Attendees:



|Attendees: | |

|Gordon Richins, UT Co-Chair |Cathy Haarstad, ND - visiting |

|Laura Walker, MO |Laurel Ryan, UT BCDD, TN, Secretary |

|Bethany Stark, Tarjan, CA |Clare Collins, ME |

|Mitchell Levitz |David Morrissey, AUCD |

|Sharon Hauss, IN |Dean Westwood, OIDD, OR |

|Norb Ryan, KY |Laura Walker, MO |

|Angela Weaver, OIDD |Rob Boy, OIDD |

| |Becky Raabe, AZ |

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|Issues/Decisions: |Action Needed by: |

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|Pre-Meeting: Angela & Laura – (Dean filling in) – KC meeting – Steering Committee – Strategic | |

|Planning with Carl Calkins – Intro to Orientation to CAC Curriculum. | |

|Angela will have 2nd day to work on the PAR project – | |

|Dean – PAR – requesting a no-cost extension – would allow $$ to be extended out and also $$ that | |

|COCA has as a sub-contract – this is critical – Development Team members & Feedback Team members | |

|–have $$ to AUCD Annual in 07 – or to get to KC Meeting. $9500 from COCA – One comment from the | |

|Board – please use it for Training SC at UCEDD Annual Meeting. – Haven’t heard back yet from ADD | |

|– about the no-cost extension. Those $$ must be spent by June 30, 2007 or they will be lost | |

|without the extension. 2nd Day – PAR training – 9-1:30 p.m. So people could get out in the | |

|afternoon. PAR grant would pay for lunch. ? – could PAR grant stay over for another night? Rob | |

|Boy – OIDD, OR. Dissemination Coordinator will be on the call today. Laura – 1st day on COCA | |

|Strategic Planning – emphasis on the steering committee. Training with Steering Committee | |

|members. Training needs for COCA Carl – e.g. planning for annual meeting. | |

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|New Policy Fellow | |

|David Morrissey |Dean – will contact David later about |

|Master Public Service – U of AR – LEND Trainee – Partners for Inclusive Communities |International Disability Issues! |

|Has Vietnam – Community Based Organizations – Lawrence KS, CIL, AIDS, United Way | |

|International Disability Work | |

|Kansas City? Disability Policy Seminar | |

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|Update: PAR Grant | |

|Angela Weaver | |

|Has all the edits from the Curriculum. Will revise and make it into one document. Reading level |Angela will email Maggie to see if they can|

|issues – up to the facilitator to give examples and make it applicable for their group. There is |get a contractor to revise into simpler |

|funding to get this translated into Spanish or should it be looked at for another edition on a |language, then get that translated into |

|more basic reading level? Perhaps ADD would fund this. Look at someone who could revise this |Spanish. |

|into a more easy-to-read. Rob Boy will be demo-ing – moving this from Metadot to a web-site. | |

|Populate the website with more information. Look at Survey of UCEDD Directors – Tips for writing | |

|grants – successful grants, promotion, tenure for individuals who participate in PAR – individuals| |

|from all team – do more outreach – get samples of that language – checklist idea – bullet-point. | |

|We don’t have any word from ADD about the no-cost extension before June 30. COCA PAR $$ to go to | |

|AUCD in November. | |

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|UPDATE: KANSAS CITY MEETING: | |

|Laura Walker | |

|DATE CHANGE: MAY 13 (travel) MAY 14 & 15 | |

|First day – COCA Steering Committee Strategic Planning and CAC Orientation. Second day – PAR | |

|project meetings. | |

|Website would be up and running by May – get feedback and PAR ToolKit Pilot. | |

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|Laura Walker will give us the final agenda and logistics as they are developed. | |

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|CAC Orientation Curriculum – Final edits – still at ADD. | |

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|COCA Training Suggestions | |

|Gordon | |

|Strategic Planning for COCA – Plans for actions between now and annual meeting and long-term | |

|objectives | |

|E.g. – AUCD Annual Meeting – COCA – training needs – how COCA works – | |

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|Work with a SC member or two – webpage updates – | |

|Listserve updates – drives our state membership | |

|COCA Committees – discussion of how they’re working | |

|What needs to be added | |

|SC – work objectives | |

|COCA News Bulletin | |

|COCA SC Re-structuring? E, M, W, and other select members – we’ve lost participation – | |

|Full Conference Calls – clarification – in the loop? |Gordon and Laura Walker will get ideas to |

|SC needs to be clarified – guidelines – operational rules |Carl Calkins. |

|Role of SC – | |

|Conference calls – | |

|Project-orientation vs. COCA orientation |Laurel will send out 2005 KC Workgroup |

|Operational Rules |document to COCA leadership. |

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|Laurel and Gordon will work on PDF and accessible versions with Yvette | |

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|UPDATE On MultiCultural Council | |

|Laurel Ryan and Gordon Richins | |

|AUCD Board Meeting – Six Councils – Board would like to see other Councils work together. COCA | |

|members are free to join the Multi-Cultural Council. | |

| |Angela and Dean – for April Edition |

|UPDATE On Medical Decision-Making | |

|Reported by Gordon Richin | |

|Fred Palmer will continue as chair of SIG. | |

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|Attenuated Growth –“Ashley Treatment – Pillow Angel.” David Morrissey will be in contact with | |

|George Jesien and Fred Palmer regarding . | |

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|UPDATE on Reauthorization of DD Act – | |

|Laurel Ryan | |

|Will be discussed at Disability Policy Seminar in March in D.C. (AUCD Legislative Affairs | |

|Committee meeting) From there, it will go to the AUCD Board at their next meeting. | |

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|UPDATE: COCA News Bulletin | |

|Solicitation from Gordon for April Edition | |

|Condensing – Minutes – Updates on PAR and CAC Project | |

|Re-working COCA – May in KC! | |

|Mitchell – article on poster presentation from 06 Annual Meeting – new edition of his book | |

|Highlight what’s happening at the UCEDD’s | |

|Support individuals articles highlighting individuals and projects! | |

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|COCA – | |

|Award at AUCD Meeting – Program Committee/Nominating Committee – COCA would like to revisit | |

|selecting the individual ourselves as COCA, or will AUCD select. Supposed to be a COCA member | |

|honoring their UCEDD. | |

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|Next Conference Call: | |

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|MARCH 15, 2007 | |

|2:00 ET - | |

|1:00 CT | |

|12:00 MT | |

|11:00 PT | |

|9:00 Hawaiian-Aleutian Time Zone | |

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