[Mayor’s Youth Council on November 14, 2023.]
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THE CHAIR CALLS THIS MEETING TO ORDER ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH, 2023 AT 6:47 PM GREAT.
UH, CAN WE START WITH, UM, OUR SECRETARY, AUDREY, UH, TAKING ATTENDANCE? YES.
PLEASE RESPOND IF YOUR NAME IS CALLED, UH, MICHAEL.
WE NOW MOVE TO OUR CHIEF OF STAFF, ALEX XAVIER, FOR OUR, UH, QUORUM STATUS.
NOW WE MOVE TO, UH, OUR VICE CHAIR, JEREMY, FOR OUR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING ON THE 10TH.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING.
WE NOW MOVE TO OUR EXECUTIVE BOARD REPORTS, STARTING WITH MYSELF.
UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY, UH, FOR ATTENDING OUR PAST EVENTS.
UH, THAT INCLUDES OUR, UH, HPD TRUNK RETREAT ON THE 20TH, UM, OUR SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT WITH THE HEALTH MUSEUM AT ZA STATE PARK ON THE 21ST OF OCTOBER.
AND ALSO OUR, UH, EMANCIPATION FALL YOUTH EVENT ON THE 29TH.
UM, WE REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL SHOWING UP, THOSE OF YOU WHO CAME, AND WE UNDERSTAND THE SITUATIONS FOR THOSE WHO COULDN'T COME.
UM, WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S COMMUNICATION AS WELL REGARDING THOSE MATTERS.
UH, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE ALWAYS THERE FOR THOSE EVENTS OR TRIED OUR BEST TO BE THERE AS, UH, BEING ATTENDING THOSE EVENTS IS OUR WAY TO PUT OURSELF OUT THERE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
UH, AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY ADVOCATE FOR WHO WE ARE AND SHOW OURSELVES TO THE WORLD.
I'LL NOW MOVE TO, UH, VICE CHAIR.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO, UM, MOVE FORWARD IN THE AGENDA REALLY QUICK, BECAUSE MR. DEANTE HAS TO SIGN OFF.
SO, UM, CAN WE MOVE TO ALLOW HIM TO GIVE HIS COMMITTEE REPORT VERY QUICKLY? THANK YOU.
IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE IT.
BEING IN THE ROOM IS ONE THING, BUT BEING ON THIS SIDE TO ACTUALLY SEE IT, I THINK IT'S A DIFFERENT, A DIFFERENT, UH, VIEWPOINT FOR ME.
SO I WAS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE YOU ALL SITTING AT YOUR SEATS.
UH, SO I'M GONNA JUMP ALL THE WAY DOWN, UH, TO THE AGENDA, UH, WHERE IT SAYS THAT, UH, FOR THE ADVISORS, UH, I WANNA FIRST LEAD OFF BY SAYING THAT, UH, HANNAH HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB, UH, LEADING THE COMMITTEE.
AND I THINK, UH, THE COMMITTEE CAN ECHO THAT AS WELL WHEN IT COMES TO HER VISION FROM THE INFOGRAPHICS TO, TO MOVING FORWARD AND MOBILIZING THE WORK OF THE MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE.
I'M REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S UNDERWAY AND WHAT'S ALREADY HAPPENED, UH, THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
UH, AND I'M JUST GONNA TOUCH ON TWO THINGS, HANNAH, IS THAT YOU RIGHT THERE? LIKE NEXT TO HI,
UH, SO, UH, I'M GONNA JUST TOUCH ON TWO THINGS THAT ARE ON THERE, PARTNERSHIPS AND THE NAMI WALKS.
UH, SO WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, PARTNERSHIP, AND LET ME FIRST ALWAYS SAY, I HOPE ALL OF YOU ALL ARE TAKING CARE OF YOUR MENTAL WELLNESS, PRIORITIZING YOURSELF.
UH, I KNOW IT'S THE END OF THE YEAR SEASON OF DEPRESSION AND, UH, FINALS AND ALL THAT IS COMING AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY.
SO I HOPE YOU ALL ARE PRIORITIZING YOURSELF AND BEING WELL.
UH, SO I'M GONNA TALK REALLY QUICKLY ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS AND, AND THE NAMI WALKS.
SO, SOME OF THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT, UM, HANNAH AND I HAVE DISCUSSED IN OUR, IN OUR MEETINGS ARE WITH, UH, ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE FIRST YOUTH CENTER, THOSE THAT SUPPORT THE, THE WORK OF MENTAL HEALTH FOR YOUTH.
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UH, ARE SAFE SPACES, UH, FOR PE FOR YOUR, FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR PEERS TO BE ABLE TO SHARE AND ALSO SAFE AND THAT YOU TRUST AND SAFE, UH, FOR GATHERING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.WE DON'T JUST WANT IT TO BE JUST A ONE TIME EVENT.
WHAT IS THAT WE CAN BUILD AS LONG LASTING AND SUSTAINABLE, UH, THAT IMPACTS NOT JUST YOURSELF, BUT YOUR SIBLINGS AND OTHERS WITHIN YOUR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY.
UH, SO SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE WORKING ON CONNECTING WITH IS, UH, MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA, UH, WHICH HAS A, A HOUSTON OFFICE, UH, NAMI, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT THEM IN A IN A MINUTE, UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE WALK.
AND ALSO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF EDUCATION.
AND ALSO DISCOVERING OTHER SAFE HAVENS FOR YOUTH LIKE YOURSELF.
UH, AND WE'LL BE OPEN UP, OPEN TO IT RANGING FROM COFFEE SHOPS TO, UH, COMMUNITY CENTERS, TO REC CENTERS TO PARKS, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND ONE THING THAT MS. HANNAH HAS MADE A A GREAT POINT ON, HANNAH, I'M HOPE I'M NOT TAKING ALL OF YOUR POINTS FROM YOUR, FOR YOUR TIME.
YOU, YOU CAN HAVE AN ALL, UH, IS HOW IMPORTANT PHYSICAL HEALTH IS TO OUR MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL.
UH, SO HANNAH'S MENTIONED THAT, AND THAT'S GONNA BE A PRIORITY FOR US.
THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY WE'RE, UH, PARTICIPATING IN THE, UH, FEAST OF SHARING AND AS WELL AS DOING MENTAL HEALTH THINGS THAT MAY INVOLVE DOING YOGA AT, AT COMMUNITY PARKS.
IT COULD GO FROM EXERCISING BODY MOVEMENT, UH, TO EVEN DOING COMMUNITY EFFORTS AND EVEN NUTRITIONAL DIETS AND, UH, THINGS LIKE THIS THAT, THAT CAN HELP OUT IN FOOD INSECURITY AREAS.
UH, SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.
AND THE NAMI WALKS, I THINK SOME OF YOU, WELL, I CAN'T SEE YOU ALL ANYMORE, BUT I THINK MOST OF US FOR, WELL, A GOOD AMOUNT OF US ATTENDED NAMI WALKS LAST YEAR.
UH, IT WAS LITERALLY OVER, UM, THE NEXT BLOCK OVER FROM CITY HALL.
UH, AND IF YOU WERE THERE, IT WAS A PRETTY ENGAGING TIME, A GOOD WALK.
UH, WE HAD A-A-A-A-A-A, A FURRY MEMBER WITH US THAT DAY TOO, THAT ENJOYED IT AS WELL.
UH, BUT IF YOU WERE THERE, UH, IT, IT WAS A GREAT TIME.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE LEVERAGE, UH, WHAT THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL IS DOING, UH, TO ACTUALLY BE PART OF THAT EVENT AT A GREATER LEVEL.
I THINK LAST YEAR IT WAS IN MARCH.
SO WORKING TO GET AHEAD OF THAT, AND I THINK THAT'D BE A GREAT COLLABORATION.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS ON WHAT YOU WANNA SEE, MAYBE IT'S ART FOR YOUTH AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THE COMMITTEE WOULD DISCUSS IT.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ALL OF US WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN.
SO AS SOON AS WE GET THE NAMI WALKS DATE, UH, IT'LL PROBABLY BE THE MARCH OR THE APRIL OR SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT.
WE WANT YOU ALL TO BE A PART OF IT.
UH, AND YOU'LL KNOW WHERE IT IS IF IT'S IN THE SAME LOCATION RIGHT BY CITY HALL.
UH, SO THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS I DID WANT TO SHARE.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S ROOM FOR QUESTION AND ANSWER, BUT, UH, I'M OPEN TO IT, UH, FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
IF NOT, UH, I KNOW WHAT I CANNOT ANSWER.
I PROMISE YOU, IF Y'ALL ARE TALKING, I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
I'LL NOW MOVE US BACK TO OUR EXECUTIVE, UH, BOARD REPORTS, UH, WHEN I'LL MOVE TO VICE CHAIR, JEREMY.
SO PLEASE BE MINDFUL THAT AUXILIARY MEMBERS ARE VOLUNTEERS THAT WILL ASSIST US ON COM, ASSIST US ON COMMUNITY OUTREACH ACTIVITIES, SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS, AND VOLUNTEER INITIATIVES.
THE EXECUTIVE BOARD WILL COMMUNICATE INFORMATION TO AUXILIARY MEMBERS, AND PLEASE REFER ALL QUESTIONS FROM AUXILIARY MEMBERS TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS.
UH, AND I'LL MOVE TO CHIEF OF STAFF, ALEX XAVIER MENDOZA, UH, ON SLACK.
UH, IF YOU CAN RENAME YOURSELF TO THE NAME, UH, THAT TO YOUR NAME.
UM, ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT, YOU CAN ADD YOUR PRONOUNS AS WELL IN THERE.
YOU CAN ADD YOUR NAME, UM, PRONUNCIATION AS WELL IN THERE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO ADD LIKE A PROFESS A PROFESSIONAL HEADSHOT IF YOU HAVE ONE OR A PROFESSIONAL PHOTO ONTO SLACK SO WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
AND THEN, UM, UPDATE YOUR TITLE AND WHICH COMMITTEE YOU'RE IN AS WELL.
AND IS EVERYONE IN SLACK AND IN THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE CHANNELS? YES.
IF YOU'RE NOT, JUST MESSAGE OR TALK TO ME AFTER.
UM, AND THEN I CAN GET YOU ADDED TO THAT WITH YOUR EMAIL, UM, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
NOW MOVING TO OUR OTHER CHIEF OF STAFF, TAYLOR ZANG.
HI, ALSO A MESSAGE TO THE CHAIR AND SECRETARY OF EACH COMMITTEE.
UM, PLEASE SUBMIT A LIST OF ALL THE MEETING DATES THAT EACH COMMITTEE HAS HAD AS ALONG, UM, ALONG WITH THE TIME OF YOUR MEETINGS TO MYSELF, ALEX XAVIER HAW AND AUDREY BY DECEMBER 16TH AT 2023, PLEASE.
WE'LL MOVE TO OUR SECRETARY, AUDREY HAHN.
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MAKE SURE THAT YOU SEND CORRESPONDENCE FOR ANY ABSENCES TO MS. SHAUNA AND I, ESPECIALLY IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABSENT OR IF YOU NEED TO ATTEND A MEETING VIRTUALLY.AND LETTERS WILL BE GOING OUT THIS WEEK WITH UPDATED ATTENDANCE TRACKING, SO PLEASE MAKE SURE TO CHECK THAT AND REFER TO THE BYLAWS AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF THE GUIDELINES SURROUNDING ATTENDANCE.
WHEN I MOVE TO OUR TREASURER, JOON.
ALL OF THE MONEY FOR THE ROCKETS GAME HAS BEEN REFUNDED.
SO CONTACT ME AFTER THE MEETING IF YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THIS.
WE'LL BE RESCHEDULING A DATE FOR THAT SOON.
UM, WE ALSO VOTED TO ORDER PERSONALIZED PENS, AND THEY COST $14, SO PLEASE HAVE THIS MONEY TURNED IN BY DECEMBER 5TH.
AND LASTLY, OUR MASTER OF WEBS TO FROM MCCORD.
UM, SO WE DID GET SOME POSTS OUT THIS MONTH.
WE GOT ALL THE INTRODUCTION POSTS, AND WE GOT A MENTAL HEALTH POST OUT, BUT WE'RE GONNA UPDATE IT THIS WEEK, UM, TO DO, LIKE, SHOW WHAT WE DID OVER THE PAST MONTH.
SO ALL THOSE EVENTS WILL BE POSTED THIS UPCOMING WEEK.
ER WE'LL NOW MOVE INTO OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS.
WE'LL FIRST START WITH THE VOTER ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
UH, YEAH, I GOT, UH, SO OUR, WE HAVE OUR FIRST, UH, COMMITTEE EVENT, OR OUR VOTER ENGAGE, UH, VOTER REGISTRATION EVENT IN JANUARY AT A LOCAL CHURCH OR COMMUNITY CENTER.
MS. SHAWNEE, DO YOU HAVE MORE TO ADD ON THAT? NO.
UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, THE LAST MEETING, UH, THAT WE DISCUSSED ACTUALLY HAVING IT, UH, OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE MEET AGAIN, I GUESS IT IS NEXT WEEK, POSSIBLY.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE MEETING NEXT WEEK 'CAUSE OF THANKSGIVING THOUGH.
ACTUALLY THIS WEEK, UM, WE WILL, I THINK, NARROWED DOWN WHERE IT BE.
SO I THINK, UM, AFTER MEETING WITH THE VOTER ENGAGEMENT TABLE, I WAS DECIDED THAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE GREATER BY HAVING A, A, A VOTER, UH, VOTER REGISTRATION EVENT.
LIKE SOMEWHERE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT, LIKE PEOPLE CAME TO NATURALLY VERSUS LIKE HOSTING IT AT A SPACE WHERE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO LIKE, GO OUT THEIR WAY TO ATTEND, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
AND THEN I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT OUR MEETINGS ARE FOR THAT COMMITTEE ARE ON THE FIRST AND THIRD THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT FROM FIVE TO 6:00 PM AND I'LL MOVE TO LANCE FOR ANY, UH, THOUGHTS OR MARKS.
UM, SO LIKE SHE SAID, WE DID DISCUSS HAVING IT IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SOME OF THE PLACES WE CAME UP WITH WERE COFFEE SHOPS.
UM, I THINK OUTDOOR WAS DISCOVERY GREEN MEMORIAL HERMAN, UH, COLLEGE CAMPUS, OR ELEANOR TINSLEY PARK.
AND SO WE ARE GONNA HAVE LIKE A LITTLE VOTER ENG REGISTRATION TRAINING, UM, AND SHOW, SHOW US ALL HOW WE BECOME LIKE CERTIFIED VOTER REGISTRATORS.
AND THEN I THINK WE ARE ALSO PARTNER PARTNERING WITH YPAC, UM, TO GET PEOPLE REGISTERED TO VOTE.
WHEN I MOVE TO UPDATES FROM THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE, I'LL ACTUALLY PASS THIS TO ARIAN.
SO CURRENTLY WE'RE PLANNING A YOUTH TRIVIA NIGHT.
UH, THE ORIGINAL DATE WAS FOR, UH, DECEMBER 2ND FROM FIVE 30 TO SEVEN.
BUT THERE'S BEEN SOME ISSUES WITH THAT.
SO THE DATE IS CURRENTLY TENTATIVE, BUT YEAH, SO IT'S JUST GONNA BE A NIGHT FOR PRIMARILY MIDLAND HIGH SCHOOLERS TO COME OUT AND ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CITY.
SO WE HAVE LOCAL LAW, HOUSTON HISTORY, LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMUNITY INITIATIVES LIKE STA, STATISTICS ABOUT HOUSTON.
AND, UH, JUST FACTS ABOUT LIKE, UH, JUST FACTS ABOUT THE COUNCIL, LIKE YPAC, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA ENCOURAGE YPAC TO BE THERE.
AND OBVIOUSLY THE ENTIRETY OF THE, UH, UH, MYC AS WELL.
WHEN I MOVE TO OUR UPDATES FROM THE MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE, I'LL PASS IT TO HANNAH.
SO IN OUR MEETING WE DISCUSSED DECEMBER 2ND, SEEMS TO BE A POPULAR DATE.
UM, WE DISCUSSED DOING THE HEB FEAST OF SHARING EVENT.
I AM AWARE THAT THE MAYOR'S TREE LIGHTING IS THAT DAY AT SIX, I BELIEVE.
BUT, UM, THE FEAST OF SHARING EVENT IS FROM 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM.
SO EVEN IF WE DON'T STAY THE WHOLE TIME, EVEN IF WE DO TWO HOURS FROM 10 TO 12, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD, UM, BECAUSE IT'S BEING HELD AT NRG.
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UM, IT'S, IT'S DECEMBER, SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE WINTER HOLIDAY MEALS, UM, PACKING AND SENDING THOSE OFF FOR FAMILIES IN NEED.UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I HOPE THAT WE AS A COUNCIL CAN DO AND PARTICIPATE IN.
AND THEN I CAN SEND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT US GETTING US REGISTERED TO DO THAT.
UM, AND THEN ALSO I AM WORKING WITH MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF GREATER HOUSTON, THEIR YOUTH COUNCIL ON PARTNERING TO DO A, UM, A BASICALLY A SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT.
WHAT EXACTLY WE'LL BE DOING HAS NOT BEEN DECIDED YET.
UM, BUT EXPECT THAT TOWARDS LIKE LATE NOVEMBER, EARLY DECEMBER, WHICH I KNOW IS LIKE A COUPLE WEEKS.
I'D LIKE TO MOTION TO, UH, MOVE TOWARDS VOTING FOR THAT EVENT ON THE SECOND AT THE, FOR THE HEB FEAST OF SHARING EVENT.
UM, WHAT TIME IS IT ON DECEMBER 2ND? 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM BUT LIKE I SAID, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING LATER TO DO THAT DAY.
SO EVEN IF WE DO A COUPLE HOURS, YEAH.
I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS WHO YOU'RE TARGETING, BUT THERE IS AN SAT THAT DATE.
UM, SO THAT WILL KIND OF BE OVERLAPPING SO THAT IF YOU'RE TRYING TO TARGET LIKE THOSE, THAT AGE RANGE, IT'LL BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT.
YEAH, ON THAT POINT, I, FOR ONE, WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND BECAUSE I WILL BE TAKING THE SAT DURING THAT TIME.
IS, ARE THERE, LIKE, IS IT LIKE HALF THE COUNCIL? LIKE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE TAKING THEIR SAT THAT DAY? JUST SO WE HAVE LIKE A 1, 2, 3.
UH, REAL QUICK, I HAVE MY FAMILY CHRISTMAS PARTY THAT DAY.
UM, SO I'LL EITHER MAKE ONE OF THEM, BUT I'LL LET Y'ALL KNOW.
CAN WE ACTUALLY DO A, UH, HAND COUNT? SO RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR.
SO WE WILL HAVE THE HEB FEES OF SHARING EVENT FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE ON THE 2ND OF DECEMBER.
UM, WE'LL NOW MOVE INTO REPORTS FROM OUR ADVISORS, STARTING WITH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ADVISOR, MS. ASHLEY ALEXANDER.
UM, IF YOU DID NOT ATTEND OUR FIRST ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, UH, SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT, MY NAME IS ASHLEY ALEXANDER, AND I AM ONE OF YOUR ADVISORS NOW.
UM, OUR FIRST SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT WAS OCTOBER 21ST.
UM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HEALTH MUSEUM AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND, WE, UH, TRAVELED OUT TO BRAS BEND STATE PARK.
OUR ORIGINAL PROJECT WAS, UM, KIND OF SHUTTERED FOR THE DAY, BUT WE STILL HAD A GOOD TIME.
I, YOU KNOW, MOST OF YOU THAT ARE HERE NOW, WERE THERE.
UM, THE ONE THING THAT I DID NOT GET TO SEE WERE THE VIDEOS THAT WE RECORDED UPON RETURNING TO THE MUSEUM.
UM, AND OUR UPCOMING SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS SHOULD BE AT THE BAYTOWN.
UM, UH, THE NAME ESCAPES ME, BUT IT SHOULD BE IN BAYTOWN.
AND WE WILL PROBABLY MOVE THE SAME WAY WE MOVED BEFORE MEET AT THE HEALTH MUSEUM AND GO FROM THERE.
WE'LL NOW MOVE INTO OUR, UH, REPORT FROM THE VOTER ENGAGEMENT ADVISOR.
I AM THE VOTER ENGAGEMENT ADVISOR.
I MET WITH, UM, THE VOTER ENGAGEMENT TABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME EARLIER, I GUESS THE WEEKS FLY BY, UM, OR LIKE, I GUESS THE FIRST, THE FIRST, UH, THURSDAY OF THIS MONTH.
UM, SO DURING THAT MEETING, UH, WE, UH, DISCUSSED SOME WAYS, UH, TO ENGAGE YOUTH VOTERS AS, AS WE HEAD INTO 2024, ESPECIALLY LOOKING INTO THE SPRING.
UM, WE DISCUSSED KIND OF LIKE OUR INITIAL, UH, VOTER REGISTRATION EVENT IN JANUARY.
AND THEN EVEN, UM, DISCUSSING LIKE, UH, CONTINUAL KIND OF PLANNING OUT OF DIFFERENT VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THE SPRING AND COMING UP WITH A CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THAT.
UM, AND ALSO PLANS TO, UH, FIGURE OUT WAYS FOR FOLKS THAT AREN'T ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER VOTERS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE 18 IN A REGISTERED VOTER IN A VDR TO REGISTER FOLKS.
UM, BUT HOW FOLKS THAT MAYBE ARE TOO YOUNG TO BE
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A VOLUNTEER DEPUTY REGISTRAR TO ALSO, UH, HOW THEY CAN ALSO ENGAGE IN OUTREACH IN ORDER TO, UM, GET YOUNG FOLKS THAT ARE OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE REGISTERED.UM, AND THEN WE ALSO DISCUSSED THE TRAINING THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, TO, TO GIVE PEOPLE INFORMATION ON LIKE WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS TO BE A VOLUNTEER DEPUTY REGISTRAR, AND ALSO WAYS THAT, UH, THE, THE BEST WAY TO ENGAGE FOLKS WHEN WE'RE DOING, UH, VOTER REGISTRATION IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE'LL NOT MOVE, UH, TO OUR UPDATE FROM OUR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ADVISOR, MS. BROWN.
SO, UM, FIRST WE HAD OUR, WE HAD OUR FIRST, UH, SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT AT EMANCIPATION PARK.
UM, THE FALL YOUTH EVENT, WHICH WAS OCTOBER 29TH, 2023.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE THAT CAME OUT AND PARTICIPATED AGAIN.
UH, LIKE ER SAID, WE WILL BE COMPILING ALL THAT FOOTAGE TOGETHER AND, UM, PUTTING TOGETHER SOME REELS AND ALL THAT FROM, UM, FROM THAT EVENT.
WE HAVE SOME GREAT PHOTOS AS WELL.
UM, SECOND THING IS WE ARE DOING OUR THANKSGIVING SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22ND, 2023.
UM, THIS IS JUST A TRIVIA QUESTION.
WHAT EMOJI WERE YOU SUPPOSED TO RESPOND WITH IF YOU WERE GONNA ATTEND THIS EVENT? A TURKEY.
Y'ALL DO READ AND PAY ATTENTION.
OKAY, SO SHOW OF HANDS, WHO'S COMING? YAY.
SO THIS, UH, WE WILL BE PARTNERING WITH YPAC, UM, AND I FORGET THE, DOES SOMEBODY REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION? CITYWIDE OF AMERICA, I BELIEVE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT THEY WILL BE PUTTING TOGETHER BOXES AND FOOD AT THE, UM, GEORGIA BROWN, AND IT'S GONNA BE HUGE.
SO WE ARE GOING FROM NINE TO ONE ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22ND.
YOU GUYS ARE ALL OUTTA SCHOOL THAT DAY? YES.
OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING FROM NINE TO ONE.
AGAIN, JUST REMEMBER THIS IS A LITTLE NUGGET.
WHEN WE'RE DOING SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS, YOU, IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT OR YOU HAVE SOMEWHERE ELSE TO BE OR DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, IT IS STILL OKAY FOR YOU TO ATTEND, EVEN IF IT'S FOR A SMALL AMOUNT OF TIME.
BECAUSE WHEN WE SAY SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
SO REMEMBER, IF, IF, IF WE SAY IT'S A SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT, ONE OF THEM WE ACTUALLY VOTED ON LAST TIME.
SO JUST REMEMBER IF, IF THE WORDING SAYS SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT, THAT GOES TO YOUR ATTENDANCE.
RIGHT? IF WE SAY WE'RE JUST GOING TO AN EVENT THAT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
THE HEB IS SOMETHING WE'RE DOING.
IT'S NOT A SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT THAT NIGHT.
THE MAYOR'S TREE LIGHTING IS A SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT.
YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE? SO IF YOU REALLY NEEDED TO DECIDE WHICH ONE YOU NEEDED TO GO TO, WHICH ONE SHOULD YOU GO TO, RIGHT? IF YOU HAD TO CHOOSE, JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND.
OKAY? BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP.
IF YOU WANNA SIGN UP, MAKE SURE YOU SIGN UP, CHECK WITH YOUR PARENTS.
UM, THERE'S ALSO AN OPTION IF WE WANT TO MEET HERE AND TAKE, UM, THE CITY VAN OVER SO THAT YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PARKING AND ALL THAT STUFF.
SO, MR. CHAIR, CAN WE, UM, I GUESS HAVE DISCUSSION ON THAT AND VOTE ON THAT IF PEOPLE WANT TO DO THAT? 'CAUSE IF SO, THEN I HAVE TO REQUEST THE VEHICLE LIKE TOMORROW.
UM, I WORKED THAT DAY, UM, AND I CAN'T TAKE OFF.
SO I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW WHAT I WORKED THAT DAY AND I CAN'T TAKE OFF.
WE HAVE COURT THAT DAY, SO YEAH.
AUDREY, CAN YOU WRITE THAT DOWN FOR ME? THANK YOU.
WHAT DAY? UM, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22ND.
YES, DAVE? UM, I'M NOT SURE YET, BUT I MIGHT BE OUT OF TOWN FOR THANKSGIVING BREAK THAT DAY.
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GO AHEAD.SO IF YOU'RE, I JUST, I JUST NEED, I APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE IT ORION, LIKE THE ENTIRETY OF THE EVENT WILL HAPPEN AT THE CONVENTION CENTER, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE EVEN IF WE COME LATE, THEN WE CAN JUST GO STRAIGHT TO THE CONVENTION CENTER.
WE WANT TO VOTE ON A BAND, UH, MOTION TO VOTE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION METHOD FOR THE, UH, NOVEMBER 22ND EVENT AT GEORGE R. BROWN.
ALL IN FAVOR OF, UH, TAKING A, UH, CITY VAN FROM HERE, THE ANNEX TO THE CONVENTION CENTER, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT IS, THAT'S THE MAJORITY, CORRECT? I BELIEVE SO, YEAH.
UH, SO JUST LIKE ARIAN, I MIGHT BE COMING LATE, SO IT IS FINE IF I GO DIRECTLY TO THE GEORGE R. BROWN CONVENTION, RIGHT? CORRECT.
UM, I PARTICIPATED IN THE EVENT LAST YEAR WITH YPAC, UM, AND IT'S IN THE KITCHEN.
SO AS LONG AS YOU'RE ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO THE BUILDING, WHICH IS USUALLY THROUGH THE, UH, HYATT REGENCY HOTEL, I BELIEVE IT IS, UH, ADJACENT TO IT, UM, ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS JUST GO BACK TO THE KITCHEN.
THEY USUALLY HAVE LIKE A TABLE THERE TO CHECK IN AND YOU'RE GOOD TO GO.
UM, SO DOES ANYONE KNOW LIKE HOW THE PARKING SITUATION IS THERE OR NO? I CAN ANSWER THAT.
IF IT'S THE SAME AS LAST YEAR, IT'S NOT TOO BAD.
UM, AGAIN, WE USE THE, THAT THERE'S THE HOTEL THERE AND THEY HAVE THEIR INDEPENDENT PARKING GARAGE, BUT THERE'S A BRIDGE THAT CONNECTS IT FROM THE HOTEL TO THE CONVENTION CENTER.
SO, UM, THEY SHOULD GIVE YOU A PASS, I BELIEVE, AND YOU JUST GO PULL INTO THE GARAGE PARK, TAKE THE BRIDGE AND YOU'RE GOOD TO GO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS REGARDING THAT EVENT ON THE 22ND? OKAY, AWESOME.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY SOMETHING.
SO LIKE IF I, I CAN REACH OUT TO YOU AND LIKE TALK TO ALL ABOUT IF I'M COMING LATE AND ALL THAT STUFF, CORRECT? NO PROBLEM.
UM, SO NEXT WE'RE WAS THE JEOPARDY, UM, YOUTH TRIVIA NIGHT.
SO WE ARE WORKING ON A DATE, UM, BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET THE VENUES AVAILABILITY AND WE HAVE TO WORK AROUND THAT.
SO WE'RE PROBABLY, IT'S MORE THAN LIKELY GONNA BE JANUARY.
WE ALSO NEED TO WORK ON A NAME FOR THE EVENT.
SO IF YOU HAVE A CATCHY NAME THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT TO THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE, UM, YOU CAN SUBMIT THAT.
WHO'S THE CHAIR OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT? ARIAN.
SO YOU CAN SUBMIT THAT TO ARIAN.
UM, AND I BELIEVE THE SECRETARY IS MARLEY, SO YOU CAN SUBMIT THAT TO THEM.
WE NEED TO COME UP WITH A NAME.
UM, AGAIN, THIS WILL BE A WAY TO ENGAGE YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY.
THEY'LL, YOU KNOW, WIN A GAME, UH, WIN, WE'LL HAVE A WINNER OF THE GAME AND THAT SORT OF THING.
OKAY? SO WHAT THEY'RE BUILDING, UH, IS PRETTY SWEET.
UH, ROCKETS GAME THAT WAS CANCELED, LIKE DIAN SAID, WE HAVE REFUNDED ALMOST EVERYBODY THEIR MONEY.
I BELIEVE I HAVE TWO PEOPLE'S MONEY HERE WITH ME, SO PLEASE SEE ME BEFORE YOU LEAVE IF YOU DID NOT GET YOUR MONEY AT THE FALL YOUTH EVENT.
SO, UM, WHAT I WILL SAY TO THAT IS, UH, WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND WHO WE ARE.
WE'RE THE MARRIAGE YOUTH COUNCIL.
YOU ARE THE ELITE OF THE ELITE AND I KEEP SAYING THAT.
UM, AND SO IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO THE PARTNERSHIP IS, WE HAVE TO HOLD A STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE TO WHICH WE WILL EITHER ATTEND AN EVENT, PARTNER WITH AN EVENT, OR SHOW UP TO AN EVENT.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU ALL? SO, UM, THE ROCKETS, WE HAD TO POSTPONE THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO WORK OUT SOME LOGISTICS
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TO ENSURE THAT YOU ARE TREATED LIKE THE ELITE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE.THAT PART WHAT LAND SAID, IF Y'ALL DIDN'T HEAR HIM, CIRCLE BACK.
OKAY, UH,
SO THAT'S GONNA BE DECEMBER 2ND, 2023.
IT'S GONNA BE AT 6:00 PM UM, LITERALLY YOU GET A FREE SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT FOR JUST SHOWING UP.
WE SHOW UP, WE SING, WE DANCE, WE TAKE SOME PICTURES, UH, WE DO A LITTLE VIDEO AND WE GO HOME, RIGHT? AIN'T THAT THE EXTENT OF WHAT WE DID? I THINK WE PASSED OUT HATS LAST TIME.
OR DID WE NOT? NO, WE, WE GOT HATS AND PUT 'EM ON OUR HEADS AND DANCED.
SO, UM, AND THAT'S THE THING, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU ARE THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL, I WANT YOU GUYS TO, UM, JUST AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO, INTO SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS, SOMETIMES THEY JUST WANT YOU THERE.
THEY JUST WANT YOUR PRESENCE THERE.
SO IT'S NOT REALLY A LOT OF HEAVY LIFTING.
AND THEN SOMETIMES WE WILL HAVE TO DO A LOT OF HEAVY LIFTING, OKAY? SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE DISCOURAGED IF YOU SHOW UP TO AN EVENT AND YOU'RE LIKE, HEY, WE'RE JUST HERE, RIGHT? JUST BE THERE, SMILE, TAKE PICTURES, GREET PEOPLE, AND THEN WE ROLL OUT, RIGHT? UM, SO WE'LL MEET HERE AT THE CITY HALL ANNEX, WE'LL WALK OVER AND THEN WE'LL WALK BACK OVER AND WE'LL HAVE YOUR, UM, FAMILY PICK YOU UP FROM HERE.
UH, LAST TIME WITH PICKING YOU UP FROM OVER THERE.
IT'S TOO MANY PEOPLE, PEOPLE LEAVING ON THIS SIDE, PEOPLE LEAVING ON THAT SIDE.
UM, AND WE GOTTA MAKE SURE WE STAY SAFE.
LET'S MEET HERE AT WHAT? FIVE 30? 5 45 ISH.
UH, WHAT ARE WE WEARING? WE, Y'ALL REAL SHIRTS.
SHOULD BE HERE TOMORROW, I THINK, OR THE NEXT DAY.
WAS IT HOT LAST TIME? WAS WE OUTSIDE WITH NO JACKETS ON? I THINK SO.
DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT WAS TOO BAD AND IT SHOULD BE GETTING COLDER.
Y'ALL CAN WEAR WHATEVER Y'ALL WANNA WEAR.
OKAY, Y'ALL, I'M TURNING IT OVER TO MR. CHAIR TO TAKE OVER THE, THAT BOAT OF THAT MOTION TO VOTE FOR ATTIRE FOR THE DECEMBER 2ND TREE LIGHTING EVENT.
ANY IDEAS ON AS TO WHERE I'M NOT THE BEST WITH FASHION? GOOD.
NO, WHAT MARLEY SAID, WHAT MARLEY SAID.
WELL, THAT WAS CHRISTMAS, SO CORRECT.
ANY OTHER IDEAS? SOHU, GO AHEAD.
UH, THIS IS AN IDEA, BUT JUST A QUESTION.
SO FOR THE, JUST TO CLARIFY, DECEMBER 2ND, THE MAYOR TREE LIGHTING, WE WERE COMING AT FIVE 30 TO THE ANNEX? YES.
ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS? HANNAH, IF YOU DON'T HAVE, IF YOU'RE NOT FUN AND FESTIVE AND YOU DON'T HAVE NO, I'M KIDDING.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE CHRISTMAS SWEATERS, I THINK ANYTHING HOLIDAY ADJACENT, HOLIDAY COLORS, SNOWFLAKE SWEATER ISH I THINK WOULD BE, I THINK WOULD BE FUN TO SHOW THE FESTIVITIES AND EVEN AN ACCESSORY.
SO ARE WE FEELING LIKE RED, GREEN, WHITE, LIKE THOSE COLORS? YES.
I THINK EVEN LIKE A, A BLUE BLUE.
THINK OF LIKE, WHAT, WHAT COLORS WOULD YOU SEE ON A CHRISTMAS TREE AND THEN DRESS LIKE THAT.
ALRIGHT, SO A TIRE IS LOOK LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE.
UM, WE'LL, I GUESS STICK WITH THE MARLEY'S IDEA AND ALSO WHAT HANNAH ADDED ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS SWEATERS.
UH, AND THEN, UM, ANYTHING ELSE WITH BLUISH SNOWFLAKES, COLORS? UM, ALL IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
HOW WILL THEY KNOW THAT IT'S THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL? IS THERE GONNA BE SOME TYPE OF UNIFYING, UM, SOMETHING, I MEAN, DOES IT MATTER? I'M JUST ASKING PIGGYBACKING OFF OF THAT.
COULD WE JUST LIKE WEAR THE CHRISTMAS ORDER AND THEN ALSO LIKE THE CARDIGAN OVER, BUT LIKE LOOSELY, IF THAT MAKES SENSE OR NO, THAT'S TOO HOT.
WHY DON'T, WHY DON'T Y'ALL JUST WEAR A RED SHIRT UNDER YOUR JACKET AND WEAR LIKE SANTA HATS OR SOMETHING? YEAH, I THINK ACCESSORIES INSTEAD OF CHRISTMAS AND THEN INSTEAD OF LIKE THE ACTUAL YEAH.
YOU THINK WE COULD WEAR THE CARDIGAN TO THE EVENT OR IS THAT LIKE, COULD WE WEAR LIKE A RED SHIRT AND THEN THE CARDIGAN ON TOP? IS THAT FINE? CAN I ASK A QUESTION? I THINK THIS IS A MISHAWNA QUESTION.
UH, WHAT COLOR ARE THE OUR REAL SHIRTS
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RED.OH, I MEAN IF WE, IF WE WEAR LIKE OUR RED, RED TO CHRISTMAS COLOR OR A HOLIDAY COLOR, IF WE WEAR OUR RED SHIRTS AND THEN OUR SWEATERS ARE AN ACCESSORY OR SOMETHING, I THINK THAT THAT'LL WORK AS WELL.
SO IS IT RED SHIRTS AND CARDIGAN OR T-SHIRT AND SWEATER ON TOP? UH, LET'S AIM FOR, AT LEAST IN MY OPINION, LET'S DO, UM, RED SHIRTS AND THEN SOME SWEATER ON TOP AND THEN, UM, WE CAN REMOVE THEM AS NEEDED.
AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE UM, UH, CHRISTMAS HATS PROVIDED TO US AS WELL.
YEAH, SO YOU'RE SAYING LIKE, WEAR YOUR RED NEW MYC SHIRT JUST IN CASE IT'S HOT AND WE DON'T WANNA WEAR THESE? SURE.
AND THEN, AND THEN IF IT'S COLD, THEN YOU JUST, YEAH.
AND THEN WE CAN JUST KEEP OUR SWEATERS ON FOR MOST OF THE TIME.
I ALSO THINK IT'S A LOT EASIER TO FIND A FESTIVE CHRISTMAS SWEATER THAN SHIRT OR ELSE MARLEY.
OKAY, SO FOR CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE I'M, I'M LOST.
OKAY, THREE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.
ARE WE WEARING OUR RED SHIRT, JUST A PLAIN RED SHIRT, DOESN'T IT? OUR MYC CARDIGAN? OR ARE WE WEARING OUR NEW RED SHIRT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE GIVEN WITH PANTS AND A CHRISTMAS HAT? OR ARE WE WEARING SOME RANDOM SHIRT WITH A CHRISTMAS SWEATER ON TOP OF IT? WHICH, WHICH OF THOSE THREE OPTIONS? NEW MYC SHIRT THAT WILL BE PROVIDED TO US ALONG WITH APPROPRIATE PANTS.
