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Home My WebLink About08/28/2024 - Women and Gender Equity Advisory Board - AGENDA - Regular MeetingWOMEN AND GENDER EQUITY ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING Wednesday, August 28, 2024 – 5:00 pm Conference Room A (281 N College Ave) Meeting Contact: Redd, Staff Liaison, kredd@fcgov.com, 970-416-2009 Teams – See Link Below 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL 3. AGENDA REVIEW 4. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 6. NEW BUSINESS a. Guest Speaker Introductions and Discussion – Council Liaison Julie Pignataro and Council Member Melanie Potyondy b. Brainstorming – resources, priorities, future guest speakers c. Work Plan Draft d. Review City Council’s Calendar Participation for this Women and Gender Equity Advisory Board Meeting will be in person at 281 N College Ave., Conference Room A. You may also join online via Teams, using this link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup- join/19%3ameeting_YjIyYzIwOGQtNzA5Yi00ZGNiLThhMTktYWQyMWJiOWE1YWJk%40thr ead.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2247fa2f5f-0d0a-4a68-b431- 6d1a27b66660%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%227eaad00e-d4ca-460e-8419- 46888306ccde%22%7d Online Public Participation: The meeting will be available to join beginning at 5:00 pm, July 24, 2024. Participants should try to sign in prior to the 5:00 pm meeting start time, if possible. For public comments, the Chair will ask participants to click the “Raise Hand” button to indicate you would like to speak at that time. Staff will moderate the Teams session to ensure all participants have an opportunity to address the Board or Commission. To participate: • Use a laptop, computer, or internet-enabled smartphone. (Using earphones with a microphone will greatly improve your audio). • You need to have access to the internet. • Keep yourself on muted status. WOMEN AND GENDER EQUITY ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING 7. OTHER BUSINESS 8. NEXT STEPS a. Agenda Items? 9. ADJOURNMENT Women and Gender Equity Advisory Board REGULAR MEETING July 24, 2024 – 5-7 PM 281 N. College Ave – Conference Room 07/24/2024 – MINUTES Page 1 1. CALL TO ORDER Staff Liaison called the meeting to order at 5:11 PM. 2. ROLL CALL • Board Members Present – Jebrail Dempsey, Emily (Fitz) Fitzmeyer, Emily Gallichotte, Gina Maez, Kendall Stephenson, Julie Trone • City of Fort Collins Staff: Kayla (Redd) Redd, Davina Lau 3. AGENDA REVIEW • No changes. 4. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION • No public participation. 5. NEW BUSINESS • Roundtable introductions completed for new members. • Election of Chair o Julie Trone made a motion to elect Emily Gallichotte as Chair. o Gina Maez seconded the motion. o Motion passed  AYE – Dempsey, Fitzmeyer, Gallichotte, Maez, Stephenson, Trone  NAY – None • Election of Vice Chair o Fitz made a motion to elect Gina Maez as Vice Chair. o Jebrail Dempsey seconded the motion. o Motion passed  AYE – Dempsey, Fitzmeyer, Gallichotte, Maez, Stephenson, Trone  NAY – None • Meeting time, date, and location were confirmed as follows: Every fourth Wednesday of each month from 5 PM to 7 PM at 281 N. College Ave. Conference Room A unless otherwise discussed. • City Council’s Planning Calendar was reviewed and discussed for the Board’s opportunities of attendance and participation. 6. OTHER BUSINESS • Board members asked questions on legal parameters of the Board. Women and Gender Equity Advisory Board REGULAR MEETING 07/24/2024 – MINUTES Page 2 7. NEXT STEPS • Board members discussed future action items (i.e., list of priorities, resources). • Board members composed next meeting’s agenda. 8. ADJOURNMENT Staff Liaison adjourned the meeting at 6:33 PM. From:Kayla Redd To:WAGEB Liaison Cc:Davina Lau Subject:Emily"s List of Resources for WGEAB Date:Thursday, August 1, 2024 9:45:59 AM Attachments:image001.png Good Morning, Below is the list of info and resources that Emily (Chair Gallichotte) has prepared for the Board. I may include this as a PDF in the agenda packet as well. If you have any questions before our August meeting on the 28th, feel free to reach out to me or Emily (be sure to CC me). I selfishly cannot wait to hear y’all’s discussion. Kindly, Redd Staff Liaison Women and Gender Equity Advisory Board City of Fort Collins WAGEB-Liaison@fcgov.com Hi all, As promised, here is the (much longer than I planned) list of resources for folks to skim/read before our next meeting. I got a bit carried away, but at least now almost everything relevant to the board/history is in one place. All this is intended to be background info and give more context to what the board had previously done, and some ideas/space for things we could do, but no expectations to read/know all of it. I highlighted in yellow the (hopefully) most useful things. The plan is for people to use the time before the next meeting on August 28th to brainstorm/reflect/etc. and come up with ideas for what you want our board to do. We will (hopefully) have two guests: 1) Councilmember Julie Pignataro, WAGEAB liaison, and she might share goals/expectations of the board, and 2) Councilmember Melanie Potyondy, previous Women's advisory board member, and she can hopefully tell us about her experience on the board what worked well and what didn't, advice, etc. As a group we'll spend much of that meeting brainstorming, sharing ideas, deciding on some priorities, and starting to draft our work plan (due end of November). City Council agendas and calendar City Council Agendas and Related Items The Thursday prior to the Tuesday meeting, the complete agenda is posted online (can sign-up for Six-Month Planning Calendar