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MINUTES
COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
OCTOBER 17, 1994
Present: Sue Cottingham, Carolyn Duff, Audrey Faulkner, Lu Fisk,
JoAnn Ginal, Dana Hiatt, Stevie Honaker, Dorren Kemp, Sally Miles,
Laima Skuja, Lynne Warner.
Absent: Amy Beuschlein, Diane Lathrop, Chris Wood
Guests: Mary Faegan Bates and Connie Jaime-Lujon
Staff Support: Sharon Roulier
Council: Gina Janett
minutes:
Minutes from the September 19,
written.
Discussion:
1994 meeting were approved as
There was a general discussion regarding the upcoming study about
possible processes for getting involvement from the community and
other interested organizations. Gina suggested we consider using
an approach such as either the one used by the City Planning
Department (reference Greg Byrne as a good contact) for community
dialogue and focus groups, or the one used by Steve VanderMeer for
the same purpose.
Other ideas discussed were having a special "kick off," such as
possible holding a press conference to draw attention to our study,
and using a format such as the one done by the Air Quality
Commission as a means to gain input -- that commission utilized a
mailing list to gain information through at "listening log" which
they aggregated and then summarized back -to the respondents to
verify.
Audrey asked Gina to speculate on how the Council is likely to view
our study and whether they are likely to have a receptive ear to
our recommendations and findings. Gina responded that government
(in this case, the Council) is limited in what it can do, but
recommended that it may be useful for us to send regular memos and
updates to the Council so that they can follow our progress and
offer any feedback they may have.
Discussion turned to the topic of funding for the study and the
specifics of how much money will be provided, when will it be
available to us, and what is the mechanism for accessing it.
Audrey requested a written letter to the Commission nroviding this
information. Sharon will obtain this letter.
Presentation:
Mary Faegan Bates then spoke about the Convention On The
Elimination Of All Forms Of Discrimination Against Women and
requested our support in spreading the word for this "Bill of
Rights of Women." Handouts are included which fully explain the
issue.
Presentation:
Connie Jaime-Lujon, representing the Women's Center spoke about
their programs, and about their interests relative to our study.
She felt our study would be useful for human services folks and for
publicizing the status and issues of women. Connie also talked
about possible roles they could play, such as providing data.
child care, or health education.
Following these presentations discussion continued within the
Commission regarding the study. It was determined we need a plan
to proceed with the study, a plan which specifies the strategies
and objectives of the study. Audrey, Doreen and Carolyn will meet
before our next meeting to draft a plan for the conducting the
study. A round table discussion also focused on the roles and the
amount of time which would be required from the Commission members
in completing the study. Each individual estimated the time
commitment which they felt they could potentially make and any
particular areas of interest in which they would like to focus
their efforts.
It was discussed that very soon we need to identify the
individual(s) who will be interns to work on the study. A variety
of possible resources for securing this assistance were discussed
and will be followed -up to obtain more information. It was
determined that we need to more specifically identify our
philosophical approach and charter of our study in order to be able
to best select this individual(s).
New Business:
JoAnn Ginal offered and requested our support to attend two
upcoming conferences related to women's health. Support was agreed
upon and Sharon will complete the registration logistics and
confirm for JoAnn
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