13 January 2026

PRESENT: Ninette Irabaruta, Kelsey Preecs, Janet May

STAFF: Maureen Kendzierski, Jamie McFaul, Lucy Martin

Meeting started 3:03

Agenda

  1. Welcome
  2. GSA meeting read out about the awards
  3. Planning Committee for the Maine Volunteer Leadership Conference
  4. Professional Development Fund open to Volunteer Managers Network
    1. Service Programs Task Force is the reviewer of the applications
    2. Week before the Task Force meeting the applications are sent out and reviewed and decided upon – monthly basis
  5. Volunteer Manager Certification course open – advertise to networks; 25 seat limit
  6. Input from the Committee on Outreach Campaign/PSA’s for Serve Maine
    1. Bill Maine Alliance Local Emergency Managers – geared towards the cities
    2. Food pantries through MEMA and Kelsey
    3. Regional touring for State Strategy meetings also pitch ServeMaine
    4. Set up a training for ServeMaine – Kelsey offered to help lead trainings
      1. 8 minute training video from Michael
    5. This Task Force should be in charge of the roll out to present about it
    6. List of actionable ways to support ServeMaine rollout
      1. Provide commissioners with small blurb, identify organizations of interest so that commissioners can reach out directly/more intimately
      2. Compare the asks in the spreadsheet with the registered organizations
  7. Follow VM on socials like/share/comment

Next Steps:

  • Create a when2meet for 2026 meetings
  • Create a one pager on ServeMaine
    • Compare the organizations on Michael’s spreadsheet to those that have registered on ServeMaine

Meeting ended at: 3:48