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EVENING EVERYONE.OH, Y'ALL CAN SOUND SO MUCH BETTER.
I'M GONNA ASK YOU ONE MORE TIME.
I WANT TO FEEL THE GYC ENERGY.
TAMARA, YOU KNOW HOW I'M, OKAY, SO I WANNA FEEL THE ENERGY ON THE COUNT OF THREE.
HOW WAS EVERYONE'S, WHAT, WHAT WEEK IS THIS? FOURTH WEEK OF SCHOOL.
IS IT GOING GOOD? I CAN ALREADY SEE MY ENDING UNDO.
I ALREADY SEE A REAL, ALL RIGHT.
I, I GUESS THAT'S A POSITIVE, YOU KNOW, POSITIVE ATTITUDE.
WELL, WE'RE GETTING READY TO GET THE, UM, WELL, WE ALREADY STARTED RECORDING.
I KNOW SOME OF THE PEOPLE IS RUNNING LATE, SO WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE 'EM COME ON IN.
SO IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED IN, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SIGN IN AND DEFINITELY GRAB, UH, WE HAVE TWO PAMPHLETS FOR YOU, SO PLEASE GRAB THEM BOTH AS AT THE END.
UM, AND THEN WE DO HAVE, I WILL BE GIVING OUT YOUR POLOS TOWARDS THE END, AND WE WILL BE TAKING, UH, PICTURES IN AS WELL TOO.
WE GOT A LOT TO COVER TODAY, SO PLEASE, WE HAVE A LOT TO COVER.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME LETTERS FOR Y'ALL AS WELL, TOO.
I THINK THIS IS REALLY EXCITING FROM REPRESENTATIVE BOWERS FROM THE TEXAS STATE REPRESENTATIVE.
SO WE ARE GONNA BE HANDING THESE WITH Y'ALL, WITH Y'ALL POLO.
SO THIS IS FANCY, FANCY RIGHT HERE, Y'ALL.
SO WE WEREN'T GONNA BE HAND THESE WITHOUT, WITH Y'ALL GLOVES TO PUT THOSE.
I'M HAPPY WORKING LITTLE EXTRA TODAY.
I'M, I'M, I DON'T EVEN HAVE, YEAH.
SO, UM, THE FIRST THING ON OUR AGENDA TODAY IS WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION.
SO TYPICALLY THE FIRST THING ON OUR AGENDA WILL BE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
BUT BECAUSE THIS IS OUR FIRST MEETING FOR THIS YEAR, WE JUST KIND OF WANTED TO DO THE WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO FOR THAT.
AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF DONE THIS BEFORE, WE'VE GONE AROUND AND INTRODUCED OURSELVES, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT MAYBE HAVEN'T, WEREN'T ABLE TO COME TO INTER IN OUR INDUCTION CEREMONY OR OTHER THINGS.
SO I THINK IT'S HELPFUL JUST AS WE BEGIN OUR FIRST MEETING TO GO AROUND THE ROOM AND EVERYBODY KIND OF SAY WHO YOU ARE, WHERE YOU GO TO SCHOOL, WHAT GRADES YOU'RE IN, THAT KIND OF THING.
THOSE, THOSE KIND OF INTRODUCTORY, UM, GREETINGS.
AND THAT WAY WE ALL MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, KNOW WHO EACH OTHER IS BECAUSE, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING TODAY THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE AGENDA IS THAT WE WILL BE BREAKING UP INTO OUR COMMITTEES.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S HELPFUL IF YOU GUYS ALREADY KNOW EACH OTHER'S NAMES WHEN YOU'RE, UM, GONNA BE BROKEN UP INTO THE SMALLER GROUPS.
SO I'M GONNA AHEAD AND START WITH ANNA, IF YOU WANNA YOURSELF.
I'M JUST SUPER HAPPY TO BE HERE.
WHAT SCHOOL DO YOU GO TO? OH, I HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR NAME'S ANDREW VILLE.
I'M ALSO EXCITED TO SEE YOU GUYS AGAIN AND PARTICIPATE IN MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP MY CITY.
MY NAME A JUNIOR, I GO HIGH SCHOOL.
I'M EXCITED FOR THE SIERRA THIRD YEAR.
I'M A FRESHMAN AND I'M EXCITED FOR MY FIRST YEAR COLLEGE.
UH, HI, MY NAME IS, UH, NICE TO MEET YOU GUYS.
UM, I'M HOMESCHOOLED AND I'M IN 11TH GRADE.
MY NAME IS NANCY WILLIAMS. I'M A SENIOR AT NORTH HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR MY FIRST YEAR IN THE COUNCIL.
UM, I GO TO SAXON HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M A SOPHOMORE AND I'M ALSO REALLY EXCITED TO MEET EVERYONE BECAUSE IT'S MY FIRST YEAR IN GARLIC COUNCIL.
THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR IN GARLAND COUNCIL.
UM, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT COLLABORATIONS WE GET TO DO THIS YEAR.
THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR IN THE COUNCIL.
I'M A JUNIOR AND I'M ALSO EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WE COME UP WITH THIS YEAR.
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SO I'M A SENIOR AT GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M JUST SO EXCITED TO BE IN THE BILINGUAL COUNCIL AGAIN AND SEE ALL OF, SEE ALL OF YOU GUYS AGAIN AND MEET SOME NEW PEOPLE.'CAUSE I DUNNO, SOME PEOPLE HERE.
HI, MY NAME IS ARIANA SANCHEZ.
I'M A SENIOR AT BERGNER HIGH SCHOOL.
I'M EXCITED FOR MY FIRST AND LAST YEAR IN GYC BECAUSE I'M A SENIOR AT NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
HI, I'M ESTHER AND I GO TO LC AND I'M A SENIOR AND I'LL APPLIED FOR MY FIRST YEAR.
HI, I'M VANESSA AND I'M A SENIOR AT GARLAND AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO MEET NEW PEOPLE.
HI, I'M BE, AND I'M A JUNIOR AT NORTH HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, I'M A SENIOR AT SIE HIGH SCHOOL.
MET A LOT OF YOU GUYS WERE ALREADY, BUT SOME OF YOU THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE, SO IT'S NICE TO MEET ON.
THEN WE'RE GOING GO DOWN AND CATCH OUR TWO DOWN HERE.
EXCITED, NOT LIKE AS A PERSON AND NOT JUST THIS CASE.
AND SO, UM, JUST A REMINDER, I'M TIFFANY
YOU HEAR FROM MISS RHONDA A LOT.
I KIND OF STAY IN THE BACKGROUND, BUT I I HAVE TO DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE ME AROUND.
UM, AND IF YOU EVER NEED ANYTHING, LET ME KNOW.
SO I, I WORK FOR THE CITY IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
BASICALLY IT'S CALLED PUBLIC MEDIA RELATIONS, BUT, UH, WE DO COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING FOR THE CITY.
SOME OF Y'ALL MET ME THROUGH MESSAGES AND TEXT MESSAGES AND PHONE CALLS.
SO HAPPY TO SEE SO MANY FACES.
I'M ONE OF THE FACILITATORS TONIGHT.
UM, RHONDA TYRE AND, AND I'M, I DON'T GO TO SCHOOL, SO, YEAH, SO SORRY.
AND MS. JENNIFER IS, UH, NOT HERE.
SHE IS THE NEW SUPERVISOR HERE AT BRADFIELD RECREATION CENTER.
SHE WILL BE, UH, SHE TOOK MR. JESSIE'S SPOT FROM LAST YEAR, SO SHE'S NOT HERE.
SO, BUT Y'ALL WILL MEET HER AT DIFFERENT EVENTS AND AT THE NEXT MEETINGS.
OKAY? AND SO, MS. RHONDA OFFICES OUT OF OUR GAIL FIELDS RECREATION CENTER, SO IF YOU EVER MEET HER, SHE'S, THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN FIND HER.
BUT THEN, UH, MS. JENNIFER OFFICES HERE IN BRADFIELD.
SO, SO MY, SO GARLAND COUNCIL, I'M NO LONGER AT HALL BALL, I AM AT FIELDS REC CENTER NOW, SO PLEASE DON'T GO TO HALL BALL
I KNOW ONE OF Y'ALL MESSAGED ME.
SO YOU WAS GOING TO HALL BALL? I SAID NO.
WE WILL BE HAVING MOST OF OUR MEETINGS HERE AT BRADFIELD.
UM, SO I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT POTENTIALLY, UM, AND LAST YEAR, IF YOU WERE WITH US LAST YEAR, WE HAD MEETINGS AT CITY HALL BECAUSE WE GREW THE GROUP THIS YEAR.
THE ROOM THAT WE HAD TRADITIONALLY BEEN IN, UM, IN CITY HALL.
IT'S KIND OF A CONFERENCE ROOM LIKE THIS, BUT IT'S SMALLER.
SO WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH SEATS WITH OUR BIGGER GROUP AND WE DIDN'T WANNA PUT Y'ALL LIKE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
'CAUSE TO ME THAT WAS A LITTLE TOO FORMAL.
UM, I FELT LIKE IT, IT'S GREAT TO BE AT TABLES LIKE THIS VERSUS SEATING, UM, LIKE THEATER STYLE AND, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TABLES TO BE ABLE TO DO THINGS AND REALLY INTERACT FACE TO FACE AND ACROSS THE TABLE FROM ONE ANOTHER.
SO WE WILL BE MEETING MOST OF THE TIME HERE AT BRADFIELD, BUT IF THERE IS EVER A SCHEDULE CHANGE OR A DIFFERENT LOCATION, WE'LL BE SURE TO COMMUNICATE WITH Y'ALL THROUGH THE GROUPME APP.
UH, SO IS EVERYBODY ON THE GROUPME APP? UM, AND BEEN GETTING THE MESSAGES AND ALL THAT.
WE'VE BEEN SEEING ALL THE COMMUNICATION, BUT IF ANYBODY'S HAVING ISSUES WITH THAT, LET US KNOW.
'CAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S HOW WE DO MOST OF THE COMMUNICATION, UM, WITH YOU GUYS.
