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RIGHT, MS. TRACY, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO[Community Multicultural Commission Meeting on February 15, 2024.]
ORDER.TO THOSE OF YOU I HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO, UH, THANK YOU GUYS FOR SETTING ASIDE TIME TO BE HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.
UH, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A FEW MINUTES AND REVIEW THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH.
AND THIS, THAT WOULD BE THE ONE THAT SAYS DRAFT, RIGHT? MS. TRACY? YES, MA'AM.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE THAT, MS. NO, UH, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE PACKET IN HERE.
UHUH? NO, IT WAS, IT WAS HERE.
THAT WAS ON THE TABLE AND IT WASN'T, IT'S IN THE PACKET ON THIS SIDE.
YEAH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS ON THE TABLE.
WITH THIS, I MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY MS. ELVIA AND SECOND BY MS. KIMBERLY.
WE'LL START WITH THE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE? IS MY MIC ON? CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? HELLO?
I GUESS I'LL TALK LOUD ENOUGH.
I CANNOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK MY MIC TONIGHT.
IS IT? YOU CAN HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE, UH, THAT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANY COMMENTS, CONCERNS, QUESTIONS? NO, MA'AM.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE, ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
UH, THE FIRST THING IS THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION BYLAW REVIEW AND DISCUSSION.
UH, THE SUBCOMMITTEE WILL PRESENT A BRIEF INTO THE COMMISSION ON THEIR DISCUSSION AND THE FINDINGS THEY HAVE GATHERED.
UH, WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE TO, UH, OFFER A RESPONSE OR WOULD Y'ALL LIKE ME TO DO IT? I HEARD THE CONVERSATION.
YOU, YOU, WE CAN, OR YOU CAN GO AHEAD.
NO, I'D LIKE FOR Y'ALL TO TALK.
SO THE BYLAWS COMMITTEE DID NOT MEET.
WE NEED TO PUBLISH OUR MEETING DATE, 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PUBLIC MEETINGS REQUIREMENTS.
SO WE WILL TRY TO MEET NEXT MEETING.
JUSTINA, CHARLES AND I ARE ALL HERE.
CAN YOU MEET BEFORE THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION MEETING? NEXT MONTH? NEXT MONTH AT LIKE FIVE, LIKE 5, 5, 5 30.
WE, WE DON'T NEED MORE THAN HALF AN HOUR.
SO WE, WE WILL MEET AT FIVE 30.
WHAT IS OUR NEXT MEETING DATE? WHEN DON'T WE SHOOT FOR FIVE 15? FIVE 15? JUSTINA MAY NOT BE HERE, BUT IT'S ALL RIGHT.
OUR NEXT MEETING DATE IS MARCH 21ST.
AND TRACY, DO WE NEED TO SEND YOU AN EMAIL SO THE, THAT'S PUBLISHED? NO MA'AM.
SO, AND THEN WE WILL PRESENT THE REV REVISIONS TO THE COMMISSION AT THE MEETING THAT DAY.
AND I HAVE A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE REVISIONS, ONCE WE'VE REVIEWED THEM, WHO TYPES THEM UP? SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE DOCUMENT.
THAT'S WHY I MEANT AN EDITABLE DOCUMENT.
IF IT GETS APPROVED, I DON'T, UM, I WOULD THINK WE COULD.
I MEAN, I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WE COULDN'T, IT'S JUST GOTTA BE SUBMITTED.
I, I HAD NOT THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
SO WE, YOU GUYS COME TOGETHER, YOU PRESENT THE EDITS AND YOU ALL WILL REVIEW AND SUGGEST YOUR OWN IF, OR, OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY REVIEW AND EDIT OUR EDITS.
YOU MAY HAVE EDITS OF YOUR OWN.
EVERYONE HAS A COPY OF THEM, OF THE BYLAWS.
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE THERE THAT ISN'T, OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S THERE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE DIFFERENTLY, THAT'S WHAT COMES UP FOR DISCUSSION.
AND THEN WE APPROVE IT AS A, THIS BY COMMISSION.
THIS WHOLE BODY HAS TO APPROVE IT.
SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO GO TO, UM, OUR BYLAWS.
I DID UNDERSTAND THAT CHANGING THE MISSION STATEMENT NEEDED TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL.
AND THE MISSION STATEMENT, I THINK IS, IS ALSO IN THE BYLAWS.
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TO CHANGE IS TO REMOVE THE LIMITING FACTORS AT THE END OF THAT SENTENCE.SO THAT WILL HAVE TO BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL.
BUT I DON'T THINK THE BYLAWS NEED TO.
UH, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM B, COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION RETREAT.
THE COMMISSION WILL BUILD UPON THE DISCUSSIONS HELD DURING THE JANUARY 25TH, 2020, 24 MEETING AND FINALIZED THE 2024 RETREAT AGENDA AND DATE.
MY APOLOGIES, I DID NOT SEND OUT THE POLL TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DAY WORKED BEST IN MARCH FOR US.
UM, CAN WE LOOK AT OUR CALENDARS AND SEE WHAT DATE IN MARCH WORKS? AND IF WE HAVE TO PUSH IT, WE DON'T WANNA PUSH IT TOO FAR INTO APRIL, BECAUSE I THINK EASTER IS IN APRIL.
UM, THIS YEAR IT'S MARCH 31ST.
SO LOOKING AT OUR CALENDARS FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH.
UM, SPRING BREAK WAS THE WHAT? 11TH.
SO IT WOULD BE THE SECOND, THE NINTH OR THE 23RD.
OH, IT'S, IT'S A BUNCH OF SATURDAYS IN MARCH.
I CAN DO THE NINTH OR THE 23RD.
SO IS THIS A DAY THING? IT IS FROM NINE TO ONE.
MS. ELVIA, YOU SAID NINTH AND WHAT? THE 23RD.
I I'M ALSO AVAILABLE FOR THE NINTH.
IF YOU WANT NINTH, I CAN MOVE WHAT I HAVE ON THE NINTH.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE NINTH WORKS.
MR. ISAAC, CAN THERE BE DIFFERENT DATE THAN THE NINTH
THE NINTH AND JUST TILL ONE, RIGHT? YES.
IT'S NINE SOMETHING THAT EVENING.
IT'S NINE TO 1:00 PM AND IT WILL BE HELD HERE.
SO, UH, CAN I GET A MOTION TO HAVE THE RETREATS ON MARCH 9TH AND HELD HERE IN THE CITY HALL? BAY? I, WE HAVE A RETREAT ON MARCH 9TH FROM NINE TO 11.
NINE TO 1 9, 1 9 TO ONE, NINE TO 1, 9, 10, 11, 12, 1.
CAN YOU PROJECT A LITTLE MORE? I SECOND THAT MOTION.
GREAT WAY TO COME TOGETHER GUYS.
ALRIGHT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE, UH, TO ITEM D REVIEW OF PROPOSED 2024 MEETING DATES.
THIS ITEM WAS POSTPONED FROM JANUARY 25TH.
SO WE GOT A, UM, A LIST OF DATES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WHERE WE WERE TO HAVE OUR MEETINGS EVERY THIRD THURSDAY, IS WHAT WE HAVE AGREED UPON.
WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THAT IS WHAT WE WANTED TO STICK WITH.
AND THEN THE QUESTION CAME UP ABOUT HAVING A MEETING IN DECEMBER, BEING THAT THE, UM, ELECTIONS TAKE PLACE IN NOVEMBER.
THE PERSON THAT'S COMING IN GENERALLY DOESN'T GET THAT CLOSE OUT, BRING IN UNTIL JANUARY.
AND BY THEN WE ALREADY HAVE THE PLANNING FOR THE MLK.
SO WHAT WE DISCUSSED WAS THAT WE WOULD TALK ABOUT MLK IN NOVEMBER OR EP OCTOBER, NOVEMBER TIMEFRAME SO THAT THE INCOMING PERSON WOULDN'T HAVE TO STRESS SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT HAS TO BE DONE IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY.
