Thursday, February 4, 2010

MEETING MINUTES February 4. 2010

Attendees: Portia Masterson, Barbara Sexton, Linda Williams, Marcia Buser (Note taker)

Agenda item: Rural Reflections Summit Moses Lake Mar 19th & 20th

Discussion:

Identified the following Lyle people who want to attend

1) Barbara Sexton

2) Mildred Lykens

3) Risi Howard

4) Lisa Conway

5) Lorie Hull

6) Marcia Buser

Action items - Person responsible

Send form with everyone’s email and phone - Marcia

Gather photos to send for an ongoing slide show at the event - Lorie to send to Linda

Locate tri-fold showing Cultural Event to take

Agenda item: Upcoming Workshops of Interest

Linda reported on the following upcoming workshops:

§ March 11 in the morning. Pioneer Center in White Salmon. Someone from the US Census will talk about how to use census data for writing grants, etc.

§ Date and time to be established: 4 hour workshop on Rural Job Creation using the new economic tools such as e-commerce, broad band, etc.

§ April 22 – Transportation Summit at Pioneer Center in White Salmon. Focus on developing public transportation in Klickitat County. Cost is $35 and Horizons may be able to cover costs for attendees in the Horizons program.

Barbara reported on the following:

§ Feb 23rd 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Grant Writing for Beginners at Columbia High School. Class fee $15.00 and 6 students minimum. Instructor Leigh Hancock is a grant writer & consultant with over 25 years experience writing, teaching, & community education.

Registration: Leigh Hancock 509-493-3031 or
leighbengt@gorge.net

Other Agenda items:

§ Linda will let us know when we can apply for the $10,000 grant

§ At the end of our Horizons program we will need to submit a report

Next Meeting Scheduled:

April 8, 2010

@ 6:45 PM at Lyle Activity Center

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