Multi-County Clients Council

Regiion VI- Position Paper -Involvemenmt/Participation

May 18, 2007

The Executive Committee, Directors of Region VI Client Council has adopted, as it's guideline for client participation/ Involvement in Legal Services Programs,a set of standards and principles for members of Region VI Clients Council and for all Client Board of Directors members of LSC funded Legal Services Programs. Thses standards will act as a guideline and roadmap for our participation and involvement in Legal Services Programs as Client members. For a copy of these guidelines, call the Regional Office or contact any member of the Executive Committee of the Region.

The Region has also adopted the following;
1. Goals and objectives for 2006-2010
2. Needs Assesments for the Adminisration of the Region.
3. Mission and Purpose.

The Region is also moving forward with it's goal of becoming a non-profit, tax-exempt 501[c]3 Corporation in order to position itself to be able to recieve federal, state and local funding. This non-profit status will lend credibility to the Region and stabilize and reduce the Region's risk of liability and will also indemnify The Regional Board's Executive Committee and it's Board of Directors.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS
The Annual Conference will be held in Little Rock, Arkansas on the 24th and the 25th of September. We will be participating in the 50th Anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock's central high School. For more infromation and the events of the 50th Anniversary, contact,

Spirit Trickey
Coordinator
National Park Service
501-374-3067
spirit_trickey@nps.gov

HOTEL ACCOMADATIONS
Comfort Inn and Suite
707 Interstate 30
Little Rock, Arkansas
Ginny Moulton, Director of Sales
toll free-888-472-6717[mention region vi to receive the reduced rate rooms]

Registration this year is $75.00. contact our treasurer for more information,

Dora Hare
256 W. Brooks Road
Memphis, TN., 38109
901-789-3057

Region VI web site is "under construction".For updates of the conference,via the world wide web, visit the web site of the Multi County Clients Council of Louisville, Ky at www.neighborhoodlink.com/org/mccc. Our web site is updated monthly. Or you can call the Regional office in Louisville, Ky., at 502-584-4979, e-mail at m3c@bellsouth.net