INCOMING CHAIR, INCOMING CHAIR AND CO-CHAIR.
SO ARE WE ALL STILL IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT? YES.
SO, UM, THE THIRD THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH STILL WORKS AND WE DO NOT MEET IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.
I THINK THERE'S A CHALLENGE THERE.
THERE'S A HOLIDAY, BUT, UM, THANKSGIVING IT LOOKS, IT LOOKS, YEAH, I'M LOOKING AT THIS CALENDAR.
THANKSGIVING IS NOT ON THE THIRD.
BUT NO, THERE'S ANOTHER, THERE'S JUNETEENTH IS THE DAY BEFORE ONE, BUT THAT'S FINE.
UM, I THINK, WELL, I PUT 'EM IN MY, IN MY CALENDAR ALL THROUGH THE YEAR ALREADY.
MINE IS THROUGHOUT ALREADY TOO CONFLICT OR IF SOMETHING GOING ON.
WELL, MS. KIMBER LANE, UM, ARE WE SAYING NO DECEMBER MEETINGS
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FOR, WE ARE STILL SAYING NO.THE BOARDS AND CONVENTION COMMISSION CENTER.
THERE'S, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT ALWAYS FALLS ON THAT DAY.
UH, AND THAT WAS THE OTHER CONCERN TOO.
'CAUSE THERE WOULD BE NO MEETING IN NOVEMBER AND THEN NO MEETING IN DECEMBER.
AND THEN WE'RE COMING FOR FOURTH IN JANUARY.
SO WE MIGHT WANNA MOVE THAT THE BEFORE THE NOVEMBER MEETING, UM, IF YOU WANT.
'CAUSE YOU'RE WANTING TO DO SOME BUSINESS THEN TO MM-HMM.
'CAUSE I THINK THIS YEAR WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE LAST YEAR.
WE HAD A REALLY QUICK ONE, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO FOR NOVEMBER, THAT WOULD BE NOVEMBER 14TH.
I KNOW THERE'S SOMEBODY ELSE THAT HAS SOMETHING THAT THEY DO ON THURSDAYS, ANOTHER THURSDAY OF THE MONTH.
IS THAT YOU, MS. E OR RENEE, OR THAT'S YOU? IT'S ALL, I THINK CHARLES HAD SOME, DIDN'T YOU? I THINK SO.
MS. TRACY, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
LET'S JUST SAY IF MR. CHARLES DOES HAVE TO BE SOMEWHERE ELSE AND CANNOT BE HERE, AND NOVEMBER IS NORMALLY WHEN WE HOLD THE ELECTIONS, IS IT ONLY THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE THAT CAN ELECT OR CAN HE PHONE IN HIS, HIS VOTE TO SOMEONE ELSE? IT'S ONLY PEOPLE, PEOPLE THAT ARE PRESENT.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP THAT IN MIND.
WE CAN, IF WE REALLY GET ON THE NOMINATING, WE CAN, WE CAN HAVE THAT TAKEN CARE OF.
WE CAN HAVE THE ELECTION IN OCTOBER.
OH, I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST NOT DUE UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
NOW TRADITIONALLY IT'S USUALLY BEEN OCTOBER.
WELL, AND THEN IT'S ALL WORK FROM JANUARY ONWARD OR NO, THEY TAKE OVER RIGHT? IMMEDIATELY.
SO WE ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH, UM, OCTOBER 17TH, THAT WOULD BE BETTER FOR ELECTIONS? HMM.
YEAH, SO WE COULD DO THE ELECTION AND THE OCTOBER 17TH, MEANING IF EVERYONE OH, GOTCHA.
SO WE WILL, ARE WE ALL IN AGREEMENT FOR THE NOVEMBER 14TH CHANGE? YES.
BECAUSE IT'S A CONFLICT WITH THE BOARD OF BOYS AND COMMISSION DINNER.
UH, DO WE NEED A MOTION? I MOVE THAT WE CHANGED THE NOVEMBER MEETING FROM NOVEMBER 21ST TO NOVEMBER 14TH.
I SECOND, I SECOND THAT MOTION.
NOW MY, MY ORCHESTRA BOARD IS THE FOURTH THURSDAY.
UM, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM E, THE CULT COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION DISPLAY TABLE AT THE ATRIUM.
SO I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM, AND ACTUALLY IT WAS A FACEBOOK MESSAGE FROM, HUH? DID I SKIP ONE? THE MUSIC FESTIVAL? I SURE DID NOT.
AND I HAVE ON MY GLASSES, I'M SORRY,
I SKIPPED ITEM C, THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION MUSIC FESTIVAL.
UH, THE COMMISSION WILL DELIBERATE ON THE INAUGURATION OF THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION MUSIC FESTIVAL, INCLUDING BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS AND SCHEDULING.
UM, MR. MERRILL, DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION YOU WANNA BRING TO US WITH THAT? UM, THE ONLY THING I HAVE IS A, THEY DID SEND, UH, A RATE SHEET.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME COSTS THAT COULD BE INVOLVED IN, WHICH WAS ANYWHERE FROM, UH, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT, UM, $1,500.
UH, AND THAT SAYS AFFILIATE OR NONPROFIT, WHICH I GUESS WE'D FALL UNDER, UNDER, UNDER EITHER ONE OF THOSE.
THAT WOULD BE A FRIDAY OR FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
IF IT'S MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, $800.
AND THIS IS AT THE, IF THE EVENT WAS AT THE ATRIUM, UM, I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANYTHING AS FAR AS, UH, OUTDOORS EXCEPT BASIC.
THEY SAID THEY WOULD HELP US SET UP, UH, THE SOUND AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND, UH, I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANY, ANYTHING.
WELL, I GUESS THE BASIC COST MICROPHONES $30 EACH.
UM, IF YOU HAD A, A SCREEN LAPTOP FOR THEM TO CONTROL STUFF.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH STUFF WE WANT TO DO.
BUT THERE ARE, THERE ARE SOME COSTS.
AND, AND, AND I'VE GOT THIS RIGHT HERE AND I THINK, UH, UH, OH, WHAT'S THE LADY'S NAME AT THE, UH, THE ONE THAT WAS HERE AT THE MEETING? YEAH.
WELL ANYWAY, SHE SENT IT TO ME AND I, AND, AND I HAVE THAT EMAIL AND I, I CAN FORWARD IT TO SEE JUST WHAT COST WOULD BE.
BUT THERE ARE SOME JUST FOR EQUIPMENT SET UP AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES COMING OUT TO, TO SET IT UP.
SO LIKE MICROPHONES AND THINGS.
THOSE ARE FOR PURCHASE OR JUST FOR
THAT'S FOR THEM TO SET UP WHEN THEY LIKE THE, THE STAGE
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OUTSIDE AT, AT THE, OUT, OUT ON THE SQUARE.UM, THERE'S ONE SPOT THEY SAID IF WE JUST PLUGGED IN STUFF, IT'S BASICALLY NO COST SET.
ALL IF WE JUST PLUG IN, UH, MICROPHONES AND SPEAKERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT THE OTHER ONE ON THE BIG STAGE WHERE LEANNE RIMES WAS, NOT THAT WE'D SET UP A STAGE, BUT JUST THAT PLATFORM, THERE'S MORE INVOLVED IN THAT HOOKING UP, HOOKING UP STUFF OVER THERE.
AND, AND IT JUST DEPENDS ON, YOU KNOW, HOW BIG OF GROUPS THAT WE WANT TO HAVE OUT THERE IS GONNA BE A, YOU KNOW, ACQUIRE OF 10 OR 20 AND JUST HOW THEY HAVE TO HAVE IT SET UP, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR SPEAKERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO AS SOON AS WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT, WE CAN GET A COST AND THEN WE NEED TO LOOK AT A DATE.
