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Human Services Advisory Commission - - - - - Minutes - - - - - - - June 17, 2002 - - - - Page 3 of 6 Mr. Block said that for agencies who do not understand what is abuse is about he is thinks it is important to point out the causes and what could be done to prevent abuse. He is favor of presenting solutions and what kinds of things will give us closure to this issue. Mr. Block is concerned about the panelists: That they will only tell us about all the forms of abuse. He thinks that the panelists can say that there can be some solutions. He continued by saying that since the Forum draws all kinds of people, it could guide individuals to resources. Mr. Thompson commented that what we are talking about is, not only what abuse is but what are the appropriate referral steps. For example, what phone number should a person call if one sees abuse; is it confidential ?; do you call Social Services or do you call the police? what do you say when you make the call? what are the ramifications of making such a call? etc. Ms. Young added some other points such as, what are some of the causative factors; what are the resources; what do you individually do if you see abuse; what are the national models. She commented that there are some new models out there regarding abuse. Ms. Kinzie suggests that we let the panelists find the keynote speaker. Ms. Barnhill said if we are having such a difficult time to come up with a keynote speaker, then do we need one? She suggested we use our time more wisely this evening. Ms. Barnhill asked if the Board of Commissioners would let us not have a keynote speaker at the Forum? Mr. Hurston asked how much time the keynote speaker needed? It was mentioned that it was about a half hour. He said the reason he is asking is that if we are unable to find a keynote speaker, he would agree that we should use that time more wisely. Ms. Kinzie added that we had brainstormed a lot of good ideas at the May meeting. He said the spectrum of the subject of abuse is so wide — all the way from children, to foster children, to elder abuse, that it will take the panelists some time in an organized manner to spell all this out. He said he thinks that in order to have a successful forum you need good information. Ms. Kinzie thinks they will need 30 minutes apiece. Mr. Block added that is the reason that the panel discussion must have substance. If you don't have substance then the time runs out and then you don't accomplish very much. Ms. Young agreed. Mr. Block continued that you don't get the information across and that it is important to specify this in the information going to the panelists that we have a concern about the time and that it will be necessary to be sure we have good content. Ms. Young made the following suggestion for the format of the Speaker /Panel section of the Forum: 1. Keynote Speaker — eliminate 2. Panel - 3. Style: Interview: A moderator who will be interviewing each panelist as opposed to each panelist doing her /his own thing a. Tell the panelists in advance, we will be asking you these kind of questions b. It is a more interactive type interview 4. She asked that we be creative with the format of the Speaker /Panel section and not just do the same thing we have done in the past. Mr. Hurston added to this discussion that what he heard them saying was that we want to somehow, whether it be via a keynote speaker or a moderator that we start by putting the subject into a context and then Protecting and Preserving People, Resources and Quality of Life Orange County, North Carolina - You Count! Area Code (919) 245-2125 : Fax (919) 644 -0246: EMAIL: npaciga @co.orange.nc.us