Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, June 7, 2006
Call to Order
Approval of Minutes
A. Director’s Monthly Report Includes:
-Monthly Intake
-Monthly Budget Activity
- Juneteenth Day
- Annual Report
- Annual HR Recognition Awards
& Scholarship Fundraiser
B. New Business
- July and August Commission meetings
C. Old Business
Auburn Human Rights Commission
Members: Present (P) Absent, (A); Excused (E)
Karen Sheftic-Burns, Ex.Director _p_ Fred Richardson, Commissioner __p_ __
Judah Rodriguez-Sierra _ p__ Fr. Stephen Mack _ p__ Lebertus van der Werff _e _
Gwendolyn M. Jones _p_ _Kent Brandstetter__e ___ Anthony DeCaro _e ___
Yolanda Rivera _e_ __
Members Present: __4__ Members Absent: __0___ Members Excused: _4___
Call to order:_5:00___pm
Minutes approved/seconded by: ____Jones/Mack___________
Director’s Report: Members Discuss the following
Monthly Intake for May (68). Complainants consisted of concerns for housing, police complaints, harassment, employment, legal requests, and general information.
Monthly Budget: Members please see monthly activity report attached.
Juneteenth Day 2006: All pre-planning details are complete. Press releases and all promotional materials are mailed. Area newspapers are contacted for pre-event and program coverage. The program is scheduled for Thursday, June 15 from 1-3 pm at the Booker T. Washington Community Center. HR is in contact with BTW and Presenter. Wegmans is the Reception sponsor. Representative from Congressman Boehlert’s office plans on attending. Auburn City Mayor will attend. To date, 312 confirmed to attend with the majority of the audience consisting of students from the Auburn Enlarged School District (grades 4 & 5). The following schools called to confirm attendance: Herman, Casey, Owasco, and Genesee Elementary Schools. Herman & Casey Elementary will have 2
students each read a short poem connected to Juneteenth Day. Each year student presentations will rotate from school to school.
HR Scholarship Fundraiser: Printed mailer to be used in conjunction with the upcoming HR Awards & Annual Scholarship Fundraiser on October 4th. Planning for the fall program has begun.
Advertising Campaign/Public Awareness (includes program booklets supporting various service organizations): ongoing.
Annual Report: Approved blue-line proof ready for printing. At this time, Annual Reports are in-house and ready for release and mailing. Members please review Annual Report. See attached.
Motion to accept Director’s Report/Second: Jones/Mack
New Business: July and August Commission Meeting times and summer holiday time conflicts to address. July meeting cancelled.
Old Business:
Motion to adjourn/second:
Time __6:00_ pm
Minutes respectfully submitted by Anthony DeCaro, Commission Secretary
Next Commission Meeting:
TO BE ANNOUNCED
MEMBERS PLEASE NOTE
July meeting is cancelled.
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