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l37 138 139 Human Rights Commission Minutes June 19, 2013 Draft Minutes Page 4 of 6 noted that the names of Commissioners listed for each proiects/effort was his suggested lead person, and each lead Commissioner would of course have to a�ree. 140 The first item, Communicatin� with recent Dialo�ue Pa�tici�ants, �€-�ga� was a� task he, 141 �ra��+°�' +'��* Megan Dushin, and Staff would undertake because of previous commitme��ts made 142 to Dialo _gue participants. 143 ��^�*�� a��'^rt��°�. � Grefenberg noted he would also be working this summer to take action 144 on the various recommendations made at the recent dialogues. He recommended � an advisor-y 145 ��'�^^m��**°° voluntecr committce be � convened to address the� �s-su�estions and 146 recoinmendations raised at the Dialo�ues; -a� he noted Megan Dushin was available to assist. 147 Her name havin� been listed for this item, Co�nmissioner Thao indicated that she would not be 148 able to work on this effort. 149 150 151 152 l53 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 Vice Chair Brisbois questioned whether the creation of ��a �^* �°° *'�° �°°a *^ ^r°^*° another subcommittee would just create more work for the Commission. *� �'��^�� *'�� m�**°r. Grefenberg responded that his intent was just the opposite: to involve a group of volunteers in the work of the Commission so that it was not just up to Commissioners. Commissioner Groff agreed with Commissioner Brisbois, adding that hc did not obiect to the creation of a volunteer coulmittee as long as it did not rec�uire active participation of Commission membcrs . Commissioner Thao commented she was not available to commit to another subcommittee. Commissioner Sin�leton asked whether this �roup of volunteers would renort back to the 162 Commission for approval of an�pro'ec� ts or proposals. Chair Grefenberg responded that it 163 would, and that he expected that the advisor_y committee would bring forward recommendations 164 for Commission annrovaL He added that some of the recommended follow-ua, such as the ] 65 ar�anization and update of the Blocic Captains database, would not need HRC approval since it 166 was an on-�oing program of the Police Communit_y Relations Division. 167 168 Chair Grefenberg indicated he had promised the HRC would follow up on the residents' 169 comments and provide feedback based on the priorities and projects discussed at tonight's 17o meetin�. Ms. Curti stated the residents brought up four sets of concerns at the community �71 dialogue. She commented that it was now the HRC's job to choose which items to address 172 further. 173 174 Chair Grefenberg indicated that he a�preciated the Commissioners' concerns about limitin� their 175 involvement in inore committee work, and would proceed cautiously with fiiture commitments. 176 l77 questioned who was interested in assisting Joan Dao in planning a cultural festival program. 178 Commissioners Thao and �� Brisbois volunteered. The Chair havin� mentioned this fall 179 as a suggested time, Commissioner Groff cautioned that fall might be overly ambitious. 180