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Thursday, August 7, 2008

2008 Update

AC4C met in Des Moines on August 6 and 7, 2008.

Workgroups met in their area of Resources and Technology, Technical Assistance and Training, Communication and Marketing, and Legislative and Advocacy.

Resources and Technology will be posting documents from members to http://www.boxnet.net

Technical Assistance and Training is asking for input through completing a member survey

Communication and Markeing is going to get a second media kit out, recruit new members with new brochures and new member letter recruitment.

Legislative and Advocacy is looking at social host and compliance checks.

Next meeting will be November 19 and 20th.

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Iowa Youth Survey Lite for DFC Core Measures Training Registration Information

In August during the DFC Iowa Cluster Meeting in Des Moines, attendees talked about using the Iowa Youth Survey Interim, better known as Iowa Youth Survey Lite to gather data for the DFC Core Measures. During that meeting, Ron Mirr asked if we would like to have training that would enable us to administer the survey online (Survey Monkey is one site; Ron mentioned others). I have contacted Ron and he will be available to do this training/planning session on Monday, November 12, 9:30-3:30. Other issues around the administration of the survey, such as parent consent will be on the agenda. I have reserved a room at DMACC West Campus, 5959 Grand Avenue, West Des Moines. The room has capacity for only 30 participants (we’ll take the first 30 to register).

To register, email cjohnson@aea13.org no later than November 7th with your name, email address, and organization. Lunch will be on our own. Box lunches, which includes a turkey or ham sandwich, chips, cole slaw and cookie or brownie, are available to be delivered to our site by Machine She at a cost of $7.00 per person. If you want a box lunch delivered for you, please indicate your preference for either turkey or ham when you register. I will not order a lunch for you unless you tell me you want one.

You will have many ideas for agenda items—please contact me with any item you need to have addressed during this day. Hopefully, as DFC program leaders we can leave the day with plans/consensus on how we will move forward with the surveying. Please also feel free to contact me if you have any questions or suggestions for the day either by email or on my office phone: 712-366-0503. Looking forward to a full but rewarding day!

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

AC4C 2007 Accomplishments

Keg registration effort at county and state level

Networking-sharing information via e-mail

Access to trainings-coalitions sharing what they are doing and making it free

Recognition of the alliance by the state and others

Getting organized-office, brochures, etc.

Awarded JAG funding

Applied for CCF grant

Trainings we have sponsored

Linkage of local coalitions to other organizations (MCTC, PDFI, etc.)

Shared vision-working together instead of independently

Iowa Youth Survey Data

At a recent tobacco conference/meeting we were discussing the upcoming data requirement for the in-between year need. Does anyone have an answer for what they will be using that will be easy to duplicate?