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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
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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
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