8/11/2020 MASHPEE INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY COMMITTEE Minutes

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Mashpee Inclusion & Diversity Committee Meeting Minutes August 11,2020 at 10:00 am South Cape Meeting Room-Mashpee Town Hall 16 Great Neck Road North,Mashpee Approved 11/10/2020 *Virtual/Remote Meeting* Public Call in Number: (646) 558-8656 Meeting ID #870 9846 5927 and Passcode 072539 Present: Chairwoman J. Marie Stevenson, Gail Wilson, JoAnn Nadeau, Susan Wilson, Richard Klein, Winnie Johnson-Graham, Mohamad Fand Absent: Patty DeBoer, William Baker (Non-Voting), Cheyenne Hendricks (Non-Voting) Also Absent: Selectman Liaison John Cotton, Human Resource Director Kim Landry CALL TO ORDER The remote meeting was called to order by Chairwoman Stevenson at 10:03 a.m. with a quorum. APPROVAL OF MINUTES March 10,2020 There were no corrections to the minutes. MOTION: A motion was made by Mr. Klein to approve the minutes as written. There was discussion regarding whether there was a quorum present from the last meeting to officially approve the meeting minutes. It was suggested that the minutes appear on the next agenda. APPOINTMENTS & HEARINGS Although they were in attendance at the last meeting in March, the Chair officially welcomed new members, Mr. Fand and Mr. Klein,now voting members of the Committee. The Chair indicated that Ms. Cook, in the Town Manager's office, would be updating the membership list after the new Committee Chair and Vice Chair were elected. COMMUNICATIONS & CORRESPONDENCE Chief Carline-The Chair referenced a Zoom meeting that took place among members of the Human Rights Commission and Cape Police Chiefs. The Chair referenced a letter she sent to Chief Carline offering support from the MIDC. Chief Carline responded by letter, outlining a variety of programs and policies the Police Department had established to ensure that they were meeting nationwide best practice standards and effecting positive change. Programs included bias based programming,training and the possibility of use of body cameras. Chief Carline was open to further conversations with the Committee. PUBLIC COMMENT None at this time. OLD BUSINESS Brochure Status-The Chair stated that a change would be made to the brochure so that Tribal Council would be changed to read Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Government and Community Center and moved to the top of the list. It was noted that Ms. DeBoer had the original file, but that with the current situation, now may not be the time to pursue further distribution of the brochure. Ms. S. Wilson inquired about the possibility of distributing the brochure electronically to an email list of businesses and/or agencies. The Chair confirmed that a hard copy had been sent to the organizations