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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/06/19900 MINUTES MAPLEWOOD HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION Tuesday, March 6, 1990 7:00 P.M. Maplewood City Hail Attendees: Scott Rostron Paul Sand Karla Sand Dawn Vassar Carol Engel Sr. Claire Lynch Pat Williamson Mike McGuire Gretchen Maglich Absentees• I. MTNUTES--M/S/A/ the minutes of the February 6, 1990 meeting. II. OLD BUSINESB A. Scott asked for imput on the dra-Ft of an article to be submitted to the Maplewood Review. The article deais with the Americans with Disabilities Act currently being considered by Congress. III.NEW BUSINESS--none. IV. REPORTS A. Pat and Karla reported on ths recent League meeting. Karla has been elected vice president and conference chair. A small article on Pat Svendsen appeared in the League newsletter. They shared the dra-Ft of a League brochure on how to help people who have been victims of bias, harrassment, etc. B. Dawn reported on her calls to the schools re: Black History Month. She talked with administrative staff at Tartan, North, John Glenn, Maplewood, and Weaver. The principals stated that most programs/cur�ricula in that area were centered on Martin Luther King day. She asked them to contact Kent Hughes at the Maplewood Review if they were observing Black History Month. The principal at John Glenn did follow-up with a letter to Hughes addressed to city hall. An item has been placed in our new "tickler" file so that we may address this topic in a more timely matter next year�. C. Gretchen distributed new commission rosters. Ti�ere are no mor-e HRC brochures. In the future our annual repor-t wi 11 be used -For this pur�pose. D. Grievances -----Karla will refer the grievance from the pregnant woman fired by Sears back to the state. ---Pat reported that the -Fire chief and the applicant to the depar-tment were scheduled to meet with each other. She will -Foilow-up. J� - ♦ V. WORKING SESSION � A. Lommittee Structure/Purpose--We discussed -Forrniny a single vs. m�jiti�le commitees and ��.+r� �!at'F����* in d�in� so. We also discussed the Commission de-Fining goals and finding people to implement them vs. letting committee rnembers set their own direction under C�mmissian supervision. In view of the fact that several of us felt that we should first focus on education, 5cott suggested that we have a one hour planning session o� outr�each to the schools and invite our three existing committee members. It was decided that we sho��ld use this spring to lay the groundwork for next fall re: outr�each to the schools. B. 6oals and Objectives for 1990-- There was general discussion on this topic with several ideas incor-por-a.ted into the 1989 annual report. C. Human Fights Breakfasts--Tabled until a futur-e meeting. D. Annual Report to the City--Appendix "C" and the 1989 calendar were deleted -From the draft o-F the annual report. 1990 calendar and goals and objectives were r�evised.