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Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission Minutes <br />January 15, 2020 <br />Page 4 of 7 <br /> <br />136 This is also the opportunity for the Commission to do further outreach into the <br />137 community and build relationships. She noted the Commission does have some <br />138 relationships with the Spanish speaking community and would this be something to <br />139 use as an opportunity to engage them as well. <br />140 <br />141 Ms. Vasquez explained her idea was to have at least five to help read and evaluate the <br />142 essays and would cover a lot of it. She noted there are a lot of resources that can be <br />143 tapped into. <br />144 <br />145 Chair Beltmann asked if there were any common ideas on scoring. <br />146 <br />147 Commissioner James explained he would like to see consistency in scoring. He <br />148 thought even though parents might be scoring the Spanish essays there should also be <br />149 an outside source to review the top ten picked essays, so it does not appear to be <br />150 biased. <br />151 <br />152 Chair Beltmann thought using the same exact scoring and selection process would be <br />153 wise. <br />154 <br />155 The Commission discussed how the selection committee process should be done for <br />156 the Spanish essays. <br />157 <br />158 Chair Beltmann proposed moving forward with the pilot contest mirroring the <br />159 Commission process for this. All of the essays in Spanish will be collected with <br />160 submitter information being removed. The essays will then be turned over to a <br />161 review committee of approximately nine people who will review and score the <br />162 essays, blind. The scores will all come into Ms. Olson who will average out all of the <br />163 scores and based on that there will be a meeting with the reviewers to discuss and <br />164 select the top two to three essays, depending on the number received. Prizes will then <br />165 be awarded to the top two to three essays. <br />166 <br />167 The Commission felt comfortable with moving forward and the process presented. <br />168 <br />169 Commissioner Djevi thought the winning Spanish essay would need to be translated <br />170 into English for the audience and the city Council. <br />171 <br />172 Ms. Vasquez indicated that could be done. <br />173 <br />174 Chair Beltmann indicated this could be discussed at a later meeting. <br />175 <br />176 Ms. Vasquez indicated she could translate the winning essays into English if needed. <br />177 <br />178 Chair Beltmann thanked Ms. Vasquez for the idea and meeting with the Commission. <br />179 <br /> <br />