Chicano Correctional Workers Association
Corcoran I Chapter
Meeting – May 30, 2008

Members/Guest Present
Sylvia Gonzalez, President
Regina Guzman, Secretary
Marlene Smith, Member
Sylvia Vasquez, Member
Ali Musleh, Member
R. C. Garcia, Member
Kelly Santoro, Member
Debbie Chinchock, Member
Amanda Ramirez, Member

Meeting was called to order @ 1440 hours by President Sylvia Gonzalez.
• Roll was taken and a quorum was established.
• Minutes from April 17, 2008 were read and approved. Marlene Smith motioned to change the minutes to read “donated $50.00 to Debbie Chinchock in lieu of $100.00 for the American Cancer Society.
Sylvia Vasquez second the motion. Everyone agreed.
• Distributed the following flyers:
o Fresno Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce – 1st Annual Health and Fitness Expo – Saturday, July 19, 2008
o CDC Ethics Checklist
• This year’s conference will be in Ontario on November 9th and 10th. R.C. Garcia brought up making people pay up front for their conference and then possibly the chapter paying them back. Debbie Chinchock made that motion. Marlene Smith second the motion. Everyone agreed.
• Discussed Cinco De Mayo event – Sylvia received a letter from the Medical Department thanking the chapter. Sylvia also thanked everyone for helping and thanked Pat for letting CCWA members use her house to make the burritos. The chapter made $337.00 from the burrito sale.
• Sylvia reminded everyone to turn in their forms if they are interested in running for office.
• We need to have a ballot sent out to members. We don’t have a lot of current addresses for members on file. We need to select a credentials group to send out ballots, track and count votes

CCWA – Corcoran I Minutes
Meeting on May 30, 2008
• Board of Directors is discussing renting a new office in Delano. R.C. Garcia mentioned it would be easier to lease a building/equipment instead of buying it. It is safer for individuals to lease for their term.
• Board of Directors CCWA is looking for a recruitment coordinator.
• Discussed raising money by getting a fireworks booth. Need license from county to set it up and we need to get our own liability license and fireworks.
• John Alvarez family is related to Paul Rodriguez. He will inquire about going Rodriguez putting on a show for CCWA scholarship money.
• Sylvia directed everyone if they know of any upcoming events, to let the committee know, so they can set up booth.Adjournment
R. Guzman made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 1525 hours. D. Chinchock second the motion. Everyone was in favor of adjourning the meeting.

Next Meeting – Thursday, June 18, 2008 located at
Pirate Pizza on Whitley Avenue at 1430 hours.

Minutes prepared by: R. Guzman
Corcoran I Chapter Secretary (Interim)