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Roseville Human Rights Commission May 16, 2012 - Minutes Page 6 of 8 The Chair asked for a roll call on the Brisbois /Doneen motion. City Manager Bill Malinen called the roll. Each commissioner present voted in favor of the motion, and consequently it passed unanimously. The Chair asked the two Youth Commissioners present how they would have voted if they had an opportunity to cast a vote. Each said she would have voted for the resolution. Commissioner Groff thanked Chair Grefenberg for his thorough work on this issue over a period of months. Program Planning Committee Committee Chair Doneen said the Program Planning Committee had not met, but she wanted to clarify Councilmember Bob Willmus's comments in her committee's report about the Voter ID Amendment, namely that his concern was that others did not understand that issue to be a human rights issue and if so why. She indicated that she would provide a revision to that report clarifying that at the next Commission meeting. Operations Committee The Operations Committee has had several discussions about the by -laws and plans to bring their recommendations to the June meeting. His unavailability to finalize the report was the reason it was not on the agenda for action. Outreach Committee Commissioner Groff spoke for the Committee that the Outreach Committee is meeting May 24 with neighboring commissions to discuss efforts to coordinate programs. Maplewood would be having one or two events in the fall which it wanted to coordinate with the other commissions. Commissioner Groff briefly described the second elder abuse seminar in Shoreview and reviewed the materials in the packet which identified abuse and vulnerability. Youth Commissioners' Task Force Commissioner Siliciano said the Youth Commissioners were planning to meet on Sunday at noon and were planning on discussing youth engagement activities for the summer. Chair Grefenberg said the Civic Engagement Task Force was holding a wrap -up meeting on May 23. League of Minnesota Human Rights Commission (LMHRC) Commissioner Thelma McKenzie said she had spoken with teachers in the Roseville Area Schools about ways to collaborate. She said that four teachers would be getting back to her with ideas for future topics in the essay contest. She encourage the youth commissioners to also come up with ideas for next year's contest.