Outlines agenda items for city council meetings (1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month, public comment and voting occurs at these), and council work sessions (2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month, no public participation, and no voting, just council giving direction to staff) Direct link to calendar Aug 20, 2024 council meeting - Proclamation of Women's Equality Day, proclamation is read at 5pm in council chambers, no public participation, but open to attend, I'll plan on being there! You can sign-up for subscriptions for council agendas, 6-month calendars, etc. Advisory Board/Commission resources Website on Boards and Commissions, includes links to: Frequently Asked Questions 2023 Boards and Commissions Manual Code of Conduct Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment Policy New member resources (previously sent out by Davina) New Member Onboarding (includes basic overview of how the city/council works) Includes Davina's slides and slides from the City Attorney's Office Understanding and Preventing Harassment: in-depth training by Julie Pate covering the Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment Policy and Code of Conduct Training Part 1 (video) Training Part 2 (video) Women's Commission The Women's Commission was formed in 1986 (resolution creating the commission), and existed until ~2021 (it's exact ending is a bit hazy since it didn't meet for a while before it was officially paused) Brochure on the Women's Commission (last updated March 2016) Documents from Women's Commission available here, including: Annual Reports (1987-2018) 2018 annual report (most recent) Bylaws (last revised in March 2017), some useful info on purpose, composition, duties, meetings, etc. Minutes (1986-2021) Work Plans (1988-2020) 2019 Work Plan 2020 Work Plan Women and Gender Equity Advisory Board In 2023, the city formed an Ad Hoc Committee on Boards and Commissions to "consider and make recommendations to the City Council and the City Manager to improve the efficiency and consistency of board and commission processes and to reduce barriers to participation on boards and commissions" The committee met 7 times, agendas and meeting minutes available here At their July 19th meeting, they discussed the Women's Advisory Board Pages 14-22 of their full agenda packet gives background on the board and potential next steps They discussed (page 1-2 of the minutes), and agreed on unpausing and repurposing the Women's Advisory Board into a new, 7-person 'Women and Gender Equity Board', which went to full council for passing Full council discussed the new WAGEAB at the following meetings (can get action agenda, minutes and watch videos of any council meetings/work sessions here) Aug 8, 2023 Work Session - (full agenda, pages 92-93 are big picture WAGEAB changes), council recommended all the changes Sept 5, 2023 Council Meeting - (full agenda, relevant part on page 481) - ordinance passed on 1st reagent Sept 19, 2023 Council Meeting (full agenda) - ordinance passed on 2nd reading Ordinance 2023-118, page 5 Sec. 2-114 describes WAGEAB Women and Gender Equity Advisory Board city website Document archive for WAGEAB starting 2024 2024 meeting records Will eventually have folders for annual reports, work plans, minutes, etc. Fort Collins Equity Indicators "Equity Indicators are one tool local governments can use to measure and track the experiences of equality among community members to more proactively address systems that perpetuate racism and/or oppression" Dashboard (I find this hard to navigate) Full Equity Indicators Report (March 2021) Some equity indicators relevant to women and gender equity are described on the second and third pages of this document Examples of women/gender equity action city council has taken Fort Collins eliminated sale tax on menstrual products to enhance gender equity, voted on unanimously, but initially led by councilmember Pignataro (Coloradoan article, city memo) Updated international building code requiring new single-stall bathrooms to be gender-neutral (overview on page 265 here, page 20 of ordinance) Updated code language in multiple places to be to be gender neutral (replacing 'his/her' with 'their') Examples of other city/county gender equity boards, resources NYC Commission on Gender Equity - addresses issues of inequity and discrimination facing girls, women, intersex, transgender and gender non-conforming and gender non-binary persons regardless of age, disability, ethnicity/race, faith, gender expression, immigrant status, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status. Pittsburgh Gender Equity Commission - The mission of the Gender Equity Commission is to achieve equity for women and girls in the City of Pittsburgh. Our vision is a future in which everyone in the City of Pittsburgh, regardless of gender identity or expression, is safe in all spaces, empowered to achieve their full potential, and no longer faces structural or institutional barriers to economic, social, and political equality. University of Minnesota Commission on Women and Gender Equity - seeks to strengthen the entire community by improving the campus climate for all women and gender minority faculty, staff, and students, in order to create a campus working and learning environment that is respectful, inclusive, and productive. CHANGE: City Hub and Network for Gender Equity - whose mission is “Promoting gender equality and the social and economic empowerment of women and girls is essential, and yields benefits for everyone. All cities should strive to consider gender equity in every city policy, program, or initiative.” Emily _________________ Emily Gallichotte, PhD egallichotte@gmail.com she / her / hers