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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWomens Commission - Minutes - 06/20/2007UA City of Fort Collins Women's Commission Meeting Minutes Wednesday, June 20, 2007 215 N. Mason, Room 1-A Attendees: Beth Etter, Barbara Goff, Sue Baccari, Pat Lewis, Jill Walusus Members not in attendance: Stacey Arnold (Excused) Liaisons present: Marjorie McTaggart, SAB Liaisons not present: Karen Gebhardt, CSU Staff Liaison: Suzanne Jarboe -Simpson, not present Minutes taken by Jill Walusis Meeting called to order at 6:36pm by Commission Chair, Beth Etter. Beth asked for a motion accepting the minutes from the May 16, 2007 meeting/ Barb moved acceptance of the minutes as presented. Sue seconded the motion. The motion passed, unanimously. Announcements: Jill Walusis announced her resignation to the Women's Commission due to working for the City of Fort Collins. Tanya McCandlish's resignation effective immediately was announced. Samantha Hyne from the University of Northern Colorado introduced herself to the commission. She attended the meeting as an assignment from class. She was in attendance to listen to the commission and learn about our goals. The Colorado Women's Hall of Fame is accepting nominations by August 29, 2007. The winner will be announced in November and inducted in March of 2008. The Commission suggested to submit Marcile N Wood if she hasn't already been inducted. (www.cogreatwomen.org/nominate.org) Updates: Marjorie gave an update of the Senior Advisory Board. The board is working with the Fort Collins Coloradoan to engage the public. She is working with Bob Moore. They are considering writing a series on boards and commissions. Bob is suggesting to assign a reporter to the boards and commissions. The board is seeking to outreach to the pubic through informal meetings. Thus far they have been successful with 30 people in attendance in their May meeting. It was decided that a list of dates would be sent to David Roy to request his participation in a Women's Commission meeting before the end of the year. July would be omitted due to Beth's absence. A list of questions will be submitted to him in advance and will include: the role he will provide to the commission and visa versa; what the city expects from him and the commission; Ideas or suggestions for the commission to consider and/or study; His preference for correspondence with the commission. Darin Attebury may still attend a future meeting. Old Business Periodic Review Questionnaire Has been typed and submitted. Marcile N Wood Award Beth will type up the remainder of the comments regarding the follow-up conversation to the award process. Pat was given the $100 gift card for the MNWood Award Winner. She will send a letter and the gift card to Jennifer. Essay Contest Barb announced that Cindy at PSD would like a packet of the essays for the next go round to give to the Commissioners. Awards Review Request The Council has requested a listing of the various kinds of awards presented by the Boards and Commissions. Karla Smith, with the Clerk's Office distributed the list of questions, and asked that the completed questionnaires be returned by mid June. Beth the questionnaire and turned it in. Bylaw Update Beth is going to speak to Karla to see if there is a word copy of the current bylaws in order to update them completely. Commission Members Advertisement There was an ad in the Coloradoan requesting submissions for Boards and Commissions, the Women's Commission was not included in this ad. New Business KRFC Radio Show Beth has contacted KRFC numerous times and has not received a response from them. Pat offered to take over this task. The first show will focus on Jennifer (MNW Award winner) and additional topics to be determined. Legislative Review Barb will forward information regarding legislative issues in Colorado to the subcommittee (Pat and Stacey). They will have monthly conversations to discuss and follow issues. They will provide an update to the commission at the next meeting. Newsletter Everyone is continuing research on economic well being. The commission feels this is perfect timing for this issue due to the press it has received lately. It was decided that the Fiscal Institute Report would be a good start for the main article in the newsletter. Barb and Sue will meet to hammer out the article and the Commission will review at the next meeting. The remaining Commission members were asked to write sidebar articles for the first newsletter. They are to come prepared with their topic to the next meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 7:38pm. Next meeting: July 18, 2007. Submitted by Jill Walusis, Commission Member.