Topic

Key Points Raised

Decision/Action

1. Review of Alliance Financial Report

• Balance in account is $42,457
• Summit cost was ~$42K with almost half for meeting planner
• Summit sponsorships $46,600 with several new sponsors
• We were successful in broadening sponsorship – had 12 sponsors in total
• No pending multi-year commitments from partners at this point

• Meeting planning expense is not out of line and worth it if it means that staff can be freed up for other tasks
• Continue broader reach for sponsors for next year

2. Projected expenses

• Projected expenses $7200/year ($3600 for next six months) to cover MIPH Fiscal Agent agreement and website support.
• No firm plans yet for Summit in 2009 - ? regional meetings
• MDH received $300K for program from CDC but budget is still tight and additional funds may be needed to help support SC travel to Twin Cities for meetings

• Solicit sponsorships for tangible product (i.e. Summit 2009) and look to: i)MN companies/large businesses  ii) pharma  iii) professional groups such as ONS, Oncologists, MNA)
• MDH to come to finance committee later in year if funds are needed for travel

3. Mini grants

• Given balance in account, time to reconsider mini grants to seed projects as a pilot
• Small amounts of funding can go a long way (e.g. VSS, $2K)
• We developed application in 1/08
• Tie to task force vs. project? Limit to CRC or keep it open?
• Who to review applications? Finance Committee (FC) or another ad hoc group with TF representation? Timeline?
• Unfunded projects might be picked up by other funders
• Might motivate project teams to formulate their ideas more clearly

• Bring proposal to July 30 Steering Committee (SC) meeting
• Recommend range of mini-grant sizes - $2000-$4000 up to a total of $8000 Proposed projects should have work plan, budget and timeline (all in application)
• If SC approved plan in July, solicitation could go out right away and SC could approve mini-grants at October meeting
• Propose that FC review applications but invite 1 or 2 SC members as well, possibly liaisons to Task Forces

4. Other – CCC Budget

• Not much has happened since meeting pre-Summit
• Intent was to discuss at last SC meeting but it didn’t work out that way
• Importance of stating our goals and needs important
• Sources of funding may come from unexpected places
• Likely that staff would do a lot of the groundwork and ask assistance from others
• Could go along with updating cancer plan

Jane will bring to Leadership Team meeting in July to discuss next steps