VMICC Executive Board Meeting
May 5, 2003

Meeting began at 7:18 p.m., Vashon Youth & Family Services
Present were Jim English, Gayle Sommers, Dan Schueler, Jack Barbash, Yvonne Kuperberg and Joan Sells.  
Guests present were  Bong Sto Domingo, Melvin Mackey, Joe Ulatoski and Jack Nelson.

I.  Welcome
April Meeting Minutes:  The minutes were approved as written.
 Changes to the Agenda:  None

II. Treasurer's Report
Jolene not in attendance.

III.  Announcements

ACTION ITEM:  Dan will work with Bong about getting information from King County Departments.

IV.  Public Comment

V.  Board Items
A motion was made to discontinue refreshments at the General Meetings by Joan Sells. Motion was seconded and
passed.  

Rayna Holtz from the Library to talk about record keeping of minutes, handouts, and any changes to both bylaws
and policies and procedures.  Keeping track of motions would also be good to have at the library.  Rayna also
asked that the minutes from committee meetings come to the library as well.  Dan agreed to take the handouts 
from meetings 

Melvin Mackey was at the meeting representing the Washington Council of Part? 
He brought up a number of scenarios where our four part voting system might create problems.  He made a 
suggestion about our voting.  He will meet with Marilyn Omey as the Governance Committee to suggest what
the changes should be.

Joe Ulatoski and Jack Nelson were at the meeting representing the effort to create a Citizen Corps Council
Joe discussed the previous meeting with May and Marilyn and Mike Parkis.  He talked about the need for 
better disaster preparedness, and about his search for how it is done now.  He mentioned that Vashon would
be somewhat isolated in case of a disaster.  We would have to make do for ourselves for 3-5 days.  Joe went
through the preliminary planning in an overview way.  He went through some of his handouts, including his
staffing charts.

Jack Nelson then talked about the CERT program as it has been getting going on Vashon/Maury.  

The Board then discussed whether or not the Citizen Corps Council motion should be rewritten and how it should be presented.  Gayle Sommers moved that a tentatively titled Disaster and Emergency Preparedness Committee be 
created.  The motion was seconded and passed by a unanimous vote.  Gayle Sommers moved that the motion presented at the April meeting be referred to the new committee. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.

VI. General Meeting Agenda
The bulk of the meeting will be taken up with a Transportation Forum.  Jack Barbash will lead a "visioning"
session to brainstorm about transportation issues for about a half hour.  The Transportation Committee will be 
providing the rest of the program, inviting speakers from various transportation providers.


Meeting was Adjourned at 9:35 p.m.
Minutes Prepared By:  Dan Schueler, Clerk