Title
Approval of Minutes-The minutes of the regular meeting of May 26, 2016
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DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED
Social Service Human Relations Board
Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Social Service Human Relations Board, May 26, 2016
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
President Biggs called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Present were Vice-President Williams, and members Radding, Hyman, Blake, Sorensen, and Davenport.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes of the regular meeting of April 28, 2016, were approved as presented.
M/S Hyman/Williams Unanimous
3. AGENDA ITEMS
3.-A JOINT DISCUSSION AND WORK SESSION OF THE BOARD AND ITS WORKGROUPS
Discussion and Action item
President Biggs began the discussion by stating that the plan for this evening was to review Workgroup Action Plans that had been provided by staff, to determine the membership of each Workgroup, and to decide on each Workgroup's goals and activities for the upcoming fiscal year.
The current members of the Human Relations Workgroup are Vice-President Williams and members Sorensen and Hyman. Given the commonality of goals with this workgroup and the ATAH Workgroup, it was agreed that ATAH would be subsumed into the Human Relations Workgroup. This Workgroup's focus will be to promote activities that support human relations, to encourage non-discrimination in Alameda, and to investigate issues of discrimination brought to its attention on a case-by-case basis. Current activities will include reviewing and summarizing data collected in the recent Quality of Life survey, and maintaining a presence on the AUSD LGBTQ Roundtable. This Workgroup will also provide support for next year's AUSD Career Pathways Fair.
The current members of the Assessment and Awareness Workgroup are members Blake and Davenport. Organizing and conducting a Community Needs Assessment Survey will be this year's primary task for the Workgroup. Their plan is to bring in members of Alameda's Commissio...
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