USA Executive Meeting

Wed. November 7, 2007

3:30 PM @ Crossroads Restaurant

 

Attending:  Yvonne Nass, Keith Strouss, Cindy Genau & Kathy Ward

 

Staff Attending:  Roberta Gealt, Mary Perno

 

Discussions:  The minutes from the 9/26/07 meeting were read and approved.

 

The 6 Month Report:  A list of what USA has participated in during the last six months was handed out and reviewed. 

 

Where We Stand on This Year’s Plan:  USA did not promote Family Day this year.  The CAAT meeting that was scheduled for October was cancelled due to lack of interest.

We will hold the first Parent Chat of the school year in November.  “The Dating Game” will be held at Newark High School on November 28th at 6:00 PM.  So far we have 5 people registered.  The NHS PTA has been promoting it, so we hope to have more people sign up to attend.  USA is getting back on track to accomplish more of what we set out to do.

 

Asking Members to Make This Year’s Plan Better:  A survey was handed out today that will be sent out to our contact list asking the schools how we can improve or add on to what USA offers.  A completion date will be added to the survey, it will be sent out electronically ASAP.

 

Partnering # 1-Campaign for Alcohol-Free Sports TV:  Tracy Downs, formerly of UD, contacted us to ask if we would be willing to endorse the petition from the Center for Science in the Public Interest.  We all agreed to sign it, if it does not involve anything from USA.  This would be a very hard sell as the beer commercials are the main part of any sports telecast.

 

Partnering #2-Town Hall Meetings on Underage Drinking Year 3:  Yvonne Bunch from OPEI contacted Roberta to see if USA would be interested in hosting the Town Hall Meetings again.  Roberta said no, but USA would be more than happy to spread the word to invite people.  Yvonne is looking for at least 5 sites in Delaware for this meeting to take place sometime in March, 2008.  Roberta will provide the data, but USA will move forward cautiously.

 

The Newsletter-What’s wrong with this Picture? USA Notes is very informative, but needs pictures or graphs to make it less wordy.  A section will be added for people to sign up for USA e-mails, or USA membership and also information about starting their own coalition.  Once complete, these will be sent out electronically to save money.

 

 

 

December Coalition Meeting-What’s the Plan?:  The next USA Coalition meeting will be on December 13th at 3:45 PM at Salesianum School at 1801 North Broom St. in Wilmington.  USA is still in need of Executive Board Members to fill the remaining sectors of our grant classification such as media, law enforcement, religious leader, ABC, youth, parents, legislature, and medical.

 

The next Executive Board Meeting will be on DECEMBER 12TH AT 3:30 PM

 

The next USA Coalition Meeting will be on DECEMBER 13TH AT 3:45 PM