TIME: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00p.m.
PLACE: 401 Van Ness Avenue, Rm. 322
1. Call to Order and Roll Call
The meeting was called to order at 6:15 PM. Present: Vitaly, Chen, Kutner, Rodgers, Rothman, Slozberg, Turner (7) Excused: DeVries, Otalvarro-Hormillosa, Prozan, Robertson (4) Absent: Lamo (1) Non Voting Members present: Roy Butler, Dana Van Gorder, Michael Johnson
2. Approval of Agenda: Quorum was not present, agenda not approved.
3. Approval of Minutes October 22, 1998: Quorum was not present, minutes not approved.
4. New Business:
- D. Presentation by Dana Van Gorder, Galen Leung and Michael Baxter of the Department of Public Health. (Recordings of this presentation are available for the public). This presentation focused on the structure of DPH, important people that the Task Force may want to talk with and an overview of the budget process and how we can best advocate for increased LGBTQQ funding.
E. Discussion and Celebration re: How far have we come? Task Force members took time to look at what we have been doing well and how to improve. The following is a list of feedback from our brainstorm session.
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Positives |
How to Improve |
| Receiving minutes after each meeting | Involve Non Voting members more |
| Creating database to track our progress | Send letter to Non Voting members updating them |
| Group’s willingness to learn in the face of adversity | Know our roles better |
| Hard work by Josh Todd, Coordinator | Discuss whether or not we need a Vice Chair |
| Lena Turner Chair’s facilitation style | Go to Joshua with any questions |
| Dedication by the group | People getting to meetings on time, 6pm |
| The Juvenile Justice Working Group | Make sure we all understand what is going on, ask each other if we are unclear |
| Working with busy people | Do more personal check ins with people (Josh) |
| Have a retreat. |
Joshua announced that Pam David, Director of Mayor's Office of Community Development, is interested in having young people serve on MOCD's Citizen's Advisory Council. Anyone interested should contact Josh.
Meg Rothman announced a job opening for HIV prevention services out of ARIAS, in San Jose. If you would like further information contact Meg.
6. Public Comment: There was no public comment
7. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 8:05 p.m.
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