WE WANT, IF THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE, A DIFFERENT WAY THAT YOU NEEDED, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL GET THE MESSAGES, UM, AS POSSIBLE.
AND I'M GONNA INTRODUCE OR LET HIM INTRODUCE HIMSELF, OUR GUEST.
HELLO, I'M JUST A GUEST TODAY.
MY NAME IS RENEE GRAN AND I'M WITH THE, UH, CITY OF GARDENS COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION.
UH, AND I'M JUST HERE TO REPORT BACK TO CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR BEING ALRIGHT, YOU WANNA START? EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? THIS IS BECAUSE THIS IS AN OFFICIAL MEETING, WHICH IS PART OF THE REASON WHERE WE'RE RECORDING JUST, UH, TO LET Y'ALL KNOW WHAT WE DO.
SO THESE AGENDAS THAT Y'ALL SEE IN FRONT OF YOU, THESE ARE ALSO POSTED ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
THAT'S WHAT WE DO AS A BOARD AND COMMISSION.
SO MR. GRANADO IS PART OF OUR MULTICULTURAL BOARD.
HE IS, UM, APPOINTED BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, JUST LIKE YOU GUYS ARE APPOINTED BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO AS OUR, ONE OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, OUR YOUTH COUNCIL IS A BOARD AND COMMISSION.
WE POST THE AGENDAS ON THE WEBSITE.
WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE ANYBODY COME IN AND DO PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, DURING THE MEETING IF THEY WISH.
AND THAT'S WHY WE KIND OF HAVE THAT ON OUR AGENDA AT THE TIME FOR IF SOMEONE WERE TO, UH, WANNA COME SPEAK TO THE COUNSEL, WE WOULD RECOGNIZE, UM, THEM FOR BEING HERE AND GIVE THEM, UM, A FEW MINUTES TO COME AND SPEAK AS WELL.
BUT MOVING ON, DID EVERYONE GET THE AGENDA
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AND THE OPPOR VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES? IF YOU HAVEN'T, PLEASE HOP UP AND GO GRAB ONE REALLY FAST OR EITHER PASS IT ALONG.SO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR ELECTIONS.
SO, UH, MS. RHONDA, WE MENTIONED IT DURING, UM, THE INDUCTION CEREMONY, BUT MS. RHONDA HAS ALSO BEEN, UH, PUTTING IT IN THE GROUP B APP THAT, UH, DURING THIS MEETING WE WILL BE ELECTING A PRESIDENT, A VICE PRESIDENT, A SECRETARY, AND A HISTORIAN.
AND SO WHAT WE'LL BE DOING NEXT IS WE WILL SAY, OKAY, EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO RUN AND BE CONSIDERED FOR THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT, YOU KNOW, RAISE YOUR HAND AND THEN WE'LL KIND OF GO DOWN THE LINE.
AND EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO BE CONSIDERED CAN SAY A FEW WORDS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A PREPARED SPEECH.
YOU CAN HAVE A PREPARED SPEECH, BUT YOU CAN GO OFF THE CUFF IF YOU DECIDE RIGHT NOW YOU WANNA RUN, THAT'S FINE.
UM, AND SO WHAT WE'LL DO THEN IS WE'LL REMIND EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, BUT I CAN GO DO SO THE FRONT, OKAY, WE WILL DO JUDGING, LIKE WE'LL PROBABLY WAIT AND DO JUDGING AT THE END, I WOULD SAY MAYBE WE'LL GO, BUT WE'LL DO WE'LL.
THAT WAY EVERYBODY ONLY HAS TO SUBMIT ONE PIECE OF PAPER.
YOU WILL, YOU CAN SUBMIT A PAPER WITH YOUR ELECTION FOR PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, AND HISTORIAN.
UM, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE REMIND EVERYBODY WE'LL, WE WILL SAY, OKAY, ALL OF OUR CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT, WE'LL REPORT EVERYBODY'S NAME AND THAT WAY YOU CAN ALL MAKE YOUR SELECTIONS.
WE WILL COLLECT THEM UP AS Y'ALL ARE DOING YOUR, UM, BREAKING OUT INTO COMMITTEES.
WE'LL, WE'LL TALLY THOSE UP AND LET EVERYBODY KNOW, UM, WHO IS ELECTED FOR THOSE, UH, POSITIONS.
AND THAT'S KIND OF, THOSE ARE THE BIG THINGS WE'RE GONNA BE DOING DURING THIS MEETING.
SO WITH THAT, OKAY, IF Y'ALL DID NOTICE IN THE GROUP, TASSIE DID DROP A LINK FOR Y'ALL TO GO IN AND, UH, VOTE FOR YOUR COMMITTEES.
I THINK THAT THE COMMITTEES THAT WE DO HAVE IS TEEN EVENTS, SOCIAL AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICE VOLUNTEERING EVENT.
SO PLEASE MAKE SURE TO VER TO GO THROUGH AND LOOK THROUGH ALL THE MESSAGES THAT WE WENT THROUGH.
IF YOU WANT TO, UH, PARTAKE IN THE EVENTS.
SO WHAT I'M GONNA DO RIGHT NOW IS KIND OF RECORD EVERYBODY'S NAME WHO WANTS TO RUN FOR THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT.
SO IN A SECOND I'M GONNA SAY, IF YOU WANNA RUN, RAISE YOUR HAND AND WE'LL GO RECORD EVERYBODY'S NAME AND THEN WE'LL START DOWN THE LINE FOR THE ACTUAL, UM, SAYING OF WORDS OR SPEECHES, WHATEVER YOU HAVE PREPARED.
SO EVERYBODY WHO WOULD, UH, LIKE TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT, RAISE YOUR HAND FOR ME RIGHT NOW, PLEASE.
OKAY, WHO ELSE? DON, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WANNA RUN.
TASSI, THE ONLY ONE RUNNING DOES THIS.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO TO CAMPAIGN? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY WORDS? I CAN, SURE.
OKAY, SO SOME OF YOU GUYS MAY NOT KNOW THIS.
THIS IS MY THIRD YEAR IN GYCI WAS THE PRESIDENT LAST YEAR AND I'M REALLY HAPPY THE TURNOUT WE HAD LAST YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE COME OUT AND BE A PART OF THIS YOUTH COUNCIL AGAIN.
SO I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY THAT I GET TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS AGAIN AND BE PART OF IT, LIKE IN A BIG PART.
AND SO JUST TO BACK THAT UP, TASSIE HAS BEEN A HUGE ASSET LAST YEAR, EVEN THIS YEAR ON GETTING, YOU KNOW, MAKE, UH, COMMUNICATING WITH Y'ALL, GETTING PAPERWORK AND STUFF DONE, GETTING BINDERS AND STUFF DONE, EVEN SLIDESHOWS.
SO SHE HAS BEEN A HUGE ASSET TO GYC AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PRESIDENTIAL ROLE.
SO IN FUTURE MEETINGS, TASSI WILL ACTUALLY BE LEADING THE MEETINGS.
THAT IS THE ROLE OF THE PRESIDENT, WHERE THEY WILL GO, YOU KNOW, SAY, OKAY, NEXT UP ON OUR ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION IS, YOU KNOW, UM, AND SO SHE WILL ACTUALLY BE GOING THROUGH THAT THIS TIME.
WE'LL KIND OF CONTINUE ON THROUGH WHAT WE HAVE, UM, FOR TODAY.
BUT STARTING NEXT TIME SHE WILL, SHE'LL BE THE ACTING PRESIDENT.
SO, ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP WE'RE GONNA DO THE POSITION OF VICE PRESIDENT.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RUN FOR VICE PRESIDENT, EVERYBODY RAISE YOUR HAND.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT? OKAY, START HERE.
I PROMISE I'LL HAVE THESE DOWN LIKE IN ANOTHER MEETING.
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IT'S LIKE, I KNOW Y'ALL ALL OF Y'ALL'S NAMES, BUT IT'S LIKE THE FACES TOO.THE, WHEN YOU SAY IT, I'M, YEAH, O SHE WANTS TO RUN.
SO RIGHT NOW I HAVE NANCY, ISABELLA, AND OZI, THOSE THREE.
SO IN THAT ORDER WE'RE GONNA START WITH, UM, WORDS, SPEECHES, WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, LIKE, I DON'T WANNA COMMIT ANYWAY, JUST SAID HOW, HOW LONG YOU WANT YOUR TIME? YES, I AM.
SO WE'LL SAY THREE MINUTES AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE A FULL THREE MINUTES, BUT WE'LL JUST SAY LIKE AS YOU, IF YOU HIT THE THREE MINUTES, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA TELL YOU TO KIND OF START WRAPPING IT UP, BUT, ALRIGHT.
SO I KIND OF PREPARED LIKE A REALLY SHORT SPEECH, BUT, SO I'M GONNA START.
LIKE I, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, MY NAME IS NANCY LIAM AND I'M GONNA BE, I'D BE HONORED TO BE BROUGHT TO YOU FOR YOUR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE GAR YOUTH COUNCIL.
I WANNA SERVE IN THIS ROLE BECAUSE I BELIEVE OUR VOICES AS MEMBERS OF THE YOUTH, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE CAN'T VOTE, CAN MAKE A REALLY BIG DIFFERENCE IN SHAPING OUR CITY.
SO MY MAIN GOALS ARE TO INCREASE REPRESENTATION, IMPACT YOUTH ENGAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT WITHIN OUR CITY.
THESE AREN'T REALLY QUANTITATIVE, BUT I DO HAVE PROJECTS THAT WILL MAKE IT.
SO THIS YEAR I LIKE TO FOCUS ON FOUR PROJECTS AND THEY WOULD KIND OF FOLLOW IN OUR COMMITTEES.
SO FIRST IS THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS BOXES.
SO WE'VE REPLACED DECORATED BOXES WITHIN SPACES LIKE THE LIBRARY OR ATION CENTERS LIKE THIS WHERE RESIDENTS LIKE YOU CAN ANONYMOUSLY, ANONYMOUSLY SUBMIT THEIR IDEAS, CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS.
AND AT THE END OF THE MONTH, THE GIC WOULD COLLECT THAT AND THEY COULD, UM, PRESENT A SUMMARY TO THE CITY COUNCIL OR, UM, AND USE THAT TO GUIDE YOUTH-LED PROJECTS.
