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Human Rights Commission Minutes <br />October 15, 2014 – Draft Minutes <br />Page 3 of 8 <br />b.Civility Training Update <br />89 <br />90 <br />Commissioner Carey stated she had met with Carey Watts, Activity Director for the County <br />91 <br />Library. They are willing to partner with the HRC and allow use of their activity room for the <br />92 <br />training. Sue to their commitments on Saturday mornings they would recommend scheduling <br />93 <br />Saturday afternoons or Sunday afternoons from 1:00 – 4:30. They would also be willing to put <br />94 <br />the information in their newsletter and promote the event but the deadline for the newsletter <br />95 <br />would be the end of the month prior to the month before the newsletter goes out and the <br />96 <br />newsletter goes out every two (2) months. She proposed the Civility Training be scheduled for a <br />97 <br />Saturday or Sunday in April. The Civility Organization is booked the first weekend in April. <br />98 <br />Ms. Collins had reached out to the Arts and Cultural Legacy Fund for funding. They would like <br />99 <br />to see how this could tie into reading and possible Community-Wide Read. She recommended <br />100 <br />choosing one of the books that would be used for the Civility Training and focus on this by <br />101 <br />offering a chance to meet and discuss the book after the event. The Arts and Cultural Legacy <br />102 <br />Fund could potentially fund books for this event so that those interested in the book club <br />103 <br />meetings would not have to purchase the book. The Library is also willing to donate <br />104 <br />approximately $2000 for book for the training. Based on discussions with other groups it sounds <br />105 <br />like there is a lot of interest in the training and meeting the minimum number of attendees. The <br />106 <br />Library has on online signup process so there would not be a need to have people RSVP. Once <br />107 <br />the maximum number is reached the signup will close. She stated she has also reached out to the <br />108 <br />Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, the League of Minnesota Cities, and the St. Paul Foundation to <br />109 <br />request funding. She asked if the Commission would like to approach the Community <br />110 <br />Engagement Commission to discuss partnering on the event. <br />111 <br />112 <br />Chair Groff stated it might be helpful for Commissioner Carey to attend a CEC meeting and ask <br />113 <br />them to help promote the event but they have the same resources. Vice Chair Becker is on the <br />114 <br />CEC as well and could bring this up to the Commission. <br />115 <br />116 <br />Commissioner Slade asked if the event could be advertised on the City’s electronic board. <br />117 <br />118 <br />Ms. Collins stated this could be done and the City could also put together a flyer for the event. <br />119 <br />This could be added to the Newsletter and there is also an email update for those that subscribe. <br />120 <br />121 <br />Commissioner Thao clarified the Ramsey County Library would be contributing $2000 so this <br />122 <br />left a funding gap of $500. <br />123 <br />124 <br />Commissioner Carey stated the Library had not set an amount yet but would be willing to <br />125 <br />contribute up to $2000. She would confirm this with Ms. Watts. If 60 people attend then the <br />126 <br />total would be $3000 and she would recommend an additional amount for refreshments. <br />127 <br />128 <br />Ms. Collins stated she would contact Byerlys and see if they would donate any goods. She stated <br />129 <br />if the Roseville Community Fund might be inclined to provide the additional funding if the <br />130 <br />Library is willing to fund $2000. <br />131 <br />132 <br /> <br />