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III. Minutes Approval — March 11, 2019 A. HRC members reviewed the minutes from the previous HRC meeting. Ms. Stephanie Harrell made a motion to approve the March minutes. Ms. Ana Garcia-Turner seconded the motion. All were in favor to approve the March minutes. IV. County Updates A. Ms. Tara May reported on the results of the doodle poll. She noted there was a date tie amongst May 18t" & May 25t". There was a third popular date of May 11t". Ms. Annette Moore offered to host the training for June 1, 2019 to compromise with all present members' availability. Mr. Case made the motion, and all were in favor of the all-day training on June 15t V. Updates A. Ms. Harrell reported that Ms. Joy Preslar recently submitted her blog and it will be published soon. Ms. Moore highlighted Ms. Harrell for having the third most read blog on the platform. Ms. Harrell will be sending out a blog sign-up sheet. Vl. Women's History Month Event Debrief A. Mr. Case led a discussion on positives and deltas. Mr. Melvyn Blackwell noted how the volunteers that assisted people with event entry. Ms. Preslar noted that the speaker did well and did a good job touching on the talking points that were suggested. Ms. Mahaley and Ms. Preslar noted how the sidewalks and walkways to the entry doors were crowded and blocked by protestors. This made it problematic for guest access into the venue. Ms. Mahaley explained that she was nearly poked in the eye by the tip of a protestor's flag as she walked the sidewalk up to the Whitted building. Overall all members felt the event went well. Ms. Moore explained HR&R is awaiting the "ok" from the speaker, to make the video of the event available on the website. B. Ms. Moore discussed a recent public record request pertaining to HRC members and the event. She requested that HRC members get all their emails that are relative or concerning the Women's History Month event, and forward them or turn them into HR&R staff by the end of the week. VI I. HRC Events & Committee Reports A. Pauli Murray 1. Ms. Moore discussed possibilities of generating nominations sooner than later this year. The sub-committee will begin emailing to discuss and explore options to begin generating nominations sooner than in the past. B. Forum. 1. Ms. Mahaley noted that Constitution/Citizenship day is September 17, 2019. She discussed hosting the forum on Saturday September 14, 2019. This event will be in celebration of the spirit of the constitution. She will begin coordinating amongst the sub-committee this week. C. Community Read 1. The next community read will be April 24, 2019 in Hillsborough, NC. 2