NH Men's Commission Holds First Public Meeting

	posted by Scott on Monday November 03, @06:28PM from the news dept.
	I attended the first official meeting of the NH Commission on the Status of Men last Friday, and the following two articles described the event pretty well. The purpose of the first meeting was to obtain some input from the public on issues that the commission should address, and father's issues were overwhelmingly represented by the public testimony. DV against men and the lack of services for them was also a topic discussed. Overall, the commission members were very supportive and didn't flinch during some of the strongly-worded accusations of bias that were made by the divorced fathers. Foster's has a good article here, and the Concord Monitor has a another one here.

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Great! (Score:1) by Tom on Monday November 03, @06:51PM EST (#1) (User #192 Info) http://www.standyourground.com Great news! I loved reading those articles. What a joy to see in print a state sponsored forum to hear from men. Thanks for all you did Scott to make this happen. Now we need 49 more.   Standyourground Forums

Re:Great! (Score:1) by Scott (scott@mensactivism.org) on Monday November 03, @07:31PM EST (#2) (User #3 Info) The NH chapter of NCFC and the perseverence of Rep. David Bickford are the main reasons this commission was established - they had been working on this for years before I got involved with that group. They had been proposing bills for a men's/father's commission for almost five years. And somehow, it actually passed this last time around. I'm still holding my breath to see how much action we can expect from the commission, especially given that they have no funding at the moment. They really need to create some concrete examples of progress before the comission is up for renewal, to make sure they can continue their work. Scott

Re:Great! (Score:0) by Anonymous User on Tuesday November 04, @10:07PM EST (#3) By far the most significant post on MANN for a long time. The establishment of such bodies is crucial for the development of an effective mens movement.

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