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Home My WebLink About2000-04-13 Substance Abuse Prevention Advisory Council MinutesReading Substance Abuse Prevention Advisory Council Minutes from April 13, 2000 present: Sandy Michaud, Michael Hannifan, Lori Leland, Dave LiBassi, Laurie Arsenault, Mike Lucey, Jane fiore, Cathy Kosta, Bill Carrick, Marc Alterio, Rev. ~-Jp~an7Ru o Parks, Leone Sullivan excused: John Costigan, Dale Merrill, Mary Williams,Amy Rosenblatt Acti'ang chair- S Michaud Meeting called to order at 7;45pm Sandy--> opened meeting with discussion about initial minutes and how the minutes are a DRAFT and not official until reviewed and approved by committee at next meeting. email---> if member emails 9 committee members, then it's a quorum. This is a violation. member of committee sent email and made quorum. Copy of email is entered into minutes. Jane---. We are under scrutiny for violating open meeting law by email incident/ email must be entered to this months minutes. Venue to change a vote- done at next meeting by making a motion- needs a 2nd then 2/3 majority of committee to reconsider vote. If <2/3 votes against, cannot change vote; if 2/3 choose to reconsider then vote may be taken. 7:55pm Motion by Bill Carrick- to discuss minutes from March, ie. from lOpm --->end minutes were sub.ective.remove bold/inflammatory comments/ 2nd by M Lucey 8;25pm Motion by Laurie A.-->to revise amended minutes of March 16 for approval for April meeting and sent out prior to next meeting. 2nd/ B Carrick vote l l-0 8:30pm Review of M Williams letter to B.O.S. S. Michaud reviewed 11/99,12/99,1/00,3/00 opportunites for public input/discussion General discussion about how agenda is currently set up and that there are other ways to set up meeting/agenda. le; timed agenda, "public input" <15 minutes as is with many committees.?Rules of order and copies of agenda by door at time of meeting. 8;50pm Motion by B Carrick--> committee hold 1 hour > public hearing on YRBS at a time in which survey can be reviewed,reassessed,reeval, before a 3rd cycle and reeval at that time(2002). 2nd by m Lucey Favor=10 opposed =0 Motion by B Carrick--> Recommend that citizen input in each agenda be at beginning of meeting and limit to 15 minutes. 2nd c Kosta Discussion- recommend that agenda be timed and also timed citizen input 2nd M Lucey vote favor= l l 9:OOpm Motion by Laurie A. to add to Apri l 13, 2000 minutes the email that was sent to 9 committe members. 2nd M Lucey. favor=10 abstain =1 Motion to discuss Email by L Arsenault- 2nd M Lucey favor=10 opposed=1 General discussion ensued M Lucey apologized for "distastefully written email" 9:25pm Spelling Bee update- B Carrick a) Have received support of local police dept to provide some financial support 10:00pm--> Ecstasy Update-Leone made in PAris, Canada-Leone and Jane to present info to spring athletes. gives sense of increased duration and agility Marc--->100+ parents attended seminar series Children's trustfund- a future grant for parents education for <6 yrs old Old Business- Marc YRBS letter will be going out soon/ 1---- >grade 7,8; 1---- >gr 9-12 meeting April 25 to discuss YRBS for gr 7,8 questions 10:20pm- Jean is moving to Lincoln, RI in mid-June She will br greatly missed by us all and look forward to her company in May!!!!! 10:25pm- Motion to adjourn- 2nd by B Carrick Respectfully submitted, Catherine Kosta April, 2000 Meeting Minutes, Vote Change Page. 1 Subject: Meeting Minutes, Vote Change Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 16:35:14 EDT From. Mlucel@aol.com To: malterio@reading.kl2.ma.us, LaurieArsenault@aol.com, • 4 g b Wpccarrick@aol.com, fhanifa@banet.net, re3swiml3@h tmail:cam ` DaMeMariW@aol.com, momichaud@mediaone.net, ssplashdown@mediaone.net, Mary407O@aol com To: The Substance Abuse and Prevention Advisory Committee CC: Dr. H. Harutunian Ann Doyle From: Michael Lucey 4/09/00 RE: Minutes of the March Meeting Vote Change Disgusting Disgraceful Shameful ~-hese words summarize my reaction to the minutes 1 received over the weekend at purports to record the difficult and emotional meeting of last month. To somehow identify Mrs. Doyle's outburst with anything other then the insults she was forced to endure over months of meetings culminating in the Chairman of the committee characterizing the concerned parents that she, and 1, represent as a "splinter group", is disgusting. To then use that same insult as an official characterization of this group in the minutes exposes thehorrific- bias -of:the secretary, the committee Chair and perhaps the committee in general.,: against those parents who have tried to make their concerns known. These parents have attended meetings where they have been denied even the simple courtesy of minor agenda adjustments and so been forced to sit through hours of mundane committee business. Meetings where their concerns have been met with threats of removal by the "constable". And later meetings that could not begin until the formal reading of the "constable" threat. Meetings where their frustration at not being heard was so great, and hopes of anything beyond patronizing attention from the committee so dim, they just left. And this after I have heard for wo years the incessant whining about the lack of community involvement. E hen to imply that Mrs. Doyle's outburst was in any way related, or even proximate, to comments by the student members of the committee, a fictional image that can only have been contrived to magnify Mrs. Doyle's part in an mailbox:/Hard%20drive/System%20Folder/ Preferences: Netscape%20Users/ u - 00 Meeting Minutes, Vote Change admittedly disappointing scene, is again disgusting. Disgraceful: If these minutes are allowed to stand without recognizing the 3m1»ittee's complicity in creating the toxic environment with regard to itipns with these parents. (Reference last weeks hand out: "The shall' nge".) Shameful: The absolute absence of effort to understand and work with these parents. I accept my responsibility and am ashamed of the laziness that it reveals. Shameful: That this group of 20 has decided that the parents who have expressed their concerns are to be marginalized as a small coup of vocalI parents who simply did not want the CDC survey to be given at all." Imputing motives on those that have stepped forward and then dismissing them becat'se of their size. The arrogance is sickening. I am wholly ashamed to be a pard of any organization the dismisses any contrary opinion simply based on the p4rceived size of the opposition. Members of this committee should ask them9elves if they believe Reading would be better served by valuing only the opinion of the majority. Thankfully the disposition of the Reading survey is now out of the hands of this committee. I will react to my own part in this disgrace by doing what I n to insure that the concerns of the parents of Reading are honestly °flly considered. Now,what does this committee do? Any organization of value step black and take stock of it's contribution. What 'Contribution has this committee made to the town of Reading this year? I ask this not as a rhetorical question but as an opportunity for this com m ittee to justify itself. The question will be part of the minutes of the next meeting. I hope there will be an answer as well, I am officially changing my vote to administer the Nigh School survey in it's preset form to NO, 1 expgct this letter to become a part of the official minutes of the appropriate meeting, March or April, and will provide the secretary with a hard gopy. I ask the Chairman to please forward this letter to others on the committee ,that ale missing from my list. iich'el Lucey, 4/09/00 mailbox:/Hard%20drive/System%20FOlder/ Preferences/Netscape%20Users/ will on occasion n;~ge: I.