10 March 2026

PRESENT: Janet May, Kelsey Preecs

STAFF: Lucy Martin, Maureen Kendzierski

Meeting started 3:05

Agenda

  1. Welcome
  2. Nominations for Governor’s Awards for Service and Volunteerism
    1. Go over the rubric and expectations
    2. Send out the rubric and expectations
    3. Get in graded rubrics by March 15th
  3. Maine Volunteer Leadership Conference Planning Committee Meeting read out from Friday
    1. Mainers helping Mainers subtheme of Think Globally Act Locally? Vice versa?
  4. Maine Service Fellows
    1. Share MSF posts applications
  5. AmeriCorps
    1. Kerry contract person supporting AmeriCorps technical assistance meetings
    2. Currently doing processes for grant review that are more cumbersome than other service commissions
  6. Maine Climate Corps Network
    1. Betterment Fund
    2. Quarterly meeting read out
  7. PSA’s for ServeMaine and Rollout
    1. Script for PSA for ServeMaine
      1. Improve your community
    2. Readout United Way meeting
      1. Good meeting regarding sharing content and connections with ServeMaine
      2. United Ways were also interested in learning about each other’s use of the platforms
    3. ServeMaine Subcommittee
      1. Start with a hybrid work session – see if a subcommittee is needed
      2. Have Britt in the room
      3. Bring it up in the Commission Meeting? Ask Britt

Meeting ended at: 3:55