HomeMy WebLinkAboutWomens Commission - Minutes - 04/15/1996ENERGY SERV/FINRNCE ID:970-229-5322 JUL 11'96 8:28 No.002 P.02
COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
MINUTES OF APRIL 15, 1996
PRESENT: JoAnn Gina], Lynne Sterkel, Martha Sanders, Doreen Kemp, Lynne
Warner, La Fisk, Karen Johnston Stephanie Lane, Laima Skuja,
Diane Lathrop, Christina Hart, Dana Shae-Reid.
Call to Order: The Meeting was called .to order at
Human Resources Conference room by Commissio
Council Liaison Rend There was no report.
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Minutes: The minutes from March 18, 1996 were approved as written.
Announcements: Doreen announced
program, and that she would attend
"Women's Business Seminar" at CSU,
chair will be a permanent member c
Leadership. This program .looks at th
positions.
the video taping of the "Tape One"
the Women's Development Council
Doreen also announced that the CSW
F the CSU Institute for Women and
promotion of women in leadership
Lu Fisk reported from HRC that the police -citizen liaison committee had two
recommendations to the City: 1.) Either City council appoint a new commission
to handle this, or 2.) add four new members to HRC to help run the committee.
They are mandated to have this police committee.
Liama announced she will not be re -applying for CSW now that she is working in
Laramie, coupled with having young kids in school.
The new City liaison to CSW, Dana Shae-Reid, was introduced and welcomed.
Business Items: A.) Review of the Survey Instrument - Karen J. discussed the
changes per the Board member's feedback she had received.
B.) Budget - the revised budget for the survey was reviewed, it includes
increased costs for interviewers and deleted costs for the persons interviewed.
There was further budget discussion re: we may not get the money we anticipated
in the time frame we anticipated, we may not have second $10,000 until 1997.
Options include requesting money from the City Manager's funds, continuing
until the money we have tuns out and submit an executive summary and then
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finish with full report when money is available, or collect the data through 1997
and do full report when we have all of the funds. We should have more
information by the next meeting to help decide this issue.
C.) Kick -Off celebration - Lynne Warner advised the Board of the progress, set
for April 16, at 5:15.
D.) August Celebration - The mailing list is nearly done. The kick-off
committee is not responsible for this event. Idea is to launch the report at a
bigger event. Discussed whether August would be a bad month, chosen since
Equality Day is in August. Perhaps the Working Women's Conference in
October would be a better time. Will discuss at next meeting.
E.) Focus Groups - There was much discussion regarding the focus groups
which will include Commission Member's participation. Since some of us have
never been involved with focus groups before, there will be some training
arranged. The idea is to key in on issues directed at each group, 8-10 in each
group with a facilitator. There was a hand-out with a list of the areas to be
covered and who should be assigned to those areas. Some of these areas will not
be covered by the survey instrument. Due to the above noted budget issues, we
modified the proposed time line for when the focus groups would begin. There
was much discussion regarding whether they should be after or before the survey
was done, to incorporate the results if necessary.
-purpose of focus groups: "why things are" vs "what things are".
-Focus group training training 5:30 on 5/20.
The remaining Agenda items were postponed for a future meeting date.
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