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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION Minutes for January 18th 1994 Commissioners present were: Dave Bowers, Gwen Willems, John Treadwell. Commissioners absent were: Ed Sheppard Guests present were: Sue Gehrz and Wayne Groff. WELCOME TO SUE GEHRZ AS OUR NEW COUNCIL LIAISON!!! Minutes for the December 22nd meeting were not available for approval. The Meeting was call -to -order at 7:OOPM Business: 1. Election of a new chairperson was proposed. Gwen nominated Dave Bowers and JohnTreadwell seconded the nomination. All members voted to elect Dave Bowers as the chairperson and he accepted the nomination. 2. Discussion on the brochure for the HRC was briefly discussed. Gwen and Dave had met to brainstorm, some possible issues that they would like to see in the brochure. Any comments or other ideas are welcomed from the other commissioners. The distribution of the brochure was discussed. Ideas were: send with the newsletter, direct mailing to the public, availability at City Hall,.and distribution at local businesses. 3. HRC budget was discussed. Dave with check with Susan Hoyt as to the amount available to the Commission and possible additional funds for training and conference costs. 4. Gwen would like to attend the International Conference in Canada and would like support from our HRC in the form of verbal and monetary support. Gwen would like to know the dollar amount that our commission will fund for this conference, so that she can get future monetary support from the State Commission. The cost would be approximately 670.00. 5. Discussion on whether continuing mediation training for members of the HRC was cost effective or, whether the City could hire an outside mediation service to handle the cases that may present themselves. 6. Discussion on changing the name of the current Human Rights Commission to another name that may reflect more diversity such as, Human Resource Commission. Future views on this topic are welcomed by all members. 7. Sue Gehrz spoke briefly on the directions the City Council is taking to enchance community involvement,to give a sense of belonging to everyone in the community. Particularly, involvement and interaction between all age groups. There has been and there is a continuing effort of the community to develop positive activities for youths who may not be mainstream, to better involve them with the community. 8. Brief discussion of involvement jointly of our commission with the other surrounding communities commissions.