[Mayor’s Youth Council on June 4, 2024.]
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GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY.
WELCOME TO, OR THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON OUR FINAL MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE 2023 TO 24 YEAR COHORT.
UH, THE CURRENT TIME IS, UM, 6:27 PM ON, UH, TUESDAY, JUNE 4TH, 2024.
AND I'M CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER.
UH, AND I'LL BE CALLING ON, UM, THE SECRETARY, AUDREY HAN FOR ATTENDANCE.
UM, PRESENT AND EDRICK PRESENT.
IT WAS THE WORST TIME TO SAY GOODBYE TO THAT COOKIE.
WE NOW CALL ON OUR, UH, VICE CHAIR, JEREMY, FOR OUR QUORUM STATUS.
AND WHEN I ALSO, UH, CALL IN OUR VICE CHAIR FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING ON MAY 14TH, I MOVED TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES OF OUR LAST MEETING ON MAY 14TH.
UH, DO YOU HAVE, DID WE GO INTO THAT? UH, WE, WELL, I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR EXECUTIVE REPORTS.
UH, I MYSELF DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY.
I MEAN, WE'VE HAD A LOT GO ON WITH, UM, CHANGING LEADERSHIP AND A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HAVE AFFECTED US PLANNING THINGS, WHETHER IT'S FUNDING OR NATURAL DISASTERS.
BUT OTHERWISE, WE'VE BEEN RESILIENT AND WE'VE WORKED THROUGH THINGS AND I SEE A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR US, GIVEN THE NEXT YEAR.
AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF Y'ALL'S EFFORT AND, AND CARE AND DEDICATION TO THE COUNCIL, UH, WHICH IS WHAT MAKES IT WHAT IT IS AND WHY WE ARE WHO WE ARE.
UM, JEREMY, ANYTHING TO SAY? JUST WANTED TO SECOND EVERYTHING THAT WAS JUST SAID.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MICHAEL.
UM, AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT Y'ALL ACCOMPLISH NEXT YEAR, ESPECIALLY.
HOPEFULLY Y'ALL EXPERIENCE LESS TURMOIL THAN WE HAVE, ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR.
ER, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UM, REMARKS? ER DO YOU HAVE ANY REMARKS? ANY REMARKS? I'M SORRY.
I WAS NOT ABLE TO HEAR THAT PART OF THE MEETING.
CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? OH, YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
DO YOU HAVE ANY REMARKS? WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE EXECUTIVE BOARD REPORTS, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY OR ANY COMMENTS.
UM, IF THERE'S LIKE, I MEAN, NO, NOT AT THE MOMENT, BUT IF THERE'S JUST ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE POSTED, UM, ANY UPCOMING EVENTS.
I KNOW WE'RE REACHING INTO THE TERM, BUT MAYBE IF WE MAKE LIKE A FINAL LIKE, OVERVIEW OF THE TERM POST.
I WAS THINKING WE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN? ALRIGHT, GO.
UH, WHEN I MOVE INTO, UH, COMMITTEE REPORTS IS THE, ANYBODY FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE HERE? AWESOME.
I MEAN, REALLY THERE'S LIKE, NOT ANY LIKE, UH, REPORTS REALLY.
UH, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE OUR LAST MEETING 'CAUSE UM, EACH OF US, WE HAD LIKE OUR THINGS TO DO.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING NEW.
YEAH, I CAN ADD ON A LITTLE BIT.
GO AHEAD TO WHAT JOCELYN SAID.
UM, YEAH, WE WERE GONNA PLAN ANOTHER EVENT, LIKE TO, COREY HAD A CONTACT, UM, WITH GLEN MILLER CONSERVATION CAMP, BUT THEN WE REALIZED WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME SINCE WE WERE REACHING THE END OF OUR TERM.
AND IT TOOK A LOT OF EFFORT FOR US TO PLAN OUR EARTH DAY EVENT.
SO WE JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE SENSIBLE NOT TO.
SO YEAH, WE BASICALLY JUST REFLECTED ON OUR PAST YEAR AND YEAH, DESPITE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAD, I THINK WE HAD A SUCCESSFUL YEAR.
I WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
I GUESS I, I'LL COVER FOR THAT.
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NEW UPDATES TO BE SAID FOR THE CIVIC ENGAGING COMMITTEE.OUR MAIN TAKEAWAY AND OUR MAIN PROJECT OVER THE YEAR WAS OUR TRIVIA NIGHT, WHICH WE EXECUTED.
UM, AND EVEN THOUGH IT DIDN'T GO NECESSARILY AS PLANNED, WE DID LEARN A LOT FROM THAT EVENT.
AND WE PLAN ON USING WHAT WE LEARNED TO, UM, REPLICATE THAT EVENT NEXT YEAR AND MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL AND MORE IMPACTFUL ON YOUTH IN HOUSTON.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE TO BE SAID? OH, GO AHEAD.
UM, FOR THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE, UM, I TALKED TO ARIAN AND WE MAY BE DOING SOMETHING REGARDING, UM, HELPING OUT AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER OR JUST WHILE VOLUNTEER WORK IN GENERAL.
THAT SOUNDS, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE DETAILS ON THAT OR NO? I UNFORTUNATELY DO NOT.
WELL, THAT SOUNDS, UM, LIKE IT HAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND I HOPE YOU CARRY ON WITH THAT.
ARE UNIT A JUNIOR? CORRECT? JUNIOR.
SO WE'LL HAVE HIM NEXT YEAR, HOPEFULLY.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE? ANY COMMENTS, UPDATES? NOPE.
AND WHEN I'M MOVING TO THE MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE, UM, HANNAH IS NOT IN ATTENDANCE CURRENTLY? UH, SHE'S NOT ONLINE, CORRECT? NO.
UM, I'LL COVER FOR HER AS WELL.
THE MAIN UPDATE FOR THAT IS THE, UH, NEW DATE FOR THE NA MENTAL HEALTH WALK THAT WAS SADLY CANCELED DUE TO THE STORM THAT, UM, SURGED THE CITY A FEW WEEKS AGO.
AND THAT HAS NOW BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR, UM, AUGUST 4TH OF THE SUMMER, I WOULD BELIEVE.
THE SAME TIME AND THE SAME ITINERARY.
AND IF YOU SIGNED UP FOR IT AND YOU PLAN ON ATTENDING, EVEN IF YOU'RE GRADUATING OR NOT, PLEASE, UM, WE'D LOVE FOR Y'ALL TO COME OUT, GET BACK WITH THE GROUP, AND ALSO JUST PARTICIPATE IN THE WALK.
IT'LL BE BENEFICIAL FOR YOURSELF.
AND ALSO WHETHER YOU DO IT ALONE OR IN ORDER TO VOLUNTEER AND HELP OTHERS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR UPDATES? NO.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE VOTER ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
YEAH, I CAN TAKE THIS ONE JUST BECAUSE OUR CHAIR ISN'T HERE.
UM, THERE AREN'T REALLY ANY UPDATES WITH THE VOTER ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE, BUT JUST THAT I DID SPEAK WITH MS. BAKER, OUR, UM, SPONSOR AND OUR ADVISOR LAST NIGHT, AND SHE DID SAY THAT SHE WOULD LOVE TO COME BACK AND SORT OF HELP OUT IN TERMS OF WITH THE 20 24, 20 25 VOTER ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
AND I PERSONALLY AM JUST EXCITED TO SEE WHAT Y'ALL ARE ABLE TO DO, UM, FOR OUR RETURNING MEMBERS AND OUR NEW MEMBERS AS WELL, UM, JUST TO SEE WHAT Y'ALL ARE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH, ESPECIALLY WITH LIKE THE LARGE, UM, PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND SENATE ELECTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I WENT ON MOVE TO THE ADVISOR REPORTS.
I'D LIKE TO ADD TO, UH, THE UPDATES FOR THE VOTER ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
UM, AND THIS WILL BE BE ALSO SOMETHING THAT I SHARE WITH THE GROUP AT THE END, UH, DURING THE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, BUT A VOTES WILL HAVE, WILL HOLD THEIR ANNUAL YOUTH CONFERENCE FOR DISTRICT F.
UM, SO THIS WILL ALSO BE ONE OF THOSE SUMMER EVENTS THAT WE TALK ABOUT IN JUST A BIT.
UM, BUT IF THERE ARE, UM, ANYONE THAT IS LISTENING ONLINE OR THAT IS ATTENDING HERE IN PERSON, IF YOU WOULD LIKE INFORMATION ON THE AILEY VOTES YOUTH CONFERENCE, PLEASE EMAIL ME AND LET ME KNOW.
MS. JACKSON, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT EVENT WOULD BE OVER THE SUMMER.
THAT, THAT DATE IS JUNE 15TH, SO IT'S REALLY CLOSE AND I HAVE REGISTRATION INFORMATION FOR THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED.
UH, IF WE COULD GET THAT, I, I CAN SEND THAT OUT ON THE SLACK AND JUST PUT IT IN FOR ANY, EVERYBODY TO SEE SINCE WE DON'T HAVE EVERYBODY ATTENDANCE CURRENTLY.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, GUYS, REGARDING THAT QUESTION? DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS THEY'RE GONNA WANT? JUST BECAUSE NORMALLY WHEN WE DID THIS IN THE PAST, IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE TOO MANY PEOPLE, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A LIMIT OR, UM, IF YOU JUST NEED AS MUCH HELP AS YOU CAN GET.
UM, WHAT I SAW POORLY IS THAT IT WAS OPEN TO ALL AND I DID NOT SEE A MINIMUM, UH, FOR STUDENTS PARTICIPATING.
