Minutes April 11, 2019
Commissioners Present
First District: Jan Blalock
Second District: Karen Langdon, Caitlin Quinn
Third District: Jennifer Whyte (Officer-at-Large)
Fourth District: Dianna MacDonald, Betsy Connolly
Fifth District: Lorena Barrera (Vice-Chair), Ariana Diaz De Leon, Jessica Wood
Commissioners Absent
First District: Joanne M. Brown
Second District: Trisha Almond (Chair)
Fourth District: Leticia Padilla
- CALL TO ORDER – INTRODUCTIONS – MISSION STATEMENT
Vice Chair Barrera called the meeting to order at 6:01PM - APPROVAL OF THE APRIL 11, 2019 AGENDA
Motion to approve the April 11, 2019 Agenda
Motion: Commissioner Diaz De Leon
Second: Commissioner Quinn
Ayes: 8 Noes: 0 Absent: 3 Abstained: 1
Commissioners Almond, Brown and Padilla were absent. Commissioner Barrera abstained as Vice-Chair.
The motion passed. - APPROVAL OF THE MARCH 14th MEETING MINUTES
Motion to approve the March 14, 2019 Meeting Minutes
Motion: Commissioner Quinn
Second: Commissioner Langdon
Ayes: 6 Noes: 0 Absent: 3 Abstained: 3
Commissioners Almond, Brown and Padilla were absent. Commissioners Blalock and Wood abstained for being absent at the March 14th meeting and Commissioner Barrera abstained as Vice-Chair.
The motion passed. - PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDIZED ITEMS
No members from the public addressed the commission. - COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCEMENTS / COMMUNICATIONS WITH SUPERVISORS / TABLING OPPORTUNITIES
- Commissioner Langdon announced she will not be re-appointed to the Commission.
- Commissioners Connolly, MacDonald and Padilla mentioned they had a meeting with Supervisor Gore’s District Director Jenny Chamberlain.
- Commissioner Barrera announced that the Commission is scheduled to present to the Board of Supervisors on May 21st.
- OPENINGS AND APPOINTMENTS
Commissioner Whyte announced there is one opening in the First District, and two in the Third District. Additionally, Commissioners Padilla and Whyte were re-appointed to their districts. - PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDIZED ITEMS
Junior Commissioners in the audience introduced themselves to the Commission. - PRESENTATIONS
Commissioners heard from Ms. Hayly Peacock, the Prevention Education Manager for Verity. She discussed the work that Verity does in our community with a special focus on Prevention Education. - REGULAR CALENDAR ITEMS
Discussion and possible action on Items 1 to 5.- Officer Administrative Reports
Commissioners Barrera and Whyte announced the elimination of time limits on agenda items. They review the social media policy and asked commissioners for comments on the policy, specifically to those managing the social media sites. They also asked commissioners to point out any necessary website updates or new information if they ever see something is missing or needs updating. - 2020 Project
This item was tabled to the following regular meeting due to Commissioner Brown’s absence. - Sonoma County Pride
Commissioner Blalock informed the commission about the upcoming Pride event and asked the commission to consider being an event sponsor.
Motion to approve using $500 from the amount previously designated for the ACCW Conference to become an event sponsor for Pride.
Motion: Commissioner Blalock
Second: Commissioner Quinn
Ayes: 8 Noes: 0 Absent: 3 Abstained: 1
Commissioners Almond, Brown and Padilla were absent. Commissioner Barrera abstained as Vice-Chair.
The motion passed. - Marketing Ad Hoc Funding Requests
The Marketing Ad Hoc requested approval of up to $710 from the general fund to be used for Facebook ads, ticket purchases, and sponsorships to support CSW promotional and networking activities in support of previously identified 2019 priorities. Each request was discussed separately.
Motion to approve $100 from the general fund for Facebook advertising.
