Meeting: GLBC Coalition	Date: 9/18/02 Meeting Started: 18:02 Adjourned: 20:00
Attendance:	Amy Clark, Pam Peterson, Mike Longenecker, David Carroll, Sue Polan, Kevin
	Scarbrough, Debbie Lane, Debbie Jamieson, KaSandra Brown, Gretchen Olney, Jim
	Swinkowski, Chris Noonan, Jim Leve, Eric Weber, Janine Rigg, Mark Avery, Maggie
	Gibson, Donna Marsh, Chris Boyd, Ron Mills, Jim Williams, Ann Hunt, Sonia Rickhoff

Agenda Item	Discussion	Resolution
July Minutes review	No Changes	Consensus to pass

Fundraising Update	Web Site has the most current postings of fundraisers	Contact Mike Longenecker if you
	Sept. 19, Paul Davis Restoration Golf outing, N. Grand Rapids	are available to volunteer for any
	Sept 22-23, Saginaw Twp. Firefighter booth at the mall	fund-raisers
	Sept. 27, Fri Evening Dinner, Kalamazoo
	Sept. 28, Sat. Cooper Twp. Golf outing
	Sept 29, Motorcycle ride in Niles Twp. Free entry to apple festival
	Oct. Midland ticket raffle
	Overall, fundraisers are going well

Financial Update	Collected approximately $50,000 in donations during the week of summer camp
	Scholarship committee is forming if any coalition members would like to participate	Contact:Kasandra Brown, Debbie
		Lane, Ron Mills, or Jodi Monarch
	Expense forms are accessible from the web site for reimbursement

Board Report	GLBC is sending four people to the Atlanta Burn Camp Conference:
	Debbie Jamieson, Mark Avery, Mike Longenecker, KaSandra Brown

	GLBC is providing $5,000.00 in sponsorship for families to attend World Burn Congress
	A committee is forming to establish guidelines for sending persons to conferences	Contact: Amy Clark, Sue Polan,
		Mike Longenecker, or Kevin
		Scarbrough if you are interested
	No tolerance discussion for drinking during staff training

Summer Camp Report	Director report: 89 Kids attended, none sent home, overall a good week
	*need to streamline communication amongst staff
	*Follow the chain of command when there is a problem
	*There are some improvements that need to be made with staff
	*The state inspector stayed for five hours and no violations were found with staff and

	*Morning meetings; encourage rotation of staff from each cabin/activity to encourage
	communication and outpost will be included next year.

	Outpost:
	*kids appeared to enjoy the outpost, appeared to be successful
	*carnival and distribution of school supplies went well
	*Communication confusion with kayaks and bikes	next year a schedule will be
		posted for bikes and kayaks will
		be kept in the boat house
	Arts&Crafts:
	*Went well, children seemed to enjoy activities, extra staff helped a great deal
	*Home Depot is interested in partnering for some wood work activities next year

	Waterfront:
	*Lost swimmer drill went well
	*Overall waterfront went well

	Dance:
	*suggestions to decrease the number of slow songs, to monitor behavior closely at
	all times, to keep the lights brighter, staff to keep at arms length when dancing with
	campers.

	Luggage:
	*Confusion regarding laundry bags, suggestion to add instructions for the cabins	Take any feedback to Ron Mills

	Registration:
	*Garage was too congestion, need to try to keep people out of that area
	*Luggage flow could be improved but was hard to control due to parking of parade	Take any further suggestions to
	participants.	the program committee
	*Suggestion to put up snow fences to help direct the children
	*Try to get food to the airport earlier next year
	*Try to arrange activities for the kids at the airport next year from 11:00-1:00

	Applications:
	*A new cover sheet was introduced to simplify applications
	*There is going to be a big change in applications for winter camp

	ACPL Programming:
	*Suggestions to build in incentives to arrive as a group during backpacking to
	encourage team work
	*Suggestion to bring ropes activities back into staff training to promote team work
	*Cabin three felt it took too long and there was too much walking
	*Cabins five and six were not able to cooperate for the activities
	*There were too many changes at the last minute	any changes need to go through
		Jim Swinkowski and the program
		committee
	Food:
	*Problems with missed meals and the food that was served for cabins doing activities	There will be an assistant to the
	away from the main camp	chef that will meet each morning
		to confirm daily meals for campers
	Sponsor Luncheon:
	*Trophies were well received	Contact Mark Avery with any
	*Tours went well	further suggestions
	*Media packets needed
	*Hostesses requested a quick briefing of camp information prior to the luncheon so
	can be prepared to answer donor questions

	Nursing:
	*Do not pack medications
	*If a child does not have their meds, they shouldn't be allowed to attend camp	Medications should be the same
	*add sleep apnea to the medical information on the application	as if they were going to school
	*Do not have children bring any over the counter medications, camp is well stocked

	Scheduling:
	*Open sessions worked out well	Send any ideas to the Program
		committee
	Boat Race:
	*Difficult to get all the kids involved and interested in the boat building process	Dave Caroll and Amy Clark are
	*Rules are not clear, suggestions to provide clarification for next year	volunteering to help streamline
		this activity
	Cabin 3: Had a camper with a language barrier, volunteer helped a great deal
	Cabin 5: Kids were not cooperative
	Cabin 6: Cabin meetings went well

	Bruce and Bob feedback:
	*Requesting cabins to set up and take down tents when camping
	*Tents need to be tipped on their sides each morning

	Smith and Nephew Goodie bags:
	*They are looking for input of what should/shouldn't be in the bags	Take ideas to Mark Avery
	*Suggestions to keep ponchos and include beach towels

	PR Coordinator
	*Offered to try to secure an astronaut to visit for next year	Consensus no on this offer

Winter Camp Update	Site visit on new facility: We will not be changing facilities, will return to Boyne
	Camp Dates: February 21-23, 2003

Miscellaneous	Debbie Jamieson is collecting photos from summer camp to be posted on the web site

Next Meeting	Lansing Fire Dept #8, October 9, 2002

	Meeting Adjourned