Over the past few years, the Contra Costa County Commission for Women ("Commission") has experienced challenges in both recruiting and retaining members. As a result, the Commission has been unable to operate in its full capacity due to its inability to achieve meeting quorum. At the February 12, 2018 Internal Operations Committee meeting, the Chair and Vice Chair recommended that the Commission consider reducing its membership size from 20 seats down to 15 seats. The new membership structure would include five district seats and 10 at-large seats plus an alternate. It would also reduce the quorum requirement from 11 to 8. This preliminary recommendation from the Internal Operations Committee and staff is intended to address the operational issues the Commission is experiencing and to assist the Commission in consistently achieving the meeting quorum it requires.  
  
The proposed amendments are being made to the last revised bylaws that were adopted by the Board of Supervisors on March 15, 2011. Since the March 15, 2011 version, the Commission has been working on updates to its bylaws and will bring a revised version to the Board once it is able to achieve meeting quorum.   

The Commission will not be able to achieve a meeting quorum due to the number of vacant seats it holds.