November 15, 1999

1. Call to Order and Roll Call: The meeting was called to order at 5:15 p.m. Commissioners Present: Barker, Baxter, Bolden-Kramer, Castillo, Devine, Geodzhayev, Lau, Pang, Strohlin, Talton-Alunan, (10). Absent: Arreguin, Barnes, Bonilla, Cottonham, Ervin, Yee (6). Staff present: Susan Kim, Mario Balcita and Jessica Smith.

2. Motion to approve agenda: Item 8A (Census 2000) and item 8B (Art and Music in Elementary Schools) were tabled. Item 8D was removed from the agenda and was not discussed. After changes were made to the agenda it was approved.

3. Public Comment. There was no public comment.

4. Motion to approve minutes of November 1^st meeting: Minutes were approved.

5. Staff Report: Staff asked if the Commissioners wanted to do a holiday secret gift exchange. Commissioners agreed and planned to exchange gifts at the meeting on December 6^th, 1999. There was a limit of 5 dollars set for each gift. Staff also announced a Holiday Party for the Commissioners and wanted to invite Youth Commissions from around the Bay Area to come. Commissioners agreed that this was a great idea and Commissioner Barker suggested to make it a potluck. Commissioner Geodzhayev interested in assisting with the party. Susan announced that Commissioner Durkee resigned from the Youth Commission. All Commissioners expressed their sadness for the resignation of a fellow Commissioner.

6. Executive Committee Report: Commissioner Strohlin reported that she is still in the planning process for community meetings. Some ideas she had included: holding meetings once a month, trying to target the main districts in the city, replacing one Commission meeting a month with the community meeting and holding 4 to 6 meetings in the next year. The community meetings will begin in the January 2000 The final plan will be presented to the full Commission at the next meeting on December 6, 1999. Commissioners Barker, Castillo, Devine, Geodzhayev were interested on working on this project.

7. Committee Report Backs. No committee reports.

1. Discussion and possible action re: Resolution supporting the U.S. Census’ effort to outreach to youth. This item was tabled for the next meeting.
2. Discussion and possible action re: Resolution supporting funding for Art and Music programs in elementary schools. This item was tabled for the next meeting.
3. Discussion and possible action re: Selecting Youth Commissioners to sit on San Francisco’s Promise’s Operating Group. There was discussion on this item and Commissioners Barnes, Baxter and Lau were still interested in sitting on the group. Commissioners requested a schedule of meetings from America’s Promise and a decision will be made..
4. This item was removed from the agenda.
5. Discussion and possible action re: Proposal to distribute trigger locks for guns. There was discussion on this item and it was referred to the Juvenile and Public Safety Committee.
6. Discussion and possible action re: Process for selecting Commissioners to speak at public events. There was discussion on this item. It was decided that if an individual Commissioner is asked to speak on behalf of the Commission, the Commissioner must come to the full Commission for approval to speak. If a speaker is requested from the full Commission, anyone interested in speaking may volunteer with priority going to those who have not spoken before. The full Commission will decide on who will get to speak. Motion to approve this process to choose Commissioners to speak. All agreed.
7. Discussion and possible action re: Presentation by Esparanza Torres to inform the Commission on Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native American in Science. The presenter was not at the meeting.
8. Discussion and possible action re: Informational presentation by Nancy Hernandez on the Juvenile Crime Initiative. Nancy informed the Youth Commission on the Juvenile Crime Initiative.
9. Discussion and possible action re: Process for selecting at-large youth for Youth Commission Committees. This item was tabled for the next meeting.

9. Discussion and possible action re: Setting next meeting agenda. Commissioner were directed to speak to Susan for any items they wanted to put on the agenda.

11. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 7:15 pm.