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Roseville Human Rights Commission <br />Meeting Minutes -.October 13, 2009 <br />Page 7 of 7 <br />1 <br />2 Chair Singleton recognized the need for further review and scrutiny related to the <br />3 sponsorship issue; and opined that this was part of the HRC's development as a body and <br />4 its various events and activities. <br />6 Member Jaeger questioned the HRC's role in reviewing the employee handbook of each <br />7 group it worked with and whether the HRC simply needed to establish consistent <br />8 guidelines and/or criteria for itself. <br />9 <br />10 Member Grefenberg clarified that it was not his intent to get Northwestern College to <br />11 change their policy, but he agreed that some messages sent by the HRC may be <br />12 inadvertently received or create negative reactions. <br />13 <br />14 Member McKenzie expressed frustration that comments and actions of the HRC body <br />15 seemed to greatly and repeatedly upset Member Grefenberg; and sought suggestions from <br />16 Member Grefenberg on how best to get to a point of understanding of what specific <br />17 resolution he was seeking. <br />18 <br />19 Member Grefenberg expressed his appreciation to Members McKenzie and Oftelie for <br />20 their personal and ongoing support of his involvement as a member of the HRC. <br />21 <br />22 Announcements <br />23 Members expressed their excitement about the upcoming Forum. <br />24 <br />25 Member Grefenberg distributed two additional handouts to members. <br />26 <br />27 One was entitled, "I Love Southwest Roseville Neighborhoods!" and was a draft graphic <br />28 prepared by Haden Bowie a graduate student in community planning specializing in civic <br />29 engagement at the Center for Regional Affairs at the U of MN and a resident of <br />30 Roseville. Ms. Bowie was working with Mr. Grefenberg on the Southwest Area of <br />31 Roseville Monitor (SWARM), a community network devoted to neighborhood <br />32 empowerment on the formation of an association of SW Roseville neighborhoods. <br />33 Member Grefenberg advised that he would like to have Ms. Bowie work on projects with <br />34 the HRC. <br />35 <br />36 The second bench handout distributed by Member Grefenberg was intended to provide a <br />37 background on homosexual/gay terminology. <br />38 <br />39 VIII. Adjournment <br />40 Chair Singleton adjourned the meeting at approximately 8:12 p.m. <br />