'CAUSE I THINK THE FRIDAY THING IS STARTING PRETTY QUICK FIRST FRIDAY.
THEY HAVE THE, THE WHAT, IS THERE A DATE IN MIND? WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
'CAUSE THE FIRST FRIDAY THING, THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT.
'CAUSE THEY, THEY MENTIONED BEFORE, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT YEAH.
HAVING ONE OF THE FIRST FRIDAY DAYS THEY SAID THEY'D LET US HAVE, BUT THEY'VE ALREADY GOT THAT SCHEDULE OUT THE FIRST FRIDAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE PERFORMANCE FOR ALL OF 'EM, BUT THEY HAVE THE DATES SCHEDULED.
SO WHAT THEY SUGGESTED FOR THE FIRST FRIDAY WAS THAT WE COME AND BE A PART OF WHAT THEY HAD GOING ON AND WHATEVER INFORMATION WE HAD TO HAND OUT, WE CAN BE THERE TO KIND OF BE BEHIND THE SCENES TO SEE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
SO WHEN WE DID DECIDE TO USE, WHAT WAS IT? THE PAVILION OR YEAH, THE SMALLER AREA.
UM, OUTSIDE, WE WOULD HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHAT IT WAS.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE THE ONE THAT'S GONNA BE THE LOWER COST IF WE USE THAT, THAT PAVILION.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, JUST THE FESTIVAL AS A WHOLE, THE UNDERSTANDING THAT I HAVE NOW IS FESTIVAL IS A REALLY BIG WORD.
AND THAT MEANS THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY, A LOT OF PEOPLE.
IT'S A, IT IS A HUGE COLLABORATION AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO WITHIN A MATTER OF MONTHS.
SO WHAT WE HAVE TRIED, WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS A COMMISSION IS TO TAKE IT DOWN A NOTCH AND, AND CALL IT SOMETHING ELSE OTHER THAN A FESTIVAL.
'CAUSE I FOUND OUT, WHEN WE SAY FESTIVAL TO ANYBODY WITHIN THE CITY, THEY LIKE, OH, THAT'S A LOT.
YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY KIND OF PANIC.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER, SOMETHING TO CALL IT OUTSIDE OF A FESTIVAL.
AND AS I STATED, UM, WE'LL TRY TO GET A SCHEDULE FOR THE FIRST FRIDAY TO SEE IF WE CAN GO OUT INDIVIDUALLY, COLLECTIVELY TO JUST KIND OF SEE HOW THINGS ARE BEING WORKED.
AND WE CAN BE BEHIND THE SCENE TO UNDERSTAND AND COME BACK AND BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK TO US AS A COMMISSION TO SAY, OKAY, THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTICED.
WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE VOLUNTEER HERE, HERE AND WE WOULD NEED THEM TO DO THESE PARTICULAR THINGS.
EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? IS THERE A TIMEFRAME? I MEAN, ARE WE TALKING THIS SUMMER? YEAH, AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE OTHER THING.
WE NEED TO DECIDE IF WE'RE, I, I WASN'T AT THAT MEETING, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO CATCH UP.
YEAH, SO THAT'S THE THING RIGHT THERE.
I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING IN THE MINUTES.
IF WE'RE NOT GONNA BE PART OF THE FIRST FRIDAYS, AND IF WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING LATER ON JULY OR AUGUST, WE JUST DECIDE HOW MANY GROUPS WE'RE GONNA HAVE, HOW LONG IT'S GONNA BE, THE MUSIC, MUSIC, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT, BUT HOW MANY GROUPS WE'RE GONNA HAVE, THERE'S GONNA BE LIKE, LIKE A HOUR AND A HALF OR, YOU KNOW, TWO HOURS OR WHATEVER IT'S GONNA BE.
SO WE DECIDE HOW LONG WE WANT IT, HOW MANY GROUPS, HOW LONG THEY'RE GONNA PERFORM.
SO ONE THING WE NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IS WHERE ARE WE GONNA GET THE GROUPS FROM? IF WE KNOW CHURCHES, MAYBE WE SHOULD START POLLING PEOPLE NOW AND SAYING, HEY, IF WE DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN THE CITY, WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED? AND THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE A, A NUMBER OF SET PEOPLE THAT WIN.
AND IF WE ARE APPROVED TO MOVE FORWARD, WE CAN GO BACK TO THOSE GROUP OF PEOPLE AND SAY, HEY, IT'S COMING TO FRUITION NOW.
I THINK WE DO NEED TO PUT PEOPLE ON, ON NOTICE SHOW, HEY, THIS IS COMING UP.
WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED? MM-HMM.
BECAUSE IF WE GET ALL THE APPROVALS AND WE GET A DATE AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY PERFORMANCE, THEN WE'RE BACK AT SQUARE ONE.
SO MS. KIMBERLAND, ORIGINALLY WHAT WAS, UM, WHAT WAS THOUGHT WAS THAT WE WOULD TRY TO DO IT IN MARCH, BUT, AND WHEN WE HAD THAT DECEMBER MEETING, WE WERE, THAT'S WHEN THE CITY REPRESENTATIVES CAME AND LET US KNOW, HEY, THAT'S, THIS IS WAY MORE THAN, YOU KNOW, A MARCH THING BE MARCH, MARCH NEXT YEAR.
AND IT ALSO COST A LOT MORE OF A BUDGET.
AND THERE ARE, THERE ARE THINGS THAT THE CITY THEMSELVES DO AND THEY'VE SUGGESTED THAT WE KIND OF TAG IN UNTIL BECAUSE THEY ALREADY PAYING THE MONEY, THEY'RE ALREADY DOING IT.
AND WE TAG IN ONE OF THOSE DATES.
AND MAYBE WELCOME, NOT EVEN A WHOLE FIRST FRIDAY, BUT A PART OF THE FIRST FRIDAY MM-HMM.
SO I DO BELIEVE IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, I BELIEVE IF WE GO OUT TO SUPPORT THE EVENT MM-HMM.
I FEEL LIKE WE'LL BE WELCOME WITH OPEN ARMS IF WE SAY WE HAVE ONE GROUP THAT WE'D LIKE TO SQUEEZE IN OR ONE GROUP WE'D LIKE TO PUT ON VERSUS JUST SAYING, I WANT THIS PARTICULAR FRIDAY AND I WANT THIS GROUP ON THERE.
WHAT COULD BE COOL IF YOU'RE DOING THAT IS JUST DO LIKE A 15 MINUTE OPENING ACT.
I I THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT, I DIDN'T HAVE TO COME TO THE MEETING.
BUT, BUT I MEAN THAT COULD, THAT WOULD BE REALLY, YOU KNOW, THAT LITTLE FLAVOR AND THEN THAT
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TAKES OFF THE PRESSURE OF FESTIVAL.AS FAR AS MARCH 1ST, THAT FRIDAY, I'M, I'M WILLING TO GO OUT THERE TO JUST TO SEE HOW IT'S WORKING AND WHAT ELSE GOING ON.
IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO JOIN ME, MS. TRACY, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN GET, UM, AND, AND I KNOW FIRST FRIDAY IS JUST EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS.
UM, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE LOCATION IS OR WHERE WE WOULD GO.
UH, IS THERE A WAY WE CAN GET A SNIPPET OF SOMETHING TO, TO TELL US? OKAY, THANK YOU.
YEAH, I'M LOOKING THIS UP RIGHT NOW.
FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER.
I'M TRYING TO FIND A LOCATION AND MR. RU, NOW YOU REMEMBER, UH, AND THIS IS JUST FOR EVERYBODY ON THE COMMISSION, IF YOU BRING AN IDEAL OR EVENT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO ATTEND AND YOU SAY, I'M GONNA GO AND I'M GONNA REPRESENT US, PLEASE DO NOT FORGET OUR SWAG.
IT WAS MONEY LEFT OVER IN THE BUDGET LAST YEAR.
AND WE USE THAT, THOSE FUNDS TO BUY US MORE SWAG AND PAMPHLETS AND STUFF.
SO PLEASE, IF YOU ARE GOING TO GO TO AN EVENT, FEEL FREE TO MAKE SURE YOU GET WITH MS. TRACY AND SHE WILL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU WHEN TO PICK YOUR STUFF UP.
IT'S ON THE, THEY SAY THE MAIN STAGE AND IT'S, UH, SO IT'S AT THE ATRIUM.
IT'S INSIDE THE ATRIUM? NO, NO, NO, I THINK IT'S OUTSIDE.
IT'S, IT'S AN OUTDOOR FREE OUTDOOR OH, OKAY.
YEAH, I, I'M FIND IT SAYS MAIN STAGE.
BECAUSE THEY HAVE, I I CAN I COPY U AND A DO IN THERE? SO I GUESS WE JUST HAVE YEAH, YOU'D BE PERFECT.
WELL, I MEAN, IT DEFINITELY GET TO LEARN TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT.
SO IS EVERYBODY ALL RIGHT WITH US TAGGING IN ON FIRST FRIDAYS AND GETTING TO KNOW BEFORE WE DECIDE TO JUMP IN? AND SO CAN WE I LIKE IT.
I LIKE IT BECAUSE THEY'RE BASICALLY DOING MULTICULTURAL PROGRAMS AND PRESENTATIONS AND I'M HEARING THERE'S NOW SEVERAL GROUPS, THE LIBRARY GROUP'S DOING IT, THE ARTS GROUP'S DOING IT.
THE MUSIC GROUP'S DOING IT GREAT.
AND IT'D BE GOOD IF WE KNEW SINCE WE ARE THE ORIGINAL MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION AND THEY HAVE NOW BEEN ADDED, IT'D BE GOOD IF WE KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND SUPPORTED THEM.
BECAUSE I, I REALLY BELIEVE THAT'S SORT OF LIKE OUR, OUR MISSION IS SUPPORTING AND EDUCATING AND NOT, NOT AS MUCH DOING, BUT SUPPORTING THOSE WHO DO SIMPLIFYING WHAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING.
I HAVE ANOTHER SUGGESTION ON THE, IF WE'RE GONNA ATTEND, ESPECIALLY LIKE IF YOU'RE GONNA ATTEND ANOTHER GROUP, BUT WHEN WE ARE ATTENDING SOMEBODY THAT WE ARE SPONSORING OR WHATEVER, HAVE, WE HAVE SOME NICE SHIRTS WITH A LITTLE LOGO BUT THIS BIG, BUT MAYBE HAVE A T-SHIRT OR EVEN A NICE SHIRT, BUT WITH MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION IN THE BACK TO ADVERTISE US.
BECAUSE UNLESS YOU'RE GOING LIKE THIS, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHO YOU ARE.
THEY USED TO, THERE USED TO BE T-SHIRTS.
I REMEMBER SEEING THE ONES YOU ALL HAD BEFORE.
I'VE HAD THE ONES WITH THE LITTLE BLUE JIG HERE.
WE HAD A FEW OF THOSE WHEN, WHEN I JOINED.
'CAUSE WE GAVE 'EM, WE GAVE 'EM AWAY A SWAG, BUT THEY JUST HAD A LIKE, WHITE, WHITE LOGO AND YOU COULD PUT THAT ON THE BACK AND YOU COULD PUT THAT ON THE BACK.
THEY WERE THE COLORS OF, OF THE A.
THAT MIGHT BE, IS THAT A GOOD CONVERSATION TO HAVE DURING OUR RETREAT ABOUT YEAH.
PURCHASING THOSE FOR THE GROUP.
TO USE MS. TRACY, IF YOU DON'T MIND, CAN YOU, UM,
ARE WE READY TO MOVE ON? MM-HMM.
SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO NUMBER E AND, UM, THAT'S THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION DISPLAY TABLE AT THE ATRIUM.
THE COMMISSION WILL DISCUSS THEIR PARTICIPATION BY HAVING A DISPLAY TABLE DURING THE FLATS PERFORMANCE THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE ATRIUM ON APRIL 14TH, 2024.
SO, UM, AND JUST SO THAT YOU GUYS ARE NOT DENIED THE INFORMATION THAT I RECEIVED, I'LL READ THIS TO YOU.
AND I GOT THIS FROM MS. K MOORE.
SHE SAYS, HI KHARA, I'M WRITING YOU HERE BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS FOR YOU BESIDES THE ONE FOR HER, N-A-A-C-P SECRETARY, I'M WRITING YOU IN YOUR ROLE AT THE HELM OF THE GARLAND MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION.
WOULD THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION DESIRE TO HAVE A TABLE TO EXHIBIT IN THE LOBBY OF THE ATRIUM ON FOUR 14 OUTSIDE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FLATS MUSICAL DRAMA? THE ATRIUM IS MAKING AVAILABLE SIX DISPLAY TABLES THAT CAN BE ACCESSED, ACCESSED BY VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, CHURCHES AND INDIVIDUALS THAT MIGHT LIKE TO USE THEM FOR AWARENESS FOR THE PATRONS OF THE MUSICAL DRAMA.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE COMMISSION SET UP A DISPLAY WITH
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YOUR INFORMATION POSTERS OR ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO LIKE THE PUBLIC TO SEE.IT SEEMS THAT THIS WOULD GO HAND IN HAND WITH THE EDUCATIONAL MESSAGE OF THE MUSICAL DRAMA.
THE FLATS PERFORMANCE IS AT 3:00 PM ON SUNDAY, FOUR 14.
THE LOBBY WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BEFORE AND AFTER THE PERFORMANCE SET UP.
TIME FOR THE BOOTH COULD BE FROM NOON ON THAT DAY.
THE FLATS MUSICAL DRAMA IS ABOUT THE FREESTANDING BLACK COMMUNITY IN EARLY DAYS.
GARLAND, THAT WAS THE SITE OF BLACK STORES, CHURCHES, RESIDENTS, AND THE SCHOOL.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW, KHAR, IF THIS WOULD INTEREST YOU, YOUR COMMISSION.
BE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU AND ANSWER QUESTIONS SINCERELY.
KAY MOORE COORDINATOR THE FLATS MUSICAL DRAMA.
SO SHE SENT THIS BACK TO ME ON FEBRUARY 11TH, AND I LET HER KNOW THAT WE HAD A MEETING THIS THURSDAY AND THAT I WOULD BRING IT TO THE COMMISSION AND THEN I WOULD GET BACK TO HER.
AND SHE SAID THAT THAT WAS FINE.
WHAT'S THE DATE AGAIN? APRIL 14TH.
AND IT SAID, UM, FOR THOSE OF US THAT ATTEND CHURCH, THOSE OF US THAT ATTEND THOSE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCHES, UH, IT'S AT THREE O'CLOCK, SO WE'LL BE OUTTA SERVICE BY THE END
I'M FINE AS OF RIGHT NOW, I'M FINE THAT DAY.
UH, I WOULD LIKE US TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT REALLY SHOWS WHO WE ARE.
UM, AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT, SO WHEN YOU, WHEN, UM, MS. KIMBERLY MENTIONED THAT THE SHIRTS USED TO BE DIFFERENT COLORS UNTIL WE CAN GET SOME SHIRTS ORDERED FOR US AS A COMMISSION.
WHAT I WAS THINKING, MAYBE WE CAN JUST BUY A SOLID COLOR T-SHIRT WITH THE RED, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WEAR A RED ONE, SOMEBODY WEAR A YELLOW ONE SOMEWHERE, BODY WEARS A PURPLE ONE.
JUST SO THAT WE LOOK LIKE OUR, UM, OUR LOGO WITH OUR T-SHIRTS.
IT MAY NOT, WE CAN STILL WEAR OUR, OUR CMC NAME TAGS.
AND THEN IF YOU'RE AT THE TABLE WITH THE SIGNAGE AND EVERYTHING, IT'S VERY, THAT'D BE VERY VIBRANT.
AND SEE YOU CAN GET THOSE AT MICHAEL'S AND GONNA HOBBY LOBBY FOR NOTHING'S.
WHAT ABOUT IF IN THE, THE TABLE, IF WE HAVE FROM OUR DIFFERENT CULTURES, A LITTLE ARTIFACT THAT WE CAN JUST DISPLAY? MM-HMM,
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE AGREE TO THAT, THAT WE BRING WHATEVER IT IS FROM OUR PARTICULAR CULTURE SO THAT, UH, WE DON'T HAVE JUST ONE CULTURE BEING, UM, AND THAT'S ALWAYS THE CHALLENGE, RIGHT? THAT'S ALWAYS THE CHALLENGE.
OR EVEN, EVEN A PICTURE OF, OF, YOU KNOW, HOW ABOUT THAT BACKDROP? THE, UH, THE MURAL THAT WE HAD MADE? OH YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY, SO WE, WHEN WE DID THE MURAL, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IT WOULD BE A VERY EASY TASK TO GO FROM PLACE TO PLACE TO PLACE.
BUT IT IS NOT, IT IS NOT AS EASY AS WE WERE GIVEN THE IMPRESSION.
AND I'M GONNA SAY WE, 'CAUSE I'M SURE Y'ALL THOUGHT THE SAME THING TOO.
YEAH, BUT IT'S NOT, I HAVE THE LAST TWO EVENTS THAT WE HAVE ATTENDED, I HAVE ASKED IF WE COULD HAVE THE MURAL AND IT, ONE ANSWER WAS, UM, IT WAS THE HOLIDAY SEASON, SO STAFF WAS SHORT.
AND THEN ANOTHER ONE WAS, UM, THE AREA THAT WE WERE IN WASN'T, WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH, UM, SPACE FOR IT.
A COPY OF IT MADE THAT WE CAN ROLL UP.
DON'T WE HAVE A SIGN? COULD WE HAVE A SIGN MADE OR A POSTER? A POSTER OF THAT? WE LOVE IT.
TAKE, TAKE A HIGH QUALITY PICTURE.
SO, AND WE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE A BANNER OR A POSTER MADE, HAVE THOSE ROLL DOWN FROM IT THAT WE COULD ROLL OUT.
BUT, BUT SO LIKE, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE A TRADE SHOW BOOTH THING, WHICH IS WHAT IT REALLY IS, BUT IT'S ON VELCRO WITH THESE HEAVY PANELS THAT HAS PROBABLY SOME SIGNIFICANT COST, BUT LIKE A PHOTO.
THIS JUST A REALLY GOOD HIGH QUALITY PHOTO.
NOW, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING ALSO, IT WAS NOT JUST TO REPRESENT THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION.
NO, IT'S NOT SUPPOSED, IT IS SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT THE CITY, WHICH MEANS THEY SHOULD, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO EVERY EVENT THAT WE WERE HAVING.
THAT WAS WHY WE DID THAT THING.
PEOPLE WERE EXCITED TO TAKE THEIR PICTURE THAT DAY.
THEY WERE, THEY WERE, THEY WERE VERY, BUT THAT WAS WHY WE DID THAT.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO SEE THEIR PICTURE.
WHO'S THE KEEPER OF THAT? IT'S JUST THERE, RIGHT? IT'S STILL OUT IN MS. TRACY RESPONSIBLE.
WHEN, WHEN WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT SOMEWHERE, WHO IS IT WE WOULD NEED TO SPEAK WITH? IN MEDIA, PUBLIC MEDIA OR SOMETHING.
OR I WILL, I'LL FIND OUT
BUT THAT WAS THE CONVERSATION MR. CHARLES, WHEN WE AGREED TO DO, WE COULD FIND OUT WHO, WHO'S THE KEEPER OF IT AND WHAT THE LIMITS ARE.
AND I KNOW THE CITY HAS A SIGN MAKER.
I MEAN, EVEN EVERYBODY NOW HAS A SIGN MAKER.
I HAD ONE AT RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL.
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OUR SIGNS JUST LIKE BROADWAY.I MEAN, THEY MAKE 'EM THIS WIDE AND PRETTY ABOUT AS LONG AS YOU WANT 'EM, SO, SO SURELY AT LEAST THEY COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I, I THINK THAT I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TRY AND GET THE YES.
BECAUSE BEFORE WE DO THAT, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT, LIKE DON'T THEY PROJECT IT? HOW IS THE MURAL? HOW DOES IT EXIST? IT EXISTS AS LIKE FOUR PANELS.
IT'S A PHYSICAL THING AND THEN LIKE, IT'S LIKE, LIKE ON A STAND.
HOW BIG ARE, YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT FROM THERE TO THERE.
IF YOU, WE CAN GO OUT AND LOOK AT IT.
IT'S A RIGID DISPLAY TOO, BUT I THINK IT'S NOT A ROLL UP BAND.
SO WHEN WE DID THIS, WE DID NOT SPEND THE MONEY, OH, THEY GAVE US THE FUNDING TO DO IT.
WE AGREED TO DO IT BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO BE MOBILE AND WE COULD TAKE IT TO THINGS, TO ALL OF THE THINGS.
MAYBE NOT ALL, BUT MANY OF THE THINGS WHERE WE WERE GOING TO HAVE PRESENTS AND WE WERE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT.
NOW, WHEN THE DAY CAME TO DO THE MURAL, WE FOUND OUT WHAT IT WAS.
AND THAT WASN'T WHAT ANYONE HAD BEEN THINKING.
ALL WE SAW WERE WAS THE ADVERTISEMENT PACKAGE AND A VIDEO THAT DIDN'T TELL US THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE THIS RIGID BOARD ON, UH, AND IT'S, IT'S A NORMAL CONVENTION FRAME, SO IT'S LIKE A POPUP OR A, A FRAME THAT YOU WOULD PUT SKINS ON, BUT IT'S, IT'S MOUNTED ON THIS KIND OF LIKE, UM, DISPLAY BOARD.
IT'S NOT, IT'S PROBABLY NOT EASY TO TAKE DOWN AND PUT UP, BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE THAT HARD.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I DO THE CONVENTION ONE ALL THE TIME AND THAT'S JUST MINUTES.
BUT IT, IT, IT WOULD SEEM LIKE YOU COULD MOVE IT IN A COUPLE HOURS OR AN HOUR.
TAKE IT DOWN, PUT IT UP SOMEWHERE ELSE.
IT'S IN THE LOBBY STILL, I THINK.
BUT, UM, IT'S SUSCEPTIBLE TO, TO BREAKAGE.
THAT'S WHY I'M SUGGESTING THAT WE MAKE A BANNER.
THE MORE YOU, THE MORE YOU TAKE IT DOWN AND PUT IT UP THE MORE, BUT WE'VE NEVER DONE IT.
SO IF WE'RE GONNA WORK AROUND ELSE, THEY COULD MAKE A SMALLER ONE A COPY.
THAT, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE WITH A PICTURE.
AND, AND I THINK THEY PROBABLY CAN COMMUNICATION.
THEY, BUT, BUT IF YOU NOTICE THE PICTURES ON THERE, THEY'RE LIKE TWO BY TWO.
THEY'RE, SOME OF OF 'EM ARE ALREADY PEELING OFF.
YOU CAN MAKE 'EM SMALLER, YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE.
AND THE MORE YOU MOVE IT AND THE PICTURES PEEL OFF, YOU KNOW, STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK A, A GOOD PICTURE, HIGH QUALITY PICTURE THEN LIKE OUR, OUR MULTICULTURAL VINYL PICTURE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.
LIKE YOU SAY, YOU CAN ROLL UP, MAKE A PICTURE AND LOAD IT YOUR COMPUTER AND THEN THE HIGH QUALITY PICTURE THAT THEY'RE THIS BIG.
