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Minutes of Meeting on October 30, 2002
The Immigrant Rights Commission (IRC) meeting was held on Monday, October 30, 2002 at San Francisco City Hall in Room 400 at 5:07 P.M.
I. Roll Call:
Members Present The meeting was called to order on 5:07 pm., Commissioners Lau, Huie, Berumen, Gonzalez, Gusukuma, Haile, Nwadibia, Ribas, Tran & Zheng were present. Commissioner Ribas arrived at 5:10pm. Commissioner Benjamin, Nguyen & Wang were absent. Commissioner Nwadibia left at 5:45pm & Commissioner Tran left at 6:15pm.
II. Approval of minutes for September 9, 2002:
Commissioner Haile moved to approve the minutes & Commissioner Nwadibia seconded the motion. The minutes were adopted unanimously.
III. Congratulations on the reappointment of Commissioners:
Commission Lau congratulates Commissioner Huie, Gonzalez & Tran for their reappointment to the Commission.
IV & V. Public Comment & SF Airport Screeners:
Jerome Palencia with the Justice for Screeners Committee informed the Commission that many screeners currently working at San Francisco International (SFO) will be losing their jobs. This is due in part to the fact that part of the employment qualification requires the applicant to be an U.S. citizen. In addition, many current screeners are unable to pass the required assessment test because they are not sufficiently computer literate which is affecting both non-citizen & citizen. The employment qualification does not take into account the applicant’s past experience as an airport security screener. Roy Recio from SOMA Employment Center also informed the Commissioners that many screeners at SFO will be losing their jobs.
Chair Lau directed staff to see if they could set up a meeting among federal, airport, City officials, and labor groups to address this issue.
VI. Nominations:
Commissioner Lau, Gusukuma & Nwadibia were nominated for the position of Commission Chair. Commissioner Haile, Gonzalez & Nwadibia were nominated for the position of Vice Chair. Election will be held in the November Commission meeting.
VII. November meeting date:
Next months meeting will be on Friday, November 15th.
VIII. Debriefing First San Francisco Immigrant Rights Summit:
Need to follow up with the moderators to get the summaries of the report on each panel.
IX. Neighborhood meeting:
The Commission selected the Tenderloin/South of Market area as the next site of the neighborhood meeting and directed staff to find a suitable meeting place. The neighborhood meeting will take place in lieu of the January meeting.
X. Chinese New Years Parade:
Commissioner Huie put together information regarding participating in the Chinese New Years Parade. Commissioner Huie & Zheng volunteered to help out with the logistics for the event.
XI. Director’s Report:
Director Pham met with Corinne Goria with National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights to discuss the possibility of the Commission participation in the International Migrant Rights Day Celebration on Wednesday, December 18, 2002.
X. Miscellaneous:
Various Commissioners expressed some concern regarding the budget and asked staff to get a line item summary from the City Administrator on the Commission’s budget.
Adjournment: The Commission meeting was adjourned at 6:54 p.m.