CITY OF BELLEVUE BELLEVUE DIVERSITY ADVISORY NETWORK MEETING MINUTES May 30, 2017 Bellevue City Hall 6:00 p.m. Room 1E-112 MEMBERS PRESENT: Linda Whitehead, Anthony Austin, Paulo Perez, Edilberto Flores, Mareth Flores, Eloisa Tran, Jennifer Karls, Andrew Kelly, Aleksandra Poseukova, Haruka Kojima, Alaric Bien, Jingdong Yu, Margie Ye, Chinar Bopshetty, Rita Badh, Maria Batayola, Mohamed Bakr MEMBERS ABSENT: Beabe Akpojovwo, Justin Daigneault, Tom Brewer, Aisha Kabani STAFF PRESENT: Mark Manuel RECORDING SECRETARY: Gerry Lindsay 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 6:10 p.m. by Chair Austin. A. Roll Call Upon the call of the roll, all members were present with the exception of Rita Badh, who arrived at 6:25 p.m. and Beabe Akpojovwo, Justin Daigneault, Tom Brewer and Aisha Kabani. Austin welcomed Maria Batayola back to the Network. Ms. Batayola said she moved to Bellevue to get married having worked for the city of Seattle. She said some 30 years of her career was spent focused on equity programs and human resources. She said she has an art background and has one grown child. B. Adoption of the Agenda A motion to approve the agenda was made by Ms. Flores. The motion was seconded by Ms. Ye and the motion carried unanimously. C. Adoption of the Minutes: April 25, 2017 Mr. Bien called attention to the paragraph on page 6 of the minutes and asked to have it revised to read Bien said it was his understanding that since the Network is not a board or “Mr. commission, the Open Public Meetings Act would apply. Mr. Manuel said he followed up with the City Manager’s office and learned that because the Network is only an advisory body, it is
CITY OF BELLEVUE BELLEVUE DIVERSITY ADVISORY NETWORK MEETING MINUTES May 30, 2017 Bellevue City Hall 6:00 p.m. Room 1E-112 MEMBERS PRESENT: Linda Whitehead, Anthony Austin, Paulo Perez, Edilberto Flores, Mareth Flores, Eloisa Tran, Jennifer Karls, Andrew Kelly, Aleksandra Poseukova, Haruka Kojima, Alaric Bien, Jingdong Yu, Margie Ye, Chinar Bopshetty, Rita Badh, Maria Batayola, Mohamed Bakr MEMBERS ABSENT: Beabe Akpojovwo, Justin Daigneault, Tom Brewer, Aisha Kabani STAFF PRESENT: Mark Manuel RECORDING SECRETARY: Gerry Lindsay 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 6:10 p.m. by Chair Austin. A. Roll Call Upon the call of the roll, all members were present with the exception of Rita Badh, who arrived at 6:25 p.m. and Beabe Akpojovwo, Justin Daigneault, Tom Brewer and Aisha Kabani. Austin welcomed Maria Batayola back to the Network. Ms. Batayola said she moved to Bellevue to get married having worked for the city of Seattle. She said some 30 years of her career was spent focused on equity programs and human resources. She said she has an art background and has one grown child. B. Adoption of the Agenda A motion to approve the agenda was made by Ms. Flores. The motion was seconded by Ms. Ye and the motion carried unanimously. C. Adoption of the Minutes: April 25, 2017 Mr. Bien called attention to the paragraph on page 6 of the minutes and asked to have it revised to read “Mr. Bien said it was his understanding that since the Network is not a board or commission, the Open Public Meetings Act would apply. Mr. Manuel said he followed up with the City Manager’s office and learned that because the Network is only an advisory body, it is
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