Minutes - June 4, 2015

422 S 5th St, 4th Floor
Springfield, IL

Metcalfe Federal Building, Room 330
77 West Jackson Blvd
Chicago, IL 60604

Dial: 888-494-4032; Access Code: 4037150212#

10:00 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Chicago: Jane Angelis, Nisan Chavkin, Laura Davis, Chris Errera, John Hosteny, Adam McGriffin, Jenne Myers, Frederick Nettles, Heather Way-Kitzes, Kathy Engleken Springfield: Don Baden, Dora Welker, Giraldo Rosales, James Dixon, Joe Rives, Al Riddley Call in: Jennifer Witzel, Barb Tubekis, Anne Schuman, Beth Ford, Steve Silberman, Amanda Guinn, Barb Byrne, Howard Lathan, Julien Brown, Rob Bonesteel, Jeff Turnbull

Scott McFarland, Sue Zellers, Mike Stehlin, Jacob Nudelman

Mark Whalen, UIS Student; Meghan Hines, CNCS; Natalie Furlett, Illinois Campus Compact

• Nettles called meeting to order at 10:15am

• Turnbull motioned to approve minutes
• Myers seconded motion to approve minutes

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• AmeriCorps update, Volunteerism update, Disaster planning update
• Budgeting update-matching issues, congressional budget
• Audit update-DHS problems fixed through DPH

• Different Notice of Funding Opportunities through CNCS
• Vista’s response to Baltimore and Ferguson
• National Service still prevalent in Katrina and now Cedar Rapids flooding

• Volunteer Recognition Committee- Tubekis gave recap on Governors Awards, talked about planning for next year
• Outreach Committee- Errera talked about getting a cast together that is diverse
• Resource Development committee- Bonesteel explained the changing of scorecard that scored the AmeriCorps applications.
• McFarland would like to change it and implement it into the RFA.
• Nisan wants a good balance between subjectivity and objectivity.
• Regional Commissioners- Riddley is trying to strengthen the volunteer networks in different regions through an ambassador program

• Zellers spoke of recent monitoring
• McFarland spoke about how we got our applications scored and how we got to where we are now with applications voting
• McFarland briefed Operation AmeriCorps and the Competitive programs
• McFarland briefed on the volunteerism conferences and Year of The Volunteer
• McFarland invited commissioners to Serve-a-thon in Chicago

• AmeriCorps Formula Spending:
• McFarland explained the staff ranking sheet
• Commissioners questioned why Public Allies was not picked up competitively
• Staff laid out options to take the staff recommendations or change
• Myers motioned to reduce Public Allies by 13 MSY while bringing cost to $13,000 per MSY
  • Ford seconded
• Majority vote yes with abstention from Rives due to conflict of interest.
• Myers motioned to fund Youth Guidance at $13,204 per MSY at 12 MSY which is equal to $158,448.
• Extensive talk on the implications of adding a new program.
• Baden called the question.
• Majority vote yes with abstention from Rives due to conflict of interest.
• Baden motioned to accept the recommendations as amended.
• Welker seconded the motion and Dixon calls to question.
• Majority vote yes with abstention from Rives due to conflict of interest
• McFarland recapped meeting and new formula funding, asks commissioners to help in times of need
• Nettles motioned to table discussion of RFA scoring changes, Myers seconds and unanimously vote yes.

• Nettles adjounred the meeting at 3:15pm