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Women's Commission
Meeting Minutes
August 15, 21*7
215 N. Mason Room 1-A
Attendees: Beth Etter, Stacey Arnold, Mary Beth Lathrop
Members not in attendance: Barbara Goff, Sue Baccari, Pat Lewis, Hollie Kopp
Liaisons present:
Liaisons not present: Marjorie McTaggart, Karen Gebhardt
Staff Liaison: Suzanne Jarboe -Simpson
Meeting called to order at 6:38pm by Commission Chair, Beth Etter.
Aac"uwae of the July meeting minutes was post phoned until the September meeting,
due to lookof a quorum.
Announcements and Updates
Council Member David Roy is unable to attend this evening's meeting, due to a conflict.
He's planning on attending one of the Commission's meetings later this year.
Darin Atteberry, City Manager, is tentatively planning on attending the Commission's
meeting in September.
Stacey and Beth both announced they would not be applying for re -appointment to the
Commission when their terms are complete this December.
The Commission welcomed new member, Mary Beth Lathrop. Commission members
shared information about their backgrounds and a brief history of the Commission.
Old Business
Council Review
Beth provided a quick report on the Commission's review with City Council, July 24,
2007. Council members indicated they look to the Commission to identify the
issues/concerns the Commission believes need to be addressed, and to bring those
forward to Council.The Commission's by-laws need to be updated to reflect the number
of members that's indicated in the Resolution. As part of the discussion during the
review, City Manager Darin Atteberry mentioned that he'd like the Commission to serve
as a resource for City staff, when necessary. Commission members indicated they'd like
to provide that assistance, when necessary.
Beth mentioned that the review meetings did not align with the agenda that had been
distributed to Boards and Commissions being reviewed. She also indicated that the
document that was distributed to Council contained information different from what she
had submitted. She indicated it would be helpful for planning and scheduling purposes to
have a current agenda (with approximate times), along with a copy of the pertinent
documents that are actually sent to Council, in order to be better prepared.
KRFC Radio Show
Scheduled for September 18, 2007 from 7-8pm
Beth, Stacey and Mary Beth all volunteered to participate in the show, along with MNW
Award winner, Jennifer. Beth will be in contact with the radio show host to develop the
subject matter.
Newsletter
Beth shared the draft newsletter as formatted by Sue.
The purpose for the newsletter was reiterated — here's the job of the Women's
Commission, and here's some data on specific topics.
The goal is to have the first edition of the newsletter distributed by the middle -end of
September, 2007.
Next steps:
Get Sue to incorporate the new information and make the changes by the end of this
upcoming weekend.
Stacey provided an additional article on child care for review.
Beth will develop a summary of the Commission for inclusion, and mention the number
of times the newsletter is published each year (3).
Questions from readers will be welcome. Suzanne will check to see if the Commission
can have it's own email address for contacts from the public.
Jill Walusis will be asked to proof the final draft.
Beth will check on postal regulations — to make sure that if the newsletter is folded in
half, it can be mailed for the standard postal rate.
Mary Beth volunteered to work with Barb to figure out the best way/s to distribute the
newsletter, and to whom. The Commission referred to the minutes from their February
2007 meeting and confirmed that most of the distribution would be electronic, with some
paper copies being placed at public locations and others being mailed. This group has
been tasked with defining the list of recipients and the best ways for distributing the
newsletter to them. They are also tasked with gathering some cost information for
printing and mailing.
New Business
No new business was discussed at this meeting.
Stacey moved that the meeting be adjourned. Mary Beth seconded and the motion passed.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:30pm.
Next meeting is scheduled for September 19, 2007
Tentative topics for next meeting:
Review of the KRFC Radio Show
Newsletter Update
Assignments for 2008