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THE MEETING TO ORDER.[Community Multicultural Commission on September 21, 2023. ]
DO YOU NOT SEE THE CLOCK, MERRILL? OH, IN ONE SECOND.IS IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU, SIR? DO IT.
LET ME PRONOUNCE IT CORRECTLY.
IS IT RENEE? RENEE? JUST LIKE PEOPLE'S NAME.
WE ARE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH US.
WHERE DID KIM GO? RIGHT, WE, WE HAVE A GUEST.
KIM, YOU CAN COME JOIN IF YOU WANT.
IF YOU WANNA TAKE SEAT, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU BE PART OF THINGS.
OUR FIRST, WE ALWAYS BEGIN WITH OUR MISSION STATEMENT.
THE MISSION OF THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION IS TO MAXIMIZE THE POTENTIAL INCLUSION AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL CITIZENS IN THE CITY OF GARLAND BY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF CITIZENS WE REACH, TEACH, EDUCATE, AND INVOLVE IN WHAT THE CITY OF GARLAND HAS TO OFFER TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CITIZEN, REGARDLESS OF ETHNIC, RACIAL, RELIGIOUS OR CULTURAL BACKGROUND, FEELS WELCOME IN THE COMMUNITY, NEIGHBORHOOD, BUSINESSES, AND PLACES OF WORSHIP.
WE WILL OPEN WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS.
KIM, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SHARE? NO, I'M NOT REALLY, I DON'T REALLY WANT TO SHARE ANYTHING.
I JUST, I HAD SEEN, UM, THAT YOU ARE GONNA BE TALKING TONIGHT ABOUT, UM, REVISING THAT MISSION STATEMENT.
I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT, HAVE A SEAT.
WE, WE WORKED ON THE MISSION STATEMENT IN OUR, UM, RETREAT MM-HMM.
MAY I, KIM YOU MAY ALSO A PREVIOUS MEMBER OF THE C M C.
THEY HAVE BEEN SERVING UNDER THE C M C FIRM.
AND SO SHE'S VERY THOROUGH, WELL KNOWN ABOUT HOW C M C FUNCTIONS.
WHAT, I DID NOT KNOW THAT PART.
YOU LEFT THAT OUT, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE, BUT YET FOR ANY REASON.
BUT WE DID, WE DID WORK ON REVISING IT AND THE REVISIONS THAT WE MADE WERE TO SHORTEN IT AND WE WERE KIND OF RESTING WITH THAT.
I DON'T HAVE THE MINUTES WITH ME WITH THE REVISED COPY.
DOES ANYONE HAVE THOSE? HOLD ON, LET ME, LEMME LEMME SEE IF I CAN PULL 'EM UP ON MY EMAIL.
UM, WHEN WAS THAT? JULY THE, THE REVISION WAS VERY SHORT.
WAS IT JULY? IT WAS THE RETREAT.
BUT WHAT, YEAH, BUT WE ARE NOT FINALIZED AND IT IS NOT NO, BUT WE, BUT WE ABSOLUTELY HAD THE NOTES ON WHAT WAS, WHEN WAS THE RETREAT? WAS IT IN JULY? I THINK SO, YES.
AND NO, WE WERE, WE, WHAT WE DECIDED IS WE WOULD REST WITH THOSE.
NO, IT WASN'T THE AUGUST 17TH MINUTES.
HOLD ON OPEN LOOKING FOR THE MINUTES OR THE, YEAH.
DID YOU SAY YOU WERE LOOKING FOR IT AS WELL? I'M LOOKING FOR THEM NOW, YES.
JULY 20TH FILM PROJECT TEAM BUILDING.
I HAD 20 YEAR CELEBRATION MURAL PROJECT, UPCOMING EVENTS.
IT'S NOT IN HERE, BUT IT IS MUCH SHORTER.
UM, THERE'S A COMMA THAT WAS MISSING THAT WAS REALLY THERE.
FOR THE, THE FIRST SENTENCE TO MAXIMIZE THE POTENTIAL INCLUSION AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
THE FIRST PHRASE IS ACTUALLY POTENTIAL COMMA, INCLUSION COMMA AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
BUT IT SOUNDED LIKE IT READ LIKE POTENTIAL INCLUSION, WHICH IS LIKE, THAT CAN POTENTIALLY INCLUSION.
SO THAT, I KNOW THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS, BUT IT'S ALSO MUCH, MUCH BRIEFER.
AND I WILL, I PROMISE YOU WE WILL
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SHARE IT WHEN WE HAVE IT.AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED.
WHAT, DID YOU HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ON THAT, WERE YOU PART OF, OF DRAFTING THAT FIRST MISSION? UM, I THINK WE WORKED ON IT A LITTLE BIT WHEN I WAS ON THERE, BUT, UM, NOW I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHERE, WHERE IT WAS GONNA GO.
I WANT TO KNOW WHERE IT'S GONNA GO.
I SEE OTHER CITIES GOING IN REALLY, UM, DIFFICULT DIRECTIONS AND I DON'T WANT MY CITY TO GO THERE.
DIFFICULT HOW, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY, UM, WHAT'S THE WORD? I, WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS, WE WERE TALKING IN THERE EARLIER ABOUT THE, UM, LEGISLATURE AND THEY JUST HAVE ENACTED A LAW AS FAR AS THE UNIVERSITIES IN TEXAS HAVE TO DO AWAY WITH THEIR D E I OFFICES.
AND IT SEEMS WHEN THERE'S A D E I PROGRAM THAT THE, THAT THINGS LIKE THIS GET REAL, I I DON'T KNOW WHAT WORDS TO USE THERE.
THEY CERTAINLY COULD BE INFLUENCED BY THAT.
AND, AND SO I LOVE THIS MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION BECAUSE OF HOW IT, IT JUST INCLUDES EVERYBODY.
AND YOU KNOW, THE CULTURES OF THE DIFFERENT, UM, PEOPLE AND WELL, I, I WANT IT TO STAY THAT WAY.
OUR DIRECTION WILL BE TO CONTINUE IN THAT DIRECTION.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE WANT VERY MUCH.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I LIKE LOOKING AROUND, OH, I KNOW THIS TABLE.
UM, IT'S, YOU WE'RE MISSING OUR YOUNGSTERS TONIGHT, BUT WE HAVE, WE HAVE TWO MILLENNIALS AND, AND I'M HOPING TO GET A GENZER, UM, BECAUSE WE NEED TO PASS THE BATON GENERATIONALLY AS WELL.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOUTH ASIAN, WE HAVE VIETNAMESE, WE HAVE AFRICAN, WE HAVE LATINO OR HISPANIC, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT EVERYONE.
AND I THINK THE SPIRIT OF THAT MISSION STATEMENT IS WONDERFUL.
ALL WE'RE DOING IS MAKING IT A LITTLE LESS COMPLEX.
DID YOU FIND IT? OH, YES, PLEASE.
