November 8 2006 COA Agenda

COMMUNITY OUTREACH & ADVOCACY COMMITTEE
DRAFT AGENDA
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
5:30 to 7:30pm
San Francisco Department of Public Health
25 Van Ness Avenue, Room 330B
San Francisco

MISSION STATEMENT
To ensure that the voice of the community and consumers are part of the work of the Council. The committee will ensure that consumers and other community members have the opportunity to give input to the Council, be educated on the issues that affect the HIV/AIDS community, and are empowered to be a voice for the needs of the HIV/AIDS community that can affect positive change and ensure public policies that enhance the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS.

1. Welcome and Introductions
Co-Chair 5:30

2. Review/Approve Agenda
Group 5:33

3. Review/Approve April 12, 2006, May 10, 2006 and June 22, 2006 Community Fora Minutes
Group 5:35

4. Announcements
Group 5:37

5. Public Comment Public
5:40

6. Co-Chair Election - VOTE
5:45

7. Advocacy Project Report
Joe Lynn 5:55

The Committee will receive the monthly report from the Consumer Rights Advocacy Project and update on policy issues regarding reporting.

8. Discussion of Guidelines and Procedures and Evaluation of 2006 Community Forum
Group 6:10

9. Discussion of Establishment of Consumer Council (Caucus)
Group 6:15

10. Next Meeting Date and Agenda Items
Group 7:20

11. Adjourn
7:30

Committee co-chairs will identify potential agenda items. The November meeting will be determined.

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, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94109
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San Francisco Department of Public Health, AIDS Office
25 Van Ness Avenue, 3rdh floor, San Francisco, CA 94102

The meeting facility is handicap 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 (415) 674-4768.

For a large print copy of agenda or minutes in alternative formats, contact (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 Frank Darby; 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 Frank.Darby@sfgov.org Citizens may obtain a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance by contacting Mr. Darby 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.sfcarecouncil.org.

THE AGENDA PACKET IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT HIV Health Services Planning Council, 730 Polk Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94109.