Mayor's Task Force on Human Trafficking: Recommended Rules for Membership and Voting
Mayor’s Task Force on Anti-Human Trafficking:
Recommended Rules for Membership and Voting
Membership Guidelines
- Members must be trauma informed
- Understand the impact of trauma on people
- Develop, apply, and execute services in a responsible way
- Provide services and resources in a manner that limits or avoids retraumatization
- Protect and support staff that works with those who have experienced trauma
- Members must demonstrate a victim-centered approach
- Give voice and choice to survivors/victims/clients
- Prioritize safety, privacy, and wellbeing of the survivor/victim
- Members must agree with Task Force mission statement values
- Members must provide data for the Annual Report, if appropriate (i.e. they provide direct services to human trafficking survivors or are involved in investigation/prosecution of human trafficking cases)
Voting Members
- Must be a government or non-profit agency/foundation
- Must attend at least 50% of general meetings and 75% of subcommittee meetings to qualify as a voting member
- Qualifying agencies will have one vote per agency
- Agencies will strive for consistent membership of 1-2 representatives and to attend most meetings
- To obtain voting rights, a new or returning member must attend 3 general meetings and 2 committee meetings over a 9-month period
- MOUs will be drafted for member agencies as appropriate
Voting Rules
- Task force will strive for consensus, will use majority vote if no consensus
- Votes will be called on key policy positions that the Task Force is involved with, such as legislation, funding, policies, research, outreach campaigns
- Voting items will be announced in advance
- Representatives should be prepared to vote on behalf of their agency
Structure
- Each subcommittee Chair will always be a voting member who follows similar rules and reports to the general meeting
- Each meeting must have a facilitator from a member agency and a note taker who shall take minutes according to the format found here:
Last updated 7-14-17