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Orange Commission
for Women
Box 8181 • 110 North Churton Street Hillsborough , NC 27278
DECEMBER 12 , 1996 MEETING
LINDA CARVER' S HOME
1315 BLACKWOOD MOUNTAIN , CHAPEL HILL
MINUTES
Present : Winme Morgan, chair; Aimee Tattersall ; Peachee Wicker; Ricka Samulski ;
Martha Oxenfeldt ; Karen Bennett ; Abbie Schwaderer
Excused : Andrea Lyn, Ronni Zuckerman ; Deborah Van Dyken ; Judy Woodall ,
Staff Present : Lucy Lewis , director
W elcome/Introductions
Chair Winme Morgan called the meeting to order at 6 : 40 p . m . New member Karen
Bennett was introduced and welcomed , and members introduced themselves .
None of the committees have met this month . New chairs need to be selected for the
Health and Well-being Committee and Families and Children Committee, due to the
resignations of Theresa Sull and Cindy McMahon . The Families and Children Committee
has agreed to meet each month prior to the Commission meeting .
Abbie Schwaderer reported that , following last month ' s meeting, she contacted the
Courthouse regarding child abuse . She learned that approximately 1 /2 of the complaints
that are received actually go to court , and of these 1 /4 end up with charges being made .
Members discussed a possible recommendation that the courts keep statistics regarding
child abuse complaints, cases , and the disposition of these cases .
The Women ' s History Month committee will bring a timeline for First Women in Orange
County to the January meeting .
Membership - Commission and Student
Cindy McMahon has resigned due to the difficulties of juggling going back to work and
new motherhood . This means that there are two non- Chapel Hill/non-Hillsborough
openings and two Hillsborough openings . Two applications were approved for
submission to the County Commissioners : Jennifer Tennant and Jacky Philips . Kristen
Dunivant was approved for the student position on the Commission . Staff will write the
other applicants from Chapel Hill township residents and other students, offering them the
opportunity to serve on the committees if they are interested in doing so , and inviting them
to reapply in the fall (if they are still students) . Members asked staff to provide everyone a
copy of each application under consideration in the future .
Hillsborough 732 - 8181 • Chapel Hill 967 - 9251 Mebane 227 - 2031 Durham 68 & 7331
Retreat Planning
February 22 and March 1 were suggested as retreat dates . Lucy Lewis needs to check on
the date for the Human Relations Commission retreat .
Outcomes - review of achievements
Discussion was tabled until January . It was suggested that it would be helpful to review a
draft of achievements at that time .
Director ' s Report
Lucy reported on the County Commissioners ' goal- setting retreat . Alice Gordon had
asked why recommendations to the BOCC related to the Status Report on Women was
not part of next year ' s priority objectives, and Margaret Brown asked if the Commission
had ever considered follow-up to an earlier pay equity study done when she was a member
of the Commission . Lucy told the Commissioners that recommendations re : the Status
Report would be ongoing, and that the Commission would review the pay equity study .
Members agreed to ask both Commissioners Gordon and Brown to attend the January
meeting to discuss their concerns . The Department on Aging has asked the Commission if
it would like to cosponsor a bi - monthly breakfast meeting with elected officials ; members
agreed to the cosponsorship and staff will find out more about what that entails . Lucy met
recently with Gwen Price from Social Services ; Gwen reports that the new regulations will
mean that a person receiving public assistance will have 4 weeks to find a job , or else they
will have to do at least 30 hours of unpaid community service to continue receiving
benefits . The Commission may want to provide greater community awareness of what
changes in welfare will mean, conduct some kind of study of the impact of these changes ,
or make recommendations to the County Commissioners .
TO DO :
• Women ' s Health and Well -Being Committee needs to choose new chair
• Women and Children ' s Committee needs to choose new chair
• Women ' s History Month Committee needs to draft timeline for First Women of
Orange County for January meeting (first planning committee date, etc . )
0 Peachee Wicker will talk to Anson Dorrance re : women ' s soccer team info
• Winnie Morgan will invite County Commissioners to attend January meeting
Minutes submitted by Lucy Lewis
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