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Roseville Human Rights Commission August 9, 2011 Draft Minutes Page 3 of 6 94 Commissioner Kaying Thao said when meeting with citizens, many of them said they did not know 95 how to talk to city hall. 96 97 Commissioner Grefenberg said the format for the September 14 meeting had not been finalized but 98 they would be working on it over the next few weeks. 99 100 Project 515 101 102 Commissioner Brisbois said the Project 515 event was set for Wednesday, October 4 at 6:30 p.m. at 103 the Skating Center. Shoreview had agreed to cosponsor, and she asked neighboring cities, including 104 Maplewood, St. Paul and Falcon Heights, to join in co- sponsoring the event, but had not heard back 105 from those cities yet. 106 107 Planning for Community Dialogue 108 109 Commissioner Thao said staff emailed planners of the previous years' community dialogue, but 110 none responded until after the program planners had a meeting. On July 21, Commissioners 111 Grefenberg and Thao met to assess the previous year's evaluations and discuss ideas for future 112 forums. They recommended postponing the dialogue until 2012. 113 114 Commissioner Thao said they recommended that a new group of advisory committee members be 115 formed to work with the Program Planning Committee in recommending a series of community 116 dialogues for the next year. The Program Planning Committee would recommend specific dialogue 117 formats and topics and both of the committees would be responsible for carrying out the forums 118 once approved by the HRC. 119 120 Commissioner Grefenberg said they wanted to be more effective in reaching minority groups and 121 involving leaders of those communities. Membership of the advisory committee would be fluid but 122 final responsibility would remain with the HRC. They recommended having activities every month, 123 alternating between social issues and cultural celebrations. 124 125 Commissioner Groff said he thought that was ambitious and would be difficult to get community 126 involvement unless specific groups were involved. Commissioner Thao said they planned to 127 piggyback on other activities by cosponsoring and supporting their efforts. 128 129 Commissioner Thao renewed the motion to form a new group of advisory committee members be 130 formed to work with the Program Planning Committee in recommending a series of community 131 dialogues for the next year. The Program Planning Committee would recommend specific dialogue 132 formats and topics and both of the committees would be responsible for carrying out the forums 133 once approved by the HRC. Motion prevailed unanimously. 134 135 Youth Commissioner Report 136 137 Commissioner Anthony Barrett thanked everyone for the opportunity to work on the Commission. 138 Commissioner Grefenberg asked him if he thought youth commissioners should be able to vote. 139 Commissioner Barrett said he did not necessarily advocate for that, rather he saw his role as a