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Roseville Human Rights Commission June 20, 2012 Page 2 of 6 48 49 Chair Grefenberg asked Carolyn Curti to provide the Commissioners with a list of these items for 50 them to review. He asked Commissioners to get back to him if items were missing before their joint 51 meeting with the Council scheduled for July 16. 52 53 Other Items: Chair Grefenberg said that the Rosefest Parade was coming up on Monday, June 25. 54 The Commission would distribute pencils with information about Nextdoor.com and candy 55 provided by the Housing and Redevelopment Authority. He advised the Commission he had 56 authorized the attachment to the previously approved pencils of ribbons advertising the NextDoor 57 project; these pencils would be handed out along the Parade route, and cost of the ribbon 58 attachments would not be charged to the Commission. 59 60 Commissioner Thao thanked Carolyn Curti for all her work in preparing the pencils for the Parade. 61 62 Chair Grefenberg reported on a meeting with City Manager Bill Malinen to discuss improving 63 communication between staff and himself and the Commission, and that he was hopeful that 64 communications would improve. Grefenberg also noted that the Commission itself was composed 65 of talented people and encouraged them to continue to do tasks which at one time had been done by 66 staff, such as press releases and working with the Police Department. He suggested it would help if 67 the Commission continued to broaden its base of volunteers so its work could remain productive. 68 69 70 71 72 73 Grefenberg also said he would rely on other-commissioners to take the initiative and leadership on some tasks because his current workload was very heavy. Committee Reports Operations Committee Report on Proposed By-Laws for Commission Discussion 74 Vice Chair David Singleton said the Committee had met several times to work on the bylaws, and 75 they had put together a proposal for the Commission and staff to discuss. They were looking for 76 feedback at tonight's meeting and they would incorporate and bring back to the next meeting. He 77 said the bylaws were modeled after bylaws of other organizations. . • :1 . : . ., . . . .• : Commissioner poneen said they tried to reflect both how the commission operates and the City Code. Commissioners discussed the first two articles, including the name, mission statement and purpose, agreeing that those sections were pertinent. Commissioner poneen said Article 3— General Duties incorporated the duties expressed in the Code. 88 Chair Grefenberg suggested that items in Article 4 be prefaced with "Pursuant to City Ordinance" 89 since the City Council appointed members to the commission. He suggested dropping item E which 90 stated that commissioners must submit a written application and be available far an interview with 91 the City Council since these were already covered by the City Code. 92