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scheduling. Ms. Moore said, between March and April 2020 HR&R staff will send HRC members the HRC applications that are on file. She explained how the HRC may discuss applicants at the next meeting. B. She announced three proclamations are to be presented tomorrow at the Board of County Commissioner's (BOCC) meeting. She explained the proclamations were in honor of Women's History Month, to recognize the Centennial Anniversary of the 19tn Amendment, and the Denouncement of Xenophobia in relation to COVID 19. She explained how individuals of a different national origin or race and mainly of Asiandescent have been mistreated and discriminated against due to peoples' reaction to the virus. V. 2020-2021 Outside Agency Funding Application Evaluation A. Ms. Mahaley explained the application process of agencies. Ms. Moore explained the evaluation process and the responsibilities of the HRC to score them either together or as a subcommittee. HRC members discussed how they felt about the options of scoring the applications. HRC members decided to score the applications individually and turn their scores in to HR&R staff to facilitate a grand tally. Ms. Tara May noted the deadline to submit the scores were March 27, 2020. Ms. May asked HRC members to submit their scores to her by March 20, 2020. VI. HRC Events & Committee Reports A. Pauli Murray Awards 1. HRC members discussed and debriefed on the recent event. HRC members thought the event was well attended and all of the entertainment (dancers and choir) for the program were good. Ms. Garcia-Turner noted that the speaker went over the allotted time and may have spoken too long, and other members agreed. 2. Ms. Paulen expressed some concerns about the criteria for choosing awardees. She explained how she feels the awardee should be given someone who has a reputation of activism, and how the adult awardee for 2020 had a reputation that may align more with amazing community service. She expressed concerns about the consistency of the criteria for choosing a youth awardee winner. She noted that the awardee was a child of someone running for public office, whom nominated the awardee. She commented on how that nomination may conflict with the HRC's concerns on an awardee not being a candidate running or in public office, which was applied to the adult awardee category during evaluating nominations. She expressed her interest to be on the subcommittee next year. Mr. James Spivey verbalized how he felt the work and reputation of this year's adult awardee aligns with that of an activist. He noted that the awardee has a reputation of breaking down barriers for African American women and the African American community. 3. Ms. Mahaley inquired if anyone would like to join the Pauli Murray sub- committee at this time. Ms. May suggested that the HRC wait for new members to join the HRC to form a sub-committee. Ms. Mahaley expressed an urgency for the HRC to start planning for next year's awards ceremony, and members agreed. Ms. Paulen volunteered to be on the sub-committee. Mr. Spivey 2