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renters as well as some communities of color. Gary volunteered to help identify these places and ways to increase notification in those areas with Shannon's team. Task Members were interested in having Commissioner emails available to the public. Someone mentioned the potential for surveying each of the commissions for their notification practices. Working Group Updates Neighborhood Identification Work Group: Chair Grefenberg explained that the Task Force has $150 printing, transportation, publicity, and supplies. He wanted the Neighborhood Identification Group to give estimate on printing costs. A discussion about giving residents an opportunity to sign up for a e-list on the surveys was discussed. Changes to the brochure were made: adding advocacy to the list of Task Force goals, changing language in the 'why are neighborhoods important. The possibility of printing a bulletin board instead of brochures was discussed. Haden agreed to post the brochure, survey, map and all other workgroup materials on the Google Docs page and link from Google Groups. Assessment of Civic Engagement Practices: Greg Simbeck and Haden Bowie will talk with Shannon Cunningham on neighborhood and community representation models (and assess current city practices/neighborhood frameworks/models). Shannon Cunningham, Peter Strohmeier, James DeBenedet, and Gary Grefenberg will work on notification best practices in regards to city practices. Greg will report back on how the Parks and Rec Commission engages residents). The group's name was changed to the Public Notification Assessment Group. Greg Simbeck will send the new Task Force name, community engagement definition, Task Force mission, and Task Force purpose to Haden Bowie to add to Google Groups/Docs. An addition about our purpose being, "To encourage democracy and confidence in decision-making." was added to the purpose statement. Greg Simbeck and Jim DeBenedet will continue to work on these guiding documents during the next month. Other Work Groups: The Citizens' Survival Guide to Civic Engagement is still in the planning phase. The group will be merging with the Neighborhood Identification Group during the next month. Judy Berglund and Gary Grefenberg will work on press and public relations items for the Task Force. Upcoming Events/Additional Announcements The Human Rights Commission has a joint meeting with the City Council on July 18. Since the Task Force is one of the most important things going on for the Commission, Chair Grefenberg asked for volunteers who might want to attend. 4