Welcome!

Retreat Goals Remember who we are and what we’ve done Look at what we can accomplish in Review a proposed organizational configuration for the LNCDC Establish the LNCDC structure for Enlist the membership Get it going!!

LNCDC – Who We Are 50+ non-profit members representing the essential human services agencies of N. Meck / S. Iredell Private citizens who care about their community Members of the faith community Government officials Diverse groups with diverse areas of focus, all centered on improving their communities in the Lake Norman area and the lives of the people in them

LNCDC – WHY We Are Communication – Collaboration - Advocacy To spread awareness by bringing together service providers to share information and discuss issues impacting housing, healthcare, education, and social/family issues in our four towns To advocate and build momentum for social change To build collaboration and increase the effectiveness of member agencies in individual and joint efforts

LNCDC – What We Are Grassroots collaborative A powerful network of agencies and individuals Significant force for change with phenomenal potential People working with their “spare time” to make a difference because they understand the importance

LNCDC – What We’ve Done List of deliverables we’ve produced or impacted is impressive

BUT…. The major benefits of the LNCDC to our clients have been the results of the relationships, the network, the collaboration that have evolved among our members.

LNCDC – How We’ve Grown

Org Structures in the Past Started with 5 subcommittees (Health, Housing, Transportation, Families in Crisis, Education) Added 2 more in 2005 – Latino Outreach, Transitional Housing – Dropped to 4 –Education, Health, Housing, Social Issues – Added Advocacy – “Decommissioned” committees in favor of “action teams”

Opportunities in 2011 UW creating new Community Needs Assessment Most likely focuses: Health, Education, Housing “Stability” issues, e.g., domestic violence, included in these 3 Community Catalyst Project Most likely focus: collaboration between and optimization of agencies Local Issues Example: ongoing issue of N. Meck Magistrate Need to Recruit New Members Agencies not attending, esp. in S. Iredell Need to re-structure “Spare time” and self-directed action teams not working

LNCDC – Organization You’re about to see a proposed organization Straw man– please give input, make recommendations Thoughts that went into the design This is a spare time activity for us all – need to minimize the workload to that which we can actually accomplish Only one committee report/mth We don’t spend nearly enough time taking care of the LNCDC itself The UW/CC studies will not be finished until later We have local issues that need attention We need to do more outreach to other agencies, and more publicity about the LNCDC itself

LNCDC Exec Board Professional Development Building Skills Workshops LNCDC Infrastructure* Bylaws Meetings & Events Retreat Local Issue Working Groups*** Collaboration / Optimization Education Health Housing Outreach** Communication PR Recruitment Wiki *The Infrastructure Group works on establishing and maintaining bylaws and processes of the LNCDC. ** The Outreach Group works on recruitment, public relations, the Wiki and branding of the LNCDC. *** The Local Issue Working Groups deal with specific need -driven issues(e.g., need for a magistrate in our area) as well as emerge from local assessments such as the Catalyst project and United Way needs assessment. Chair Vice Chair Secretary Past Chair Infrastructure Chair Outreach Chair 1 Representative from each of the Working Groups

LNCDC – Organization Proposal Outreach / PR Committee Branding and recruitment for LNCDC,especially recruiting new member agencies Includes all PR functions Challenges for 2011 Agency recruitment Scheduling times to meet with and talk to agency leads creating materials, following up, etc Public Relations Promoting LNCDC activities, managing media contacts, producing press releases, supporting event publicity

LNCDC – Organization Proposal Infrastructure Committee Establish and maintain processes of LNCDC By-laws and other internal documents Membership / wiki / minutes / lists / etc Manage events Meetings agenda Annual retreat Volunteer fair

LNCDC – Organization Proposal Local Issues Not permanent committees Ad-hoc committees formed to deal with specific need- driven projects (e.g., the magistrate)

LNCDC – Organization Proposal Collaboration / Optimization Committee Find and promote opportunities for our members to collaborate on projects, share resources, optimize services. Many objectives for 2011 will come from the Community Catalyst Project, but not all We should look for opportunities ourselves regardless

LNCDC – Organization Proposal Committees that will react to UW Needs Assessment: Education Health Housing We’ll evaluate the need for a “Social Issues” committee after we see the UW needs assessment

Discussion Groups Sit with the committee you’d most like to join Assess/critique/modify the overall purpose/charter of the committee Define the committee’s objectives for ELECT A CHAIRMAN Create a roster of members Schedule your first meeting Create a preliminary plan of action using template Report

Committee Roles & Responsibilities Scope: Establish and maintain processes of LNCDC By-laws and other internal documents Membership / wiki / minutes / lists / etc Manage events: Meetings agenda, Annual retreat, Volunteer fair Committee: Chair: _______________ Vice-Chair: _______________ Members: _______________ _______________ Key Actions / Priorities:Key Deliverables / Estimated Timeframe: Metrics to Define Success:Operating Model: First meeting date: __________________________________ Infrastructure Committee

Next Steps Committee rosters will be updated to WIKI Committee first meetings Set-up of local issues groups at next LNCDC meeting Six-month evaluation of committees / structure

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