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2 <br />Department of Public Health’s Division of Health Behavior/Health Education Capstone team to <br />prepare for the fall semester MAP assignment. Each MAP subcommittee will have a Capstone <br />student assigned as support staff. <br />Ms. Fraser also announced that two UNC summer practicum students will be working with the <br />Department on Aging this summer to begin gathering community input for the MAP planning <br />process. One of the students will continue as part of the Capstone team. Katherine Leith <br />distributed the schedule of community focus groups that will be held during May and June in <br />each Orange County township. A list was circulated for Advisory Board members to indicate <br />which focus group session they could attend. <br />Based upon her experience with Durham County, Joan Pellettier suggested collecting the <br />demographics of all focus group participants and tape recording each session. Mary Fraser noted <br />that the students will also be conducting ‘aging-friendly’ assessments by interviewing County <br />department heads, utilizing the survey tool that the Division of Aging developed for its <br />assessment of State agencies. She suggested that an online survey of County Government staff <br />could also be conducted and that the survey could be promoted through the Senior Center <br />listserv. Discussion followed on how the survey would be conducted and the data analyzed. <br />Mary Fraser reported on the May 3 MAP Update Planning Committee meeting. She asked for <br />feedback on the timeline listed in the Committee minutes. Discussion followed on the <br />composition of the Steering Committee and the workgroups. Janice Tyler stated that there will <br />be more subcommittees during the 2012-16 Update process due to the focus shift from functional <br />status to the issues identified in the State Aging Plan for 2011-15. The consensus was to <br />continue assembling a list of persons who should be involved in the process and then selecting <br />Steering Committee membership from that list. There will be cross-membership among the <br />Advisory Board, the Steering Committee and the workgroups. Forms will be available at the <br />focus group sessions for attendees to volunteer for involvement in the planning process, asking <br />their particular field of interest. Composition and framework will be further considered at the <br />June Advisory Board meeting. The first task for the Steering Committee will be planning the <br />kick-off event for September. <br />Leo Allison reported that the Friends of the Central Orange Senior Center held its annual <br />meeting on May 13. Mr. Allison was re-elected Chair and the Board of Directors was increased <br />to 18 members. Steve Lackey announced that the Friends of the Seymour Center will be hold its <br />annual meeting on May 19. Advisory Board member Mike Symons will assume the office of <br />Chair. Heather Altman stated that the Orange-Chatham Community Resource Connections <br />project has developed cooperative agreements with 19 service providers. She invited all present <br />to attend the Hospital Transitions meeting on June 3. Ed Flowers reported that Senior Care’s <br />financial status is improving. He also announced that he has constructed a listserv for the <br />Advisory Board’s use and will be testing it soon. <br />There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br />Janice Tyler, Secretary