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Roseville Human Rights Commission <br />DRAFT Minutes -January 12, 2010 <br />Page 2 of 3 <br />* 1 3c. Data Geeks Subcommittee <br />2 <br />3 No one from the subcommittee was present. <br />4 <br />5 3d. Financiall2eport <br />6 <br />7 Curti reviewed the financial report that was included in the Commission packet. She corrected <br />8 the information that the 2010 budget was $2,250, not $2,000 as listed. She clarified that the $800 <br />9 that was carried over from the forum will be dedicated to the purpose of the forum. <br />10 <br />11 Commissioner Grefenberg reminded Commissioners that the Council had considered cutting the <br />12 HRC budget but had restored it to the 20091eve1. <br />13 <br />14 Commissioner Grefenberg moved and Commissioner Jaeger seconded receiving the report. <br />15 Motion passed unanimously. <br />16 <br />17 4. Business Items <br />18 <br />19 4a. Essay Contest <br />20 <br />21 Curti distributed tli;. scores for the top 36 essays. She reported two essays were tied for third <br />22 place and asked whether commissioners wanted to award two third place awards or whether one <br />~3 deserved the higher recognition. After considerable discussion about the quality and depth of <br />24 each essay Commissioner Jaeger moved and Commissioner Oftelie seconded that essay #312 be <br />25 given the third place award and essay #59 be given honorable mention. Motion prevailed. <br />26 <br />27 Commissioner Grefenberg moved and Commissioner Jaeger seconded that essays #59, #224 and <br />28 #307 receive honorable mentions. Motion passed unanimously. <br />29 <br />30 Commissioners then discussed what types of prizes be awarded to the winners. Curti reported <br />31 that until the previous year, winners were given $50 for first place, $30 for second and $20 for <br />32 third place. Honorable mentions received a certificate. In the past two years, commissioners also <br />33 distributed gift cards to the teachers who participated in the essay contest. In 2009, the <br />34 Commission awarded substantially higher amounts to each of the winners and teachers. <br />35 <br />36 Commissioners discussed the appropriate amount to give to participants and reason for <br />37 increasing it in 2009. They discussed whether to give gift cards to all teachers or whether to give <br />38 something to each of the four schools that participated. After considerable discussion, <br />39 commissioners agreed that students do not participate in this essay contest for the money, but <br />40 rather to gain a better understanding about human rights. They also agreed that it is important to <br />41 consider the limited budget that the commission has and the plans for the upcoming year. <br />42 <br />43 Commissioner Grefenberg moved and Commissioner Oftelie seconded giving $50 for first place, <br />44 $30 for second and $20 for third, and to give $10 to each of the honorable mentions as well as <br />~5 each of the four schools that participated receiving a $25 gift card. Motion passed unanimously. <br />