Executive Committee
June 29, 2016
Meeting Minutes
Call to Order:
Chairwoman Cheryl Gonzalez (University of North Florida) at 2:00 p.m.
Members Present:
Chair Cheryl Gonzalez (University of North Florida), Barbara Melvin (First Florida Integrity Bank), Vice Chair Jay Narang (GDKN), and Deborah Thompson (Deborah K. Thompson Consultants)
Rhett Frisbie (Florida Bar) did not attend the meeting.
From OSD: Hue Reynolds, Executive Director, and Carmen Claudio, who recorded the minutes.
Public Attendee:
Ted Hollins, Orlando Renaissance Writers Guild and Ted Hollis Photography who attended a meeting in Jacksonville, and subsequently participated in the meeting as a guest.
Agenda:
Barbara Melvin moved to adopt the meeting agenda as presented. Jay Narang seconded the motion and the agenda was approved.
Meeting Minutes:
The meeting minutes for March, April and May 2016 were presented. Jay Narang moved to approve all of the minutes, and the motion was seconded by Barbara Melvin. The meeting minutes were approved unanimously as presented.
Old Business:
A. Committee Chairs: Currently, there are Chairs or Interim Chairs for the following committees: Communications, Research and Emerging Trends, State Agency Vendor Diversity and Legislative. The Communications Committee has an Interim Chair (Jay Narang). The Executive Committee members discussed adding the By-Laws and Procedures Committee. During a previous meeting, Brian Williams expressed his interest as serving as Chair for By-Laws and Procedures. Recruitment of more members to serve on the committees will be handled during the upcoming meeting.
B. Committee Meeting Schedules: The Executive Committee discussed whether the Council should continue meeting on a monthly basis. Deborah Thompson suggested that the Council continue to meet monthly. The other Committees need to establish monthly meetings to ensure agenda items are posted in public. The Executive Committee will continue to meet one week prior to the full Council meeting.
C. Committee Agendas and Minutes: Chair Gonzalez reminded that all committees need to include agendas and have minutes recorded for each time they meet. The information will be posted on the website for all to view.
D. Annual Report – Committee Summaries
a. Committee Summaries should be submitted as the fiscal year ends. This will be included in the Council’s Annual Report.
b. During next week’s Council meeting, Chair Gonzalez will recommend foregoing the pursuit of a DSO. She would like for the Council to consider having a statewide ombudsman who would report to the Governor. Information about this idea will be shared with the Council members.
New Business:
A. July Agenda: The discussion about the agenda included the listing of “Chair” for Jay Narang under the Communications Committee. He suggested that Johnny Helms may be a good candidate to serve that role. The commentary for the July meeting will be Doug Wheeler, Florida Ports Council.
B. Future Stakeholder Commentarians: future meetings include the following speakers -
a. Dominic Calabro, Florida TaxWatch – August 3
b. Requests to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation and the Florida Council of 100 have been sent. Awaiting responses for both.
c. 2016 Future of Florida Forum: http://www.flchamber.com/event/2016-future-florida-forum-2/
Announcements:
Deborah Thompson suggested that there needs to be a focus on training and workforce development in any education that the Council shares.
Next Scheduled meeting:
Recurring for one week prior to the Council meeting on Wednesday at 2:00 pm. Next meeting will be held on July 27.
Meeting was adjourned at 2:32 pm.
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