SO IF YOU REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE WHOLE THING, THEY'LL BE THIS BIG.
YOU NEED TO KEEP IT THE WAY IT'S, BUT ISN'T THERE AN ONLINE VERSION, LIKE OF THE MURAL? THEY'VE POSTED IT SOMEWHERE.
OR YOU COULD, I'VE SEEN IT ONLINE SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU COULD PROJECT IT ON THE WALL ANY SIZE YOU WANTED.
IF WE HAD LIKE, OR A SCREEN PROJECTOR.
SO MR. CHARLES, IF YOU DON'T MIND, CAN WE TASK YOU WITH NO
YOU DIDN'T EVEN LET ME FINISH MR. CHARLES.
I WAS GONNA SAY, CAN THAT, THE IDEA, YOU NEED TO GO WITH IT.
I, NO, I WAS A, I WAS GOING TO ASK IF MS. TRACY CAN GIVE YOU THE NAME AND CONTACT, UH, OF THE PERSON WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY OR KNOWLEDGE OF HOW WE CAN GET THE MURAL MOVED FROM THERE TO ANOTHER EVENT.
OR WHAT OPTIONS ARE THERE? OH, WHAT OPTIONS ARE THERE? YES, SIR.
THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S BECAUSE SOMETHING WE DON'T, YOU KNOW.
I'M NOT SURE YOU REALLY WANT ME INTERACTING WITH THEM.
BECAUSE WE MIGHT WANT TO INTERACT WITH 'EM AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.
I'M JUST TELLING YOU, IF YOU, IF YOU KNOW ANYONE IN RICHARDSON AND YOU ASK HIM ABOUT ME, THEY WILL SAY HE'LL WEAR YOU OUT.
SO MS. ILLA, YOUR IDEA IN REGARDS TO BRINGING, UM, DIFFERENT, YOU'LL LEMME KNOW DIFFERENT ARTIFACTS FROM EACH OF OUR CULTURES.
MR. CAN WE JUST GO AROUND THE TABLE AND IF, CAN SOMEONE BRING SOMETHING? AND IF YOU THINK IT MIGHT BE A NO, A STRONG NO, LET US KNOW IF IT'S A, IF IT'S A POSSIBILITY, AND YOU MAY NEED US TO COME TO YOU OR SEND OUT A TEXT REMINDER OR SEND OUT A, I'M NOT GOOD WITH THE EMAIL REMINDERS, BUT TEXT REMINDERS I CAN SEND.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT THINKS THAT THEY HAVE SOMETHING AT HOME THAT THEY CAN POSSIBLY BRING OR DONATE FOR? UH, DISPLAY? I MEAN, YEAH.
I HAVE LIKE LITTLE, LIKE, LIKE POTTERY.
OKAY, SO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YEAH.
I'M, I'M GOING TO, I'M GONNA PUT YOUR NAME ON HERE.
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I, SO I HAVE MANY THINGS, BUT THEY'RE NOT MY CULTURE.
IF YOU DON'T BILL WHATEVER YOU HAVE NOW, WE STRUGGLE
THE ONLY THING I CAN BRING IS SOME, UH, PENTO BEANS AND SOME RICE BECAUSE WE, WE, WE HAVE SOUTHERN MEALS.
NOWOOD THAT BEING IN, MAN, I, I'M STEPPING ON THESE PEA AND CORNBREAD.
WHAT, WHAT DO YOU THINK OUR CULTURE IS? IT'S NOT SINGLE.
IT, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THREADED THAT WAY.
WHAT, OKAY, THEN I COULD, I HAVE THINGS THAT I COULD BRING FROM LIKE MISSION TRIPS I'VE TAKEN TO AFRICA.
SO WHY NOT? I MEAN, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE YOUR CULTURE.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE YOUR CULTURE.
I MEAN, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO KNOW IF IT'S YOUR CULTURE.
I MEAN, YOU MIGHT NOT EVEN BE THERE, BUT IT'S JUST SAYING THIS ARE THE DIFFERENT CULTURES.
YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YEAH, I, I'LL BRING SOMETHING.
YEAH, I HAVE, I MIGHT BRING A TORTILLA MAKER OR SOMETHING.
I, I, I MEAN, I'M JUST SAYING THAT THEY'RE JUST SOME THINGS THAT I KNOW I'M IN OUR CULTURE THAT WE JUST, WE USE, WE DO.
I CAN ALWAYS BRING A LED ZEPPELIN, T-SHIRT OR SOMETHING.
I HAVE, UM, JUSTINA, MS. GLENNA, MR. ISAAC, MS. ELVIA.
MR. RENEE, DID YOU SAY YES OR NO? THAT'S MY BIRTHDAY.
I'M, I WON'T, YOU WON'T BE THERE.
YOU WOULD, YOU LIKE TO DONATE SOMETHING AND WE COME AND GET IT TO YOU THE WEEK OF YES MA'AM.
WHATEVER YOU BRING, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT'S PACKED RIGHT.
I CAN BRING SOMETHING ELSE FROM ANOTHER CULTURE TOO, IF THAT'S OKAY.
WHATEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE OR FOR DISPLAY.
UM, THERE'S ONE MORE THING THAT I'D LIKE TO COVER THAT WASN'T ON HERE.
UH, THE, AND, AND I'LL GIVE YOU THE MIC AFTER THAT.
OH, YOU WANNA, YOU WANNA LOOK AT THAT FIRST? OH NO, I WAS GOING, NO, YOU GO AHEAD.
YOU SURE ON THE DATES? DO THE, FOR THE YEAR? I'M SAY THAT DECEMBER, NO MEETING, BUT YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE GROUP PARTY OR WHATEVER.
YOU GONNA DECIDE A DATE ON THAT? WE CAN.
WOULD Y'ALL LIKE TO DECIDE NOW ON THE CHRISTMAS? UM, NO.
WELL, THE ONLY TIME IT'S GONNA BE, IT ONLY BE LIKE THE FIRST TWO WEEKS, RIGHT?
JUST WOULD LIKE FOR US TO WAIT.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS I'D LIKE TO BRING UP.
I HAVE A AFRICAN, I GUESS YOU WOULD CALL IT A MASK AT HOME.
I COULD BRING THAT IF YOU WANT.
UM, THE OTHER OTHER THING ABOUT THE DISPLAY TABLE, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE, MAY HAVE ATTENDED THE EVENT TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE, UH, AT THE ATRIUM WITH, UH, THE STATE OF THE CITY AND THE MAYOR GAVE AN ADDRESS AND ALL THAT.
ALL ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, POLICE, FIRE, SANITATION, HAD A, HAD TABLES THERE AND THE, AND THEY ALWAYS HAD A TAKEAWAY.
NOW, SOME OF 'EM JUST, MOST OF 'EM HAD BULLET BOWLS, YOU KNOW, BITE-SIZED CANDY.
BUT, UH, UH, SOME OF 'EM, UH, SOME OF 'EM WERE GIVING AWAY THERE LITTLE BALLS OR EXERCISE, YOU KNOW, YOU SQUEEZE WITH, WITH THE NAME OF THE NAME OF THE DEPARTMENT ON IT, YOU KNOW, THE GARLAND SANITATION OR WHAT, WHATEVER.
COULD WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT MADE THAT WE COULD JUST GIVE AWAY WITH THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION ON IT? WHAT I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO IS, ARE YOU RETIRED? YEAH.
ONE DAY OUTTA YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE, REACH OUT TO MS. TRACY.
THERE'S A OFFICE, THERE'S A CLOSET UPSTAIRS WHERE THEY WORK IN THE AREA THAT MS. TRACY WORK IN.
AND IT'S A CLOSET THAT HAS ALL OUR DIFFERENT TYPE OF SWAG IN THERE.
SO IF YOU WANNA SEE WHAT'S IN THERE, YOU CAN GO AND LOOK TO SEE WHAT'S IN THERE.
