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Human Rights Commission Minutes <br />April 15, 2015 — Draft Minutes <br />Page 3 of 8 <br />92 contests could be graded on including adherence to the contest theme, originality, appeal, and <br />93 craftsmanship. She said there are questions of how to receive projects, store these projects, and <br />94 if they should be displayed. They could look at displaying these projec�s at City Hall, �he <br />95 Community Center, the Roseville Library, or there may be an opportunity to partner with the <br />96 Roseville Area School Art display that occurs at HarMar. They could also consider having <br />97 participants sign a copy of the question to eliminate some of the confusion on what is being <br />98 asked. She asked if they should go to the Council or the State with recommendations because <br />99 they do want to tie into the State contest. <br />100 <br />101 Commissioner Singleton stated if they are looking at doing a Roseville contest outside of the <br />102 State sponsored one they could do that but if the recommendation is going to the State as far as <br />103 asking for changes in their process then he would recommend sending a feedback form to all the <br />104 member commissions and getting their feedback and incorporating this into one proposal for the <br />105 League of Minnesota Cities. They may be open to changes, especially if it maintains the <br />106 integrity of the Essay Contest. <br />107 <br />108 <br />109 <br />1]0 <br />111 <br />112 <br />113 <br />114 <br />115 <br />116 <br />117 <br />118 <br />119 <br />Chair Groff suggested the Commission review the proposal and provide feedback at the next <br />meeting before passing the recommendation to the League. <br />Commissioner Christiansen asked if they were discussing making specific changes or if changes <br />should be made in general. <br />Chair Groff stated they are looking at recommending specific changes because participation <br />statewide has decreased. <br />Commissioner Bachhuber stated she would like to be able to put together a recommendation for <br />the Commission to vote on at the next meeting. <br />120 Commissioner Christiansen stated she could understand the teachers concerns. Writing is <br />121 important and she would agree with expanding the grade level participation but it would be <br />122 taking away from the need for critical thinking and writing. We want to be able to promote <br />123 critical thinking and the ability to express this in our children. If the Commission wanted to do <br />124 different categories that would be better than judging all forms together. <br />125 <br />126 <br />127 <br />128 <br />129 <br />130 <br />131 <br />132 <br />Commissioner Bachhuber stated artists and writers would be in separate categories. Accarding <br />to what other communities have done poetry would be considered written and would be judged <br />with essays. <br />Commissioner Christiansen asked if there could be subdivisions within each category so that <br />poetry and stories are not judged with essays. <br />133 Commissioner Bachhuber stated this could be done. One of the problems they have is money. If <br />134 you are awarding for each category, subcategory and grade group there would be a total of 14 <br />135 subcategories with three (3) winners in each group. <br />136 <br />