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HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION
June 28, 2012
The Ames Human Relations Commission meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m. in Room 135
of City Hall. Members present were chairperson Aaron Fultz, John Klaus, Any Juhnke, Amy
Longenecker, and Lea Vogl. City Auditorium and Bandshell Manager Mike King was also
present.
No one was present for Public Forum.
Old Business
Moved by Klaus, seconded by Longenecker to approve the minutes from May 24, 2012. Motion
carried unanimously.
The minutes from June 6, 2012 could not be approved, as quorum was not met on that date.
New Business
FACES – Aaron shared the proposal developed at the June 6th meeting. He noted that Lynne
Carey from the Library would not likely be participating in FACES due to her recent
appointment as acting Library Director. Aaron had not heard back from her yet.
John mentioned that Chris Lyng may have indicated that he would coordinate all entertainment
for the event. John hadn’t heard back from Chris yet.
Mike King mentioned that the Library had a list of ethnic organizations. John agreed to talk to
Chris Lyng.
Moved by Fultz, seconded by Klaus to approve the proposal for FACES committees developed
at the June 6 meeting.
Lea offered to work with Nate and Chris on Entertainment. John agreed to work with exhibitors.
Amy Juhnke asked if a contact list could be made of individuals working on FACES. She agreed
to put one together.
John offered to call Lauren Berry to get information from her on exhibitors and the forms to sign
up. He will update the form and get it sent to the City Manager’s Office for posting on the
website.
Amy Juhnke will set up a gmail account.
John will get Main Street Cultural District’s contact list of vendors present for ArtWalk. Mike
King has a list of the regular food vendors at the Bandshell. John will send an invite to the food
vendors and ask them to get their contact information to Mike King if they are interested in
participating.
Aaron will fill out the Bandshell reservation form. He will also contact the Chamber of
Commerce regarding a donation.
Once the exhibitor form is out and list of potential exhibitors is put together, Brian will ask the
Investigators to participate by contacting 5-10 potential exhibitors each. The Investigators will
also be invited to future meetings of the commission.
Commissioner Comments – This was Amy Longenecker’s last meeting. She stated she enjoyed
FACES last year and was sorry to not see it this year, as she is moving to Milwaukee.
Aaron asked about whether it would be possible to still participate in the Fourth of July Parade.
He agreed to see if the Commission can get a car and enter the parade.
The Commission will next meet July 26, 2012 at 5:30 p.m.
Adjournment
The Commission adjourned at 6:35 p.m.