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Human Rights Commission Minutes February 18, 2015 – Draft Minutes Page 2 of 9 47 City Manager Trudgeon provided an update on a kick-off event “Roseville: Becoming a 48 Dementia Aware Community”. This event will be held on April 23 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm at City 49 Hall. After the kick-off event there will be a series of lectures and events throughout the 50 community in late April and May. The kick-off event will be recorded. 51 52 Commissioner Becker asked if there was a schedule for the subsequent events. 53 54 City Manager Trudgeon approximate dates are April 28, May 5, May 12, and May 19 for the 55 community events and April 30, May 7, May 14, and May 21 for the caregiver events. 56 57 58 Old Business 59 60 a.Civility Training Update 61 62 Commissioner Carey stated the City Council approved the necessary funding for the event. The 63 date that works for the Institute and the Library is May 30 but she is not able to attend this date. 64 If this date does not work then the event would need to be pushed into September. 65 66 Vice Chair Thao stated she would not be able to attend if the event were in May. She would 67 prefer to see the event held in September to ensure Commissioner Carey can attend and the 68 Commission has adequate time to plan for the event and promote it. 69 70 Ms. Collins stated the Commission and City have several events in March, April, and June but 71 there is nothing scheduled in the fall. This would be a good event after a break in August. 72 73 Commissioner Becker suggested scheduling the event in mid-September after the Labor Day 74 holiday and the start of school. 75 76 It was the consensus of the Commission to direct Commissioner Carey to work with the Institute 77 and the Library to schedule the Civility Training event in September. 78 79 b.Update on Mental Health Forum 80 81 Commissioner Slade stated the Commission would be hosting the “Community Conversations 82 Information about Mental Illness” on March 16 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Roseville Skating 83 Center Fireside Room. She provided a flyer put together by the National Alliance on Mental 84 Illness (NAMI) and suggested having the Human Rights Commission recognized on the flyer 85 that would be used to promote the event. She stated Mindy Greyling had a conflict for this 86 particular event and she would not be able to facilitate the metal illness basics portion of the 87 discussion. She stated she would do this portion and facilitate a discussion. 88 89 Ms. Collins stated NAMI would be promoting the event and requesting RSVPs through Event 90 Right. She asked if the Commissioners would need to RSVP as well. 91