01/14/2020 MASHPEE INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY COMMITTEE Minutes

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Mashpee Inclusion & Diversity Committee Meeting Minutes January 14, 2020 at 10:00 am Mashpee Town Hall 16 Great Neck Road North Present: Chairwoman J. Marie Stevenson, Winnie Johnson-Graham, Katherine Brown, Gail Wilson, JoAnn Nadeau, Lynne Waterman, Patty DeBoer, Susan Wilson, William Baker(Non-Voting), Cheyenne Hendricks (Non-Voting) Also: Human Resource Director Kim Landry Absent: Selectman Liaison John Cotton CALL TO ORDER The meeting was opened by the Chair at 10:00 a.m. with a quorum. APPROVAL OF MINUTES December 10, 2019 MOTION: A motion was made by Ms. Waterman to accept the minutes as written. Ms. Johnson-Graham seconded the motion. All voted unanimously. APPOINTMENTS & HEARINGS None at this time. COMMUNICATIONS & CORRESPONDENCE Ms. Sue Wilson distributed information regarding the 20" Gayla Ball on February 8 and Falmouth's No Place for Hate Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday Breakfast on January 20. Ms. S. Wilson also included a copy of her acceptance on behalf of Cape Cod PRIDE from the 2019 MLK, Jr. Breakfast. PUBLIC COMMENT The Chair reintroduced guests Mohammed Fand and Richard Klein, both of whom have expressed interest in joining the Committee. OLD BUSINESS Brochure Final Approval-The Chair shared the most recent draft of the brochure, noting that corrections made previously were not accepted into the program that her friend was using to edit the document. Ms. DeBoer has offered to take over the final editing of the brochure, but asked that a version in WORD be sent. Once completed, the Chair will resend the draft to the Committee and follow up with Ms. DeBoer to then present the document to the Town Manager. It was noted that the web addresses were still inconsistent. There was discussion regarding the printing of the brochure and points of distribution. It was suggested sites where the brochure could be distributed were Town Hall, Chamber of Commerce, listed organizations, realtors, neighborhood associations, grocery stores, the library, the schools, the Tribal Center and the Senior Center. It was recommended that the brochure should also be made available on the Town's website and Ms. Waterman suggested also emailing the brochure to interested parties so that copies could be made as needed. There was discussion about printing expenses and numbers, and it was suggested that 250 could be a first printing and the work could be completed by the schools. There was discussion about including organizations outside of Mashpee and the potential