notes: Texas Gulf Coast Regional VOAD Meeting Minutes December 1, 2008, United Way for Greater Houston Attending: Linda Walker Adventist Community Services Carolyn Shell American Red Cross Glory Udoh Asset Building Network Mac Udoh Asset Building Network Mickey Pieri Catholic Charities Brandi Brown Children's Defense Fund Cindy Gabriel City of Houston, Hurricane Recovery Bob White City of Houston, OEM Henry Nielson FEMA VAL Mardie Menke Harris County Citizens Corps/OEM Linda Hebert Harris County Community Services Department LeVonne Harrell Harris County Community Services Department Stan Edde Houston Food Bank Gloria McGowen Hurricane Ike Help Line Mark Leonard Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Carol Flores Lutheran Disaster Response Edith Nino Lutheran Inter-City Network Coalition (LINC) Gwen Franke Lutheran Inter-City Network Coalition (LINC) Mark Junkans Lutheran Inter-City Network Coalition (LINC) Julie Reid Lutheran Inter-City Network Coalition (LINC) John Bell Neighborhood Centers, Inc. Gren Shirman Second Mile Mission Center Earnest Dyer Society of St. Vincent de Paul Marcela Berg State of Texas, VAL Frank Secor, Jr. Texas Baptist Men Disaster Relief Rolan Chambliss The Salvation Army Morris Fountain Time Banks USA Eddie Hilliard United Methodist Church Sandra Ray United Way/2-1-1 Texas Kathleen Bailey Volunteer Houston Meeting called to order at 10:00 by Rolan Chambless Introductions/Announcements: -Adventist Community Services working with Salvation Army in Galveston for Christmas projects -Salvation Army Christmas registration has happened and gift programs are underway -Food Bank is working on their Share the Holidays program with Channel 13 again this year -Linc, Houston is working to collect 2000 toys for area children -Catholic Charities is working again on their Share Your Blessing program -Time Bank USA announced the launching of their programs today -Asset Building Network is seeking to serve 100 children in SW Houston this holiday season. Toys for Tots can be accessed at 713-362-2036 -Houston Call Center is taking calls both for furniture needs and donations. 713-276-3955 -Lutheran Disaster Response is offering a free Long Term Recovery workshop December 10th. To register contact Carol Flores at carol.flores@lsss.org -CERT Rodeo is February 7, 2009. For more information go to www.harriscountycitizencorps.com Long Term Recovery Report: Carol Flores reported Each sub-committee of the Long Term Recovery Committee is meeting this week. For more information, see the front page of the TGCR VOAD website or contact the lead organizer for each work group. All VOAD members are invited to attend any or all of the work group meetings. The next general meeting of the LTRC is December 11 at 2:30 at the United Way VOAD January 5th will be our next quarterly business meeting, Linc, Houston and Second Mile Ministry will make presentations about their organizations. All members are invited to bring ideas for ongoing education/training events FEMA Henry Neilson reported statistics as of 11/24/08 Harris County registrations: 373,106 Max Grants ($28,800): 233 60+ year old registrations: 45, 518 Homeowners: 197,000 Renters: 171,000 Total Registrations (Ike): 723,000 Assistance approved: $306 million Housing assistance checks: $310 million Other Needs Assistance: $76 million Unemployment Assistance: $2.9 million ------------------------------------------------ Chairperson: Tim Kidwell Director American Red Cross of Greater Houston www.houstonredcross.org tkidwell@ghac.org 713.313.1618 Vice-Chairperson: Jeff Stys Manager, Community Initiatives United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast www.uwtgc.org jstys@uwtgc.org 713.685.2325 Secretary: Jennifer Posten Manager, Office of Disaster Preparedness Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston www.imgh.org jposten@imgh.org 713.533.4909 The Texas Gulf Coast Regional (TGCR) VOAD is a consortium of recognized voluntary organizations active in disaster relief. Its mission is to foster more effective service to people affected by disasters. VOADs support and facilitate the delivery of disaster services by their members. They do not themselves deliver response and recovery services. Member organizations support the efforts of federal, state, and local agencies and governments. TGCR VOAD bases its mission on these four values: Cooperation. By this we mean that we need each other, that no member organization has all the answers for the challenges we face. We treat members as partners. Communication. Here we mean the regular sharing of information about our member organizations�their capacities, accomplishments, and commitments. We try to maintain good channels for sharing information, listen carefully to each other, and deal openly with concerns. Coordination. We commit ourselves to work together and not competitively toward our goal of effective service to disaster victims. We seek to match services to need. Through planning and preparation, we equip our organizations to behave in a coordinated fashion in