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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWomens Commission - Minutes - 01/05/1987CITY OF FORT COLLINS Commission on the Status of Women Minutes of January 5, 1987 Members Present: Leslie Macmillan, facilitator Liza Daly Valerie Mauksch Marilyn Pultz Sharon Robinson Joan Perry, Alternate Janet Abbey, Larimer County Liaison Cindy Hoff Kay Short Barbara Rutstein, Councilmember Guest• Vicki Bailey, VocTech Center Staff: Mike Powers Wendy Williams I. The meeting began at 7:19 p.m. in the City Council Information Office. II. Discussion for AAUW meeting and who will represent the commission. The meeting will be Wednesday, January 7 at 8:00 p.m. at the American Baptist Church. Sharon and Cindy will attend. III. Marilyn Pultz agreed to go to the HEIH meeting to represent the commission on Thursday, January 8. She will call Marcile Wood to get further information. IV. The United Day Care letter will be postponed until exact details of the Gannett Grant are announced. V. Joan Perry agreed to call the Women's Political Training Institute. We are very interested in doing a program on getting appointed to Boards and Commissions. Joan will have information at the next meeting on January 19. VI. Leslie will draft a letter to House Minority Leader Ruth Mitchell and send it with a Women's Task Force report. We want to keep in touch with her. (This led to a discussion about whether or not we would have enough copies of the Task Force report. Mike will follow-up!) VII. We received copies of the executive summary of the Denver Women's Commission Report. Wendy will try to get us all full copies of the report. VIII. Wendy and Mike gave an update on the proposal to change the number of commission members length of term. They are putting together a packet of materials listing pros and cons for changing the term to 3 years and expanding membership to 11 members and 2 alternates. They will then present this to Council for approval. OFFICE OF EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT 300 LaPorte Ave.. P.O. Box 580 . Fort Collins, Colorado 80522 . (303) 221-6500 9 IX. Update on the Economic Development Committee Report. Discussion on finalizing the report. After some changes the group agreed on content. Wendy and Valerie agreed to work on a letter to send to people who attended the Forum and indicated an interest in the Commission. The letter will try to recruit anyone interested in applying for the commission and anyone who wants to volunteer. All reports will bear the name of the Commission, rather than the subcommittee originating work. Reports should be representative of the Commission as a whole. The Economic Development report will be hopefully presented to Council on the 27th. Final copy to Wendy by January 12. X. Vote for Chair and Vice Chair. Unanimous vote for Cindy as Chair, Leslie and Valerie volunteered to serve as vice chair. Leslie was elected via ballot to serve as Vice Chair. Brief discussion on meeting time. Valerie asked if the meeting schedule could be changed to 2nd and 4th Monday. Okay by everyone. As of February dates will be: 9 and 23 of February, 9 and 23 of March, etc. XI. Committee reports: Economic - Marilyn spokesperson Education - Sharon spokesperson Networking Kay spokesperson Basic Needs - Valerie spokesperson Committee reports will be made at the January 19 meeting. Kay will report on: intern for newsletter. Sharon announced that March is Women's History Month. Should we tie in the Women's Political Training Inst. Workshops on Boards and Commissions? Joan agreed to check this out with May when she calls. XII. Pot luck with Task Force members will be held at Peace Center -- Remington at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, February 16. XIII. We will probably be invited to speak at a "Women's At Noon" program, CSU, sometime in the spring, March or April. There will be a Human Relations Commission Training Session on Discrimination and Housing, possibly January 21. The minutes from the December 15 meeting were approved. From now on we will put into minutes and announce at the end of the meeting the facilitator for the next meeting. January 19 - Valerie - facilitator Marilyn - secretary (Joan Perry will be granted a few weeks reprieve since she is new.) The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 p.m.