HIV Health Services Planning Council
Membership Committee Draft Agenda
Monday, October 9 th, 2006
Shanti, 730 Polk Street, 3 rd Floor, San Francisco
4:30-6:30 pm

1. Introductions Group 4:30

2. Review/Approve Agenda Group 4:32

3. Review/Approve August 22 nd, 2006 and September 20 th, 2006 Minutes Group 4:34

4. Announcements Group 4:36

5. Public Comment Public 4:42

6. Council Demographics Report Council Support/ Group 4:45
Review and discuss both Council and EMA (Eligible Metropolitan Area)-wide demographics.

Public Comment will be taken before the Committee enters into closed session. Council Support will report on applicant references. The Committee will vote whether to forward applicants’ names to the Full Council for a membership vote.

8. Report on Closed Session Group 5:30

The Committee briefly reports the final outcome of the closed session, including votes taken.

9 . Council Member Attendance Report/Letters to Send Council Support 5:45

11. Discussion of Membership Recruitment and Retention Strategies Group 6:05

12. Review Draft Policies & Procedures for Membership Committee - VOTE  

Council Support/Group 6:15

If time permits, the committee will review remaining draft policies and procedures for the Membership Committee .

14. Next Meeting Date & Agenda Items Group 6:30

The Membership Committee will determine the agenda items for its November meeting.

Mission Statement: To recruit, screen, train and retain Council Members.

Note: Agenda items are subject to change, postponement, or removal. Meeting agendas are considered to be in DRAFT form until reviewed and approved by Committee attendees.

 

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, 3rd floor, San Francisco, CA 94102

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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 Office, 730 Polk Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94109.