time of disaster. Collaboration. We dedicate ourselves to work together to achieve specific goals and to undertake specific projects at disaster sites. We form partnerships during the disaster response. Organizations wishing to coordinate their efforts with TGCR VOAD members are encouraged to register on the web site and add their organization to the list of VOAD members. ---------------- http://groups.google.com/group/tgcr_voad?hl=en -> Texas Gulf Coast Regional VOAD Meeting Minutes December 1, 2008, United Way for Greater Houston Attending: Linda Walker Adventist Community Services Carolyn Shell American Red Cross Glory Udoh Asset Building Network Mac Udoh Asset Building Network Mickey Pieri Catholic Charities Brandi Brown Children's Defense Fund Cindy Gabriel City of Houston, Hurricane Recovery Bob White City of Houston, OEM Henry Nielson FEMA VAL Mardie Menke Harris County Citizens Corps/OEM Linda Hebert Harris County Community Services Department LeVonne Harrell Harris County Community Services Department Stan Edde Houston Food Bank Gloria McGowen Hurricane Ike Help Line Mark Leonard Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Carol Flores Lutheran Disaster Response Edith Nino Lutheran Inter-City Network Coalition (LINC) Gwen Franke Lutheran Inter-City Network Coalition (LINC) Mark Junkans Lutheran Inter-City Network Coalition (LINC) Julie Reid Lutheran Inter-City Network Coalition (LINC) John Bell Neighborhood Centers, Inc. Gren Shirman Second Mile Mission Center Earnest Dyer Society of St. Vincent de Paul Marcela Berg State of Texas, VAL Frank Secor, Jr. Texas Baptist Men Disaster Relief Rolan Chambliss The Salvation Army Morris Fountain Time Banks USA Eddie Hilliard United Methodist Church Sandra Ray United Way/2-1-1 Texas Kathleen Bailey Volunteer Houston Meeting called to order at 10:00 by Rolan Chambless Introductions/Announcements: -Adventist Community Services working with Salvation Army in Galveston for Christmas projects -Salvation Army Christmas registration has happened and gift programs are underway -Food Bank is working on their Share the Holidays program with Channel 13 again this year -Linc, Houston is working to collect 2000 toys for area children -Catholic Charities is working again on their Share Your Blessing program -Time Bank USA announced the launching of their programs today -Asset Building Network is seeking to serve 100 children in SW Houston this holiday season. Toys for Tots can be accessed at 713-362-2036 -Houston Call Center is taking calls both for furniture needs and donations. 713-276-3955 -Lutheran Disaster Response is offering a free Long Term Recovery workshop December 10th. To register contact Carol Flores at carol.flores@lsss.org -CERT Rodeo is February 7, 2009. For more information go to www.harriscountycitizencorps.com Long Term Recovery Report: Carol Flores reported Each sub-committee of the Long Term Recovery Committee is meeting this week. For more information, see the front page of the TGCR VOAD website or contact the lead organizer for each work group. All VOAD members are invited to attend any or all of the work group meetings. The next general meeting of the LTRC is December 11 at 2:30 at the United Way VOAD January 5th will be our next quarterly business meeting, Linc, Houston and Second Mile Ministry will make presentations about their organizations. All members are invited to bring ideas for ongoing education/training events FEMA Henry Neilson reported statistics as of 11/24/08 Harris County registrations: 373,106 Max Grants ($28,800): 233 60+ year old registrations: 45, 518 Homeowners: 197,000 Renters: 171,000 Total Registrations (Ike): 723,000 Assistance approved: $306 million Housing assistance checks: $310 million Other Needs Assistance: $76 million Unemployment Assistance: $2.9 million ------------------------------------------------ Chair Jennifer Posten, Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston Chair-Elect Rolan Chambless, The Salvation Army Secretary Carol Flores, Lutheran Social Services Treasurer Chris Fults, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints Standing committee chairs: Membership Linda Hargis-Hebert, Harris County Community Services Department Communications Carolyn Shell, American Red Cross Education & Training Linda Walker, Adventist Community Services Sandra Ray, United Way of Greater Houston The Texas Gulf Coast Regional (TGCR) VOAD is a consortium of recognized voluntary organizations active in disaster relief. Its mission is to foster more effective service to people affected by disasters. VOADs support and facilitate the delivery of disaster services by their members. They do not themselves deliver response and recovery services. Member organizations support the efforts of federal, state, and local agencies and governments. TGCR VOAD bases its mission on these four values: Cooperation. By this we mean that we need each other, that no member organization has all the answers for the challenges we face. We treat members as partners. Communication. Here we mean the regular