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Minutes July 21, 2004
Present: L Barbara Goff, Penny Vincent Beth Etter, Alison Hade, Amanda
Almon, Rondell Ferguson, Paula Cole
Excused: Stacy Arnold, Kristin Chatnani
L Call to Order: 6:25
11. Approval of Minutes: Beth moved to approve minutes, Paula
seconded. Approved unanimously.
Ill. Announcements: none
IV. Business
1) Name change:
➢ Beth questioned the use of the preposition "For" in title
"Commission for Women". Discussion was that it could be
assumed that only women could be involved. "Women's
Commission" was bought up as an alternative. Some thought that
either way people could think only women could be involved. An
idea was brought up to use a tag line. Discussion ensued. 'Tort
Collins Women's Commission" was then brought up as the name.
Beth moved to rescind the name that was voted on last time. Barb
seconded. Discussion. Passed. Using "Fort Collins Women's
Commission" follows pattern of other cities and makes it like a
sister organization. Changing the name also implies that the
has moved beyond looking at the status of women to
current issues. Paula volunteered to write a memo to Karen W.
about the change. Paula moved to accept the FCWC as the new
name. Amanda seconded. Passed
2) Local agency list
➢ Launching point for the commission was to find out who is doing
what in the community. To do that members researched what
agencies were doing in relationship to the nine issues from the past
Commission Report: Economic Realities.
➢ Issues and Networking Opportunites, a spreadsheet, was put
together by Beth Etter and Stacy Arnold from individual's work.
Members studied the spreadsheet. They discussed how the
information fits in with the Policy Agenda.
➢ Discussion ensued about linking to 211. Alison will speak with
Mary Roberts about the linkage.
3) What's next?
➢ Don't recreate the list from the original report. The issues are the
same as they were when the report was written.
➢ Beth will send agendas for City Council meetings to members to
review. She spoke of the Affordable Housing report recently
issued: Priority Affordable Housing Needs and Strategies.
Members will access the report through William and decide what
to do with it. Paula also suggested that we reach someone who
was on the commission to do the report. William will find the
web site and send it to the members.
➢ Beth brought in the `Building on Basics" postcard sent out by the
City. She will attend the BOB meeting on Aug. 2, 2004 to find out
about the transportation projects that they discuss.
➢ ZONTA International was brought up: an organization to further
the status of women. Beth will contact them to find out more and
report more to the group.
➢ Penny asked about Colorado Women Vote. Barb told the group
about a group in FC. Penny will contact the FC group to see if the
commission can help.
➢ Members did a round to inform others what they are interested in
studying.
➢ Alison put the main categories on the whiteboard from the report
list and the networking list: Employment, Education, Health,
Transportation, Child care, Safety, Housing, Income/Wealth,
Welfare Issues, Identity (LGBTQIQA), Political participation,
➢ Members grouped the categories:
➢ Health, Safety, Identify
➢ Income/Wealth/Education, Welfare, Employment
➢ Transportation, Child care, Housing
➢ Political participation/ Identity
Following are the areas each member chose to work on:
1) Employment/Income/Wealth (Paula)
2) Education (Barb)
3) Health/Mental Health (Amanda)
4) Transportation (Beth)
5) Child Care
6) Safety (Alison)
7) Housing (Rondell)
8) Welfare Reform (Penny)
9) Identity/Political Participation
➢ Alison will call Kristin and Beth will call Stacey to determine the
area they would like to work on.
➢ Alison will contact Karen to update her on progress of name
change. William and Paula will work on process. HRO will make
copies of the "Economic Realities" report for each member.
4) Other
➢ Put Essay Contest discussion on agenda for Aug.
➢ Website: Must remain consistent with City web page. Can have
links but must have a disclaimer that you are off the City web site.
➢ Amanda wants to investigate what other possibilities are available
for creating another web site. She will do more investigation.
V. Adjourn: Beth moved to adjourn. Penny seconded. Adjourn 8:20