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SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard | 2005-02-24 | 1 | Social Service Human Relations Board Minutes of the Regular Meeting Thursday, February 24th, 2005 CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL: President Franz called the meeting to order at 7:43pm. Present were Vice-President Chen, Members Wasko, Bonta, and Hanna. Absent were Members Hollinger Jackson and Flores-Witte and staff were Beaver and Brown. New member Dennis Hanna gave a brief introduction and his background. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The January 27, 2005 meeting minutes were approved. M/S Chen, Wasko and unanimous with Hanna abstaining being new. RECOMMENDATION TO CO-SPONSOR THE ALAMEDA SERVICE COLLABORATIVE MEETING IN MARCH - President Franz reported that the ASC meeting would provide an opportunity to inform CBO's about the survey being developed by the Assessment and Awareness workgroup. A motion and second (Wasko/Bonta) to co-sponsor the Alameda Services Collaborative luncheon was approved 6/0. RECOMMENDATION TO CO-SPONSOR THE FESTIVAL OF FAMILIES IN MAY - Member Wasko reported that in the Childcare Workgroup previously sponsored a successful Child Care Fair and the Family Services Workgroup feels a larger venue is appropriate for the event this year. Southshore Center has agreed to host the event on Saturday, May 7th from 1:00pm - 4:00pm. Southshore Center sponsors the "Earning for Learnings" program to benefit Alameda schools. All purchases at Southshore can be credited to a local school, and the winning school will receive their check at the Festival of Families. There will be a big effort to get CBO's to this event. Southshore will be handling all of the marketing and staging for the performances. There will be a charge for organizations, agencies and non-profits for a table at the event, and they are asking for donations in the community. The needs assessment survey participants will possibly win prizes or gift certificates. Southshore will provide an empty storefront for surveys to be filled out with the help of volunteers. They already have commitments from Wilma Chan and Alice Lai-Bitker's offices. The Board's sponsorship of the event is non-monetary. A motion to Co-Sponsor the Festival of Families event in May (Bonta/Chen) was adopted6/0. RECOMMENDATION TO CO-SPONSOR CHINESE NEW YEAR EVENT IN MARCH AND APPROVING SISTER CITY BUDGET ITEMS - Vice-President Chen provided information on the upcoming Harbor Bay Intercultural Committee's Lunar New Year event which will be held at the Harbor Bay Shopping Center on March 5. Sponsorship is $200 for non-profits and public agencies. The Workgroup has raised almost $5,000 to promote Sister City activities and this would be a good opportunity for publicizing the Sister City project and recruiting new members. The table would be staffed by Workgroup members. A motion to participate in the Lunar New Year event at a cost of $200 (Franz/Wasko) was approved 6/0. WORK GROUP STATUS REPORTS Assessment and Awareness Workgroup: | SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2005-02-24.pdf |