HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-06-2010MILTON DISABILITY AWARENESS COMMITTEE
(MDAC}
Wednesday, October 06, 2010, 7:00 p.m.
Executive Conference Room, Milton City Hall
Attendees: Ann Coggins, Kimberly Moore, Sharon Lockwood, and Sudie Gordon.
Welcome and Introductions
Individual with emergency IEP
• Kimberly Moore
❑ Parent called about a school not taking a child.
o The parent is being pushed off by the school to get an IEP.
o The school tells her that they have things in place, just not the paperwork.
❑ An email needs to be sent to the principal take care of this matter and set up a
meeting.
o This is a Fulton County Charter school.
Conversations That Matter
■ Ann
o Anyone that can be here to help would be great.
o Element coffee will be providing refreshments.
❑ There will be people from GGCD and AADD.
o This has been in the Milton news letter and on the website for advertisement.
❑ Carter and Sarah have been invited from transportation.
o There will be speakers and we will also break into groups to have individual
conversations.
❑ There will be a sign up sheet and I will give Kim a copy.
Community Together Flyer
■ Ann
❑ Jason made a "bring your community together' flyer.
❑ This went out in an email and as a hard copy flyer.
❑ The flyer was made by Jason.
a This was to see if any businesses would be interested in coming together with
MDAC and give merchants opportunities to advertise.
❑ This can be a tool used to connect people and bring them into the community.
❑ This will advertise anything such as community gardens or art projects.
Welcome to the City Ideas
■ Kim,
o We could include these Directories in a "welcome to the city" basket.
■ Ann
o I love the idea of doing welcome baskets to welcome people to the community.
o Is there a way to track that and welcome people to the city?
o Could we get the city to send these out to new citizens?
o Jason is doing very well with keeping everyone in the know for the city.
MDAC Minutes
October b, 2010
Existence of MDAC
• Ann
o If we want to keep MDAC alive, we need to get more people involved and active.
o We have a lot of things that need to be done to help our community.
o Are we going to still be around?
o What do we want to do?
❑ We can't make a vote, but we can take opinions from you here and get decisions
from the rest about changes to the committee.
❑ Laura sent an email stating that she could not attend the meeting tonight.
o Marcia said she needs to not be involved anymore and will have to step down.
❑ She hopes to see us on Thursday night and she is proud of MDAC and all we are
accomplishing. She has to travel a lot with work.
o The committee could take on another form.
o Would making changes to the dates work?
a As of October 1", 2010 Ann needs to step down as chair.
o I still want to be involved with MDAC even though I can't be in the chair
position.
a If people come, I think these meetings will motivate more people to join and be
involved.
■ Kim
o Maybe after tomorrow night people will be more aware of MDAC.
Name Change of MDAC
• Ann
a Milton Awareness
o Community Awareness Committee
a Leave the "disability" out of the name.
o We haven't had a quorum to change the name of MDAC.
Summary of Action Items
• Laura to talk to Starbucks to provide coffee for "Education/Awareness Monthly
Meetings".
• Ann to talk to board about changing the name of MDAC.
• Jason to email Directory to committee.
Next Meeting Date
■ November 3, 2010.
After no further business, the meeting adjourned.
Date Approved: 2010.
Ann Coggins, Chair