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Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission Minutes January 17, 2018 —Draft Minutes Page 6 of 11 Commissioner Dailey noted she already has a list of places where they advertised for the Human Rights Award from a previous project that she can provide to the Commission. Commissioner Manke inquired if students at the University of Northwestern would be eligible to serve on a commission since they are living in the City. Members of the Commission stated they should be eligible if they use their Roseville address as their residence and not their parents address. Chair Holub suggested after commission interviews take place, they review what was successful and make recommendations to the Council for next year. Ms. Olson suggested they ask incoming commissioners how they heard about commission openings during their introductory interview. c. City Proclamations Chair Holub directed the Commission to page 19 of the meeting packet and requested feedback on the recommendations they discussed at the last meeting. She noted this report will be presented to the City Council on February 12. The Commission agreed the report looked good and offered no suggestions. Ms. Olson noted staff is looking for feedback on the upcoming proclamations of Optimist's Day, Black History Month(February), and Women's History Month(March). Commissioner Dailey inquired if they could review the language of the proclamations prior to them being sent to the City Council. Ms. Olson stated City Council meeting packets will go out next week. She suggested they consider any potential changes they would like to include or just proceed with presenting the recommendations on the City Proclamations document to the City Council. In response to Commissioner Manke, Commissioner Dailey explained they are reviewing the language of the proclamations to make sure it is appropriate and updated. Chair Holub stated they should not review individual proclamations prior to sending the Council their recommendation. It is in this recommendation to the Council to review and update the existing proclamation language. Until then, they can personally contact the Council about language changes they want made to the proclamation. They also discussed having a strategy for updating proclamations. Commissioner Groff stated this presents a short timeline and they should reach out to people of color regarding the proclamation for Black History Month. He also suggested they look at the