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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWomens Commission - Minutes - 08/15/20001-1 Commission on the Status of Women Minutes August 15, 2000 Present Debbie Tammm Annmarie Izuel Evans, Tam Frager, Sharon Bnngelson, Sara Lamia Liaisons Heather Brooks and Barbara Catbagan Spalding, City of Fort Collins Human Rights Office Excused Absent Haerm Cha, Lisa Gorham, Rita Anastasio Absent Lena Sunthanker I Call to Order 6 00 II Minutes approved Annmane moved to approve, Tammy second, passed unanimously III Review Agenda IV Announcements A Resignation JoAnn Gmal has resigned B September Meeting Annmarie noted that it is imperative that all commission members attend the September meeting Important business will be discussed and handled and a quorum is necessary V Business Items A Membership Barbara informed the commission that the City Council had approved the first reading of the reduction of commission membership to 11 members The second reading will be on September 5th and the change will be effective September 15tn B Revisit On -Site Daycare AnnMarue noted that it seems that the Commission has hit a brick wall trying to implement the information from the past study on daycare needs in the city She posed the question on where does the Commission go from here, noting that there are frustrations that things are not moving along Barbara mentioned that the Commission should keep working on it and acknowledge in the annual report that the Commission is having difficulty implementing changes, which are causing frustrations C Overlay for Daycare and Transfort Deb Tamlm presented a map that illustrated the current bus routes and the location of daycare centers in Fort Collins Deb mentioned that the discussion of this topic should be postponed until the September meeting when more members will be present Action Heather will get the notes from what has been presented to City Council concerning Transfort and what direction has been given to the transportation team Heather will mail a copy of the discussion and some ideas on what the plan may be overlooking to Deb and Annmane Action Debbie will send information to our contact in the Women's Center D Report on Website Progress Tam does have the web address, but still needs to contact the webmaster She will look into making our site better and come up with some suggestions Sara asked who is currently designing the page and if we could in the future Tam said she doesn't know and still needs to find out software information and other details Action Tam has website assignment E Marcile Wood Award Presentation ofAward will be at City Hall West in the CIC Room at 5 00 PM on Wednesday August 23rd Annmane remarked that six applications were received She also noted that the Commission may want to change the look of the plaque next year to better reflect the intent of the award Annmane also commended Haemi for making the phone calls, sending the invitations, picking up the plaque, and preparing the certificates Annmane outlined what the presentation process will look like 1) Annmane will give the introduction, 2) Debbie will talk about Marcile Wood, 2) the winner and honorees will be announced, 3) the nominees will be invited up along with the winners, and 4) the award will be presented Action Annmane will provide the appetizers & drinks for the award presentation Action Amunane will call the nominees to invite them to the presentation Action Annmane will call the Coloradoan to inform them of the presentation Action Annmane will ask Haemi to fax a list of the winners to Debbie F Week of the Child/Day-Care Symposium Sharon followed through with Colorado State University She has the name of a contact person, but wants to wait to contact them until the Commission has more direction with where the Commission is headed Annmane thinks that the Commission should research to find out what other places are doing at the symposium for children Sara mentioned that the Commission could send out postcards that list what is important to women & day-care Action Deb volunteered to hand carry the postcards Sara also mentioned that the Commission could do surveys that are city wide and/or on -site (HP) survey of child care needs and maybe get Colorado State University to take this on as a project Action Sharon will work on setting up appointments with Colorado State University people and then the Commission will split it up Tam stated that she thinks the Commission should try to organize a grassroots movement to improve daycare Tam pointed out that the Comrmssion is the Women's Commission not the daycare commission Barb directed the commission to look at how the symposium matches with the Commission's mission what the Commission wants to get out of it, what kind of 2 activities the Commission wants, if it will be one day or longer, who will be involved, will the Commission partner with others, etc Action Sharon will check to see if CSU will want to be involved Other groups we may want to involve are Colorado State University's President, US West, HP, Sprint, success stones, etc The question arose on whether the day-care symposium should be connected to the Week of the Child or if the Commission should give itself more time to plan The week of the child is April 1st through the 7th It was noted that maybe the Commission should look at what other cities are doing (Fort Collins is supposed to be a choice city) Loveland and Weld County may be more progressive in this area compared to Fort Collins At the September meeting, the Commission will break into teams to work on areas of the symposium Included in the minutes packet will be an illustration of the different facets concerning the symposium Tam mentioned that the Commission should decide if it wants to address the symposium and day-care in the future Maybe the symposium will lead to the creation of a community task force The Commission could have a liaison that sat on the "child care coalition" Heather mentioned a nonprofit group in Kansas called El Centro that is dedicated to helping low-income single households The program provides low-cost daycare, housing, loans, and other services Action Heather will contact El Centro to get names for more information The Commission also needs to investigate whether people/organizations would donate good & supplies for the symposium VI Snacks Sara and Lena will bring snacks for September VII Adjourn 7 30 PM September Meeting Monday, September 18" @ 6 00 PM Preliminary Agenda I Call to Order II Minutes approved III Review Agenda IV Announcements V Business Items A Report on Website progress B Discuss Deb Tamlin's overlay for daycare and Transfort C Create subcommittees to follow through with symposium D Officer Nominations E Fundraising Ideas VI Adjourn C� u 71 C 'C3 � a" U U COD 04 � O U o U � N � c�s O � w