I'D ALSO LIKE YOUTH-LED CITY BEAUTIFICATION DAYS WHERE WE COULD ORGANIZE CLEANUPS OR MAKE MURAL PROJECTS OR SIDE SIDEWALK LIKE ART.
UM, WHERE SOME OF US CAN TAKE LIKE OWNERSHIP OF PARKS, SIDEWALKS OR BUS STOPS AND MAKE GARLAND LIKE MORE VIBRANT AND COLORFUL.
AND ONE OF MY BIGGEST PROJECTS IS SERVICE AND THE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM WHERE WE COMPARE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN GOING INTO MIDDLE, GOING INTO HIGH SCHOOL FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND ALSO WHEN SENIORS GRADUATE THEY CAN ALSO BE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM AND HELP SENIORS WHEN THEY APPLY TO COLLEGE WITH THEIR, UM, EXPERIENCES.
AND ALSO A HOSTING A YOUTH WELLNESS FAIR.
SO WHAT THEY DEDICATED TO TEEN HEALTH, UM, MENTAL WELLNESS, FITNESS AND NUTRITION RESOURCES WITH BOO FROM LOCAL NONPROFITS AND STUDENT GROUPS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN TO MARATHONS LIKE HEART WALK, BUT THEY HAVE A TON OF, UM, ORGANIZATIONS COME AND LIKE DONATE FREE STUFF AND JUST, JUST TEACH A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE TO UM, THE RUNNERS THERE.
SO I KNOW I'M QUALIFIED FOR THIS POSITION BECAUSE I SERVE IN A LOT OF LEADERSHIP ROLES AT SCHOOL TO NAME A FEW.
I SERVE ON THE STATE BOARD OF OKLAHOMA KEY CLUB WHERE THE DISTRICT CONVENTION LIES LIAISON I THERE I OVERSEE EIGHT COMMITTEES.
SO UIC ONLY HAS THREE, SO IT'S MUCH SMALLER AND I KNOW I'M REALLY EXPERIENCED IN TAKING INITIATIVE TO MAKE SURE, UM, PROJECTS ARE OVERSEEN AND JUST LIKE ANY HELP THAT THEY MAY NEED.
SO I CAN BRING THAT HELP AND EXPERIENCE HERE.
I ALSO SERVE AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF MY SCHOOL'S ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB.
SO WE ACTUALLY WORKED A LOT WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND'S VOLUNTEER CENTER.
WE ACTUALLY HOSTED A, UM, PLASTIC DONATION DRIVE WHERE WE LIKE MADE HUNDREDS OF LITER SUPPLY BUNDLES.
SO IF YOU VOLUNTEER IN THE CITY OF FLORIDA AND YOU HAVE THOSE BUNDLES, WE PROBABLY MADE ONE OF THEM.
I'VE LEARNED HOW TO COORDINATE, DELEGATING, BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER ON A SHARED GOAL, AND I LIKE TO BRING THOSE SAME SKILLS TO THE COUNCIL IF ELECTED, I PROMISE TO NOT ONLY REPRESENT YOU, BUT TO WORK WITH YOU TO MAKE OUR CITY MORE CONNECTED, MORE INCLUSIVE, AND MORE YOUTH DRIVEN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR VOTE YAY FOR ANYBODY WHO HAS JUST JOINED US.
JUST TO, TO GIVE YOU AN, UH, A HEADS UP ON WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
AND SO, UM, THAT WAS NANCY NN SHE IS ONE OF THREE CANDIDATES RIGHT NOW, UM, THAT IS CAMPAIGNING FOR OUR POSITION OF VICE PRESIDENT.
SO, UM, PREVIOUS TO THIS TOSSI, UM, CAMPAIGN, I GUESS ISH, UM, FOR THE ROLE OF PRESIDENT, SHE, UH, WE HELD PRESIDENT, UM, UM, INTEREST AND TOSI, UM, WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE YEAH, SHE WAS, SHE, NOT THAT SHE WOULDN'T HAVE POTENTIALLY WON IF OTHER PEOPLE HAD, BUT SHE WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT RAISED HER HAND AND WANTED TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT.
SO SHE, SHE GOT IT BY UNANIMOUS, UM, BY UNANIMOUS VOTE FOR THE NEXT THREE POSITIONS.
'CAUSE WE'RE DOING VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, AND HISTORIAN.
JUST A HEADS UP THAT, UM, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE EVERYBODY DO THEIR SPEECHES AND GO THROUGH ALL THREE POSITIONS AND THEN WE'LL GIVE YOU A SHEET OF PAPER AND YOU WILL VOTE FOR EACH OF THOSE THREE POSITIONS.
UM, SO YOU, YOU WON'T HAVE TO VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 'CAUSE WE ALREADY VOTED
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FOR THAT.BUT UH, THOSE OTHER THREE POSITIONS WE WILL VOTE FOR.
SO NANCY JUST GAVE HER SPEECH UP NEXT IS ISABELLA.
MY NAME IS ISABELLA
THIS MAKES IT SO THAT TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE OUR COMMUNITY MORE ACCESSIBLE AND INSPIRING FOR TEENS, EMPOWERING THEM TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELLBEING OF GARMENT.
LIKE ALL OF YOU, I'M DRIVEN BY THE DESIRE TO BE PART OF SOMETHING UNIQUE SHARED MISSION TO UPLIFT OUR CITY AND ITS YOUTH.
IF ENTRUSTED WITH THE ROLE OF VICE PRESIDENT, I WILL DEDICATE MYSELF TO COLLABORATE WITH YOU TO STRENGTHEN AND CARRY OUT OUR COUNCIL'S MISSION, JUST TO MAKE KNOWN THE YOUTH'S NEEDS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
THIS ROLL CALL IS FOR TEAMWORK AND COMMUNICATION, NOT ONLY AS THE PRESIDENT'S RIGHT HAND, BUT ALSO AS A MODEL ROLE MODEL OF ORDER.
I'M ALSO EXCITED BY THE CHANCE TO LISTEN AND LEARN FROM EACH OTHER.
HELPING US WORK TOWARDS OUR COMMON GOALS IS PUTTING EACH OTHER ALONG WAY.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND YOUR THOUGHTFUL CO LET'S WORK TOGETHER TODAY, THIS YEAR.
ONE IMPACT FOR THE, AND I SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS A SECOND AGO, BUT ANYBODY WHO JOINED US AFTER WE RAISED HANDS FOR UH, VICE PRESIDENT, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO CAMPAIGN FOR THE ROLE OF VICE PRESIDENT? IF YOU DO, JUST RAISE YOUR HAND IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO CAMPAIGN FOR THE ROLE OF VICE PRESIDENT THAT DIDN'T GET THEIR NAME ON THE LIST ORIGINALLY.
OKAY, SO THEN OUR LAST CAMPAIGNING, UM, IS M HELLO EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS MRO, THIS IS MY PEER HERE AT GIC.
I'M SO EXCITED TO, I'M SO EXCITED TO BE READY FOR VICE PRESIDENT ROLE.
UM, I HAVE SERVED MANY YEARS AND I HAVE LEARNED LIKE FROM THE PAST SENIOR YEARS TO LIKE LEAD A ROLE AND I WORKED WITH TASSA SO MANY TIMES THAT I KNOW, LIKE WE HAVE GREAT COMMUNICATION AND I KNOW SOME STRATEGIES TO GET MORE TEAMS IN HERE.
SO I'M ALSO INVOLVED IN YOUR BOOK.
AND AS CLASS PRESIDENT OF MY SCHOOL, THESE EXPERIENCES HAVE TAUGHT ME IMPORTANT THINGS LIKE LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATION AND TO TAKE PICTURES AND LIKE TO FOCUS ON THE ROLE MOMENTS.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER, BUT SOON WE'RE GONNA GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER.
WE DON'T WANNA HANG OUT AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE SO MANY FUN THINGS.
LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, UM, WHEN WE HANG OUT, LIKE DURING THE PARTIES, WE HAVE LIKE THOSE SPECIAL EVENTS.
LIKE WE GET ALL COORDINATED AND GET FOOD AND JUST LIKE MAKE IT FUN AND MEMORABLE FOR US.
I FEEL LIKE WE WILL USE THESE SKILLS AND THEN LIKE HELP WITH THE COUNCIL BECAUSE WE'RE NOT REALLY CONNECTED RIGHT NOW TO THE COUNCIL, BUT I WANNA GET CLOSER TO THEM BECAUSE AS A WAY WE MIGHT WANT TO ROLL FOR LIKE RUN FOR MAYOR ONE YEAR.
SO WE JUST HAVE TO STAY CONNECTED AND GROW AS LIKE A GROUP.
WE CAN LIKE GET TO THE TEENS OVER THERE, OUTSIDE.
AND ONE OF MY IDEAS IS GOING TO G-R-C-T-C SINCE ALL THE SCHOOLS ARE THERE AND THEY'RE GOING THERE TO LEARN ABOUT THE FUTURE.
AND SO ONE THING THAT WE COULD HELP IS THAT THE SOPHOMORES THAT ARE GOING AND THE JUNIORS ARE DENTAL AND LIKE FIREFIGHTERS, WE GET TO TALK TO THEM AND THEN BE LIKE, HEY, YOU SHOULD TOTALLY COME TO GYC AND THEN WE GET TO GET TO MORE PEOPLE AND HAVE SO MUCH MORE FUN.
AND YEAH, I JUST HOPE Y'ALL LIKE MY SPEECH.
UM, MY WHOLE GOAL IS TO HELP Y'ALL LIKE GROW MORE AS A PERSON AND LIKE TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, LIKE ME AND MY FRIEND FRIENDS, SO WE CAN FIND THE FUTURE AND GROW AS A PERSON.
AND MY GOAL IS JUST TO HELP Y'ALL.
OKAY, SO AGAIN, ASKING ONE MORE TIME.
ANYBODY ELSE FOR VICE PRESIDENT? OKAY, THOSE ARE OUR THREE CANDIDATES FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE ROLE OF SECRETARY.