sharing of information about our member organizations�their capacities, accomplishments, and commitments. We try to maintain good channels for sharing information, listen carefully to each other, and deal openly with concerns. Coordination. We commit ourselves to work together and not competitively toward our goal of effective service to disaster victims. We seek to match services to need. Through planning and preparation, we equip our organizations to behave in a coordinated fashion in time of disaster. Collaboration. We dedicate ourselves to work together to achieve specific goals and to undertake specific projects at disaster sites. We form partnerships during the disaster response. Organizations wishing to coordinate their efforts with TGCR VOAD members are encouraged to register on the web site and add their organization to the list of VOAD members. ---------------- http://groups.google.com/group/tgcr_voad?hl=en
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notes: Chairperson: Tim Kidwell Director American Red Cross of Greater Houston www.houstonredcross.org tkidwell@ghac.org 713.313.1618 Vice-Chairperson: Jeff Stys Manager, Community Initiatives United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast www.uwtgc.org jstys@uwtgc.org 713.685.2325 Secretary: Jennifer Posten Manager, Office of Disaster Preparedness Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston www.imgh.org jposten@imgh.org 713.533.4909 The Texas Gulf Coast Regional (TGCR) VOAD is a consortium of recognized voluntary organizations active in disaster relief. Its mission is to foster more effective service to people affected by disasters. VOADs support and facilitate the delivery of disaster services by their members. They do not themselves deliver response and recovery services. Member organizations support the efforts of federal, state, and local agencies and governments. TGCR VOAD bases its mission on these four values: Cooperation. By this we mean that we need each other, that no member organization has all the answers for the challenges we face. We treat members as partners. Communication. Here we mean the regular sharing of information about our member organizations�their capacities, accomplishments, and commitments. We try to maintain good channels for sharing information, listen carefully to each other, and deal openly with concerns. Coordination. We commit ourselves to work together and not competitively toward our goal of effective service to disaster victims. We seek to match services to need. Through planning and preparation, we equip our organizations to behave in a coordinated fashion in time of disaster. Collaboration. We dedicate ourselves to work together to achieve specific goals and to undertake specific projects at disaster sites. We form partnerships during the disaster response. Organizations wishing to coordinate their efforts with TGCR VOAD members are encouraged to register on the web site and add their organization to the list of VOAD members. ---------------- http://groups.google.com/group/tgcr_voad?hl=en -> Texas Gulf Coast Regional VOAD Meeting Minutes December 1, 2008, United Way for Greater Houston Attending: Linda Walker Adventist Community Services Carolyn Shell American Red Cross Glory Udoh Asset Building Network Mac Udoh Asset Building Network Mickey Pieri Catholic Charities Brandi Brown Children's Defense Fund Cindy Gabriel City of Houston, Hurricane Recovery Bob White City of Houston, OEM Henry Nielson FEMA VAL Mardie Menke Harris County Citizens Corps/OEM Linda Hebert Harris County Community Services Department LeVonne Harrell Harris County Community Services Department Stan Edde Houston Food Bank Gloria McGowen Hurricane Ike Help Line Mark Leonard Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Carol Flores Lutheran Disaster Response Edith Nino Lutheran Inter-City Network Coalition (LINC) Gwen Franke Lutheran Inter-City Network Coalition (LINC) Mark Junkans Lutheran Inter-City Network Coalition (LINC) Julie Reid Lutheran Inter-City Network Coalition (LINC) John Bell Neighborhood Centers, Inc. Gren Shirman Second Mile Mission Center Earnest Dyer Society of St. Vincent de Paul Marcela Berg State of Texas, VAL Frank Secor, Jr. Texas Baptist Men Disaster Relief Rolan Chambliss The Salvation Army Morris Fountain Time Banks USA Eddie Hilliard United Methodist Church Sandra Ray United Way/2-1-1 Texas Kathleen Bailey Volunteer Houston Meeting called to order at 10:00 by Rolan Chambless Introductions/Announcements: -Adventist Community Services working with Salvation Army in Galveston for Christmas projects -Salvation Army Christmas registration has happened and gift programs are underway -Food Bank is working on their Share the Holidays program with Channel 13 again this year -Linc, Houston is working to collect 2000 toys for area children -Catholic Charities is working again on their Share Your Blessing program -Time Bank USA announced the launching of their programs today -Asset Building Network is seeking to serve 100 children in SW Houston this holiday season. Toys for Tots can be accessed at 713-362-2036 -Houston Call Center is taking calls both for furniture needs and donations. 