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Item 2 <br />Approve Minutes <br />1 Human Rights Commission <br />2 DRAFT -Meeting Minutes -DRAFT <br />3 January 12, 2010 <br />4 <br />5 Commissioners Present: Chair David Singleton; Commissioners Gary Grefenberg, Liz <br />6 Jaeger and Vice-Chair Marie Oftelie. <br />7 <br />8 1. Call to Order: Chair David Singleton called meeting to order at 6:35 p.m. <br />9 <br />10 2. Approve Minutes of December 14, 2009 <br />11 <br />12 Commissioner Liz Jaeger moved and Commissioner Gary Grefenberg seconded approval of the <br />13 December 14, 2009 minutes. Motion passed unanimously. <br />14 <br />15 3. Staff/Committee Reports <br />]6 <br />17 3a. Vision of Success Subcommittee <br />18 <br />19 Commissioner Jaeger distributed a subcommittee report and reviewed the main points. They <br />20 appreciated the changes to the agenda format and noted that a monthly financial report was <br />21 added. The subcommittee is developing standing rules for HRC meetings. They are looking at <br />22 ways to improve HRC's exposure, including enhancing the website and developing a newsletter. <br />3 They discussed the possibility of the Commission getting an intern to assist with accomplishing <br />~4 its goals. The subcommittee recommended that all subcommittees submit a written report 10 <br />25 days in advance of a HRC meeting so that notes could be distributed to all before the meeting. <br />26 <br />27 Commissioner Jaeger said they discussed moving the "number sections of Roseville" to their <br />28 subcommittee. They also discussed establishing transition plans for chair and vice-chair and new <br />29 member orientation, including a possible training session in March. Jaeger reported that <br />30 Commissioner Thelma McKenzie had talked with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights <br />31 (MDHR) about hosting a regional meeting in Roseville. <br />32 <br />33 Members received a copy of the Minnesota Human Rights Act came from MDHR. Staff liaison <br />34 Carolyn Curti said that Commissioner McKenzie requested that MDHR make them available. <br />35 <br />36 3b. Program Planners Subcommittee <br />37 <br />3 8 The subcommittee had not met, but Commissioner Grefenberg reported that the civic <br />39 engagement grant application was submitted to the MDHR, and we hope to hear by the end of <br />40 January whether the Commission receives the grant. <br />41 <br />42 Commissioner Grefenberg asked if there was any feedback on the retreat report. Chair Singleton <br />43 reiterated his request that the number sections of Roseville and assigning a commissioner to <br />44 represent each section be moved to the Visions for Success subcommittee. Chair Singleton had <br />~~ proposed this topic and was interested in working on it. <br />6 <br />