Lowell Community Technology Consortium
5/16/01 (Lowell Community Charter School - 206 Jackson Street)

Host: Angie Aldebol

Present: Kathy Horn (Girls, Inc.), Carol Langevin (MRC), Dan MacNeil (LTC), Maryellen McEleney (New Beginnings), Tim O'Connor (St. Julie Asian Center), Micky Sin (RRC), Sothea Sui (RRC), Felicia Sullivan (LTC), Ed West (MRC /RRC)

Guests: Laura MacNeil, Consultant for June Retreat

I.    Introductions / New People

• Carol Langevin, directs the area that oversees the Recruitment Resources CTC project. She is interested in the resources that the Consortium has to offer and is a former Mill Girl.
• Sothea Sui is a new technology intern at the Flanagan CTC and will be working with Micky and Ed to run programs at that center.

II.    Announcements / Updates

• The community service information survey has gone out. Follow-up calls will be made in the next few weeks. Of upi jave questions or concerns, contact Maryellen at New Beginnings.
• RRC has opened its second CTC at North Canal housing complex in the Mercier Center on Market Street. They will begin with public access hours 10am-12pm with a volunteer doing community service. Hope to have future workforce development workshops there.
• The girls at Girls, Inc. are currently involved in a web design workshop and are in the processing of getting it up and online.
• New Beginnings is beginning to feel the crunch of increased demand for job skills and the need for classes at other locations may be necessary.
• Overall there is a need for people to run classes at various locations and get information about classes and other information up on the website.
• A number of folks are going to the CTCNet Conference in San Diego in mid June. For those not attending check out the conference website at http://www.ctcnet.org/conf2001.html . If there are interesting topics or speakers you would like info about, please contact Felicia (felicia@ltc.org) and she will put together a resource list to grab while there.

III.     Discussion: June Retreat Preparation

• A broad discussion of what folks wanted to get out the retreat. Expectations, activities ect.
• Better ways to share information and ideas (i.e. education, tracking / reporting, evaluation)
• Identifying priorities, identity and a sense of life after DoE funding
• need to talk about sustainability (staffing, funding, leadership)
• Need to identify challenges, training resources
• Organizational issues such as workng groups, leadership, development, long-term visioning
• Retreat should not be too packed or over scheduled. There should be enough room to explore ideas and converse with others.
• Should be a good mix of group and individual time
• Might be a good idea to involve / invite someone who has some experience with collaboration building such as Kate Snow
• Folks want to walk away with a group identity, good vibes, some unity of vision and ideas, concrete action, and a general vision plan

IV.    Adjourn

Next Meeting

• There will be not regular Consortium meeting in June. However, there is a day-long retreat on June 1^st (8:30am to 4:30pm) at Camp Maude Eaton in North Andover. Contact Felicia for travel directions (felicia@ltc.org)
• Next regular Consortium Meeting will be July 18^th @ 12:30. Location TBA.   Check website