IT SHOULD BE COLD, SO TO ASSUME PANTS AND PROBABLY BLACK PANTS AS WELL.
AND THEN WHATEVER CHRISTMAS SWEATER YOU WANT ON TOP CHRISTMAS ACCESSORIES.
UH, AND THEN I GUESS WE'LL MOTION TO A SECOND VOTE FOR THAT.
ALL IN FAVOR OF NEW RED MYC SHIRT AND CHRISTMAS SWEATER ON TOP.
YEAH, BECAUSE, BECAUSE THEN IF IT, AS YOU SAID, IF IT GETS HOT, THEN WE CAN REMOVE THEM.
WE'LL STILL HAVE OUR MYC SHIRTS AND IF WE, IF WE'RE COLD OR JUST WANT TO KEEP OUR FESTUS SWEATERS ON, WE CAN KEEP THE SWEATER ON.
BUT WAIT, BEFORE WE, BEFORE I JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
HOW WILL THEY KNOW THAT IT'S MYC IF WE PUT THE CHRISTMAS SWEATER ON TOP OF THE, THE T-SHIRT? THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
LIKE, SO, SO THEN DO YOU WANT, DO Y'ALL WANT TO DO THAT'S KIND OF, DO YOU WANNA DO UH, FESTIVE SHIRTS AND MYC CARDIGAN ON TOP? SO WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GET, LIKE BADGES? LIKE WILL THOSE BE HERE IN TIME RIGHT NOW? THEY WON'T SEE, EVEN IF THEY ARE, THEY, THEY'RE LIKE THEY IF MS IF YOU DON'T MIND ME.
IT'S LIKE, IT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING WITH MYC, IT'S JUST THIS IS WHERE IT'S GONNA BE.
I THINK IF YOU GUYS HATS NYC WRITTEN ON THE TOP OF IT.
I CAN GIVE YOU GUYS SANTA HATS BECAUSE I HAVE A BUNCH OF THEM AND I CAN PUT MYC ON TOP OF IT.
OKAY, SO YOU CAN THAT SANTA HAT WITH YOUR CARDIGAN IF IT'S COLD, IF IT'S NOT COLD, JUST WEAR YOUR RED MYC SHIRT SO YOU CAN BE IN THE CHRISTMAS COLORS.
BUT WE CAN NOT, NO CHRISTMAS SWEATER ON TOP OF YOUR
BUT IF WE'RE GETTING OUR HATS THAT HAVE MYC ON IT, THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE STILL LIKE, THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE THE MYC.
SO IF THAT, IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET THAT, THEN CAN WE WEAR OUR CHRISTMAS SWEATERS BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL IDENTIFYING TOO MUCH.
NYC IS, I MEAN IS OKAY, BUT YOU HAVE YOUR SUN HAT.
I VOTE, WE SCRATCH THE SWEATERS THAT I KNOW.
I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT ACCESSORIES ARE EASIER, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE YOU CAN GO ON AMAZON AND GET LIKE A HEADBAND OR LIKE GLASSES OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND THAT WAY IT'S MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE.
PEOPLE AREN'T DROPPING $60 ON SWEATERS TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, GO WITH A THEME AND THEN YOU CAN SEE OUR MYC SWEATERS AND THEN JUST BRING LIKE A PLAIN CARD TO GET ON THE NYC CARD TO GET, IF IT GETS, IT GETS IF IT IS COLD.
I WANT TO AGREE WITH HANNAH ON THIS ONE.
OKAY, SO FOR THE, ACTUALLY BEFORE I MOVE TO VOTE, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS, IDEAS, SUGGESTIONS ON ATTIRE? UM, YES.
SO IF THE PURPOSE IS THAT WE NEED TO BE IDENTIFIABLE AND WE'RE GETTING SANTA HATS WITH MYC ON THEM.
IF SOME PEOPLE WANNA WEAR CHRISTMAS SWEATERS, THEN WHY IS IT STILL AN ISSUE? IT NEEDS TO BE UNIFORM.
YOU'RE GONNA BE THE ONLY ONE OUT THERE WITH THE SWEATER LABEL.
BUT LIKE MY CHRISTMAS SWEATER, LIKE SWEATER ANYWAYS.
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LET'S HAVE A VOTE ON IT.WE ARE, I BELIEVE HAVING A CHRISTMAS PARTY TOGETHER WITH EACH OTHER.
SO MAYBE THEN WE ALL CAN WEAR OUR CHRISTMAS SWEATERS.
AND AT OUR SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS, SINCE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE THE ELITE OF THE ELITE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE UNIFORM AND WE WEAR OUR HATS AND OUR CHRISTMAS ACCESSORIES SO WE CAN GET SOME GLASSES, SOME EARRINGS, YOU KNOW, PUT SOME JINGLE BELLS ON YOU, WHATEVER YOU WANT.
AND WE WEAR OUR CARDIGAN WITH OUR NEW SHIRT THAT WE'RE GETTING.
YES, THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING FROM THE GET GO, Y'ALL
I'M GLAD YOU MADE IT BACK AROUND ALL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? SUGGESTIONS? OKAY, SO WE WILL NOW VOTE ON FOR HOPEFULLY THE THIR, THE THIRD AND FINAL TIME, THE ATTIRE.
UM, EITHER FIRST OPTION IS MARLEY'S IDEA, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS, UH, SINCE WE WILL HAVE OUR, UH, CHRISTMAS MEETING, WE CAN WEAR OUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS SWEATERS AT THE TIME.
BUT FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH THE MAIN FOCUS, UH, RED, MYC SHIRT, THE RED CHRISTMAS HAT, AND ANY OTHER JINGLE BELLS AND AND ACCESSORIES.
AND THEN WE HAD, HANNAH, WHAT WAS YOUR IDEA? I THINK IT WAS THE SAME.
OKAY, SO ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT IDEA.
WHICH, WHICH ONE? THE UH, MARLEY'S IDEA.
WAIT, DO WE WANNA WRITE THAT DOWN? UH, YES.
'CAUSE I KNOW IT'LL COME UP IN THE SLACK NOW.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMES, CONCERNS ON THAT? NO.
TO WHO? UH, SO THIS IS FOR THE MAYOR TREE LIGHTING, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
I GOT KINDA LOST IN THE, IN THE, ALL GOOD, ALL GOOD.
THAT APPLIES FOR THE MAYOR TREE LIGHTING SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT ON THE 2ND OF DECEMBER IN THE UPCOMING MONTH.
NOW, THANK Y'ALL FOR HANDLING THAT.
I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SAY A MUMBLING WORD.
UM, MS. ROCKY, WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US FOR THE, TO GET THE HATS AND STUFF? I JUST NEED A COUNT.
YOU, I HAVE A, I HAVE A BOX OF SANTA HATS THAT PROBABLY GOT, OKAY.
DO YOU NEED UM, LOGO? YEAH, LIKE DO YOU, DO YOU NEED US TO PAY FOR THE NO NYC TO GO ON IT? NO, I'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
Y'ALL BETTER? Y'ALL BETTER SHUT.
YC ON IT OR I HAVE SOME THAT ARE JUST LIKE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE RED HATS, BUT THEY, THEY HAVE LIGHTS ON 'EM, LIKE CHRISTMAS TREES, BUT THEN YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PUT MYC ON IT.
THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO I HAVE.
WE'LL DO THE MYC AT THE TOP SINCE THEY ALREADY VOTED.
THANK YOU ASHA, FOR LETTING US, UH, HAVE YOUR MOM SHARE YOUR MOM.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US SHARE YOUR MOM TO THE YEAH, YOU HAVE ONE TOO.
I HAVE A CRICKET TOO, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE IT.
ALL RIGHT, SO MOVING ON THE AGENDA.
I THINK WE GONNA MAKE IT TO EIGHT.
SO WE HAVE MR. ROMAN ON WITH US.
UM, AND THIS IS PERFECT TIMING 'CAUSE WE ARE NEXT AT THE AGENDA, WHICH IS THE SENIOR STOCKING SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT.
AND THAT IS GOING TO BE DECEMBER 14TH, UH, 2023.
SO WHAT WE WILL BE DOING IS WE WILL BE PARTNERING WITH, UH, MR. ROMAN AND THE VOLUNTEER INITIATIVES PROGRAM, AND I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HIM AND HE WILL EXPLAIN, UM, MORE OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION BECAUSE HE IS GOING TO TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED.
MYCI HOPE EVERYBODY'S HAVING A GOOD EVENING.
UH, JUST KIND OF WANT TO GO OVER A LITTLE BIT OF THE, UH, UPCOMING STOCKING FOR SENIOR PROJECT.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOU GUYS JOINING ME FOR THIS INITIATIVE.
UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU ALL THAT PARTICIPATED LAST YEAR, IT'LL BE VERY SIMILAR.
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WE ARE GONNA BE DONATING 85 CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS TO SENIORS FROM THE FIFTH WARD, MULTI-SERVICE CENTER IN DISTRICT B.UH, THOSE WILL BE DONATED TO THEM SOMETIME, UH, LIKE IN THE DECEMBER 19TH OR 20TH.
I HAVEN'T, UH, OFFICIALLY PENCILED IN THE DATE, BUT THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE TENTATIVE DATES.
WHAT I NEED, WHAT I'M GONNA NEED HELP WITH YOU GUYS ON THE 12TH WITH IS, UM, FINISH DECORATING ALL THESE STOCKINGS.
SO I WILL BE BRINGING SUPPLIES, STOCKINGS, UM, GLITTER CUTOUTS, AND YOU'LL, YOU GUYS WILL BE HELPING ME DECORATE THEM.
UH, AND THEN YOU'RE ALSO GONNA BE HELPING ME STOCK THE STOCKINGS.
SO WE WILL HAVE, UH, A COUPLE OF DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD GOODIES LIKE DON HAND, SANITIZERS, NOTEPADS, PENS, UH, A FEW OTHER ITEMS. WHAT I DO NEED HELP WITH RIGHT NOW IS SOME EXTRA THINGS THAT WE CAN STUFF INSIDE THOSE STOCKINGS.
SO I DID TALK TO, UH, LESHAWNA ABOUT MAYBE, POSSIBLY YOU GUYS MAYBE WORKING ON SOME EXTRA THINGS THAT WE CAN, UH, ADD TO THE STOCKINGS.
UH, AND THEN ALSO WE WILL BE WRITING, UM, SOME NICE CHRISTMAS NOTES TO THOSE SENIORS.
SO I'LL BE BRINGING SOME, UH, CHRISTMAS CARDS THAT WE CAN WRITE, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME POSITIVE THINGS TO THEM, WISHING THEM A HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
UH, AND THEN WE WILL BE DELIVERING TO THEM, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, SOMETIME IN DECEMBER TOWARDS THAT LAST WEEK, RIGHT BEFORE THE HOLIDAY BREAK.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR IDEAS OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE FOR THE EVENT? I HAVE A QUESTION, UM, ON OUR AGENDA.
IT DOESN'T SAY A TIME, DO YOU? UH, I KNOW THE DATE SAYS DECEMBER 14TH, BUT UM, DO YOU KNOW THE TIME IT WILL BE AT 6:00 PM THAT IS THE DATE OF OUR NEXT MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL MEETING.
SO IT'LL BE AT 6:00 PM THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
AND THEN ALSO, WHEN YOU SAY EXTRA GOODIES, I KNOW OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, GIVING THEM DOLLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT IS THERE LIKE SOMETHING SPECIFIC THAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR? LET'S, LET'S KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE, THE RECIPIENTS ARE GONNA BE SENIORS AND SO MAYBE SOME LIKE LOTIONS, UM, CANDY CANES, YOU KNOW, UH, THINGS THAT THEY WOULD, WOULD APPRECIATE MAYBE, UH, YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THROWING SOME, NOT CANDY.
SO CANDY CAN'S ONLY BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAYS.
I THINK THAT, UH, THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE.
YEAH, SO LAST YEAR WHAT WE DID WAS, UM, EVERY PERSON ON THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL, INSTEAD OF US DOING LIKE A SECRET SANTA FOR EACH OTHER, 'CAUSE WE HAD VOTED ON I THINK A $10 SECRET SANTA GIFT.
EVERYONE BROUGHT A $10 GIFT FOR A SENIOR CITIZEN.
AND WHEN WE GAVE THE STOCKINGS AWAY, UM, THE GIFTS THE SENIOR CITIZENS WON WHEN WE PLAYED BINGO.
SO BECAUSE WE NEED STUFF TO PUT IN THE STOCKINGS THIS YEAR, IF EVERYONE CAN DO BETWEEN FIVE AND $10 AND YOU LITERALLY CAN GO TO DOLLAR TREE OR LIKE HOBBY LOBBY OR ONE OF THOSE PLACES, UM, MICHAEL'S, WALMART, ANY OF THOSE THINGS, RIGHT? AND JUST GET A COUPLE OF ITEMS. SO THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOCKS, RIGHT? LOTION.
LOTION, A BOOK PUZZLES, UM, LIKE THE LITTLE SUDOKU, UM, THE CROSSWORD PUZZLE THINGS.
HELLO, UH, THE LITTLE CHESS GAMES OR A CHECKERS GAME.
UM, I MEAN THE CANDY CANES ARE COOL TOO.
LIKE WE SAID, NOT TOO MUCH CANDY, BUT IT, IT IS THE HOLIDAY, RIGHT? CANDY CANES.
UM, CHAPSTICK, UH, WE SAID LOTION, RIGHT? UM, COLORING BOOKS TOO.
WHAT ELSE? SEE NOW I'M HELP, I'M UP EVERYBODY'S MIND GOING AND ALL OF THAT STUFF, LITERALLY AT THE DOLLAR TREE.
SO IF YOU TAKE $10 TO THE DOLLAR TREE, YOU CAN GET, WELL IT'S NOW IT'S A DOLLAR 25.
AND THAT'S EIGHT THINGS THAT WE CAN SHUFFLE AROUND TO PUT IN THE STOCKINGS.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? HOW MANY STOCKINGS? 85.
AND LET'S, LET'S, LAST TIME WE DID, WE DID A LITTLE BIT OVER, BUT YEAH.
AND THEN IF I MAY ADD, LET'S NOT ALL BRING CANDY CANES.
'CAUSE THEN WE WOULD BE OVERWHELMED WITH CANDY CANES.
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CANDY CANES.JUST EITHER GO TO DOLLAR TREE OR IF YOU'RE IN WALMART WITH YOUR MOM, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A LITTLE $2 SECTION.
EVEN TARGET HAS A LITTLE SECTION IN THE FRONT WHEN YOU FIRST WALK IN, RIGHT? JUST THINK OF SOMETHING THAT YOUR GRANDPARENTS WOULD LIKE OR MORE.
SO JUST THINK IN THE MIND OF IF YOU WERE BY YOURSELF AND YOU WANT IT TO DO SOMETHING TO KEEP YOUR MIND OCCUPIED AND SOMETHING THAT UPLIFTS YOUR SPIRIT.
THAT, SO THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS, RIGHT? AND THAT'S THE TYPE OF STUFF THAT COLORING WORD SEARCHES, PLAYING A GAME.
THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WILL UPLIFT THEIR SPIRIT.
THAT IT KIND OF PUTS YOU BACK IN THE MIND OF A CHILD, GIVES YOU, YOU KNOW, HAPPY THOUGHTS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
BUT THEN ALSO JUST KEEPING IN MIND THAT THEY ALSO MAY BE IN NEED.
SO IF YOU SEE SOCKS, A SCARF, UM, GLOVES, HAT, THAT TYPE OF STUFF TOO.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? MM-HMM
SO, UM, I MOVE TO VOTE THAT WE WILL ALL BRING $10 WORTH OF STOCKING SUFFERS FOR THE SENIORS FOR THIS EVENT.
UM, MAY WE TAKE A VOTE BY A RAISE OF HANDS? THAT'S MAJORITY.
SO WE NEED TO ALL MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR ITEMS. UM, DECEMBER, WHAT DATE? 14TH.
IT'S ALREADY A MYC MEETING DATE.
SO IT'S NOTHING EXTRA ON YOUR SCHEDULE.
GO AHEAD MS. AVEN, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? CAN YOU REPEAT WHERE THIS IS GONNA BE LOCATED? I DIDN'T HEAR YOU.
SO IT'S GONNA BE LOCATED AT THE FIFTH WARD, MULTI-SERVICE CENTER AND DISTRICT B, WHICH IS OFF OF, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT ADDRESS, BUT IT'S OFF OF ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT WHEN WE'RE GONNA PUT THE STOCKINGS TOGETHER OR ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT WHEN HE'S GONNA DELIVER THEM? WHEN ARE WE PUTTING THEM TOGETHER? WHEN WE PUT THEM TOGETHER? WE'RE GONNA BE HERE, RIGHT HERE IN THIS ROOM.
UM, SO I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES STOCKING STUFFERS OR STOCKINGS CAN BE LIKE DIFFERENT SIZES THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE.
LIKE I DON'T GET LIKE A COLORING BOOK THAT'S THIS BIG AND WE HAVE TO LIKE CRINKLE IT UP.
SO LIKE, IS LIKE, OBVIOUSLY I KNOW IT'S KIND OF HARD ON ZOOM, BUT, UM, CAN I ASSUME THEY'RE GONNA BE LIKE STANDARDIZED, NOT EXTRA SMALL, NOT EXTRA LARGE, LIKE STANDARDIZED STOCKINGS? OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD.
SO WE'RE MEETING HERE AND THEN ARE WE ACTUALLY GOING TO THIS? UM, WE DOING EVERYTHING HERE, RIGHT? WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING HERE.
WE LITERALLY DO EVERYTHING HERE.
SO WE GONNA SET, WE SET UP, UM, ALMOST LIKE A SANTA'S WORKSHOP SITUATION.
SO LAST YEAR OVER HERE WE HAD THE PEOPLE MAKING THE CARDS AND PUTTING THE GLITTER.
AND THEN WE ACTUALLY DECORATED SOME STOCKINGS, UM, TOO.
SO THEN WE HAD A SECTION RIGHT HERE WHERE PEOPLE WERE DECORATING.
AND THEN OVER HERE WE HAD ALL THE ITEMS THAT WERE GOING INTO THE STOCKINGS AND THEN THEY WERE STUFFING THEM AND THEN WE HAD A BOX RIGHT THERE AND SOMEBODY WAS COUNTING AND FOLDING AND PUTTING, IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A LITTLE ASSEMBLY LINE.
UM, SO YOU CAN GET IN WHERE YOU FIT IN.
IF YOU'RE CREATIVE, THEN YOU CAN BE ON THE LITTLE CREATIVE SIDE.
AND IF YOU LIKE, OH, THAT'S NOT MY DISH, THEN YOU CAN BE OVER HERE STUFFING AND DECORATING.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO WE GONNA BE RIGHT HERE.
JUST BRING YOUR STUFF RIGHT HERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU MR. ROMAN.
CAN I JUST ADD LASHAWNA THAT BY, BY NEXT, BY THAT TIME THAT WE MEET ON THE 14TH, I WILL HAVE A DATE FOR THE EVENT THAT WE'RE GONNA DELIVER THE STOCKINGS.
SOME OF YOU ALL MAY STILL BE IN SCHOOL, BUT SOME OF Y'ALL MAY BE OUTTA SCHOOL.
AND, AND I ALSO INVITE YOU ALL TO COME TO DISTRIBUTE THE STOCKINGS TO THE SENIORS AND COME PLAY BINGO WITH THEM AND JUST SHOW 'EM SOME LOVE AND WISH 'EM WELL THROUGH THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
SO I WILL DEFINITELY HAVE A DATE SET BY THE TIME WE MEET ON THE 14TH.
ARE WE RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING ALL THE STUFF LIKE STOCKINGS OF THE SUPPLIES FOR ALL 85 STOCKINGS OR WILL THERE ALREADY BE SOME STUFF REPAIRED? I WILL BE BRINGING EVERYTHING TO UM, DECORATE.
I WILL BRING THE STOCKINGS AND THE STUFF TO DECORATE THE STOCKINGS.
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THAT ARE HAVE BEEN DONATED.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? AWESOME.
UH, DO WE NEED TO COVER THE HOLIDAY SORAY? YEAH, THAT'S SEPARATE.
UM, JUST ONE SEC BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.
UM, I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL PROBABLY PRESIDENTS, VICE PRESIDENTS OF CLUBS AT SCHOOL IF YOU WANT, I MEAN, I THINK IT COULD BE WORTHWHILE TO REACH OUT TO YOUR CLUB IF YOU'RE NOT THE PRESIDENT AND ASK IF THEY WANT TO DO A HOLIDAY DRIVE AND THEN YOU GUYS COULD PRESS MYC ON YOUR CAMPUSES AND THEN TAKE THOSE COLLECTIONS AND BRING THEM BACK TO THE MEETING.
COMMENT QUESTIONS, CONCERNS FOR DOING SOMETHING.
WOULD ANYBODY BE IN FAVOR OF DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT? OKAY, PERFECT.
SO WHAT WE, WE WOULD NEED TO DO IS, UM, I'M GOING TO PUT THIS, I'M GONNA PUT HALF OF THIS ON THE WHOLE MYC AND THEN I'M GONNA PUT THE OTHER HALF ON THE EXEC BOARD.
SO EXEC BOARD NEEDS TO CREATE SOME TYPE OF FLYER, SOMETHING TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THE LOGOS TO PUT ON THERE.
UM, THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE IN NEED OF.
WE ALSO WILL PROBABLY NEED SOME TYPE OF LETTER.
SO IF YOU GUYS CAN MAKE A GENERAL TEMPLATE OF A LETTER AND THEN I CAN GET THAT PUT ON THE LETTERHEAD JUST IN CASE A PRINCIPAL OR SOMEONE IS ASKING, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE YOU GUYS DOING THIS? AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN GO TO YOUR SCHOOLS AND GET A BOX OR HOWEVER YOU GONNA DO IT AND COLLECT THE STUFF, HANNAH.
AND TO ADD THAT, ANOTHER SUGGESTION WOULD BE, I'M SURE MOST OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE A NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY CHAPTER, SO GETTING WITH YOUR NHS CHAPTER AND BEING LIKE, HEY, DO THIS FOR SOME HOURS.
'CAUSE PEOPLE ALWAYS NEED THEM HOURS.
UM, I THINK WILL BE MORE, WILL ENTICE PEOPLE MORE TO DONATE.
AND I DO NOT MIND GIVING COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS OR WRITING, OR ALL THEY GOTTA DO IS PUT MY EMAIL ADDRESS IN AND THEN I JUST PRESS APPROVE.
I DO IT FOR MARLEY AND MICHAEL ALL THE TIME.
SO WE'RE ALL IN FAVOR FOR THAT.
SO MR. ROMAN LOOKS LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH ITEMS TO GO INTO THOSE STOCKINGS.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THERE WILL BE A STANDARD FLYER FOR EVERYONE LIKE TO PUT UP AT THEIR SCHOOL, OKAY? YES.
SO IF YOU WANNA MAKE A FLYER AND SEND IT OVER TO THE EXEC BOARD, THAT'S FINE.
WHOEVER WANTS TO DO IT, WHO'S GONNA DO IT? WHO GONNA MAKE THE FLYER? WE CAN HAVE TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT ONES, BUT IT, WE NEED TO HAVE THEM UNIFORM.
ANYBODY ELSE GONNA HELP HER? AUDREY, WHO'S GONNA TYPE THE GENERAL LETTER? RN? ANYBODY GONNA ASSIST RN IN THE LETTER? MARLEY AND JURY? COOL.
SO WE GOT MARLEY, DREWRY, ARIAN, THEY'RE GONNA DRAFT US UP A GENERAL LETTER THAT WE WILL HAVE FOR LEADERSHIP AT THE SCHOOLS.
AND UM, HANNAH AND AUDREY WILL WORK ON A FLYER.
ALL RIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE MR. ROMAN? YEAH, I, I WILL PROVIDE YOU AN EMAIL WITH SOME DETAILS THAT YOU CAN PROBABLY PUT ON THE FLYER.
UM, AND THEN ALSO IF YOU WANTED TO INCLUDE THE, THE VS LOGO, THE VOLUNTEER INITIATIVES PROGRAM LOGO TO ADD TO THE FLYER.
RN AND I JUST, UH, WHEN YOU NAILED THE STUFF BY LIKE YESTERDAY, LIKE THE LETTER LIKE YESTERDAY BECAUSE, BECAUSE WHEN DO Y'ALL GO OUTTA SCHOOL FOR BREAK? CHRISTMAS BREAK? CHRISTMAS BREAK THE 22ND FOR H IDS OUR LAST DAY.
WELL Y'ALL STILL BE IN SCHOOL, BUT, SO IF I'M THINKING IN THE MINDSET OF,
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UM, TIMING BY MONDAY, WHEN YOU COME BACK FROM THANKSGIVING BREAK, WHICH WAS WHAT? NOVEMBER 20.WHAT, WHAT DATE IS THAT? THE MONDAY.
SO NOVEMBER 27TH, WHEN YOU WALK INTO SCHOOL, YOU SHOULD HAVE YOUR FLYERS AND YOUR LETTER READY TO GO, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEN THAT'S ONLY GIVING YOU A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO COLLECT STUFF.
OKAY, SO CAN WE HAVE FLYERS AND LETTERS? LET'S SAY SENT BY SATURDAY NIGHT, 1159 ISH.
AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN REVIEW, EDIT, MAKE TWEAKS AND ALL OF THAT STUFF THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
AND THEN THAT'S GOING INTO THANKSGIVING.
SO Y'ALL GONNA BE OUT OF POCKET AND THEN WE CAN HAVE EVERYTHING READY TO GO.
SOUND LIKE A PLAN? OKAY, COOL.
