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INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	04/09/2018
Subject: Commission for Women Comments on CAO Recommendations for Bylaws Modifications
Submitted For:	David Twa
Department:	County Administrator
Referral No.:	IOC 18/9
Referral Name:	Commission for Women Review
Presenter:	Julie DiMaggio Enea	Contact:	Julie DiMaggio Enea (925) 335-1077

Information

Referral History:

Last September, the IOC held a discussion about problems that had been reported concerning the Commission for Women including a spate of member resignations, inability to achieve a meeting quorum, blurred responsibilities, disagreement over the Commission's mission, factions and fragmentation, open meeting act errors, and loss of interest among some of the membership.

In February, IOC staff presented five recommendations to address the problems identified by some of the former and current Commission members. Commission member Joey Smith and former Commission member Beth Mora commented that the officer duties of the Commission were rotated annually but the Commission's subcommittee leadership had no formal rotation of officers. They emphasized that the formation of the Friends Group and the Commission's increased dependence on the Group for funding resulted from the elimination of County funding for the Commission many years ago. Ms. Mora commented that several of the former members of the Commission were disappointed that the Board of Supervisors had not yet dismantled and re-established the Commission as a completely new entity.

The Committee generally concurred with staff's recommendations and asked the Commission to discuss reducing its size from 20 members to something smaller, e.g., 10 or 15 members, to improve cohesion and also the probability of achieving a meeting quorum, and to report any feedback to the IOC on April 9. Depending on the outcome of discussions on April 9, the remaining IOC staff recommendations were proposed to be considered by the Commission for report back to the IOC in October.

Referral Update:

Attached is a response from the Commission on Women to all five staff recommendations.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

CONSIDER response from the Commission on Women to staff recommendations presented in February 2018.

Attachments
Women's Commission Response to CAO Recommendations of February 2018