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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWomens Commission - Minutes - 10/16/2000City of Fort Collins Hurnargghts Office • Commission on the Status of Women Minutes for October 16, 2000 Present Annmane Izuel Evans, Haemi Cha, Tam Frager, Rita Anastasio, and Sarah Lamia Liaisons Barbara Catbagan Spalding, Human Rights Office, Heather Brooks, Human Rights Office, and Kim Walkenhorst, Lanmer County Guests Deb Thompson Excused Absent Sharon Bnngelson, Lisa Gorham, and Deb Tamlin Absent Lena Sunthankar I Call to Order 6 05 II Minutes Approved 6 05 Sara moved and Tam seconded, carved unanimously III Review Agenda IV Announcements The November 20th meeting has been changed to November 13th Invited guests will be placed first on the agenda and will occupy the first hour of the meeting December's date was changed from December 1814 to December 11 th The meeting will be informal and will be held at Annmarie's home The meeting will be a potluck dinner Since part of the November meeting will be dedicated to guests, the Commission will conduct business at the December meeting V Business Items Work Plan 2001 The work plan must be filed before November 30th Haemi and Annmarre will work on drafting the work plan and e-mail the draft to Commission members for comments Haemi collected e-mail addresses from Commission members at the meeting to e-mail the work plan as she puts it together If you are not sure if she has your e-mail you can contact her at htcha@aol com The Commission decided that the work plan for 2001 should focus on affordable housing A quorum is needed at the next meeting in order to adopt the topic Commission on the Status of Women 40; C im on PO Boa 2SO Fort Collins CO 80522 0580 (970) 221 6b71 FAX (970) 224 6050 TDD (970) 224 6004 Additionally, at the November meeting a sub -committee will be formed to further investigate the topic Barbara mentioned that the Commission may want to decide what areas of affordable housing are of most importance Commission members are encouraged to read the section in the report titled The Economic Realities Facing Women A Proposal for Advancement that deals with affordable housing before the November meeting and bring the report and ideas to the meeting ■ The Commission also decided that it should continue to look at day care and the symposium for 2001 Revisit On -Site Daycare ■ Copies of the recent PVH newsletter was passed out that discusses a possible onsite child care center Deb will contact them and tell them that we are supportive and ask if there is anything that the Commission can do to help Childcare Committee Meeting October 19 from 8 30-12 30 at the Denver Public Library, Gates Room #5 The contact person is Jackie Smith at 303-866-3353 This Committee was formed as a response to HB 1020 Six legislators and nine appointees from the Governor's office are on the committee Rita will call Larry Neal to see if he is on the committee Tam mentioned that she may be able to make the meeting Follow-up with Deb Tamlm Overlays for Daycare and Transfort ■ Deb was unable to attend the meeting to follow-up with this topic The topic will be carved over to the November agenda Report on Action Items for Symposium • Sharon met with Colorado State University, Dr Ray Yang, Human Development and Family Studies Dr Yang expressed his willingness to meet with Commission in order to further discuss a collaborative effort for the symposium Dr Yang also noted that currently CSU has 100 cluldren on awaiting list for childcare CSU hasrecently created the Institute on Family, which could also be a possible partner for the symposium Sharon will contact this organization to find out more information Haemt will call Sharon to see if Sharon wants her to contact people to invite to November meeting ■ Karen Wedge was mentioned as a possible contact for the symposium The Commission will wart to contact Karen until it knows more about the Institute on Family out of Colorado State University Week of the Child • The first meeting for the Week of the Child is Friday, October 10 at 8 00 am at the Home State Bank Sara noted that she would probably be able to attend the meeting Commission on the Status of Women 10/30/00 Annmane spoke with a representative from the committee that is organizing the week of the child Annmane's impression is that we may want something more formal than what the committee has in mind Miscellaneous Lisa was in the process of making corrections to The Economic Realities Facing Women A Proposal for Advancement The Commission Will check with her at the November meeting on the status of the corrections Currently there are only six copies of the report ■ At the November meeting, the Commission will discuss its plans for Women's History Possible ideas to focus on are possibly international women in history, presentations at schools, and/or slide shows Lisa and Kim will work together to compare dollars spent on children in Weld and Lanmer Counties Action ■ All Commission members will read the section on Affordable Housing from the report on The Economic Realities Facing Women A Proposal for Advancement ■ Haemt and Annmane will work on drafting the work plan ■ All Commission members will provide feedback on work plan ■ Either Haemi or Sharon will contact people from CSU and invite them to the November meeting VI Adjourn 7 10 VII Prelimmary Agenda for November 1 P Call to Order I Minutes approved II Review Agenda III Announcements IV Business Items Report on action items for symposium (Guest Attendees) Work Plan 2001 Revisit on -site daycare Follow-up with Deb Tamlin, overlays for daycare and Transfort V Adjourn Commission on the Status of Women 10/30/00