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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
CITY OF LAFAYETTE
Lafayette Youth Advisory Committee Meeting
January 18, 2012
DRAFT
Call to Order/Roll Call
Co-Chair Lauren Jones called the January 18 meeting to order at 6:37 pm in the Nyland Room at the Lafayette Recreation Center, 111 W. Baseline Road, Lafayette, Colorado. The following Committee Members were present: Wyatt Clarke, Madison Cowan, Zack Cusworth, Emily Gardner, Paige Jones, Jessica Lawson, Jasjit Mangat, JD Mangat, Emma Piller, Hailey Smith, Alex Solheim, and Jasmine Trujillo. Also present were Advisory Members Karen Snortland and Elaina Verveer and Intern Arielle Powers.
Committee Minutes
Minutes from the Committee Meeting of January 4, 2012 will be reviewed on February 1, 2012.
Scheduled Items
Former Lafayette Youth Advisory Committee Member and PeaceJam Foundation Intern Maddie McCormack met with the Committee to discuss several upcoming PeaceJam events. Members were specifically invited to participate in a ten-day PeaceJam and Global Explorers Expedition to Costa Rica in July to explore how peace and justice relate to environmental preservation. Applications are due February 15; interested members would be responsible for covering airfare and the program fee. Maddie also invited the Committee to join PeaceJam’s Global Call to Action, and post its efforts to address social problems on the organization’s web site.
Members of the Lafayette Youth Advisory Committee discussed their role in organizing Lafayette’s Seventh Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. March for Peace and Celebration, which was held on Monday, January 16. In addition to identifying highlights from the event, which convened more than 400 community members, the Committee identified ways to improve the event in the future. Suggestions included holding the afternoon celebration at the Lafayette Recreation Center or a larger venue; coordinating additional service projects; inviting more diverse performers to participate in both the march and afternoon celebration; incorporating storytelling; and identifying additional roles for youth and/or student groups from local schools, including Louisville Middle and Monarch High School.
Members also prepared thank you cards and donation receipts for individuals and businesses which supported the Martin Luther King, Jr. event.
Co-Chair Hailey Smith briefly reviewed items that will require the Committee’s attention this spring, including a proposal by Centaurus students to amend the youth curfew policy. The Committee will identify other initiatives and projects to support during the February 1 Committee Meeting.
Adjournment
A motion was made by Emma Piller and seconded by Zack Cusworth to adjourn the Lafayette Youth Advisory Committee meeting at 7:40 p.m. The motion was passed unanimously.
CITY OF LAFAYETTE
Lafayette Youth Advisory Committee AmeriCorps Meeting
January 18, 2012
DRAFT
Call to Order/Roll Call
Co-Chair Lauren Jones called the January 18 AmeriCorps meeting to order at 7:43 pm in the Nyland Room at the Lafayette Recreation Center, 111 W. Baseline Road, Lafayette, Colorado. The following Committee Members were present: Wyatt Clarke, Emily Gardner, Paige Jones, Jessica Lawson, Jasjit Mangat, Hailey Smith, and Alex Solheim, Also present were Advisory Member Elaina Verveer and Intern Arielle Powers.
Meeting Minutes
A motion was made by Lauren Jones and seconded by Hailey Smith to approve the minutes of the AmeriCorps Meeting of December 7, 2011 as written. The motion was passed unanimously.
Scheduled Items
Intern Arielle Powers invited members to co-facilitate an after-school, service-learning program at either Angevine Middle School or a Lafayette elementary school this spring. Sponsored by Project YES, the program will likely meet once weekly, beginning mid-February. Hailey Smith and Alex Solheim expressed interest in supporting the program.
Members also considered coordinating volunteer trainings at Centaurus High School and Peak to Peak Charter School this spring as a means to generate support for Project YES programs. Emily Gardner also suggested connecting Project YES to National Honor Society chapters at area schools to develop yearlong programming.
Emily Gardner, Jessica Lawson, and Jasjit Mangat completed AmeriCorps hours logs for the month of December.
Adjournment
A motion was made by Lauren Jones and seconded by Emily Gardner to adjourn the AmeriCorps meeting at 8:22 p.m. The motion was passed unanimously.
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