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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWomens Commission - Minutes - 05/21/2001Commission on the Status of Women Minutes May 2001 5/2/ /01 Present Haemi Cha, Tam Frager, Jean Wynck, Deb Thompson, Sara Lamna Liaisons Barbara Catbagan Spalding Excused Absent Annmane Evans, Rita Anastsio, Lisa Gorahm, Deb Tamlm, Absent Sharon Bnngelson I Call to Order 6 15 II Minutes approved Tam moved to accept minutes, Jean seconded, approved III Announcements Jean put an announcement in the Unitarian Church bulletin about the Marciel N Wood award and a note that said if you ever have anything relevant to the status of women to contact Jean Community input was received from Mahone McTaggart, who stated that at the an initial presentation of the Women's Realities Report to the Senior Advisory Board some years ago, they pointed out that "older women were not represented " She went on to say, "My message is that I would encourage the Commissiond to look at ALL women in ANY issue it considers " Discussion followed that perhaps it was in the way the report was presented that people felt left out Jean asked if we should respond Members agreed that she should respond and let Ms McTaggart know of plans to update the report which should have currrent information on semors Tam gave the historical perspective on Marge McTaggert's concerns regarding the Economic Realities Report and the representations of semors in the report And of how the Commission had responded to her concerns in the past IV Business Items A Marciel N Wood update Jean and Tam had the new announcement for nominees After the membership proofed the copy, copies were run and envelopes stuffed Tam reconstructed the cover letter for the announcement as members worked on proofing the copy of the announcement Commission on the Status of Women Minutes May 2001 B Reprinting of Report Lisa has hard copy revised She will get disk from Deb Tamlin Haenu suggested that we pay Kmkos for doing the reformatting Since there was not quorum no vote could be taken Sara suggested that there should be appendices for each chapter with new statistics Hanne moved to add the statistics to the report Deb Thompson seconded Motion was tabled Hamie will contact Linda Fallion of The Women's Center for new research information C Penodic Review Members reviewed the notes sent by Annmane More specific information was given to Hamie She took notes to add to the review Suggestions were made to expand recognition programs to young girls, volunteers, etc Suggestions were made to add more specifics to the report Deb Thompson and Hanue will add comments with what Annmane has and complete the report Jean volunteered to proofread D Members decided to table all the rest of the items on the agenda to complet the mailing of the M N Wood award E Adjourn 8 50 PM Next meeting- June 18, 2001 Agenda items Revisit attendance —look at last 12 mos Keep an attendance sheet from here on out Periodic Review will be revisited Commission on the Status of Women Minutes May 2001