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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWomens Commission - Minutes - 09/22/1986I Y Members Present Valerie Mauksch Leslie Macmillan Marilyn Pultz Cherie Scricca Cindy Hoff Sharon Robinson Kay Short Liza Daly Janet Abbey COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN MINUTES September 22, 1986 Members Absent Karen Schumann Staff Debbie Sagen Minutes from the September 8th meeting were approved with the following: Revisions The letter to the Fort Collins Chamber on the Future Studies Council from the Commission in regards to the lack of women serving on that Council, will not be sent. Instead, Leslie Macmillan will be Investigating how the Future Studies Council operates and how to illicit greater participation from women. Sharon Robinson agreed to interview Frank Sullivan, the business manager at the Family Practice Center, regarding the federal grant the Center is trying to obtain. Sullivan had asked that the Commission write a letter supporting their past work and their grant application. Valerie Mauksch agreed to speak to Leslie Botha about the Commission's participation in her networking conference. Members agreed that they would participate, but did not want to co-sponsor the event. Valerie agreed to let Leslie know that the Commission felt that there was not enough time left between now and the end of October to pull together a well -attended conference. Liza Daly suggested that the women's yellow pages, as recommended by the Task Force on Women's Issues, would be a good project for the Economic Development Task Force's funds. Liza made the suggestion during a discussion regarding the economic development group's recommendations to the City Council. Correspondence The letter for the Family Practice Residency Center grant proposal was reviewed and accepted. The letter will be sent to the Center on September 23. Debbie Sagen spoke with the organizers of the Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental Relation's hearing regarding low income assistance 0 programs. The ACIR would like to know the Commission's views about the effectiveness of these programs, as well as concerns regarding the problems associated with those programs. Debbie suggested that the group write a generic letter advising the ACIR to continue support of agencies that assist women in low income brackets. The members decided to send the Task Force on Women's Issues report along with a "strong, assertive" cover letter. Leslie Macmillan agreed to write the cover letter. Goal Setting The October 20 meeting will be set aside for Commission members to do goal setting. The meeting will be held in the ODA office conference room at 102 Remington Street from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Deborah Westcott-Callahan will facilitate the goal setting process. Deborah would like the members to come prepared with the following information: 1) Use your imagination to "see" where women in Fort Collins will be in 25 years, 10 years, and 5 years. 2) Repeat this exercise, but now imagine what the Commission on the Status of Women will be doing during each of those time frames. Deborah also suggested that the members review the Task Force on Women's Issues report carefully prior to the October 20 meeting. Report from the Economic Development Subgroup Proposal: That the Commission target key people community and invite them to attend a public meeting sponsored by the Commission. The group would send a public invitation as well. The meeting would be devoted entirely to the Economic Development Task Force's report in order to generate specific ideas on how to implement the Task Force's recommendations. The meeting would focus on economic development problems and solutions. The proposal was accepted by the entire group. The members agreed that the meeting should be very structured and specific. The need for good, accessible publicity was also mentioned. Proposal That the Commission hold these public forums periodically on a variety of different topics. The members decided to evaluate their first forum and then make a decision about this proposal. The members decided to hold the economic development forum on Monday, October 27, at 7:00 PM. The meeting will be billed as an open discussion. Child care will be provided. The committee members who will be working on the details of the forum include: Cindy Hoff, Valerie Mauksch, Leslie Macmillan, Marilyn Pultz, and Liza Daly. Janet Abbey offered to print invitations and flyers for the forum. Debbie asked the the committee come up with a budget for the event. She will try to find money for advertising. Invitation lists from individual members 0 must be in Debbie's office by Monday, September 29. The subcommittee will meet September 29 in the evening. Debbie handed out a letter from Linda Hopkins which outlines the Council's plan to dedicate their October 14 worksession to discuss the work plan for the Economic Development Task Force's recommendations. The members decided to write a memo to the Council prior to the worksession which would outline the Commission's desire to have input regarding the work plan. The members wanted to make it clear that they would like to work closely with Linda Hopkins throughout the project. Specifically, the group would like to assist in writing the request for proposals (RFP's), as well as in the budget allocation process. The memo needs to be drafted by October 9th; a copy should be given to Linda Hopkins prior to sending the memo to Council. Other Business Valerie called Leslie Botha and Leslie decided to cancel her networking seminar. Valerie told her to keep the Commission in mind when planning future seminars. Cherie talked to Kelly Ohlson regarding the letter to Pres. Austin about the CSU Cheerleader's poster. Kelly is very supportive of the letter and plans to speak to Austin. Cherie asked Kelly to report to us about this conversation. The group decided to send a follow-up letter to Austin about his and Kelly's conversation if we feel such a letter is appropriate. The Charter Review Committee sent a preliminary report with recommendations to Cherie Scricca. Their next meeting is September 29, 1986 7:00 p.m.. The group decided that it did not have the time to respond, but members were encouraged to attend the meeting on their own. Debbie received a copy of a letter of thanks from Robert Sherwood regarding the Mayor's letter of commendation to the Larimer County Health Department. The letter of commendation was sent as recommended by the Task Force on Women's Issues. Karen Schumann intends to resign due to personal time commitments. Debbie was asked to write a status report for the Council on the Task force on Women's Issue's recommendations. Copies of the status report were distributed to the members. The Commission received a memo from the Human Relations Commission regarding communication between commissions. The HRC is interested in assisting other commissions with special projects. The group decided to invite HRC Chair Paula Christina Huddle to the meetings concerning the economic development forum as a way of including the HRC in this event. The members decided that the current secretary should facilitate the next monthly Commission meeting. Therefore, Liza Daly (the secretary for w w September) will facilitate the November meeting. Cindy Hoff will be the Secretary in November. The group agreed to hold an emergency meeting on October 6 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Office in order to make final the plans for the forum. The meeting adjourned at 9:25 PM. Respectfully submitted, L 7-1 L� I., W Liza al , Sec etary