I JUST BELIEVE THAT IT'S SOMETHING BEING HELD THAT'S OPEN TO ALL FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN ENCOURAGING VOTER PARTICIPATION FOR DISTRICT F.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR UPDATES REGARDING THE VOTER ENGAGEMENT? UH, COMMITTEE? SKIP THAT.
UH, WE'LL ALSO NOW BE SKIPPING THE ADVISOR REPORTS AND MOVING INTO UPCOMING EVENTS.
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WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED, UM, THE RESCHEDULED NAOMI WALK ON AUGUST 4TH OF THIS SUMMER.AND THE OTHER ITEM ON AGENDA IS DISTRICT G'S SUMMER MOVIE EVENT ON JULY 19TH.
UM, UH, MS. JACKSON, DO YOU HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT? SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS RELATIVELY NEW.
UM, WE WERE, UH, WE JUST RECEIVED AN INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE, UH, DISTRICT, UH, G SUMMER MOVIE SERIES.
UM, AND THE OFFICE, THE DISTRICT G OFFICE WOULD LIKE THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL, UH, TO PARTICIPATE IN TERMS OF FACILITATING AN ACTIVITY, UH, DURING THE MOVIE SERIES EVENT.
UH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE LITERALLY JUST REACHED BACK OUT AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE POTENTIALLY INTERESTED, DEPENDING UPON HOW MANY, YOU KNOW, YOUR SCHEDULES, YOUR AVAILABILITY OVER THE SUMMER, BECAUSE THIS EVENT WILL BE JULY 19TH.
AND SO THIS IS AGAIN, ONE OF THOSE EVENTS, UH, THAT WE HAVE LABELED FOR OUR SUMMER EVENTS.
FOR THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED, UM, EMAIL ME AND LET ME KNOW AND I'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU MORE INFORMATION.
IT, IT DOES SEEM LIKE A REALLY FUN EVENT.
UH, THE MOVIE IS AIR BUD, I BELIEVE
AND SO, UH, THEY'RE EXPECTING ABOUT 200 PEOPLE, UH, TO ATTEND THIS MOVIE SERIES EVENT AND ARE SEEKING THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL TO HELP FACILITATE, AGAIN, AN ACTIVITY AND AN EQUESTRIAN THEMED ACTIVITY POTENTIALLY.
UH, MS. JACKSON, DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE BEST TO PLACE THIS EVENT UNDER THE, UM, LIKE THE, THE CONTROL OF THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE? SURE, SURE.
UH, FOR THOSE SEEKING THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE.
COULD WE, UM, ONCE AGAIN PUT ALL THAT INFORMATION IN THE GENERAL SLACK AND THEN ALSO, UM, HANDS IT OVER TO INSTANCE.
DO WE KNOW IF HE HE'S RETURNING NEXT YEAR? ARE YOU? I BELIEVE SO.
FROM WHAT I KNOW AND WELL HOPING THAT HE IS, GIVE THAT TO HIS CONTROL AND MAKE HIM AWARE OF THAT SINCE THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR HIM TO, TO, YEAH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THE MOVIE NIGHT ON JULY 19TH? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO ASK WHAT TIME IT WOULD BE LIKE APPROXIMATELY.
WE KNOW THE DATE, UM, AS FOR LIKE THE ACTUAL TIME.
SO, SO SET UP BEGINS AT 5:30 PM AND THE MOVIE STARTS ONCE IT GETS DARK AT 8:00 PM UM, UM, THE EMAIL DID SAY THAT FOR THOSE PARTICIPATING, UH, IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO STAY THROUGHOUT THE MOVIE, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO.
UM, ONCE THE ACTIVITY HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND UH, POSSIBLY THE VOLUNTEERS HAVE HELPED SET UP, THEN YOU WOULD BE, UM, ABLE TO LEAVE.
AND SORRY, WHERE WOULD THE LOCATION BE AS WELL? UH, SURE.
SO THE LOCATION IS, IS DISTRICT G AND POSSIBLY, LET ME LOOK ME LOOK HERE, GET THAT FOR YOU.
SO IT'S NOTTINGHAM PARK THAT'S LOCATED ON KIMBERLY LANE IN DISTRICT G.
UH, COULD YOU REPEAT WHICH PARK THAT WAS AGAIN? SURE, SURE.
AND I CAN POST ALL OF THE DETAILS IN SLACK AS YOU'VE SUGGESTED SHARE, UH, FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING 17 MILES.
SO THE SETUP TIME IS 5:00 PM THE EVENT STARTS AT 6:00 PM AND THE MOVIE START TIME IS 8:00 PM AND THE MOVIE IS AIR BUD.
UH, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING WITH EQUESTRIAN.
IS THERE HORSES INVOLVED WITH IT? SO, ONE, THE THOUGHT CAME FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MARY ANN HUFFMAN'S OFFICE, UM, AND WHAT THEY WERE, THEIR IDEA WAS THAT THERE WOULD BE AN EQUESTRIAN THEMED ACTIVITY THAT THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL COULD PARTICIPATE IN.
AND SINCE YOU MENTIONED US PARTICIPATING IN IT, WOULD THAT BE LIKE US LEADING THE EVENT OR SOME MORE INFORMATION ON LIKE, HOW IT WOULD BE EQUESTRIAN THEMED? I GUESS SO I'M, AND BECAUSE I, I LITERALLY RECEIVED THIS TODAY, SO I'M READING FROM HER EMAIL.
SO SHE SAYS, WE'RE THINKING MAYBE THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL COULD BE IN CHARGE OF THE EQUESTRIAN THEMED ACTIVITY, PUT TOGETHER AN OBSTACLE COURSE AND HAVE KIDS RUN IT USING HOBBY HORSES.
SO THAT WOULD BE, THAT'S THEIR IDEA FOR AN ACTIVITY, WHICH I THINK IS A GREAT IDEA AS WELL.
YEAH, SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF FUN.
COULD WE ALSO RIDE THE HORSES? OH,
OH, IT'S, OH, IT'S, OH, IT'S LIKE ONE, IT'S HOBBY HORSE, NOT A REAL HORSE.
SO IT'S LIKE, LIKE IMAGINARY BROOMSTICK TYPE THING.
SO THERE SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S INTEREST THERE.
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CHAIR, YOU MENTIONED PUTTING IN THIS INFORMATION IN SLACK, SO YES, MA'AM.I'LL DO THAT AND WE'LL TAKE INTEREST THAT WAY.
WE, WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, UM, EITHER THOSE LISTENING ONLINE OR, OR HERE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED BECAUSE IT'S JULY 19TH, UH, TO LET ME KNOW.
THAT WAY I CAN GET A NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS TO HER RIGHT AWAY.
AUDREY, IF YOU CAN WRITE THAT DOWN.
'CAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE THAT URGENT IN THE SLACK.
SO IF YOU ARE BORED AND NEED SOMETHING TO DO, COME DO DO THAT, PLEASE.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THE, UH, DISTRICT G SUMMER MOVIE, NIGHT AND EQUESTRIAN EVENT? OH, ACTUALLY ONE MORE QUESTION.
I NOTICED THAT YOU SAID MOVIE SERIES.
DOES THIS MEAN THAT THIS WILL BE A REPEATING ACTIVITY THAT WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF? I, I DO THINK THIS WOULD BE A REPEATING ACTIVITY.
UM, I JUST DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AT THIS TIME.
WE'LL NOW MOVE INTO THE, UM, PROGRAM MANAGER.
MS. JACKSON, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UM, WELCOME FIRST TO EVERYONE LISTENING ONLINE AND, AND THOSE THAT ARE HERE.
UM, I WOULD, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UH, THAT DEFINITELY WE WANT TO ISSUE OUR HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL FOR A WONDERFUL YEAR, A SUCCESSFUL TERM ON THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL.
AND I THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR DEDICATION, ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.
UM, MR. MR. GREEN WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DEFINITELY LET YOU KNOW THAT ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED IN THE FUTURE AS YOU BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY, UH, JOURNEYS, GOING TO SCHOOLS AND OUT OF STATE.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH BACK, UM, TO US AT ANY TIME.
AND ALSO, UH, FEEL FREE TO REACH BACK AND VOLUNTEER.
THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE SENIORS, UM, MAKE SURE YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT.
I KNOW THAT YOU MAY NOT BE HOME QUITE A QUITE A LOT AND WHEN YOU ARE, YOU PROBABLY WILL BE VERY BUSY.
UM, BUT THE DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN AND WE'RE, WE WELCOME YOU, UH, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL, UM, ANYTIME YOU DESIRE.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING, UH, FROM ALL OF YOU.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU AND, UH, ALSO A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.
AND DESPITE MY DEPARTURE AT THE END OF THIS COHORT, I HOPE TO STAY IN TOUCH AND WORK WITH Y'ALL IN THE FUTURE.
AND SEE WHAT THANK YOU, CHAIR THE COUNCIL HAS TO OFFER.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING? OH, I DID HAVE A QUESTION.
I GUESS, LIKE, I PERSONALLY RECEIVED QUESTIONS ABOUT LIKE, THE APPLICATION WHEN THAT WOULD OPEN, JUST BECAUSE I THINK THE WEBSITE SAYS THAT IT WOULD OPEN IN MAY.
SO THE APPLICATION PROCESS WILL BEGIN IN JUNE AND SELECTION PROCESS IN JULY.
AND SO THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDA.
I'M NOT SURE IF WE ACTUALLY PUT IT THERE, BUT YES, THE 20 24, 25 INTENT TO RETURN.
