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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWomens Commission - Minutes - 07/24/2000City of Fort Collins Office Commission on the Status of Women Minutes July 24, 2000 Present Tam Frager, Annmane Izuel Evans, Haemi Cha, Sara Lamia, Sharon Brmgelson, Lisa Gorham Liaisons Barbara Catbagan Spalding City of Fort Collins Human Rights Office Excused Absent Rita Anastasio, Bobbie Gonzales, Gina Ginal, Absent Lena Sunthanker Deb Tamlin excused due to meeting change I Call to Order 6 20 II Minutes approved Lisa moved to approve, Tam second, passed unanimously III Review Agenda Annmane adjusted agenda IV Business Items A Report from Tam on National Conference in San Francisco The national Conference focused mostly on state commissions Tam reported the conference had "really good speakers" She was less impressed by the breakout sessions She went to workshops on networking and publicity —people at workshops told what they had done in these areas which while interesting was not completely useful Tam brought back information from the Pennsylvania State Commission on the Status Of Women who had information on child care and the number of Susan Garrison, the contact person She also brought information from Chare Robert from Denver Next year the national conference will be in DC the hosting city decides what the program will be Overall Tam thought that the program people could have done a better Job with putting the conference together B Resignations/Membership Annmane received Bobbie Gonzalez s letter of resignation dated July 5 2000 The short letter explains Bobbie s wish to cut down on involvements to relieve stress JoAnn Gmal has spoken to Annmane about resignation but has not resigned JoAnn has been on commission for 7 years Am marie read the new information on attendance from Karla The bylaws were discussed as far as attendance Barbara explained the process of the membership going to 11 members Discussion ensued Sharon moved to taking membership to 11 Annmane seconded motion passed unanimously C Childcare Update Lisa brought up article in Coloradoan about on site daycare Lisa brought up the idea of doing a survey of the Fort Collins citizens about on site daycare Sharon suggesete the findings could be presented at the April Week of the Child symposium Annmane gave an update on the Week of the Child conversation with Linda Falleon Two meetings planned -one in October one in January Presently the Week of the Child committee 403 (.im on PO Box j80 Foi t Collins CO 80522 0D80 (970) 221 6871 FAX (970) 224 6050 TDD (970) 224 have ChildWatch—a consciousness raising activity planned Three main issues for promoting the Week of the child are —Transportation getting people to the event, Marketmg—PR for the event, Suggestions —activities etc for the event Discussion about what the Commission wanted to do for Week of the Child Sharon suggested a symposium be put together using large employers, daycare centers, Colorado State University departments City etc She suggested the Commission on the Status of Women Put together an umbrella with people who will focus on daycare in an important way Sara read the Purpose of the group to see how the Symposium would connect to the purpose of the Commission on the Status of Women Action Annmarie will go to the Week of the Child meeting in Oct and give the Commission on the Status of Women as volunteers to help Annmarie suggested that everyone brainstorm ideas for what Commission on the Status of Women wants to accomplish or contribute to the Week of the Child Bring to the meeting in Aug In Aug will create one or two subcommitties for Week of Child and or symposium D Meeting Date Monthly meeting in Aug will be Tues 15d' after the Proclaimation is read at City Council Be at Council meeting by 5 15 PM E Marcde Wood Award Forum did not print Marcel Wood article Have received four nominations as of date of meeting Action Review the applications for Marcile Woods on Wed Aug 81' from 5 00 7 00 PM @ Human Rights Office Marcde Wood Presentation 5 00 @ CIC Room City Hall West Wed Aug 23rd F Websites Commission on the Status of Women website needs to be updated Suggestions for what to put on website purpose, synopsis of report current issues, list of members Action Tam will update it —she will call Wendy Hartzell to check on who to contact and process for updating Sara volunteered to help Tam Tam will contact Colorado State University and FRCC to see if there is a student who will do the update for class credit if appropriate G Snacks Tam and Sharon will bring snacks for Aug IV Adjourn 8 00 PM August Meeting Tues 15'h after the Proclamation is read at City Council Preliminary Agenda I Call to Order II Minutes approved III Review Agenda IV Announcements V Business Items Revisit on Site daycare Follow-up with Deb Tamlin, overlays for daycare and Transfort Report on Website progress VI Adjourn See other side 2