Marin Women’s Commission Business Meeting

Marin Civic Center

3501 Civic Center Dr., Room 410B

San Rafael, CA 94903

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Proposed Minutes

I. Call to Order/Roll Call/ Establish Roles 7:05pm

Commissioner / Present / Commissioner / Present
Laura Adler / X / Jennie Oppenheimer / X
Margaret Ballou / X / Anna Pletcher / X
Kristine Fowler-Cirby / X / Annalisa Roger / X
Mary Anne Hoover / X / Marti Rule / X
Isabelle Gillis / X / Cecilia Zamora / X
Marcia McLean / X / Staff / X

Egalitarian: AR Timekeeper: AP Chaired by: MAH

II.  Approve Agenda with the following changes: Items removed from the consent agenda and placed in the Chair report for discussion.

MOTION: To remove items on the consent agenda because they were not in the packets for the Commission to review prior to the meeting. KC/CZ m/s/p.

MOTION: To Approve Agenda as amended: MMB/LA m/s/p.

III.  Welcome/Introduction of Guests : None

IV.  Approve Minutes: Jan minutes tabled until March meeting.

V.  Open Time: Mary Ruth Gross, Maya Gladstone, Barbara Cobb, Judy Williams and Maureen McManus spoke re: PMR 21 and requested that MWC review the PMR asserting that Marin is the only county in Bay area not to have a process to appeal:

VI.  Presenter/Guest Speaker: None

VII.  Consent Agenda: Per Approval of Agenda, items moved to Chair Report.

VIII.  Chair Report and Organizational Items

a)  BOS Meeting Updates Report – Dist 4 Commissioners to provide BOS report to staff. Once received staff to put all BOS reports together in one report for commission review.

b)  MWC Special Meeting - Planning is in process. Exec. recommendation to have it at the Retreat (April 6). Additional suggestion to hold during March meeting.

MOTION: to set April 6th as the retreat date and hold the Special Meeting during this time. MR/LA m/s/p

c)  NACW Presentation – No Power Point Presentation. Instead, handouts were provided to Commissioners. CZ reviewed the history and work of NACW and addressed voiced concerns from previous meetings.

d)  Update Meeting with CAC & JP – MAH and CZ met with Staff to review staff roles and responsibilities – Commissioners reminded not to “reply all” when responding to e-mails. Staff will meet with CZ and MAH again in approx 6 weeks.

e)  Annual Report –The Annual Report was submitted to Michael Aycock. Request for the report to be sent to the entire Commission to be approved at the March meeting. CZ to forward report to MWC. Commissioners were asked to E-mail MAH any changes or corrections. Must send changes to MAH by Friday March 1st.

f)  Career Day Update – No report. The next committee meeting is March 12. Event is May 8th. All welcome to come to the meetings, let MAH know if interested.

IX.  Staff Report – Updates - none

X.  Finance Committee/Treasurer Report:

a.  2012-2013 Accounting – Revision – YTD Revenues was an error. Have $5k in budget to spend. Question on whether Web site (Clint would need to be paid or if he has been paid in full). MM request to submit receipts for Women Policy Summit. CAWA invoice not posted yet. Retreat – money still available. Request to put on a tracking budget (month to month so you can see when something comes in and is paid).

b.  Finance Committee Report – Proposed policy re: travel 2nd reading – Received by Commission last November (1st reading). Sent to the Commission for 2nd reading.

Motion: to approve Policy – Motion was withdrawn: MR/MM

c.  1099 forms from County –1099’s were sent in error, commissioners instructed to disregard.

XI.  Taskforce Reports

a)  Childcare Taskforce - tabled

b)  Affordable & Fair Housing Taskforce – tabled

XII.  Committee Reports

a)  Equity and Self-Sufficiency

i.  WFSA – no Report

ii.  Consent Decree Compliance Committee – MA - tabled

iii.  EEAC/Personnel Commission updates - MM – tabled

iv.  NEW PMR - tabled

b)  Access to Resources

i.  MTGC – 2013 Conference - Updates provided in written report provided to the commission. Committee requested that commissioners forward the flyer to their contacts to continue to draw registrations. Scholarships are still available. If avail to volunteer, e-mail with avail hours

c)  Leadership

i.  Women and Money Conference - tabled

ii.  Speaker Series Partnership with Dominican – Eve Ensler - tentative– tabled

d)  Misc. Committees

i.  Retreat Committee – April 6th date decided upon, committee to continue planning.

ii.  Website Development Committee –tabled

iii.  Yellow Card – update - tabled

XIII.  Commissioner/ Community Announcements/Success Celebrations

Documentary, “The Makers” on PBS – suggestion that the Commission watch.

XIV.  Adjournment:

MOTION: Adjourn 9:13 pm MM/AP m/s/p

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Late agenda material can be inspected in the office of Human Resources, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. The office is located in Room 205 Marin County Civic Center, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael.

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MARIN WOMEN'S COMMISSION MINUTES FOR 02/26/13 MEETING