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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/05/2003 MAPLEWOOD HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION WEDNESDAY, November 5, 2003 7:00 p.m. Maplewood City Hall Conference Room A AGENDA NOTE: Due to Elections on Tuesday,Nov. 4, the HRC meeting date has been changed to WEDNESDAY,Nov. 5. 7:00 I. CALL TO ORDER 7:05 II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 7:10 III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 7:15 IV. OLD BUSINESS A. Providing city information in languages other than English. B. Bias crime report follow-up. C. Information sent to potential candidates. 8:00 V. NEW BUSINESS A. Review potential candidate applications. B. C. VI. REPORTS A. B. C. VII. DECEMBER AGENDA ITEMS A. B. C. 8:30 VIII. ADJOURNMENT ASSIGNMENTS 1. 2. 3. FUTURE TOPICS 1. 2. Maplewood Human Relations Commission Meeting Minutes Tuesday, October 7, 2003 Members Present: Barbara Damchik-Dykes, Elmo Mattox, Roberta Hawkins, Gordy Heininger, and Carol Watnemo Members Absent: Marilyn Gebauer Ex-Officio: Kevin Rabbett Visitor: Jeff Kringle Guest Speaker: Joy Mueller I. Called to Order: The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Elmo Mattox. II. Approval of the minutes: Motion was made by Barbara Damchik-Dykes to approve the minutes. Seconded by Gordy Heininger and passed. III. Approval of Agenda: The following additions were made to the agenda: 1.) Commission vacancy, 2.) Letter of thanks, 3.) City brochure, 4.) Bias crime report, 5.) Applicants, 6.) Duties of chair and vice chair, 7.) Planning for yearly calendar, 8.) Questions for interviewing candidates, and 9.) The poster/essay contest. IV. Guest Speaker: Joy Mueller, who is District 622's Diversity Coordinator, spoke about what the school district has done for diversity training. She suggested that to increase communication between this commission and the school district we could: 1.) get a letter out to the principal at each school and to Joy at the beginning of the year, and then the subject could become part of the curriculum, 2.) we can give Joy the information and she will get it to the cultural liaison in each school, and 3.) we could ask the superintendent at the district to speak at a principals' meeting, V. Old Business: A. Barb raised the question that the poster contest seems to only interest a small number of students so what is the goal of the poster contest? B. Bobbie suggested that any contest could address the entire community and that the scope could be broadened. C. Gordy had done some research on the Roseville statewide essay contest. The committee discussed the purpose of the poster/essay contest and decided that the focus should be essay or poster, but not both. Kevin reminded us that training is available for setting up an essay contest by the Minnesota Human Right Commission. The committee decided that the objective for the contest is to make the public aware of the functions of the Human Relations Commission. Maplewood Human Relations Commission October 7, 2003 Meeting Minutes Page 2 D. Elmo and Gordy will contact Joy regarding a debate and to have her assist in selecting a topic. E. The poster/essay contest will no longer be sponsored by the Human Relations Commission. VI. New Business: A. There is one vacancy on the Commission. Kevin will post the open position. B. A concern was brought to the commission from the Chief of Police and the City Manager that city information is only in English. Barb and Bobbie will research what the City of Minneapolis does, and bring that information to our next meeting. C. Bias Crime Report. A 14-year-old girl was assaulted on a school bus when asked to share a seat. It will be followed up by the police liaison officer. D. The information sent to potential candidates for the commission was discussed and it was determined that the information was adequate and helpful. Kevin will bring to the next meeting, a copy of what is sent out to candidates. E. The activities of the commission, which are listed in the annual report, will be posted on the web. F. It was decided that an annual report would be sent to the new member. G. Barb was thanked for writing the letter to the employees who completed the Annual Report. IX. Adjournment: Bobbie made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:30 p.m. Gordy seconded the motion. The motion passed. Next Meeting: Wednesday, November 5, 2003 (Due to the elections on Tuesday, November 4, the next HRC meeting was changed to Wednesday.)