UH, FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T SENIORS, UM, WE WOULD REALLY LOVE, AND I THINK IT MIGHT WORK BEST IF YOU JUST EMAIL ME AND LET ME KNOW YOUR INTENT.
YOU CAN EITHER DO IT ON SLACK, YOU CAN DO IT ON TEAMS. YOU CAN SEND ME AN EMAIL JUST TO LET ME KNOW IF YOU PLAN, IF YOU'RE NOT A SENIOR AND YOU PLAN ON RETURNING, UM, I ACTUALLY HAVE A FORM, IF YOU EMAIL ME, I'LL SEND YOU A FORM.
THAT WAY I CAN GATHER MORE INFORMATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, POSS POSSIBLY ANY COMMITTEES YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF, UM, YOUR, UM, INTENT TO RETURN AND JUST A FEW ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WOULD HELP US FOR NEXT YEAR IN TERMS OF PLANNING.
SO, UM, IF YOU EMAIL ME, I'LL GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.
OH, MS. JACKSON, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE SINCE I KNOW, UH, IN, IN PREVIOUS UH, COHORT YEARS, DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, CURRENT MEMBERS OR LIKE RETURNING MEMBERS WOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, JOIN IN ON THE INTERVIEW PROCESS AND HELP OUT? WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING POSSIBLE FOR THIS YEAR? SURE.
THAT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA AND I WILL DEFINITELY TALK TO MR. GREEN ABOUT THAT.
I, I WOULD LOVE THE IDEA OF HAVING, UH, THE SUPPORT AND FEEDBACK FROM PREVIOUS MEMBERS.
AND I JUST ALSO WANTED TO ASK IF WE WOULD STILL BE HAVING THE JULY MEETING WHERE WE GO OVER THE BYLAWS AND DO ONE FINAL REVIEW, JUST EDITING, JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S IN ORDER FOR THE NEXT COHORT AS WELL.
SO BEING THE NEW ADVISOR, I AM LITERALLY, YOU KNOW, JUST WORKING ON SOME OF THE, UM, BYLAWS THAT, THAT I DID RECEIVE.
I KNOW THAT THERE WAS ONE NOTIFICATION THAT SAID THE BYLAWS WERE COMPLETED.
UM, BUT THEN I DID, I'VE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT SAID THEY'RE NOT REALLY COMPLETED, SO I WAS NOT, I WAS UNSURE ABOUT WHERE THE COUNCIL WAS ON THE UPDATING OF THE BYLAWS.
UM, SO THERE WILL BE INFORMATION COMING FORTH ON,
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ON BYLAWS.UM, I DON'T SEE THAT THERE WAS A SPECIFIC COMMITTEE FOR BYLAWS, OR MAYBE THERE WAS, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
UM, WE CREATED A OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AFTER OUR SITUATION THAT HAS WENT DOWN THIS YEAR.
UM, WE HAD 1, 2, 2, 1 OR TWO MEETINGS.
UM, WE HAVEN'T MET RECENTLY, THE LAST TIME THERE WAS ANY COMMUNICATION IN THAT CHAT WAS AROUND APRIL 30TH.
UM, ME, ALEX, AUDREY, AND ASHA WERE LIKE THE LAST PEOPLE TO LIKE, MEET ABOUT EVERYTHING.
AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, REINVENTING THE BYLAWS, ALL THE OTHER STUFF TO MAKE SURE THAT NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO BE FUNCTIONING.
AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CHAOS THAT THIS YEAR HAD, BUT THAT'S AS FAR AS WE KNOW.
BUT WE HAVEN'T MET THIS MONTH.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE GOING TO, SO THAT'S THE COMMITTEE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING ALL THAT.
I DID SEE THERE WAS AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, A SPECIAL COMMITTEE, UH, REGARDING BYLAWS.
AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA TO CONTINUE THAT, UM, JUST TO BE ABLE TO, UH, MAKE IT A TEAM EFFORT AND GETTING THOSE BYLAWS UPDATED.
UM, SO I, I THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL CONTINUE, UH, FOR THE 20 24, 25, UH, COUNSEL.
I, I WOULD STILL SAY AS, AS BEEN DISCUSSED, THE BYLAWS ARE STILL IN, UM, REVISION AND NOT NO, NO.
LIKE PERMANENT CHANGES HAVE BEEN DONE MM-HMM
UM, AND I WOULD SAY WE, ON TOP OF THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, I, WOULD IT STILL BE BENEFICIAL OR, UM, MY PERSONALLY, I THINK IT WOULD STILL BE BENEFICIAL TO HOLD THE, UM, LAST TECHNICALLY MONTH, LIKE MEETING FOR THE COUNCIL, UH, IN JULY AS WE'VE DONE PREVIOUSLY.
UM, BE, JUST BECAUSE MOST MEMBERS AREN'T A PART OF THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, THAT WAS JUST LIKE A SELECT FEW MM-HMM
UM, SINCE THE INITIAL PLAN FOR THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WAS TO REVAMP THE BYLAWS AND THE COUNCIL WITHIN, AROUND A MONTH OR SO PERIOD BEFORE THE END OF THIS COHORT.
BUT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN DUE TO, UM, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES.
SO I THINK IT WOULD STILL BE DEFINITELY BENEFICIAL TO PLAY, UH, TO, UH, COORDINATE AND PLAN THAT MEETING NOW.
'CAUSE THAT'S USUALLY YEARLY OR TRADITIONALLY HOW IT'S BEEN, UH, WHERE WE WOULD MEET AND LIKE OVER THE SUMMER AND HAVE LIKE AS, AS LIKE OUR LAST MEETING GET TOGETHER AS WELL AS OUR LAST TIME OF REVISION.
UH, BEFORE GOING ON TO THE NEXT COHORT, WOULD YOU LIKE, JUST FOR REPLY, WOULD YOU MAKE A, YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON THAT? YEAH, UH, YEAH, I, I, I MOTION TO, UH, PLAN AND COORDINATE A MEETING IN JULY, UM, AS A LAST GET TOGETHER AND ALSO MAINLY A, UH, REVISION OF THE BYLAWS.
I SECOND I THIRD, AND THEN AS FOR THE DATE OF THAT MEETING, ARE THERE, DOES ANYONE HAVE AN INCREDIBLY RESTRICTIVE SCHEDULE AT LEAST THAT THEY CAN'T MEET ON CERTAIN DAYS IN JULY THAT WE CAN LIKE PLAN AROUND? I CAN'T MEET THE THIRD AND THE FOURTH, UH, WEEK IN JULY BECAUSE OF, UM, JULY.
UM, I MAY BE TRAVELING, SO IF WE CAN GET A DATE AHEAD OF TIME, I CAN JUST MARK IT OUT ON MY CALENDAR.
SO I KNOW THAT I NEED TO COMMIT TO BEING HERE.
WHAT I CAN DO IS CREATE A POLL, UH, SCHEDULING POLL AND SEND IT OUT ON SLACK AND GET FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO ATTEND, UM, SAID MEETING.
AND I WOULD ALSO SAY I HAVE A QUESTION IS YES.
SO IS THIS MEETING FOR THE WHOLE COUNCIL OR JUST PEOPLE ON THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE? UH, YES.
THIS MEETING IS FOR EVERY, IT'S, IT'S OPEN AND WELCOME TO EVERYBODY ON THE COUNCIL, NOT JUST THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE SINCE CONVENTIONALLY, UH, WE'VE ALWAYS HELD THIS MEETING OVER THE SUMMER TO REVISE THE, UM, THE BYLAWS AND JUST GO OVER EVERYTHING WITH THE COUNCIL IN PREPARATION FOR AND FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON THE COUNCIL GOING INTO THE, TO, TO THE NEXT AND FOLLOWING YEAR.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE ONE DAY WAS NOT ENOUGH.
IS THAT CORRECT? I THINK, YEAH.
SO I WOULD JUST SUGGEST LIKE PUTTING TWO DAYS IN THE POLL AND US MEETING EITHER LIKE BACK TO BACK OR JUST TWO SEPARATE DAYS.
I, I THINK THAT HAVING, I, I AGREE WITH THAT.
AND JUST IN GENERAL, I, I KNOW MS. JACKSON YOU STATED YOU'D PUT THE SCHEDULE POLL, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD, UH, LEAN TOWARDS HOLDING THE MEETING SOMETIME CLOSE TO WHEN WE'RE DOING THE MOVIE EVENT, JUST BECAUSE, UH, BEGINNING OF THE, THAT MONTH IS 4TH OF JULY, MOST PEOPLE ARE AWAY AND TRAVELING OR JUST WITH FAMILY.
AND, UM, I THINK JUST LATER OR KIND OF MID MONTH WHEN THAT IS, WHEN THAT EVENT IS JUST BEST FITS.
UM, GIVEN THAT IF SOMEONE IS IN TOWN, THEY'RE, OR TRAVELING, THEY'LL PROBABLY BE, UH, OR THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO BE IN TIME DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, IS
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WHAT I'M ESSENTIALLY SAYING.UM, AND THEN MY SECOND, UH, TRAIN OF THOUGHT, JEREMY, I, I AGREE.
I THINK THAT WE SHOULD DO TWO DAYS, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE BEST GIVEN JUST TRANSPORTATION AND ALSO COMING DOWN HERE TWO DAYS IN A ROW TO DO ONE DAY IN PERSON AND ONE DAY VIRTUAL JUST FOR A FEW HOURS IF, IF NEEDED.
UM, 'CAUSE I THINK, I THINK LIKE PREVIOUSLY WE SHOULD DO MORE OF A FOCUS ON GETTING THE REV REVISION DONE RATHER THAN THE GET TOGETHER AS WE'VE PREVIOUSLY DONE.
