Minutes of Meeting
Of the Regional Workforce Board
For Indiana Region 9

Greensburg City Hall
Greensburg, IN
May 16, 2008

I. Welcome and Introductions

The meeting was called to order at 9:05 am by Chairman Timms.

Board Members present: Board Members absent:
Beth Blasdel Mike Rowland
Carla Enzinger Jackie Hill
Jeanie Scofield John Burnett
Don Heiderman Bob Tedesco
Rick Bryant
Ron Timms Board Staff Present
Rene Stivers Angela Black
Patti Yount Barbara Kemp
Bebe Kinnett
Connie Berry
Kirk Kuhn
Doug Jones
Carla Crowe
Jim Battin
Bart Brown
Dean Fraser
Mark Bryson
Quorum Present

After calling the meeting to order, Chairman Ron Timms welcomed and introduced the guests to the meeting which included DWD Commissioner Teresa Voors, Lissa Griffin, Molly Dodge, Margo Olson, Don Richardson of RVR; Jim Buchanan, Amy Lay, Jean Voyles, John Ruckelshaus, Terri Schultz, Nancy Davisson, Karen Swain of DWD; Randy Johann, Teresa Begley of Ivy Tech; Peg Dickson, Debbie Thomason with OCCF; Lisa Deck EcO15 Decatur; Sarah Salisbury IEDC; Denise Knueven Purdue TAP; Andrew Stoner Honda; Patty Weddle Workforce Associates; Marty Hon; Kathy Ertel, Vicki Kellerman with EDC’s.

II. Discussion/Approval of Prior Meeting’s Minutes

The minutes from the April 18, 2008 meeting were reviewed. Upon review there were no requests for changes. Patti Yount motioned to accept the minutes as written, Rick Bryant seconded the motion. The minutes were approved unanimously.

III. Additional Activities of Board Leadership

Service Provider
The Service Provider Request for Proposal Committee is recommending retaining River Valley Resources as Service Provider for an additional one (1) year. This recommendation is being presented by Patti Yount, Ron Timms, Jeanie Scofield, Beth Blasdel, Crowe Chizek and Reach, Inc. Chairman Timms requested a motion to accept the Committee recommendation of River Valley Resources for Service Provider in Region 9. Rene Stivers motioned to accept, Rick Bryant Seconded the motion. Motion Carried.

Patti Yount wanted to state for the record the Board has John Burnett’s proxy for this vote.

IV. Theresa Voors, DWD Commissioner

Commissioner Voors introduced Terri Schultz and John Ruckelshaus, Deputy Commissioner with Workforce Development Governmental Affairs. Mr. Ruckelshaus thanked Region 9 for all its hard work in the Region and its communities. He then introduced Terri Schultz, who is in charge of integration program with WD PLTW and Bio-Med.

Terri gave a PowerPoint presentation and described a few programs going on with the schools. She described the history and intent of Project Lead the Way and how it is currently being implemented within Indiana. She discussed Jennings County middle school and some of the PLTW projects it is involved with, such as: modules, design modeling and automation and robotic, magic of electrons, flight in space and engineering and power. She then discussed the biomedical program and how 7 states pulled together to form the biomedical program funding. The Bio-Med program prepares students for the 2-4 year degrees in health care programs. She hopes to see some Region 9 schools involved by next year.

V. Andrew Stoner / Honda

Commissioner Voors introduced Andrew Stoner, Corporate Affairs Team and Rick Schatza, new VP of Honda Manufacturing of Indiana. Mr. Schatza discussed the current progress of the new Honda plant and said the last items are being finished up. Rick introduced Andrew Stoner to give an overview of Honda’s progress in Greensburg. He stated that Honda coming to Indiana was big news for the entire state. He announced that the product for Greensburg will be Honda Civic 4 door sedan. There has been a real effort in Indiana to make this one of the most efficient facilities Honda established in North America. He discussed the support Honda has received from Indiana Workforce development and how it really is a partnership and how DWD has come through for Honda hiring the necessary people.

VI. Doug Jones/ Patti Yount Financials

• Carla Crowe handed out the financials. Patti Yount noted that we do not have a budget for RVR. The Finance Committed will work on that budget and send to Board members.
• The financial monitoring has been completed for the service provider. Ms. Yount stated that two policies on procurement have been handed out for your review.
• With the current downturn of dislocated workers RVR has requested additional funds. Ms. Yount asked for a motion to approve $60,000.00 of adult funds to be transferred to dislocated worker funds. Rick Bryant motioned to approve the transfer of funds, Beth Blasdel seconded the motion. Motion carried.
• Ms. Yount thanked Lissa Griffin for the clarification on the $180,000.00 that was applied to training.
• Ms. Yount asked for a motion to correct the Board’s Travel Policy to reflect the mileage reimbursement to match the IRS travel rate. Don Heiderman motioned to accept the correction, Rene Stivers seconded the motion. Motion carried.
• Patti stated that the Board had budgeted $200,000 transition funds for the new Service Provider. Since we are staying with RVR there will not be a transition of staffing. The Board would like to keep the difference after the RO transition and be able to apply the extra funds to the WorkOnes as needed, this needs to be researched. Patti Weddle is getting a real evaluation of WorkOnes and she will let the board know what may be needed. Ms. Yount asked for a motion to accept the financials as presented. Rene Stivers motioned to accept the financials, Rick Bryant seconded the motion. Motion carried.

