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MINUTES

Workforce Network of Kansas
Leadership Team
October 18, 2002

Members present for the phone conference meeting were Ed Berger, Gerald Cook, Steve Jack for Rick Beyer, Dwayne Peaslee, and Chair Ken Bell. Staff Barb Reavis was present.

Bell called the meeting to order at 1:40 p.m. Minutes of the August 27, 2002 meeting were approved following a Cook/Berger motion. Minutes of the October 4, 2002 meeting were approved following a Cook/Peaslee motion. Bell reminded members the Vision and Mission were in their background packets.

Proposed meeting dates for 2003 were approved following a Cook/Berger motion.

Bell explained that table sponsorships were available for the Kansas Award for Excellence banquet on November 7 in Overland Park. The banquet table sponsorship is $900 and will cover meals for ten individuals. Sponsorship was approved following a Cook/Berger motion. Reavis will promote the opportunity to all Leadership Team members.

Members agreed to meet with KDHR representatives with the purpose of developing a recommendation for the WNK Board on how best to use the WIA State Set Aside. That meeting was set for 1:30 p.m., Thursday, November 7 at 512 W. 6th, Topeka.

Since KDHR might wish to bid on doing the research being considered, Jack left the conference call to allow the Leadership Team to discuss the pending research project. Members were generally pleased with the criteria developed to describe the project. Reavis explained there are two processes to use for getting estimates on the project. If members felt the expertise exists within state government to do the work, all that is needed is a Request for Information. If members felt they wanted to look outside state government for the work, a formal Request for Proposal process will be required. At a minimum, that process will take 12 weeks. Members unanimously agreed to look within state government first, especially since all agencies and institutions need to supplement their tight budgets. Reavis will work with KDHR purchasing staff to develop the Request for Information.

Items to be included on the November 22 agenda include:
§ 2003 Meeting Dates
§ Future directions
§ Proposed use of WIA State Set Aside
§ Status of strategic initiatives

Under New Business, members agreed to make themselves available earlier in the day November 7 if the Governor-Elect's Transition Team had time to meet with them. Reavis will make the offer of a time between 11:30 and 1:30 and let members know. Members agreed WNK Board member Eddie Estes should be included, if possible.

Bell adjourned the meeting at approximately 2:30 p.m.