Quarterly Meeting Minutes: January 2023, Friends of Lenape Presentation (link provided)

Jan 20, 2023

by Skylar Washington

Our Quarterly Meeting was held on January 11th, 2023.

We discussed our Quarterly Accomplishments, purpose, and goals going forward. RuthAnn Purchase presented her program and progress with restoring a historical culture. If you were unable to make the meeting and have suggestions, questions, or concerns please reach out to Celeste or Skylar.

The DE BEST COMMITTEE Meeting is scheduled for January 24th, 2023, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm. We look forward to seeing you all at our in-person +1 potluck on January 19th, 2023, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm.

Quarterly Meeting Minutes are below.

DE BEST QUARTERLY MEETING MINUTES

January 11, 2023, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Virtual via Zoom Meeting

Attendees:

Celeste Peart, Program Manager	David Chandler	Marilyn Siebold
Skylar Washigton, Admin Assistant	Elisabeth	Melanie Ireton
Adetutu Ogunleye	Elizabeth MacKay	Milton Fileberity
Alicia Fileberity	Janice Webb	Ramona Negron
Anne Biddle	Jeff Goldstein	Ruth Ann James
Anthony Policastro	Jeff Goldstein	Simon Purchase James
Barbara Cliento	Jessica Dolnack	Steve Dolnack
Beth Dewson	Jonna Yetter	Wade Jones
Cherjon Bailey	Linda Farrow	Yvonne Stringfield

TOPIC	QUESTIONS	ACTION ITEMS, RECOMMENDATIONS and NOTES
1) Welcome	Celeste Peart - called to order at 6:30 p.m.
2) Quarterly Accomplishments	Celeste - Reviewed summary. Highlights - Total: 330 volunteers Recruitment: 4 new volunteers Purged Volunteers that did not meet volunteer requirements this quarter: 0 DE BEST Volunteers Communications Portal https://debest.galaxydigital.com/user/dashboard/ Requirements to stay active with DE BEST: Engagement/Participation of 4 hours Respond to Call Down... Save email in Contacts: DEBESTvolunteers@gmail.com Resource Distributions Food Bank: 10 shifts and 42.25 hours HopeLine Distributions: 5,500 materials distributed this quarter! Annual Hayes Symposium: 4 volunteers and 10 hours DPA Convention Center: 1 volunteer and 9 hours Celeste shared measurements for program at Quarterly Meetings - per DE BEST COMMITTEE request.	Save email in Contacts: DEBESTvolunteers@gmail.com
3) Team Development	Volunteer Activities Last Quarter: Committee Meetings (1): 10/12 Quarterly Meetings (1): 11/29 Training (1): 12/13 Workplace Violence and Psychological First Aid (virtual, 16 participants) Required trainings completed by volunteers (to date): Crisis Counseling Program Training: 78 Completions PFA: 74 Completions
4) Training Minute	RuthAnn Purchase - new Volunteer, Presented "Training Minute" "Friends of Lenape Everywhere- Reuniting cousins across the Lenape Diaspora" Program restoring ecosystem and culture. Renovations to ancient cemetery, bringing together cousins of the Lenape Diaspora. RuthAnn Requested DE BEST: Consider how volunteers can help provide psychological first aid and trauma-informed support to the families who are suffering from inappropriate and inaccurate media and mongering. RuthAnn's presentation can be located here, "Friends of Lenape Everywhere- Reuniting cousins across the Lenape Diaspora". Thank you again, RuthAnn for such a wonderful presentation and allowing us to share your presentation with the team!	How can we help restore Lenape culture with dignity they deserve?
5) Upcoming Meetings / Events	Future Community Outreach: DE BEST Holiday Potluck: 1/19 Food Banks Distributions: (3) 3/27,3/29, and 3/31 one in each county DE BEST Committee Board Meeting - 1/24, 6:30 p.m. (tentative) DE BEST Quarterly Meeting - 3/12
8) Open Discussion	We look forward to seeing you in-person at the Potluck +1. Planning in-person trainings (per DE BEST COMMITTEE request) this quarter.	Locations needed for in-person trainings (each county).
8) Closing / Adjourn	Celeste called for adjournment at 7:30 p.m. Next Quarterly Meeting is tentatively scheduled for April 12th, 2023, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm