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United States Mint 801 9th Street NW Washington, DC 20220 Minutes of CCAC Telephonic Public Meeting March 11, 2020 (DAY 2) (9:02 am–12:05 pm) I. Attendance a. CCAC Members in Attendance (telephonic): Thomas Uram (Chairman) Lawrence Brown Sam Gill Robert Hoge Dean Kotlowski Mary Lannin Michael Moran Robin Salmon Donald Scarinci Jeanne Stevens-Sollman Dennis Tucker b. Mint Staff in Attendance: Pam Borer (telephonic) Boneza Hanchock Ron Harrigal (telephonic) Joe Menna (telephonic) April Stafford Megan Sullivan (telephonic) Jennifer Warren Greg Weinman Elizabeth Young c. Members of the Media in Attendance (by phone): Brandon Hall, Coin Update and Mint News Blog II. Minutes 1. The public meeting was called back to order by Chairman Thomas Uram at 9:02 am. Roll was called; Mint staff attendance was recognized; and media attendance was recognized. 2. April Stafford, Chief of the Mint’s Office of Design Management, presented the candidate designs for the 2021 American Innovation $1 Coin Program, created by Public Law 115-197. States to be reviewed included New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, and North Carolina. 3. April Stafford noted that the Governor of Virginia recommended edits to design VA01 as follows: a. Move the crescent since the quote of Barbara Rose (“It seemed like reaching for the moon”) is not included for context. b. Ensure that Ms. John’s hair reflects how she would have worn it at the time. 4. Some of the Committee’s discussion focused on whether the themes for the American Innovation program should all be technological innovations (physical inventions such as scientific, medical, etc.), or if they should also include cultural, educational, literary, artistic, spiritual, or other kinds of American innovation. Donald Scarinci argued for technological innovations only, comparing the United States coinage program to South Africa’s “Innovative Inventions” program; and Dennis Tucker argued for the latter, noting that some American innovations, such as American Sign Language and jazz music, are intangible. Elizabeth Young, legal counsel, pointed out that the law is silent on the type of innovation, and that some designs already recommended by the Committee to the Secretary have been social and cultural in nature. 5. After discussion and review of the candidate designs for the American Innovation $1 Coin Program, the Committee recommended the following: New Hampshire: Recommended was NH-05 with 28 of 33 votes. NH01 and NH-03 received each 10 votes. Virginia: Recommended was VA-05 with 20 of 33 votes. VA-01 received 19 votes. New York: Final recommendation was NY-05, with modifications. During the initial vote, NY-01 received 16 votes and NY-13 received 13 votes. Following the vote there was a motion by Dennis Tucker, seconded by Jeanne Stevens-Stollman, to again review, but only the designs of the Erie Canal. This passed by recorded voice vote (6 votes to review further, and 5 no votes). A second motion was made by Jeanne Stevens-Sollman and seconded by Mary Lannin to accept NY-05 and add the inscription “Erie Canal” and if possible “1825.” This motion carried with two Committee members abstaining. North Carolina: No vote on a specific design. Donald Scarinci made a motion to reject all designs, which was seconded by Mary Lannin. The CCAC held a robust discussion on the candidate designs for North Carolina, questioning if the designs clearly represent how innovation applies to the founding of the University of North Carolina. Accordingly, Dean Kotlowski and Robert Hoge proposed a friendly amendment that design elements be added to the designs to fully reflect how the innovation of higher education applies to the founding of the University of North Carolina. Donald Scarinci accepted this friendly amendment, and the motion was carried unanimously. 6. Chairman Uram invited a motion to adjourn—made by Jeanne Stevens-Sollman and seconded by Robin Salmon—and the meeting was adjourned at 12:05 pm. 7. Meeting recessed at 12:05 pm. 8. The following attachment is the results of the Committee votes for each state design. Attachment CCAC Votes on Designs for VA, NH, NY, and NC Virginia VA-01 19 VA-02 1 VA-03 0 VA-04 0 VA-05 20 VA-06 5 VA-07 5 VA-08 15 VA-09 11 VA-10 1 New Hampshire NH-01 10 NH-02 0 NH-03 10 NH-04 2 NH-05 28 NH-06 0 New York NY-01 16 NY-02 11 NY-03 3 NY-04 6 NY-05 6 NY-06 3 NY-07 3 NY-07A 0 NY-08 2 NY-09 0 NY-10 0 NY-11 2 NY-12 0 NY-13 13 NY-14 2 NY-15 2 NY-16 1 NY-17 3 NY-18 0 North Carolina NC-01 No vote NC-02 No vote NC-03 No vote NC-04 No vote NC-05 No vote
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