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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWomens Commission - Minutes - 03/19/2001Hume Rights Office • City of Fort Collins Commission on the Status of Women Minutes 3//9/0/ Present Tam Frager, Sharon Bnngleson Jean Wynck, Deb Thompson, Rita Anastasio Lisa Gorham, Haemi Cha, Annmane Evans, Sara Lamia Liaisons Barbara Catbagan Spalding Excused Absent Deb Tamlin Absent I Call to Order 6 10 H Minutes approved Sharon Moved to approve minutes, Jean seconded, passed all III Review Agenda Deb moved to accept new agenda Haemi seconded passed all W Announcements Boards and commissions packet was handed out V Business Items A Reprinting of Original Report Lisa has the corrected hard copy Lisa will call Deb Tamlin to discuss the reformatting for the disc Lisa will report on progress for April meeting B Candidate forum Report Rita reported that Deb Tamlin had not contacted her to do this project Barb red the email from Deb Tamlin stating, I couldn t get the Commissions Candidate forum scheduled In future events we will need to schedule out many months C Women's History Month Jean Deb and Haemi read and selected the essays using Jean's rubric All teachers have been contacted Three teachers have responded 167 essays were received Letters have been sent to winners to invite them to the presentation on March 26th at the CIC Room in City Hall Haemi has contacted the Mayor and sent information to Kendall in the Mayor's office Lisa suggested that the Mayor present the awards Ceremony When students are presented their award they will be asked who they wrote about and why The mayor will then acknowledge the teachers Haemi will call teachers to let them know that they will be asked the questions Cake and lemonade will be served Jean talked about the scoring guide used, how they used it and the revision of the guide She passed out the scoring guides and suggested that the revised guide be 10� Cim on PO Box 580 Fort Collins CO 80522 OW (970) 221 6871 FAX (970) 224 0050 7 DD (970) 224 6004 sent to teachers next year It was suggested to add to the October agenda — looking at the revised rubric and adopting it D Marcile Woods Committee Lisa, Tam and Jean volunteered to be on the committee Discussion about the application revision, ensued The committee will revise the application and have revised application for viewing at the May meeting Mid -June mailing of application Response back by Mid July E DayCare Forum Annmane gave the following history to sum -up for the commission Colorado State University plan to have collaborative forum didn't work Candidate forum did not work Week of the Child is coming in April application for that came in between Feb and March meetings so deadline was missed Members decided that they won t participate in that event Work plan said, by the end of November, would do concerning day care Anninane then read the comments from Karen Weitkunat regarding the work plan and her concern about not being clear on the direction the members meant to take with the childcare coalition and that another group not be created, but that the commission `focus on what the City can actually do to resolve or assist in the problem The membership then reviewed the purpose of the CSW Suggestions were Do something with the winners of the upcoming election Do more forums that promote information and research Annmane called for a subcommittee to decide what will be done by the Commission on the Status of Women concerning daycare Volunteers Rita, Haemi, Annmane Lisa, Sharon Sara Committee will meet after the Wm His Month ceremony Deb Thompson gave information about the PVH in house daycare Annmane and Haemi will create a certificate to give to PVH Discussion about appropnatnes—rubnc Tam moved to organized a committee to recognize organizations in the community Annmane seconded, Discussion tabled until April F Resignations Annmane read the letter of resignation from Kim Walkenhorst the former liaison from Lanmer County Lena Sunthanker s letter of resignation was also discussed G Discussion about subcommittee procedures Suggestions were made to have a committee head to make sure things move forward H Self -study Members are asked to finish the self -study by April 9`i' and fax it to Haemi Haemi Annmane and Deb Thompson will meet and compile the information Information will be discussed at the April meeting VI Adjourn 7 50 Next meeting April 16, 2001 Agenda Call to Order Minutes approved Review Agenda Announcements Business Items Update on Committee Work Self -Study (Please have your part completed) Adjourn