AND IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA, WHAT ELSE YOU THINK WE MIGHT WANNA PURCHASE OR GATHER.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD UMBRELLAS, WE'VE HAD MUGS, WE'VE HAD SMALL TUMBLERS, WE'VE HAD STRESS BALLS.
YOU HAD THINGS THAT STUCK ON YOUR PHONE THAT YOU COULD PUT CARDS IN.
SO WHAT WE HAVE THERE RIGHT NOW, I HAVE NO IDEA, BUT I'M GONNA SUGGEST ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME UP HERE AND MS. TRACY CAN SHOW YOU WHAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE CURRENTLY AS OUR SWAG.
AND YOU CAN SORT OF IDENTIFY WHAT MIGHT BE BEST.
WHAT, WHAT WAS IN YOUR BAG FOR THE, UM, LUNA MOON FESTIVAL? SORRY? WHAT WAS IN YOUR BAG? LUNAR NEW YEAR.
OH, OH, THERE, THERE WAS SOME CANDY AND TEA AND, NO, NO, NOT THAT BAG.
SO YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO GET A BAG FROM SOMEONE FROM THE CITY.
OH, THAT TOOK OUR STUFF UP THERE.
DID YOU EVER GET IT? YES, I DID.
SO WHAT WAS IN THOSE BAGS? OKAY.
I TURNED THAT OVER TO SOMEONE ELSE.
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I'LL, I'LL TAKE, I'LL TAKE THAT.ANYWAY, ANYWAY, I, I, I I NEVER EVEN LOOKED AT THAT, THAT CLOSELY.
WHAT WAS IN THAT BAG? NO PROBLEM.
SO THE STUFF, THE STUFF THAT WAS IN THAT BAG, HOW ABOUT IT DID GET DISTRIBUTED? I, I BELIEVE IT.
NO, I DOUBT IF ANYONE TAKES 10 DIFFERENT THINGS THAT SAYS CMC HOME AT ONE TIME.
SO I'M SURE IT GOT DISTRIBUTED.
BUT THE STUFF THAT WAS IN THAT BAG, THAT'S WHAT WE CALL OUR SWAG.
THAT'S JUST SOMETHING FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE AWAY.
WE DEFINITELY HAVE THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
BUT I REMEMBER IN CHRISTMAS THOSE LITTLE PAMPHLETS OR THE LITTLE CARDS THAT WE WERE GIVING OUT TO PEOPLE THAT I SUGGESTED WE HAVE IT IN SPANISH ALSO.
WHICH ONE? THE YOU WERE THERE THE LITTLE CARDS THAT WE HAD THAT WE WERE PASSING OUT THAT WERE JUST IN ENGLISH.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GOOD NOTE.
UH, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I BE, I AND ISD PRINCE, SPANISH AND VIETNAMESE.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO DO SPANISH, WE SHOULD ALSO DO VIETNAMESE.
AND I APOLOGIZE IF I, I GET EXCITED AND DON'T FOLLOW THE MENU
UM, BUT THERE'S NO NEW BUSINESS ON THAT.
I WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT NEW BUSINESS ON THE, UM, AGENDA.
I WANNA SAY THIS BEFORE I FORGET.
TOMORROW IS THE ONE OF ALL, OH, WE AS A COMMISSION PURCHASE THE TABLE.
WE HAVE FIVE PEOPLE THAT ARE ATTENDING OF THE FIVE.
IF YOU DO NOT ATTEND, THE UNDERSTANDING WAS YOU WOULD REIMBURSE THE COMMISSION FOR YOUR TICKET PRICE.
THE OTHER FIVE SEATS THAT ARE AVAILABLE ARE FOR CITY STAFF THAT ASSIST THE CMC IS FROM MY UNDERSTANDING.
SO THE EVENT STARTS AT SEVEN O'CLOCK TOMORROW.
WE WILL SEE, I WILL SEE Y'ALL THERE.
UH, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE COMING, IS THERE AN EMAIL? I, I, I, I'M PLANNING TO GO, BUT IS THERE AN EMAIL THAT HAS ALL THE, THE DETAILS? YEAH, I THINK, I THINK I SENT A SCREENSHOTS.
NO, NO, I THINK, I THINK I YOU HAVE PIECE ONE TOO.
YOU HAVE, I THINK I GOT YOUR TICKET THAT HAS THE INFORMATION.
I JUST, I, WHERE AM I GOING ON WHAT TIME AND YES.
THAT WAS EVENT TOMORROW EVENING.
I'VE ALREADY OPTED OUT OF THAT.
DOES ANYONE NEED TO REFRESH AS TO WHO DECIDED THEY WERE GOING? YES.
DID Y'ALL SAY
NOW THAT THE QUESTION OF MY, AND WHILE WE'RE LOOKING THAT UP, LET ME ASK, WHAT'S THE DRESS FOR THIS? I'VE NEVER BEEN TO, SO ON THE, ON THE INVITATION IT SAYS BLACK TIE, BLACK TIE, FORMAL.
NOW, I WILL SAY THIS, OVER THE YEARS, THE ATTIRE HAS CHANGED TO YOUR SUNDAY BEST.
SO NO TENNIS SHOES SUIT WILL BE FINE.
SO IF, IF IT USED TO BE FULL FORMAL MM-HMM.
AND, AND SOME WILL BE VERY FORMAL.
SO THE SCHOLARSHIP THING VERY WARMER.
YOU'VE ALWAYS HAD A POLICE UNIFORM, A JACKET ON.
IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT FORMAL.
BUT PEOPLE, THERE WILL BE, THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THERE THAT'S DECKED OUT.
AND THERE WILL ALSO BE PEOPLE.
SO MR. MERRILL GOING BACK TO, WE'RE AT NEW BUSINESS NOW.
WE ARE JUST NEW
I, I DIDN'T KNOW I COULD JUST ADD TO THE AGENDA, BUT OKAY.
I, I I CANNOT ADD TO THE AGENDA.
WE CAN, SHE'S SHAKING HER HEAD NO WITH ME.
SHE'S SHAKING HER HEAD NO, WE CAN'T MOVE TO, TO GO TO DO NEW BUSINESS.
WE JUST HAVE TO NO NEW BUSINESS.
SO THIS, WHAT HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IS NOT NEW BUSINESS.
THIS IS IN REGARDS TO THE MURAL.
AND THAT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR FOUR 14 ON THE AGENDA.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I, I I SAID THAT.
WELL, WELL, I GUESS MAINLY THE, LIKE WE'RE TALKING THE DISPLAY STILL OUT THERE.
AND CHARLES, YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT WHEN YOU GO YES.
BUT, UM, I, I TOOK A PICTURE OF IT WHEN IT WAS OUT THERE.
AND THIS ISN'T THE HIGH QUALITY.
BUT I'M, I'M, I'M ENLARGING IT AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE PEOPLE.
SO IF WE GET NICK OR SOMEBODY IN TELECOM TO TAKE A PICTURE, THEN THEY CAN PROBABLY, WELL I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN GET A POSTER PRINTED BY THEN, BUT IT COULD BE, UM, IT COULD BE DONE.
'CAUSE THAT THING, ONCE IT'S MOVED TWO OR THREE TIMES IT IS, IT'S GONNA, YEAH, IT'S GONNA START BREAKING.
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EVEN NEED TO PUT A PLEXIGLASS OVER IT IF IT'S PEELING.AND IF THEY DID THAT THEN AND THEY CAN, AND THEY HAD IT IN ONE PIECE, THEY COULD MOVE.
THEY CAME IT LIKE THAT ALL THE TIME, BUT THEY COULD ALSO PROJECT.
SEE THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS ENVISIONED WAS PROJECTING.
NOW YOU CAN'T DO IT EVERYWHERE YOU GO.
