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July 17, 2013 Item 6.a Chair's Report Attachments E-MAIL CORRESPONDENCE: On Jul 3, 2013, at 7:49 PM, "Gary Grefenberg" <��refenberg�a�coincast.net> wrote: Jen Guertin: I appreciate your contacting me. The Human Rights Commission has been looking—for a long time—for other potential community partners interested in human rights, social issues regarding minorities, and the challenge of civic engagement, the last item being a relatively-new charge given to the Human Rights Commission (HRC) by the Roseville City Council). So your e-mail today was a real highlight of my day. I count myself fortunate that you have reached out to us, and especially appreciative of Jason's suggestion that you contact me. We should talk soon about developing a collaborative relationship. Right now the July 4th holiday is interfering with my free time over the weekend. I would, however, be available Saturday morning for coffee for 45 minutes or so. And of course there is always the following week, though because of other HRC projects underway the best days would be Monday or Tuesday. And please feel free to call me over the holiday weekend; I'll be in and out most of the time. Two items of immediate interest I would like to discuss are the following: 1. Possible HRC Involvement and/or Co-Sponsorship of your Immigration Forum on August 20th, and 2. Whether you know of any Roseville residents of minority descent, especially Latino, Asian, or African- American, who might be interested in applying for a seat on the Human Rights Commission application deadline being this next Wednesday. Both of the above items have some time deadlines. My only HRC meeting is two weeks from today, which in effect means I need to get a better understanding of your August 20t" Immigration Forum by this Wednesday, July 10`h, which is when our agenda is set and the Commission's meeting packet is finalized. • So could you send me over the weekend any background information or flyers on your August Forum? The deadline for applying to the Roseville Human Rights Commission is next Wednesday also. The decision on who will fill this vacancy is a City Council decision, so there are no guarantees that whomever you would suggest would be appointed. The immediate task, however, is to encourage qualified minorities to apply. At the same time your outreach to us and desire to be more proactive in Roseville requires that I make a similar overture to your counterpart in the local Republican party. You wouldn't happen to have his or her name and contact information would you? • Please understand that I am not suggesting that the August 20t" Forum be bipartisan or co-sponsored by the local Republican party unit. It is simply my perception that it is necessary that I make clear to both parties the HRC's interest in collaborating on programming with both major political parties. So please identify a good time for us to at least talk over the phone this weekend.