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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWomens Commission - Minutes - 12/19/2007City of Fort Collins Women s Commission Meeting Minutes Wednesdav December 19, 2007 215 N. Mason, Room 1-A OIL Attendees: Pat Lewis, Beth Etter, Ho Ili Kopp, Sue Baccari, Barbara Goff Members absent: Stacey Arnold (excused) Liaisons present: Marjorie McTaggart Liaisons absent: Karen Gebhardt (excused) Staff Liaison: Suzanne Jarboe -Simpson Chairperson Beth Etter called the meeting to order at 6:40pm. Announcements: This is the last Commission meeting for 2007. Approval of November minutes Pat moved approval of the minutes from the Commission's November meeting. Sue seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Annual Report The Commission's 2007 Annual Report is due in the City Clerk's office by the end of January 2008. Beth will forward to Pat the report that was filed in January 2007. Pat will review the minutes from 2007 and create a summary report. Sue will forward to Pat an e- file containing the minutes from 2007 for review. Pat will distribute a draft report to the Commission members via email for review and comment. The report needs to be complete prior to January 18, because Pat is out of the remainder of January 2008. Teen Parenting Program Update The Commission agreed to draft a letter in support of the Teen Parenting Programs offered by PSD, and send the letter to the School Board and the PSD Superintendent. Assignments: Beth will compile statistics indicating the earning power of someone without a high school diploma versus someone with a diploma. Hollie will contact the school district and/or high schools and middle schools to find out how many women the various teen parenting programs serve. Pat will contact the Coloradoan to see if they're interested in an article on teen parenting programs. Marjorie suggested the NoCoMom blog might be an interesting place to create some discussion threads on this topic. Sue volunteered to draft the letter once everyone gets their into to her. Pat will contact David Roy and let him tmow what the Commission is doing. Timeline: the Commission is targeting the end of January to have the letter in the mail. Gender Composition of City Boards and Commissions After a brief discussion of the gender composition of City Boards and Commissions, the topic was tabled until the appointments Por 2008 are published. This will provide more current information for review. The Commission is interested in reviewing the data and may chose to write City Council with some suggestionsirecommendadons. New Member Orientation The City Council appointed new Commission members at their December 18, 2007 meeting. With these appointments, the Commission is at full -membership. The January Commission meeting will include new member orientation. New member packets will be mailed in early Januarv. Packets will include: Member Roster Commission Bylaws Commission Work Plan Copy of the Commission's most recent newsletter Welcome letter from the Commission Chair— including info about the next meeting, time commitments, brief summary about the essay contest and the 1VINW award Newsletter Update The Commission had previously agreed to publish the next edition of their newsletter in January 2008. The newsletter focus will be affordable housing. Marjorie shared some information about the city of Loveland's affordable housing scale. She believes the scale they use is 200% of poverty. Barb indicated that Loveland uses the term "workforce housing' rather than `affordable housing'. The Commission's not clear what scale the city of Fort Collins uses. Beth had previously volunteered to contact the City's Affordable Housing Board. She left telephone messages for the Board's chair and the Board's staff liaison and is waiting for a call back. Because of member turnover, the Commission agreed to post phone creation of the next edition until after the new members come on board in January. A revised timeline will be discussed at the January meeting. Essay Contest Hollie provided an update on the progress of the essay contest. She will have 200 fivers printed at Kinko's (Olive Street) and charge them to the City of Fort Collins, Women's Commission. She will distribute them to the various junior high schools by Friday (Dec ,2.2007). At the January meeting, the Commission will recruit volunteers to collect donations of prizes for the essay contest winners. Barb will check on donations for flowers for the teachers of the contest winners. Pat will contact Diane Jones. Deputv City Manager and invite her to share a story of a woman who influenced her life, at the essav awards ceremony in March. Outreach ad Liaisons with other $oards and Commissions Marione ,uggested the Commission consider which 10oards and commissions thev might want :o create a liaison -ship with 'ior 2008. Initiai thoughts included the Affordable iiousm- 3oard, the Transportation Board and the HRC. Marjorie will continue serving m the liaison role with the Senior Advisory Board. It was suggested that the Commission consider this topic at their February meeting. Other Business Both Beth and Stacey are leaving the Commission at the end of the month. Their terms are completed. Sue 'officially' thanked Beth for all of her contributions and efforts as Chair this year. (Stacey was excused from the meeting.) Sue moved to adjourn the meeting at 3:06pm. Barb seconded the motion. The meeting was adjourned. January 16, 2008 Meeting agenda New Commission Member Orientation Essay Contest Update and Assignments Teen Parenting Program Update Newsletter Update and Assignments MN-W Update and Assignments