THIS MISSION OF THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION SHALL BE TO MAXIMIZE THE POTENTIAL INCLUSION AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL CITIZENS AM MADAM CHAIR, FOR THOSE OF US THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT D E I STANDS FOR, DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION, YOU'LL ALSO HEAR EQUITY, INCLUSION AND BELONGING, WHICH IS E I B, UM, INITIATIVES AROUND D E I IN CORPORATIONS AND IN GOVERNMENT MOSTLY STARTED COMING ABOUT ABOUT 15 TO 20 YEARS AGO.
I DO D E I CONSULTING WITH DIVERSITY CREW.
SO IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO.
BUT THAT WHAT THE GOVERNOR, WHAT THE LEGISLATURE DID IN SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNOR IS, UM, TAKE AWAY.
IT IS NOT ILLEGAL TO HAVE D E I, BUT YOU CANNOT, THE STATE SCHOOLS CANNOT HAVE A D E I DEPARTMENT.
SO THERE USED TO BE IN EITHER ADMISSIONS OR OPERATIONS ROLES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE BALANCING AND ENABLING SUCCESS FOR STUDENTS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS.
AND BY REMOVING THOSE DEPARTMENTS, THERE'S NO LONGER AT LEAST THAT TITLE FOR THOSE ROLES.
NOW, A LOT OF PLACES, A LOT OF SCHOOLS ARE TRYING, ARE DOING THINGS TO TRY TO MAKE WORK AROUND IT, BUT TEXAS AND FLORIDA WERE THE FIRST TWO STATES TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
AND IT'S A SUPER, UM, PAIN POINT FOR COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE NOT HAD ACCESS TO ALL OF THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IS AVAILABLE.
AND IT'S KIND OF HEARTBREAKING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE IT WASN'T LIKE THEY WERE PARTICULARLY WELL FUNDED, BUT TEXAS SCHOOLS WERE DOING MUCH BETTER THAN THEY HAD BEEN IN THE PAST.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THINGS THAT JUST WORK LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE 10% RULE AND EVERYTHING FOR ADMISSION.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT ENABLING FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THERE WERE SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT WERE THERE THAT ARE NO LONGER FUNDED.
WELL, AND, AND FOR ME, THAT IS NOT WHAT I SEE HAPPEN WHEN I ENCOUNTER D E I PROGRAMS IN DIFFERENT, UM, OTHER CITIES.
AND SO IT JUST, THAT WAS MY CONCERN.
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GO AND, UH, YOU KNOW, TAKE A LEFT TURN SOMEWHERE OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE OKAY.I, I THINK, I THINK WE'RE OKAY.
I, I AM VERY CONCERNED RIGHT ALONG WITH YOU.
I'M, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT OUR CITY, ABOUT ALL CITIES, ABOUT OUR STATE WORKING IN NONPROFIT.
YOU KNOW, THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE WORK THERE ARE, DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW MANY NONPROFITS THERE ARE IN NORTH TEXAS?
SO, AT COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS, WE ARE THE LARGEST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
AND WE WORK, WE CALL NORTH TEXAS 20 COUNTIES.
AND IN THE 20 COUNTIES IN NORTH TEXAS, THERE ARE MORE THAN 60,000 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
NOW, THAT'S PROBABLY TWICE AS MANY AS THERE NEED TO BE BECAUSE MANY OF THEM COULD MERGE AND, AND MAKE THEIR IMPACT MUCH GREATER.
BUT PEOPLE LIKE TO BE THE HEAD OF SOMETHING, SO THEY JUST CREATE A NEW ONE THAT DOES THE SAME THINGS.
SO EVEN IF WE BROKE DOWN TO 30,000 NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF THERE'S ONLY 30,000, AND REMEMBER THERE'S 3,300 INVOLVED IN NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY TO DAY.
SO THAT, THAT, THAT'S JUST A FRACTION OF, OF THOSE.
BUT EVEN IF THERE'S ONLY, EVEN IF THERE'S ONLY 30,000, 90% OF THEM ARE SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE NOT HAD ACCESS TO THE SAME KIND OF RESOURCES THE DOMINANT CULTURE HAS HAD.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT IT MEANS TO LEGISLATE THAT THEY CAN'T HAVE ACCESS, IT KEEPS THEM ALWAYS IN THE POSITION OF WISHING THEY COULD CATCH UP WITHOUT THE RESOURCES TO DO SO.
AND RESOURCES AREN'T JUST MONEY.
SO, YOU KNOW, I AM HOPEFUL THAT PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO VOTE.
I REMAIN A VOTER DEPUTY REGISTRAR.
AND WILL, WILL GLADLY REGISTER PEOPLE TO VOTE.
AND I LOVE GOING INTO HIGH SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY ARE MY HOPE.
BECAUSE SOMEHOW IT SEEMS LIKE 17 AND SOON TO BE 18 YEAR OLDS HAVE A BETTER FIX ON WHAT THEY WANT THE FUTURE TO BE AND THE FUTURE'S FOR THEM.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN A BUNCH OF OLD PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS THAT AREN'T IN THEIR FAVOR, IT BREAKS MY HEART A LITTLE BIT.
BUT PLEASE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, STAY WITH US.
SO HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING? DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY EDITS OR REVISIONS? IF NOT A MOTION TO APPROVE? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES.
HEY, ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, THE RETREAT ACTION ITEMS, UHOH,
WHAT ONE IS, IS SITTING HERE AND IT SAY, WAS I
WE, WE HAVE TO ACT ON THE MISSION STATEMENT REVIEW.
I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE RETREAT MINUTES AND I CLOSED THEM.
WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? THE MISSION STATEMENT FOR, OH, GO AHEAD.
WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU, YOU'RE POINTING, YOU'RE, YOU'RE POINTING WHERE WHAT THIS IS, DON'T WE SUPPOSED TO, OH, I'M LOOKING AT THE, WE, WE APPROVED THE MIN I'M LOOKING AT THE WRONG THING.
I'M LOOKING AT THE, AT THE MINUTES ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATIONS.
DON'T SHAKE YOUR HEAD, JUST SAY, HEY.
WHAT'S GOING ON? WE NEED A NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
AND WHAT WILL BE THE, THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE IS GOING TO NOMINATE THE OFFICERS FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO CHARLES HAS DONE THIS IN THE PAST.
AND I DON'T, I WANNA, WANNA LET MY LUCK SLIDE.
I, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMEONE NEW STEP UP
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INTO THIS ROLE.AND, AND, AND SUPER IMPORTANT.
SO WE, WE NEED SOME, SOME NEW, AND LOOK AT ME.
I'M, I'M LOOKING THIS DIRECTION.
I WAS ABOUT TO ASK, UH, SO WHO CANNOT SERVE OTHER THAN YOURSELF? RENEE, THIS IS WHERE YOU AVERT YOUR EYES.
WHO, WHO, WHO CANNOT SERVE ON THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE? I'M ASKING YOU.