I WAS JUST GONNA ADD TO THAT, UM, IF ANYBODY IS OPEN TO IT, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE MEETING TWICE, SO MAYBE WE CAN JUST DO IT IN JUNE AND COUNT THAT AS LIKE ONE OF THE DAYS AND THEN MEET ALTOGETHER IN JULY, BECAUSE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO MEET FOURTH TUESDAY ONLINE.
SO IF WE CAN GET THAT DONE THIS MONTH ON THE FOURTH TUESDAY, THEN WE CAN JUST REVISE EVERYTHING IN PERSON IF ANYBODY'S OPEN TO THAT.
PERSONALLY, I, I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF.
I WON'T, I'M NOT GONNA BE AVAILABLE THE WHOLE MONTH OF JULY.
I'M, I'M GONNA BE, UM, OH, SORRY.
I'M GONNA BE TRAVELING, SO I, I WON'T BE ABLE TO BE AVAILABLE.
UM, I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO IS, IS CREATE A POLL FOR, UH, THIS MEETING AND POTENTIALLY TWO MEETING DATES.
I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF ONE OF THEM BEING ONLINE.
UH, I, I THINK IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER WITH SO MUCH GOING ON WITH SUMMER TRAVEL GRADUATIONS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
I THINK IT MAY BE BETTER, UH, TO HAVE A MEETING, ESPECIALLY REGARDING BYLAWS ONLINE, UH, VIRTUALLY.
UH, SO I, I THINK THESE ARE GREAT IDEAS.
AND SO I'LL PUT OUT A POLL, UH, FOR SCHEDULING.
UH, FRANKLY, IT ALSO, UM, THIS IS QUESTIONS OPEN TO ANYBODY.
DO Y'ALL REMEMBER WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK THE, THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS WERE DURING THE SUMMER? WAS IT ON A WEEKDAY OR A WEEKEND? IT WAS, I BELIEVE ON A WEEKEND BECAUSE WE WANTED TO AVOID, IT WAS LIKE SATURDAY MORNING.
'CAUSE WE WOULD AVOID MORNING TRAFFIC IF IS WHAT I REMEMBER.
I, I, I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE THE YEAR BEFORE THAT, I DON'T, I DON'T REMEMBER LAST YEAR, FIRST OF ALL.
MR. MCCLENDON, HOW ARE YOU DOING? HI, MR. MCCLENDON.
CAN YOU ALL SEE ME? HELLO? HELLO THERE.
WE NOW THIS MY CAMERA, IT LOOKS A LITTLE DUSTY.
UH, BUT I THINK THE YEAR BEFORE LAST IT WAS ON A FRIDAY.
UH, AND I, BECAUSE IF SOME OF US WENT DOWN TO THE TUNNELS FOR, UH, FOR LUNCH, SO I, I THINK, I THINK THAT WAS THE DAY, IF, IF I'M REMEMBERING I THINK IT WAS THAT, AND ALSO THE DAY OF, UH, US MEETING CERTAIN COUNCIL MEMBERS TOO.
SO YOU ALL CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT TO ME.
UM, AND ALSO, OKAY, UH, UH, YES, SIR.
AND ALSO ANOTHER, UH, THOUGHT PROCESS.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S COMING ACROSS MY MIND IS, UH, ACTUALLY BOTH OF THOSE MEETINGS OR JUST ALL OF THEM, HOWEVER MANY ARE NEED, COULD POSSIBLY JUST BE VIRTUAL, UM, GIVEN JUST TECHNICALITIES.
I'M NOT SURE IF, OF COURSE, IF THERE IS THE, THE PLAN OF, UM, GOING TO THE TUNNELS FOR LUNCH, LET ALONE MEETING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE IT'D BE BEST FOR US TO BE IN PERSON, UM, OR IT'S CRUCIAL FOR US TO BE IN PERSON.
I DEFINITELY THINK IT'D BE BEST FOR US TO COME DOWN HERE, BUT I THINK IT MIGHT JUST BE MORE FEASIBLE TO HAVE ALL THE MEETINGS ONLINE.
UM, OR AS AN ALTERNATIVE FINDING LIKE A, A GENERAL LOCATION, UM, THAT'S MORE LOCAL TO MOST MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT WILL BE, UH, POSSIBLY ATTENDING.
UM, SUCH AS LIKE MEETING AT ONE OF THE VARIOUS TEA HOUSES AROUND, UM, THE CITY.
I KNOW THAT'S USUALLY, THAT'S LIKE A GOOD SPOT AND IT'S USUALLY QUIET TO MEET AT.
UM, BUT OF COURSE THIS DEPENDS ON TECHNICALITIES OF, UM, WHETHER ACCESSING HERE IS DIFFICULT OR, OR OTHER CHALLENGES.
AND SO SOMETHING ELSE I WOULD RECOMMEND IS, UH, YOU ALL CAN, IF YOU PROVIDE LIKE AN AGENDA AND PERHAPS THE BYLAWS AHEAD OF TIME, UH, YOU ALL CAN PERHAPS BREAK OUT OF CERTAIN GROUPS AND GET, UH, CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU ALL WANNA FOCUS ON, UH, IN THAT TIMEFRAME SO THAT YOU'RE MAXIMIZING THE TIME IN ADVANCE.
UH, SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I WOULD RECOMMEND.
AND SOMETIMES IT'S EASIER FOR THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE TO GATHER, UH, THAN IT IS TO COORDINATE, UH, ALL 18, UH, AND HOWEVER MANY ARE STILL AROUND.
SO, UH, THAT, THAT WOULD BE A RECOMMENDATION.
BUT I DO THINK IT'S, UH, SOMETHING VIRTUAL AND, UH, IN PERSON COULD, COULD, COULD DEFINITELY BE BENEFICIAL.
ANY A DIFFERENT LOCATION SWITCHING UP COULD BE NICE TOO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THE JULY, UH, RETURN MEETING OR BYLAWS MEETING MARLEY? GO AHEAD.
UM, I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH LIKE, SENDING IT OUT AHEAD OF TIME AND THEN MAYBE, UM, A FEW OF US CAN WORK ON IT SO WE CAN JUST COME AND PRESENT SOMETHING.
BUT I, UM, FOR MEETING AT A TEA HOUSE OR OUR COFFEE SHOP, WE CAN ALSO, I DON'T THINK, UM, IT'S GONNA BE PLAUSIBLE JUST FOR LIKE, IF A MAJORITY OF US DOES SHOW UP TO ALL FIT IN THE TEA HOUSE AND LIKE GET A LOT OF WORK DONE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW PLAUSIBLE THAT'S GONNA BE.
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THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN.BUT, UM, IF WE CAN DO THAT, THAT'S FINE.
MY ONLY ISSUE WITH THAT IS THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE AREN'T VERY ACTIVE AND, UM, ENGAGED AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CALL ON PEOPLE'S NAMES AND NECESSARILY THEY MAY BE DOING THEIR, THERE'S A LOT OF TECHNICAL ISSUES, UM, THAT OCCUR WHILE DOING, UM, VIRTUAL MEETINGS.
SO THAT'S MY ONLY ISSUE WITH DOING ALL OF THE MEETINGS VIRTUAL.
I'M DEFINITELY OKAY WITH DOING SOME OF THEM, BUT I DON'T THINK ALL OF THEM SHOULD, UM, SHOULD BE VIRTUAL JUST BECAUSE OF TECHNICAL ISSUES AS WELL AS, UM, ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT WHEN WE DID IT LAST YEAR, IT WAS VERY HECTIC AND CHAOTIC, WHICH I THINK IT WOULD MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO DO IT VIRTUALLY.
I THINK THE FIRST FEW SHOULD DEFINITELY BE IN PERSON AND THEN THE NEXT LIKE FEW CAN BE VIRTUAL JUST TO LIKE IRON OUT ANY LIKE, FINAL DETAILS.
I THINK JUST BECAUSE GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE LIMITED NUMBERS OF, SINCE A LOT OF US ARE SENIORS THAT ARE LEAVING, UH, AND ALSO GIVEN THAT IT'S SUMMER AND PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE TRAVELING, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST MAINLY DEPEND ON HOW MANY ARE AVAILABLE AND IF IT'S WORTH COMING IN PERSON.
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I MEAN THERE, MARLEY AND JEREMY, GREAT POINTS REGARDING, UH, VIRTUAL MEETINGS.
I MEAN THERE ARE MANY, UM, FAIRLY FAILING POINTS WITHIN THEM.
AND ALSO, I MEAN, I MEAN IT'S SAD TO SAY THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THEM AND THEY'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING, BUT PAY ATTENTION TO IT.
I MEAN, SADLY THAT'S, I MEAN, WE SEE THAT DAILY JUST LOOK AT THE ROADS.
SO, UM, BUT I, I WOULD THINK JUST IN THIS CASE, GIVEN THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE TAKING THE TIME TO COME OUT DURING THEIR SUMMERS, LET ALONE A, UH, SENIOR THAT'S LEAVING OR SOMEONE'S NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH COUNCIL, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD NECESSARILY WORRY ABOUT THAT.
UH, BUT ONCE AGAIN, WE SHOULDA BASED OFF THE NUMBERS OF THE POLL TOGETHER, IT'S ONLY TWO OR THREE PEOPLE COMING.
UM, OR WE'RE GONNA NEED MULTIPLE MEETING.
I THINK IT'S NOT, I DON'T THINK IT'S WORTH, UM, DRAGGING ALL OF US OUT HERE TO THE, THE DOWNTOWN OF THE CITY.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S, I I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S FEASIBLE COMPARED TO HAVING A VIRTUAL ALTERNATIVE AVAILABLE.
