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Multicultural Affairs Committee
Minutes of Meeting
Elm Street Building
Jefferson City, MO
Sept. 15, 2000
Attendees (per sign-in sheet)
Tom Judge, Clarice Morgan, Rachel Griffin, Terry Sheffield, Jeff Jaquess, Cynthia Bowser, Gail Conley, Dick Gaffney, Tanya Black, David Brothers, Bud Pratt, G. Lawson Penny, Bonnie Banks, Kenneth Purvis, Tom Kruse
The meeting opened at 1:00 p.m. with the Minutes from previous meeting were read by Terry Sheffield. Approval motion to accept minutes made by Dick Gaffney, and seconded by G. Lawson Penny.
Tanya Black asked for volunteers for budget officers. No volunteers came forward.
Need to ask for events for the next year’s budget. Black would like to have 2002 budget approved in December when the rest of the programs are getting their budgets approved. Any suggested should be sent to the budget officer. Next meeting, suggestions will be requested, i.e. expanding conference, new ideas, etc.
Bud Pratt suggested a MAC drive to increase membership or promote the MAC.
Brown bag lunches suggested - meeting times to be adjusted to accommodate lunch.
Penny suggested inviting Walter Pearson to discuss how he put his package for the Governor’s Torch of Excellence Award together.
All representatives are in with the exception of DEQ who are still working on theirs.
Bonnie Banks suggested we wait three weeks before appointing the DEQ representatives. The motion was made by Pratt and seconded by Banks.
Jeff Jaquess discussed MAC Web pages and which pages could be put on the Internet. He also suggested we update the 2000 diversity conference timeline for the 2001 timeline.
Jaquess is to send pages to membership to ask for comments prior to placing on the Internet. He said Tom Johnson might could set up an audit trail to count the number of visitors to the Intranet pages.
Black gave an update to the EAC framers meeting from Tuesday. The EAC will consist of 11 members, one from each division and EIERA, one additional member from DEQ and DSP, one from MAC, and one manager person. Issues were raised as to management taking over the EAC. Conley made a note that Steve Mahfood must approve all requests to the EAC. Conley said the main goal of the EAC is going to be policy making.
Discussion about the Diversity Conference
Tom Kruse suggested changing title to "Urban and Rural Communication Problems and How to Address Them" or "How to Identify and Address Racial Profiling in Hiring Practices" or "How is the Majority Affected by Change?" There was concern raised that none of the current topics specifically include racial issues. Someone suggested there be a class on "How to train to enjoy diversity."
Pratt raised concern that his topic of collective bargaining was left out of the suggestions made.
The meeting was recessed until the next MAC meeting to be continued. Date set for Sept. 29, 2000, at 12:00 p.m.
These minutes were recorded by Terry Sheffield, secretary.