AND SO ASKING ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO RUN FOR SECRETARY TO RAISE YOUR HAND, WE'LL GO AROUND AND COLLECT ALL THE NAMES AND THEN WE'LL DO CAMPAIGNING.
SO WE'VE GOT, WELL, NO, I I WANTED TO SAY IT RIGHT, THAT'S THE WAY YOU ANNOUNCED IT.
SO I WAS GONNA SAY TAM, BUT I WAS LIKE, WAIT, NO, YOU WROTE TAMARA, LIKE, AND YOU LIKE ROLLED IT OFF YOUR TONGUE.
I KNOW, THAT'S WHY I WAS LIKE, I I DIDN'T WANNA SAY IT WRONG.
AND YOU LIKE LOOKED DOWN ON ME.
ANYBODY ELSE? HAND UP FOR SECRETARY? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE, THREE TIMES ALL NECESSARY.
SO OUR LAST ROLE IS THE ROLE OF HISTORIAN.
SO ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO DO HISTORIAN RAISE YOUR HAND.
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THAT'S RIGHT.SO I'LL GO AND I KNOW I DIDN'T QUITE DO IT ALL IN ORDER, BUT I WILL DO IT THE ORDER THAT YOU GUYS TOLD ME YOUR NAME.
SO CATHERINE, WE'LL START WITH YOU, UM, GIVING YOUR CAMPAIGN AND I HAVE LIKE BULLET POINTS.
SO, UM, MY NAME IS CAPTAIN LEE.
I'M FROM
SO EVEN THOUGH I WASN'T, I WAS NOT GIVEN A POSITION LAST YEAR AND I AM RECENTLY NEW.
I DO KNOW SOMEONE WHO WAS, WHO WAS A HISTORIAN, HISTORIAN LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS CINDY LEE AND SHE WAS ONE OF MY CLOSEST FRIENDS.
SO EVEN THOUGH I DO NOT KNOW, LIKE THIS WOULD BE MY FIRST TIME AS A HISTORIAN FOR THIS, FOR UM, FOR THIS COUNCIL.
I DO KNOW HOW IT WORKS AS SHE TOLD ME WHAT GOES DOWN AND EVERYTHING.
SO I WOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH THE POSITIONS.
UM, SO THE POINT OF HISTORIAN IS TO TAKE PHOTOS AND IF EVERYONE, SO IF MOST PEOPLE KNOW ME, I'M VERY MUCH A CAMERA NERD.
I ALWAYS BRING MY CAMERA EVERYWHERE.
I ACTUALLY HAVE MY OWN BUSINESS FOR TAKING CAMERAS AND STUFF.
SO I TAKE PHOTOS FOR GRADUATION, BIRTHDAY EVENTS, UM, JUST PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING.
AND ALSO FOR MY SCHOOL, I AM PART OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER.
SO THE POINT IS TO TAKE PHOTOS AND JUST BRING OUT, UM, LIKE WHAT EVENTS ARE WE DOING AND STUFF.
SO EVEN THOUGH THIS WOULD BE MY FIRST TIME AS A HISTORIAN FOR THIS COUNCIL, I, I'LL BE FAMILIAR WITH THE TASK AND WITH THE, UM, THE POSITION OF THE RANKING AND STUFF.
SO YEAH, SO PLEASE VOTE FOR ME AND YEAH, THAT'S IT.
I'M A JUNIOR FROM LONG ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE ROLE OF HISTORIAN.
UM, I ALSO OWN LIKE THREE DIFFERENT CAMERAS AND I LOVE TAKING PICTURES OF EVERYTHING AND PEOPLE IN THEIR LIKE NATURAL VIBE AND WHATEVER.
UM, I'M ALSO IN PHOTOJOURNALISM IN THE BROADCASTING CLUB AT MY SCHOOL AND I'M ALSO THE HISTORIAN IN ANOTHER CLUB AS WELL.
UM, SO YEAH, AND I JUST, I LOVE DOING SOCIAL MEDIA EVENTS AND TAKING PICTURES AND HEARING THE VIBE AND BEING ABLE TO CONVEY THAT TO OTHER PEOPLE THROUGH PICTURES.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO CONSIDER AS YOUR HISTORIAN THIS YEAR.
AND OUR, UM, LAST CANDIDATE, WE HAVE AURORA.
UM, AS I SAID EARLIER, IT'S MY FIRST YEAR IN GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL AND HONESTLY, I JUST WANNA BE A HISTORIAN SO I CAN LIKE BE MORE CONNECTED TO Y'ALL.
I WANT TO LIKE, LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND BE ABLE TO LIKE, BE AT EVENTS AND BE LIKE PRESENT IN THE MOMENT.
UM, I ALSO, UH, RUN SOME OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS AT MY SCHOOL, LIKE I'M A CLASS OFFICER AND MY JOB IS TO RUN LIKE OUR CLASS, INSTAGRAM, UH, INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT.
AND I ALSO HELP WITH MY SCHOOL'S CROSS COUNTRY TEAM'S INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT.
AND SO I WOULD JUST REALLY WISH YOU WOULD, UM, CONSIDER VOTING FOR ME BECAUSE I JUST REALLY LIKE, I WANNA BE MORE CONNECTED AND LIKE BE INVOLVED MORE IN GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL.
OKAY, SO I HAVE PIECES OF PAPER, I'M GONNA WALK AROUND AND PASS THEM OUT AND UM, AND WE'RE GONNA BE VOTING ON TWO POSITIONS.
WE'RE VOTING ON VICE PRESIDENT AND WE'RE VOTING ON HISTORIAN.
AND SO, UM, LET ME PASS OUT THE PAPERS FIRST AND THEN I'M GONNA REMIND EVERYBODY OF THE THE THREE POSITIONS, WE'LL KIND OF DO IT ALL TOGETHER SO THAT YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE TO SAY SIX NAMES AND YOU FORGET WHO GOES WHERE.
SO WE'LL SAY, OKAY, EVERYBODY GET READY TO WRITE WHO YOU WANT TO VOTE FOR FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GIVE YOU A FEW SECONDS TO TO WRITE DOWN YOUR CHOICE FOR THAT.
AND THEN WE'LL DO THE SAME THING FOR HER STORY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT YOUR NAME ON THE PAPER.
ALL WE'RE GONNA DO IS COLLECT THEM UP AND WE'LL START TALLYING AND THEN WE'LL ANNOUNCE, UH, WHO THE, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE.
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NEED SOME MORE PAPER? OKAY, I'M JUST TRYING TO PRINT.I HAVE, I FORGOT TO PRINT THIS OFF TODAY.
IS EVERYBODY READY? ALRIGHT, SO THIS FIRST ONE, AND AGAIN, YOU CAN JUST PUT VICE PRESIDENT IF EVERYBODY WILL LIKE VICE PRESIDENT, AND THEN YOU CAN PUT A DASH AND THEN YOU'LL JUST PUT THE NAME THAT YOU'RE GONNA, UM, ELECT.
BUT BEFORE YOU WRITE DOWN A NAME, I'M GONNA, UH, SAY OUR THREE CANDIDATES FOR VICE PRESIDENTS.
AND WHEN I SAY YOUR NAME, RAISE YOUR HAND JUST SO EVERYBODY IN CASE THEY, EVERYBODY ELSE DOESN'T KNOW EVERYBODY ELSE'S NAMES.
THEY REMEMBER WHO'S ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, WHOSE SPEECH AND WHOSE FACE WAS ASSOCIATED.
SO OUR FIRST CANDIDATE WAS NANCY WYNN, SECOND CANDIDATE ISABELLA UNA, AND THIRD CANDIDATE
AND THIS IS FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
SO I'LL GIVE EVERYBODY A FEW SECONDS.
IF YOU WERE ONE OF THE CANDIDATES WHO RAN, YOU ARE ABLE TO VOTE ON A POSITION.
YOU CAN PUT YOURSELF, PUT SOMEONE ELSE, WHOEVER BUT YOU, EVERYBODY WRITES DOWN A PERSON FOR EACH POSITION.
ALL EVERYBODY READY FOR HISTORIAN? OKAY.
SO WE HAVE, WE ARE GONNA HAVE THREE CANDIDATES FOR HISTORIAN AS WELL.
YOU CAN WRITE DOWN HISTORIAN, DO A DASH, AND THEN WE'LL WRITE THE NAMES HERE IN A SECOND.
OUR THREE CANDIDATES FOR HISTORIAN, RAISE YOUR HAND WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
IS CATHERINE LEE BE AND THEN AURORA? NO, NO.
I WILL BUTCHER THESE PROBABLY FOR THE FIRST MEETING, LIKE I SAID, AND THEN I WILL, UH, OR YOU KNOW, TAMARA, YOU KNOW I'M GONNA SAY YOUR NAME WRONG ALL THE TIME AND I DON'T, YOU KNOW.
SO WRITE DOWN WHO YOU, UM, WOULD VOTE FOR IN THAT POSITION AND THEN I WILL START COMING AROUND AND COLLECTING HERE.
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YEAH, WE CAN.I, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO FOR A SECOND, GUYS, IS WE'RE GONNA LET Y'ALL KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK WHILE WE TALLY THESE THINGS AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU.
UM, AND SO I, WE KNOW THAT A COUPLE OF Y'ALL WERE, WE'RE RUNNING BEHIND AND WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN SNACKS.
WE WANNA GIVE Y'ALL SOME TIME TO EAT THE SNACKS, GET TO, YOU KNOW, VERSE WITH YOUR FRIENDS NETWORK, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
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THAT'S WHAT I AUTOMATICALLY TELL YOU WHAT THEY CAN'T, I'M OLD.OH MY GOSH, THIS OUT SO MUCH BETTER.
AND I'M JUST LIKE, I, SO IT'S, SO WITH THE RESPONSES, YOU WANT ME TO PUT THEM IN THREE ROWS AND JUST PUT THEIR NAMES IN SO I CAN, I CAN DO THIS LATER.
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SO ONE IS, YEAH, YEAH.YEAH, WE'VE ALREADY PASSED THEM OUT.
HEY GUYS, DID EVERYONE GET THEIR COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE PAPERS? YES.