YOU GOOD WITH THAT MR. RUM? UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I REALLY LOVED ALL OF THE IDEAS THAT WERE BOUNCING BACK AND FORTH AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NYC YOU TRULY ARE THE VOICE OF HOUSTON FOR THE YOUTH.
ALL RIGHT Y'ALL, WE GONNA, UH, MOVE QUICKLY SO WE CAN GET OUTTA HERE.
UM, SO THE SECOND PART OF OUR HOLIDAY MEETING, UH, WE USUALLY DO A HOLIDAY SORAY.
AND WHAT WE DO IS EVERY PERSON BRINGS EITHER THEIR FAVORITE DISH THAT THEY LIKE TO EAT FOR THE HOLIDAYS, OR YOU CAN BRING SOMETHING THAT IS UNIQUE TO YOUR FAMILY OR YOUR CULTURE TO SHARE.
SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE A POTLUCK.
UM, AND THEN AFTER WE'RE DONE DOING ALL OF THE STOCKINGS AND ALL THAT STUFF, WE EAT AND THEN WE GO OUTSIDE AND WE TAKE A WHOLE BUNCH OF PICTURES BECAUSE ALL THE DECORATIONS AND STUFF ARE OUTSIDE AND THEN WE, UM, WE GO TO THE CRIB, UM,
SO ALSO WITH THIS PARTICULAR EVENT ON DECEMBER 14TH, I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION TO VOTE TO INVITE THE AUXILIARY COMMITTEE.
UM, SO WE WOULD DO A 10 SLASH 15 MINUTE MEETING, JUST A REAL QUICK MEETING TO GO OVER WHATEVER WE MAY HAVE IN JANUARY.
UM, BUT THEN ALSO FOR THEM TO SEE WHAT A MEETING LOOKS LIKE.
UM, AND THEN THEY CAN COME, THEY CAN HELP WITH THE STOCKINGS, UM, THEY CAN BRING A DISH, THEY CAN EAT AND THEY CAN TAKE PART.
COMMENTS, THOUGHTS? UM, UH, I HAVE A QUESTION.
SO IF THE STOCKINGS EVENT IS ON THE SAME DAY AT 6:00 PM UH, WHEN IS THE SOY GONNA TAKE? OH, UH, WHAT TIME? SAME TIME.
YEAH, WE EATING, WE STOCKING, WE DANCING.
SO WE SHOULD PROBABLY DOING ALL OF THAT.
SO WE SHOULD PROBABLY PREPARE THE DISHES BEFORE WE COME TO THE OH YEAH, YOU COME, YOU, WHEN YOU ARRIVE HERE, THE DISHES ARE PREPARED.
UM, ALSO, WOULD IT BE LIKE POSSIBLE TO MAYBE INVITE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF I'M DOING IT WITH A CLUB, FUNDRAISING WITH THE CLUB OR TRYING TO GET SOME, UH, YEAH, A DRIVE WITH THE CLUB, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO INVITE THOSE MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE STOCKINGS AS WELL? QUICK QUESTION.
HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN WE HOLD IN THIS? BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF ON THE WALL, IT'S OVER THERE.
IT'S LIKE RIGHT OUTSIDE THIS DOOR.
ALL RIGHT, SO AS LONG AS WE KNOW WELL FOR 189 PEOPLE, WE'RE GOOD.
SO, OKAY, SO I'M OPEN, I'M OPEN TO THAT.
WHAT WE WILL NEED TO DO, HELLO? ARE WE LISTENING? SO THIS, I LOVE THE IDEAS, RIGHT? BUT NOW WE, WE HAVE TO THINK LOGISTICALLY.
SOMEBODY NEEDS TO MAKE AN EVENT, RIGHT? OBVIOUSLY THE TICKETS WILL BE FREE AND THEN WE'RE GONNA CAP IT OFF AT 30 TICKETS BECAUSE WE NEED TO SEE HOW MANY AUXILIARY MEMBERS ARE COMING, RIGHT? OR WE CAN CAP IT OFF AT 50 AND THEN THERE NEEDS TO BE A REASON WHY YOU'RE COMING.
SO IF YOU'RE COMING, YOU GOTTA BRING EITHER $10 WORTH OF STUFF OR YOU GOTTA PROVE THAT YOU ALREADY BROUGHT SOME STUFF.
I THINK THAT THAT'S LIKE YOU, AND IN ORDER FOR YOU TO GET IN HERE, YOU GOTTA HAVE AN ENTRANCE FEE.
THAT'S, SO THAT'S YOUR ENTRANCE FEE.
LIKE, IF, IF THE DRIVER IS SUCCESSFUL, AND LIKE IF THEY, IF WE'RE
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ABLE TO GET LIKE A GOOD AMOUNT OF ITEMS, THEN THEY CAN COME BASICALLY YEAH.SO I'M, I'M IN FAVOR FOR THAT.
I THINK THAT, UM, THE TICKET LIMIT SHOULD BE A LITTLE LIKE LOWER, LIKE MORE ON THE 30, 25 TO 30 END.
UM, BECAUSE ONCE ALL OF THE ITEMS GET IN THE ROOM, ALL OF US, ALL OF THE FOOD, IT'S GONNA GET CROWDED IN HERE QUICK.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AS WELL AND MAKE SURE THE AC DOWN THAT DAY.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ON THE AUXILIARY BOARD CHECK SLACK? THERE'S, OKAY.
I WILL SAY THERE'S A LOT, BUT NOT ALL THEM DON'T, NOT ALL OF THEM PARTICIPATE.
SO, BUT, BUT, SO THERE'S 39 IN SLACK AND WE'VE MET HOW MANY OF THEM? WE'VE PROBABLY MET, LIKE, WE'VE PROBABLY MET ABOUT 10.
AND YOU GOTTA MINUS THE EXEC BOARD IS IN, UM, THE AUXILIARY COMMITTEE AS WELL AS I KNOW I'M IN IT.
I THINK THE ADVISORS MIGHT BE IN IT.
SO IF IT'S 39, GIVE OR TAKE, IT'S PROBABLY REALLY 30 PEOPLE IN THERE.
AND, AND ONE MORE THING, SINCE WE, I'M ASSUMING THAT M-Y-C-M-Y-C ARE GONNA BE THE ONLY PEOPLE BRINGING FOOD.
UM, I THINK IT, NO, IF YOU COME UP IN HERE, YOU GOTTA BRING SOME FOOD.
UH, IN ADDITION TO YOUR $10 OR YOUR THING OR YOUR PROOF THAT YOU'VE SENT.
SO, UH, ALSO KEEP IN MIND, THE MORE PEOPLE THAT WE INVITE, THE LARGER YOUR PORTIONS OR LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING HAS TO BE LIKE, YOU CAN'T BRING SOMETHING FOR 10 PEOPLE AND THERE'S A HUNDRED PEOPLE IN HERE.
I'M JUST SAYING SO THAT EVERYONE GETS LIKE ENOUGH OF WHATEVER, OF ALL THE THINGS.
AND IT'S NOT LIKE WE RUN OUT 10 MINUTES IN.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY LIKE IF WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE, THEN THERE'LL BE MORE LIKE OPTIONS.
BUT YEAH, JUST I GUESS IF IT DOESN'T RUN OUT SO IT DOESN'T RUN OUT.
I THINK LAST YEAR WE SAID BRING ENOUGH TO FEED 15 TO 20 PEOPLE.
IT WAS A LOT OF FOOD LEFTOVER.
SO YEAH, AS LONG AS YOU'RE BRINGING ENOUGH TO FEED 10, I'LL SAY 10 TO 15 ISH PEOPLE.
'CAUSE EVERYBODY'S, NOT EVERYBODY MIGHT NOT EAT SOMETHING, BUT THEN YOU GONNA GET THAT ONE THING THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO EAT AND IT'S GONNA GO FAST.
I MEAN, THAT JUST HAPPENS, BUT IT'LL BE MORE THAN ENOUGH HERE FOR EVERYBODY TO, UM, TO PARTAKE.
DOES ANYONE HAVE LIFE-THREATENING FOOD ALLERGIES? YEAH.
SO WE GOT A PEANUT A I KNOW WE HAVE A PEANUT ALLERGY OR ONE OR TWO PEANUT ALLERGIES AND SOMETHING ELSE, WHICH ALSO ALWAYS GOES OUT ON THE STUFF BEFORE WE GET FOOD.
AND THEN YEAH, PLEASE LIKE SEND THOSE ALLERGIES EITHER TO LIKE THE EXEC BOARD OR LIKE, I THINK MAYBE AUDREY SINCE SHE'S THE SECRETARY, BUT LIKE, SEND THAT ASAP SO WE CAN GET THAT OUT TO EVERYONE.
AND ALSO, 'CAUSE THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE, LIKE AT A PUB LIKE WE'VE DONE AND EVERYONE'S BROUGHT LIKE THE SAME LIKE CASH.
NO, WE HAVE A A, A SIGN UP TO YOU.
SO, UM, EXEC BOARD WILL GET ON CREATING THE SIGNUP GENIUS FOR THAT SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN PUT IN WHAT THEY'RE BRINGING.
UM, MAKE SURE YOU CHECK WITH YOUR PARENTS.
DON'T SAY YOUR MAMA GONNA MAKE A PIE AND YOU AIN'T ASKED YOUR MAMA, OR YOU TELL HER THE NIGHT BEFORE.
NO, YOU, WE, WE PRETTY MUCH HAVE A WHOLE MONTH
SO THINK ABOUT WHAT IT IS YOU WANNA BRING.
ARE WE VOTING TO INVITE THE AUXILIARY COMMITTEE? ALL IN FAVOR? SHOW OF HANDS.
ALL OPPOSED TO INVO INVITING THE AUXILIARY COMMITTEE.
VOICE YOUR, UH, CUT YOUR MIC ON BABE.
I DON'T KNOW WHO, BUT AUXILIARY BOES.
THAT IS A VERY VALID QUESTION.
SO WHEN WE WENT, UM, WHEN WE WENT TO THE SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT, IT WAS FOUR OF THEM THERE.
UH, EMILY, JULIAN, WHO ELSE WENT? JUSTIN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER ANY OF THEM, BUT THEY WERE, THEY WERE THERE.
AND THEN WHEN YOU CAME TO THE PARK, UM, REGIS WAS THERE, JULIAN WAS THERE.
WHO ELSE WAS THAT? JUST IT JUST THOSE TWO.
SO A COUPLE OF THEM HAVE COME TO A COUPLE OF OUR, UM, OH, AND CAMMY, A COUPLE OF THEM HAVE COME TO OUR SERVICE LEARNING, PRO SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS.
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IS BASICALLY, UM, THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO DID NOT MAKE IT INTO MYC, BUT WHO STILL WANNA PARTICIPATE AND BE CONNECTED WITH YOU ALL.DOES THAT ANSWER? THAT MAKE SENSE? OKAY.
MS. MARLEY, UM, I BELIEVE Y'ALL SAID IT'S AROUND 30 OF THEM.
IF ONLY FOUR OF THEM SHOW UP, WHY ARE WE ALLOWING ALL 30 TO COME TO THE SO EIGHT WITH US? SO THAT'S MY ONLY THING.
IF THEY'RE NOT HELPING US AND ATTENDING THE SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS AND GOING TO THE EVENTS THAT WE ASK THEM TO, TO SHOW UP AND VOLUNTEER, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO GO TO THE SORORITY POINTS WERE MADE.
I THINK, UM, I FEEL IF WE DO DO IT THEN, LIKE HOW, UM, YOU WERE SAYING THEY NEED A TICKET TO ENTER IF THE VOTER, UH, I, WHY AM I SAYING VOTING? UM, IF THE DRIVE IS SUCCESSFUL, UH, WHEN SAE ASKED IF, UM, THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED COULD ATTEND, I THINK IF WE INVITE THE AUXILIARY COUNCIL, THEN THEY SHOULD HAVE TO ATTEND AT LEAST TWO SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS OR A FEW OF OUR EVENTS IF THEY WANNA COME TO THE SOARING.
ALSO TOO, ADDING TO THAT, ADDING EXTRA PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS IS NOT A BAD IDEA, BUT I AM OPPOSED TO THAT, UH, JUST BECAUSE THERE'S JUST GONNA BE TOO MUCH PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM.
UM, UNLESS WE CAN HAVE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE, UM, WE CAN HAVE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE LIKE A LEGACY ROOM OR SOMETHING.
UH, I DON'T WANNA GET THAT DIRTY.
I MEAN, SITTING THERE PUTS HANDS STUFF IN THERE.
LIKE WE COULD, UM, I MEAN WE GOT THE, WELL THE, THE CONFERENCE ROOM UPSTAIRS IS ALMOST AS BIG AS THIS ROOM.
UM, SO COREY, UM, DO YOU THINK WE COULD USE ONE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTERS? OH YEAH.
SO WE COULD SHIFT FOCUS TO DO IT AT ONE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTERS.
Y'ALL DON'T, Y'ALL DON'T NEED TO KNOW ALL THE BUSINESS.
