Multicultural Affairs Committee Minutes 2003

Multicultural Affairs Committee

Minutes of Meeting

Elm Street Building
Jefferson City, MO
February 5, 2003

Attendees (per sign-in sheet)

Cheryl Avant, Monica Chin**, Chuck Drachoden, Denise Evans*, Richard M. Gaffney*, Rachel Griffin, Deborah Harris*, Jeff Jaquess**, Julius Johnson, Kevin Johnson**, Celine Koier*, Patricia Pride*, Ken Purvis, Kenny Seeney*, Julieann Warren*, Steven Wyatt**.

** MAC Officer, * Division Representative

Meeting called to order at 1:10 p.m. Quorum noted. Minutes from last meeting are still being reviewed and will be ready by next MAC meeting. March meeting will be a walk–through Diversity Conference at Ramada Inn.

Retain budget – but continue with conference

Tanya Black forwarded a conference timeline by email – three options available (attach copy)
One day conference
Some start early with drive from Kansas City, Jeff City, Rolla, Poplar Bluff. Ten to twenty percent will be driving from out of town.
Denise Evans commented that it must be treated like a regular 8–5 work.
Continental breakfast at 7:30 with conference going from 8:30–4:30. Motion to approve by Deborah Harris with Jeff Jaquess seconding. Approved.
Program Directors supervisor approval necessary for Chuck Dachroeden and other people for twelve-hour flextime. Ms. Harris is to check with Director’s Office about people working "over-time".

Diversity Conference date: Ramada Inn can do Tuesday and Wednesday, March 18 and 19.
If Elm Street location was in use. The only available date was Monday, March 17, with a catered breakfast and lunch. The committee decided that Mondays are difficult for scheduling conferences.
There would be a significant cost difference if we went with the Elm Street over Ramada.
Dick Gaffney made motion to approve Ramada on March 19 with Ms. Harris seconding. Approved.

Awards and gifts to speakers and facilitators. Ms. Evans and Julius Johnson might be able to get speakers gifts, especially for DNR employees. Plaques from Missouri Vocational Enterprise are $60 each. Source for plaques is Jefferson City or St. Louis Area.

Speakers and facilitators – list provided by Ms. Harris, Ms. Avant and others

Donna Cavitte – Missouri Commission on Human Rights, facilitator/speaker
Cranston Mitchell – Probation/Parole, Washington DC, panel member
Lin Appling – motivational speaker
Joyce Williams – Department of Health, facilitator/panel member
Sara Scheutte – Department of Economic Development, panel member
Patricia Parker – Department of Health, panel member/facilitator
Kathy Williams – EPA Environmental Justice Workshop, Native American
**George Douillard
Scott Mandrell – Lewis and Clark – Capt. Lewis
Alma McKinney – Office of Personnel – speaker
Jacqueline White – Comm. Office of Administration, panel member
Donna White – Probation and Parole, speaker/facilitator
Meilla Manke – Department of Natural Resources, panel/speaker/facilitator
Michael Warrick – Department of Natural Resources, panel/speaker/facilitator
Dr. Tom Wilson – Department of Natural Resources, panel/speaker/facilitator
Al Plumner – Missouri Commission on Human Rights, panel
Dr. Marjorie Campbell – Lincoln University EEOC
**Rev. Cornell Sudduth, Sr. – multicultural speaker, closer
Diremple Marck – Lincoln University, facilitator/panel
Dr. Rex Campbell – UMC Professor, facilitator/panel/speaker
Dr. Darth Hobbs – UMC Professor, panel
Carla Owens – OA-EEO St. Louis, facilitator/panel/speaker
Alisa Warren – UMC, facilitator/panel/speaker
Carla McLukas – Div. Of Industrial and Labor Relations, speaker
Darby Tillis – Moratorium on the Death Penalty, speaker
**Elson Floyd – UMC President, speaker

Mr. Dachroeden – What is to be stressed in this Conference?
Kevin Johnson – How we work together in war, Saddam, job loss, layoffs, North Korea, Columbia disaster
Julius Johnson – "Discovering Diversity – The Spirit of America" – survival, teamwork, diverse, specialization, Spirit of America, we stick together even when times are tough.
Ms. Evans – JC LandC Task Force spoke to, LandC people could talk only for 20 to 30 minutes.
Steve Wyatt and Mr. Gaffney – contact LandC Corps of Engineers, Flag Corp, they could talk.
Cheryl Avant – will collect questions to give to speakers;
Panel – should represent diversity.

Diversity Conference’s Tentative Schedule
Breakfast speakers considered: Elson Floyd, Steve Mahfood, Cornell Sudduth, Scott Mandrell, Drouillard, Marjorie Campbell, Rita Days, Lin Appling and Dr. Rex Campbell
Lewis and Clark presentation of flags in a.m.
Ms. Evans may be contacting "Fife and Drum Corp" – this is a group of little kids that play music and dress in 1800’s style clothes.
Have hot breakfast instead of continental from 7:30-8:30
7:30 – breakfast and registration
8:30-9:45 – Flag Corp and Introduction of Speakers
10:00-11:00 – three 45-minute sessions between 10:00 and 3:15 with a break for lunch
3:30-4:30 – closing conference
Sessions include Corp of Discovery, DNR Team Diversity, True Color (Discovering Your True Color and How You Work With a Color?)
LandC had a diverse team to accomplish a goal to explore. DNR has a diverse team to protect the Missouri environment.
Discovering the Diversity of the DNR Team and its Mission
Three rooms with approximately 50-60 people per room.

Missouri Legislature breaks on March 28.
Motion made to invite legislators; Mr. Gaffney seconded the motion. Approved.
Mr. Dachroeden – get people that have not attended before, then offer attending to first-come, first-served; get included on regular program directors’ meeting agenda.
Kevin Johnson and Ms. Harris – will review all correspondence before sending out
March walk-through is at March 5 at Ramada – see Lori at 1:00p.m. in unofficial meeting
Check attendance for 2000, 2001 and 2002
Kevin Johnson – will draft letter to speakers and facilitators on Monday 2/10/03

Meeting adjourned at 3:25 p.m.

Minutes recorded by Jeff Jaquess.