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Meeting Minutes
4/14/21
Opening
The monthly meeting of The Washington County Commission for Women (WCCW) was called to
order on Zoom at 6:00pm on 4/14/21.
Present
Chatsoni Brooks
Melissa Wilder- Secretary
Barbara Martin
Shadae Paul- Vice President
Shelita Jackson
*We had four Commissioners present at any given time, so we did not have quorum but still
discussed Commission activities.
Absent
Tina Fraley- President
Amy Miller- Secretary
Michele Sines
Jessica Scott
Jillian Potter
Approval of Agenda
Agenda was unanimously approved as distributed.
Approval of Minutes
Previous meeting’s minutes were approved as distributed.
Business from Previous Meeting
Chatsoni provided an update on the new WCCW website. The website should be launched after
proposal forms are signed and returned to her. She also asked for Commissioners to send her
any community events that need to be posted on our social media pages. She will also schedule
Facebook posts for the next month, and asked for Tina and/or Shadae to review and approve
them before they are published.
Shadae provided an update from Tina (in absentia): Andi Overton will be doing two videos on
workforce development and education that will be posted on our social media pages in the
month of April. Tina arranged for Jennifer Wilkes at Hagerstown Community College (HCC) to
send information about their new education programs. These programs are funded through the
HCC scholarships.
Shadae updated Commissioners on the first two subcommittees. The first two will be Health &
Wellness Subcommittee and the Small Business and Financial Empowerment Subcommittee. A
survey will be sent to Commissioners to determine interest for Chairs an d members of each
subcommittee. Shelita shared ideas for project management (utilizing Google Drive and project
management software) for when the subcommittees are launched.
New Agenda Items
Shadae shared information about a new quarterly newsletter. The newsletter will be hosted on
MailChimp. Prompts for community members to sign up for the newsletter will be posted on
our new website and the Facebook and Twitter pages. She will send an outline of the
newsletter content to Commissioners to get their feedback.
Barbara, Chatsoni, Shelita, and Shadae reviewed the monthly topics for the remainder of the
year and discussed Commissioner/community member leads for each topic. They also discussed
the Facebook page, including methods to improve our monthly posts. In addition, they
discussed appropriate people/resources to promote on our social media.
Agenda for Next Meeting
Will be emailed to all Commissioners.
Adjournment
Meeting was adjourned at 7:23pm by Shadae Paul. The next meeting will be on 5/12/21 at
6:00pm on Zoom.
Minutes Submitted By: Shadae Paul