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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/07/1992MINUTES MAPLEWOOD HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION Tuesday, January 7, 1992 7:00 PM Maplewood City Hall Maplewood Room PRESENT Karla Sand Gordon Heininger Dawn Vassar Pat Williamson Gail Blackstone Mike McGuire I. Call to Order ABSENT James Garrett Sister Claire Lynch, O.S.B. The meeting of the Maplewood Human Relations Commission was called to order at 7:15 p.m., on January 7, 1992, by Karla Sand, Chair. II. Minutes The minutes of the December 3, 1991, meeting of the Maplewood Human Relations Commission were moved, seconded, and approved. III. Old Business � DIVERSITY AWARENESS AWARD Diversity Awareness Award letters to Premier Bank, and to all schools which applied for the award were sent. Press releases were sent to Woman's Press, Insight, Star Tribune, St. Paul Pioneer Press, and Maplewood Review newspapers, and many flyers were distributed. Discussion was made of the agenda for the Human Rights Day program. Dawn will prepare an information sheet for the press that attends the program. Commissioners will contact all schools which submitted plans to determine if they will do presentations of their plans at the program, and will distribute more flyers. B. HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD Announcement that applications are being sought will appear in the February 1992, Maplewood in Motion. Gail will also contact Maplewood Review and St. Paul Pioneer Press regarding this announcement. The deadline for applications will be March 6. Presentation of the award will be done at the April 23 meeting of the Suburban Area Chamber of Commerce. IV. New Business A. Coalition Effort Discussion was made of what other commissions are doing. B. Election of Officers Karla was re-elected as Chair, Dawn will serve as Vice Chair, and Gordon was elected Secretary. V. Reports A. League The process for dealing with no-fault grievance cases has changed; such cases will be turned over to State Bureau of Mediation Services. Tl�e plans for this new year include focusing on hate-bias legislation. B. City of Maplewood Gail presented 1992 goals of the Planning Commission because they include a human rights goal. Commissioners examined and discussed the wording and will bring proposed changes to the next meeting. C. Grievances There are none at this time. D. Other 1. Two new applications have been received for vacancies on the Maplewood Human Relations Commission. r;�����Q � Pat will call Lori Surma who was a�prebed last month for a position on Maplewood Human Relation Commission. 2. Gail received a call from an individual from West Hennepin Human Services, who is doing a survey of what cities are doing to develop human rights commission. VI. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 8:42 p.m. The next meeting: February 4, 1992.