I I, BYLAWS WILL TELL ME IN A MINUTE.
SO LAIA MERYL, WERE YOU ON THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE LAST YEAR? HE WAS.
DID YOU DO ANY WORK? HE DID A GOOD JOB.
YOU'VE NEVER BEEN ON A COMMITTEE WITH ME.
IF YOU ASK THAT QUESTION, I COL I COLLABORATE A LOT.
YOU DO VERY WELL AT COLLABORATING, WHICH IS ANOTHER WORD FOR DELEGATE.
I AM NOT SEEING THE AD HOC AND COMMITTEES HOLD ON.
C M C IN ORDER, IT'S ARTICLE SEVEN IS AD HOC COMMITTEES AND COMMITTEES.
THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE'S NOT ON THERE.
IT'S YOUR, IT'S JUST STUCK IN A PLACE WHERE YOU DON'T THINK THAT'S WHY THE BYLAWS NEED TO BE REVISED
THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT COMMITTEE THAT'S COMING UP.
I DO NOT SEE IT, BUT I THINK IT REAL, I DO THINK IT'S ONLY ME, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY WELCOME TO SERVE ON THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
CHAIR OF THE C M C SHALL APPOINT THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE NO LATER THAN THE SEPTEMBER MEETING.
THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE SHALL CONSIST OF A CHAIR AND TWO OTHER MEMBERS.
THE CHAIRPERSON FOR THE C M C SHALL NOT BE A MEMBER OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
UM, ALSO AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR, AN ELECTIONS COMMITTEE MAY BE APPOINTED.
SO I GET TO A 0.3 PEOPLE, ONE OF WHOM WILL BE A CHAIR.
I, I I THINK FIRE FIRE ALWAYS THINKS IT'S MORE THAN THE POLICE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A THING NOW THAT WE HAVE BOTH POLICE AND FIRE REPRESENTED.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO WATCH WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT THE POLICE.
IT'S GONNA, IT'S, IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE BETTER.
SO MERYL, YOU HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE.
I'M CERTAIN THAT RENEE AS A NEW MEMBER WOULD BE HAPPY TO JOIN YOU.
AND I KNOW THAT THE MADAM VICE CHAIR IS ALSO WILLING.
I, I REALLY WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU WOULD SAY YES.
I THINK I COULD CHAIR THAT COMMITTEE.
I CAN'T RUN FOR OFFICE, BUT I'D BE GLAD TO HELP.
DO YOU WANNA DO IT? YOU CAN, YOU CAN JOIN TOO.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT, OR YOU CAN BE A BYLAWS REVIEW.
WE'RE GETTING READY TO FORM ANOTHER COMMITTEE.
WE CAN HAVE MORE ALVIA, KHARA AND RENEE, WELCOME TO THE C M C.
AND YOU CAN BE ON THE COMMITTEE AND BE NOMINATED TO RUN FOR OFFICE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, YOU WILL BE
LET, LET, LET, LET'S, LET'S SAY THAT, LET'S, LET'S BE CLEAR, LET'S, LET'S BE CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A REALLY GOOD CHANCE 'CAUSE AS YOU CALL AND ASK PEOPLE MM-HMM.
THERE'S A VERY GOOD CHANCE THAT THE COMMITTEE WILL PRODUCE BOTH THE, BOTH THE CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR.
SO WITH THE COMMITTEE BEING THAT I HAVEN'T SERVED ON THE COMMITTEE BEFORE, UM, IS THERE LIKE A STANDARD LIST OF QUESTIONS THAT WE SHOULD ASK? UM, QUALIFICATIONS.
YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THE PEOPLE APPOINTED TO THIS COUNCIL, THIS COMMISSION ARE HIGHLY QUALIFIED IN MANY, MANY WAYS.
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EVERYONE IN THE ROOM.SO WE'LL NEED A, A LIST OF THE NEW MEMBERS AND THE PHONE NUMBERS AND THE CONTACT INFORMATION.
AND, AND IT'S JUST A, A LOT OF REASSURING THAT, THAT THEY'LL BE SUPPORTED.
YOU'RE HUNG OUT THERE BY YOURSELF.
AND, AND YOU'RE A PERFECT PERSON.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT HUNG OUT THERE BY YOURSELF.
WELL, AND YOU HAVE STEPPED SO FAR UP, YOU KNOW, KHARA HAS LEAPED YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, FROM THE POWER OF SUGGESTION DEFINITELY HELPS FROM THE, FROM THE MOMENT YOU JOIN, YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING BUT LEVEL UP.
BUT THERE'S A REALLY GOOD CHANCE.
AND I THINK THAT'S, TO ME, THAT'S A, A BONUS THAT THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR WILL COME OUT OF THIS COMMITTEE.
AND OCCASIONALLY YOU WILL GET SOMEONE INTERESTED IN RUNNING AND THAT'S FINE.
YOU KNOW, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE PERSON WHO'S PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST WILLING ARE THE ONES THAT YOU WANT IN THOSE ROLES.
YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, BOY, IF THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO REALLY WANTS TO DO IT, I AM ALL FOR SUPPORTING WHOMEVER.
BECAUSE THERE'S A FIRE THERE THAT WE CAN JUST, AND WE NEED THAT FIRE.
YOU KNOW, AND, AND AS EVERYONE KNOWS, I AM A HUGE FAN OF SAYING IT'S A GENERATION THAT'S YOUNGER THAN ME.
I THINK IT WOULD BENEFIT TO HAVE A SHORT THING OF, OKAY, WHAT IS EXPECTED? YOU AS A CHAIR OR CO-CHAIR OR SECRETARY, WHATEVER, WHAT IS YOUR DUTIES? YEAH.
AND WE CAN TRY TO CREATE THAT IN THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
I MEAN, WE HAVE, IN OUR BYLAWS, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND OF, UH, OUR BYLAWS HAVE SOME DESCRIPTIONS BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU, JENNIFER, AND YOU.
Y'ALL COULD JUST JOT DOWN WHAT ARE 10 THINGS.
THAT IS GOOD FOR A CHAIR, OUR VICE CHAIR TO DO.
AND, AND THAT COULD BECOME PART OF, AND AND THAT REALLY SHOULD BE PART OF THE BYLAWS.
YOU KNOW, THAT REALLY SHOULD BE BE DO I REALLY HAVE TO GO TO EVERY COUNCILMAN, RIGHT? YES.
BUT IT'S GOOD TO GO OCCASIONALLY.
DO I HAVE TO CONTACT THE MAYOR EVERY DAY? SCOTLAND MAY.
'CAUSE HE'LL TAKE YOU TO LUNCH AND PAY FOR LUNCH.
BUT THIS IS HIS LAST TERM, SO, SO UNFORTUNATELY YOU BETTER GET ON SCOTT'S LUNCH SCHEDULE VERY QUICKLY.
THAT'S WHEN I VOTE FOR MAYOR NEXT YEAR.
IT'S GONNA BE, WHAT ARE YOUR LUNCH? YEAH, EXACTLY.
IT'S LIKE, WHAT'S THAT LUNCH BUDGET LOOK LIKE? WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE MEDIA
AND IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO GET A RECENTLY, SAY THE LAST EIGHT, EIGHT OR 10 YEARS, WHO HAS BEEN THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR WELL, AND WHO HAS SERVED? YEAH.
WHO, WHO, WHO HAS SERVED IN THOSE POSITIONS.
AND I THINK, YEAH, WE HAVE SOME OPEN, SORT OF A LOOK AT, AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE SOME OPEN SLOTS TOO.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, WE LOST A FEW PEOPLE THIS YEAR AND WE HAVE NEW COUNCIL PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT HAVE, HAVE ALL OF THE NEW COUNCIL PEOPLE MADE APPOINTMENTS.
SO WE HAVE SOME VACANCIES THERE TOO.
SO IT'S, BUT KNOW THIS, EVERYONE WHO'S IN THE ROOM AT THE MOMENT IS NOT, UH, AND DON'T LET ME SPEAK FOR YOU IF I AM INCORRECT.
IS ANYONE EXPECTING TO STEP DOWN FROM YOUR APPOINTMENT? SO EVERYONE IN THE ROOM IS CONTINUING.
AND THE ELECT WE ELECT EVERY YEAR, WHICH TO ME DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT EVERY TWO YEARS BECAUSE RIGHT.
WHEN YOU LEARN WHAT YOU'RE DOING, WE'RE REELECTING.
BUT THAT'S ANOTHER BYLAWS THING.
SO AT THIS POINT, WE ELECT EVERY YEAR THE COMMITTEE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR NOMINATING PEOPLE FOR THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR ROLES AND OTHERS WHO WISH TO RUN.
UM, DUTIES OF CHAIRPERSON AND VICE CHAIRPERSON IS LISTED UNDER ARTICLE FOUR.
I CAN'T BELIEVE I WENT PAST THAT FIVE TIMES.
WELL, BECAUSE RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.
BUT THE WAY, THE WAY IT'S DONE, IT SHOULD SAY ELECTION.
IT, THERE SHOULD BE MORE OFFICERS SUBTITLE.
WE HAVE A NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
ONE OF OUR NEXT ITEMS OF BUSINESS MAY INDEED BE, WHERE'S MY, OKAY, HERE'S THE AGENDA.
VOLUNTEERS FOR THE MURAL PROJECT.
SO I, WE NEED TO CREATE A SCHEDULE SHEET AND I'LL DO IT IN A GOOGLE FORM.
THE STAFFING HOURS AS I UNDERSTAND IT.
UH, TRACY, IS IT OPEN? 10:00 AM TILL 10 TILL 8:00 PM
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10:00 PM TO 9:10 AM TO 9:00 PM PM OKAY.SO 10:00 AM TO 9:00 PM AND I THINK WHAT WOULD BE BEST IS HOUR AND A HALF SHIFTS.
I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO GET STUCK THERE FOR TWO OR THREE HOURS.
AND I, YOU KNOW, WE TWO IS REASONABLE.
ARE YOU GOOD WITH TWO? YEAH, I THINK TWO IS GOOD.
THEN WE'LL HAVE TWO HOUR SHIFTS.
IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE TWO PEOPLE EVERY SHIFT.
SO WE'LL START AT 10, 10 TO 12.
SO LET'S SEE, 10 TO 12, 12 TO TWO, TWO TO FOUR, FOUR TO SIX AND SIX TO EIGHT.
AND THEN WE HAVE ONE HOUR AT THE END.
AND WHAT DAY IS THIS? IT IS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14TH.
AND LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MURAL PROJECT.
SO THE MURAL IS GOING TO BE A DIGITAL MURAL.
AND THE, THE, UM, C M C HAS A VIDEO WHERE OUR THEME WAS, YOU BELONG HERE.
AND IT'S, WE STILL HAVEN'T LAUNCHED THE VIDEO.
SO THAT GOES, THAT ALIGNS WITH IT, THAT, THAT ALIGNS WITH THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, WHICH IS COMING UP AFTER.
BUT THE DIGITAL MURAL IS GOING TO SPELL OUT, WE BELONG HERE AND IT'S GOING TO SPELL OUT, WE BELONG HERE WITH 1400 INDIVIDUAL PHOTOS OF PEOPLE, FAMILIES, AND GROUPS.
SO YOU GET YOUR PICTURE TAKEN, YOU'LL GET THE COORDINATES FOR WHERE YOU'RE GONNA BE ON THE MURAL.
AND WE HAVE TO HAVE 1400 PHOTOS.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS THERE'S ACTUALLY PEOPLE FROM THE MURAL COMPANY THAT ARE DOING ALL THE PICTURE TAKING AND STAFFING EVERYTHING.
WE'RE JUST GREETING AND GETTING PEOPLE READY TO GET THEIR PICTURES TAKEN.
BUT SOMEONE FROM THE C M C HAS TO BE HERE.
AND THEN WHEN IT'S DONE, IT'S GONNA BE A MURAL THAT SAYS WE BELONG HERE.
AND BECAUSE IT'S DIGITAL, WE CAN MOVE IT AROUND.
IT CAN BE AT DIFFERENT PLACES AND EVENTS.
AND YOU TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY, OH YES, WE NEED TO HERE, WE, AND WE, AND WE NEED TO PROMOTE IT.
I REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO PROMOTE IT.
LIKE TO THEIR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS, TO CHURCH GROUPS, TO EVERYONE.
BECAUSE WE WANT 1400 DIFFERENT PEOPLE, WHICH IS NOT HARD TO DO IN A CITY OF MORE THAN 200,000.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED LOTS OF DIFFERENT FACES AND WE NEED ALL KINDS OF FACES.
AND YOU'LL BE IMMORTALIZED AND THEY HAVE TO COME HERE TO HAVE THEIR PICTURE TAKEN.
EVERYTHING IS, SO THIS IS PART OF THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE REOPEN.
BUT I MEAN, THEY'LL HAVE TO COME TO DOWNTOWN.
THEY CAN'T JUST SUBMIT A PICTURE.
THEY HAVE TO COME AND GET THEIR PICTURE TAKEN.
AND IT'S PART OF THE, SO THE 14TH IS THE SQUARE REOPENING OF THAT.
I, I PLAN ON BEING HERE FOR SOME, FOR A GOOD PART OF THAT.
SO IT, IT'S GONNA BE AT 5 0 6 ARTS, WHICH IS THE OPEN SPACE NEXT TO THE PROXY.
AND, UM, THAT WE'LL BE DOING THE PHOTOS THERE.
WHAT TIME IS LEANNE RYAN'S GONNA PERFORM? SHE'S AT 8:00 PM I THINK.
YOU MIGHT KEEP THAT IN MIND FOR THE EIGHT.
