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	CLEARINGHOUSE ON SUPERVISED VISITATION
	FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF FLORIDA

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Minutes of Florida Chapter Meeting

Phone Conference

March 15, 2006

The meeting was called to order at 12:05 PM

Present were:

Kris Nowland – 6th Circuit

Millie Lopez – 9th Circuit

Batina Lozzi Tiscano – 11th Circuit

Robert Jimenez – 11th Circuit

Carol Rosenbaum – 12th Circuit

Trish Waterman – 13th Circuit

Mary Jaffe – 15th Circuit

Gail Tunnock – 20th Circuit

Minutes of last Meeting:

Minutes of January 27, 2006 were reviewed. There were no corrections. Gail Tunnock made a motion to accept the minutes and Kris Nowland seconded it. The motion carried.

Committee Reports:

A) Membership Committee: Kris Nowland, Chair. Trish double-checked FL Chapter membership with SVN February 2006 list and many are not paid members. Kris asked that each program check the SVN membership list to see who has voting rights. We will review this at the next face-to-face meeting.

B) Finance Committee: Joe Nullett, Chair. (Not present) Joe gave Trish the following information:

1. There is $562.29 in the Chapter account

2. The Purchase/Payment Requisition (PPR) form was presented and reviewed. Mary Jaffe made a motion to adopt the form and it was seconded. The motion carried.

C) Standards and By-Laws: Gail Tunnock and Kris Nowland A sub-committee is looking at the Florida Minimum Standards and SVN Standards. Three mission statements were suggested with discussion. Gail Tunnock will work on combining the three statements and collaborate with Kris Nowland. Anyone who would like to have input should email suggestions to Kris.

D) Nominating Committee: Mary Jaffe, Chair

Mary reported: 1. The committee needs one more member and requested a list of vacancies from Kris. 2. The date of the annual meeting in Tallahassee is needed so she can mail out the list of upcoming vacancies 45 days prior to the meeting. Old Business: Web site: Trish reminded members to send Joe Nullett a picture of their center if they haven’t done so. New Business: A) Trish announced that Cherie Huttman resigned as treasurer of the Board and is being replaced by Joe Nullett. B) Task Force of Children’s Justice; Trish announced that she and Kris Nowland made a presentation to the Task Force in support of funding for the Clearinghouse. She wrote a follow-up letter to DCF’s Chris Lolley to reinforce support for Clearinghouse. The decision will be learned in May for funding or not. It will be brought up at the meeting next week. C) Mary Jaffe advised that the SVN would be making a video available of the training presented on March 1, 2006. Tonya is the contact person. Next Meeting: TBA in email; The last meeting of the year will correspond with the Clearinghouse training in Tallahassee on the new manual and the dates will be announced as soon as the Clearinghouse has a date secured in late May or early June. The meeting will also include the election of officers for the next year.

The meeting was adjourned at 12:36PM

Minutes submitted by: Carol Rosenbaum

The 2006 Conference Committees has decided on a theme that puts the focus on child-centered supervised visitation services but also opens up the conference for open discussion about the needs of others involved in the visit. There are many stakeholders: the courts, the parents, often the attorneys, perhaps child protective services, and even the visitation center staff. How do we meet everyone's needs without losing sight of the child?

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This year's theme is designed to put the focus on child-centered supervised visitation services but also opens up the conference for open discussion about the needs of others involved in the visit. There are many stakeholders: the courts, the parents, often the attorneys, perhaps child protective services, and even the visitation center staff. How do we meet everyone's needs without losing sight of the child?

We invite experienced trainers in supervised visitation and related disciplines to submit proposals for workshops or plenary sessions that focus on this issue. We would also like to see workshops regarding research related to outcomes for children in supervised visitation and basic information on the needs of children experiencing family dysfunction and dissolution and the nuts and bolts of developing and operating programs.

Please submit the following:

1. Your resume that includes your professional qualifications and information about other trainings you have presented

2. Names and contact information of at least two people who can attest to your presentation skills

3. Title and outline of proposed workshop with samples of workshop materials (This should be detailed enough so we can see how it relates to the theme or to one of the focus issues.)

4. Target audience

5. Length of workshop

(Workshop sessions are typically 1.5 hours. If you need longer, there is the option of asking for two sessions for a total of 3 hours.)

6. Presentation and audio-visual needs

Volunteer workshop presenters are required to submit all of their workshop materials in an electronic format for publication on the web site no less than 6 weeks prior to the conference. If materials are received on time, copies will be made for distribution in the workshop. If not received by deadline date, presenters will be responsible for the duplication of their own materials and will not be reimbursed for the costs.

Please send all information by January 15, 2006 (They are still accepting)

We prefer to receive it electronically. Send Email to: Conf2006@svnetwork.net

Or mail to: Program Committee Supervised Visitation Network 2804 Paran Pointe Drive Cookeville, TN 38506 Or FAX to: 931-537-6348