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Officers 2005-06 Florida Chapter of the Supervised Visitation Network Slate of Officers for 2007 - 2008 PRESIDENT Sharon Rogers VICE PRESIDENT GAIL TUNNOCK – NAPLES SECRETARY CHRISSY HOULIOS - ORLANDO TREASURER CHERIE HUTTMAN FT. PIERCE NOMINATING MEMBERS (3) (1) MARY JAFFE – WEST PALM (2) PAM PEARCE – LAKE CITY (3) SUSAN MARVIN - TALLAHASSEE
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SVN INTERNATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE ON SUPERVISED VISITATION FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF FLORIDA
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Florida Chapter Meeting in Tallahassee June 6th
Hi everyone!
We are scheduled to have our final meeting of the year at 5:15 PM on June 6, 2006 at the Holiday Inn Select, 316 W. Tennessee St., Tallahassee. We will take a short break after the new manual training and have our Chapter meeting in the same conference room. Dinner will be on your own after the meeting. Attached you will find an agenda for the Chapter meeting as well as minutes from our last meeting. As you can see, there will be an election of new officers. You must have your dues paid for 2005 -06, be a member in good standing to serve on the board or to vote at this meeting and only one person per agency may vote. Mary Jaffee and the rest of the nominating committee will be in touch with you soon to request nominations. However, if you are interested in a position on the board, please be sure to let Mary know - jaffewestie@aol.com Please let me know if there is anything else you would like to add to the agenda. Children first! Trish Waterman, President Florida Chapter Supervised Visitation Network
SVN revised standards are now posted!
Visit SVnetwork.net to review the document and post your comments
Family Nurturing Center in Jacksonville. Want your SV Center here? Send the image to fncenter@aol.com
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
"Whose Visit Is It?"
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?
Plan now to join us for another exciting conference.
The Conference will be held at the Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center in Rapid City, SD, near Mt. Rushmore National Monument.
The Ramkota is the upper Midwest’s largest hotel/convention center. It features a unique western décor, complete with bison, running horses and livestock, complimented with real western family-friendly hospitality and the Black Hills largest indoor hotel water park! And at only $79.00 per night for guest rooms (and $109 for a 2-bedroom executive suite) it may be the most affordable conference we have had to date.
For more information about the hotel and nearby attractions, visit their web site at www.ramkota.com
A Call for Presenters
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
SVN Sponsored Phone Training!
March 1st at 1:00 Eastern time.
(12:00 Central, 11:00 Mountain, and 10:00 Pacific)
The SVN Training Committee has announced
its next Telephone training. The topic is
The Intersection of Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse. Kelly Otte, of Action Consulting in Tallahassee, Florida, will be the presenter.
Kelly is President of Action Consulting, which offers executive support and staff development for advocates. Prior to starting Action Consulting Kelly was the Executive Director of Refuge House, a rape crisis/domestic violence center located in Tallahassee, Florida. She has over 20 years experience working in domestic violence, rape crisis centers and women's centers in Nevada, Virginia, and Florida.
She is a lecturer at Florida State University in both the School of Public Administration and the School of Social Work. She has a master's degree in Public Admiistration and a B.A. in Criminal Justice. She understands these issues both from the social/cultural and the program administration perspectives. She has gained an understanding of how the issues relate to supervised visitation through her work with supervised visitation centers in Florida.
The training is free to SVN members, but we ask that you pre-register for the conference so we can make sure we can accommodate all of those who are interested. You can register via email to tonya@svnetwork.net.
When you have registered, you will receive the toll-free call-in number and the training materials. You can have as many of your staff attend the training as you want, but we ask that you utilize a speaker phone and call in on only one line.
It is also desirable that the phone have a mute feature so we can cut out as much background noise as possible while the presenter is speaking.
When you register, give us the name of the contact person and indicate how many staff you anticipate will be in attendance.
Telephone Training!
The UPS volunteers in Jacksonville
