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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuman Relations Commission - Minutes - 10/14/2004Human Relations Commission Meeting Minutes October 14, 2004 HRC Members Present: Mary Gomez, Jack Coleman, Caroline Tu Farley, Maryanne Ingratta, Parker Preble and Elaine Boni. HRC Members Absent: Joann Ginal, Rita Klepac Staff Members Present: KellyDiMartino Guests: Lester Washington I. Call to Order. Acting Chair person Mary Gomez called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. II. Agenda review and approval Elaine moved to accept minutes. Jack seconded. Caroline requested that we add to the agenda discussion about the Coloradoan column. This was accepted by Elaine and Jack as a friendly amendment. The motion carried. I11. Minutes review and approval Jack moved to accept minutes. Maryanne seconded. The motion carried. IV. Subcommittee Reports a. Diversity No report. b. Police No meeting. Elaine reported on the Citizen Liaison Program and the HRC discussed their potential role. HRC members directed Elaine to work with Police Services to schedule training for the entire Commission in February. Elaine noted that she will attend the Citizen Review Board Meeting on October 20. C. Human Relations Award No report. Parker requested that the committee keep track of other awards in the community. d. Executive Delegation Parker reported that the Executive Delegation committee met on Monday to set the agenda. V. Liaison Reports a. Community Based i. Northern Colorado Multicultural Corp. It was decided that Maryanne will assume the role as the new HRC liaison for NCMC. ii. Face to Face Elaine reported that the grant for Navigations was unsuccessful. She also indicated that William King in the Human Rights Resource and Education Office is re -instating the multi -cultural book/study circle groups. Hate Crimes Jack reported that the Hate Crimes group is figuring out best way to be structured. Lester Washington, guest, shared that the goal is to have direct response to hate crimes. He also indicated that the group will be re -named. b. Business Parker reported that he attended a business meeting where Cara Neth, new President of NCMC was the guest speaker. HRC members discussed the need for a more active partnership between the HRC and NCMC. Parker indicated that he may be added as a member of the NCMC. C. Education Mary reported that she attended "Grounding Ourselves in Diversity" Summit sessions at CSU. d. Faith based Jack reported that he plans to attend but is still awaiting information on meeting dates, time and location. VI. Budget Report No report. VII. Old Business a. City Council Study Session Parker reported that Study Session presentation had gone well and noted that City Council had accepted the HRC's recommendation and directed staff to prepare a Human Rights Protection Ordinance for consideration. b. Subcommittee chairs Maryanne moved to amend by-laws to restructure the subcommittees to be as follows: • Executive • Media & Community Recognition • Educational Outreach • Government Relations Parker seconded. Motion carried unanimously. C. By-laws amendment Discussion was held on the best way to handle subcommittee chairs. Parker moved to elect new chairs that would remain in effect until new elections in February. Motion died for lack of second. Jack motioned to make Parker acting Vice Chair. Maryanne seconded. The motion carried. Maryanne made a motion to appoint the following subcommittee chairs to serve until December, 2005: • Caroline —Educational Outreach • E laine — Government Relations • M aryanne — Media and Community Recognition • H RC chair - Executive Elaine seconded. Motion carried. d. Coloradoan Column HRC members discussed the appropriate process for writing and submitting Coloradoan columns. Based on this discussion, Maryanne offered a friendly amendment that Jack serve as chair of Media and Community Relations. Accepted by Elaine. Motion carried. e. Meeting Reflections There was further discussion on what constitutes an appropriate column from HRC members. Parker volunteered to serve on the Media Relations Committee. Elaine moved that all columns be copied to all commission members and David Roy before going to media. Maryanne seconded. Motion carried. Jack moved to send in existing articles he has written. Died for lack of second. HRC members asked Kelly to check into the policies regarding attendance and replacement procedures for members who are regularly absent. It was noted that several months ago the Mennonites had provided a list of questions to the HRC. Follow-up is still needed. Discussion was held on whether or not the Commission still approves of Parker attending Institute for Healing Racism to determine viability for Fort Collins project. Jack moved for Parker to attend. Caroline seconded. Motion carried. VIII. New Business It was reported that due to the Veteran's Day holiday, the next meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, November 4. Kelly reported that the City Clerk's Office had recently sent out a memo indicating that Board and Commission work plans must be submitted by November 30. Annual reports are due on January 31, 2005. HRC members agreed that the work plan will be created at the next Executive Delegation Committee meeting. All HRC members will be notified of the meeting date and time if they wish to attend. The goal is to discuss and adopt the work plan at the November 4 meeting. IX. Announcements No report. X. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 7:42 p.m. Mary Gomez, Chairperson Signed on this date: J/• 0q.Q7 AllyMartino, St ff Liaison