, 2004 8
Action Steps Action Who When Send Handouts to Members not in attendance. Diane Russell ASAP Make changes to By-Laws and send amended Diane Russell ASAP copies to Committee members after getting approval from Blaine Peterson about the wording changes. Prepare a summary of comments from the evaluations Diane Russell ASAP submitted by the Mentoring Day participants. Meeting Date: October 27, 2004 9
Next Meet Date and Location Wednesday November 17, 2004 10:00 am to 11:30 am Wells Fargo International Center Building (ICB), 5201 W. Amelia Earhart Drive, Conference Room 2, First Floor Meeting Date: October 27, 2004 10