713-276-3955 -Lutheran Disaster Response is offering a free Long Term Recovery workshop December 10th. To register contact Carol Flores at carol.flores@lsss.org -CERT Rodeo is February 7, 2009. For more information go to www.harriscountycitizencorps.com Long Term Recovery Report: Carol Flores reported Each sub-committee of the Long Term Recovery Committee is meeting this week. For more information, see the front page of the TGCR VOAD website or contact the lead organizer for each work group. All VOAD members are invited to attend any or all of the work group meetings. The next general meeting of the LTRC is December 11 at 2:30 at the United Way VOAD January 5th will be our next quarterly business meeting, Linc, Houston and Second Mile Ministry will make presentations about their organizations. All members are invited to bring ideas for ongoing education/training events FEMA Henry Neilson reported statistics as of 11/24/08 Harris County registrations: 373,106 Max Grants ($28,800): 233 60+ year old registrations: 45, 518 Homeowners: 197,000 Renters: 171,000 Total Registrations (Ike): 723,000 Assistance approved: $306 million Housing assistance checks: $310 million Other Needs Assistance: $76 million Unemployment Assistance: $2.9 million ------------------------------------------------ Chairperson: Tim Kidwell Director American Red Cross of Greater Houston www.houstonredcross.org tkidwell@ghac.org 713.313.1618 Vice-Chairperson: Jeff Stys Manager, Community Initiatives United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast www.uwtgc.org jstys@uwtgc.org 713.685.2325 Secretary: Jennifer Posten Manager, Office of Disaster Preparedness Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston www.imgh.org jposten@imgh.org 713.533.4909 The Texas Gulf Coast Regional (TGCR) VOAD is a consortium of recognized voluntary organizations active in disaster relief. Its mission is to foster more effective service to people affected by disasters. VOADs support and facilitate the delivery of disaster services by their members. They do not themselves deliver response and recovery services. Member organizations support the efforts of federal, state, and local agencies and governments. TGCR VOAD bases its mission on these four values: Cooperation. By this we mean that we need each other, that no member organization has all the answers for the challenges we face. We treat members as partners. Communication. Here we mean the regular sharing of information about our member organizations�their capacities, accomplishments, and commitments. We try to maintain good channels for sharing information, listen carefully to each other, and deal openly with concerns. Coordination. We commit ourselves to work together and not competitively toward our goal of effective service to disaster victims. We seek to match services to need. Through planning and preparation, we equip our organizations to behave in a coordinated fashion in time of disaster. Collaboration. We dedicate ourselves to work together to achieve specific goals and to undertake specific projects at disaster sites. We form partnerships during the disaster response. Organizations wishing to coordinate their efforts with TGCR VOAD members are encouraged to register on the web site and add their organization to the list of VOAD members. ---------------- http://groups.google.com/group/tgcr_voad?hl=en

notes: Chairperson: Tim Kidwell Director American Red Cross of Greater Houston www.houstonredcross.org tkidwell@ghac.org 713.313.1618 Vice-Chairperson: Jeff Stys Manager, Community Initiatives United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast www.uwtgc.org jstys@uwtgc.org 713.685.2325 Secretary: Jennifer Posten Manager, Office of Disaster Preparedness Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston www.imgh.org jposten@imgh.org 713.533.4909 The Texas Gulf Coast Regional (TGCR) VOAD is a consortium of recognized voluntary organizations active in disaster relief. Its mission is to foster more effective service to people affected by disasters. VOADs support and facilitate the delivery of disaster services by their members. They do not themselves deliver response and recovery services. Member organizations support the efforts of federal, state, and local agencies and governments. TGCR VOAD bases its mission on these four values: Cooperation. By this we mean that we need each other, that no member organization has all the answers for the challenges we face. We treat members as partners. Communication. Here we mean the regular sharing of information about our member organizations—their capacities, accomplishments, and commitments. We try to maintain good channels for sharing information, listen carefully to each other, and deal openly with concerns. Coordination. We commit ourselves to work together and not competitively toward our goal of effective service to disaster victims. We seek to match services to need. Through planning and