Community Relations Commission

WCRC MINUTES Final December 4, 2019 7-8:30 pm I. Call to Order 7 pm II. Welcome III. Roll Call Present: Asta, Attwell, Forrest, Frederick, Jawaid, Nelson, Smith Absent: Incarnati, Sivak IV. Approval of Minutes: Minutes approved for October meeting (No November meeting due to lack of quorum) V. Citizens to be heard: Welcomed two new members: Pam Cavanaugh and Krista Selvey who were unanimously voted in! VI. Continuing Business a. Finance: No report on final budget. Forrest went to weekend open meeting on this but they did not get to WCRC within first few hours of meeting, so no resolution. b. No other committee reports as bulk of meeting was dedicated to revisiting the year’s successes and planning for 2020. c. Commission is actively looking for volunteers. Everyone to recruit! VII. New Business We all reaffirmed our commitment to the basic WCRC strategy supporting our mission:  Serve as a catalyst for community connectedness.  Forge strong partnerships.  Make our mission “live” through key events Everyone agreed that focus needs to be on enabling and building community capacity vs the commission just delivering events, and that the existing four key events are probably the limit of our resources. There was also consensus around the need for better more detailed project planning by project leaders.  COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES December 4, 2019 The two top priorities - well on track - that will continue to be “WCRC Key Events” with some minor tweaking and enhancement include:  Festival of cultures (FOC)  Good Citizens Awards (GCA) The two areas that need more discussion and definitive planning are:  Veterans Initiatives (VI)  Make a Difference Day (MADD) Next Steps:  Develop firm project plans and deadlines for FOC and GCA; begin execution (bring to February meeting)  Finish brainstorming on VI and MADD, agree to specific initiative outcomes (during February meeting)  Develop project plans and deadlines for VI and MADD (by March meeting)  Develop plan for building key relationships by March meeting. o Revisit key relationship “top five” and assigned owners. Additional suggestions included:  adding the Police Department and partnering on National Night Out – Sivak  a plan with more focus on actively engaging our youth/schools in community involvement and philanthropy and  more commission member participation in key community activities such as council meetings and coffees with council. o By March meeting, project plan for each key relationship. VIII. Adjournment at 830 pm Finalized by GForrest 2