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' MAPLEWOOD HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION
TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1988
PRESENT: John Prey
Karla Sand
Pat Williamson
Sue Hoyt
Sister Claire Lynch
Mike McGuire, City Manager
Gail Blackstone, Staff Servics
Coordinator
John Prey, President, called the meeting to order. Agenda was
distributed.
1. Approval of Minutes - Minutes of the May 3, 1988 Human
Relations Commission meeting were approved as submitted.
2. Old Business - No outstanding grievances.
3. New Business -
a. Advertising - Human Rights Award - Commission needs to be
ready to discuss advertising the Award at the September meeting.
Suggestions for articles are the Maplewood in Motion and the
Maplewood Review. Gail will prepare a notice for the Maplewood
in Motion publication.
The Commission will also discuss coordinating the event
with the Chamber of Commerce and which month the award should be
given.
b. By-Laws (Copy was distributed with agenda) - Discussion
of the By-laws will be a major discussion at the September
meeting. The section on membership will be reviewed very
carefully.
c. 1988 Activities - Need to discuss how we can disseminate
information on who people can contact about violations of their
rights. The Maplewood in Motion is distributed to approximately
10,000 homes in Maplewood and is an excellent source of
information as are posters in supermarkets, cable tv. Sister
Claire will contact Mrs. Hughes about distributing information to
the Hmong community.
Our 1988 Goals included community awareness, Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day and the By-laws. Included in the goals are
specific activities. One of these is an Essay Contest. Sister
Claire is working on this activity and will report a schedule and
subject at the September meeting.
4. Reports
a. John Prey - Advance no-fault training will be available
in the fall. A State representative is available to attend our
meetings and give us an update on the grievance procedure.
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b. City Manager,
the newly hired Staff
Maplewood. She will
Mike McGuire - Introduced Gail Blackstone
Services Coordinator for the City of
attend the Commission meetings as will Mike.
c. Sue Hoyt - Explained that she is getting calls regarding
the homeless in Maplewood and also for information on the food
shelves. She said the numbers are not Iarge in Maplewood but
there are occasional transients who need assistance. There is
transportation available to the city where the shelters are
located. The police may or may not transport them to a shelter.
Mike will see that Sue gets the telephone number of NEST.
Discussed the possibility of a food shelf in Maplewood; possibly
downtown Maplewood which is in the Gladstone area.
Meeting adjourned.