Motion: Commissioner Wood
Second: Commissioner Blalock
Ayes: 8 Noes: 0 Absent: 3 Abstained: 1
Commissioners Almond, Brown and Padilla were absent. Commissioner Barrera abstained as Vice-Chair.
The motion passed.
Motion to approve $50 from the general fund to purchase two promotional prize giveaways for the May Women’s Voices event.
Motion: Commissioner Langdon
Second: Commissioner MacDonald
Ayes: 8 Noes: 0 Absent: 3 Abstained: 1
Commissioners Almond, Brown and Padilla were absent. Commissioner Barrera abstained as Vice-Chair.
The motion passed.
Motion to approve $250 from the general fund for sponsorship for the May 6th, Verity Lagunitas Fundraiser.
Motion: Commissioner MacDonald
Second: Commissioner Blalock
Ayes: 7 Noes: 0 Absent: 3 Abstained: 2
Commissioners Almond, Brown and Padilla were absent. Commissioner Barrera abstained as Vice-Chair and Commissioner Quinn abstained due to personal connections to Verity.
The motion passed.
Motion to approve $130 from the general fund to attend / support May 22nd, Big Night at 4Cs, Lagunitas Fundraiser.
Motion: Commissioner Langdon
Second: Commissioner MacDonald
Ayes: 8 Noes: 0 Absent: 3 Abstained: 1
Commissioners Almond, Brown and Padilla were absent. Commissioner Barrera abstained as Vice-Chair.
The motion passed. - Tampon Tax
Commissioner Diaz De Leon provided a brief report on Assembly Bill 31, introduced by Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia to eliminate the sales tax on feminine products. Commissioners discussed the research provided by Diaz De Leon and asked her to write a letter supporting the bill.
- Officer Administrative Reports
- NOMINATION OF OFFICERS
Commissioner Barrera read the duties and qualifications for the Chair, Vice-Chair and Officer-at-Large positions. Nominations were then taken from the floor.- Commissioner Almond was nominated for Chair by Commissioner Barrera.
- Commissioner Barrera was nominated for Vice-Chair by Commissioner Quinn.
- Commissioner Quinn was nominated by Commissioner Wood for Officer-at-Large, and
- Commissioner Whyte was nominated for Officer-At-Large by Commissioner Padilla.
All four (4) commissioners accepted the nominations.
Commissioner Whyte announced that elections would take place in the June meeting. - AD HOC COMMITTEE AND PROJECT COMMITTEE UPDATES
Commissioners to provide reports and/or updates from the work being done by their ad hoc committee(s) and/or project committee(s).- Empowerment Ad Hoc: Commissioners gave a report on the work being done for the upcoming workshops. They also announced the dates for the workshops.
- Marketing Ad Hoc: Commissioners gave a report on their work and spoke on the efforts being made to assist other ad hocs with their work.
- Women’s Voices: Ad hoc members announced they have confirmed a listening session at the Roseland Library and asked for as much support as possible.
- Junior Commissioner Project Committee: Commissioner Diaz De Leon reminded everyone about the upcoming field trip, graduation and other work the juniors have been working on.
- COMMUNITY ISSUES, LIAISONS, AND COORDINATORS
Commissioners to provide brief updates or ideas on the following:- ACCW: Blalock announced the conference was postponed to the fall.
- Field Trip Ideas: No ideas were provided.
- Human Trafficking Task Force: Blalock announced a movie screening will be taking place and the task force is participating in the human race.
- Legislative Advisory Group: No report was provided.
- NWHA: Commissioner Connolly stated the group is discussing activities that different regions are working on.
- Sonoma County 2020 Centennial Coalition: No report was provided.
- Speaker Coordinator: Speaker Jong Lee on the Comfort Women
- AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT COMMISSION MEETING
Proposal, discussion, and possible action items for next Commission meeting.- Reminder of officer elections for FY 2019-2020
- Reappointment of Commissioners
- CSW Scholarship at SRJC
- ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 8:26PM