THAT'S THE LAST HOUR 8:00 PM SHIFT.
BECAUSE WELL, WE'RE NOT HAVING ONE, WE'RE HAVING FOUR TO SIX.
WE'RE 10:00 AM TO 9:00 PM OH, OKAY.
BUT, BUT FROM EIGHT TO NINE IT MAY BE.
AND IT MAY AND NO, AND, AND WELL, AND WE HOPEFULLY WILL BE DONE, YOU KNOW, IN, IN A PERFECT WORLD, YOU MAY FINISH OUT IN THE FIRST THREE SHIFTS.
IN A PERFECT WORLD WE'LL BE DONE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO STAFF IT.
IT'S ACTUALLY, SHE'S GONNA TAKE STAGE OF SEVEN 30.
WE MAY, WE MAY JUST SHUT IT DOWN.
BECAUSE THE TECH PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE THERE TO ACTUALLY, THEY'RE DOING ALL THE YEAH.
DO WE WEAR OUR SHIRTS? OH YEAH.
MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WEARS THE SAME SHIRT.
DID WE GET THIS? DID WE GET YEAH.
WE'VE GOT THOSE C M C SHIRTS, BUT EVERYONE DOESN'T, RENEE DOESN'T HAVE A C M C SHIRT YET.
DO WE HAVE C M C SHIRTS? THE, UM, GOLF SHIRT.
ALL WE HAVE FOR EXTRA SMALL AND SMALL.
SO WE'LL MOVE TO A DIFFERENT SHIRT.
UM, BUT YES, WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHICH SHIRT TO WEAR.
AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO GET THESE.
OH, I DIDN'T, I SAW YOU POINTING THE THO THOSE, WELL, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT JED AND THE MAYOR HAD ON WHEN I THE, AT THE RETREAT.
BUT, BUT YES, IF, YOU KNOW, IF, IF NOTHING ELSE,
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WEAR YOUR NAME TAG.AND IF WE HAVE DIFFERENT SHIRTS, SO BE IT.
WE'RE MULTICULTURAL, BUT WE, WE ARE VERY MULTICULTURAL.
AND IF YOU WANNA BE TAKE, IF YOU WANT YOUR PICTURE TAKEN IN CULTURAL DRESS, I WOULD WEAR THAT.
BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY MUCH, ISAAC HAS SOME PRETTY COOL CULTURAL DRESS.
JENNIFER HAS SOME BEAUTIFUL CULTURAL DRESS.
I HAVE TO WORK FROM ONE 30 TO MAYBE FOUR.
FOR THE PERFORMERS, FOR THE LINE DANCE.
AND ARE YOU, ARE YOU, ARE YOU WEARING SOMETHING SPECIAL? I, WE ARE MY SPECIAL DRESS.
SO, SO I THAT'S, AND THAT, AND THAT'S, BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD WANNA BE PHOTOGRAPHED IN TOO FOR, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT REALLY ADDS TO THE, THE FLAVOR OF THE, WE BELONG HERE, THE DANCERS TO GO OVER AND GET THEIR PICTURES.
AND ALL THE DANCERS, I MEAN ALL THE, UM, MISS ASIA, AMERICA INTERNATIONAL.
THEY WILL BE ON THEIR EXCELLENT.
SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR THEM.
NO, NO, I MEAN THAT, THAT'S THE POINT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT THE, WE BELONG HERE IS ABOUT EVERY KIND AND TYPE AND, AND EVERYTHING.
BABIES OLD ONES, BABIES OLD PEOPLE, EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW.
SO, MADAM CHAIR, SINCE THIS THE EVENT IS ON OCTOBER 14TH, WE WILL NOT HAVE ANOTHER MEETING BEFORE THEN.
SO WHEN DID YOU WANT TO DECIDE ON WHAT SHIRT TO WEAR? I DON'T WANNA SEND AN EMAIL.
THE THE SHIRT IS NOT LIKE A THING FOR ME.
SO IF IT'S THE CURRENT LOGO, THE, THE BLUE, LIKE, I THINK, I THINK THE POLO SHIRT IS, IS ALL WE HAVE.
I'M CONCERNED THAT RAIN RENEE DOESN'T HAVE ONE, BUT THAT'S FINE.
BUT WHATEVER PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, I WANT PEOPLE WHO ARE TAKING THEIR PICTURE TO WEAR WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THEY WANNA WEAR.
IT'S LIKE, BRING YOUR SHIRT AND KEEP IT IN, YOU KNOW, AND THEN UNDERSTOOD FOR YOUR STAFFING TIME.
BUT YEAH, I JUST WANTED IT TO BE CLEAR.
I THINK, I THINK IT, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
YOU KNOW, THE, WHAT DO THEY CALL POLO SHIRT? YEAH.
WEAR THE POLO SHIRT TO WORK, BUT BE COMFORTABLE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.
WELL WE HAVE A, NOT HAVING A TABLE OR A BOOTH THERE ALSO.
ARE WE, WE HAVE, WE'LL HAVE A TABLE THERE.
BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PASSING OUT STUFF AT ONE TIME AND I THINK WE ORDERED STUFF.
WE CAN GET, WE CAN ORDER SHIRTS NEXT WEEK.
AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM IN TIME.
IF WHOEVER NEEDS ONE, IF THEY DON'T HAVE ONE, PERFECT.
WE CAN GET AND PRIOR TO, AND IF FORCE COMES TO WORST, WE CAN PASS THEM OUT THE DAY OF.
THEN WE NEED TO DEFINITELY ORDER ONE FOR YOU.
MY, MY MINE IS A LITTLE TOO SNUG
IT'S LIKE, I'M NOT TRYING FOR THAT
THAT DOESN'T, MS. TRACY, WHEN WOULD YOU NEED TO KNOW OUR SHIRT SIZES? I'LL GET 'EM TONIGHT BEFORE WE GO.
SO WE WILL, I WILL DO A GOOGLE FORM AND SHARE THAT FOR THE SCHEDULE TONIGHT.
20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH DIO DE LOS MUERTOS.
SO THE D LOS MUERTOS EVENT IS FOR BEING HOSTED BY THE, UM, CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION.
IS THAT THE RIGHT NAME FOR THEM? CULTURAL ARTS COMMITTEE.
THEY TOLD ME COMMISSIONS GET FED AND COMMITTEES DON'T.
IS THAT HOW IT WORKS?
MERYL MOVED FOR THE, FOR DINNER
I DIDN'T EITHER LIVE AND LEARN, YOU KNOW, SO PUBLIC SERVANTS WE LIKED, THAT'S A PRIORITY FOR US.
BUT THAT UNDERSTOOD AND APPRECIATED.
SO WE COMBINED IT WITH THE DIA JULES MUERTO CELEBRATION BECAUSE WE WERE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ADD TO THAT MADE SENSE FROM A CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO THAT DID NOT REQUIRE US TO EXPENSE SIGNIFICANT BUDGET.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT DOING AT THAT EVENT IS SHARING THE VIDEO.
WE HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT.
ARE THERE IDEAS FOR SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO? TO DO AT THE, AT THE DSO? EXACTLY.
AND THAT'S BACK HERE ON THE SQUARE, RIGHT? UH, ON THE SQUARE.
THE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PASS OUT ANYTHING, BUT IF WE COULD HAVE A TABLE AND DO OUR
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OWN ALTER.OH, THAT WOULD BE A, IT HAS A NAME.
WHAT'S IT, WHAT'S THE NAME OF IT? IT'S, IT'S NOT ALTER.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE NAME IN SPANISH? I LOVE THIS THING.
OH, WHAT IS IT CALLED? IT'S AN ALTAR, BUT IT HAS A NAME LECTIN.
UM, AND THEN YOU, YOU PUT PICTURES OF PEOPLE THAT HAD DIED.
I DID ONE ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, OR FOUR YEARS AGO AT MY HOUSE.
'CAUSE MY, MY GRANDKID HAD LEARNED IN SCHOOL ABOUT
AND HE SAID, WHAT IS IT? SO HE SAID, I, I'D LIKE TO SEE ONE.
THERE'S, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU PUT IN THE FOOD AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, SO I SAID, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA DO IT, YOU KNOW, YOU COME HERE AND YOU DO IT WITH ME.
A WHOLE BUNCH OF PICTURES OF DEAD PEOPLE.
IT CAME OUT REALLY, REALLY PRETTY.
SO WE DID THEM AT WORK LAST YEAR.
AND IT WAS SO COOL BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST KEPT BRINGING IN AN ADDING TOO, YOU KNOW, IT STARTED OUT WITH ONE TABLE, AND BY THE END OF THE DAY WE ADDED FOUR MORE TABLES BECAUSE PEOPLE BOUGHT THEIR VARIOUS THINGS.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE LIKE FAVORITE, GET FAVORITE, FAVORITE THINGS OF THE PEOPLE, FAVORITE FOODS OF THE PEOPLE.
WE HAD, WE HAD LIKE BEANS OF COURSE, AND RICE AND, UH, AVOCADO AND SWEET CANDY AND, YOU KNOW, STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND, UH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A FABULOUS IDEA.
AND, YOU KNOW, SO WE ALL BRING ONE OR TWO PICTURES.
YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY BIG.
WE DO NEED SOME BIG ONES BECAUSE YOU PUT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.
SO WE WOULD WANT A TABLE FOR THAT.
AND I WONDER HOW, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE HAVING DANCERS.
THEY'RE HAVING ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
I WONDER WHAT THE, THEY HAVE AN AREA, THEY HAD IT LAST YEAR OFF.
THEY HAVE, THEY HAD THE, THE MUSIC IS INSIDE THE DANCERS.
WERE IN THE PLAZA IN THE, UH, THEATER, THE THEATERS, THE PLAZA.
AND THEN IN WHERE THE OPEN SESSION, THEY HAD THE VENDORS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE.
AND THEN THEY HAD PEOPLE THAT, THEY WEREN'T NECESSARILY VENDORS, BUT LIKE THE PERFORMING ARTS UHHUH, YOU COULD BE THERE.
AND THEY SHOWED SOME OF THE PLAYS THAT THEY HAD GONE AROUND SQUARE.
UH, BECAUSE OUTSIDE IT'S ALL THE FOOD.
AND THAT'S WHERE ALL THE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, GETTING FOOD AND THEN GOING TO THE SEPARATE.
IT'S, IT WAS REALLY VERY, VERY, IT WAS TONS OF PEOPLE.
SO WHAT WAS HAPPENING WAS THE, WAS THE LOBBY FILLED AT THE PLAZA THEATER? THE LOBBY WAS, YOU KNOW, WAS WITH PEOPLE.
AND THEY ALSO HAD, YOU KNOW, LITTLE, UH, THAT'S WHERE THEY HAD ALL THE ALTARS.
SO I GUESS, I GUESS THE, THE QUESTION, IF SHE GO INTO, THEY'RE DOING IT AGAIN, IS SHE GO INTO THE PERFORMING S ALL THAT AREA.
SO LET'S ALTARS, LET'S REACH OUT TO AMY AND FIND OUT WHERE WE COULD SET IT UP.
OUR VIDEO'S GONNA BE ON THE SCREEN IN THE PLAZA.
IT'D BE GOOD IF WE COULD BE CLOSE TO THAT.
WELL, I, THAT, THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING ABOUT THE LOBBY, BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA, I KNOW THEY'RE GONNA HAVE PERFORMERS IN AND OUT.
'CAUSE THE LOBBY, YOU CAN GET LOST IN THERE.
I WAS OVER THERE FOR A PRESCHOOL THING WITH FOUR SCHOOLS.
WELL, IF, IF YOU'RE IN THE THEATER, THERE'S ONLY THE STAGE.
WELL, THIS WAS THE LOBBY GOING INTO THE YEAH, IT WAS JUST CRAZY CROWDED.
WHERE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? OUTSIDE? OUTSIDE.
CLOSE TO WHERE IT SHOOTS UP ON THE, I THINK OUTSIDE YOU WOULDN'T SEE IT.
SO ALL PEOPLE ARE CROWDED IN THERE.
SO WHERE ARE YOU THINKING FOOD AND STUFF LIKE THAT? UM, I WAS THINKING E EITHER IN THE LOBBY OR WHERE THE VENDORS ARE.
AND WHERE ARE THE VENDORS? THE VENDORS ARE IN, UH, LET ME SEE.
THERE'S THE BIG AREA WHERE THE, THE BIG STAGE IS WAS, UH, OUTSIDE.
NO, INSIDE WE'RE, WE'RE ALL INSIDE.
IS WHERE THEY HAD ALL THE ALTARS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO THEY HAD T ALTERS WHERE THERE, YEAH.
SO LET ME, LET'S JUST ASK THEM WHERE THEY HAD, LET'S JUST ASK THEM WHERE THE ALTARS, BECAUSE THIS YEAR, WHERE THE SQUARE BEING OPENED? YEAH.
WELL LET, LET'S, LET'S JUST ASK THEM WHERE THE ALTERS ARE.
WE WANNA BE AT THE SAME PLACE.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH YEAR IT WAS, BUT I DO REMEMBER WHEN THEY HAD IT HERE AT THE ATRIUM.
AND AS BIG AS THE ATRIUM WAS, THEY DID, THEY HAD SEVERAL ALTARS SET UP AND ALMOST EVERY VENDOR HAD AN ALTAR OF SOME SORT AS WELL.
SO THERE WERE ALTARS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
BUT THE VENDORS WERE ALL INSIDE THE ATRIUM.
THE FOOD TRUCKS WERE IN THE PARKING LOT BETWEEN THE ATRIUM AND THE, UH, PERFORMING ARTS BUILDING.