I AGREE WITH YOU, BUT, UM, Y'ALL ARE SAYING TOO THAT THIS IS LIKE KIND OF A TRADITION TOO TO ALL MEET HERE.
SO, UM, I WASN'T HERE LAST YEAR, SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT.
UM, I DO AGREE IF THERE'S TWO TO THREE PEOPLE, YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA GET MORE ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S ONLY TWO TO THREE PEOPLE ON THE CALL.
BUT, UM, I AGREE WITH YOUR POINT THAT IF DEPENDING ON THE NUMBERS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GONNA SHOW UP, THEN WE SHOULD PROBABLY DO IT, UM, ONLINE OR IN PERSON DEPENDING ON THE NUMBERS.
BUT I ALSO THINK IF THERE, LIKE IF THERE'S SIX OF US, THIS IS PLAUSIBLE TO GO TO TEAHOUSE, THIS IS PLAUSIBLE TO GO TO A CENTRAL LOCATION, BUT I DO IN FACT STILL THINK THERE'S SOME OF THEM SHOULD STILL BE IN PERSON.
I MEAN, UH, IN PERSON IS THE MOST EFFICIENT AND PRODUCTIVE, UH, SOLUTION.
UM, BUT IN DEFINITELY, I, I MEAN ONCE AGAIN, I'M NOT MAKING ANYTHING SET IN STONE CURRENTLY.
I THINK WE SHOULD JUST GO OFF THE NUMBERS THAT WE GET WHEN IT COMES TO PLANNING, WHICH SHOULD BE VERY SOON.
BUT DEFINITELY I THINK WE SHOULD FOCUS ON IN PERSON BUT NOT STRIKE, UH, VEER AWAY FROM HAVING IN A VIRTUAL ALTERNATIVE.
UM, MR. MCCLENNAN, GO AHEAD AND I SEE YOUR HAND RAISED.
UH, ASHA SHARED IN THE SELECT AN IDEA THAT SHE SAID SHE'S UNABLE TO SPEAK NOW, UH, BUT BASICALLY SAYING DIVIDING THE, UM, THE BYLAWS, THE FOUR GROUPS OF, AND POSSIBLY POSSIBLY, UH, LOOKING AT THEM IN JUNE OR FORMING THE GROUPS IN JUNE AND REVISITED THEM IN JULY TO COME DIVIDE AND CONQUER, UH, DURING THE IN-PERSON MEETING.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE SELECT CHANNEL, THE GENERAL CHANNEL.
THE ONLY ISSUES THAT I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE LIKE 16 PEOPLE THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE AND ARE INTERESTED JUST BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE HAVE 16 PEOPLE RIGHT NOW TO DETERMINE THE GROUPS, BUT I MEAN, I'M OPEN TO THE IDEA.
WE TRY TO DO, UM, THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND WE DID GET SOME PROGRESS, BUT, UM, NOT ENOUGH.
IT'S A VERY GOOD IDEA JUST WITH OTHER OBLIGATIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE, IN THE SUMMER, SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA BE PLAUSIBLE.
UM, THEN AGAIN, IT'S I BELIEVE 20 SOMETHING OF US, SO IF 16 PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT, THEN THAT'S TOTALLY FINE.
I CAN TRY TO HELP OUT AS MUCH AS I CAN, BUT I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW PLAUSIBLE THAT IS, BUT IT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA.
I JUST DON'T EXACTLY KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO EXECUTE IT.
I THINK SOMETHING WE CAN DO THOUGH IS THAT LIKE RIGHT AFTER, OR LIKE A POLL CAN BE CREATED IN TERMS OF LIKE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, AND THEN FROM THAT, IF WE DO HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE, THEN WE CAN DIVIDE AND CONQUER, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO IF WE DO HAVE THOSE 16 PEOPLE, THEN WE CAN DETERMINE WHAT FOUR SECTIONS THEY'LL TAKE.
UM, BUT IF WE ONLY HAVE LIKE SIX PEOPLE DIVIDING CONCRETE WON'T NECESSARILY WORK UNLESS THEY JUST DO THREE AND THREE.
YEAH, ONCE AGAIN, I THINK IT, BO JUST BOWS DOWN TO A NUMBERS GAME.
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MANY PEOPLE ARE AVAILABLE AND WILLING TO, UM, COME OUT AND SPEND THEIR TIME TO, TO DO THIS AND WORK ON THIS OVER THE SUMMER.UM, BUT DEFINITELY I THINK IF THAT, IF, UM, QUANTITY OF MEMBERS AVAILABLE IS VIABLE, I THINK THAT DEFINITELY SPLITTING THEM INTO GROUPS IS VERY MUCH BETTER ALTERNATIVE AND MORE EFFICIENT THAN US, UM, SITTING DOWN AS 20 PEOPLE ARGUING OVER THINGS CONSTANTLY AND, AND BASHING HEADS WITH EACH OTHER.
SO I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY, UM, BETTER.
I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY A GREAT IDEA TO SPLIT THEM UP INTO DIFFERENT GROUPS AND KIND OF DIVIDE AND CONQUER, THEN COME BACK TOGETHER.
UH, MR. MCCLENNAN, YOUR, UH, HAND IS STILL RAISED.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S OLD OR NOT.
ANY OTHER IDEAS REGARDING THE JULY MEETING? I I HEARD AN O NO.
I THINK THOSE ARE REALLY GREAT IDEAS.
UM, IN TERMS OF FIRST FINDING OUT THE INTERESTED PARTIES, UM, MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE A NUMBER THERE FIRST, UM, AND THEN BEING ABLE TO VOTE ON THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS, UM, THAT YOU'LL HAVE.
I, I THINK THAT I HEARD REALLY GREAT IDEAS IN TERMS OF ONE POSSIBLY BEING VIRTUAL AND ANOTHER BEING IN PERSON.
UM, AND THEN I LOVE THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO, UM, CREATE, UH, BREAKOUT SESSIONS AND ALSO GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS OF AHEAD OF TIME SO THAT, UM, THE MEETINGS ARE EFFICIENT.
SO I THINK RIGHT NOW OUR FIRST STEP AND FROM AN ADVISEMENT PERSPECTIVE IS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET A POLL OUT TO FIND OUT WHO WITHIN THE GROUP, WITHIN THE COUNCIL, IF THIS COUNCIL IS INTERESTED IN, UM, LEAVING ON A DEFINITELY A HIGH NOTE.
I THINK THAT'S SUCH A HIGH NOTE TO BE ABLE TO COME AND COME TOGETHER AND, AND WORK ON, UH, THE BYLAWS FOR THOSE SENIORS.
I KNOW THERE ARE SOME THAT'LL BE RETURNING, UM, BUT I THINK THE FIRST STEP WOULD BE FOR US TO GET A POLL AND FIND OUT, AND THEN WE CAN GO TO SCHEDULING.
SO I DON'T REALLY HEAR A QUESTION RIGHT NOW.
I THINK OUR FIRST STEP IS TO GET THE POLL CREATED AND THEN PERHAPS WE CAN, UM, CREATE, UH, A SCHEDULE BASED UPON THAT INFORMATION, THAT FEEDBACK.
I SEE A HAND RAISED IN THE TEAM'S MEETING.
IS THAT ALEX? A M IT IS MENDOZA.
UM, I JUST JOINED, SO PLEASE PARDON ME.
UH, BUT WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT THE MEETING WILL BE TAKING PLACE IN JULY.
I JUST, I THINK WE DID THAT ONE YEAR AND I MEAN, THINGS HAPPEN IN THE SUMMER, LIKE, UH, UNEXPECTED TRIP CAN HAPPEN.
I'M PRETTY SURE WE HAVE MOVED ON FROM THIS CONVERSATION.
I'M SORRY, I'M TRYING TO PREPARE FOR GRADUATION.
THIS IS MY GRADUATION WEEK, BUT, UM, I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND US DOING IT BEFORE THE END OF, BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF JULY, PREFERABLY TOWARDS THE END OF JUNE.
UM, AND I HEARD ALSO TO LIKE DIVIDING IT UP, THAT'D BE GREAT.
UH, JUST IF WE HAD ENOUGH ATTENDANCE JUST BECAUSE, UH, WE HAD THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, BUT ONE TO THREE PEOPLE WASN'T ENOUGH ATTENDANCE FOR TO GET, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE BYLAWS, UH, REVISED AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
UH, BUT THAT'S JUST MY OPINION, SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT.
NO, THAT'S DEFINITELY A VERY VALID POINT.
UM, I THINK, WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN WE'RE CREATING THE POLLS ONCE AGAIN AND GETTING PEOPLE'S FEEDBACK WHEN THEY'RE AVAILABLE.
UH, MR. MCCLENNAN, YOUR HAND IS RAISED AS WELL.
I WOULD ECHO, UH, WHAT ALEX XAVIER IS SAYING, ESPECIALLY, UH, DOING IT IN JUNE BECAUSE JULY GETS FAR AWAY AND A LOT OF TRANSITION HAPPENS, ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO RECOMMEND, UH, FOR WHATEVER WE DO IN PERSON, UH, IF MS. JACKSON'S WITH, WITH HER CONSENT, I WOULD LOVE TO, UH, LEAD AND HELP DO SOME TYPE OF SENIOR RECOGNITION TO CELEBRATE YOU ALL BEFORE GETTING OUTTA HERE.
SO, UH, WE CAN TIE THAT INTO THAT DAY AS WELL FOR SOME TYPE OF RECOGNITION.
