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Home My WebLink About11/05/1997 MAPLEWOOD HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION Wednesday, November 5, 1997 7:00 p.m. Maplewood City Hall Maplewood Room (NOTE ROOM AND DATE CHANGE) AGENDA (._---D/e.-9 il P ea?,-< VU` i0 I. CALL TO ORDER ;----4/11/4' y r Mk T1 II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES p ,5-, �i 44 � -� el I 1 - III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA (‘))/ . f .A1 ) 'e. V. OLD Ar,,,,, 0BUSINESS " j��, ii A. Distribute Postcard InvitationsB. Update School Phone Numbers and Contacts '''. C. Review Calendar a6-1 VOX); V. NEW BUSINESS \VT-Th \\,""\ "4 * el 4,4,40 ),_ A. Interview HRC Candidates - All U' B. Review Open Minds Information - Lynne 1; a".64( ' 'i - VI. OTHER BUSINESS _ 0\ VII. REPORTS A. City of Maplewood B. Agenda items for next time ,ON t • ixq VIII. ADJOURNMENT 143- @ , , - . - �1" "s 'I y 6-1)�� • Ca tit i.- ppp /. C\ •WIN60\'• WGENDA MAPLEWOOD HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION October 7, 1997 Meeting Minutes PRESENT - Members: Carol Cude, Regina Laroche-Theune, Lynne Croes, Gordy Heininger, Jim Bartingale, Cheryl Johnson, Katie Thein Kimlinger Ex-officio: Mike McGuire, Colleen Dirkswager Call to Order: 7:04 p.m. II. Approval of Minutes: Gordy moved to approve the 9/3/97 minutes as written. Cheryl seconded the motion, and the motion passed. III. Approval of Agenda: Gordy moved to approve the agenda with an amendment reflecting that Lynne would be discussing a pamphlet from the Minneapolis Tribune that may be of interest to the Commission. Regina seconded the motion, and the motion passed. IV. Old Business: A. Finalize Calendar - Colleen passed a sample postcard to be sent to teachers in October which will serve as a preliminary notice to the teachers as to when this year's Diversity Awareness and Poster Contest will be held. Colleen will finalize the postcard to incorporate suggestions made by the Commission before she mails the postcards. The full-blown, detailed publicity regarding the contests will be sent out in January, as will an additional notice to all teachers who received the October postcards. B. November Meeting Time - Due to the November 4 election, the November meeting will be held Wednesday, November 5 at 7:00 . C. Expiration of Commission Terms - Cheryl will not be able to serve another term, as she is now a Roseville resident. Carol will commit to another term. Lynne will not be able to commit to another term, due to her unpredictable employment schedule. V. New Business: A. Review Advertising for January HRC Vacancy - The content of the advertising was approved by the commission. The interview process will begin in November. The advertising will also be placed in the St. Paul edition of the Minneapolis paper. B. Review Interview Process and Questions - The general consensus among the commission was that the questions and their order were fine, although Question 2 would be expanded to include examples, such as a personal experience or something the person being interviewed may have seen or heard which may have heightened his or her diversity awareness. C. Diversity Award Events - will be the same as last year. D. Report on Annual Conference - Jim gave an informative overview of the events and discussion which took place at the Annual Conference. E. Update School Phone Numbers and Contacts - post-paned until next meeting. F. Postcard Inviting/Reminding - discussed under IV.A., above. VI. Other Business: Lynne passed around a pamphlet she saw in the Minneapolis paper. The pamphlet provided a telephone number to call and receive a list of ways to incorporate diversity. Lynne will call to see how many copies of the list we can get. If the Commission decides that the list is informative, the lists may be passed out at the HRC booth during next summer's National Night Out, and may be placed in accessible places in the community, such as the Community Center, in order to heighten diversity awareness. VII. Reports A. City of Maplewood - Mike reported that Maplewood's National Night Out program won a national award. He also discussed the upcoming November election, which includes a referendum regarding additional liquor licenses. Mike also informed the Commission that Mayor Bastion is a judicial candidate for the Ramsey County District Court. Colleen summarized the bias offense report of a racial incident at the workhouse. B. Agenda Items for November Meeting - 1 . Discussion of diversity awareness list distributed by the Minneapolis Tribune. 2. Interview candidates for openings on Commission. VII. Adjournment: A motion to adjourn was made, seconded, and passed. The meeting was adjourned at 8:35 p.m. Respectfully submitted, AP ier Kati: heir ' imlin r R- ording Secretary HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION CALENDAR September 1997- August 1998 —7 September 1997 October 1997 November 1997 * Planning Meeting * Advertise for Jan HRC * Interview Prospective * League of MN NRC's vacancy Commissioners Conference * Discuss Diversity Award * Plan Diversity Award 4„ • Check expiration of Event(s) Event(s) 'lrt�li.' tt�-`'rte members terms * Review interview process * Discuss sponsoring any-ttC & questions event for community - Fair * Report on Annual Conf. Housing Law * Update school phone USolicit donations/diversity & numbers & contacts poster contests • * Postcard Invite/Remind * Finalize Calendar 1 December 1997 January 1998 February 1998 rFinalize DiversitAw_ar: * Revise intro. letter to * Finalize Annual Report Event(s) is T =`= ="-�'- businesses & schools, * Continue planning * Begin Annual Report"prep. * Review 1st draft of Annual community event, etc. * Prepare publicity for Report * Finalize Inservice for May Div- A ,_- d Event(s) * Plan community event • Gat44 -ate * New member starts Commission finalists * Plan Inservice • yvt ;N Q9'. ( * Mail publicity for Contests ()A LtM tc March 1998 April 1998 7 May 1998 * Present Annual Report to * Present awards * Inservice for HRC members Council - Chair diversity/event * Present Awards * Finalize Open House Attraction * Vote on Diversity Award Submission * Schedule Award Ceremonies * Present Awards June 1998 July 1998 August 1998 * Prepare for Open House * Open House/National Night * Order book marks & key Out tk--(LL• '4\t, chains & diversity stickers * Inservice NO MEETING SCHEDULED NO MEETING SCHEDULED C.\WPWIN60\HRC\CALENDAR 10/97