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Human Rights Commission Minutes September 18, 2013 —Draft Minutes Page 7 of 10 272 me commissioners to assure no open meeting laws would be violated. The alternative 273 would be to post a meeting notice three days prior to a meeting. 274 275 Chair Grefenberg moved and Commissioner Groff seconded a motion to revise the Human Right 276 Commission's Work Plan, Goal 7A to assure that the Commission was collaborating with the 277 Karen community on issues or projects of mutual relevance of the Commission and the Karen 278 Organization of Minnesota, with the leadership of this effort being Chair Grefenberg, 279 Commissioner Groff and Commissioner Becker. Motion passed unanimously. 280 281 Chair Grefenberg asked if the Commission was interested in hosting a naturalization ceremony 282 to recognize Karen members of the community who become US citizens, He 283 anticipated that there would be a great deal of lead time in order to plan such an event as the 284 federal court systems would have to '.° tt concur. 285 Commissioner Thao was interested in pursuing this event. 286 287 Commissioner Courneya suggested all minority groups be involved in the naturalization 288 ceremony and not just the Karen community. Chair Grefenberg indicated that this proposal 289 seemed reasonable. 290 291 Commissioner Becker questioned who would be working on the program. 292 293 Chair Grefenberg recommended Commissioner Courneya ___ %'_T° i initiate a request 294 of the federal court system at the appropriate time. 295 296 Chair Grefenberg moved and Commissioner Becker seconded a motion to recommend the HRC 297 pursue hosting a naturalization ceremony that would recognize immigrant communities in the 298 Roseville area that will become US citizens. Motion passed unanimously. 299 300 (Commissioner Thao excused herself from the meeting at 7:56 p.m.) 301 302 Chair Grefenberg recommended the Commissioner authorize up to, but no more than $325 for a 303 dinner to thank the Civic Engagement Task Force. 304 305 Commissioner Groff wanted to be assured that there would be a good turnout. Commissioner 306 Singleton was in favor of the event, but recommended the amount spent on this event be 307 lowered. 308 309 Chair Grefenberg understood this concern but anticipated the Civic Engagement Task Force 310 wanted to see this discussion happen. Commissioners discussed when the City Council would 311 take action on the Task Force recommendations Of + Jofee 312 313 Ms. Curti said she did not think the Council would take action before January or February of 314 2014. 315