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2 <br />Master Aging Plan Co-Chair Mary Fraser informed the Advisory Board that five of the <br />ten scheduled MAP Focus Groups have been held throughout Orange County. The <br />comments have been diverse. Also, the first of the Orange County Department Head <br />interviews was held earlier in the day. The EMD Director was enthusiastic in his <br />responses and welcomed the opportunity to be involved in the planning process. Janice <br />Tyler announced that the County Commissioners approved the Community Assessment <br />questionnaire and it will be distributed to the senior center listserv and all Orange County <br />Government employees. It will also be available through the next Senior Times issue. <br />Ed Flowers requested that the Advisory Board be given a copy of the survey results. He <br />also asked how the Focus Group sessions were being advertised. Ms. Fraser replied that <br />attendees are being asked how they received notification for use in future advertising <br />efforts. <br /> <br />Mary Fraser summarized the MAP Planning Committee meeting held on May 26. She <br />reviewed the Plan Participant Structure that distinguishes between the roles of the <br />Steering Committee, the Management Group, the Work Groups, the Resource Panel, and <br />the Community Meeting participants. Appointments to the Steering Committee will be <br />pursued during the month of July. She stated that Focus Group attendees are being <br />invited to attend the Community Meeting scheduled for October. It was suggested that <br />the leaders of Orange County’s Towns be involved in the process along with the County <br />officials. <br /> <br />Ms. Fraser reviewed the Master Aging Plan timeline that charts all of the events planned <br />from the Focus Groups in June through the presentation to the Board of County <br />Commissioners in May 2012. The Chair asked at what point the current MAP finding <br />and recommendations will be addressed in the new process. Jan Wells suggested that <br />August would be a good time to review the 2006 Update and acknowledge the <br />accomplishments or unaddressed needs. She also urged that the persons responsible for <br />community disaster preparedness be appointed to the Steering Committee. Janice Tyler <br />stated that she has already met with EMD Director Frank Montes de Oca and he would <br />also like to be involved in the Long Term Care Roundtable discussions recently initiated <br />by the Department on Aging. It was suggested that the topic of disaster preparedness be <br />revisited by this Advisory Board quarterly. <br /> <br /> In the Committee Progress Reports Leo Allison stated that the Friends of Central Orange <br />have met with the Senior Center staff to review the ‘wish list’ for the coming fiscal year <br />and will bring suggestions to the Friends Board meeting on June 20. Upcoming activities <br />include establishing a legacy wall and sponsoring the annual Harvest Ball in October. <br />The Friends are also working on their website. <br /> <br />The Friends of the Seymour Center are holding their first community yard sale since <br />moving to the new facility on October 1. Chatham-Orange Community Resource <br />Connections (CRC) has now entered into cooperative agreements with 21 service <br />agencies. The emphasis is on reducing avoidable hospital re-admissions by improving <br />community service coordination with hospital discharge. This CRC is one of three pilot <br />projects in North Carolina.