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Human Rights Commission Minutes November 20, 2013 — Draft Minutes Page 2 of 10 48 January 4, 2014. He and Carolvn Curti were unsuccessful in findin� a suitable venue, and he 49 also encouraged Commission members to attend this event. so 51 Citv Council-Initiated Survey of Commission Members: Chair Grefenberg encouraged all �e 52 Commission members to submit answers to the City Council for the Commission assessment 53 survey. 54 55 Other Items: Chair Grefenberg explained he attended the School District Community 56 Conversation on Saturday, November 16, 2013. The event had a small turn out, but great 57 conversations were held. 58 59 He questioned if anyone was willing to serve as the Minnesota League of Human Rights 60 Commissioners' Board of Directors, representing €e�the�e€Roseville 61 Commission. He reported he would not longer be serving on the State Board of Directors after 62 December 31, 2013, since his elected term to that Board then ended. 63 64 Program Planning Committee Current Status Report 65 66 January 15 Community Conversation cosponsored with Advocates for Human Rights: 67 Chair Grefenberg indicated the Program Planning Committee had a presentation for the 68 Commission regarding the upcoming Community Conversation, and joined Commissioner 69 Michele Courneva at the podium for the Committee report. 70 71 Commissioner �e Courneya indicated the HRC discussed holding the Community 72 Conversation this evening; however with other items on the meeting agenda, this was not 73 �� feasible. For this reason, the Program Planning Committee was recommending the 74 event be held in January to allow for proper advertisement. She noted the meeting would be held 75 in conjunction with the January 15th HRC meeting. 76 77 Chair Grefenberg discussed several items needin� the Commission's e�� assistance � prior 7g to the January 15�' meetin�. Staff would be responsible for setup of the Council Chambers. He �9 requested that each Commission member serve as a table leader to take notes and capture go comments at the event. He noted school board member Katie Gogins was also available to serve g1 in this capacity. g2 g3 Chair Grefenberg indicated the event � had been tentatively scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. 84 This decision would be made final by the new Chair since the new chair mi�ht wish to schedule gs a Commission meetin� as well that evenin�. He indicated the previously approved budget would 86 allow for light refreshments to be provided at the Community Conversation. 87 gg Commissioner Kaying Thao asked the amount of funds that had been budgeted for the event. g9 Chair Grefenberg reported the Commission had previously approved a fi�ure of u� to $300 for 90 the event. He explained these funds would assist in covering expenses such as €e� light 91 refreshments, transportation and translators. 92