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2 <br />Mike Symons reported that the majority of the traffic at the previous Saturday’s Seymour Center <br />Open House were voters. Ms. Tyler concluded her Report by stating that the Herald Sun along <br />with the Orange County Visitors’ Bureau were planning on featuring the Department in one of <br />their 52 ads highlighting why it is so great to live in Orange County. <br />Kathie Kearns announced that the candidates for the Advisory Board on Aging vacancies had <br />declined the nominations. The applications of two new candidates were distributed. The <br />consensus of the Board was that these individuals should be invited to the next meeting, which <br />will be held in January 2012. <br />Mary Fraser provided a progress report on the MAP Update planning process. The Capstone <br />students have established a standard agenda to be used with all Workgroups. The students will <br />use this set agenda as they chair each workgroup. Each workgroup plans to hold two meetings <br />in 2011 and three meetings in early 2012 and the MAP Update will be drafted by March. A <br />master Workgroup schedule will be distributed to all Advisory Board members. <br />The Board began review of the draft input form for the County Commissioners’ annual planning <br />retreat. Accomplishments that need to be added or embellished included: <br />• Secured funding for the summer interns who assisted with the MAP community forums <br />• List the quantifiers for the MAP work done to date, such as number of forums, number of <br />attendees, geographic spread, number of department head interviews, number of <br />attendees at the Community Kick-Off and what townships they reside <br />• When discussing the LTC Roundtable, list the number of facilities represented and the <br />number who responded to the survey <br />• Emphasize that this is a community-driven process, not just a plan developed by staff <br />• Include the number of attendees at the Community Resource Fair <br />• List the number of CRC agreements and that Chatham/Orange is a pilot site for the State <br />for the hospital-transition model <br />• Mention the Advisory Board’s support of Senior Care’s financial struggles and corrective <br />actions to improve its financial status <br />• In the 2012 activities, describe the plans to implement MAP and monitor its progress. <br />• For emerging issues identified state that” the Advisory Board on Aging continues to <br />study ways and means to maximize or reallocate available resources to meet the <br />emerging magnitude of the needs of an increasing percentage of county residents that are <br />seniors.”