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2 Human Rights Commission Meeting Minutes February 22, 2012 Item 3.a November 16, 2011 Minutes 3 DRAFT — November 16, 2011- DRAFT 4 With recommended revisions 01-18-2012 5 6 Commissioners Present: Jill Brisbois, Kristin Doneen, �€ Chair Gary Grefenberg, Wayne 7 Groff, Thelma McKenzie, Kaying Thao, Vice Chair David Singleton 8 Youth Commissioners Marie Siliciano 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Staff Present: Carolyn Curti, Bill Malinen Call to Order �, The meeting was called to order at 6:37pm, and the clerk called the roll. Approve Agenda Commissioner David Singleton moved and Commissioner Jill Brisbois seconded motion to approve the agenda. Motion prevailed unanimously. Approve Minutes of October 11, 2011 Chair Gary Grefenberg distributed and reviewed suggested changes to the minutes. Carolyn Curti suggested an amendment under the Staff Report item, corrected the third place prize in the Student Essay Contest to read $20. City Mana�er Bill Malinen also su�gested a grammatical correction. Chair Grefenberg moved his written amendments and staff's su�gested chan�es, and Commissioner Singleton seconded motion to approve the amended minutes. Motion prevailed unanimously. Report of the Chair Chair Grefenber� said he would continue to make sure the minutes accurately reflected the Commission's deliberations and actions since the minutes were one of the few ways of rea the Commission's actions, and were reviewed b,y others, including Cit,y Council members. 35 Grefenber� reviewed the Commission's standing committee structure and membership document 36 included in the meeting�acket as Agenda Item #5.1.1. He � said that it would be useful if the 37 Outreach Committee pick s�a�e� one of its members to attend the Operations Committee 38 meetings. Cominissioner Kris Doneen clarified that it need not be the same Outreach Committee 39 member at each Operations Committee meeting_ 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 He also reviewed the Advisor,�Groups and Task Forces also listed on the same document, noting that although he and Commissioner Thao would serve on the Youth En�a�ement Task Force he would like this proposed Task Force to be chaired and its a�enda set by the Youth Commissioners. Youth Commissioner Marie Siliciano agreed that this was a�ood way to proceed. Chair Grefenberg said that at his request he met with �#e a City Attorney to discuss the impact of the open meetings laws on the Commission's activities. He said the City Attorney would be invited