'CAUSE LIKE IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE, YOU MAY NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO PROJECT IT ON, BUT TO PROJECT IT IS ALSO GOING TO ENLARGE IT.
AND IT WILL BE THE SIZE OF WHATEVER SCREEN YOU'RE GOING TO SHOW IT ON.
IF WE HAVE A, ARE WE GONNA HAVE A, THAT TABLE WE'RE GONNA HAVE, WILL WE HAVE A SCREEN THERE? LIKE THE MONITOR? I CAN REACH OUT TO MS. MOORE AND UM, FIND OUT.
BUT UM, I JUST MEAN LIKE WHEN WE HAD AT THE, UH, RIGHT.
SO I WILL LET HER KNOW THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED, THAT WE'VE AGREED THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEED.
DO WE AGREE THAT WE'RE GONNA DO THAT? OH, WE NEED A MOTION.
UM,
AND WE HAVE A MOTION PUT THREE 15.
I THOUGHT, WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?
I DON'T MIND DOING, I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHERE I'M, WHERE I'M FOUR 14.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION AT NOON TO SET UP 3:00 PM IS WHEN THE, WHEN IT STARTS.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT CMC ATTEND AND SET UP A TABLE AT THE FLATS MUSICAL PERFORMANCE FOR GARLAND ON THE 14TH OF APRIL.
I, I WAS SECOND THAT MR. CHARLES SECOND.
I MEAN, UH, MR. MERRILL SECOND
UH, AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I APOLOGIZE.
'CAUSE ALL OF THESE MOTIONS I HAVE NOT SAID.
TIME FOR DISCUSSION AFTER THE MOTION IS MADE.
SO I GUESS I'LL START WITH THIS ONE.
YOU HAVE TO ASK IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES.
THE PLAY STARTS AT THREE, RIGHT? YES.
SO ARE WE OUT THERE FROM 12 UNTIL 2 30, 2 45 KIND OF THING? AND IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE BACK OUT THERE AFTER THE PLAY OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? I, BECAUSE I AM ATTENDING, I'M PLANNING TO ATTEND THE PLAY AND I, YOU KNOW, I'M LIKE, WELL, AND EVERYONE WILL GO IN ONCE THE PLACE STARTS, BUT IF THERE'S LIKE A RECEPTION OR SOMETHING AFTER, MAYBE WE CONTINUE.
I'M GUESSING THIS IS IN THE LOBBY AT THE ATRIUM? YES.
YEAH, IN THE EMAIL IT SAID, UM, AND I WILL FORWARD YOU GUYS THE EMAIL.
'CAUSE I, YES, I WILL FORWARD.
AND I, AND I'M SORRY IT'S NOT AN EMAIL.
SHE, SHE HIT ME UP ON FACEBOOK MESSENGER.
SO I WOULD DO A SCREENSHOT OF IT AND SEND IT, UM, IN AN EMAIL TO EVERYONE.
SO YOU ALL PROBABLY NEED SOME PEOPLE TO SET UP.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE IN MY HEAD A KEEPER OF THE TABLE SORT OF DURING THE PERFORMANCE.
'CAUSE IT'S, AND THEN THE PEOPLE AFTERWARDS.
SO I WILL GET MORE INFORMATION AND WE WILL HAVE IT ON THE MARCH MEETING SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS IT FOR APRIL.
ONCE WE HAVE THE RETREAT, WE CAN OH YES.
AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT THERE AS WELL.
UM, AND AT THE RETREAT WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THE MURAL.
UM, DID YOU GUYS SEE YOUR BINDERS? YES.
AND I LIKE THE UPDATE OF ALL OUR MEMBERS AND THEIR PHONE NUMBERS NOW AND ALL OF THAT.
THE ONLY SUGGESTION, 'CAUSE I HAVE TWO BINDERS AT HOME AND I HAVE GONE THROUGH AND CALLED OUT STUFF, BUT THEY'RE THE THREE OR FOUR INCH BINDERS AND THEY ARE PACKED.
OH, SO YOU'RE, SO THIS WE HAVE A BIGGER BINDER.
THIS IS PROBABLY GOOD FOR A YEAR.
I WANTED US, SO YOU MIGHT PUT LIKE 2023 FOR YEAR 20 24, 20 28, 20 31
THAT IS DEFINITELY A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE SOME OF YOU WILL BE HERE THEN.
SO I, UM, I HAVE A BAD HABIT OF TAKING PAPERS HOME AND PUTTING THEM IN THE NEAR SPOT, UHHUH, AND THEN DON'T PICK THEM UP AGAIN.
AND THEN I GO BACK AND I LOOK AND I'M LIKE, WHERE ARE MY PAPERS? I KNOW I HAD 'EM, BUT THEY'RE PROBABLY IN THE SAME SPOT THAT I LEFT THEM AFTER THE MEETING.
SO I'VE AND YOU GOT ALL YOUR BINDERS?
SEE IN THE OLD DAYS THAT'S WHAT WE DID BEFORE COMPUTERS.
NOW MR. CHARLES AIN'T THAT YOUNG.
I REMEMBER
SO I ASKED MISS TRACY TO UH, DO THESE BINDERS FOR US AND THANK YOU.
WHEN SHE DOES THE MEETING MINUTES FOR US, SHE ALREADY HAS THE HOLES IN THEM SO THAT WE CAN JUST
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FOR GO AHEAD AND STICK 'EM IN OUR BINDER.AND THE PERSON THAT WHOLE PUNCHES THAT.
NOW, NOW, MS. TRACY, DID THIS COME OUT OUR BUDGET? NO.
OR IS THIS OUTTA THE CITY BUDGET.
YOU JUST THANK 'EM AND THEY WORK THEIR MAGIC.
UM, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? UH, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE, UM, INTERACTION.
AND I AM GOING TO GET IT AT SOME POINT.
UM, THE LOGISTICS, THE, THE, THE, THE LEGAL PART OF THIS.
AND IF I DON'T, I'M GONNA JUST LOOK TO Y'ALL FOR SOME ASSISTANCE FOR Y'ALL TO TELL ME WHAT IT IS I NEED TO DO.
IT WOULD GOOD TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE SPEAKERS AND FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE THE FLOOR.
YEAH, BECAUSE YOU OVER TALKING.
WANTED TO ASK IF WE, DID SHE GIVE THE NAME OF THE PHONE? BOY? YES.
UH, CAN WE THE FIVE GOING? OH, MS. TRACY.
BECAUSE SOME WANNA BE SURE THEY MS. TRACY, UH, THE FIVE THAT DECIDED THAT THEY WERE ATTENDING THE WINTER A BALL.
DO YOU HAVE THOSE NAMES FOR US? UH, MR. RENEE, MR. ISAAC.
HAVE HERE THE CHAIR AND MR. SO THAT'S ONLY FOUR.
I'M GOING THROUGH MY EMAIL LOOKING FOR THE FIFTH.
OKAY, SO I THOUGHT I SENT ONE.
ALRIGHT, SO MR. ISAAC, I WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
I MA'AM, I HAVE A COPY OF THE TICKET, SO, OH, GIVE US, WOULD YOU, ARE YOU WANTING TO GIVE IT TO SOMEONE OR EVERYONE? EVERYONE NEEDS ONE.
BECAUSE Y'ALL DON'T WANT ME TO KEEP UP WITH IT.
OH, THIS IS ALL EVERYONE'S OH, YOU INDIVIDUAL.
WE GOT SOMEBODY ON THE INSIDE ANYWAY, DON'T WE? YEAH, THAT'S, AND YEAH.
I, I FEEL I'M LIKE, IT'S DOING BETTER, BUT IT'S ON MY WRIST.
SO HOW MANY DOES IT A TABLE SEAT? 10.
I MOVED TO ADJOURN THE MEETING COOPER RAISE.
UH, I MOVED TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.
EYES HAVE AND IT WORKED REALLY GOOD FOR THE CITY.
I, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DO NOT KNOW AGAIN, BUT THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT.