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Meeting Minutes
2021
Meeting Details
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Bylaws
Composition and Membership
The Community Relations Committee shall select its chairperson. The Board ARCA Delegate shall report at each meeting of the Community Relations Committee, but shall not necessarily be required to be a member of the Community Relations Committee. A quorum shall consist of a majority of the members of the Community Relations Committee. The term of members shall be set at one (1) year.
Duties
The duties of the Community Relations Committee shall be to:
Review any pending legislation pertinent to people with developmental disabilities and to coordinate contacts with legislators representing the catchment area or responsible for introducing, reviewing or acting upon legislation affecting the segment of the population served by this Regional Center at the direction of the full Board.
Inform and educate, as outreach, the diversified communities served by the Regional Center as to the purposes, policies and operational procedures of the organization; and (3) Serve as a clearing-house for all public forums.
Review and recommend standards and policies consistent with the needs of Regional Center consumers with regard to:
- Regional Center services, such as consumers’ rights, case management, intake, assessment, and community development
- Services provided by agencies outside the Regional Center. It is not the role of the Community Relations Committee to discuss individual consumers, individual vendors, the investigation of special incidents involving vendors, and other confidential Regional Center matters. Accordingly, such matters shall not be discussed at meetings of the committee.
Process
The GCRC meets on the dates and times identified in the approved board calendar or may meet more often if needed. An agenda is prepared in accordance with the committee’s approved critical calendar. Also present at the committee meetings are the executive director and staff of NLACRC that may be requested to participate by the executive director. Any board members or interested persons are invited to participate any time. The committee may also invite the participation of consumers or representatives of other agencies as appropriate.
Content
The GCRC may address issues assigned to it by the Board or brought to its attention by the committee members/guests and/or the executive director. The scope of these issues should demonstrate a significant impact on consumers, families, and/or the provider community. Thereafter, the committee will determine if any action is needed and, if so, will recommend the action to the Board.
The GCRC is responsible for reviewing public awareness related materials, such as videotapes/Digital Versatile Discs (DVDs), brochures, speaking engagements, outreach for board members reflective of community demographics of culture and ethnic origin, and media.
The GCRC shall inform and educate the diversified communities served by NLACRC as to the purposes, policies and operational procedures of the organization. The GCRC will also serve as a clearing house for all public awareness forums and materials developed by NLACRC’s Board for distribution to the community.
The GCRC is responsible for the review of all legislation affecting NLACRC’s business, including consumer services and/or individuals with developmental disabilities in general and, in some instances, develops a position paper for the Board’s approval and action. Further activities of the GCRC may include, recommending an action to the Board that is consistent with their position, such as:
- Establishing contacts with vendors, services groups, chambers of commerce, parent groups, advocacy groups, and elected officials
- Communicating legislative positions adopted by the Board and analyzing various legislative materials solicited from other agencies to properly inform the Board.
- Advocating with elected officials and other advocacy groups.
- Implementing and maintaining legislative actions for the Board to follow pertaining to legislative bills which may need further action