IF YOU ALL WILL SHOW UP, ONLY IF YOU ALL ARE GOING TO SHOW UP, ONLY IF YOU ALL ARE GOING TO SHOW UP EMPHASIS ON, I WOULD LOVE, UH, UM, IF WE, IF WE, I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT FOR JUNE AND WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN PRETTY SOON.
UH, I I REALLY THINK JUNE WILL BE EASIER.
AND I, LIKE I SAY WHAT ALEX XAVIER SOUNDS VERY TRUE.
YOU ALL GET VERY BUSY AND START TRANSITIONING IN LATE JUNE, JULY.
AND JUST TWO TO ADD REAL QUICK, A LOT OF PEOPLE'S FRESHMAN ORIENTATION IS USUALLY IN JULY AS WELL,
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SO SORRY.UM, WOULD IT BE BEST JUST TO LIKE TAKE A VOTE WHEN WE GET IN? NOT RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE, WE HAVE A, A SMALL AMOUNT OF PEOPLE, SO MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST ASK MS. JACKSON SAYS TO NOT A POLL, SEE WHEN EVERYBODY'S AVAILABLE, WHETHER THAT BE JUNE, JULY AND GO FROM THERE.
GENERALLY SPEAKING OF, LEMME JUST, EXCUSE ME, CHAIR.
LEMME JUST POINT OUT THAT I, FIRST OF ALL, I LOVE YOUR IDEA, MR. MCCLENDON, UM, THE, UM, CELEBRATION OR, UH, RECOGNIZE THE SENIORS, UM, AND ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK.
PERHAPS IN TERMS OF THE BYLAWS, UH, WE SEND OUT POLLS, UM, AND FIND OUT MAYBE WE HAVE TWO SESSIONS, MAYBE THERE'S A JUNE SESSION, MAYBE THERE'S A JULY SESSION, UH, PERHAPS FOR, UM, THOSE THAT WANT TO BE A PART OF REVISING THE BYLAWS.
UM, SO THEN WE, THAT WAY WE CAN, THOSE THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN JULY, IF IT'S LATER, UM, IN JULY, WOULD BE ABLE TO SELECT THAT PARTICULAR SESSION.
AND THOSE THAT CAN'T, WOULD PERHAPS PARTICIPATE IN JUNE.
PERHAPS WE CAN HAVE ONE IN JUNE AND, AND, AND ONE IN JULY IF THE SCHEDULES ARE GOING TO SPLIT TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME THAT CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN JULY AND THERE'S SOME THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN JUNE.
BUT I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD DO PROBABLY IS FOCUS ON THE POLL, GET THE POLLS OUT THERE, UH, FIRST, UM, AND SEE HOW MANY WE HAVE THAT ARE, ARE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE.
AND THEN ONCE WE GET THE POLLING INFORMATION, WE'D BE ABLE TO SCHEDULE SOMETHING.
BUT I DO, I I ABSOLUTELY HEAR, UH, THOSE POINTS AND I'M, YOU KNOW, JUST FROM AN, AN ADVISING, UM, PERSPECTIVE, I DEFINITELY CAN AGREE.
UH, IT DOES GET QUITE BUSY, UM, IN JULY ESPECIALLY, UH, CHAIR HAMAD HAD MENTIONED WITH JULY 4TH BEING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH, WE'D HAVE TO DO IT LATER IN JULY.
SO JULY CAN GET, UH, QUITE BUSY.
SO I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS, IS GET THE POLL CREATED AND GET THE POLL IN SLACK AND THEN WE'D HAVE MORE INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO BASE OUR DECISIONS OFF.
UH, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I SEE ALEX AND MR. MCCLENDON, Y'ALL'S HANDS ARE RAISED IN THE TEAMS, JUST CHECKING IF THAT'S OLD OR NOT.
UH, GIVEN THAT THIS CONVERSATION'S GETTING DRAGGED ON AND THERE'S MANY VARIABLES AND ALSO TO, TO COUNT ON HERE THAT'D CAN'T NECESSARILY SPEAK ON AT THIS CURRENT MOMENT.
I'M I MOTION TO TABLE THIS DISCUSSION AND, UH, MOVE FURTHER INTO THE MEETING.
UM, SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING.
NOT TO GO BACK TO THE, UM, THE DISTRICT G EVENT.
I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD BE NECESSARY.
I'M ACTUALLY STILL A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED ON THE SEQUENCING OF THINGS IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE WOULD BE THE ONLY COMMITTEE THAT'S TAKING THIS, IS THAT CORRECT? JUST BECAUSE Y'ALL TALKED ABOUT SENDING IT TO RN, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK AS WE'VE DEALT WITH, WITH OTHER EVENTS, IT'S, I THINK WE SHOULD OPEN THIS, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT IT'S THE SUMMERTIME, WE SHOULD OPEN THIS EVENT TO EVERY SINGLE MEMBER ON THE, THE COMMITTEE.
BUT JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING, I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD PASS THIS ON AS LIKE A SERVICE PROJECT FOR THE, UM, FOR THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE, JUST GIVEN THAT IT, IT, IT EXPANDS ON WHAT THEY DO, WHICH IS ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
SO I THINK THAT'S JUST, I THINK THAT JUST BEST, UH, FITS WITH IT.
UM, ALSO ANOTHER, THAT'S ANOTHER, UH, ID JUST POPPED IN MY HEAD.
WOULD IT BE A GOOD IDEA TO OPEN THIS TO THE AUXILIARY COMMITTEE OR ARE WE PLANNING TO CONTINUE WITH THE AUXILIARY COMMITTEE LATER ON? NON-EXISTENT.
MARLEY SAYS THEY'RE NON-EXISTENT.
MS. JACKSON, DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING? HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU BEEN BRIEFED ON THAT? I DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION AT THIS TIME.
AS FAR AS I KNOW, UM, FROM CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD, UM, THERE ARE ALEX O YOU CAN EXPLAIN THE REST, BUT, UM, THEY ARE NON-EXISTENT.
UM, WELL PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE ARE NON-EXISTENT, BUT THE COMMITTEE IS GOTCHA.
YEAH, THEY DO HAVE A SLACK CHANNEL, SO I, I THINK IT STILL SHOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO REACH OUT AND TOUCH BASE WITH THEM, LET ALONE PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR 'EM TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, BUT ALEX, ALEX, DO YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? GO AHEAD.
SO THEY, UH, THERE IS A SLACK CHANNEL THERE.
EVERYONE FROM THE AUXILIARY COMMITTEE IS ON THERE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF I WAS TOLD THAT THERE PEOPLE ARE GONNA STAY IN TOUCH WITH THEM.
I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE HAVE STAYED IN TOUCH WITH THEM OR WHAT THE UPDATE IS ON THAT, BUT THEY ARE IN THE SLACK, SO I DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD KEEP THE AUXILIARY COMMITTEE LIKE KIND OF, UH, IN TOUCH WITH US BECAUSE, UM, A FEW OF THEM DO COME FROM NOW AND THEN, AND I THINK THAT'S LIKE AMAZING.
AND SO LIKE, WE SHOULDN'T CUT OUT THOSE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AS LONG AS THEY KEEP
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COMING, WE'RE GOOD.I MEAN, THE PEOPLE WHO STAY AT HOME, THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, STAY AT HOME, THEY'RE MISSING OUT, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
I DO WANNA MENTION THAT WE DID SEND AN EMAIL TO ALL OF THEM, LIKE TO ALL, I THINK LIKE IT WAS LIKE 30 TO 40 PEOPLE.
UM, WE SENT AN EMAIL FOR 'EM TO JOIN THE SLACK, AND IF THEY ARE INTERESTED THEN THEY CLICK THE LINK AND THEY EXPLICITLY LIKE JOIN THE SLACK.
SO THEY'VE BEEN AT LEAST ENGAGED IN TERMS OF JOINING THE SLACK CHANNEL.
I MEAN, I DON'T, IS THERE LIKE, JUST, I WOULD SUGGEST JUST ADDING THEM TO THIS LIKE PROJECT, I GUESS JUST BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THE NORMAL LIKE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS, IF IAN IS EVEN ABLE TO LIKE, IF HE'S LIKE IN THE CITY TO LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, HE MAY BE ON VACATION, WE MAY NEED THE MANPOWER TO HELP.
AND I DID WANNA MENTION THAT LIKE, I PERSONALLY FEEL A LITTLE BIT UNCOMFORTABLE PUSHING THIS ONTO ARIAN JUST BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S LIKE EVEN IN THE TOWN, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S STILL AVAILABLE TO LIKE DO THIS.
I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH YOUR POINT.
UM, I CAN DEFINITELY TALK TO ARIAN TO SEE IF HE WANTS TO DO IT.
UM, THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE TOO, SO, UM, AT COREY, I DON'T KNOW, I CAN'T SPEAK TO IF YOU'RE ABLE TO HELP OR MICHAEL IF YOU'RE ABLE TO HELP, BUT, UM, YES, LET ME MOVE THE EVENT.
MICHAEL, ARE YOU GONNA BE HERE? I SHOULD BE.
THERE'S, I DON'T HAVE ANY, I CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING PLANNED FOR JULY 19TH, SO I SHOULD BE AVAILABLE.
YES, I'M GONNA BE HERE TOO, BUT I DON'T, IT'S, I THINK IT SHOULD FOLLOW THEIR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT JUST BECAUSE, UM, WE ARE DEALING WITH COMMUNITY EVENTS, BUT ALSO, UM, I, UM, I CAN SEND OUT, SEND Y'ALL THE LINKS IF Y'ALL WANNA JOIN TO THE MEETINGS TOO, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE'RE DEFINITELY PROBABLY GONNA NEED SOME MORE MANPOWER.
