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1 <br /> <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />ADVISORY BOARD ON AGING <br />Minutes <br />March 13, 2012 <br /> <br />PRESENT: Leo Allison, Heather Altman, Alex Castro, Ed Flowers, Haryo Marsosudiro, Thelma Perkins, <br />Donna Prather, Jeane Suddarth, Mike Symons <br />STAFF: Mary Fraser, Kathie Kearns, Janice Tyler <br />The meeting was called to order at the Seymour Center by Chair Heather Altman. Introductions <br />included guest Donna Prather, the retiring Medical Director of the OPC Area Program who is considering <br />applying for appointment to the Advisory Board on Aging. The minutes of the February 14 meeting <br />were approved following the motion made by Alex Castro and the second by Leo Allison. <br />The Chair announced that she had received a letter from the Board of County Commissioners thanking <br />the Advisory Board for its annual report. It included a request for further information about the ‘one- <br />stop shop’ coordinated service effort that was initiated during 2011. Janice Tyler will respond to this <br />request. <br />In her Director’s Report Ms. Tyler stated that she and the Chair had conducted interviews for the Senior <br />Centers Administrator position and a recommendation had been submitted to the Human Resource <br />Department. Ms. Altman suggested that the Advisory Board should spend some time at a future <br />meeting discussing the future direction for senior centers, a question that was posed to the candidates <br />during the interviews. Ms. Tyler also announced that Carla Allison has begun her assignment as the <br />Department of Social Services social worker who is permanently assigned to the Central Orange Senior <br />Center. <br />Janice Tyler reported that the Soar Feat Sendoff event had been held at the Seymour Center since the <br />last Board meeting. Through her walk across America, Teri Swezey hopes to raise awareness and <br />money for caregiver programs. Ms. Swezey was a caregiver for her mother and the Department on <br />Aging provided assistance to her during that time. <br />Triangle J AAA will be conducting its annual monitoring visit during the last week of March. Also, the <br />Master Aging Plan will be presented to the Governor’s Advisory Council at its meeting that week. The <br />UNC Capstone student team will be joining Ms. Tyler for that presentation. Heather Altman stated that <br />she has been asked to present on Community Resource Connections at the National Association of <br />County Commissioners meeting in August. She will include MAP information and will ask a <br />representative of the Board of County Commissioners to be involved in the presentation. In concluding