The group will open Committee co-chair nominations and vote to approve new Committee co-chairs.

The Committee will consider the requests of Council Members Anita Booker and Charles Siron for a temporary leave of absence from Council duties. Committee will vote whether to approve the requests.

The Committee will review Council Membership Renewal Applications and vote whether to approve. Council Members who have submitted renewal forms include: Don Soto, Jeff Byers, Valerie Flood, Walter Miller, and Ken Pearce.

The Co-chairs will present a monthly update of the Steering Committee activities and discussions.

Review and discuss Council and EMA-wide demographics.

The Committee will review current Council Membership Applications received and vote on scheduling the applicants for an interview.

Council Support will provide Committee with a three-month report on Council Member attendance. Committee will decide whether to send letters to Council Members not meeting attendance requirements.

The Committee will begin to discuss a Council Member Job Description and a Membership Selection Criteria Policy to forward a recommendation to Infrastructure & Policy.

• Council Member Banks requests a discussion on the definition of "non-aligned consumer."
• Council Member Siron requests a discussion on the length of time required for new Council Members to choose a home committee

The Committee will continue reviewing modifications to the Membership Application Form, make additional changes as needed, and VOTE whether to approve a final version.

The Committee will review the draft policies and procedures for the Membership Committee, including VOTING on a final draft of the Resignation Policy for inclusion in the Council Policy & Procedure Manual.

The next Membership Committee meeting will be on Monday, November 14, 2005. The Committee will identify agenda items for next month.

HIV Health Services Planning Council
730 Polk Street San Francisco, CA 94109
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San Francisco Department of Public Health, AIDS Office
25 Van Ness Avenue, 5th floor, San Francisco, CA 94102

The Mayor's Conference Room is wheelchair accessible. The closest accessible BART Station is Civic Center, three blocks from City Hall. Accessible MUNI lines serving this location are: #47 Van Ness, and the #71 Haight/Noriega and the F Line to Market and Van Ness and the Metro stations at Van Ness and Market and at Civic Center. For more information about MUNI accessible services, call 923-6142.
There is accessible parking in the vicinity of City Hall at Civic Center Plaza and adjacent to Davies Hall and the War Memorial Complex.
The following services are available when requested by Noon of the Friday before the Council meeting:
For American Sign Language interpreters, use of a reader during a meeting, or sound enhancement system, contact Leah Crask at (415) 674-4768.
For a large print copy of agenda or minutes in alternative formats, contact Leah Crask at (415) 674-4768.

In order to accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical based products.

Know Your Rights Under the Sunshine Ordinance

Government's duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people's business. The Sunshine Ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people's review. For information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact Donna Hall; by mail to Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 409, by phone at (415) 554-7724, by fax at (415) 554-7854 or by email at Donna.Hall@sfgov.org Citizens may obtain a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance by contacting Ms. Hall or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet, at http://www.sfgov.org/bdsupvrs/sunshine.htm

The Planning Council has several standing Committees where Council business and creation of motions for full-Council action occur, and members of the public are urged to attend. Council procedures do not permit: 1) persons in the audience at Council meeting to vocally express support or opposition to statements by Council members or by other persons testifying, outside of public comment; 2) ringing and use of cell phones, pagers, and similar sound-producing electronic devices; 3) signs to be brought into the meeting or displayed in the room; 4) standing in the meeting room. Citizens are encouraged to testify at Committee meetings and to write letters to the co-chairs of a Committee or to Council members, c/o HIV Health Services Planning Council, 730 Polk Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94109. Agendas are available on the Internet at http://www.dph.sf.ca.us/Meetings/meetings.htm. THE AGENDA PACKET IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT HIV Health Services Planning Council, 730 Polk Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94109 RECEPTION DESK.