AND THEN THEY HAD TWO DIFFERENT STAGES RUNNING WITH, UM, EVERYTHING FROM THE DANCES TO THE
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MARIACHIS AND OKAY.BUT THIS WAS ALL JUST AT, BUT IT WAS ALL OVER AT THE ATRIUM.
AND LAST YEAR WAS AT THE PLAZA.
BUT SEE THE, NO, NOT AT THE PLAZA.
THE, AT THE, AT NOT THE ATRIUM.
AND THEY HAD MUSICIANS AND STUFF LIKE THAT OUTSIDE.
THEY HAD DISPLAYS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT IF IT IS THE, AND YOU GO TO THE OTHER SECTION.
WHAT IS THE OTHER SECTION? WELL, THEY HAD THE SMALL THEATER, THE BLACK BOX.
SO I'M THINKING PLAZA AND YOU'RE TALKING.
SEE, AND I'M THINKING WITH THE, THE SQUARE BEING OPEN WITH THAT STAGE AREA, IT'S, I'M SURE THAT'S SOMETHING, I'M SURE THAT'S SOMETHING WILL BE OUTSIDE.
SO WE WILL REACH OUT AND FIND OUT WHERE THINGS ARE.
WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING BEFORE.
THEN LET'S CONNECT WITH CULTURAL ARTS AND FIND OUT WHAT THE LOCATIONS ARE.
AND I LOVE THE IDEA OF AN ALTAR.
BECAUSE THAT IS, THAT IS, THAT IS A FABULOUS IDEA.
DID YOU HEAR THAT? ELVIA? OKAY.
WELL, I, CHARLES JUST, I'M BE AN OFFICER THEN.
HEY, YOU WERE BORN AN OFFICER, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE BORN AN OFFICER AND YOU JUST MADE ME LAUGH.
I, AND THANK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE,
WE, YOU KNOW, THE ONE WITH THE IDEAS ALWAYS THE BEST ONE TO EXECUTE.
WHENEVER I COME HOME FROM A MEETING, MY HUSBAND LOOKS AT ME.
WHAT'D YOU VOLUNTEER FOR? UHHUH.
HE'S, AND HE KNOWS IT'S SOMETHING WE DON'T WANNA DISAPPOINT HIM.
WELL, I'LL START LOOKING FOR, FOR THINGS FOR THE ALL.
CAN WE, WE WILL ALL, WE WILL ALL LOOK FOR THINGS FOR THE ALTAR.
ALVIA WILL GIVE US A LIST OF WHAT IS APPROPRIATE AND WE WILL ALL SUPPORT YOU.
WELL, I'LL HAVE TO SEND IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE WON'T MEET BEFORE OCTOBER BEFORE THE, THIS IS NOVEMBER ALVIA.
WELL, AND YEAH, DETO IS NOVEMBER 1ST.
MY BIRTHDAY IS NOVEMBER 2ND, SO I ALWAYS KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS.
IT'S LIKE, YES, WE SHOULD MEET ON THE 19TH.
BUT IF YOU WOULD JUST SEND US A LIST, THAT WOULD HELP.
WE NEED A SUBCOMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE BYLAWS.
THIS IS EXCITING BECAUSE WE CAN UPDATE WHAT WE SAY DOESN'T WORK.
AND WE HAD A, A LOT OF UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS DIDN'T WORK.
MAY, MAY I PLEASE NOMINATE ADVOCATE.
AND LOOK WHAT WE HAVE GOT CHARLES.
CHARLES, IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME AGO.
I WILL SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE, IF YOU WILL LEAD IT.
AND I THINK JUST IS THE ONE, BECAUSE WE NEED SOMEBODY TO CALL OUR HAND.
I, I THINK JUSTINA SAY, AND SEE THIS IS HOW SHE GETS NOMINATED BY NOT BEING PRESENT
UM, WE, WE WILL, WE WE SHOWING UP WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE YEAH, NO, NO, NO.
I THINK WE CAN NOMINATE JUST, AND I THINK THAT KRIS SHARA SHOULD ALSO PARTICIPATE.
I WAS GOING TO SAY, I WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF THAT.
YOU, YOU SAID THAT AT THE RETREAT.
SO I, I REMEMBER I, I DON'T REMEMBER MUCH
SO CHARLES PICKETT RA JUSTINA, YOU, UH, YES.
AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST A SUBCOMMITTEE TO REVIEW IT AND, AND WORK ON IT.
THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE COMMISSION HAS TO APPROVE IT.
AND IS WELCOME TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATIONS.
ALL WE'RE DOING IS DRAFTING SOMETHING TO, TO WORK WITH.
ISAAC, YOU'RE NOT SLEEPING OVER THERE.
I, I JUST, I I I, I I KNOW YOU THINK YOU'RE HIDING.
REVISING THE MISSION STATEMENT.
WE HAVE A NEW MISSION STATEMENT ON THE TABLE.
UM, THE MISSION STATEMENT THAT WE DISCUSSED, WE AGREED ON AT THE TEAM BUILDING THE RETREAT IN JULY 29TH IS FINE.
UM, MY CONCERN IS THAT, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE SOMEWHERE LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT OUR MISSION IS GATHERING INFORMATION FROM THE COMMUNITY AND BRING
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IT TO OUR COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.SO I DON'T THINK THAT GOES IN THE MISSION STATEMENT.
I, I THINK THAT'S AN ACTIVITY.
YOU KNOW, WE TALKED, AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT AT THE RETREAT, THERE'S A MISSION, A VISION, AND A PURPOSE.
AND I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO SHARE.
IS THAT MORE OUR PURPOSE THAN OUR MISSION? UM, AND IS THOUGHTS, UH, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THINKING HERE.
SO I JUST FLIPPED OVER ON THE SECOND PAGE.
FOCUS IS A GOOD, IS A GOOD YES.
BECAUSE IT IS, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO SHARE.
AND WE, WE, I THINK WE'VE LOST SOME OF THAT JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED KNOW IT, BUT OTHERS DON'T.
AND I THINK IT'S KIND OF ONE, ONE OF THE BEST KEPT SECRETS IS ALL THIS WONDERFUL WORK.
BECAUSE I LOOK BACK AT 2003 WHEN THE COMMISSION C M C CREATED.
WELL, AND, AND, AND THE FOCUS IS A GREAT PLACE FOR, SO IF YOU LOOK AT THESE FOCUS STATEMENTS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A REALLY, ARE WE DOING THIS TODAY? WE COULD CERTAINLY DO MORE OF IT.
AND WE COULD CERTAINLY DO MORE OF, YOU KNOW, BOTH COMMUNICATING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS WITH COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK WE'VE BEEN DOWN WORKING DOWN THE PATH OF GATHERING INFORMATION TO SHARE.
BUT WE SHOULD ALSO BE GETTING INFORMATION.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED.
SO I THINK YOU NEED TO SEND A NOTE TO THE BYLAWS REVIEW COMMITTEE ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THERE, JENNIFER.
