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Human Services Advisory Commission - - - - - Minutes - - - - - - - June 17, 2002 - - - - Page 5 of 6 And now, Mr. Hurston continued, the HSAC would like add something to that, as in: • Let's not only identify abuse in its various forms as a concern for the citizens of Orange County but also • Provide ideas to the County Commissioners of ways in which we ought to address this • And, while we are doing that, provide information to the citizens • About ways in which to identify, help address it, and access the system as it currently exists Mr. Thompson said here's what he hears us saying, in summary: Here are the available services regarding abuse Based on this, what do the forum participants think are the burning unsolved issues And how do we address this? Ms. Young said that this would be actually taking this one step further than we have ever done before because in the past we stop after we identify the "burning issues." Ms. Kinzie pointed out that it will be important that the public be told that the forum will be different this year because she does think that people have gotten tired of the other format. The group, by consensus, wanted Mr. Hurston to be the moderator for the panel, but he requested that we reserve our vote on that until the next meeting. The group highly commended his moderator skills, but he said he would prefer we make that decision at a later date. Ms. Bowe said she would like to see someone from our Commission on the stage so that the discussion will go in the direction we want it to. The group does not think the panelists will want to be facilitators because in the past they have not wanted to give that much of their day to staying at the Forum. Mr. Thompson added that another problem with having panelists be facilitators is that then you have to give them training in facilitation and that could be difficult to coordinate. Facilitator Training By consensus the Commission decided this will not be needed this year because of the different format. Ms. Young said nominal group process doesn't work in these large breakout groups anyway. Ms. Young said she would like our final report of the Forum to the Board of County Commissioners to be more specific in its recommendation. Mr. Thompson said this is a timely topic because of the economic conditions in the state and the country we will see less social services and that will exacerbate the problem of abuse even more. Ms. Young made the suggestion that we could say very directly to the forum participants, "What do you want to recommend to the Board of County Commissioners ?" Discussion ensued on this idea. Ms. Young asked if it has been decided what the breakout groups will be. These were identified as: • children • partners • teens • elderly Mr. Thomspon reiterated the plan for the break out sessions will be to allow them each to develop one, two or three possible problems or major problems and to fill in the pieces in the puzzle. He said we might even frame it that way, e.g., "Think about what is missing. Let's not talk about what we know but let's talk about what we need to know." 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