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Commission on the Status of Women

Minutes August 8, 2019

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Commissioners Present:
First District: Jan Blalock
Second District: Trisha Almond (Chair), Caitlin Quinn (Officer-at-Large)
Third District: Lorena Barrera (Vice-Chair)
Fourth District: Leticia Padilla
Fifth District: Ariana Diaz De Leon, Jessica Wood, Peggy Rogers

Commissioners Absent:
First District: Joanne M. Brown
Fourth District: Dianna MacDonald 

  1. CALL TO ORDER – INTRODUCTIONS – MISSION STATEMENT
    Chair Almond called the meeting to order at 6:03PM
  2. APPROVAL OF THE AUGUST 8, 2019 AGENDA

    Motion to approve the August 8, 2019 Agenda.

    Moved by: Commissioner Rogers
    Second: Commissioner Wood

    Ayes: 7      Noes: 0      Absent: 2       Abstained: 1

    Commissioners Brown and MacDonald were absent. Commissioner Almond abstained as Chair.

    The motion passed.
  3. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES

    Motion to approve the June 13, 2019 Meeting Minutes.

    Moved by: Commissioner Quinn
    Second: Commissioner Blalock

    Ayes: 5      Noes: 0      Absent: 2      Abstained: 3

    Commissioners Brown and MacDonald were absent. Commissioners Barrera and Padilla abstained due to their absence at that meeting. Commissioner Almond abstained as Chair.

    The motion passed.

    Motion to approve the July 11, 2019 Meeting Minutes.

    Moved by: Commissioner Quinn
    Second: Commissioner Blalock

    Ayes: 7      Noes: 0      Absent: 2      Abstained: 1

    Commissioners Brown and MacDonald were absent. Commissioner Almond abstained as Chair.

    The motion passed.
  4. PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDIZED ITEMS
    Ms. Leslie Graves of the Sonoma County CA 2020 Suffrage Project addressed the Commission regarding projects being organized throughout the Nation and in California. She also mentioned organizations like the League of Women Voters and Los Cien collaborating on projects. She also mentioned that there is a list of projects on soco2020.org
  5. COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCEMENTS
    • Commissioner Quinn announced meeting with Supervisor Rabbit to discuss incarcerated women.
    • Commissioner Rogers mentioned the program Meals on Wheels.
    • Commissioner Wood reminded everyone about the upcoming Mochilada event and briefly reported on the Women’s Triathlon event.
    • Commissioner Blalock mentioned the redistricting effort and how there is a lack of women applicants for “Shape California’s Future.”
    • Chair Almond reminded everyone about the Women’s Equality Day resolution being presented by the Board of Supervisors on August 20th.
    • Commissioner Barrera announced the CSW report was scheduled as an agenda item on the consent calendar for the 13th of August Board of Supervisors meeting
  6. OPENINGS AND APPOINTMENTS
    • Chair Almond reported that there are vacancies in the First, Second, Third and Fourth Districts.
    • Commissioners Barrera & Padilla were sworn in by Chair Almond.
  7. PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDIZED ITEMS
    No members from the public addressed the Commission.
  8. PRESENTATIONS - Vanessa Frost
    Commissioner Diaz De Leon introduced Ms. Vanessa Frost who is the Executive Director of Girls on the Run (GOTR) Sonoma County. Ms. Frost discussed the mission and goals of the organization and went over all of the benefits that come from their work including helping girls on gaining self-confidence and empathy. She also spoke about the main event which is a 5k run where even family is able to participate.
  9. REGULAR CALENDAR ITEMS
    1. Report on Administrative Responsibilities
      Chair Almond went over the following items:
      • Storage rules and remembering to lock the storage properly
      • Website updates
      • Overview of what responsibilities will be taken by which officers
      • Overview of Facebook message the commission received regarding a request for advertising for an individual in the community
    2. Ad Hoc Work Plans
      Commissioners Diaz De Leon and Padilla went over their work plan and budget for the Jr. Commissioner Project. Commissioners reviewed the work plan and made the following motion: 

      Motion to approve the Junior Commissioner Project work plan and their requested budget of $1,770.

      Moved by: Commissioner Wood
      Second: Commissioner Quinn

      Ayes: 7       Noes: 0      Absent: 2       Abstained: 1

      Commissioners Brown and MacDonald were absent. Commissioner Almond abstained as Chair.

      The motion passed.

      NOTE: Commissioner Diaz De Leon excused herself from the rest of the meeting.

      Commissioner Barrera went over the work plan and the proposed budget for the Empowerment Ad Hoc for fiscal year 2019-2020.

      Motion to approve Empowerment Ad Hoc work plan and the requested $500 for their budget.

      Moved by: Commissioner Quinn
      Second: Commissioner Blalock

      Ayes: 6      Noes: 0       Absent: 2      Abstained: 1

      Commissioners Brown, Diaz De Leon and MacDonald were absent. Commissioner Almond abstained as Chair.

      The motion passed.
    3. Sonoma County CA 2020 Women’s Suffrage Project
      Commissioner Blalock went over the projects being organized throughout the Nation and in California. She explained how this project is being organized and detailed the work being done in relation to the project.

      Motion to approve a $500 “poppy sponsorship” for the project.

      Moved by: Commissioner Barrera
      Second: Commissioner Quinn

      Ayes: 6      Noes: 0       Absent: 2       Abstained: 1

      Commissioners Brown, Diaz De Leon, and MacDonald were absent. Commissioner Almond abstained as Chair.

      The motion passed.
    4. NACW Conference & Voices Project
      Commissioner Blalock went over a presentation of the Voices Project Session at the National Association of Commissions for Women (NACW) Conference she attended in Chicago.
  10. 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).
    1. Empowerment Ad Hoc: Nothing to report.
    2. Marketing Ad Hoc: Reported they are working on a social media policy.
    3. Women’s Voices: Reminded Commissioners next listening session is scheduled for September 25th. 
    4. Junior Commissioner Project Committee: Nothing to report.
  11. COMMUNITY ISSUES, LIAISONS, AND COORDINATORS
    Commissioners to provide brief updates or ideas on the following:
    1. ACCW: Conference will be November 2nd in San Francisco.
    2. By-Law Review Group: will be scheduling a meeting to go over by-laws
    3. Council on Aging: A tour and luncheon is being offered to two Commissioners aside from Commissioner Rogers. 
    4. Field Trip Ideas: Athena House will be next field trip.
    5. Human Trafficking Task Force: Nothing to report.
    6. Legislative Advisory Group: Nothing to report.
    7. NWHA: Nothing to report.
    8. Social Media Policy Group: Will have something to provide at next meeting.
    9. Sonoma County 2020 Centennial Coalition:
    10. Speaker Coordinator: Commissioner Almond mentioned the next speaker will be Ms. Jade Rayne.
  12. AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT COMMISSION MEETING
    Proposal, discussion, and possible action items for next Commission meeting.
    • Social media policy
    • ERA letter
  13. ADJOURNMENT
    The meeting was adjourned at 8:11PM