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Roseville Human Rights Commission 1Vleeting Minutes — December 12, 2fl06 Page 2 of 6 Motion carried 6/0, with Commissiox�ers Crump and McGchee abstaining, as they werc not prescnt at the November meeting. Update an Essay Contest Chair Delmore distributed ncw essays for Cominissioner review. D"iscussion itexns included confusion as to whether the essays were kept on file or shredded after the Essay Contest; comxnon and/or subjective critcria for evaluating the essays, their content, and the obvious intent of the authors; quality of this year's essays; variation of essay assignments dcpcnding on teacher involvement; Commissioner McGehec questioned whether the age group would be better- served with a narrower focus, raiher than a broader topic; and how the authors responded to ihe questions, whether from cultural/personal experiences or whcther through abs#ract concepts and/or parroting news or parental discussions. Commissioner Higbee noted that Roseville students had historically done very we�l on the state- wide essay contests; and questioned i£ it was intentionally broad-based questions tha# were distributed due to the number of school districts involved, as well as the many cultures represented. Commissioner Crump noted that the authors were an.nuall� asked to reflect back. on the three documents to remain consistcnt. Additional di.scussion included the vast quantity of statistics included in the essays, and lack of source identification to determine the validity of the statements and/or their relevance; furthcr discussion on the process to determine consistency among Commissioners in their review; ihe obvious "mean-spirited" tone appare�t with ihis year's essays against the immigration situation; the amount of anger expressed by the authors this year, creaiing conccrns among Commissioners as to whether this was reflective of the community overall, and if so, should challenge ihe HRC to address that anger on a community-wide basis. Commissxoner Crump questioned whether the comments were reflective of what the students were hearing at hazne. Further discussion centered on the process, score sheets and the ranking process by Ms. Curti. Additional Meeting Attendance Chair Delmore questioned Mr. Venters' attendance at the State Hurnan Righis Conference. Commissioner Venters advised that he had been unable to attend the Saturday session. Mr. Venters reported on the cornpletion of the Community Visioning process, which he had becn involved with, and opined #hat from a Hutnan Rights standpoint, a good effort was put forth by the subcommittee in addressing issues. Conrunissioner Venters noted that it would be interesting to see what irnplemcntation was done to reach out to diverse groups within the community, to get them more involved in the commur�iry; and aiso recognizing that Roseville will look differen# in 2025 than it does now, and how to address changing needs. Comxnissioner Venters noted that it was