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Board - Committee - Commission.- Council:
Human Relations Advisory.Committee
Date: 2018-04-05 Time: 7pm
Building: Police Station Location: Community Room
Address: 15 Union Street Session:
Purpose: Monthly Meeting Version: Final
Attendees: Members = Present:
Heather McLean, Kyung.Yu, David Clark, Josh Goldlust
Members - Not Present:
Lynn Dornink;John Arena
Others Present:
Tali Shorr, Susan Gaskell, Vanessa Alvarado
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Heather-McLean on behalf of,Lynn Dornink
Heather calls meeting to order at 7:12pm, calls Josh Goldlust up as voting member to make
quorum.
1. Sharing Experiences/public input
2. Student Liaison report (if any)
a. Drug addiction awareness seminar at the high school featured a
22 y/o former addict, seemed like a different approach from Deputy Chief
Clark's perspective. Tali did say the students seemed to comment on how
young the presenter was.
3. Discuss opportunities for upcoming HRAC events
a. Brining in new members is a top priority
b. Working to re-structure or clarify mission and responsibilities of
HRAC is a top priority
i. We would like to reach out to RED and POWR.to
talk about collaborating, but want to focus on getting our.own
structure in place first
1. Next step is for Heather to touch
base with Gina McCormick on updated policy doc for HRAC .
ii. 'Heather to make an effort or coordinate with
other members to attend RED meetings.
c. Idea for a regular communication - article or newsletter -
perhaps, a way for HRAC to better reach the community other than just our
meetings
4. Any additional agenda items as come up
a. Vanessa confirmed that Liaisons and-appointed BoS member
update to come.as the BoS discuss these items in the coming meetings -
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b. Heather to reach out to School Committee re: their appointed
committee member for HRAC since Linda has departed
c. Vote to give Josh Liberman recognition and an award at senior
night: Heather moves, Josh seconds, 4 in favor
5. Review of upcoming action plans and establish date of next.meeting
6. Vote on approval of minutes from past meetings if possible
a. Vote to approve February 2/1 Meeting minutes: Heather .
moved, David seconds, 4 in favor
7. Adjourn (8:30pm)
a. Heather moved, David seconds, 4 in favor
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