OKAY, GO AHEAD AND FILL THEM OUT AND PUT YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AT THE TOP AND I'M GOING TO COME AROUND AND GRAB IT.
SO THIS FIRST COLUMN AND THEN THIS COLUMN.
WE ALREADY HAVE EVERYONE'S, UM, WE HAVE, WE HAVE 32 RESPONSES, SO EVERYONE
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DON'T WANNA PUT THANK Y'ALL FOR, UH, GIVING US A MOMENT TO TALLY EVERYTHING.AND, UM, THANK Y'ALL FOR PARTICIPATING IN EVERYTHING.
UM, AND I HOPE THAT Y'ALL HAD SOME, SOME GOOD OPPORTUNITIES TO TALK TO ONE ANOTHER.
'CAUSE FOR ME AND FOR MS. RHONDA AS WELL, I KNOW THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST PARTS OF YOUTH COUNCIL.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE WANT Y'ALL TO HAVE SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES AND TO LEARN, UM, THE WORKINGS OF CITY GOVERNMENT AND TO, UM, BE ABLE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
BUT, BUT NUMBER ONE, WE WANT TO GIVE Y'ALL, YOU KNOW, MORE, MORE ACQUAINTANCES, MORE
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PEOPLE THAT YOU, UM, KNOW WITHIN YOUR SCHOOL, WITHIN OTHER SCHOOLS THAT YOU CAN CALL ON FOR ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE MORE FRIENDS THAN YOU WALKED IN WITH ESSENTIALLY.AND SO WE LOVE THAT Y'ALL HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER MORE.
UM, BUT WE HAVE ABOUT 30 MINUTES LEFT IN OUR MEETING AND, AND SOME GOOD THINGS TO, UH, TO GET THROUGH.
SO AFTER TALLYING OUR, UH, VOTES FOR OUR TWO POSITIONS, OUR VICE PRESIDENT POSITION AND OUR HISTORIAN POSITION, DO YOU WANNA HELP ME WITH THE, OUR VICE PRESIDENT OROZCO AND FOR OUR HISTORIAN, CATHERINE, CONGRATULATIONS.
SO OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AS A REMINDER IS WE MEET AT FIVE O'CLOCK INSTEAD OF FIVE 30.
WE GOTTA GO OVER THE AGENDA PRIOR JUST SO WE GET TO KNOW, WE GET FAMILIAR WITH IT BEFORE WE ACTUALLY SPEAK ON IT.
AND THEN OF COURSE Y'ALL WILL HAVE Y'ALL OWN PERSONAL GROUP CHAT AS WELL WITH MS. MYSELF, MS. JEN AND MS. TIFFANY AND L IN IT.
SO CHELSEA WILL HELP KIND OF OUR, OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE KNOW WHAT TO DO AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE CHELSEA IS AS P WE'VE GOT OMSI AS VICE PRESIDENT.
WE'VE GOT, UH, TAMARA AS, UM, SECRETARY AND CATHERINE AS HISTORIAN.
AND SO YES, Y'ALL WILL MEET AT FIVE INSTEAD OF FIVE 30 FOR OUR, UM, OUR MEETINGS.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE GOT THE COMMITTEES PICKED.
SO THANK Y'ALL EVERYONE THAT WENT AHEAD AND DID IT.
SO WE HAVE THIS ONE IS FOR THE TEEN EVENTS.
WE HAVE TAMARA, FIONA, COLE, JACOB, KAREN BILA IN INYA.
NANCY, EMILY, SOPHIA, AND JULIANA.
FOR SOCIAL WE HAVE MARIANA, IVANKA, TASSIE, VANESSA, ARIANNA, CATHERINE, BRIA, AURORA, PRESTON, AIA,
ALRIGHT, MR. BUNCH, Y'ALL ALL THE LAST ONE.
COMMUNITY SERVICE AND VOLUNTEERING.
WE HAVE CAMULA, ESTHER, JULIA, NATALIE, ISABELLA, XAVIER, GEORGE.
DID I CALL OFF EVERYBODY'S NAME? EVERYBODY.
SO WHAT WE'LL DO, AND WE MAY NOT HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO BREAK OUT THIS TIME 'CAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MAKE SURE THAT WE COVER THE REST OF THE THINGS ON THE AGENDA AND THEN WE'LL KIND OF HIT THAT AT THE END.
BUT WHEN WE DO BREAKOUTS, WHICH WILL BE A PART OF EVERY MEETING GOING FORWARD, YOU GUYS ARE GONNA TALK ABOUT KIND OF, UM, YOUR DIFFERENT AREAS.
AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE SOCIALS AND PROMOTIONS, UM, THAT ONE, A BIG PART OF THAT IS OUR SOCIAL EVENTS THAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE TWO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, THEN THE, THE FIRST ONE IS COMING UP IN OCTOBER.
SO WE HAVE A MEETING AT THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER AND THEN AT THE END OF THE OCTOBER WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SOCIAL, WHICH IS THAT THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THAT IS FOR YOU GUYS TO GET TOGETHER AND COME AND DO SOMETHING FUN.
LIKE WE DON'T MEET AND DO, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS, WE JUST COME TOGETHER AND LIKE EVENTS THAT, THAT OUR, UH, SOCIAL COMMITTEE PLAN.
LAST YEAR THERE WAS, WE DID MOVIE, WE DID POTLUCK, SOMETIMES WE BROUGHT DINNER IN, THAT KIND OF THING.
AND SO THAT'S GONNA BE, UM, OUR SOCIAL GROUP THAT GETS TO PLAN THAT.
BUT YOU CAN ALSO PLAN WAYS TO GET THE WORD OUT BEING SOCIAL AND PROMOTING GYC AS WELL.
SO WAYS THAT YOU GUYS CAN, UM, SPREAD THE WORD THROUGHOUT YOUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING.
UM, GET AWARENESS ABOUT GYC, UM, OUR TEEN EVENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE.
SO COMMUNITY SERVICE OF COURSE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN GET INVOLVED.
LIKE WE'RE GONNA COME TO YOU GUYS WITH THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO US ABOUT.
BUT IF YOU GUYS AS AN ORGANIZATION, THIS UH, COMMUNITY SERVICE GROUP WANTS TO THINK OF, HEY, LET'S DO A DONATION DRIVE FOR SOMETHING.
I MEAN, THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT YOU GUYS WILL COME UP WITH AND WORK ON, UM, WHEN Y'ALL MEET IN A COMMITTEE.
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EVENTS IS, LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE IT WAS OUR TEEN EVENTS THAT CAME UP WITH A POPUP MOVIE AT HALOL.UM, THAT HOSTING AN EVENT FOR THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND BEING ABLE TO USE THAT AS A WAY TO INVITE PERSPECTIVE MEMBERS, MAYBE FOR THE YOUTH COUNCIL TO COME OUT TO SEE A MOVIE.
UH, WE DID LIKE A RAFFLE FOR SOME PRIZES, UM, WHILE PEOPLE WERE THERE.
SO THOSE TYPES OF IDEAS ARE AGAIN, THINGS THAT, THAT THAT GROUP CAN, UH, WORK ON AND COME UP WITH WHAT YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO DO.
UM, BUT NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR SPEAKERS.
SO, UH, YOU'LL SEE SPEAKER REQUESTS ON THE AGENDA AND THAT'S BECAUSE AS WE GO FORWARD TO THE OTHER MEETINGS, THIS MEETING IS HEAVY ON, HEY, WE'VE GOTTA DO THE ELECTIONS, WE'VE GOTTA DO TALLY, YES, WE'VE GOTTA DO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
BUT MOVING FORWARD THAT THE PURPOSE OF YOUTH COUNCIL IN PART I MENTIONED EARLIER WAS TO HELP YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND, UM, INNER WORKINGS OF CITY GOVERNMENT OR JUST GET MORE, UM, AWARE OF, OF GARLAND ITSELF AND MAYBE THINGS THAT YOU'VE HAD QUESTIONS ON, UH, OR ARE INTERESTED IN THAT COULD HELP YOU IN THE FUTURE.
UM, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WE HAD SOMEONE THAT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT I LIKE COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING.
SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM, I, I HAD, YOU KNOW, I TALKED ABOUT OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING, UM, DEPARTMENT WITH THIS IN, WITHIN THE CITY AND WE TOURED THE UH, STUDIO, THE UH, WHERE WE DO LIVE MEETINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO, UM, WE ALSO HAD, UH, WE HEARD FROM OUR MAYOR LAST YEAR 'CAUSE UM, OUR GROUP WAS INTERESTED IN THAT ROLE AND HOW HE BECOMES MAYOR.
HE BECAME THE MAYOR AND, AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE MAYOR AND WHAT YOU, YOU KNOW, WORK ON AND WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY UM, CALLED TO DO AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WHAT WE WANT THIS TO BE IS BENEFICIAL FOR YOU GUYS.
AND SO WE DON'T COME UP AND SAY HERE'S THE SPEAKERS WE WANNA PUT IN FRONT OF YOU.
WE ASK Y'ALL WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE THINGS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN OR WHO MIGHT YOU LIKE TO HEAR FROM.
AND SO I'M GONNA OPEN UP THE FLOOR AND I'M GONNA TAKE DOWN UM, Y'ALL'S UH, SUGGESTIONS AND NOTES.
AND THEN WE WILL KIND OF PUT, UH, SPEAKERS WILL PLUG THEM IN AS THEY HAVE AVAILABILITY INTO OUR UPCOMING MEETINGS.
SO Y'ALL JUST START POPCORNING OUT.
I THINK WE COULD DO A MEDICAL, SO LIKE FOR THE SPEAKER WE COULD HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE MEDICAL AND LIKE WE COULD DO A TOUR TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE SOME STUDENTS ARE NOT LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE TOURING AT THE HOSPITAL EVEN WHEN PROMISED.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'D BE REALLY COOL 'CAUSE I DO KNOW THAT UM, SO THE MAJORITY OF KIDS TRYING TO LIKE WHEN ENTERING THE FIELDS ARE EITHER IN THE MEDICAL OR JUST, OR LIKE GOVERNMENT OR LOWERING.
