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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWomens Commission - Minutes - 01/16/2008City of Fort Collins N� Women's Commission Meeting Minutes + v. Wednesday January 16, 2008 J 215 N. Mason, Room 1-A Attendees: Pat Lewis, Holli Kopp, Sue Baccari, Barbara Goff, Trish Stewart, Shellie Leach, Annette Zacharias, Marjorie McTaggart Members absent: Kristen Sergi Liaisons present: Marjorie will serve as liaison with the Senior Advisory Board Liaisons absent: Karen Gebhardt (excused) Staff Liaison: Suzanne Jarboe -Simpson Chairperson Pat Lewis called the meeting to order at 6:35pm. Approval of the Minutes: Sue moved approval of the minutes of the December 2007 meeting. Marjorie seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Announcements Suzanne announced the upcoming performances of Nickel and Dimed — part of the Life on a Shoestring events that are taking place in November. Sue moved that the Commission members attend one of the Nickel and Dimed presentations and that the cost be covered by part of the Commission's budget. Annette seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Suzanne will coordinate schedules and purchase the tickets for the Commission members. New Member Orientation and Introductions Commission members introduced themselves and briefly reviewed the packet of material, including the Bylaws and the Workplan. Old Business Annual Report: Pat reviewed the 2007 Annual report with the Commission. She will provide a copy to Suzanne, which will be forwarded to the City Clerk's Office. Essay Contest: Hollie provided updates ■ flyers have been printed and distributed to PSD ■ essays are due Feb 111h ■ Hollie will pick up the essays from PSD and distribute them to Commission members who volunteer to be readers. She'll include a copy of the scoring rubric. ■ Homeschoolers and private schools can submit their essays to Suzanne's office. She and Hollie will coordinate pickup. ■ Reader assignments: Pat, Shellie, Trish, Annette, Sue and Hollie volunteered to read essays ■ Hollie will confine the date for the School Board meeting (tentatively planned for 3/24) ■ Reception Coordinator: Trish and Shellie will co-chair the reception ■ Shellie and Trish will arrange for `gifts' for the winners, Annette will work on `bonds' for the winners ■ Barb will arrange for the flowers for the teachers ■ Suzanne will provide the tax ID info to Shellie and Trish ■ Pat will `chair' the reception, Hollie will coordinate the introductions of the students at the reception f Hollie will work with All Sports Trophies to acquire some type of recognition trophy for the winners (This will be paid for by the Commission's budget — please let Suzanne know when they need to be picked up/paid for) ■ Annette will check with a photographer for photos of the winners at the event, and will also check with Lydia's Style Mag for possible inclusion of the winners ■ Hollie will draft a media advisory — which can be used as a PSA or announcement MNW Award ■ agreement to honor the winner of this award in March, or April ■ information will be provided to 211 for distribution ■ suggestion to explore possible partners for the recognition event — Annette will research possible partners and other events ■ Sue moved the MNW discussion be tabled until the Feb meeting Shellie seconded the motion — motion passed unanimously Teen Parenting ■ Hollie contacted counselrs and health techs at the high schools and junior high schools to ask about the need for a teen parenting program ■ She heard back from Maggie Payne — the person currently running the program at FCH ■ Hollie will share with the Commission the comments from Maggig (short summary is that the program is needed, and should continue in some format) ■ Sue volunteered to draft a letter and distribute to the Commission for comment, to be sent to the School Board in support of the Program January Newsletter ■ the next topic for the Commission's newsletter is Affordable Housing ■ Suggestion that Wendy Robinson be contacted for stats from Loveland and Fort Collins ■ Discussion was tabled for a future meeting New Business Wonders of Women Conference ■ Shellie asked if anyone was interested in attending the Wonders of Women Conference sponsored by PVH ■ Shellie volunteered to find out about ticket information, and report back Hollie moved that the meeting be adjourned. Trish seconded the motion. Meeting was adjourned at 8:35pm. Next Meeting: February 20, 2008 215 N. Mason — Rm 1-A Please contact Pat Lewis or Suzanne Jarboe -Simpson if you're not able to attend the meeting. Tentative Agenda Topics: Announcements: Nickel and Dimed ticket distribution, Wonder's of Women Update, "Women's History Month" March Proclamation Elections: Vice Chair and Secretary — please review the bylaws in preparation for discussion, nomination, etc. Old Business: Essay Contest, Marche N. Wood Award, Teen Parenting Program, Newsletter