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Human Rights Commission Minutes January 20, 2016 —Minutes Page 4 of 9 Commissioner Carey stated her interpretation of 205.02.B. was the Commission would support and direct individuals and organizations in the community in implementing human rights as opposed to 205.02.D. which spells out providing education to the community. She recommended the Commission ask for clarification on 205.02.B. Mr. Collins suggested adding a comment in the recommended changes for the City Council to clarify these items for the Commission. Commissioner Carey moved and Commissioner Christiansen seconded a motion to approve the recommended changes to Section 205.02 Scope, Duties, and Function of the City Code and present these chan�es to the City CounciL The motion carried unanimously. b. Essay Contest Update Commissioner Christiansen stated the schools have distributed the essay contest information through their list serve. She reviewed the proposed rubric that she had worked on with Ms. Bachhuber for grading the essays. Commissioner Slade asked if there were allowances made for grade level for various components such as spelling and grammar. Youth Commissioner Cederberg stated he did not believe allowances needed to be made for grade level as this would sort itself out during the process. He asked if the grading for idea/suggestion would be based on the quality of the suggestion or the quality of the presentation or argument. Ms. Collins asked if the Commission had specified the number of references and suggestions the students needed to have. Commissioner Christiansen stated the Essay Rules specify the essay should have at least two (2) reasons why voting is important and two (2) suggestions on how to increase voting in the U.S. but it does not specify the number of references or resources they need to use. Ms. Collins suggested grading on quality of argument that allows 0-3 points. Youth Commissioner Cederberg suggested grading on evidence and analysis of the arguments. Commissioner Carey suggested the wording for the subjective grading to "weak", "null", "strong", and "very strong" to keep it consistent. Commissioner Christiansen asked if the Commission would want to score on whether or not references were used.