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she could determine if official notice should be posted. Curti asked that committee chairs give her a minimum of three days notice before their meetings. Chair Grefenberg encouraged the Outreach Committee to use email lists collected from various Commission-sponsored forums for outreach to the community. He mentioned that these lists could be used to alert the community about human rights activities both sponsored by the Commission and not Commission-sponsored. Commissioners discussed various ways to use the lists, including sending messages about things happening in the community. Youth Commissioner Marie Siliciano suggested that the proposed Facebook page could be a useful tool for this, by including those messages onto the Facebook page she is working on. [Commissioner Thelma McKenzie arrived at this time.] Carolyn Curti distributed an updated Commission roster, reminding commissioners that some information on the roster was non-public. Operations Committee Chair Grefenberg reviewed the Operations Committee report as distributed in the commissioners' packets. The committee reconsidered whether any commissioner may participate/attend standing committees, but they did not take any action. The Operations Committee moved that the Commission establish a Youth Engagement Task Force to be composed of the youth commissioner and commissioners Grefenberg and Thao. The purpose of this task force is to identify human rights issues, educational opportunities and programs to serve youth in the Roseville community. Motion prevailed 6/0/1 with one abstention (McKenzie). The Operations Committee recommended that the Commission continue membership in the League of Minnesota Human Rights Commission (LMHRC), and authorize the-payment of annual dues of approximately $180. Motion prevailed unanimously. Youth Commissioner's Report Commissioner Siliciano said she is working on a communications plan for the Facebook page. It would be used to post what is happening in the community and would be a good way to reach youth. Commissioner Brisbois aslced how a Commissioner could post on the Facebook page if he or she wanted to publicize a Commission event. Carolyn Curti said the commissioner should send the posting to her or Siliciano, who , would have administrative rights to add new items to the page. Several other Commissions asked questions about how the Facebook Page would operate, including whether the public could add comments on the Wall page. Siliciano said that current plans were not to allow this, but that the Commission could post its flyers and events; and thus reach young people.