SO I THINK THAT'D BE REALLY COOL IF WE HAVE SOME.
WHAT ELSE? I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE SOME BECAUSE LIKE THEY HAVE SUCH A BIG LIKE POOL, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S LIKE A GOOD, AND TO PIGGYBACK OFF ON THAT, I MEAN I DO THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA AS WELL, BUT PARTIALLY UM, AS WELL BECAUSE THAT, THAT CAN HELP BENEFIT Y'ALL.
I THINK A BIG PART THAT WAS USEFUL AND SPEAKING TO YOU OBVIOUSLY HONESTLY HAD A SUMMER JOB AT A REC CENTER THAT WAS BECAUSE WE HAVE REC CENTER, YOU KNOW, FACILITATORS THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE WORD OUT TO OUR TEAM SAYING HEY, WE'VE GOT ALL THESE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE ALWAYS NEEDING.
WE'RE HIRING, WE'RE NEEDING PEOPLE FOR THIS AND THAT.
UM, AND SO I THINK A REC CENTER SPEAKER TO KNOW ABOUT A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU GUYS COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WOULD BE GREAT TOO.
AND ALSO WE HAD, UH, VALERIE FROM LAST YEAR, SHE UM, IS ACTUALLY AT HARVARD THIS YEAR.
UM, SHE ACTUALLY WAS ONE OF OUR CAMP COUNSELORS AND CURRENTLY SSI WORKS FOR ME AS A REC AID.
SO YEAH, IT'S OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE.
PAID OPPORTUNITIES, PAID OPPORTUNITIES, PAID VOLUNTEERING, UM, AS WELL AS LIKE IS ALSO THE REASON THAT WE ARE EMPLOYED.
OH YES, I FORGOT WE HAVE OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL AND UM, SHE HAS HELPED US EVENTS.
I THINK THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD LIKE GET TOGETHER WITH LIKE THE GARLAND CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
LEARNING HOW POLICE OPERATE, HOW IT, HOW POLICE, THE INS AND OUTS OF HOW POLICE WORKS.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S A POLICE ACADEMY BUT I DUNNO THE SPECIFICS AND I WANT TO KNOW THE SPECIFICS BECAUSE IT SEEMS COOL AND LIKE MAYBE OTHER KIDS IN GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL WOULD WANT TO KNOW THE SPECIFICS AS WELL.
AND THE POLICE ACADEMY POLICE ACTUALLY DO HAVE A YOUTH PROGRAM AS WELL.
AND I CAN'T REMEMBER UM, WHAT THE LIKE DATES OR OR WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING YES, THAT THEY COULD TALK ABOUT.
AND I DO KNOW, I'M SORRY, I'M GONNA INTERJECT MY COMMENTARY IN HERE.
UM, ON SOME OF THESE, UM, I DO KNOW THAT SOMETIMES
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THERE IS UM, A PERCEPTION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT GARLAND HAS A LOT OF CRIME.BUT IF YOU ACTUALLY LIKE TALK TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, LIKE THE STATISTICS AND CITIES OUR SIZE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IT'S REALLY EYE-OPENING WHEN YOU HEAR FROM THE POLICE WHAT KIND OF CALLS THEY SEE AND HOW WE RELATE TO OTHER CITIES.
'CAUSE WE ACTUALLY, UM, WE DON'T HAVE A HIGH RATE OF CRIME HERE IN GARLAND.
OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES GREAT JOB.
UM, I THINK WORKING WITH MAYBE HEADS OF LIKE SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, LIKE THEY FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN FOOD PANTRIES OR OTHER PLACES THAT GIVE OUT UM, ITEMS, SHIP OUT ITEMS. I THINK THAT CAN KIND OF BE LIKE A GROUP PROJECT TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITY.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE, UM, ON MY LIST TO, TO LOOK INTO, BUT THAT'S PERFECT.
UM, AS A REASON LIKE THAT, YES WE ARE GONNA DO A TRUSTED WORLD WITHIN THE CITY.
WE HAVE A GREAT RESOURCE AND TRUSTED WORLD AND UM, I'M ACTUALLY LIKE THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT UH, I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET ON THE CALENDAR SOMEWHERE.
BUT UM, BUT THAT'S PERFECT THAT THAT OUR GROUP AGREES WITH THAT TOO.
BUT UM, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ON WHAT HE SAID.
I THINK WE SHOULD COLLABORATE WITH LIKE SCHOOL CLUBS BECAUSE UM, THE GYC IT IS REALLY BIG, BUT I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND I KNOW THERE'S SO MANY STUDENTS WHO WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET INTO INVOLVED, INVOLVED INTO STUFF.
SO LIKE WITH BIG, UM, CLUBS SUCH AS KEY CLUB FOR EXAMPLE, OR LIKE STUCO OR LIKE, LIKE GOOD STUFF.
WE SHOULD COLLABORATE WITH THEM AND THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING AS WE LOOK THROUGH THESE SUGGESTIONS, WE MIGHT HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE THAT I COULD SEE.
MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE BRAINSTORMED FROM ONE OF OUR COMMITTEES ON HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, COLLABORATE WITH THEM, LIKE GIVE SOME IDEAS AND THEN WE INCORPORATE THAT INTO PROGRAMMING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT UM, UM, I WANTED ASK, WE SHOULD LIKE TOTALLY LIKE CONNECT TO THE ETTE ONE.
LIKE, AND LIKE I THINK TOGETHER REALLY SEVEN PEOPLE FOR WHAT? OR ACTUALLY JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, GET TO, OH YEAH, SAX STATE ONLY HAS ONE GYC.
ACTUALLY I WAS GONNA GO WITH THEM TOO.
I WAS TRYING TO DO TWO BUT I COULDN'T 'CAUSE LIKE OBVIOUSLY HIS SCHEDULE REFLECTION, BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON IN THE CITY COUNCIL FOR
YEAH, IT'S ALEX, ALEX SPENCER.
IT'S SO, IT'S SO UNDER LIKE I DIDN'T EVEN NOTE IT UNTIL I WENT TO THE WEBSITE THAT WE, WE HAVE ONE AND THIS IS A CURRENT PERSON.
IT'S A CURRENT PERSON RIGHT NOW.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.
I DEFINITELY TRY TO REACH OUT TO GO AHEAD.
I WANTED TO SUGGEST MAYBE SOMEBODY WHO COULD SPEAK TO US MORE ABOUT FINANCES.
UM, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE ESPECIALLY SINCE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE ARE SENIORS, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T REALLY GET TAUGHT THAT KIND OF STUFF IN SCHOOL.
AND I FEEL LIKE YOUTH REALLY STRUGGLES WITH FINANCIAL LITERACY NOWADAYS.
UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD ONTO THAT SPECIFICALLY WITH UM, COLLEGES.
I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE LIKE SOMEONE WHO'S LIKE A FRESHMAN IN COLLEGE, LIKE WHO JUST WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF APPLICATIONS AND STUFF BECAUSE MOST OF US ARE JUNIORS AND SENIORS AND LET'S BE SO HONEST GUYS, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
LIKE I LITERALLY CRIED IN CLASS BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO DO THIS? YOU KNOW? SO I THINK IT'LL BE NICE TO HAVE LIKE SOMEONE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION, FROM LIKE A COLLEGE, LIKE UTD FOR EXAMPLE, OR LIKE JUST LIKE A COLLEGE STUDENT JUST TO TELL US HOW THE PROCESS IS AND JUST LIKE REASSURE US PER SE.
UM, I THINK WITH THIS, UM, WE COULD ALSO LOOK MORE INTO LIBRARY RESOURCES BECAUSE SOME LIBRARIES ARE FOR LIKE TUTORING AND LIKE COLLEGE HELP.
UM, AND ALSO LIKE JUST VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN LIBRARIES.
LIKE I WENT TO MY LIBRARY RECENTLY AND ONE OF THE LIBRARIANS, 'CAUSE I'M INVOLVED IN THE LIBRARY, LIKE YOUTH, UH, GROUP, UM, RIGHT.
AND THEY HAVE UH, THE TEEN ADVISORY BOARD, THEY HAVE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEENS AND UM, THE LIBRARY OVER, UH, DOWNTOWN HARLAND, FORGOT THE NAME, SORRY.
THEY, THEY OPENED RECENTLY, RIGHT? MM-HMM
LIKE THERE, THERE'S NO WAY LIKE TO KNOW OF THAT.
SO MAYBE IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO ALSO SHINE A LIGHT ON THAT.
SO WE UM, I WANTED TO OR I THOUGHT ABOUT TRYING TO HOST OUR INDUCTION CEREMONY AT THE, AT THE CENTRAL
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LIBRARY 'CAUSE YEAH, IT'S IT'S GREAT INSIDE.UM, MAYBE WE'LL LOOK AT DOING UM, A MEETING OVER THERE POTENTIALLY.
AND PART OF THE REASON I WANNA DO SOMETHING OVER THERE, UM, IS 'CAUSE THEY HAVE A REALLY COOL SLIDE
SO SORRY MAYBE PEOPLE LIKE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO DOWN.
IT WOULD NOT BE MANDATORY BUT IT WOULD BE UH, POTENTIALLY OPEN.
BUT UM, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE IF THEY HAVE IT OPEN ALL THE TIME OR NOT.
BUT UM, SO THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING YEAH, WE'LL PUT THOSE THEM DOWN AND UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LOOK AT, AT DOING AN OFFSITE THERE LIKE MAYBE HAVING ONE OF OUR MEETINGS THERE 'CAUSE THEY HAVE A BIG ROOM.
WE CLOSE THE SLIDE BECAUSE OF SAFETY ISSUES LIKE AT ALL.
OH IT'S THEY? NO, I THINK WE LOOKED FOR SOMETHING BUT IT'S JUST CLOSED.
WELL BUT I THOUGHT THEY OPENED IT BACK UP AFTER HER I THOUGHT, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
JULIE, I THINK I SEEN A HAND OVER HERE.
