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Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission Minutes March 20, 2019 –Draft Minutes Page 16of 18 668 669 Commissioner Bolinger thought once the workplan is ironed out, it will be easier for 670 someone coming in to get an idea of what the Commission does. 671 672 Commissioner Macomber thought as the Commission begins to work the outreach 673 part and there are connections with groups, it will be easier to recruit from under- 674 represented communities. 675 676 Commissioner Eck stated one of the questions she has is how proactive the 677 Commission canbe in trying to help recruit people. 678 679 Chair Beltmann stated the Commission can always recommend and can be a part of 680 the Commission’s engagement work that the Commission is doing as well. 681 682 Commissioner Peterson thought the two people that applied are diverse and from 683 under-represented groups and would strongly support bringing them onto the 684 Commission. She would also strongly support keeping the Commission at nine 685 people because more voices are not a bad thing, especially when the Commissioners 686 are from under-represented groups. She understands the point that it is hard to come 687 onto a Commission whenthe Commission is in the midst of this work but there are 688 ways the Commission can make the onboarding process and level setting a little 689 easier. 690 691 Commissioner Peterson stated one idea she had was to have the Vice-Chair and/or 692 Chair sit down with the new Commissioners and go through the work to get the new 693 Commissioners up to speed. She noted the meetings are recorded and recommends 694 everyone to watch the previous meetings. She thought everyone should do their 695 homework. She strongly urged the Commission to think about when reopening 696 application process and not changing how the application process is done then how is 697 the Commission expected to get different results. She thought it was a little 698 disheartening to her because the City is doing the same thing but expecting different 699 results which does not really work. 700 701 Commissioner Peterson urged the Commission to keep the number of Commissioners 702 at nine and urged the two applicants who interviewed beput on the Commission. 703 704 Chair Beltmann stated it was the CityCouncil’s recommendation to reopen the 705 applications, not the Commissions. 706 707 Commissioner Eck thought knowing the two candidates were diverse is an 708 opportunity and she would hate to lose that opportunity because she also agreed that it 709 is important to increase the diversity on this Commission. She stated her other point 710 of concern is why is this Commission a committee of nine while the other 711 Commissions are seven and is it because the Commissions merged. 712