Y'ALL NEED TO KNOW ALL THE NO, I'M KIDDING.
UH, BUT HE REALLY DOES TO COREY HAS CONNECTIONS.
UM, BUT THAT, I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY, BUT THAT, THAT ALSO MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO TRAVEL.
UM, SO HOW ABOUT THIS? WE EITHER INVITE ONE OR THE OTHER.
I MEAN, I'M WITH YOU ON THAT, BUT LIKE, WE MAKE A COMPROMISE WITH THESE PEOPLE ON THURSDAY.
WAIT, SO THEN I HAVE A QUESTION.
THE SENIOR STOCKINGS THAT'S ON THE 14TH? NO, IT'S THE 12TH.
YEAH, BOTH OF THEM ARE THERE ON THE SAME DAY.
UM, YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY LIKE, THIS CLUB THING ISN'T BIG AT ALL.
IT'S LIKE A, LIKE A SIX PERSON CLUB, SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE MANY PEOPLE AT ALL.
IF THEY DO COME, WHAT CLUB IS? IT'S LIKE A SENIOR CITIZEN'S CLUB AT MY SCHOOL.
I I'M VETOING THAT THEY COMING AND IT'S ONLY SIX OF THEM AND THEY THE SENIOR CITIZEN CLUB AT THE SCHOOLHOUSE.
NOW YOU JUST SAID A RANDOM CLUB.
BUT WE GOT CLARITY NOW THEY COMING.
THEY COMING INVITE, INVITE THE CHILDREN.
NOW BACK TO THIS AUXILIARY COMMITTEE.
SO DO Y'ALL WANNA SAY THAT IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY ATTENDED AT LEAST ONE SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT THAT THEY CAN COME? YES.
RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT.
WAIT, I ALSO WANT TO ADD THAT SOMEBODY SAID THEY THINK IT SHOULD BE TWO.
IS THIS ALREADY LIKE, WRITTEN DOWN, AUDREY? IS THE ATTENDANCE WRITTEN DOWN? YEAH.
ONE PERSON GOTTA TALK AT A TIME.
I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO, IF WE HAVEN'T CLARIFIED THAT YET, BUT LIKE, WE SHOULD ALSO REQUIRE THEM TO LIKE EITHER BRING FOOD OR ALSO THE $10 THING THEY HAVE TO DO BOTH.
I FEEL LIKE, LIKE SOME OF THEM MIGHT NOT HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME.
I KNOW LIKE IT WAS A LOT OF EMAILS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT STILL, AND ALSO AT THE SAME TIME, IF THEY'RE BRINGING THE $10 WORTH OF LIKE GOODS AND THEY'RE BRINGING THE FOOD, I MEAN WHY, LIKE, WHY NOT? RIGHT? THEY'RE MEANT TO BE LIKE HERE IF THEY'RE PART OF THE AUXILIARY COMMITTEE, RIGHT? I DUNNO.
I JUST FEEL LIKE ONLY TWO, LIKE IF IT'S BEEN LIKE FIVE, FIVE OF THOSE, THEN MAYBE, YEAH, AT LEAST ONE.
RIGHT? BUT IF WE'VE ONLY HAD TWO,
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YOU KNOW, COMING TO 50%, LIKE SOME OF US HAVE NEEDED TO COME TO LIKE TO BOTH, RIGHT? SO IT'S LIKE, I DON'T KNOW.MR. CHAIR, DO WE WANNA RE OH, THANK YOU.
DO WE WANNA REVOTE FOR IN FAVOR OF OPENING THE FLOOR TO ALL, ALL OF THE AUXILIARY COMMITTEE OR JUST THE EXCLUSIVE INVITE LIST FOR, UM, WHO HAS ALREADY ATTENDED? I MEAN, MY THOUGHTS ON THIS ARE, EVEN THOUGH IT IS A MORE FESTIVE AND FUN EVENT THAN, YOU KNOW, GOING TO A PARK, I THINK IF IT'S THE SAME, IF, IF WE INVITE THE WHOLE AUXILIARY COMMITTEE TO, UH, TO BE ABLE TO COME TO THIS EVENT, JUST FROM MY EXPERIENCE WITH, UH, THIS COUNCIL AND OTHER COUNCILS AND, AND VOLUNTEERING IN GENERAL, USUALLY WHEN YOU HAVE THE GROUP THAT COMES TO CERTAIN EVENTS THAT, THAT IT'S USUALLY THAT SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT DOES COME.
SO I THINK EVEN IF WE DO IN INVITE IT TO OR OPEN IT TO EVERYBODY, IT'S MOST LIKELY WILL STILL BE PROBABLY THOSE FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME.
MARLEY? UM, YES, MARLEY, GO AHEAD.
I, I DO AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT EVEN IF WE DON'T SAY ONE SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT, I STILL FEEL THEY ARE THE, UH, AUXILIARY COUNCIL THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE ATTENDED AT LEAST ONE EVENT.
NOT ALL OF US HAVE ATTENDED, UH, BOTH SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS, BUT WE HAVE WENT OUT OF OUR WAY TO GO TO EVENTS THAT ARE AT NINE O'CLOCK AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO IF THEY, IF THEY HAVEN'T DID THAT, THEN I DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD GO.
I JUST, I'M GONNA BACK MY GIRL UP REAL QUICK.
THAT'S THE REASON WHY THEY'RE ON THE AUXILIARY COUNCIL IF THEY'RE NOT SHOWING UP TO EVENTS AND THEY DON'T NEED TO BE ON THE AUXILIARY COUNCIL.
ALSO, IT'S NOT EVEN LIKE THE NEED TO BE INCLUDED, IT IS JUST THIS SPACE.
THERE'S LIKE, HOW MANY OF US THAT'S GONNA TAKE LIKE 15 MINUTES AND IT'S HOT IN HERE AND IT IS NOT THAT MUCH ROOM.
AND IF THEY DO SHOW UP, LIKE IT IS, I'M, THAT'S TOO MUCH FOR ME.
WE SEND OUT A PRIVATE MESSAGE TO THEM AND SAY THAT THEY CAN COME, BUT THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT EVEN PROBABLY BEEN RESPONDING IN SLACK ARE NOT GOING TO ANY EVENTS.
SO I, I HEAR ALL OF YOU, AND I'M NOT, I PROMISE I'M NOT GONNA VETO HOW I JUST
UM, I, I WANT VETO AND MAKE AN EXECUTIVE DECISION, BUT WHAT I WANT YOU ALL TO THINK ABOUT IS YOU, YOU HAVE VERY VALID POINTS, BUT NUMBER ONE, THINK ABOUT THAT.
THIS ASIDE FROM THE SORAY, RIGHT? SO, SO YOU CAN BE CREATIVE, YOU CAN SAY FROM SIX TO SEVEN WE'RE DECORATING STOCKINGS AND AT SEVEN O'CLOCK YOU AIN'T GOTTA GO HOME, BUT YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA ROLL OUTTA HERE AND THEN Y'ALL CAN DO Y'ALL THING.
BUT WHAT, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS YOU ARE THE VOICE FOR THE YOUTH, FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
THIS IS A WAY FOR YOU TO NETWORK.
THIS IS A WAY FOR YOU TO ALSO LET THEM COME.
SO THIS TECHNICALLY IS A SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO COME AND VOLUNTEER.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO COME AND GIVE BACK.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO COME AND SERVE.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO BOSS UP AND SEE AS TO WHY THEY SHOULD IT BOSS UP SO THAT THEY CAN BE A PART OF THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL IN THE FUTURE.
RIGHT? SO I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU GUYS ARE SAYING ABOUT SPACE AND I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU GUYS ARE SAYING IN TERMS OF LIMITING OR IF THEY HAVEN'T COME TO THIS OR IF THEY HAVEN'T COME TO THAT.
UM, IT'S NOT LIKE THE WHOLE THING IS JUST A FUN THING.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE INVITING THEM TO MAIN EVENT AND WE ALL JUST HAVING FUN.
RIGHT? IT, IT'S A SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT AND WE'RE DOING SOMETHING FOR THE COMMUNITY.
ALSO, IT'S PROHIBITIVE KIND OF ANYWAY BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BRING A DISH FOR 15 TO 20 PEOPLE AND THEY HAVE TO COME WITH 10, AT LEAST $10 WORTH OF STOCKING STUFFERS.
SO IF THEY'RE NOT, IF THEY'VE NOT BEEN PARTICIPATING, THAT'S ALREADY GONNA BE LIKE, OH, I'M NOT DOING THAT.
SO I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO WEED THEMSELVES.
THEY'RE GONNA WEED THEMSELVES OUT WITHOUT HAVING TO, UM, CREATE DIVISION AMONGST THE AUXILIARY COMMITTEE.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT LIKE THE MORE PEOPLE COME, THE MORE GIFTS WE HAVE AS WELL.
SO IT'S LIKE THERE'S THAT MORE HELP TO YOU.
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OH, ALRIGHT.UH, VOTING FOR, UM, ALLOWING EVERYBODY FROM THE AUXILIARY COMMITTEE TO ATTEND OR AN EXCLUSIVE INVITE LIST FOR THE AUXILIARY COMMITTEE FOR THIS EVENT.
WAIT, YOU GOTTA DO ONE OUTSIDE.
OH, WELL, I MEAN, OKAY, SO IN, SORRY.
IN FAVOR OF INVITING THE WHOLE COM AUXILIARY COMMITTEE, RIGHT? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
WHO'S KATHY? THAT'S 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
OKAY, DO WE NEED TO TAKE NAMES OR JUST NUMBER? JUST NUMBER.
AND THEN ALL IN FAVOR OF HAVING AN EXCLUSIVE INVITE LIST.
SO WHAT IS YEAH, MS. SHAUNA, I HAVE THE ATTENDANCE FROM AUXILIARY MEMBERS WHO HAVE ATTENDED THE SLPS.
SO I CAN JUST INVITE THEM SPECIFIC EXCLUSIVELY.
IT'S THE ONES THAT I NAMED WHO, IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT I NAMED.
I BELIEVE IF I DIDN'T COUNT INCORRECTLY.
WE HAVE 22 HERE AND ONLY 19 VOTED.
SO WHO DID NOT VOTE? WE NEED TO DO A RE-VOTE THEN.
DID YOU VOTE? SO WE'RE DOING A REVOTE AND LISTEN, EVERYONE HAS TO VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF INVITING ADVISORS.
ARE YOU TELLING LESLIE? NO, NO I DIDN'T.
ANNA, CAN YOU RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY? ANNA, YOU HEAR? OKAY, WAIT.
TAYLOR, CAN YOU HEAR US OKAY? TAYLOR CAN HEAR US.
DID YOU HEAR US WHEN WE WERE TALKING AT ANNA OR NO? YOU GUYS ARE CUTTING OUT A LOT, BUT I CAN HEAR YOU FOR THE MOST PART.
WE WILL NOW RE-VOTE FOR ATTENDANCE OR INVITE FOR THE AUXILIARY COMMITTEE FOR OUR MEETING ON THE 12TH OF DECEMBER AND SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT FOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL IN FAVOR OF INVITING ALL OF THE AUXILIARY COMMITTEE.
OKAY, WE HAVE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
ALL IN FAVOR OF HAVING AN EXCLUSIVE INVITE LIST FOR THE AUXILIARY COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.
ALRIGHT, THE EXCLUSIVE LIST WINS.
SO MYSELF, MS. ASHLEY AND MS. SHELLY AND MS. ROCKY.
HOW IS IT TIED? THERE'S ONLY 1 21 PEOPLE HERE.
SO I DUNNO HOW WHO VOTED TWICE.
SO DID SOMEBODY VOTE TWICE? NO, WE DIDN'T VOTE BEFORE.
LIKE I REQUEST, I REQUEST A ROLL CALL.
VOTE IF I HAVE TO COUNT, IT'S GONNA BE A PROBLEM.
AUDREY, CAN YOU DO THE ROLL CALL? VOTE? OH, WAIT, NO, BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO, UH, I'LL, UH, I'LL, I'LL SWITCH MY VOTE.
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HERE WE GO.MISS ROCKY, MISS SHELLY AND MS. ASHLEY WILL VOTE AND THAT WILL BE OUR FINAL VOTE.
MS. MARLEY, SINCE IT'S 21 OF US, CAN WE JUST DO A ROLL CALL? VOTE? NO, NO, NO, NO.
BECAUSE, BECAUSE WE CAN'T EVEN VETO THEIR VETO.
BUT I'M VETOING BECAUSE IF WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THE RIGHT ATTENDANCE NOW THAT'S, WE ALREADY TOO FAR IN THE GAME.
IF OUR SECRETARY, IF OUR SECRETARY CANNOT, UH, GUYS, THAT'S FINE.
OKAY, DO IT FOR, FOR, UM, MS. SHELLY, MS. ASHLEY AND MS. ROCKY.
ALL IN FAVOR OF INVITING THE WHOLE AUXILIARY COMMITTEE.
SO THAT LEAVES ALL IN FAVOR OF INVITING AN EXCLUSIVE LIST.