I THINK WE CAN INVITE SOMEONE FROM THE MILITARY AS SOMEONE WHO INTENDS ON SERVING AND SERVING
DOES ANYBODY WANNA JOIN THE MILITARY? ANYBODY? YOU WOULD BE BENEFICIAL? LIKE YOU CAN BE, WHAT DO YOU CALL THIS COMPLEX? LIKE I AM VERY FEMININE BUT I CAN ALSO SPEAK OKAY.
UM, I REALLY, I'M LIKE INTERESTED IN LIKE DOING LAW LIKE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL STUFF.
I WAS WONDERING IF YOU GUYS LIKE KNOW LIKE LAWYERS OR SOMETHING THAT COULD JUST COME AND LIKE TALK TO US KIND OF TO SEE LIKE WHAT THAT'S LIKE BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S LIKE VERY LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES FOR LIKE, ESPECIALLY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO LIKE SEE KIND OF WHAT THEY DO 'CAUSE THEY DON'T REALLY WANT HIGH SCHOOL.
BUT I THINK THAT WOULD'VE BEEN PRETTY COOL TO SEE LIKE ASK SOME QUESTION.
SO BASICALLY GOING INTO LAW AS WELL AND LIKE, SO I DID MY RESEARCH LIKE OVER THIS SUMMER AND IF YOU WANT LIKE TO INTERN PLACES YOU HAVE TO GO TO DOWNTOWN.
LIKE THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THE COURTHOUSE IS.
SO I SUGGEST THERE'S LIKE A LOT OF SMALL LIKE LAW ES I TO, I LITERALLY WENT TO EACH ONE OF THEM.
SO WHAT, DURING NANCY SPEECH SHE TALKS ABOUT LIKE THE GAP BETWEEN MIDDLE SCHOOLERS AND HIGH SCHOOLS AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING.
WHY DON'T WE, WHY DON'T WE BECOME THE SPEAKERS FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS? BECAUSE LIKE SINCE MOST OF US ARE LIKE JUST, WE AT LEAST EXPERIENCE LIKE A GOOD AMOUNT OF HIGH SCHOOL.
YOU KNOW, WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE SO WE CAN ALWAYS, AND LIKE THE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS, THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING THEY LIKE EVERYONE ALWAYS HAS A SPECIFIC LIKE EXPECTATION FOR HIGH SCHOOL THAT LITERALLY GETS SLAMMED TO THE FLOOR.
LIKE THAT IS NOT RIGHT AT ALL.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL IF WE ARE THE SPEAKERS FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS SO WE CAN DO LIKE SOMETHING LIKE AUSTIN ACADEMY OR LIKE HUDSON OR SOMETHING.
YEAH LIKE IF WE ADD MAYBE A CONNECTION AT ONE OF THE SCHOOLS, LIKE WE COULD WORK WITH THEM TO MAYBE DO A PRESENTATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WHAT ELSE WE HAVE? YEAH UM, I KNOW THIS IS ON A DIFFERENT SIDE NOTE OF THE SPEAKER THING, BUT I HAVE A VOLUNTEER IDEA I HAD OR SOMETHING THAT WE COULD START IS THAT IN THE RECREATION CENTER? SINCE OUR FACILITIES WORK AT THE REC AND AT THE LIBRARIES, UM, NOT EVERY KID IS INTRODUCED TO A VARIETY OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND LIKE THE IMPORTANCE OF NUTRITION.
SO I WAS THINKING OF HAVING LIKE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE STANDS AT LIKE PUBLIC PLACES SO KIDS CAN TRY IT AND THEN AFTER THAT WE GIVE THEM A PIECE OF CHOCOLATE JUST TO KIND OF SAY THAT WE CAN HAVE TO SHOW THE IMPORTANCE IN THAT WHILE SWEETS ARE OKAY, WE SHOULD ADD MEAT TO VEGGIES.
SOME OF THESE, LIKE I SAID, SOME OF THESE MIGHT BE IDEAS THAT WE CAN TRY TO FLESH OUT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU ARE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY, IF I'M NOT GONNA BE THAT HE'S A WRITER AND GONNA GO BIOLOGY AND IF PEOPLE IN THAT FIELD, I'M NOT SURE WHO POSSIBLY YEAH, YEAH FOR SURE THEY CAN BRING
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EXPERIMENTS.I KNOW THEY WOULD LET US DO THAT BUT EVERYBODY KIND OF QUIET DOWN.
WE GOT A COUPLE, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A COUPLE MORE SPEAKER REQUESTS AND THEN WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT WE UH, GET THROUGH THE REST OF THINGS 'CAUSE WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
COME TO MY SCHOOL AND THEY EXPLAIN WHAT THEY DO AND HOW I WAS THINKING OF HAVING LIKE SOME SERVICE SO YOU GUYS CAN HAVE SOME NEW FOR NEXT YEAR AND UM, YEAH, THAT'S IT.
CAN YOU GET US CONNECTED? UH, YES I CAN.
BECAUSE I, IS THAT THE ONE WE WENT TO LAST YEAR? DID Y'ALL GO TO THE SERVICE? WHICH ONE? I KNOW THAT WE, UH, WENT WHEN STEVIE WAS BEING UH, I LT YES.
WAS THIS, I THINK THEY, I THINK WE WENT THERE LAST YEAR.
WHAT SCHOOL DO YOU GO TO? ALEXANDER.
SO THAT WAS THE SCHOOL THAT WE MET.
SO WE WOULD LOVE TO TO TO BE THERE.
SO YEAH, HELP US GET CONNECTED AND KNOW WHEN THAT DATE IS.
GET SOME LOCAL LIKE CIVIL ENGINEERS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WHEN I WENT TO THAT ONE, I DUNNO WHAT IT WAS, BUT IT WAS LIKE THE POINTING MEETING, THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
IT WAS ABOUT THE CITY PENN AND STUFF.
THAT WOULD BE LIKE A GOOD WAY FOR US TO GET INVOLVED GOING AROUND OUR CITY AND THINK OUR MAYORS A CIVIL ENGINEER TOO.
SO LIKE ON THE TOPIC OF SCHOOL, LIKE HOW ABOUT LIKE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LIKE HOMESCHOOLERS OR JUST LIKE, UM, JUST LIKE A TALK LIKE TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON HOMESCHOOLING AND LIKE REDUCE THOSE LIKE WEIRD STIGMAS THAT HOSPITALS HAVE BECAUSE LIKE I'M A HOMESCHOOLER AND EVERY TYPE, EVERY TIME I GET PEOPLE ARE LIKE, DO YOU SOCIALIZE? YES, I DO CARE.
I THINK FOR WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPEAKERS OF SPECIFIC, UM, JOBS, I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL TO GET SOME OF THE TEACHERS FROM CTC BECAUSE THAT IS LITERALLY THEIR JOB.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO TEACH STUDENTS AND ALSO THEY HAVE A CERTIFICATION OR A DEGREE IN THAT STATEMENT.
SO I THINK WE COULD, WE SHOULD REACH OUT TO THEM AND SEE IF THEY'RE WILLING TO DO IT.
OBVIOUSLY IT SEEMS A LITTLE BIT IFFY.
UM, ANOTHER ONE I WAS THINKING OF IS LIKE A FUN, AN ACTIVITY FOR THE BOOTH WHEN WE VOLUNTEER AND STUFF.
I THINK WE COULD DO LIKE A SMALL ACTIVITY TO HELP LIKE ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE BECAUSE I'M NOT AS, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE RUDE, BUT LIKE IF I JUST SEE A BOOTH WITH NOTHING LIKE SPECIAL, I'LL GO KEEP PASS BY IT.
UNLESS THERE'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, UNLESS THERE'S LIKE A FUN ACTIVITY JUST BECAUSE I HAVE A SHORT ATTENTION SPAN.
LIKE THAT'S JUST ME THOUGH, GUYS LIKE THE ATTRACTION I THINK.
BUT I DO THINK WE SHOULD HAVE LIKE A SMALL ACTIVITY OR SOMETHING.
LIKE IT COULD JUST BE LIKE, LIKE HOW MANY TIMES CAN YOU HOOP OR SOMETHING AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT IF THEY'RE STILL INTERESTED IN STUFF, SO YEAH.
YEAH, I BELIEVE, UM, I AM PART OF THE PLAY STREETS DIVISION AS WELL.
WE HAVE TONS OF THINGS THAT WE CAN BRING OUT.
SO THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BRING OUT.
UM, FOR THE, WHEN WE HAVE THE POPUP EVENTS OR ABSOLUTELY I THINK WE CAN INVITE SOMEONE WHO WOULD TEACH US HOW TO BE A BETTER COMMUNICATOR NOW WITH THE NO PHONES THING, SOME PEOPLE COULD STILL BE STRUGGLING WITH SOCIAL ANXIETY, PERHAPS A BODY LANGUAGE EXPERT BECAUSE BEING A GOOD COMMUNICATOR IS APPLICABLE IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE.
ESPECIALLY IF YOU WANNA BE A BUSINESS WOMAN OR YOU WANNA GET SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT, THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.
ANYBODY, ANYBODY ELSE BEFORE WE CLOSE? YOU CAN BRING PEOPLE TO WATCH OUR MEETINGS.
UM, SO LAST YEAR WE HAD THIS THING WHERE YOU CAN LIKE BRING SOMEBODY WITH PEOPLE SO CAN WATCH OUR MEETINGS AND LIKE LISTEN STUFF.
I FEEL LIKE MEETING ARE PRETTY INTERESTING.
SO LIKE THAT'S JUST YEAH, GO AHEAD.
SO ACTUALLY, UM, MY SISTER RIGHT HERE, UM, SHE'S BEEN TO MY MEETINGS LIKE OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.
SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN TO OUR MEETINGS AND WHO HAS APPLIED WAS BEEN PART OF OUR COUNCIL.
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LIKE FOR A FACT, I, I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE YOUTH COUNCIL IN EIGHTH GRADE AND THE ONLY REASON I DIDN'T KNOW WAS 'CAUSE MY SISTER WAS ON THE YOUTH COUNCIL WHENEVER SHE WAS HIGH SCHOOL.SO I THINK MAYBE WE COULD DO SOME LIKE, LIKE MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF OUTREACH TO SOFT EIGHTH GRADERS WHO ARE GONNA BECOME FRESHMEN NEXT YEAR.
