* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. OKAY. SIX O'CLOCK [00:00:01] BY THE CLOCK. WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. HELLO EVERYBODY. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. IS EVERYONE GLAD TO HEAR THAT? UH, THE MISSION STATEMENT IS CITY OF GIRL AND COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION IS TO MAXIMIZE THE POTENTIAL INCLUSION IN QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL CITIZENS IN THE CITY OF GARLAND. BY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF CITIZENS WE REACH, TEACH, EDUCATE, AND INVOLVE, AND WHAT THE CITY OF GARLAND HAS TO OFFER TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CITIZEN, REGARDLESS OF RACE, OOPS, OF ETHNIC RACIAL, RELIGIOUS, OR CULTURAL BLACK GROUNDS FEELS WELCOMED IN THE COMMUNITY, NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES AND PLACES OF WORSHIP. THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING. I DID NOT ATTEND THE LAST MEETING, BUT IF THOSE WHO DID HAVE REVIEWED THE MINUTES, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THEM. A SECOND. THE MOTION WAS ELVIA. THE SECOND WAS FOR SURE ALL IN FAVOR ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, WE HAVE A, OF, UM, RENAE AND DIGITAL BUSINESS CARDS AND PROCESS. UM, I DID, AFTER EVERYBODY, BY MAJORITY VOTE, WANTED DIGITAL CARDS WITH QR CODE AND SO FORTH. I WENT BACK TO THE PR FOLKS THEY'RE GOING TO DO NOW. SO WHAT I NEED FROM YOU GUYS, JUST GIVE ME A QUICK EMAIL. I WANT THIS ON MY CAR, MY NAME, MY EMAIL FOR MY NAME, MY EMAIL, MY PHONE NUMBER, OR MY NAME, MY EMAIL, WHATEVER, YOU KNOW? AND THEN, THEN IN THAT LITTLE PACKET I GAVE YOU, THERE'S A SAMPLE OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE DIGITAL. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL SEE. THEY'LL SEE THE LITTLE COLORFUL LOGOS. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT THERE. PAGE THE THIRD, THIRD ITEM WILL LOOK LIKE THAT. AND WE JUST USE THE OLD CARD TO SAY, SHOW UP SHOULD BE ON IT. BUT IF YOU MAKE YOUR CAR A CERTAIN WAY, AND THEN YOU DECIDED YOU WANTED TO CHANGE IT, IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY EASY NOW TO JUST GO IN DIGITAL. YEAH. SO YOU GUYS JUST NEED TO SEND ME AN EMAIL SAYING, I WANT MINE TO HAVE THIS INFORMATION ON IT. THEY DON'T ALL HAVE TO BE THE SAME. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THEY'RE WANTING TO HAVE PEOPLE FOLLOW THEM AND SHARE THEIR STUFF WHILE THERE THEY COULD PUT THAT ON THERE. SO TOTALLY UP TO YOU GUYS. ONCE YOU SEND ME THE FASTER I GET IT FROM THE WHOLE GROUP, I PREFER TO GIVE IT ALL IN ONE PACKAGE. THEN WE HAVE ONE TODAY, ONE TOMORROW. SO I WOULD SAY WE CAN JUST GET THEM OUT TO ME BY THIS TIME NEXT WEEK, THE VERY LATEST, UM, THEN I CAN GET THEM TO THE GIRL IN PUBLIC AND MEDIA RELATIONS AND SHE'LL GET THEM ALL READY. AND BY THE NEXT TIME Y'ALL MEET, YOU'LL HAVE, AND NEXT THURSDAY STATE IS THE 26TH FOR ANYBODY THAT NEED THAT DATE. THANK YOU. KRISCHA OKAY. NEXT, THANK YOU, RENEE BUDGET DISCUSSION. FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT WANT TO PLAN TO USE THEM WHEN THEY, I PUT THE REPORT IN YOUR PACKET. AND THAT JUST SHOWS WHAT WE DO SO FAR. THE BUDGET IS TYPICAL. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVEN'T USED HALF OF IT. THERE'S FUNDS IN THERE. OKAY. AND DID WE ALREADY BUY SOME SWAGGER NOW? WE DIDN'T BUY ANY SWEAT SHIRTS. JENNIFER, YOU HAVE QUESTION. UM, NO, I, I WAIT UNTIL YOU FINISHED, WE'VE ONLY GOT SHIRTS AND WHATEVER IS LISTED, JUST BADGES AND SHIRTS. I THINK WE WERE TRYING TO USE UP ALL OF THE OLD STUFF. THERE'S A COUPLE OF MEALS ON THERE AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE, THEY SHOULD HAVE COME FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO I'M GOING TO HAVE SOMEBODY DO A, UH, ENTRY AND MOVE THOSE WHERE THEY SHOULD BE. SO REALLY YOU HAVE MORE THAN THAT REPORT SAYS. CAUSE I HAVEN'T HAD THEM DO THE JOURNAL ENTRY TO MOVE THE MEALS OFF OF THERE. THEY SHOULDN'T BE ON THERE. OKAY. SO WE'VE GOT PROBABLY 4,500 ISH. YES. OKAY, GREAT JENNIFER. YES. UH, EACH YEAR WE RECEIVE $5,000. IF WE DON'T USE A BASE SEPTEMBER 30TH, YOU HAVE A WAY OF CARRY ON TO THE NEXT YEAR OR WE HAVE TO USE THAT BY SEPTEMBER. YEAH. IT DOESN'T GET USED AND WE DON'T CARRY IT OVER. WE JUST BOUGHT A THOUSAND DOLLARS. HONESTLY. I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE CITY MANAGER DOES WITH IT WHEN WE ARE UNDER BUDGET LIKE THAT. I'M SURE THERE'S A PART OF THIS FOR I'M SURE IT GOES SOMEWHERE THAT IT'S NEEDED, BUT GOVERNMENT BUDGETS CAN NEVER BE CARRIED OVER. UM, SO WE HAVE ROUGHLY $4,500 AVAILABLE AND WE HAD, WHAT BROUGHT THIS DISCUSSION TO LIGHT IS WE HAD, UH, AN EVENT [00:05:01] LAST MONTH, WELL WAS ACTUALLY THIS MONTH, BUT JENNIFER VERY GENEROUSLY, UM, THOUGHT OF AND SUPPORTED A SMALL GIFT FOR THE MOMS OF NEEDLES AND NEEDS TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THAT. BUT WE DO NOT HAVE A PLAN NOR DID WE HAVE AN APPROVAL FOR HOW WE WERE GOING TO DO THAT. SO WE NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE DISCUSSION ON THAT. UM, TO ME, I LOVE THE IDEA OF GIVING A GIFT AS LONG AS WE'RE EQUITABLE WITH HOW WE DO THAT. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING FOR MOMS, ARE WE GOING TO DO SOMETHING FOR DADS? THESE ARE MY QUESTIONS. IF WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING FOR MOMS AND DADS, ARE WE GOING TO DO SOMETHING FOR MOMS AND DADS FROM MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS? BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT AS THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION TO APPEAR TO BE AN EQUITABLE WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, THIS GIFT IS ALREADY DONE. SO WE OBVIOUSLY NEED TO DO THAT REIMBURSEMENT, BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR US TO CONSIDER IF WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SUCH A GIFT TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL, AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY INCLUDE IN OUR PLANNING. YES. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING WHERE I'M COMING FROM. FROM THE LAST MEETING, WE DID VOTE TO SELECT SOMETHING FROM THE CMC, A GIFT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, RENEE AND I FEEL LIKE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT GOOD ENOUGH TO GIVE TO ONLY THOSE MOM. THAT'S THE REASON WE COME UP WITH JUST GO AHEAD AND PURCHASES AND I WILL COVER THE COST FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. AND I AGREE WITH YOU. WE NEED TO BE FAIR. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE DO ONE FOR ONE GROUP. HOW ABOUT THE NEXT GROUP? SO MY STRONG RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDERATION IS THAT FROM NOW ON, WE SHOULD HAVE PLENTY OF GIVEAWAY ITEMS IN OUR SUPPLIES TO GIVE IT AWAY IN STAT. IF SOMETHING COME UP, WE HAVE TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT TO BUY FOR. SO THAT WOULD BE TOO MUCH JOB ALWAYS. NUMBER ONE SECOND OF ALL, WE WANT TO BE FAIR TO EVERY ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MADAM VICE CHAIR. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT RECOMMENDATION. WE PROBABLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT PA WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE BUDGET WE'D LIKE TO DEVOTE TO THAT? MADAM CHAIR? I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. WHAT WAS THE COST OF THE DONATION? UH, EXTREMELY REASONABLE. IT WAS SOMEWHERE IN THE AREA. IF THERE WAS ANY ACCESS. I HAD A GENTLEMAN WHO JUST TOOK CARE OF MANICURE ON ANOTHER NOTE. THEY WERE, AS I UNDERSTAND THROUGH ELISA, BUT THEY WERE REALLY GRATEFUL. YEAH, IT WAS, IT WAS A VERY NICE, A KEY CHAIN THAT SAID LOVE AND SOME CHOCOLATES IN A CUTE LITTLE BOX. IT WAS VERY SWEET AND YOU KNOW, IT WENT PRETTY GOOD, UH, BECAUSE, UH, LOT LARGE FUNERAL HOME, UH, DONATED A LITTLE COFFEE CUP WITH THE SCHOOLS AND THE GOODIES AND, UM, I'VE GOT YOURS, BUT I AIN'T GOT, I AIN'T DONE PINATA, BEEN SPOILED BY THE TIME I, I DON'T WANT THEM TO SPOIL, SO I JUST STAYED UP ELVIA. THAT'S TAKEN ONE FOR THE TEAM AND NOW, BUT ANYWAY, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, THEY WERE REAL EXCITED BECAUSE THEY GOT THIS WITH THE TWO EMPANADAS, THE LITTLE GIFT. AND THEN THEY HAD SEVERAL, UH, THEY HAD LIKE FIVE OR SIX, UH, UH, TWO ROSS GIFT CARDS. SO IT WAS A VERY, IT WAS VERY . WAS THERE ROSES FROM KAMALA? THE CARNATIONS FOR JENNIFER WAS THERE LVO WAS THERE JUST NINA WAS THERE AND I WAS THERE. IT WAS VERY GOOD REPRESENTATION FROM THE CMC. I THINK THAT WAS EXCELLENT. DID YOU GUYS TAKE A PICTURE WHILE YOU WERE THERE? WE DID IT AFFECT THE MOM'S DAD. MY ENCOURAGEMENT, JENNIFER KNOWS IS MY ENCOURAGEMENT IS TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT WHEN YOU'RE AT EVENTS, BECAUSE WE WEREN'T ALL THERE AT THE SAME TIME. IT'LL HAPPEN THAT WAY. BUT THE COUNCIL WILL ASK YOU TO DO A REPORT TO SOMETIMES WE, WE NEED TO HAVE PICTURES. YES. I TOOK THE PICTURE. I CANNOT STAY LONG RIGHT NOW. I JUST GET BACK FROM THE PLANE. ALSO A FEDERAL PARTNER WOULD HAVE SOME TOO, BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY DO THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU, RENEE. THANK YOU. UH, AND COMMA FOR YOU ALL TO PUT ALL THOSE BOXES TOGETHER. [00:10:01] WE APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU SO LONG. I TOOK MY FLOWERS FROM A MOTHER'S DAY AND MADE A SCRATCH. I, I, I THINK YOU GOT ME THE LOAD OR SOMEBODY GOT THROUGH THE LOW VIRUS FOR VISA AND SPLIT IT IN SPANISH. AND THEN WE TOOK A BIG PLATTER OF COOKIES. SO I THINK THAT, I THOUGHT IT WAS LOVELY. I BET. I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE, I KNOW THAT NINE O'CLOCK. I HAVE TO TELL THEM. OKAY, WELL, EVERY TIME I KNOW THEY WERE HAPPY TO BE TOGETHER. THEY ONLY GO TO MY SECOND MEETING AND I LEFT BOTH OF THEM AFTER EIGHT 30. SO I'M LIKE, LOOK, I WORKED ALL DAY IT'S TIME, YOU KNOW, BUT I LOVE BEING THERE. IT'S JUST, THEY, THEY ENJOY EACH OTHER'S COMPANY A LOT, BUT I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, YES, I BELIEVE WE SHOULD HAVE THINGS AVAILABLE. I BELIEVE WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE CATALOG AS A GROUP AND FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, PICK LIKE THE TOP THREE AND THEN FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT WILL BE. AND THEN WE NEED TO MAKE A LIST OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE ABSOLUTELY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SUPPORT IN THE SAME WAY AT THE SAME TIME OR WHEN APPROPRIATE. FOR INSTANCE, I WOULD NOT GIVE A DSE SAY SKIP TO THE NAACP, BUT I WOULD GIVE AN MLK, YOU KNOW, BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE THE SAME THING AND WE SHOULD BE UNIFORM IN WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO LET'S THINK ABOUT WHAT THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ARE AND BE READY FOR IT THEN THAT'S OKAY. AND I MET HIM TO TRY TO HAVE ONE MORE QUICK QUESTION. UM, RENEE MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS AN ANONYMOUS DONORS. SO IF SOMEONE WANTED TO DONATES ANONYMOUSLY, WHAT IS THE PROCESS OF PROTOCOL RENAMED NOW? OKAY. ANDREW DONATION IN THAT TO BE THE FIRST ONE, BUT IT REALLY DOES MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A BUDGET AND WE NEED TO USE IT. SO I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE TO SOLICIT DONATIONS IN THIS CASE, WE HAD NOTHING TO GIVE. SO IT HAD TO BE DONE VERY QUICKLY. BUT IF WE TAKE CARE OF THIS AND PLACE SOME ORDERS, THEN WE WON'T BE IN THAT POSITION AGAIN, THAT I DO HAVE AN ITEM THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A NEW BUSINESS. SO WHEN WE GET THERE AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT, OKAY, NEXT, MAY I PLEASE ASK THE BOARD FOR THIS TIME? JUST LET IT GO. I DON'T WANT NO REIMBURSEMENT MAKE, MAKE IT LIKE MY DONATION TO THE NEEDLES. MOM, PLEASE. IT'S NOT BLUE. I ASKED FOR YOUR PERMISSION, PLEASE ACCEPT MY DONATION. THIS TIME. I HAVE A BUSINESS IS THE GROUP PHOTO. SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO IT THIS MONTH. I WAS NOT GOING TO BE HERE THIS MONTH, BUT INSTEAD OF SKIPPING BOTH MEETINGS, I'M ONLY SKIPPING MY LEADERSHIP GROWING GRADUATION. WHEN WOULD WE LIKE TO DO THE PHOTO? ALBEA HAS ALREADY SAID SHE CAN NOT BE HERE IN JUNE. CAN WE DO AN INFORMAL PHOTO TODAY? SINCE WE HAVE LIKE, I CAN'T HEAR YOU. HELLO? HELLO. SHE OWNED UP THERE ON THE PANEL. THEY'VE BEEN WORKING IN HERE. SO IT'S VERY POSSIBLE. IT'S ON EARLIER. IT STARTED LIKE IT WAS ON. YEAH. YEAH. THIS WAS ON, WHEN WE CAME IN, THEY WERE ALL ON A WALL IN THE CONTROLS. CAN WE DO AN INFORMAL PHOTO TODAY TO ADD TO OUR LITTLE, I GET THE YEARBOOK SINCE WE DON'T REALLY HAVE MANY PHOTOS TOGETHER AND YOU HAVE A GOOD MAJORITY OF US. I KNOW WHAT'S MISSING. WE CAN PHOTOSHOP. WE HAVE TIME BEFORE 7:00 AM. WE DON'T HAVE BALANCE SEARS, NOT HERE. WE KNOW THAT'S WHAT SHE JUST SAID. OH, OKAY. I'M SORRY. WHEN THE MAJORITY HERE, YOU KNOW ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO ADD. IF WE HAVE TIME BEFORE SEVEN YEARS, I'M FINE WITH IT. IT'S EVERYWHERE. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU. BARELY SOUNDED WE CAN GET OIL TOGETHER. I DON'T HAVE MY NAME. [00:15:01] WELL, WE DON'T WANT TO YOU DON'T WANT TO NAME, TAKE A PICTURE. WONDERFUL. OKAY. LET'S DO MULTICULTURAL FILM FESTIVAL. WHEN ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO TAKE THIS? IS EVERYONE, WILL EVERYONE BE HERE IN JULY? I WILL NOT. WHAT? OKAY, I'LL GO HOME. DOES IT HAVE TO BE ON A MEETING DAY? IT DOES NOT HAVE THAT. SO WE COULD DO IT IN JUNE. IF IT WAS NOT ON THE MEETING DAY ON THERE. CAN WE DO IT ON DUTY? ARE WE ALL GOING TO MEET? NOPE, I WILL NOT. I HAVE SURGERY ON JUNE 17TH SOLIDLY. I CAN UNDERSTAND. THAT'S NOT IT. SO HOW ABOUT TUESDAYS? THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS DON'T WORK FOR ME. OKAY. SO MAYBE I'LL SEND OUT A DOODLE POLL. HOW ABOUT HERE? I'LL SEND A DOODLE POLL. THE JUNE DATES WOULD WORK AS LONG AS IT'S NOT THE MEETING DATE OR JUNE 10TH OR AFRICA. AND HE GETS JUST FINE. YOU KNOW, I CAN'T DO JUNE. WHAT I'M SAYING IS MAYBE NO, I WOULD RATHER DO IT SOONER THAN LATER. SO IF IT'S ANOTHER DAY IN JUNE, YOU'RE NOT AVAILABLE TUESDAYS AND THIRD, IF WE DO IT THURSDAY, IT'S LIKE WE GO IN AND DOING A MEETING TIME AND I'M GOOD. OKAY. BUT IF YOU NEED IT EARLIER ON LATER, THEN I'M NOT TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS NUMBER 30 TIMES. YES, THAT WORKS FINE. OKAY. SO COULD IT BE EVERY JUNE 17TH, MONDAY? NO. SHE'S HAVING SURGERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY THOUGH. OKAY. GOT IT. OKAY. SO I'LL SEND A DUTY REPORT AND ELVIA, YOU'RE NOT HERE TO DATE OF THE MEETING, SO NOT BAD, RIGHT? FOR SURE. AND I'M NOT HERE IN THE 27TH THROUGH THE 29TH AND OTHER THAN THAT, SO, UM, BUT I WILL SEND, UH, OH, IT SAYS MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FIVE 30. IT'LL BE MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AT FIVE 30. FOR THAT ONE. WE'RE NOT LETTING ANYBODY TAKE IT WITH THEIR PHONE. HE WAS GOING TO BE HERE FOR THIS REASON. SO I TOLD HIM NOT TO BE HERE, BUT THE GUY WHO TEXTS ALL OF OUR PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THE COUNCIL HE'S TAKING ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE WILL GET THAT TO YOU AS RAPIDLY AS WE CAN. OKAY. OKAY. MULTICULTURAL FILM FESTIVAL. WE HAVE ANY UPDATES. I DO NOT, I DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATE. I SUPPOSED TO LEAVE WITH THREE OF THEM. YEAH. AND I, AND I EMAILED HIM AND HE RESPONDED AND I WENT TO NEW YORK. SO MAYBE WE SHOULD BOTH GET TOGETHER WITH HER. LET'S TRY IT. LET'S TRY TO DO THAT. I'LL UM, I'LL SEND THEM AN EMAIL. I'M HAPPY. I'M BACK ON THE THIRD I'M BACK THE DAY BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY. SO YES MA'AM. YEAH. GET IT ALL TOGETHER. OKAY. PARTNERSHIPS DISCUSSION. THE NAACP COUNCIL. I RECEIVED A COMM FROM DR. MILLER THAT SHE HAD A CONFLICT AND WAS UNABLE TO JOIN US THIS MONTH. SO I INVITED HER TO JOIN US NEXT MONTH AND SHE THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD WORK GREAT AND BE BETTER FOR HER ACCOUNT. AND SHE ALSO ASKED, UM, I'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH HER. THEY REMINDED ME THAT I FELL SHORT, LAST MEETING. SO I MADE SURE I MADE CONTACT WITH HER SEVERAL EMAILS BACK AND FORTH. SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT'S CAN WE CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR ORGANIZATION? WHETHER IT'S TIME, FINANCES, UH, WHAT TYPE OF SUPPORT ARE WE SUGGESTING THAT WE CAN OFFER TO THEM? SO MY ANSWER TO HER WAS I THOUGHT IT WOULDN'T BE BEST FOR HER TO COME TO THE MEETING AND HAVE IT ADDRESSED AS A WHOLE. BUT SINCE SHE WON'T BE HERE UNTIL NEXT MONTH, I WOULD SUGGEST, HOWEVER, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO THINK ABOUT HOW CAN WE CONTRIBUTE TO THEM. I TALKED TO HER A LITTLE BIT, PROBABLY FIVE MINUTES YESTERDAY. AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR HAVING HER CALL FIRST. WHAT I TOLD HER IS, YOU KNOW, SHE ASKED ABOUT XL. SHE ASKED ABOUT, UM, YOUTH COUNCIL. UM, I TOLD HER THAT WE WANTED TO BE, MAKE SURE THAT WE PROMOTED WHAT YOU COUNCIL IS DOING AND LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW ABOUT IT. AND SHE SAID, WELL, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF THING WOULD THAT MEAN? I'M LIKE ANYTHING YOU'RE DOING THIS CMC IS HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT COMMUNITIES THAT AREN'T AWARE OF, COOL STUFF THAT'S HAPPENING IN TOWN BECOME AWARE, BUT SHE THEN PUSHED MORE, YOU KNOW, AND SAID, SO YOU THINK PEOPLE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN COMING TO ACT. SO I SAID, I THINK WE'D BE INTERESTED IN ANYTHING. AND SO SHE'S GOING TO COME. I ASKED HER TO GIVE US FIVE MINUTES, A FIVE MINUTE OVERVIEW OF THE COUNCIL'S WORK AND THEN STAY FOR DISCUSSION WITH [00:20:01] US AND TELL ME WHAT AXA XL IS. THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS NAACP PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THEIR SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED AND PRAISE IS GIVEN. AND, UM, WAY LONG AGO, BACK IN 2011, NO 2010 OR 22, THE OTHER NIGHT, MATTHEW WANTED A COUPLE OF IT. WASN'T A COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT HE ALSO HAS BEEN A JUDGE FOR MANY YEARS SINCE HE GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE T S A C T ACT, HYPHEN S O. AND IT'S AN ABBREVIATION. I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT IT IS AND THEN I CAN GOOGLE IT. AND THE GOOD THING IS THEY HAVE A, THEY HAVE AN ADULT REPRESENTATIVE OR USED. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S STILL THERE, BUT THEY USED TO HAVE AN ADULT REPRESENTATIVE, A TEACHER IN EVERY HIGH SCHOOL. SO WHEN THE KIDS THERE'S AN ACTUAL COORDINATOR, THEY KEPT CALLING. IT CAN BE EITHER A TEACHER OR A PTA BOARD MEMBER. OKAY. WELL, ADULT WAS WHEN I WAS SHOOTING FOR NOT XO STANDS FOR THE AFRO AMERICAN CULTURAL TECHNOLOGY, TECHNOLOGICAL AND SCIENTIFIC PARALYMPICS, FORMALLY NAMED INFORMALLY NAMED THE OLYMPICS OF THE MIND IS A YOUTH PROGRAM AT THE END OF NAACP THAT IS DESIGNED TO RECRUIT STIMULATE IMPROVEMENT IN CURRENT HIGH ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL ACHIEVEMENT AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOLS. AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THEY GET TO TRAVEL. THEY DO THEIR EACH LOCALE GETS TO GO TO REGIONALS. IF YOU WENT TO REGION, YOU GET TO GO TO THE NATIONAL SNITCH, GO TO STATE. IF YOU GO TO STATE, WHEN STATE YOU GO TO WHY YOU GO TO NATIONAL. SO SHE WILL BE WITH US NEXT MONTH. IT'S DR. NOW DR. JOYCE MILLER SHE'S SHE'S, SHE'S BEEN EVERYWHERE, EVERYWHERE. AND SHE'S, SHE'S A FACULTY AT EASTFIELD STILL. I THINK, I THINK SO. YEAH, SHE IS DEFINITELY A TRUE ADVOCATE FOR YOUNGSTERS. OKAY. G A S D. YAY. SO I EMAILED, UM, DR. UH, HOLD ON. LET ME GET, I HAVE SOME, I'M JUST PULL IT UP FOR ACCURACY, BUT I HAVE FIELD SHE'S THE HEAD OF LIKE THE SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENT OF GARLAND ISD. UM, AND I ASKED HER ABOUT THAT. UM, I ASKED HER ABOUT FOR THE RESOURCE, UM, WHAT WAS IT? YEAH, THE RESOURCE GUIDE THAT WE WANTED TO LIKE, MAKE IT ACCUMULATE FROM LIKE DIFFERENT PARTS OF GARLAND. UM, AND SHE DIRECTED ME TO THE GARLAND ISD WEBSITE THAT HAS, UM, WELLNESS AND SUPPORT SERVICES. UM, AND I CAN FORWARD THIS TO YOU ALL, BUT BASICALLY IT HAS LIKE, UM, BY LOCATION, LIKE BY ZIP CODE OF GARLAND OR LIKE, UM, THEY HAVE, UM, WHAT IS IT CALLED USER GUIDE TO FIND COMMUNITY AND DISTRICT RESOURCES, SUPPORTING ALL AREAS OF YOUR WELLBEING, EMOTIONAL, MENTAL HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, FINANCIAL, INTELLECTUAL, PHYSICAL, AND MEDICAL, SOCIAL, AND SPIRITUAL AND VOCATIONAL AND OCCUPATION. UM, AND LIKE THAT YOU CAN GO THROUGH FILTERS AND IT'S LIKE 158 RESULTS. SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES ON THIS THING. SO WE HAVE SOMETHING, UM, THEY HAVE A LOT, AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S GIC BASED, IT'S I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT IT'S COMMUNITY. YEAH, WE CAN USE, YEAH. I MEAN, THE GOAL HAS BEEN TO AMPLIFY WHAT'S ALREADY IN EXISTENCE, SO I'M THRILLED TO SEE AGA S HAVE SOMETHING. AND THAT MEANS ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE ELSE, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO WRITE. WHAT WAS HER NAME AGAIN? B A B E T T A AND H E M P H I L L H D P H I L L. GOT IT. THANK YOU. JUST DINA. WELL DONE. COOL COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS, ALSO GARLAND ISD. UM, THE SECOND ANNUAL FAMILY ENGAGEMENT CONFERENCE IS JULY 28TH. UM, WE ACTUALLY WENT TO THAT LAST YEAR. I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE GO, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE SEND A FLYER OR INFORMATION TO BE AVAILABLE. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. IT WAS COOL. IT WAS NOT. UM, I THINK, UH, UH, PRESENCE IS NOT NECESSARILY NECESSARY. IT COULD BE INTERESTING IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND JUST TO SEE WHAT IS BEING OFFERED. UH, AND [00:25:01] I, AND I WOULD SAY, ABSOLUTELY THEY'LL DO THAT, BUT I, YOU KNOW, THE TRADE OR THE LIKE FAIR PART THAT LINK PARTICIPATED IN BECAUSE OF WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON. IT WAS RISING. MIDDLE SCHOOL IS I THINK WAS THE AUDIENCE. AND, UM, THEY HAD A LOT OF PRESENTATIONS ON WHAT WAS AVAILABLE IN EACH OF THE SCHOOLS. AND THEN WHAT, WHAT COMES IN THE MAGAZINES DID, AND, YOU KNOW, ACCESSING RESOURCES AND ET CETERA. AND THOSE WERE GOING ON CONCURRENTLY WITH THE FARE. SO PEOPLE WERE MOSTLY IN THEIR SESSIONS, LIKE THEY WERE PICKING THE THING THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT FOR THEIR STUDENT AND ATTENDING THAT, THAT THEY WERE IN THE BIG ROOM ALL TOGETHER FOR A BRIEF PERIOD, BUT THERE WAS NOT A LOT GOING ON, UM, JULY 28. THANK YOU, LIZ. IS IT WHEREAS A HALF DAY OR IS IT A COLWELL, BUT JUST, IT'S JUST IN THE EVENING AND IT'S UM, SO ONE OF THE MIDDLES, UH, LYLES MILLS, AND IT'S AFTER WORK FROM FIVE TO SEVEN 30, WHICH IS REALLY ACCESSIBLE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE DISTRICT DOES, IT USED TO MAKE ME CRAZY AS DO THINGS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, LIKE EVERYONE'S AT HOME AND THAT'S LIKE, REALLY? YEAH. SO I'LL BE, I'LL BE HAPPY TO CONTACT THEM AND FIND OUT HOW WE CAN SUBMIT A FLYER OR SOMETHING THAT HAS OUR, WHERE YOU CAN GET INFORMATION BEFORE. JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT ON THE FLYER. I'VE GOT SOME SOFTWARE THAT I COULD DEVELOP. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY BUSINESS? OH YEAH. UM, THE VIDEO, IT'S A VIDEO PROJECT MEDIA PROJECT WITH, UH, DEPARTMENT OF YES. YES. UM, I TALKED TO DOROTHY, WE'VE MET, WE'VE DISCUSSED IDEAS. SHE KNOWS THAT HER AND HER TEAM, IT WILL PROBABLY BE, PROBABLY BE RECORDED IN THE FALL. DO YOU CHOOSE? THEY'RE VERY BUSY SUMMER SCHEDULE. AND THEN, UH, IN THE MEANWHILE, IF YOU GUYS CAN THINK OF POTENTIAL PEOPLE, WE CAN SHOW IN THIS VIDEO, THE TOPIC FLASH THEME OF THE VIDEO, PEOPLE ON HERE AS CARSON, EVERY CITIZEN OF GARLAND BELONGS HERE, THOUGH. THINK OF POTENTIAL PEOPLE THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE IN THE VIDEO, KEEP IT GREENSTONE IN YOUR IDEA IN YOUR HEAD. AND THEN MEANWHILE, AS WE'RE FORMULATING STORYBOARD, UH, BUT POTENTIAL PEOPLE, WE ARE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH A GOAL OR AN OPPORTUNITY HERE IN GARLAND, LIVE IN GARLAND LIKE, OH, I BELONG HERE. MY FAMILY GETS TO DO XYZ, OR I WOULD BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH A BUSINESS HERE. I MEAN, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. AND WE WANT A DIVERSE, UM, AND HOW LONG ARE WE THINKING THIS? VIDEO'S GOING TO LEAVE, UH, TWO MINUTES, VERY SHORT, 10 MINUTES OR LESS. SO THEY WON'T BE LIKE TALKING DURING THE ENTIRE VIDEO. IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE A SHORT TWO, THREE SECONDS. I THINK OF POTENTIAL. YEAH. JUST PEOPLE, PEOPLE AND THINGS, PEOPLE AND REASONS THAT PEOPLE WOULD FEEL A SENSE OF. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST THE INDIVIDUALS, ALTHOUGH WE WOULD LIKE WONDERFUL REPRESENTATION THAT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF BERLIN. OH YEAH. WE'RE SHOWING MORE THAN ONE PERSON, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. BUT YOU KNOW, WE THINK ABOUT OUR MISSION THAT TIES PERFECTLY TO OUR MISSION, BUT WE DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO HAVE THE IDEAS. SO EVERYONE, NOW YOU HAVE AN ASSIGNMENT AND THIS IS NOT MAKE YOUR MARK, WHICH IS WHAT IT COULD TURN INTO. THIS IS A COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL SCHOOL. AND THEN ALSO THINK OF FACTS AND FIGURES. WE WANT TO ADD FUN FACTS OF LIFE. GARLAND HAS XYZ PERCENTAGE OF WHATEVER THAT SHOWS IN THIS WAY, LIKE THE DIVERSITY. SO YOU HAVE LIKE THE QUANT SIDE OF THE NUMBERS AND THE QUALITATIVE YAY. MINDY. THAT IT'S HUGE PROGRESS BECAUSE THIS WAS KINDA LIKE JUST OUT THERE IN THE AIR. AND IT'S LIKE, WHAT CRAP, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? I LOVE THAT. I DO. WE HAVE TO FUND THAT FROM OUR BUDGET OR ARE THEY FUNDING IT ABOUT, WE'LL BE PENNY IN [00:30:01] JUNE. GIVE ME A BUDDY. I INVITED HER ALREADY BECAUSE SHE HAD THE FRAME. GOT IT. THAT'S WONDERFUL. WELL DONE. MINDY PROGRESS. YOU WANT EMAILS BEFORE THEN? WHEN WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR EMAILS BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING DATE? I DON'T KNOW WHAT DAY, THURSDAY. UM, BY JUNE 16TH, THE 16TH IS OUR NEXT MEETING. MINE HAVE YOUR FACTS AND FIGURES AND THEN POTENTIAL PEOPLE AND ED IDEAS. OKAY. THAT WAS GREAT. THAT WAS EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. SO NEW BUSINESS. UM, NO, HONESTLY, EVERYBODY, THE ZOOM LINK FOR THE NEXT JUNE MEETING, WHICH HAS MEANT TO TUESDAY, I BELIEVE. YES. NOTICE IT. CAUSE EVERYBODY GETS A LOT AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU SAW THE LINK AND IF WE HAVE TIME CHECK IN WITH THE LUNCH HOUR, I MEAN NOT TOO MANY. WHAT MAY 24 MAY 24. THE GMT. YEAH. THANKS. THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE I GET SOMEHOW LEFT OUT OF THEIR WHOLE LOOP AND NOW WHAT'S HERE. SO YEAH, I MADE SURE EVERYBODY GOES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW OF COURSE, I WON'T BE A BRAND WITH VEGETABLES. SEE, WHAT, WHAT TIME NOON HERE IS. IT'S PROBABLY CLOSE TO 12, 12 BUT THEN THAT'S OKAY. WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. IF I'VE GOT IT. MY WIFE, I AM INVOLVED. UM, OKAY. ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS? OKAY. SO I HAVE TWO THINGS. ONE IS A CONCEPT AND AN EVENT THAT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE HAPPEN HERE IN GARLAND. IT'S DONE BY PROJECT UNITY PROJECT. UNITY IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT WAS FOUNDED BY PASTOR RICHIE BUTLER, WHO IS THE SENIOR PASTOR AT ST. LOUIS COMMUNITY, UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. HE IS ALSO AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER. HE IS ALSO A TRUSTEE AT SMU AND THE INCOMING BOARD CHAIR, COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS, WHERE I WORK RICHIE AND, UM, ROB FOUNDED PROJECT UNITY AFTER THE 2016, JULY, 2016 SHOOTINGS OF LAYS OFFICERS THAT WERE PROTECTING THE PEOPLE, PARTICIPATING IN A PEACEFUL BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS, CONTRAVE UNITY HOSTS A NUMBER OF EVENTS AROUND THE TERM TOGETHER. WE TOGETHER, WE DINE TOGETHER. WE CAN TOGETHER WE BALL, WHICH BRINGS POLICE OFFICERS AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN YOUTH AND THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO PLAY BASKETBALL TOGETHER. WE SING, WHICH WILL BE COMING UP IN JUNE AND ALSO KNOW YOU'RE GOING FOR THAT. UM, AND AT THE MYRA MYROSINASE, WHICH PUTS TOGETHER CHURCH CHOIRS FROM ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS AS WELL. BUT TOGETHER WE GUIDE IS WHAT I'M SUGGESTING. AND TOGETHER WE DINE IS AN EVENT THAT RUB CREAM TOGETHER. WE MET AND HE WASN'T THERE AT THAT POINT. THE PRESIDENT OF THE DALLAS BAR ASSOCIATION TOGETHER, WE DIAMONDS AN EVENT WHERE PEOPLE GET TOGETHER IN SMALL GROUPS AND TALK ABOUT RACE AND RACISM IN A VERY SPECIFIC FORMAT THAT ALLOWS EVERYONE TO BE HEARD AND SEEN AND FEEL THAT THEY'RE IN A SAFE SPACE. AND I'LL SEND THAT OFF. WE'VE BEEN DOING IT VIRTUALLY. I'VE BEEN TOGETHER. WE FOR THREE YEARS, WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF IT VIRTUALLY. IT USED TO HAPPEN LIKE ONCE EVERY OTHER MONTH IN DALLAS. AND THEN WE WENT TO VIRTUAL BECAUSE OF COVID AND STARTED DOING IT LIKE THREE TO FOUR TIMES A WEEK BECAUSE WE COULD, AND THEN COME TO THESE, STARTED WANTING TO DO IT. SO WE'VE DONE A WHOLE LOT OF BUSINESSES TOGETHER. WE DIVE IN, WE'RE STILL DOING A LOT OF BUSINESSES VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON, BUT MORE IN PERSON. NOW WE ALSO DO CHURCH GROUPS. BUT WHAT HAPPENS IN A NINE IS PEOPLE SIT AROUND THE TABLE TOGETHER. AND YOU KNOW, THE POINT BEING WHAT BRINGS US TOGETHER, MUSIC, [00:35:01] FOOD, OR SPORTS, RIGHT? WHICH IS WHY TOGETHER. WE DIE TOGETHER. WE BALL TOGETHER. WE SING PEOPLE, UH, ROUND TABLE GROUPS OF