'CAUSE IT DOES FIT IN THE FOCUS.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S VERY, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
AND THEN WHEN YOU, WE SEND OUT OUR MISSION AND STATEMENT THAT IT GET TO BE A PURPOSE.
AND WE GOING TO STOP RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN WE DON'T DO ANYTHING.
JUST LIKE WHAT WE HAD IN THE PAST IS COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
WE OUTREACH SO MANY SMALLER COMMUNITY, UM, CHURCH FAITH BASIS.
AND THEN WE BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR, FOR THEIR IDEAS AND LETTING THEM KNOW, HEY, WE ARE HERE.
WE REACH OUT TO SO MANY PEOPLE.
YOU REMEMBER IN THE PAST JOB WHEN WE DO THE COM, UH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH MM-HMM.
WE, THEY DON'T COME TO OUR MEETING LIKE, KIM, THANK YOU KIM.
WE COME OUT AND REACH OUT TO THEM.
IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK WE WANT TO DO, PLEASE SHARE THAT OUTREACH IS NOT IN, IN THE MISSION TODAY.
IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN DONE.
IT, THERE, THERE IS NOTHING AT THIS POINT, AS WE LOOK AT CREATING AN UNDERSTANDING FOR OURSELVES AND FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF WHAT THIS COMMISSION IS FOR, NOTHING IS OFF THE TABLE.
YOU KNOW, LET'S LOOK AT SOMETHING AND TALK ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY OUTREACH IS NOT PART OF OUR MISSION TODAY.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT CAN'T BE.
BUT ANYTHING THAT WE PUT IN HERE, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO.
WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY LIVING THE BYLAWS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
SO UNLESS WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING AND ABLE TO EXECUTE, IT PUTS US IN A NEGATIVE POSITION TO SAY THAT'S WHAT WE ARE, AND THEN NOT DO IT.
AND REMEMBER, THE MISSION STATEMENT HAS TO BE OKAYED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND I GO, THIS TIME WE TRIED TO FOOL WITH THAT.
IT IT, IT TOOK SOME REWRITING IT.
THE SHORTER IT IS, THE LESS REWRITING THERE WILL BE.
SO WE, WE, WE WILL MAKE OUR RECOMMENDATION AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE AREN'T GOING TO DO IS NOT DO WHAT WE BELIEVE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO APPROVE IT.
WE HAD AN EXERCISE THAT WE WORKED THROUGH AND WE GOT OVERWHELMING AGREEMENT.
IF THE COUNCIL SAYS THEY NEED MORE THAN THAT, THEN THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO TELL US WHAT THEY NEED.
BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE NOW DOESN'T SAY WHAT IT NEEDS TO SAY.
WHOEVER WORKS ON THAT NEEDS TO LOOK AT THE ARTICLES THAT WERE PASSED BY THE COUNCIL TO CREATE THIS COMMISSION.
WE, WE GET 'CAUSE THEY SPELLED IT OUT IN A SECTION.
BUT JENNIFER HAS TO LEAVE AND WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH THE MISSION? THE
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MISSION'S THE NEXT TOPIC.I THOUGHT WE WERE ON THE MISSION.
NO, WE WERE ON THE BYLAWS STILL.
I THOUGHT WE WERE IN THE, WE, WE WERE ON THE MISSION.
WE MADE THE COMMITTEE TO DO THE BYLAWS.
AND WE WERE STILL TALKING ABOUT THE BYLAWS.
BUT WE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE AT THE BYLAWS NOW THE MISSION STATEMENT.
DOES ANYONE HAVE IT? AND I THINK I ASKED THE QUESTION, DID ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY WANTED TO CHANGE IN THE REVISED STATEMENT? COULD YOU SEND THAT OUT TO ALL OF US? YES.
AND MR. CHARLES, WHAT I WAS GONNA SUGGEST, WHAT WAS FOR THE MOMENT, ALL OF US, JUST TAKE A PICTURE OF IT AND THEN DEFINITELY WE CAN GET IT ON EMAIL.
EVERYBODY TAKE A PICTURE WITH THAT.
WE'LL START WITH YOU AND WE CAN, WE CAN BRING IT BACK NEXT MONTH.
BUT WE HAVE TO TAKE IT TO COUNCIL.
TREY, IS THAT WHAT SHE READ? YES.
DO YOU HAVE THE STAFF REPORT? UM, ALL OF THE MARKETING ITEMS ARE IN THE BAGS, THE CUPS AND THE KEY CHAINS.
AND THEY'LL BE READY FOR YOU GUYS, UM, FOR Y'ALL AT THE OPENING.
AND, UM, YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT THE DOWN THE GRAND OPENING OF DOWNTOWN'S.
14TH STARTS AT 10 AND GOES TO NINE FOREVER.
AND WE NEED TO ORDER SOME SHIRTS.
AND THEN I HAVE YOUR TEAM GARLAND SHIRTS TO PASS OUT.
CHARLES, IS THAT YOUR PURSE? YES.
THINK I WOULD FORGET SOMETHING.
WE WILL, WE WILL SEE YOU SOON.
SO THAT IS THE END OF OUR AGENDA.
RENEE, ARE YOU GONNA STAY WITH US? ARE YOU SCARED? NO, I'M SCARED.
UM, MS. ELVIA, IN REGARDS TO THE, UM, ALTER THAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO, THOSE OF US THAT WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN IT, WOULD WE HAVE TO BRING A PICTURE OF A DEAD RELATIVE? IT, IT WOULD BE NICE.
I, I, WELL, I'VE NEVER PARTICIPATED.
SO WHAT I NEED TO BRING FOOD TO YOU COULD, OR SOMETHING THAT, SO ANYTHING THAT REMINDS YOU OF THAT PERSON.
NORMALLY WE DO FOOD, BUT I WOULDN'T, UH, WE CAN BREAK FAKE FOOD.
SO YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN, WHATEVER.
I ALL HAVE, ALL I HAVE IS BOYS THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW HOW THEY HAVE FAKE FOOD? MM-HMM.
BUT LIKE, I, SO LAST YEAR MY STEPMOTHER HAD JUST DIED.
WHEN WE DID IT AT WORK, I BOUGHT A PHOTO.
THE MUSIC FROM HER FAVORITE HYMN.
THE MUSIC FROM HER FAVORITE HYMN.
SOME FA A FAMILY PICTURE WITH MY BROTHERS AND I AND HER AND MY DAD.
WHAT ELSE DID I HAVE? YOU KNOW? BUT IT'S JUST LIKE THAT, THERE WERE JUST THINGS THAT REMINDED ME OF HER.
THAT THEY'RE SHRINES TO SOMEONE YOU LOVE.
ANYONE ELSE? WE ARE OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED.
IF YOU NEED TO ORDER A SHIRT, LET TRACY KNOW.
AND SHE HAS THE COOL GARLAND SHIRTS TOO.