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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Ames Human Relations Commission - AHRC Minutes 1-22-2014M I N U T E S HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION January 22, 2014 The regular meeting of the Ames Human Relations Commission was called to order by Chair Amy Juhnke at 5:34 p.m. in City Hall Room 235. Members present were John Klaus, Devita Harden, Nicole Facio and Barbara Woods. Kim Hope from IRIS and Derek Crisler from the City of Ames were both present, as well. PUBLIC FORUM No public forum. OLD BUSINESS Approve December 19, 2013 Minutes -- It was moved by Woods and seconded by Harden to approve the December 19, 2013 minutes. Motion carried unanimously. 150th Anniversary of Ames --Civil Rights Act display wrap up – Amy Juhnke shared what the banner would look like with the Commission. She also shared what the double sided banner would look like with the Commission, as well. They will be available for the Chamber dinner on Thursday, January 30th to celebrate the City's sesquicentennial. Humanitarian Award 2013 -- Geoff Huff accepted on behalf of Rollie Link at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration on January 20, 2014. Martin Luther King Jr. Day planning -- Mr. Grimm brought his school children to sing at the event, which was attended by several hundred people from the community. AHRC served over five sheet cakes at the celebration. Woods recommended that Mr. Grimm should be considered for the humanitarian award for his years of service to the event. Volunteers from the USDA were great help with the cake. Paper goods were paid for by the NAACP. Annual Report Discussion -- Melissa will send out last year's report and other necessary information for creating a draft report outline on February 22, 2014. NEW BUSINESS A. Derek Crisler – Derek discussed video options with the Commission and shared the different types of options available to the Commission. He noted the following needed to be defined: purpose and vision, the audience and the message. The Commission determined the audience would be the community at large. Juhnke suggested that the Commission should do a feature style video. The Commission discussed focusing bullying in all of the areas of the Human Relations as denoted by the City Code. They also wanted to end with the AHRC as a community resource. Melissa Mundt will lead a brainstorm at the February 27th meeting in each area. B. Commissioner Comments -- Harden noted that the AHRC meetings have not been listed on the City's website. No minutes were available and the brochures are the wrong version. Mundt indicated she would look into that and get it updated. C. NAACP event will be on February 7th at 6 p.m. at Scheman. D. Time and Date of Next Meeting - February 27, 2014 at 5:30 p.m. ADJOURN The meeting adjourned at 6:41 p.m.