Minutes - Diversity Committee

Salmon Bay School

May 11, 2005

Present:

Kimberly Kinzer, Jane Enterline, Peter Gross, Irene Haddow, Kelly Delaney, Julia Berg, Nancy Kalos-Nakano, Walter McGerry

• Final details re: the Summit – Irene will call the table delivery people with her credit card – to be delivered Friday and picked up Monday. Kelly decided on tables to seat 50 total. We also had to order tablecloths, as the tops of the tables are unfinished. We reviewed food. Nancy is bringing many main dishes. Peter – muffins, Jane a salad, Kelly baked goods, Julia – deviled eggs. Candace, although not present, is still on board for drinks and coffee. Julia will pick up fancy plates, napkins, silverware and hot beverage cups, and will bring the clear plastic cups from other events.

Irene will finish the agenda and bring a master copy for Julia to copy Saturday morning, and put together as a “packet” with the evaluation form and the registration form.

Kimberly is bringing small flower arrangements for the table.

Hot water – we will make in a coffee pot, and borrow the water dispenser from the hallway for cool water.

We don’t know if Caprice Hollins is coming for sure.

We have about 15 RSVP’s via e-mail. Also several people have received verbal RSVP’s. Kelly, Nancy and Irene have put out posters (that Irene made at Kinko’s from Kelly’s flyer) to more than 20 schools. More yet to do.

Jeff, Kimberly or Priscilla will open the building. If at 8pm, it will be Jeff or Kimberly. We hope to get lots of set up done after the Aloha potluck on Friday night. The kitchen will also be open.

Todd did not have any RSVP’s for childcare, but Irene asked him to be there anyway, just in case.

Priscilla and students made a banner to go across the stage, and will finish signs to go on the doors.

• Report from Murals Team- now known as Diversity Art Works – Peter reported that the team – Judy Bierman, Nancy Kalos-Nakano, Julia Donk, Pamela Pakker, Mary Fickus and himself are working together well. They meet once a month at this point, on the last Thursday of the month in Judy’s room. They have been to art shows to think about what they would like to see here. They have talked with Trinh, Rebecca and Shawn about working diversity art into the curriculum for next year – with a focus on community building. They plan to talk with the art teacher in the middle school as well. The art may be permanent or temporary, and may be sculpture, photos, paintings etc. They have asked Irene for $2000 of the Diversity Committee budget for 2005-2006. They also want to write grants.

The below items are tabled until our next meeting, hopefully in June and before the Board retreat on June 11.

• How our committee conducts itself - maybe training for us?
• Questions from Nancy K-N: How does the committee select what they're going to focus in on the year?  If this diversity program continues.... what measures do we have to make sure it continues and develops?  And how is this measured?  Do we want to apply for grants to develop curriculum and programming?  Maybe have our own "in-house" diversity summit...just for our school.  I'm not even aware if we do.... I know I've heard of programs within classes.... if I'm wrong please enlighten me, I may have not clued in.  If there isn't then I've got a bunch of ideas that would fit into curriculum and get families involved.
• How do we recruit new members? Tables, buttons at all school events? Speaking at all school events? Maybe send out a packet in summer to?
• Irene’s thoughts: June a Retreat a debriefing of what we have done this year?  What worked, what we can improve on? Where are we going? Make a plan for the next two years? How the teams and team leads define their positions. What are the positions on our committee? How do we see this work and ourselves? Term limits. Lets look at all this and more. Funding, Grants. What projects we want to continue and new projects we want to start?

The Scribe, Julia Berg