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Roseville Human Rights Commission Meeting Minutes — August 12, 2U08 Page 2 of 4 1 Commissioner McKenzie said the United Way representatives would docutxxent the pilot 2 program to provide feedback and as a planning tool for future forums. 3 4 Commissioners McKenzie and Oftelie noted the interest of Barb Ball representing J. C. Penney, 5 and her suggestion to keep thc discussion alive by providing a plant bulb for each participant to 6 take with them and �lant as a way io "bloom where you're planted" or "bloom where you live." 7 S 9 10 11 12 Discussion included types of bulbs that would be appropriate, volunteer donation of bnlbs by individual commissioners, greenhouses located in Roseville and recommendation for daffodils. Commissioners Oftelie and McGehee volunteered to pursue the bulb idea. 13 Commissioner McKenzie said that each participant would be asked to address an envelope to 14 themselves at the end of the village portion of the forum and the United Way represcntatives 15 would mail to each participant after one month to remind participants of their commitment. 16 17 Welcoming Center 18 Commissioner Ofteli.e reported on her discussions with the Director of the City of Austin's 19 Welcome Center; noted their updated website; whether to pursue Councilmember Pust's 20 suggestion for having a virival welcome center on the City's website; suggestions for individual 21 commissioner review of the G1obalPittsburgh.org, and their ideniification of "regional 22 communities of various cultures" that were featured on their website, including the cultural ?3 L4 25 26 27 28 history in the region; and potential funding sources to develop a prolotype to provide helpful information to newcomers to Roseville. Commissioner McKenzie noted thal the City's Communications Specialist Tim Pratt was adept at putting those types of materials together. 29 Discussion included Foundations that could fund such an undertaking; review of more regional 30 websites (i.e., Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, and the State of MN}; and how to incorporate 31 the vu-hial welcome center into ihe City's existin.g website, initial preparation and ongoin.g 32 maintenance of up-to-date materials. 33 34 City Manager Malinen said the City's website had a template to put togelher pages, including 35 hosting and security considerations and confirmed that Tim Pratt was the contact person. 36 37 Furiher discussion was held on questions for participants at the forum that would provide 38 additional cultural and demographic information which could be used to develop the virtual 39 welcome center based on ethnicities and their information needs. 4Q 41 42 43 44 45 �6 Commissioner Oftelie said she would continue reviewing local websites and report at the ncxt meeting. A bench handout, the City of Shoreview HRC's example entitled "Dialogue Villages, was distributed