preparation, we equip our organizations to behave in a coordinated fashion in time of disaster. Collaboration. We dedicate ourselves to work together to achieve specific goals and to undertake specific projects at disaster sites. We form partnerships during the disaster response. Organizations wishing to coordinate their efforts with TGCR VOAD members are encouraged to register on the web site and add their organization to the list of VOAD members. -> Chairperson: Tim Kidwell Director American Red Cross of Greater Houston www.houstonredcross.org tkidwell@ghac.org 713.313.1618 Vice-Chairperson: Jeff Stys Manager, Community Initiatives United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast www.uwtgc.org jstys@uwtgc.org 713.685.2325 Secretary: Jennifer Posten Manager, Office of Disaster Preparedness Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston www.imgh.org jposten@imgh.org 713.533.4909 The Texas Gulf Coast Regional (TGCR) VOAD is a consortium of recognized voluntary organizations active in disaster relief. Its mission is to foster more effective service to people affected by disasters. VOADs support and facilitate the delivery of disaster services by their members. They do not themselves deliver response and recovery services. Member organizations support the efforts of federal, state, and local agencies and governments. TGCR VOAD bases its mission on these four values: Cooperation. By this we mean that we need each other, that no member organization has all the answers for the challenges we face. We treat members as partners. Communication. Here we mean the regular sharing of information about our member organizations�their capacities, accomplishments, and commitments. We try to maintain good channels for sharing information, listen carefully to each other, and deal openly with concerns. Coordination. We commit ourselves to work together and not competitively toward our goal of effective service to disaster victims. We seek to match services to need. Through planning and preparation, we equip our organizations to behave in a coordinated fashion in time of disaster. Collaboration. We dedicate ourselves to work together to achieve specific goals and to undertake specific projects at disaster sites. We form partnerships during the disaster response. Organizations wishing to coordinate their efforts with TGCR VOAD members are encouraged to register on the web site and add their organization to the list of VOAD members. ---------------- http://groups.google.com/group/tgcr_voad?hl=en
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notes: Chairperson: Tim Kidwell Director American Red Cross of Greater Houston www.houstonredcross.org tkidwell@ghac.org 713.313.1618 Vice-Chairperson: Jeff Stys Manager, Community Initiatives United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast www.uwtgc.org jstys@uwtgc.org 713.685.2325 Secretary: Jennifer Posten Manager, Office of Disaster Preparedness Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston www.imgh.org jposten@imgh.org 713.533.4909 -> Chairperson: Tim Kidwell Director American Red Cross of Greater Houston www.houstonredcross.org tkidwell@ghac.org 713.313.1618 Vice-Chairperson: Jeff Stys Manager, Community Initiatives United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast www.uwtgc.org jstys@uwtgc.org 713.685.2325 Secretary: Jennifer Posten Manager, Office of Disaster Preparedness Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston www.imgh.org jposten@imgh.org 713.533.4909 The Texas Gulf Coast Regional (TGCR) VOAD is a consortium of recognized voluntary organizations active in disaster relief. Its mission is to foster more effective service to people affected by disasters. VOADs support and facilitate the delivery of disaster services by their members. They do not themselves deliver response and recovery services. Member organizations support the efforts of federal, state, and local agencies and governments. TGCR VOAD bases its mission on these four values: Cooperation. By this we mean that we need each other, that no member organization has all the answers for the challenges we face. We treat members as partners. Communication. Here we mean the regular sharing of information about our member organizations—their capacities, accomplishments, and commitments. We try to maintain good channels for sharing information, listen carefully to each other, and deal openly with concerns. Coordination. We commit ourselves to work together and not competitively toward our goal of effective service to disaster victims. We seek to match services to need. Through planning and preparation, we equip our organizations to behave in a coordinated fashion in time of disaster. Collaboration. We dedicate ourselves to work together to achieve specific goals and to undertake specific projects at disaster sites. We form partnerships during the disaster response. Organizations wishing to coordinate their efforts with TGCR VOAD members are encouraged to register on the web site and add their organization to the list of VOAD members.