UM, SO I, I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD BE INVOLVED.
I JUST THINK IT SHOULD STILL FALL UNDER FALL UNDER THIS SPECIFIC, UM, COMMITTEE.
AND I THINK THAT'S TOTALLY FINE.
I WOULD JUST SUGGEST LIKE, UM, IN TERMS OF LIKE IF Y'ALL DO NEED MANPOWER, LIKE FEEL FREE TO LIKE REACH OUT TO THE COMMITTEE.
IF Y'ALL DON'T NEED IT, THEN THAT'S FINE.
UM, LIKE THAT'S JUST AN OPTION FOR Y'ALL TO USE.
AND I DID ALSO WANNA ASK JUST MY FINAL QUESTION IN TERMS OF LIKE WHETHER OR NOT, I GUESS THIS IS MORE QUESTION FOR MS. JACKSON IN TERMS OF LIKE WHETHER OR NOT THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING WHERE WE NEED TO MEET LIKE CONSISTENTLY, LIKE WHAT'S THIS SORT OF LIKE, SCOPE OF THIS IN TERMS OF LIKE, WOULD IT JUST BE ENOUGH TO JUST MEET ONCE, GET ALL THE SUPPLIES AND THEN GO THERE, SET UP AND THEN JUST HAVE FUN? IF THAT MAKES SENSE? IN TERMS OF THE MOVIE SERIES? CORRECT.
YEAH, SETTING UP THE ACTIVITY.
SO I DID EMAIL, UH, TODAY AND ASK FOR MORE DETAILS, UH, ABOUT IT.
AND SO I'M WAITING FOR A RESPONSE BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE, UM, WE'LL BE PARTNERING WITH, UH, DISTRICT G, UM, BUT I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT RESOURCES THEY WOULD EXPECT US TO BRING, UM, OR EVEN HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY NEED.
UM, THE ONLY THING THAT, THAT SHE DID SAY IS THAT THEY'RE EXPECTING ABOUT 200.
UM, SO THERE COULD BE, UM, QUITE A FEW IF IT'S AN ACTIVITY FOR YOUNGER KIDS, DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT EITHER.
UM, SO I DID ASK FOR MORE DETAILS, SO I'M NOT SURE, BUT AS SOON AS I GET DETAILS I'LL, I'LL MAKE SURE TO, UM, GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO THE COUNCIL.
AND THEN IF I COULD JUST ASK IF YOU COULD ALSO ASK THEM ABOUT BUDGET AND THINGS, LIKE IF THE SUPPLIES WOULD COME OUT OF THEIR BUDGET OR IF IT WOULD COME OUTTA OURS, JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT'S BEEN A HUGE ISSUE WITH LIKE PLANNING PROJECTS AND SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS.
UM, BUT YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO MAKE LAST COMMENTS, I DEFINITELY CAN WAIT.
UM, REGARDING THIS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT LIKE COMMITTEE, UM, THAT, UM, I HAVE PTSD FROM THE WORD BUDGET GUYS.
SO WHERE, WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT? I'M SORRY, I DON'T MEAN TO OPEN A CAN OF WORMS. I KNOW WE'RE ALL READY TO GO, BUT I, I'M, WE'RE MISSING BADGES, EMAILS, BUDGET.
WE STILL HAVE A THOUSAND DOLLARS UP IN THE AIR THAT FINANCE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DEALING WITH.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF CANS OPEN AND I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
WE CAN DEFINITELY, UM, TALK ABOUT THIS DURING THE BYLAWS OF COURSE, BECAUSE, UM, THAT THAT ALSO HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THAT.
BUT, UM, I'M JUST WONDERING WHERE WE ARE WITH, UM, THE MONEY SPECIFICALLY, JUST BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE, LIKE, WE REACHED OUT TO THEIR FAMILIES AND THEY DID DONATE, AND IT'S, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS.
AND THAT'S LIKE A REALLY BIG ISSUE BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS HERE.
LIKE A THOUSAND DOLLARS JUST DOESN'T DISAPPEAR.
AND, UM, I'VE FROM, OKAY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I HAVEN'T REALLY GOT ANY FEEDBACK OF WHERE IT WAS LAST TIME.
WHAT WERE YOU SAYING? UH, I'LL LET MS. I,
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I'LL LET MS. JACKSON GO FIRST.SO THIS WILL BE QUICK FROM MS. JACKSON BECAUSE I'M BRAND NEW, GETTING INFORMATION ON, ON THE BUDGET SITUATION.
SO I THINK, UM, WHAT I WILL DO IS SPEAK WITH MR. GREEN AND GET ALL THE DETAILS FIRST BEFORE I ADVISE THE COUNCIL OF WHERE WE ARE.
AND IF THERE'S A NEED FOR THIS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BYLAW, UH, SESSIONS OR MEETINGS, THEN WE CAN DO THAT FOR SURE.
YEAH, BUT I'LL, I'LL, I'LL GATHER MORE INFORMATION FROM, UH, MR. GREEN FIRST.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD HAVE LIKE ALL THAT INFORMATION BEFORE OUR MEETINGS WITH THE REVISION COMMITTEE, JUST BECAUSE THAT'LL LIKE DIRECT A LOT OF WHAT WE DO IN TERMS OF WRITING THE BYLAWS FOR SOPS AND COMMITTEES, I ASSUME SO, YEAH.
AND I DO KNOW, UH, UH, MR. HERB, UH, DID STATE THAT THEY WOULD BE VERY OPEN AND TRANSPARENT AND SUPPORTIVE DOING THIS.
UM, MS. UH, MS I WANNA SAY IS MS. KATHY IS THE LAST NAME.
ARE, ARE YOU ASKING IF MY LAST NAME IS KATHY? YES.
UH, MS. BRALEY, IF YOU PROVIDE THAT IN AN EMAIL TO, UM, DIRECTLY ASKING MR. HERB AND, UH, PUBLIC CC, UM, MS. JACKSON AND MR. GREEN, I THINK, UH, THEY CAN MAKE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE AT LEAST TO PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF ANSWERS TO IT.
SO I, BECAUSE, UH, I DO KNOW HE IS A PRIORITY, AND I KNOW MS. JACKSON IS STILL NEW TO THIS AND STILL GETTING, UH, ABREAST OF THE INFORMATION.
SO I THINK IF YOU COULD SEND THAT, UH, EMAIL AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT, ESPECIALLY ONCE WE SOLIDIFY A DATE, UH, BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND WE CAN ALSO, TO YOUR POINT, UH, FIGURE OUT THE COMMUNICATION, UH, JUST LIKE IT WAS COMMUNICATED TO YOU ALL, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, LETTING THOSE THAT DID BUY AND PURCHASE, UH, BEING TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE STATUS OF IT.
SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP AND I THINK WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
UM, I, I DID REACH OUT, UM, A FEW WEEKS AGO, NOT, LET ME NOT SAY A FEW WEEKS AGO.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN I DID REACH OUT, BUT I DID REACH OUT REGARDING BYLAWS AND BUDGET, I BELIEVE.
UM, AND I, I DEFINITELY BELIEVE BUDGET.
I THINK I MAY HAVE SENT A, UM, TEXT ON SLACK.
UM, THAT MAY NOT BE CORRECT, I'M JUST GOING OFF OF MEMORY RIGHT NOW.
BUT, UM, IN A WAY, LIKE, YES, IT'S TAKING A LITTLE WHILE, BUT NOW AT THIS POINT IT'S KIND OF TAKING TOO LONG.
UM, IN A WAY IT'S, IT'S BEEN ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
A THOUSAND DOLLARS HAS BEEN UP IN THE AIR FOR SIX MONTHS.
UM, IT'S KIND OF RIDICULOUS THAT, UM, WE'RE WAITING FOR THIS MONEY THAT QUITE FRANKLY WE NEEDED.
UM, WE, I WAS PERSONALLY TOLD THAT WE DO HAVE A BUDGET, UM, WHEN MR. SIMS DID COME BY AND SPEAK TO US, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY COMMITTEE HAS HAD ACCESS TO THAT BUDGET.
FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, THAT'S A NO.
SO, UM, MORE TRANSPARENCY AND, UM, A BIT MORE QUICKNESS.
IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES THAT WE'RE THE PRIORITY WHEN IT COMES TO THIS KIND OF THING.
SO, UM, I BELIEVE THAT YES, THINGS DO TAKE TIME, BUT THIS IS NO LONGER LIKE, UM, IN A WAY, LIKE A RESPECTFUL AMOUNT OF TIME TO TAKE.
UM, IT'S, IT, AGAIN, AS I SAID, IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS AND, UM, FOR IT TO BE LIKE NO UPDATE BECAUSE WHEN, UM, MR. SIMS DID COME, THAT WAS THE LAST UPDATE I HEARD.
UM, AGAIN, YES, I WILL REACH OUT THROUGH EMAIL AND SLACK, BUT ALSO IN A WAY IT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTACT US ABOUT OUR MONEY THAT WE RAISED.
UM, SO JUST AN UPDATE REGARDING THAT AND, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE DO GET THE MONEY THAT WE ALL EARNED FROM REACHING OUT TO OUR PARENTS, BECAUSE AGAIN, AS I SAID, THIS IS A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE NEED BECAUSE I'M JUST GONNA TURN IT OVER TO LET, LET, I WOULD ALSO JUST LIKE TO ASK IF MS. JACKSON, COULD YOU ALSO SEND THAT LIKE POLL EMAIL FOR SCHEDULING TO, UM, DIRECTOR? JUST BECAUSE THEM BEING THERE I THINK WOULD BE IN PARTICIPATION WITH THE BYLAW EDITS WOULD BE GREAT, JUST BECAUSE I WOULDN'T WANNA SPEND LIKE TWO DAYS ON EDITING BYLAWS AND THEN THEM SAYING THIS IS NOT HOW POLICY AND PROCEDURES ARE.