ALL RIGHT, SO IT HAS BEEN VOTED THAT WE ARE GOING TO ONLY EXCLUSIVELY INVITE, UM, THE LIST OF THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED OR ATTEMPTED TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT WITH US FROM THE AUXILIARY COMMITTEE.
WHO'S, UH, CREATING THE SIGNUP? GENIUS FOR THE FOOD? NOT, NOT ANYBODY ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD.
SO LIKE THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM, ONLY ONE PERSON HAS VOLUNTEERED ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM TO DO SOMETHING.
I NEED Y'ALL TO LIKE WAKE UP THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM.
SO CAN SOMEBODY, TWO PEOPLE CAN GET TOGETHER.
YOU CAN EITHER DO A SIGNUP GENIUS, YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANNA DO.
I JUST NEED YOU TO CREATE SOME TYPE OF SOMETHING FOR PEOPLE TO SIGN UP TO BRING FOOD.
A GOOGLE SHEET WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY LIKE REALLY EASY.
YOU CAN JUST LIKE SHARE IT TO EVERYONE.
THEY CAN JUST ADD THEIR NAME AND IT'S LIKE, NOT THAT HARD.
THANK YOU TO COREY, BELLA AND KO.
WE MOVING ON? UM, MR. DEONTAY ALREADY WENT.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO INITIATIVES.
UM, MS. SEAN, IF YOU WANNA TAKE OVER FOR THE OVERALL BIG GOAL.
YEAH, SO WE'VE UM, WE'RE, WE'RE HERE TOO LONG.
I MOVED TO PUT THAT ON OUR NEXT, UH, AGENDA FOR DECEMBER THE 12TH MEETING.
AND THAT WILL BE THE MAIN THING THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS.
WE COULD TALK ABOUT THE THIRD ONE AT THE NEXT, UM, MEETING AS WELL.
BUT NUMBER ONE, WE ARE, UM, WORKING WITH HARRIS COUNTY TO MAKE APRIL OUR NATIONAL YOUTH VOTER REGISTRATION MONTH.
THEY ARE WORKING ON PUTTING THAT INTO PLACE.
UM, SO I WILL BE SPEAKING WITH, UM, MISS SHELLY, WHO IS OUR ADVISOR FOR VOTER ENGAGEMENT AND WORKING.
UM, SO IT'S LIKE A, IT'S HARRIS COUNTY LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS AND US.
SO WE WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION FOR THAT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED LAST YEAR ALREADY.
SO WE'VE ALREADY DONE EVERYTHING WE NEED TO DO.
WE JUST WAITING FOR THEM TO TELL US WHEN WE GET OUR LITTLE PIECE OF PAPER FOR THEM TO DECLARE IT.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A DATE WHERE WE EITHER GO OR THEY BRING IT HERE AND WE TAKE PICTURES AND ALL THAT BEAUTIFUL STUFF.
XAVIER, IS IT WITH HARRIS COUNTY? LIKE THEY'RE PASSING A, A PROPOSAL OR LIKE, IS IT WITH ELECTION? UH, HARRIS VOTES, THE ELECTIONS, UH, DEPARTMENT.
I COULD TELL YOU SPECIFICALLY.
COULD I JUST TALK TO THEM TODAY? IF HOLD IT WOULD PROBABLY BE LIKE THE PEOPLE THAT PASS IT WOULD BE LIKE THE COMMISSIONERS.
LIKE THE, THE ELECT ACTUALLY, THERE ISN'T AN ELECTIONS OFFICE ANYMORE, BUT ANYWAY, THERE ISN'T NO, IT, HOLD ON.
THERE'S, THERE'S LEGALITY STUFF HAPPENING.
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OKAY.SO THE EMAIL SAYS THAT THEY WILL BE MAKING A RESOLUTION MM-HMM
TO DECLARE APRIL NATIONAL YOUTH VOTER REGISTRATION MONTH.
DOES THAT HELP ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH.
I JUST WANNA KNOW IF IT WAS COMMISSIONERS OR THE ACTUAL DEPARTMENT, BUT, OKAY.
AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS, UM, ONE OF OUR SMALL GOALS THAT WE HAD FOR LAST YEAR THAT WE'RE BRINGING OVER INTO THIS YEAR, WHICH IS, UH, BRINGING YOUTH GROUPS IN THE CITY TOGETHER AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE INCLUDING MORE YOUTH INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO NUMBER ONE, WE CREATED THE AUXILIARY COMMITTEE.
NUMBER TWO, WE GOT OUR MAIN MAN OVER HERE THAT'S ABOUT TO BRING THE SENIOR CITIZEN CLUB TO THE HOUSE.
WHAT SCHOOL YOU GO TO? ALL INTERNATIONAL.
UM, AND, AND SO THEN WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THE YOUTH TRIVIA, RIGHT? THAT'S GONNA BRING YOUNG PEOPLE TOGETHER.
AND IN APRIL, M-Y-C-M-Y-C, WE ARE MYC.
YPAC WANTS US TO PARTNER WITH THEM AND DO LIKE A REALLY, REALLY BIG YOUTH DEBATE.
AND I KNOW HALF OF Y'ALL IN HERE IS ON A DEBATE TEAM.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, THE DEBATE TEAM FROM TSU IS GONNA COME TRAIN THOSE PEOPLE WHO WANNA LEARN HOW TO DEBATE.
IF YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW TO DEBATE, THAT'S COOL.
BUT THEN WE'LL HAVE THE DIFFERENT, UM, YOUTH GROUPS AROUND THE CITY COME.
AGAIN, I WILL TABLE THAT FOR US TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION ON IT AT THE NEXT MEETING, IF THAT'S OKAY.
FUNDRAISERS, UM, WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS.
UM, YOU GUYS HAVE UNTIL FRIDAY, THIS FRIDAY AT 1159 TO GET A FUNDRAISER OFF THE GROUND.
I DON'T CARE WHAT IT IS, WHO IT IS, WHO DOES IT, I WANT IT OFF THE GROUND AND I WANT IT IN MOTION BY NOVEMBER 27TH, 2023.
OKAY? THAT'S ALL Y'ALL, Y'ALL CAN CALL AN EMERGENCY MEETING.
Y'ALL CAN DO WHATEVER Y'ALL WANNA DO OUTSIDE OF THIS, BUT I NEED THAT IN MOTION.
UH, I HAVE TO WHO, ONE QUESTION.
SO I REMEMBER LIKE, I THINK OUR LAST MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT POTENTIALLY GOING TO WASHINGTON DC OVER SOME IS THE FUNDING FOR INCLUDING THAT AS WELL, LIKE MM-HMM.
BECAUSE WE DON'T EVEN HAVE NO MONEY, SO WE CAN'T GET TO DC
NO, BUT IN, IN, YES, IT DOES INCLUDE THAT, BUT WE HAVE DONE NOTHING.
WE CAN'T EVEN, WE, WE HAVE NOT EVEN RAISED MONEY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE FOOD AT OUR MEETINGS.
LIKE WE HAVEN'T EVEN RAISED MONEY.
WE'RE, WE'RE HAVING A DISCUSSION.
MS. ROCKY IS ABOUT TO MAKE US CHRISTMAS STOCKING HATS BECAUSE WE DON'T EVEN HAVE MONEY TO SAY, HEY, WE CAN ALL GO OUT AND BUY THE SAME HOLIDAY SWEATER TO BE UNIFORM TO WEAR ON DECEMBER 2ND.
DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? SO WE GOTTA, IT IS NOT TO SAY WE CAN'T GET BIG, BUT WE GOTTA START SMALL BY JANUARY OF 2024, CAN WE AT LEAST HAVE $500 IN OUR ACCOUNT? I THINK WE CAN.
SO AGAIN, WHATEVER FUNDRAISER YOU GUYS DECIDE WHOEVER'S GONNA TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO DO THAT, THAT IS FINE.
I NEED THAT IN MOTION BY THIS FRIDAY.
I'LL EXTEND IT TO THIS SATURDAY AND THEN I NEED IT RUNNING AND READY TO GO BY NOVEMBER 27TH.
ALL RIGHT, WE MOVING ON? UH, MR. CHAIR, WHAT'S YOUR PERMISSION? MAY I CONTINUE? UH, THAT'S APPROVED.
SO REAL QUICK, WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE UPCOMING EVENTS.
WE GOT OUR MAYORS TREE LIGHT IN DECEMBER 2ND, SENIOR STOCKING SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT, DECEMBER 12TH, HOLIDAY SERAY DECEMBER 12TH, YOUTH TRIVIA.
UM, THAT'S GONNA BE TO BE ANNOUNCED FOR JANUARY.
UM, MARTIN LUTHER KING SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT RIGHT NOW IS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY THE 13TH OF 2024.
AGAIN, THIS WILL BE AN EVENT WHERE YOU GUYS WILL BE SERVING, UM, YOU'LL BE DIRECTING PEOPLE WHERE TO GO AND, UH, KEEPING THINGS ORGANIZED, REGISTERING PEOPLE TO GET IN, THAT SORT OF THING.
SO YOU WON'T BE DOING A LOT OF HEAVY LIFTING.
YOU'LL BE MORE SO RUNNING THE EVENT.
OKAY? JUST AS A HEADS UP, UM, WE WILL BE DOING OUR ANNUAL FIRESIDE CHAT IN MARCH OF 2024.
SO WE HAVE TO WAIT TO KNOW WHO THE NEW MAYOR IS SO THAT WE CAN GET ON THEIR SCHEDULE BEFORE WE CAN GET A DATE.
UM, BUT BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT THAT TO LOOK LIKE, UM, HOW MANY YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS YOU WANT TO INVITE, WHERE WE WANNA HAVE IT, THAT SORT OF THING.
AND THEN I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE YOUTH
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PROGRAM, UM, OR EXCUSE ME, THE YOUTH DEBATE THAT YPAC WANTS US TO DO APRIL OF 2024.UM, AND THEN MY FINAL REMARKS, SO COMMITTEE MEETING NOTES, THANK YOU TO ALL THE COMMITTEES THAT HAVE MET.
UM, IF I DO NOT KNOW YOUR TWO DAYS OUT OF THE WEEK THAT YOU ARE MEETING, THAT IS A PROBLEM, I NEED TO KNOW THAT BY TOMORROW AT 11:59 PM UM, IF YOU HAVE NOT MET WITH YOUR COMMITTEE ALREADY, THAT IS A PROBLEM.
YOU HAVE UNTIL SUNDAY AT 11:59 PM TO HAVE A MEETING.
UM, OTHERWISE I WILL GO TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD.
I WILL REMOVE ALL CHAIRS, CO-CHAIR, SECRETARY, ANYBODY IN LEADERSHIP POSITION OVER THE COMMITTEE.
IF YOU HAVE NOT MET, YOU WILL BE REMOVED AND WE WILL APPOINT NEW PEOPLE BY SUNDAY, 11:59 PM OKAY.
UH, ATTENDANCE, MS. AUDREY ALREADY DISCUSSED THAT.
BE CHECKING YOUR EMAILS, LETTERS WILL BE GOING OUT LETTING YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR ATTENDANCE STATUS IS.
UM, IF YOU NEED TO BE WORRIED AGAIN, WE WILL REMOVE YOU.
WE HAVE PEOPLE WAITING IN LINE FOR YOUR SEAT.
THAT'S NO, UM, NOT TRYING TO BE MEAN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT IF YOU'RE GONNA SERVE ON THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL, YOU NEED TO BE PRESENT.
MAKE SURE YOU ARE CHECKING YOUR EMAILS.
MAKE SURE YOU ARE CHECKING SLACK.
MAKE SURE YOU'RE RESPONDING TO STUFF.
IT IS TAKING A LITTLE LONGER THAN IT ANTICIPATED, BUT, UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE ALL THAT READY TO GO BY JANUARY.
T-SHIRTS ARE SUPPOSED TO COME TOMORROW.
AND LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
YOU GUYS HAVE DONE EXCEPTIONALLY WELL SINCE, UM, SEPTEMBER.
THANK YOU FOR BEING GO-GETTERS.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE THAT TAKE THE INITIATIVE IN SLACK AND YOU JUST DO STUFF, CREATE STUFF.
THANK YOU FOR THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS WHO ARE MEETING WITH THEIR COMMITTEES AND, UM, MOVING FORWARD.
I DON'T HAVE TO BE ON EVERY SINGLE MEETING.
YOU GUYS ARE MAKING IT HAPPEN, AND I'M VERY, VERY GRATEFUL AND I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF YOU.
I'M TURNING IT OVER TO MR. CHAIR.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.
UH, HAVE A SAFE AND GOOD EVENING AND REST OF Y'ALL'S WEEKS.
MICHAEL? MICHAEL? YES, I HAVE SOMETHING.
SO LIKE WITH ANY FUNDRAISING IDEAS, JUST BRING THEM TO ME SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AND GET THE LOGISTICS TOGETHER.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS BEFORE WE MOVE TO AUR THIS MEETING? OKAY.
UM, ON THE 14TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2023 AT 8:25 PM THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.