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Program Planning Committee Report for 08 -09 -2011 HRC Meet ing 2 Commission’s web page…as it has for similar city projects…. Carolyn Curti has kindly volunteered to publish the press release on the Task Force’s Community Meeting: Neighbor -to -Neighbor event of September 14 th . We have not yet heard, however, about the availability of a web page for the Civic Engagement project. Project 515 Program Update A date and place has been selected for this p rogram on the civil rights of gays and lesbians. We are now scheduled for the evening of Wednesday, October 4 th , in the Rose Room at the Roseville Skating Center. The Shoreview Human Rights Commission has agreed to cosponsor this event. A copy of Project 515’s informational brochure is enclosed in your meeting packet. Report and Recommendations on Planning Community Dialogues Background: As requested by the Commission Carolyn Curti had originally sent out an email on Thursday, July 14, 2011, inquiring fro m past planning committee members for their interest in partaking in this year’s planning. By July 18, there had only been two responses showing interest: Commissioner Brisbois and Thao, and one response with a rejection/decline to participate in planning this year’s forum. In the absence of any volunteers the Program Planning Committee (PPC) invited Thelma McKenzie to meet with it and scheduled a meeting on July 21 st . McKenzie and Brisbois were not able to make the meeting.. The purpose of this planning meeting was to assess last year’s evaluation of the 2010 forum provided by the previous planning group , consider whether to continue t he format of that 2010 forum and the previous two forums, and if needed to discuss other ideas, suggestions, and alternat ive formats for future forum (s). The paragraph outlined in blu e below is the Committee’s recommendation for Commission consideration. Recommendation : Due to the lack of interest from past planning committee participants (with the significant exception of JC Penny’s Barbara Bell and Brian Dorr), it is essential that a new group of advisory committee members be formed. This advisory planning committee would work with the Program Planning Committee in recommending to the Commission a series of community dia logues for next year. The Program Planning Committee in consultation with this advisory committee would recommend specific dialogue formats and topics . Both the PCC and the Advisory Committee would be responsible for executing the forums once approved by the HRC.