VII. Jim Battin/EcO15/DIDI

• EcO15
Deborah Thompson is the EcO15 person for Ohio County. Decatur County’s EcO15 person is Lissa Dappin. Just a reminder the community foundation of each county does the hiring of this position. We have selected a director Ed Stewickie. Mr. Stewickie has 20 years manufacturing and health care experience. Jeanie Scofield is the Advanced Manufacturing Coordinator and Jeff Schrader is the Grant Manager/Regional Coordinator. Reminder for Board members, a Board member from each county is required to be on the EcO15 council.

• DIDI
John Burnett and I attended the executive Dream It Do It meeting in Washington DC. There were 11 sight coordinators there. John gave our presentation and we were informed that we are perfectly aligned with where they want to go.

• OCRA
Jack Hess has offered to write this grant and develop a network of entrepreneurial in every region. Citizens who are interested in entrepreneurialship will be able to get on the internet and become certified with virtual assistance. The Board has approved up to $30,000.00 for a matching portion.

VIII. Bebe Kinnett

All the WorkOne phones are now changed in the Board’s name.

Several events will be taking place over the next month, Indiana Region 9 Monitoring, TrackOne training, Greg Newton will give a “Welcome Team” training for integration. And we will be implementing the ProveIt assessment program into the WorkOnes.

Kirk Kuhn
• TAG
Currently there are 19 companies involved in TAG; 10-11 are in the pre application phase. DWD’s focus now is on small businesses. We are getting the word out to smaller companies.
• RR
Delta Faucet had a rapid response, they are TAA qualified and programs are now going on.
• Indiana Career Connection Website
Amy Lay is testing and debugging the website. Mr. Kuhn will be the regional trainer. This is a new program and will go live on July 1, 2008.
• SHARE
Everyone is trained and the SHARE network is up and running in Franklin and Ohio Counties.

Angela Black
• SSI
Quarterly reports are in the Board packets. She is now meeting with vendors to wrap up year one deliverables.
• Embedded Systems
Training was to begin in February but was extended to April 2008.
• Nursing
Facility positions are still in place and we are invoice monthly.
Nine Nursing Scholarships were awarded at $5,000.00 each, totaling $45,000.00
• Supervisor Leadership
Mr. Johann stated the last three participants are in class now.
• JumpStart
The quarterly report shows the first MSSC program needed 225 participants, so far only 120 have been enrolled. Randy Johann explained testing is underway and by end of June the Board will see completions. Patti Yount stated she is still committed to the MSSC program.
• TMW
Project Lead the Way teacher training is scheduled to begin at Northside Middle School. Southeastern Career Center is up and running. Purdue College of Technology Mechatronics program is underway. DIDI HS Champions have been awarded the first stipend and will receive the second part in May.
• CAA
Vendors have signed the contracts and case managers are currently working on enrollment.

Connie Berry
• Legacy
Legacy’s class room phase has been completed. All participants are ready to enter the work sights.
• Monitoring
Monitored for the WorkOne Case files went well. Ms. Berry wrote an in office policy for Case File Monitoring which will assist with this process in the future.
• Technical Reading and Writing
The Technical Reading and Writing classes will begin this summer and all appears to be on track.

IX. Bart Brown / Reach, Inc.

Mr. Brown gave a brief explanation of the Reach management team. There was one correction on the hand out which is his email address, it should read Bart.Brown@comcast.net. Reach’s main focus right now is on Integration and he would like to thank Bebe Kinnett and Connie Berry for all the hard work they have done with Integration.

X. RVR

Don Richardson
Mr. Richardson wanted to thank the Board for selecting RVR as Service Provider in Region 9 for an additional year. Mr. Richardson is confident that RVR will increase their performance and management of resources to provide the best services possible for Region 9.

Lissa Griffin
Ms. Griffin stated that the RVR monthly report is in the Board packets for review. Briefly, Switzerland County is making connections with the schools and YMCA, etc. The Greensburg office is very busy and wanted to personally thank the Board for approval of the additional Greensburg staff. And, the Seymour office move went smoothly and the new location is wonderful.

XI. Other Business

Next meeting will be in Lawrenceburg on June 20, 2008 at the Ivy Tech Community College.
Patti Yount will suggest the July 2008 meeting.

Chairman Timms requested a resolution to approve all actions of the Board and its members that have occurred since the last meeting. Patti Yount made a motion to accept the actions. Beth Blasdel seconded the motion. Motion carried.

Meeting adjourned 11:21