Dane County
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by
Committee
Office for Equity and Inclusion Advisory Board
Consider:
Who benefits? Who is burdened?
Who does not have a voice at the table?
How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
12:00 PM
Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the City County
Building in Room 351; attend virtually via Zoom.
A. Call To Order
Present
3 - BRENDA GONZALEZ, JOSEPH BARING, and GREG JONES
1 - JANEL HEINRICH
Excused
Katherine Austin was stand-in for HEINRICH
Staff: Theola Carter, Wesley Sparkman
B. Consideration of Minutes
OEI Advisory Board Minutes 10/19/22
The minutes were tabled
C. Action Items
1. PIE Grant update
Discussion on PIE Grant. Staff to send 2022 PIE Grant recipient reports to OEI
Advisory Board members to review. Request to "pull out positives of reports"
and discussion of how best to lift up and advertise the work of the groups
receiving the funding. Application for 2023 pot of funding to go out in July.
Thought is to streamline focus each year - most critical in that year.
2. Membership
3. Equity Plan
Discussion of OEI Board member terms and appointments. Updates regarding
vacancies and new members (community, EOC Chair, County Board Reps).
Strategy for reaching out to new Chancellor to continue GONZALEZ
appointment.