BECAUSE, UH, LIKE THERE'S NOT A LOT FRESHMEN.
AND THEN, UM, AS WELL TOO GUYS.
IS THAT ME AND MISS JENNIFER? WE DO, UM, WE DO DO, UM, HIGH SCHOOL VISITS.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR, UM, US TO COME TO YOUR HIGH SCHOOL TO TALK TO, TALK TO ABOUT GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL, HAND OUT ANY TYPE OF INFORMATION.
I KNOW WE WENT TO SAX E LAST YEAR AND I THINK WE WENT TO ANOTHER SCHOOL AS WELL TOO.
YOU KNOW, JUST TO GIVE MORE INSIGHT ABOUT GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL.
MY GOAL IS TO TRY TO HIT EVERY HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE THE YEAR IS UP.
SO, BUT IF Y'ALL CAN WORK OUT A DEAL WITH YOUR COUNSELOR, THEN I WILL DEFINITELY, ME AND MS. JEN, ME, ME OR MS. JENNIFER WILL GLADLY COME TO YOUR HIGH SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, SIT IN THE COMMON AREA, SIT IN THE LUNCHROOM SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL.
'CAUSE THIS IS HOW WE GOT SO MANY OF Y'ALL HERE WAS SITTING AND, YOU KNOW, ADVOCATING FOR Y'ALL.
UM, ALSO GYC, WE DO HAVE FLYERS, UH, WE HAVE DIGITAL FLYERS, WE HAVE PHYSICAL FLYERS.
SO IF YOU GUYS WOULD KNOW YOUR STUDENT ADVISOR, LIKE FOR SY WE HAVE MS. ELLIS, WE, ME AND OZZY.
AND WE ALL KNOW, LIKE WE MET HER.
SO WE TALKED TO HER WHEN WE WERE PROMOTING GYC LAST YEAR.
AND I HAD GAVE HER A FLYER, UM, FOR GD AND SHE HAD POSTED IT ON THE TVS AND SHE PRINTED IT OUT AND PUT IT ON OUR STUDENT MESSAGE BOARD.
SO THAT'S HOW WE GAVE SO A LOT OF AS WELL.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS MIGHT WANNA LOOK INTO TOO.
HAVE WE EVER TALKED ABOUT MAKING AN INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT? THAT WAS THE DEBATE LAST YEAR.
I KNOW WE HAVE A FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM.
IT'S LIKE INSTAGRAM OR TIKTOK.
THOSE ARE WAY IN ORDER TO REACH OUT.
IT'S SO MUCH MORE EASIER TO GET WITH THIS.
SO ALL I KNOW, AND THIS IS SOMETHING EVERY YEAR AND IT, THE WHEELS WILL TURN, I PROMISE WE'LL GET THERE.
UM, THEY, WHAT HAS BEEN TRADITIONALLY IS THE CITY DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF INSTAGRAM ACCOUNTS.
THE CITY IS GETTING MORE AND MORE, LIKE WE ARE ADDING MORE AND MORE, BUT ALSO PART OF, UM, WHEN WE ADD ACCOUNTS, WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, SPOTS AVAILABLE ESSENTIALLY.
LIKE, UM, AS PART OF CITY GOVERNMENT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS THERE ARE LAWS AND EVERYTHING AND IT IS WHEN IT COMES TO ARCHIVING.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE A SERVICE THAT WE USE THAT EVERY ACCOUNT THAT WE HAVE HAS TO BE ARCHIVED, LIKE FOR A CERTAIN RECORDS REQUEST AND, UH, TYPE PURPOSES.
AND SO WE HAVE SO MANY LICENSES THROUGH OUR CONTRACT WITH THIS COMPANY WHO HELPS DO THAT.
AND SO THAT IS PART OF THE, THE JUGGLE VEIN OF UM, WHICH ACCOUNTS WE HAVE.
SO, I MEAN, IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE END UP TAKING, YOU KNOW, THE FACEBOOK, 'CAUSE AT FIRST THE CITY WAS ONLY ON FACEBOOK AND THAT'S WHY GYC STARTED WITH THE FACEBOOK.
BUT IT MAY BE THAT WE TRANSITION FACEBOOK ACCOUNT TO AN INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, 'CAUSE THAT WAS THE OTHER THING TOO IS, UM, ORIGINALLY LIKE ALSO TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S GONNA BE ENOUGH CONTENT.
AND, AND SO FIGURING OUT A WAY FOR, UM, ADVISORS TO POST OR HAVE KIDS HELPING POST OR HAVING KIDS COME UP WITH CONTENT AND ADVISOR.
THAT'S THE SYSTEM THAT HAS NOT BEEN IN PLACE.
BUT, UM, WE, SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
AGAIN, THE WHEELS WILL TURN, WE'LL GET THEIR PROCESS.
BUT YES, WE, WE HAVE CONSIDERED IT AND WE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT BEHIND THE SCENES.
WE KNOW THAT IT, YES, THAT FOR, FOR THE AGE GROUP OF OUR YOUTH COUNCIL, INSTAGRAM IS BY FAR BE KNOW PREFERRED OVER FACEBOOK.
SO LAST YEAR, WHAT I HAD CINDY TO DO WHEN IT CAME TO, YOU KNOW, UH, FOR THE, FOR PICTURE, UH, FOR PICTURES AND VIDEOS, I HAD HER TO EMAIL IT TO ME.
AND I ALWAYS POSTED IT ON THE FACEBOOK AT LEAST THREE POSTS A WEEK TO TRY TO STAY RELEVANT, UM, ON EVERYTHING.
SO CATHERINE, YOU DO HAVE MY EMAIL ADDRESS OR EITHER SEND IT TO THE GYC ONE SO WE CAN START POSTING ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE.
I WAS THINKING WHAT I DO WITH MY PHOTOS, I WAS GONNA MAKE A GOOGLE FILE SO EVERYONE CAN LOOK THROUGH IT AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO DOWNLOAD IT.
LIKE IF THEY, IF THIS, IF IT'S, THEY JUST WANT A PHOTO THEMSELVES, THEY CAN ONLY KNOW THE PHOTO THEMSELVES.
SO I THINK I'LL, I'LL SEND IT OUT AND AWESOME.
UM, LET'S, LET'S DO MAYBE THIS ONE NEXT TIME.
THE, THE COMMUNICATIONS AND COURT TO COUNSEL.
UM, YES, THAT IS, I, I'LL QUICKLY MENTION IT NOW, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL GO INTO MORE, WE'LL HAVE THE, UH, TEMPLATE READY FOR, FOR NEXT TIME.
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THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE WILL WANT YOU GUYS TO DO, I THINK OZY WAS TALKING ABOUT GETTING A CONNECTION WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER THAT A REALLY HELPFUL THING, UM, THAT WE ENCOURAGE IS FOR OUR MEMBERS TO STAY IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER WHO APPOINTED YOU.AND SO SENDING EMAILS TO THEM, UM, YOU GUYS ALL SHOULD HAVE THEIR, THEIR EMAILS AND YOUR BINDERS AND STUFF.
OKAY, I'LL, I'LL SEND, SEND IT WE NEXT TIME OR SHE'LL SEND IT TONIGHT.
BUT IF YOU, UM, SEND EMAILS TO THEM JUST TO TELL THEM WHAT WE'RE DOING AS A COUNCIL, A RECAP OF THIS MEETING OR PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
UM, WE WILL ALSO SEND OUT A TEMPLATE, UM, THAT YOU COULD JUST FILL IN THE TEMPLATE OR YOU CAN CREATE YOUR OWN.
BUT THAT IS SOMETHING, UM, THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO, TO TALK MORE ABOUT AT FUTURE MEETINGS.
AND THEN LASTLY, UM, WANTED TO TALK ABOUT OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. UM, AND THOSE ARE UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS.
AND SO I KNOW THAT RHONDA, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, YOU GUYS PICKED UP IS THIS IS A LIST OF ALL OF THE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT SO FAR.
BUT THE THING THAT WE TELL EVERYBODY WHO REACHES OUT TO US IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO REACH OUT TO OUR COUNCIL AND IF WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED, WE WILL CONFIRM BACK WITH THEM.
SO THESE ARE, THE REASON WE HAVE THIS OUT HERE IS BECAUSE WE WANT YOU GUYS TO LET US KNOW.
UH, SO IF YOU CAN, DO WE WANT THEM TO DO THIS BEFORE THEY LEAVE? YES, PLEASE.
IF YOU CAN REALLY QUICKLY BEFORE YOU LEAVE, IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY, UH, ARE THEY PUTTING CHECK MARKS OR CIRCLING? JUST CIRCLING, JUST CIRCLE ONE.
CIRCLE THE ONES THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN.
WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THIS, LIKE FULL CONFIRMATIONS, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO ASK YOUR PARENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE TRANSPORTATION, THAT KIND OF STUFF.
BUT RIGHT NOW, LET US KNOW WHAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, UM, BECAUSE IF WE SEE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE AREN'T INTERESTED IN AT ALL, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND LET THOSE PEOPLE KNOW.
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT GONNA PARTICIPATE.
AND I WILL BE DROPPING ALL OF THESE THROUGH THE GROUP AS WELL TOO.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO VOLUNTEER NOW, BUT LATER ON, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
BUT I WILL BE DROPPING THESE IN THE GROUP AS WELL.
UM, I'LL BE PUTTING IN YOUR NAMES.
YOU EACH GET A GROUP MEET, GROUP CHAT FOR YOUR SELECTED COMMITTEES.
UM, I WILL BE IN THEM, MS. RHONDA WILL BE IN THEM.
MS. JENNIFER WILL BE IN THEM AS WELL.
SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THEM SPECIFICALLY FOR YOUR COMMITTEE, THOSE ARE GOOD THINGS TO PUT INTO THAT.
UM, IF YOU GUYS DON'T, IF I PUT YOU IN A WRONG GROUP CHAT, JUST TEXT ME, LET ME KNOW AND I'LL PUT YOU IN THE ONE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN.