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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWomens Commission - Minutes - 09/19/1988COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN Minutes of September 19, 1988 Present: Liza Daly, Mary Clark, Jacque Strickland, Jane Brennan McGovern, Duffy Kenning, Carolyn Wade, Carole Wallace, Kathy Everett Absent: Ginny Webster, Jim Banning, Beth Ann Smith, Mary Jo McDermott, Alma Vigo -Morales, Karen Morrison Staff: Ann Turnquist The meeting was called to order by Jacque Strickland, facilitator, at 7:00 p.m. Check -in I I I Ann T. announced that the Employee Dev. I Department is moving to CDBG Bldg. on I corner of W. Mountain and Mason. Ann's I phone is 221-6824. I Minutes i Approved as amended. Follow-up I Items that need closure but not Beginning on Oct. 3 I separate agenda attention will be agenda. I itemized on future agendas under i 1 "Follow -Up". Will include such things 1 as letters written, contacts made, etc. I Sub-Committeel Membership is as follows: Please have monthly Selection I Legal/Govt: Duffy, Karen, BethAnn & 1 meeting times to re - Mary Jo 1 port at Oct. 3 meeting Basic Needs: Jane, Carolyn, Liza, Alma 1 Outreach: Carol, Jacque, Kathy, Ginny 1 Committee j I Reports 1 I Womens/Pace Janet Abbey had served as the coordinator Basic needs will take Column I of this project; we need to fill her I on 1st rotation, Oct. 1 position. Liza suggested that the com- I thru Jan. Jacque 1 mittees rotate responsibility. Each 1 will get packet to 1 comm. would coordinate for 4 months. I Liza ASAP I Jacque has been coordinating over the I 1 summer and offered to compile a packet I of former columns and deadline info. Page 2 President's Council WIN for Change Mtg. Sept. 221 (Thursday) I Chair Report Human Relations Commission Citizen Requests I Liza received a phone call from Linda I Carol will suggest Mahan (Chair, League of Women Voters) I Dec. 5 as possible requesting a meeting between CSW and thel date at next Pres. Pres. Council. She suggested a meeting I Council mtg. We will in lieu of our regularly scheduled meet-1 have one business mtg. ings in order to cut down on the number l in Dec. and one with of meetings and also suggested an in- l President's Council. formal gathering, perhaps in December. l Carol gave a summary of Pres. Council, Carol will confirm A coalition of 10 organizations in l date with CSW at Fort Collins whose common goal is the l Oct. 17 mtg. We will improvement of women's lives. l also discuss agenda l for that mtg. at that l time. Members are encouraged to attend meeting.1 Report will be given I at Oct. 3 meeting. The Outreach Comm. is organizing the l meeting. Jacque will be presenting the l concept behind WIN at a CSU class. l Liza volunteered to facilitate. Duffy, Kathy & Jane volunteered to greet folks l at the door. l I I Susan Lamb, chair of HRC, suggested Carolyn will work with we co -write a guest editorial supportingl an HRC member on a the Sexual Orientation Amendment. l draft, which will be Concern was expressed over alienating l submitted to the Comm. some women in the community who do not l for consideration. support the amendment. The letter wouldl be submitted to entire commission for I approval. It was decided that CSW would) Carolyn will write send letter of thanks to appropriate I these letters. Comm. council members re: sex orientation vote. will not review I letters first. Mr. Jim Creeden would like the Comm. to I look into his concerns re: Ft. Collins l Liza will contact him Police Dept. Liza invited him to a CSW l with this info and mtg. in order to make a brief presenta- i suggest Oct. 17 mtg. tion and a specific request for the l Comm. to consider. It was requested l that Mr. Creeden prepare written l material for the packet preceding the l meeting he will attend. i Page 3 Commission Liaisons Feedback Sheets Tracking Legislation Educational Presentations A discussion on the specific role of the various liaisons yielded the general opinion that the liaisons will be accessible when we need input on their organization and will serve as a contact for women in the county, PR-1 & CSU. In addition, the liaisons will tailor their involvement as appropriate. It was decided that a letter would be sent to Supt. of Schools, Pres. of CSU, & Pres. of Front Range Community College asking for their input on liaison selec- tion process. The suggestion was made that at 3 month intervals (or less for facilitators) members will fill out "feedback sheets" designed to give the chair, vice chair and facilitator input on her/his strengths and weaknesses in their roles. It was decided that in order to fulfill our charge of tracking and responding to approp. state & local legislation, we need to implement a system for keeping apprised of this legislation. "Legislation" will appear regularly on agenda. Jane & Kathy will watch state legislation and provide info. in packet when possible. Ann T. and Larry E. will be our local trackers. The Legal Government Committee will contact Larry prior to every meeting for input. We decided that we would initiate 20-30 minute presentations every 2 months in form of speakers, video, or Jacque S. would like to begin with film "Gentle, Angry People" in order to screen for possible sponsorship of community showing. Jacque will draft this letter by Oct. 3 mtg. These will begin in late October. This will appear on Oct. 3 agenda. Film will be shown at Oct. 3 meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 9:05 p.m. Secretary for the next meeting will be Kathy Everett.