SEND AN EMAIL TO, I'M SO SORRY, JEREMY.
OH, JUST LIKE ASKING THEM THEIR AVAILABILITY WHEN WE SEND OUT THAT POLL FOR AVAILABILITY, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
I, I'M SORRY, I MISSED THE PERSONS THAT YOU WERE ASKING TO BE DIRECTOR SIMS. DIRECTOR SIMS, OKAY.
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OR, OR JUST SOMEONE THAT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DON JUST BECAUSE FINANCES, THINGS LIKE THAT ARE THEIR JURISDICTION FOR US.UM, I'LL MAKE SURE, UM, TO ASK THAT.
I DO THINK THAT IN TERMS, IF I COULD GO BACK TO, UH, THE INQUIRY REGARDING THE BUDGET NOW I DO, UH, WANT TO ECHO, UH, WHAT MR. MCCLENDON, UH, SAID THAT ABSOLUTELY TRANSPARENCY IS IMPORTANT AND, UM, PROVIDING INFORMATION IS ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT.
SO I WASN'T AWARE IN TERMS OF BEING NEW, UH, AS THE ADVISOR, UM, THAT THERE WAS AN UPDATE, UM, BEING WAITED ON.
UM, BUT I CAN MAKE SURE THAT I FOLLOW UP AND GET THE COUNSEL THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED.
AND I DO SEE XAVIER, I BELIEVE HAS HIS HAND UP.
IF I COULD GO REALLY QUICKLY, UM, IN REGARD TO WHAT MARLEY AND, UM, JEREMY HAS HAS SAID IT, IT'S BEEN PRETTY FRUSTRATING.
AND I'M GONNA, I'M TRYING, I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE, I'M GONNA TRY NOT TO TAKE TOO MUCH TIME, BUT IT'S BEEN VERY FRUSTRATING.
UM, I MEAN, I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT LIKE, I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE ABOUT MY FRESHMAN YEAR AND EVERYTHING HAS BEEN THE SAME EVER SINCE.
I MEAN, WE'VE MADE LITTLE PROGRESS HERE AND THERE, BUT IT'S BEEN THE SAME THING SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE MY FRESHMAN YEAR AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, MY TERM IS ENDING AND I WOULD LOVE THE BEST FOR THE COUNCIL, BUT IT'S LIKE IT GOES THROUGH ONE YEAR AND COMES RIGHT OUT THE OTHER, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE, SOMETHING GOING ON AND I UNDERSTAND WE'RE JUST HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, SO IF IT'S LIKE LOOKED AT LIKE THAT, LIKE I, YOU KNOW, LIKE THEN THAT'S PROBABLY AN ISSUE ON ITS OWN, BUT IT, IT CAN, IT'S VERY, VERY FRUSTRATING.
AND I KNOW THERE'S PEOPLE ON THIS COUNCIL RIGHT NOW WHO ARE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO RETURN OR REAPPLY NEXT YEAR, AND THEIR INPUT AND THEIR, UM, EXPERTISE IS VERY MUCH NEEDED RIGHT NOW.
UM, YOU KNOW, SINCE THEY'RE NOT GRADUATING AND I WOULD LIKE, WE NEED TO REALLY FOCUS ON RETAINING OUR YOUTH COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO STAY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE IN GOOD STANDING.
AND, UM, THIS IS NO FAULT TO OUR NEW ADVISOR AT ALL BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH A NEW ADVISOR ALMOST EVERY YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
SO I UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S, LIKE, SOME THINGS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN CONCRETE BECAUSE WE'VE GONE THROUGH A NEW ADVISOR ALMOST EVERY YEAR.
UM, BUT THO THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS.
I'M NOT GONNA TAKE TOO MUCH TIME, BUT I WOULD LOVE FOR SOME PEOPLE IN THE SUMMER TO STAY INVOLVED, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE ATTORNEY, UM, SO THAT WE CAN IRON OUT ALL THESE ISSUES.
AND SO THAT, AND WHEN AUGUST COMES AND WHENEVER ORIENTATION COMES, 'CAUSE I KNOW SOME PEOPLE SAID THEY DIDN'T GET AN ORIENTATION, THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE INS AND OUTS OF THE MAYOR YOUTH COUNCIL AND BE HELD TO A CERTAIN EXPECTATION IN TERMS OF ATTENDANCE OR IN TERMS OF THIS AND THAT.
BECAUSE I MEAN, AFTER THE SECOND SEME, LIKE AFTER JANUARY, LITERALLY AFTER CHRISTMAS, EVERYTHING ALWAYS JUST FALLS OFF.
SO, UM, THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.
AND, AND I'M HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, TALK WITH ANYONE AND SHARE MY, UM, EXPERIENCE THIS PAST FOUR YEARS, UH, SO THAT IT CAN BE BETTER IN AUGUST BECAUSE I WANT TO LEAVE THE COUNCIL KNOWING THAT IT'S GONNA BE 10 TIMES BETTER THAN WHEN I STARTED.
SO THAT'S JUST MY OPINION, AND I'M NOT GONNA RUN ON NO MORE.
UM, MR. MENDOZA, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, FOR A MEETING WITH ME BECAUSE YOU WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE A GREAT BIT OF INFORMATION, UH, REGARDING, UM, THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL AND, UH, IMPROVEMENTS THAT, UH, NEED TO BE HAD.
UM, I, I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE IT AND, AND WORKING ON, UM, THE LIST THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED IN OUR MEETING.
UM, SO I ABSOLUTELY AGREE, UM, A VOICE FROM THE YOUTH IS NEEDED, AND THAT'S WHAT THE YOUTH COUNCIL DOES.
SO ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO AS THE NEW ADVISOR, UH, WILL BE DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT PROGRESS IS, IS, IS BEING HAD AND IS MOVING FORWARD, UH, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS AND FOR, UH, THE COUNCIL TO BE EFFICIENT.
UM, I DO WANT TO ALSO ADD IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET, AND SO SORRY TO GO BACK TO THIS MARLEY, BUT, UM, AND COUNCIL AND, AND THOSE ALL LISTENING, BUT, UM, I DO, AS I WAS THINK SITTING HERE THINKING ABOUT ONE OF MY EARLY CONVERSATIONS WITH MR. GREEN, UPON TAKING THE ROLE, UM, AS THE ADVISOR, HE DID MENTION THAT THERE WAS, UH, WORK BEING DONE ON A BUDGETING ISSUE.
SO THERE IS BEING PROGRESS MADE IN THAT DIRECTION.
NOW, I WASN'T AWARE THAT THERE NEEDED TO BE AN UPDATE TO THE COUNCIL ITSELF.
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RECOLLECT MR. GREEN DEFINITELY SAYING THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE REGARDING THE BUDGET AND THAT THE OFFICE WAS, THE OFFICE WAS HANDLING THAT ACCORDING TO POLICY AND PROCEDURES.SO THEN I DO REMEMBER, UM, SO I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH MR. GREEN AND SEE WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET, UH, ISSUE.
UM, THAT, THAT IS, THAT WAS HAD THIS, UH, PAST TERM AND DEFINITELY GET ALL PARTIES UPDATED.
UM, BECAUSE YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, UM, WHERE MONEY EXISTS, IT, IT REQUIRES ACCOUNTABILITY, SO FOR SURE.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO FEEL LIKE YOUR ADVISOR IS NOT HEARING YOUR CONCERNS.
UM, I'LL ABSOLUTELY FOLLOW UP, UM, UH, PROMPTLY, UH, REGARDING, UH, ANY BUDGET QUESTIONS.
UH, ANY OTHER, I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY OTHER LAST QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO.
UH, THIS TIME I THINK WE CAN CONCLUDE THIS MEETING.
I, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL, UM, FOR JOINING US ON OUR FINAL MEETING OF THIS YEAR.
AND, UH, MS. JACKSON, IT'S A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
AND, UM, I'LL REITERATE AGAIN WHAT ALEX MENTIONED AGAIN.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE FACED MANY CHALLENGES OVER, UM, NOT JUST THIS YEAR, BUT IN, IN THE HISTORY WITH THIS, UH, COUNCIL.
AND I HOPE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, OR I'M HOPEFUL THAT, AND I, AND I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO HELP AND WORK WITH THIS COUNCIL TO HELP IT ACHIEVE AND SEE A BRIGHTER AND MORE SUCCESSFUL FUTURE AHEAD.
I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, NO EFFORT GOES, UM, TO WASTE AS YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT NOT MAKE YOUR COHORT A GOOD YEAR, YOUR ABILITY IN THE COUNCIL FOR THE FUTURE AND, AND JUST IN GENERAL FOR, FOR SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE AND FOR BETTERING YOUTH LIVES, UM, JUST ONE DAY AND HOPEFULLY, I MEAN, THAT'S THE GOAL IN ALL.
UM, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR OUR GREAT YEAR.
IT WAS A PLEASURE TO BE, UM, THE CHAIR FOR THIS COMMITTEE AND I HOPE TO STAY IN TOUCH AND WORK WITH Y'ALL IN THE FUTURE AND KEEP THE GREAT WORK.
AND ALSO GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF OUR SENIORS.
OH, AND I CANNOT FORGET THE ACTUAL OFFICIAL BUSINESS.
UM, AND FOR THE LAST TIME ON, AT 7:29 PM ON TUESDAY, JUNE 4TH, 2024, I, UH, MEETING IS ADJOURNED.