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b. Motion to recommend Sykes, Spencer, Kinzer, [Stroman, Preslar] i. Mr. Goldsmith raised some concern with Ms. Sykes application, stating that it contained information that was not relevant to the work of the Human Relations Commission. ii. Ms. Preslar expressed concern that Ana Garcia - Turner was not contacted after she attended a meeting. iii. Ms. Richard stated that she attempted to make contact with Ms. Garcia - Turner after that but did not receive a response from her. She stated that the delay in appointments was a deterrent to good applicants. C. A motion was made to recommend Ms. Spencer, Ms. Chang, and Ms. Kinzer for September commissioner's meeting [Stroman, Goldsmith]. All in favor, none opposed. i. Ms. Preslar and Mr. Xavier suggested staff make contact with Ms. Sykes to discuss the Commission's charge and clarify whether or not she is actually interested in the HRC. Mr. Goldsmith agreed and Ms. Richard stated that from her application it seemed like she was interested in a different advisory board. ii. Dr. Stroman clarified that her motion was to recommend the three individuals above, and come back to Ms. Sykes' application at the next meeting. iii. Mr. Goldsmith stated he was concerned about recommending and appointing someone who was not actually interested in serving d. A motion was made to consider the other applicants after staff makes contact with the other applicants to ensure they understand the charge [Stroman, Preslar]. All in favor, none opposed. 3. 2 town resolutions VL Election of Officers A. Committee 1. Ms. May relayed that during the Executive Committee meeting, Rollin Russell suggested a committee be made to make elect officers. a. Mr. Goldsmith and Ms. Richard were both in favor of that approach and suggested Rollin take the lead as chair of the committee for elections b. Ms. May stated she would make contact with Rollin. C. Ms. Richard agreed that volunteers for the committee could be taken over email at a later date. She also clarified that she would be stepping down as chair of the commission but would remain on the board. 2. Dr. Stroman asked when Ms. Richard was effectively stepping down. Ms. Richard stated she agreed to stay in place until someone else was elected, but the sooner that could happen, the better. 3. Mr. Goldsmith asked if anyone had expressed interest in serving in the elected positions, but stated he was not interested in being elected himself. 4. Ms. Richard asked if anyone was interested in serving as Vice President, and Ms. Preslar said she would be interested depending on when her term was up. Ms. Richard verified that Ms. Preslar's term is up in 2019. M