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February 21, 2013 Minutes
1. Call to Order: 12:08 pm - Brookings City & County Government Center
Attendance: George Hamer, Penny Hauffe, Patty Bacon, Chandradhar Dwivedi, Shafiqur
Rahman, Hanna Larsen, Lawrence Novotny, Shari Thornes, City Clerk-Staff
Absent: Steve Bayer, Angela Hatton, Jaime Nolan-Andrino, SDSU Liaison
2. Adoption of the Agenda: A motion was made by Dwivedi, seconded by Hauffe, to approve.
All present voted yes; motion carried.
3. Approval of amended minutes: An amendment was made to Item 11 clarifying the
nomination and vote. A motion was made by Dwivedi, seconded by Rahman, to approve
as amended. All present voted yes; motion carried.
4. Schedule March meeting date: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at noon at city hall
5. Action to approve 2012 Annual Report: A motion was made by Dwivedi, seconded by
Rahman, to approve. All present voted yes; motion carried.
6. Dr. Martin Luther King Awards Wrap-up Report. We had some issues with poster putty
residue on the stairwell landing, but none anywhere else. We are going to thank the city
and county for allowing us to use that space and report out on the response from the
community. We were asked to put up the winning posters and essays out in the hallway
instead of in the chambers. This was our first time in this building, so we have some kinks
to work out. Overall, we felt it was a successful year. The mayor would like to display the
winning posters in his office.
7. Community Common Read
a. Book Selection Update
Larsen and Hauffe attended the meeting and have been reading
• The Heart and the Fist – Larsen likes this one and feels we could connect with
the veterans on campus and in the community. There is also a junior read to
this one.
• Wine to Water - Bacon feels this could be read and comprehended by middle
schoolers
• No Impact Man – Hauffe doesn’t feel this has a diversity aspect
• Where am I Wearing? – Looking at the source of his clothing and the labor
conditions in those countries and travels those countries. It is entertaining in
parts.
• A motion was made by Bacon, seconded by Dwivedi, requesting Hauffe
recommend Where am I Wearing as the Committee’s first choice and The Heart
and the Fist as second, Wine to Water third and No Impact Man is fourth. All
present voted yes; motion carried.
b. Funding Update: Thornes told us that the committee is authorized to utilize the $5,000
in our budget for the community promotional efforts. Whatever we don’t use, the mayor
would like to allocate it to the speaker.
c. Community Promotion Plan Discussion; assign subcommittee: if it is No Impact Man it
could be promoted at the Earth Day activities. Subcommittee: Larsen, Bacon & Hauffe.
8. Spring Diversity Potluck – April 14th. Hamer, Bacon and Hauffe will do the radio promos.
Shari will get them scheduled. Dwivedi has scheduled the Chinese students to present the
program. Thornes has been working out the details of the charges to use the facility.
9. Proposed Legislation in 2013
a. SB 109 – Sen. Adelstein submitted the bill and it was killed in committee. 4-5 people
testified against it. No one testified in favor. The committee chair asked for an apology
from a woman who made inappropriate comments.
b. The House amended the bill to change this clause to read “Person of the opposite
sex who are or have been living in the same household”. So this would eliminate
protection orders for same-sex couples. This amended bill passed the House 52-18.
c. George shared an article about Chick-fil-A – things are moving in a good direction
10. Proposed Joint Statewide Human Rights Committee Meeting. Novotny did not get a
chance to follow up. We’ll put it on next month’s agenda.
11. Membership Update
a. Larsen was approved
b. Sam Jennings from Student Affairs is being nominated
12. Announcements/Correspondence/Calendar
• Budget Report (Enclosed)
• April 14th Spring Diversity Potluck
• April 25th Human Rights Committee Quarterly Meeting @ 5:30 p.m., Brookings Public
Library (pending) – Library will not work and the date no longer works for a couple of
members. Thornes will send out another doodle survey.
• Eugene Butler – Eugene passed away. His memorial service is going to be at McCrory
Gardens Visitor Center. They’re looking at March 2. Would someone from Human
Rights like to say something. We’re going to work on finding someone. We suggested
Steve Bayer since he knew him best. The committee was asked to send in their
memories of Eugene. Chandradhar volunteered if Steve can’t. The committee agreed
to send flowers are a plant.
13. Adjournment at 12:08 pm