SEVEN ZOOM GROUPS OF SIX WITH A FACILITATOR. EACH PERSON AT THE TABLE HAS AN, IT GETS SEPARATE QUESTION. ALL OF THE QUESTIONS ARE HARD. AND THE RULES OF THE TOGETHER WITH DANA, YOU EAT IN CHAT. AND WHEN YOU COME TO THE DIME TO THE CONVERSATION PART, EVERY PERSON HAS TWO AND A HALF MINUTES TO ANSWER. THEIR, EACH PERSON GETS A DIFFERENT QUESTION. WHEN THAT PERSON IS ANSWERING THEIR QUESTIONS. AND DURING THE WHOLE FIRST ROUND, NO ONE, THERE'S NO FEEDBACK. THERE'S NO COMMENTARY. THERE'S NO DISCUSSION. WE JUST LISTEN BECAUSE WHEN WE LISTENED TO EACH OTHER AND WHEN WE ARE PROXIMATE TO EACH OTHER, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS AND JUDGEMENTS AND LET ALL OF OUR BIASES LEAD. THE SECOND ROUND, AFTER EVERYONE HAS ANSWERED THEIR QUESTIONS, YOU GO AROUND THE TABLE AGAIN, AND EACH PERSON GETS TO SHARE THEIR COMMENTARY ON THEIR EXPERIENCE, NOT ON WHAT THE PERSON SAID. DID THEY HAVE A SIMILAR OR DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE? DO THEY, UM, HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE PERSON WHO SHARED DO THEY WISH THAT THEY HAD ANOTHER QUESTION? I WANT TO ANSWER. ONE OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS THEY'VE HEARD AND THAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES CAUSE THEY HAVE TWO AND A HALF MINUTES TO DO THAT. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE QUESTION THAT EVERYONE GETS TO ANSWER IS WHAT GIVES YOU HOPE ABOUT CURRENT SITUATION AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED? THE COOL THING ABOUT TOGETHER, WE DINE IS THAT I HAVE NEVER, AND I HAVE FACILITATED MORE THAN A HUNDRED. NOW I HAVE NEVER LEFT A TABLE WHERE PEOPLE DIDN'T AT LEAST HEAR A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW, THAT THEY WERE MUCH MORE RECEPTIVE TO THE POINT OF HAVING THE TABLE SETTING IS THAT THE TABLES ARE INTENTIONALLY EXTREMELY DIVERSE BY GENERATION, RIGHT? THIS CITY BY FAITH OR NO FAITH BY ABILITY AND NON ABILITY. AND THAT IS DONE. AS PEOPLE ENTER THIS SPACE, I WOULD LIKE FOR THE CMT TO SPONSOR ONE FOR THE CITY OF THAT. AND I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A REALLY, REALLY COOL THING FOR US TO DO BECAUSE IT'S LIKE RIGHT IN OUR WHEELHOUSE, THERE IS NOT A SPECIFIC COST FOR THE, OF AN HONORARIUM OR DONATION TO PRIVATE. UNITY IS NICE. BUT IF WE WERE TO DO AN EVENT WITH FOOD, WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE DONATE. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE FOOD, BUT FOOD DOES REALLY HELP. WE CAN DO IT VIRTUALLY, BUT VIRTUALLY, I DON'T THINK IT'S BAD. NOW YOU DO IT. IF SOMEBODY SAID NOBODY'S HOME, NO, IT'S BIG. IT'S BIG. IT'S BIG. SO IF WE WERE TO DO IT HERE, I WOULDN'T LET, I WOULD, I WOULDN'T BE HAPPY WITH LESS THAN 50 PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND I WOULD REALLY WANT TO SEE REPRESENTATION FROM ALL OF OUR GOVERNMENT. BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE REPRESENTATION FROM THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES AND YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO INVITE ALL OF YOU TO ATTEND THE VIRTUAL ONCE A BIT AT ONCE A MONTH, THERE'S A VIRTUAL TOGETHER. WE DID EVENTS WITH SOMETHING YOU ALL LINK. SO YOU CAN LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT IT'S ABOUT. I'M NOT PROPOSING THAT WE DO THIS BEFORE FALL, BUT I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO JUST START THINKING ABOUT THAT. AND I DON'T WANT TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, BLINDSIDED ME. IT'S A VERY, VERY COOL ABOUT WHEN IS THIS PROBABLY THE NEXT WEEK THAT VIRTUAL COMMUNITY ONE AND THAT ONES, I THINK THE ONES THAT ARE TOTALLY STRANGERS GO BETTER THAN THE ONES THAT PEOPLE KNOW EACH OTHER BECAUSE PEOPLE SOMETIMES WHEN THEY KNOW EACH OTHER, FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE SHARING THINGS BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID PEOPLE ARE GOING TO JUDGE THEM. THE WHOLE POINT IS THAT YOU ARE NOT JUDGED. WHATEVER YOUR LIVED EXPERIENCE IS, IS YOUR LIVED EXPERIENCE, WHICH IS WHY THE FORMAT IS WHAT IT IS. AND IT KEEPS LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES FROM, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. LIKELY YOU READ THE PAPER. IT'S SO DEPRESSING. EVERYBODY HATES EVERYBODY. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, EVEN THE WHOLE THEME IS BEING 16 YEAR OLD KID THAT HATE SOMEBODY. THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY EXACTLY. BUT YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE POINT IS THAT WHAT UNITES US IS GREATER THAN WHAT DIVIDES US. MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU ATTEND THE VIRTUAL MEETING, UM, ARE YOU REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO? YES. YEAH. YOU'LL BE IN A YOU'LL. WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS YOU'LL BE IN A ZOOM GROUP. SO THE SAME WAY THAT THE ROUND TABLES WORK. SO THE ZOOM ROOMS ARE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER BECAUSE IT'S TYPICALLY LIKE SIX INSTEAD OF EIGHT BECAUSE IT JUST TAKES TOO LONG. AND PEOPLE DON'T, YOU DON'T HAVE QUITE THE SAME LEVEL OF CONNECTION. [00:40:03] SO YOU COME UP WITH THE QUESTION OR SOMEBODY ELSE, THE QUESTIONS ARE ALREADY. SO THE FACILITATORS HAVE THE QUESTION. EACH OF THESE, EACH PROGRESSIVE FACILITATORS, THE FACILITATORS WILL HAVE THE QUESTIONS. THEY'RE DOING A LISTEN AND LEARN. I'LL HAVE TO FIND IT. I WILL FORWARD IT WHEN I GET HOME TONIGHT. SO IN JUNE THE DATES FOR THE NEXT TWO VIRTUAL, BUT PLEASE JUST ATTEND AND CONSIDER IT. AND THEN THE OTHER NEW BUSINESS ITEM I HAVE IS I JUST COMPLETED LEADERSHIP IN CLASS 41. IT WAS A FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE AND I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED IT. HOW MANY LEADERSHIP GROWING GRADUATES DO WE HAVE IN THE ROOM? THE BEST CLASS, THE OTHER BEST CLEANSE 41 IS THE BEST PRICE. I REALLY RECOMMEND THIS PROGRAM. AND THIS PROGRAM DOES HAVE SCHOLARSHIPS. IF THE FINANCIAL PART OF IT IS A CHALLENGE IT'S SPONSORED BY THE GIRL AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. IT IS FANTASTIC. IF YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT CITY, GOVERNMENT, COUNTY, GOVERNMENT, AND STATE GOVERNMENT, YOU LEARN ABOUT BUSINESS AND GIRL, AND YOU LEARN ABOUT ALL TYPES OF OPPORTUNITY IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND YOU GET TO NETWORK WITH A GREAT BUNCH OF PEOPLE AND DO SOME TEAM BUILDING AND GREAT LEADERSHIP TRAINING. SO THERE WILL BE, APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN FOR CLASS 42, AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO RECOMMEND IT TO ALL OF YOU. IT'S JUST, IT'S A FANTASTIC PRODUCT. I THINK THE COST WAS 800, BUT THEY DO HAVE SCHOLARSHIPS. SO IT MAY HAVE BEEN A, IT MAY HAVE BEEN A YEAH, BECAUSE A LONG TIME AGO, I NEVER TOOK THAT. I, I NEVER, I NEVER HAD ANY INTEREST, UH, BUT MAYBE, CAUSE I THOUGHT I'M NOT A BUSINESS WOMAN. UM, BUT ANYHOW, AT THE TIME IT WAS 700 AND I KNEW THERE WERE SCHOLARSHIPS AND I WOULD CALL FOR IT IS YEAH, I HAD SO MANY OTHER THINGS GOING THAT I JUST, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S TAKEN ME SO LONG TO GET THERE. THERE'VE BEEN SEVERAL DIFFERENT YEARS. AND THEN MOST OF THEM, I THINK IT WAS 15 YEARS AGO. I WAS JUST LIKE, I HAVE TOO MUCH GOING ON, BUT THIS YEAR AND IT IS, IT'S HOW MUCH IT'S SO GREAT THAT I JUST, I CANNOT RECOMMEND IT AND NOT. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S ON THE GIRL AND CHAMBER WEBSITE. THINK ABOUT IT. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. AND HOW LONG IS THE TRAINING FOR IT'S LAST EIGHT MONTHS, EIGHT OR NINE MONTHS. SO YOU MEET ONCE A MONTH, YOU MEET ONCE A MONTH, BUT IT'S A WHOLE DAY. EVERY TIME YOU MEET, EXCEPT FOR THE LAST MEETING, WHICH IS IN AUSTIN STATE GOVERNMENT WAS TWO DAYS AND WE DID THAT LAST MONTH AND IT WAS FANTASTIC. OKAY. AND IS THERE DURING THE, UH, DURING THE WEEK, YES. YOU GET TO VISIT THE BUSINESSES. YOU GET TO VISIT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, HOW THEY OPERATE. OH, IT WAS FANTASTIC. SO BEING AT THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION DAY, WOW. JAZZ. I'M LIKE, WHOA, YOU GO JSD. IT WAS THE BEST. THERE IS SO MUCH GOOD IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS, YOU DON'T REALIZE IT'S THERE. IT WAS PHENOMENAL AND EDUCATION. THEY ALSO INCLUDED VIGILANT. SO WE HAD FOLKS FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THEY ATTENDED THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. WE HAD A WONDERFUL TOUR AND CHANCE TO INTERACT WITH THE STUDENTS AND THE AMAZING, UM, VOCATIONAL TEACHERS OVER AT THE CTE. AND THEN WE ALSO HAD SPEAKERS FROM RICHLAND AND FROM DALLAS COLLEGE OVERALL. AND IT WAS JUST A FANTASTIC DAY, BUT REALLY IT'S A, YOU'RE IN GARLAND. IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW MORE ABOUT BEING IN GIRL. YOU GOT TO ASK ME QUESTIONS. WELL, NOT YOU, BUT MAYBE YOU WEREN'T THERE WHEN THERE WAS A MEETING AT A GRANGER. AND THAT WAS ONE OF, I WAS THERE THAT WAS THAT. THAT WAS OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE TALKED WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS, JENNIFER AND LDO WERE BOTH AT AN AIRPORT AND WE, UM, VISITED TALKS WITH, UH, NONPROFIT LEADERS FROM, SO IT WAS GREAT, BUT IT'S A FABULOUS PROGRAM QUESTIONS. I HAVE ONE THAT'S COMING UP. OKAY. I'LL KNOW, JULY, JULY [00:45:01] 10 ON SUNDAY, WHEN WE ARE HAVING THE SOCCER TOURNAMENT, WE CAME UP WITH AN IDEA AND SEE THE MANAGER'S OFFICE, HELPING US CONNECT WITH FIRE GUNFIRE AND GALLON POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO WE CREATE, WE GIVE THEM AN HOUR AND A HALF TO PLAY ON SUNDAY EXHIBITION GAMES SO THEY CAN PLAY FIRE. YES. AND SO FAR I ALREADY TALKED TO A LOT OF BUSINESS OWNER. THEY WILL BE THERE THAT MORNING, THAT MORNING, BRING THEIR DONATION CHECK WHAT TIME? 9 45 ON SUNDAY, JULY 10, 9 45 TO 10 45. ALL THAT. SO YES, AND THEN WE WORKED. SO THE GARLAND POLICE NEVER WORE A LOT OF FOUNDATION. WE'LL COOK HOT DOGS AND HAMBURGERS FOR FREE AS LAURIE MAYOR. LAURIE DOES. AND IS THE ONE THAT HELPING US TO GET ALL THE DONATION FOOD. SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE A . WE NEED TO PROMOTE THAT TOO. THAT WAS WONDERFUL. AND THEN WE, AS THE SECRETARY SAID, I'M A SECRETARY, MY WEBSITE YET. UH, WE HAVE A MEETING NEXT MONDAY. I JUST FINISHED MY MEETING MONDAY, MONDAY WOULD GO TO THE POLICE AND FIRE ON THE OUTSIDE IT, AND NOW THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT ASKING TO SEE IF WE WILL IN THE HOUSE, THEIR FIRST RESPONDERS IN NORTH TEXAS FALL FESTIVAL. I TOLD THEM WE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. WE, WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THE MONEY. WE WANT SOMETHING FUN, MENDING FOOD FOR A BOAT SIGN. SO IT'S UNDER WORK FOR THE TOURNAMENT FOR THE ELISE, WHATEVER LOTIONS ARE YOU ASKING FOR DONATIONS AT THAT TIME? YES. MA'AM BELONGED TO THE POLICE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THEY PICK, UH, A CHARITY CANCER, SOMETHING SOCIETY OR THE BENEFICIARY. AND THEN FOR THE GIRL AND POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY ALREADY PICK THE GARLAND POLICE. NEVER WALK ALONE. FOUNDATION WILL BE THERE. THAT IS GREAT. YES. MA'AM 45 TO 10 45. AND THEN PLEASE BE THERE IF THE CMT, IF WE CAN, YOU WE'RE OUR T-SHIRT. OKAY. AND TAKE A GROUP PICTURE WITHOUT OUR OWN GAL AND FIRST RESPONDERS AND THEIR FAMILY. THAT'D BE GREAT. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE AT 9 45. I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY BE THERE LIKE NINE 30. YES. OH. SO WE WILL SEE YOU THROUGHOUT A DAY THROUGHOUT IT AND WE WILL SEE YOU, BUT THAT'S GREAT. THEY ASKED, THEY REQUEST, I LOVE TO GIVE THEIR TROPHY RIGHT AFTER THEY FINISH 15 MINUTES BECAUSE THEY HAD TO CHANGE TO THAT UNIFORM AND THEY ARE ON THE STREET TO WORK. SO PLEASE HELP ME TO HONOR THEM. NO, NO REST, NO REST FOR THE WEEKEND. RIGHT. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. LOVE THAT, JENNIFER. OKAY. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS? JUST REMEMBER HERE IN DISTRICT FIVE, THERE'S A RUNOFF GETTING READY TO DO THE EVENTS. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. OKAY. RUNOFF ELECTION IN DISTRICT FIVE, JUNE 18TH, BUT EARLY VOTING IS, IS IT STARTED. MY LEG IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. AND I THINK TODAY WAS THE LAST DAY I TOOK A PICTURE, HOLD ON FOR THE WRONG, BUT IT'S JUNE 16, 14. OKAY. THE NEXT, THIS ONE IS A LOCAL RUN OUT THIS JUNE 60 14. YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY DISTURBING THAT WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT ELECTION DATES. IF ANYONE NOTICED IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT, THIS IS WHAT OUR LEGISLATURE IS DOING. THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO US. THEY HAVE MADE IT VERY CONFUSING, VERY DIFFICULT. YOU STILL WROTE IF YOU LIVE IN DALLAS COUNTY TODAY, DALLAS COUNTY VOTING LOCATION, BUT THEY'RE MAKING IT VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE VOTING FOR, WHERE AND WHEN. AND YOU KNOW, THAT IS VOTER SUPPRESSION TO ME, BUT I'M NOT HERE FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES. I TOOK A PICTURE OF THE PRIMARY RUNOFF ELECTION, EARLY VOTING BAIT SLUR, THE 16TH THROUGH THE 20TH OF MAY OF MAY, CORRECT. THIS IS WHAT I SAY. THAT'S THE COUNTY ONE. YEAH. THAT'S NOT HARD. THAT'S THE COUNTY ONE. THE SIXTH TO THE 14TH. THE SIGNS OF SUMMER CONCERT SERIES IS MAY 12TH THROUGH THE JULY 21ST AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT AT PARKS AND REC CENTERS, ET CETERA. MS. ASIA, AMERICA, INTERNATIONAL PAL PATHOGEN IS COMING UP JUNE 11TH AT THE ATRIUM. [00:50:01] AND WE ALL HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. I THINK WE BOUGHT ALSO RECEIVED SEVERAL EMAILS, BUT ALL OF THE, UM, THE ATTACHMENTS HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION AND THE BEAUTIFUL DESIGN THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH PEOPLE. YEAH. THE EVENT IS, UH, UNFORTUNATELY THE EVENT OF, SO I'M LIKE, OH MY GOODNESS, A MONTH AGO, FIRST TIME. AND THIS IS THIS TIME AND THIS IS THE RESPONSE THAT IS SO EXCITING. JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION IS JUNE 19TH. A LOT OF 'EM PARK, THE THIRD ANNUAL INDIAN AMERICAN SOCCER TOURNAMENT, WHICH JENNIFER WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT IS GOING ON THEN ENTIRE WEEKEND, VISIT THE WEEKEND UNTIL I MAY. BUT THIS OTHER, THIS ONE SPECIAL EVENT IS HAPPENING ON THE 10TH. I'M SURE THAT WE ARE WELCOME TO BE PRESENT FOR ANY TIME AND AS MUCH TIME AS WE CAN DURING THE WEEKEND. IS THAT TRUE? YES. MA'AM MY MOTHER. IF I MAY, YES. ON JULY 9TH. AFTER THE OPENING CEREMONY MONDAY, WE WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH TO ASK FOR THE CMC PRESENT. IF ALL OF US CAN BE THERE TO BE IN A GROUP PICTURE WITH ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIAL AND OUT OF STATE FROM CANADA, TAKE A GROUP PICTURE WITH THEM, SHOWING THAT WE ARE HERE AT EIGHT O'CLOCK. YES. MA'AM EIGHT O'CLOCK AND WE ARE WORKING TIRELESSLY TO HAVE I FIND A POCKET TO FIRE OFF AT 8 0 5 LION DANCE. IT WAS FUN. YES. WE DON'T HAVE NO FIRE DACA THIS YEAR. WE WILL WORKING ON IT, STUFF LIKE THAT. SO IF YOU CAN BE PRESENT, IT WOULD BE REALLY WONDERFUL AND WE WILL GET THAT. WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL DEFINITELY, IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE MINUTES TOO, BUT WE'VE GOT TIME. SO IF YOU CAN BE, AND IF YOU'RE HERE, DO I, MAN, I'M IN A MEETING IN THE MORNING. MAYBE I COULD. I THINK MAYBE IT STARTS AT NIGHT. MAYBE I COULD GO, IT'S AN ARMY. I JUST DUMPED AT THIS, THE PLENARY SESSIONS FOR, UM, AND YOU LET ME KNOW EXACTLY. THEN I CAN COORDINATE THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE, UH, THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE AND THE OUT OF STATE CAPTAIN TEAM WILL BE AVAILABLE. WHEN YOU COME IN, THEY CMC COME IN, WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE REAL QUICK. WE'LL LET YOU OUT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BECAUSE SOMETIMES ON WEEKEND, IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO BE SO MANY PLACES AT THE SAME TIME. BUT ON THE EVENING, IF YOU MISS THE OPENING CEREMONY, WHICH I HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL BE THERE, THEN COME BACK AT CODE IS COLWELL SANDRA IN THE EVEN THOUGH WE EXPECTED ABOUT 4,000 PEOPLE, THERE'S A FULL AGENDA, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. OKAY. SO WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN BE THERE FOR THAT. OKAY. DON'T FORGET ABOUT, UM, FIRST RESPONDERS, GARLAND FIRST RESPONDER GAME. NO. OH, FUN. THAT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. SO IT'LL BE IN THE MINUTES, SEND IT OUT THIS. AND THEN ANOTHER THING IS WE HAVE, WE ATTENDED THE, UM, UH, GARLAND POLICE OFFICER, FORMER OFFICERS MEMORY. AND AFTER THAT, WE HAVE PRIVATE MEETING WITH CHIP BRYAN, LETTING HIM KNOW THAT WE BACK THEM ALL THE WAY. AND WE ARE HERE TO HELP FROM THE ASIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY, REGARDLESS THAT WE ARE BEING, I GET IT. AND NOW THAT'S RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T CARE, BUT WE NEED TO STAND UP AND TO BE STRONG, TO BE STRONG FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND CHEAP WHAT I ASKED CHIEF BRIAN TO SEE IF WE CAN RENT A WHAT YOU CALL IT DUNCAN. YES. THEN WILL YOU BE THERE? WE WOULD LIKE TO PAY A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO GIVE ON, PUT YOU DOWN IN THE WATER. YOU SAID THAT HE WOULD, HE SAID, ABSOLUTELY. YES. HE SAYS, HEY, THERE WISH ME LUCK. IF I CAN GET THAT, CAN BOTH RENT IT. AND THEN THAT WOULD HAPPEN. YES MA'AM THANK YOU EVERYONE. ALL RIGHT. IF WE HAVE NO MORE NEW BUSINESS, I'D BE DELIGHTED TO HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I'D LIKE TO MAKE CALL. WE FORGOT A LOT OF INFORMATION. WE DID TO KNOW ALL OF YOU BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T GETTING THINGS DONE. THE EMOTION CAME FROM MINDY. THE SECOND CAME FROM EITHER FAVOR, OPPOSE THIS PICTURE, RIGHT THIS MINUTE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.