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Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission Minutes <br /> March 21, 2018 —Draft Minutes <br /> Page 10 of 17 <br /> 403 The Commission recessed at 8:00 p.m. and reconvened at 8:05 p.m. <br /> 404 <br /> 405 d. Essay Contest Scoring. <br /> 406 <br /> 407 Commissioner Peterson reported she read all the essays and she was impressed by all of them. <br /> 408 <br /> 409 Ms. Olson stated she has copies of the top 25 essays for everyone. <br /> 410 <br /> 411 Commissioner Eichenlaub noted this cuts the number of essays in a little less than half, and it <br /> 412 would make more sense to cut it down to a quarter or a third. <br /> 413 <br /> 414 After discussion, the Commission agreed to include the top fifteen essays. <br /> 415 <br /> 416 Commissioner Carey inquired if the list of essays and scores in the packet provides a bias. <br /> 417 <br /> 418 Ms. Olson agreed and stated she will renumber the essays and send them out. All the <br /> 419 Commissioners will read the top 15 essays and score them with the rubric, including <br /> 420 Commissioners who have already read them. Both outgoing and incoming Commissioners can <br /> 421 submit scores and she requested these scores be submitted to her by April 11. The Council <br /> 422 meeting on May 9 has been tentatively set for when the contest winners could come and read <br /> 423 their essays. <br /> 424 <br /> 425 e. City Proclamations <br /> 426 <br /> 427 Chair Holub reported at the last meeting, they divided up the proclamations for each <br /> 428 Commissioner to research and review. <br /> 429 1. Martin Luther King Junior Day—(This was assigned to Commissioner Ryerson who was <br /> 430 not present at the meeting.) <br /> 431 2. Black History Month—Commissioner Djevi reported he reviewed the most recent <br /> 432 proclamation and the proclamations that had been used by the most recent Presidents. He <br /> 433 also reviewed the most recent proclamation with five members of the black community <br /> 434 and decided the current language contains most of what they would like to have. They <br /> 435 added language that shows what to do going forward. He suggested they find out the <br /> 436 theme each year and link some type of activity to it. <br /> 437 <br /> 438 Chair Holub stated he did a great job with researching the proclamation and the changes <br /> 439 make sense. Commissioner Peterson agreed. <br /> 440 <br /> 441 Commissioner Peterson noted the paragraph that was added contains ongoing issues that <br /> 442 are very important to that community. <br /> 443 <br /> 444 3. Women's History Month—Commissioner Peterson commented she combined several <br /> 445 proclamations to create this new one. There is still some work to be done and plans to <br /> 446 have people in the community look at it and provide feedback. <br /> 447 <br />