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Eugene City Council
McNutt Room, 777 Pearl Street, Eugene
April 22, 1999
5:30 p.m.
COUNCILORS PRESENT: Scott Meisner, David Kelly, Nancy Nathanson, Gary Rayor, Betty
Taylor.
COUNCILORS ABSENT: Pat Farr, Bobby Lee, Gary Pap~.
I. CALL TO ORDER
The adjourned April 21, 1999, Eugene City Council meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. ~n
the Mayor's absence, Council President Scott Meisner presided.
II. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION INTERVIEWS
The following applicants were invited to interview for appointment to the Human Rights
Commission:
Raquel Hecht
Will Blasher, Jr.
Don Addison
Charles Smith
Nadia Sindi
Sara Rich
Ilisa Rooke-Ley
Carol Calkins
Robert Zenuch
Andrea Ortiz
phone interview with Laura Stockford.
Mr. Meisner welcomed each Human Rights Commission candidate to his/her scheduled interview
and introduced the councilors present. He explained that each interview would last 15 minutes
and councilors would ask a total of 4 questions. Mr. Meisner indicated that absent members of
the council would have tape recordings of the interviews and copies of candidates' applications
made available to them and the council would make its decision at its meeting on May 10.
Councilors posed the following questions:
1. What are your specific ideas to address the important issues facing members of
vulnerable communities in Eugene?
lA. How do we do outreach to those vulnerable communities?
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2. Please give an example of a conflict situation you've been in and tell us how you
resolved it.
3. As a human rights advocate, what do you consider your strengths and
weaknesses?
4. If you were sitting on this side of the table what questions would you ask and how
should they be answered?
Mr. Meisner thanked each applicant after his/her interview and said staff would be in touch with
them.
The council briefly discussed the candidates' qualifications after each interview.
Ms. Nathanson arrived at the meeting prior to the second interview.
The meeting adjourned at 9:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
James R. Johnson
City Manager
(Recorded by Yolanda Paule)
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