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GONNA GO AHEAD AND START.UM, SO FIRST THING ON OUR AGENDA, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, UM, OUR MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 28TH MEETING.
SO IF YOU CAN GO TO THE WHITE SHEET OF PAPER AND WE'LL GO OVER THAT.
IT SHOULD BE AT THE FRONT FOR YOU GUYS, SO NO MORE.
UM, FIRST THING ON OUR AGENDA.
FIRST IT WAS OUR SOCIAL, OUR OCTOBER SOCIAL.
SO WE MET AT FIELD DECORATION CENTER.
WE JUST HAD A LITTLE GET TOGETHER WITH SOME FOOD, DRINKS AND ACTIVITIES.
UH, WE STARTED WITH OUR COUNCIL MEET AND GREET.
SO WE HAD COUNCIL MEMBER JEFF BASS COME OUT.
UH, HE SHOWED US, HE LET US KNOW ABOUT HIS JOURNEY ON BECOMING AN ELECTED OFFICIAL AND ENCOURAGED US TO STAY INVOLVED WITH OUR COMMUNITIES.
OKAY, NEXT THING ON OUR AGENDA FOR THE OCTOBER 28TH MEETING, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT RESCHEDULING OUR DECEMBER 9TH MEETING AS WE DO HAVE A VOLUNTEER EVENT THAT DAY.
SO OUR DECEMBER 9TH MEETING WILL BE CHANGED TO DECEMBER 13TH, WHICH IS A SATURDAY.
AND THAT'S ALSO ALSO OUR SOCIAL.
SO KEEP THAT ON YOUR CALENDARS AT FIELDS AND IT WILL BE AT FIELDS.
UM, COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL EMAIL REMINDERS.
REMEMBER YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS DO WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN UP TO, SO PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SEND OUT THE REMINDERS.
UM, OR WE'LL BE SURE TO SEND OUT REMINDERS AND YOU SEND OUT YOUR EMAILS.
THEN WE JUST TALKED ABOUT OUR UPCOMING EVENTS, AND THAT'S ABOUT IT, REALLY.
UM, SO I MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE OCTOBER 28TH SOCIAL MEETING.
DOES ANYONE SECOND THE MOTION? OKAY.
TARA, YOU WANNA MOTION SECOND? THE MOTION? SO I TOSSI, HUH? IT'S A LOT OF SECOND EMOTIONS.
UM, I TOSSI, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE THE OCTOBER 28TH MEETING.
AND TAMARA MO SECONDS, THE MOTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND.
NEXT WE HAVE OUR CITY COUNCIL MEET AND GREET WITH DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM CHRIS OTT.
SO IF YOU WANNA GIVE HIM A HAND CLAP.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON.
AND TIFFANY, THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME.
YOU'VE BUILT SOMETHING TRULY WONDERFUL.
THIS IS A GREAT, THIS IS A GREAT GROUP AND IT'S DOUBLED THE SIZE IN ONE YEAR.
UM, I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE DISTRICT EIGHT MEMBERS.
VANESSA, YOU FOUR REPRESENT OUR DISTRICT WITH ENTHUSIASM AND CLASS, AND I COULDN'T BE PROUD OF HER.
UM, GUESS I DID TALK ABOUT WHEN I FIRST RAN FOR COUNCIL, UH, IT WASN'T JUST A TITLE OR A NAMEPLATE, IT WAS BECAUSE I LOVED THIS CITY.
GARLAND IS WHERE I BUILT MY BUSINESS.
I HAVE A COMPANY CALLED ROTARY PERFORMANCE.
YEAH, I'VE BEEN THERE A COUPLE TIMES, UM, WHERE I RAISED MY FAMILY AND, UH, WHERE I'VE LEARNED THAT EVERYDAY CITIZENS CAN MAKE AN EXTRAORDINARY DIFFERENCE AND WHEN THEY DECIDE TO SHOW UP AND HELP.
UH, DISTRICT EIGHT IS A LOT LIKE GARLAND ITSELF.
IT'S A MIX OF NEIGHBORHOODS, SMALL BUSINESSES AND PARKS THAT TELL THE STORY OF WHO WE ARE.
AND EACH COUNCIL MEMBER REPRESENTS ABOUT 35,000 PEOPLE.
AND, UH, AND OUR JOB ISN'T TO RUN EVERY DEPARTMENT.
IT'S TO SET THE TONE PASS POLICY AND LET THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF MAKE IT WORK.
AND GARLAND USES WHAT'S CALLED THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNANCE.
IT IS DESIGNED TO KEEP, UH, KEEP THE, UH, CITY MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL AND ABOVE POLITICS.
THIS COUNCIL SETS DIRECTION, THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF CARRY IT OUT.
IT'S A SYSTEM THAT WORKS ONLY WHEN WE RESPECT THOSE BOUNDARIES AND TRUST THE PROCESS.
NOW, PEOPLE OFTEN CALL THE UNITED STATES A DEMOCRACY, AND THAT'S TRUE IN SPIRIT, BUT WE'RE ALSO A REPUBLIC, A REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY.
WE GOVERN OURSELVES BY ELECTING REPRESENTATIVES LIKE MYSELF WHO MAKE DECISIONS ON, UH, ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE AND ANSWER TO YOU AT THE BALLOT BOX.
THAT STRUCTURE ONLY SUCCEEDS WHEN CITIZENS LIKE YOURSELF STAY INFORMED AND ENGAGED AND PUBLIC SERVICE.
IT, IT'S REALLY NOT GLAMOROUS.
UH, WHEN GOVERNMENT WORKS WELL, MOST PEOPLE NEVER NOTICE THE LIGHTS STAY ON.
THE STREETS GET REPAIRED, AND THE FIREFIGHTERS AND THE POLICE ANSWER CALLS.
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RELIABILITY IS WHAT GOOD GOVERNANCE LOOKS LIKE.AND IN MY DISTRICT, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT A PLUS 20 MINDSET.
AND WHAT THAT IS, IS, UM, WHEN WE PLAN OR DEBATE A PROJECT, WE ASK, WHAT WILL THIS MEAN 20 YEARS FROM NOW? UH, WILL IT MAKE GARLAND STRONGER, SAFER, AND MORE WELCOMING? IF YOU APPLY THAT MINDSET TO YOUR OWN LIFE, THINKING BEYOND THE MOMENT, YOU'LL LEAD WHEREVER YOU GO.
AND REMEMBER SERVICE DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO HOLD OFFICE.
IT CAN BE VOLUNTEERING AT A PARK, CLEANUP, MENTORING A YOUNGER STUDENT, OR SIMPLY SHOWING UP TO LISTEN AT CITY HALL.
EVERY ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT BUILDS THE KIND OF COMMUNITY PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE IN.
AND SO EVERY MEMBER OF THE GARTH, UH, GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL, I THANK YOU.
UH, YOU'RE PROVING THAT CIVIC PRIDE AND CURIOSITY ARE STILL ALIVE AND WELL.
YOU ARE THE FUTURE OF THE CITY.
AND FROM WHAT I SEE, THAT FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT.
BEFORE I HAND IT BACK TO TIFFANY, I'D LOVE TO GET A QUICK PHOTO.
YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY TAKEN
SO A GROUP WOULD BE, WOULD BE GREAT.
SO DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT? LET'S, LET'S DO SOME QUESTIONS AND ANSWER ABSOLUTELY.
AND THEN WE'LL DO THAT KIND OF AS, AS THE LAST THING, RATHER THAN YOU GETTING EVERYBODY UP AND SIT BACK DOWN.
UH, WHAT MADE YOU, UH, WANT TO JOIN THE CITY COUNCIL? UM, WELL, I WAS ON THE, I WAS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR YEARS, FOR 13 YEARS.
AND, UH, SO I GOT QUITE A WHILE TO LEARN HOW THE CITY FUNCTIONS.
AND, UH, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN WANTING TO, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN CIVIC MINDED.
AND, UH, ROBERT JOHN SMITH IS, HE WAS TERM LIMITED, AND SO HE ASKED ME, HE SAID, HEY, I DON'T KNOW OF ANYBODY BETTER.
I SAID, WELL, THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG HONOR.
HE TOOK SOME BIG SHOES TO FILL, SO I DECIDED TO DO IT.
IS THERE A SPECIFIC AREA OF THE CITY THAT YOU WANT US TO FOCUS ON? IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE YOUTH? FOR THE YOUTH? OH, THERE'S SO MUCH THAT YOU CAN DO.
THERE'S, UH, WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER GARLAND SEGMENT THAT IS THAT, UM, THAT IS REALLY TUNED INTO WHERE THE NEEDS ARE IN THE CITY NOW.
UM, ME OF COURSE, BEING, UH, BEING SELFISH AND DISTRICT EIGHT MOTIVATED.
WE HAVE WINTERS PARK, WE HAVE SPRING CREEK TRAIL THAT, UH, THAT'S NEEDING SOME HELP.
THERE'S, UH, ANY OF THOSE THINGS THAT Y'ALL WANT TO VOLUNTEER IN, WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE YOU COME ON DOWN.
WHAT SPECIFIC QUALITY DO YOU LOOK FOR WHEN YOU APPOINT SOMEONE? WELL, I'M LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY WHO ACTUALLY IS, UH, THAT HAS, THAT HAS BEEN VOLUNTEERING ALREADY.
AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT'S IN, IT COULD BE AT SCHOOL, IT COULD BE AT CHURCH, IT COULD BE, UH, IN, UH, ALREADY ON THE, UH, THE YOUTH COUNCIL.
UH, THAT, THOSE ARE THE QUALITIES THAT I'M LOOKING FOR.
SOMEBODY WHO HAS A STEWARDSHIP MINDSET.
SOMEBODY WHO'S LOOKING AT HOW DO I GIVE BACK TO THE CITY? SO THOSE ARE THE QUALITIES THAT I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS? NO.
AND THEN WE HAVE ALL THE, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS COME, COME UP HERE.
YEAH, THIS IS A BIGGER OPEN AREA RIGHT HERE.
LET'S GET A PICTURE RIGHT HERE.
WANNA SQUEEZE IN AIR ACCIDENT GUYS, STOP.
LET'S SQUEEZE IN TO GET THIS PICTURE IN.
MY SHORT PEOPLE COME TO THE FRONT.
WHAT'S A BUNCH? OKAY, READY? I GOT IT.
I'M GONNA TAKE ABOUT THREE OF 'EM.
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GOTSO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GO ALONG WITH THE NEXT THING ON OUR AGENDA.
WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER FROM THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I'LL GIVE THE FLOOR TO YOU SO WE CAN GET MY HAND CLOSED PLEASE.
SITTING OUT HERE IN THE MIDDLE SO I CAN SEE EVERYBODY.
UM, WELL, UH, AS YOU MENTIONED, MY NAME IS PEDRO BARO.
I'M A LIEUTENANT WITH THE DONALD POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE ORGANIZATION FOR GOING ON 23 YEARS NOW.
UH, AND I'VE EXPERIENCED A LOT.
DOES EVERYONE KNOW KIND OF HOW BECOMING A POLICE OFFICER REALLY WORKS? I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN AND STUFF.
WELL, BASICALLY PEOPLE WOULD SAY, I WANNA BE A DETECTIVE.
AND SO YOU CAN BE A DETECTIVE, BUT THE REALITY IS YOU'VE GOTTA START IN THE PATROL DIVISION.
SO THE PATROL DIVISIONS WHERE EVERY SINGLE NEW CREW SEARCH START PATROL, YOU LEARN ALL THE INS AND OUTS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THE REALITY IS THE PATROL OFFICERS DO EVERYTHING THAT A DETECTIVE CAN DO.
THE DIFFERENCE IS THEIR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY IS RESPONDING TO 9 1 1 CALLS.
I SPENT TIME ON PATROL FOR SIX YEARS.
UH, AND AFTER THAT I WENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE OFFICER UNIT.
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE OFFICER UNIT IS ALSO KNOWN AS? NPO? OKAY.
SO IN THE CITY OF GARLAND, IN THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE 16 POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE ASSIGNED IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF GARLAND.
THAT WAY EVERY SINGLE AREA HAS ITS OWN PERSONAL POLICE OFFICER.
AND IT'S A NEIGHBOR, POLICE OFFICER.
THEY ARE UNIFORMED, JUST LIKE, UH, PATROL.
BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS THEIR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY IS PROACTIVE POLICE.
WHEN SOMEONE CALLS 9 1 1 OR NOT EMERGENCY, THEY'RE SENT TO THE CALL.
NEIGHBOR, POLICE OFFICERS, THEY'RE PROACTIVE.
SO THEY ACTUALLY, UH, KNOW ABOUT CALLS AND THEY CAN SPEND MORE TIME ON PROBLEM AREAS.
FOR INSTANCE, IF THERE'S A, A, A COMPLAINT ABOUT A DRUG HOUSE OR A LOT OF DISTURBANCES GOING ON IN A SPECIFIC AREA LIKE THEFT OR ROBBERIES, THEN WE CAN SPEND OUR ENTIRE DAY INVESTIGATING THOSE TYPES OF CRIMES.
OKAY? SO WE'RE NOT TIED DOWN TO ACTUALLY BEING SENT TO, UH, ALL THE EMERGENCY CALLS OUT THERE.
THEY STILL DO THAT, BUT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE RESIDENTS WHO GET TO KNOW THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS AND ALSO WORK HARD TO SPECIFICALLY, UH, TARGET THE CRIMES THAT OCCURRED AFTER I DID THAT FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, I PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT.
WE HAVE 40 LIEUTENANTS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 357 POLICE OFFICERS.
OKAY? SO, UH, THE, I STARTED IN PATROL AS A PATROL LIEUTENANT, SUPERVISE THE STREETS.
AND THEN TODAY I'M ACTUALLY THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER.
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THAT IS? DOES ANYONE TAKE A GUESS? PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER IS, OR YOU MAY HAVE HEARD A TERM.
WHAT'S THAT? HE GET EXAMPLE FOR THE PARTIES OR LIKE, WHAT IS BAD STUFF?
THERE'S NO WRONG ANSWERS, Y'ALL KNOW, LIKE OCCURRENCES.
I THINK HE'S FIGURE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S A GOOD, HE'S A GOOD PUBLIC SPEAKER.
NOW I DO SHARE INFORMATION, BUT WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING IS CALLED A CRIME ANALYST.
THEY ONE THAT TAKE THE ACTUAL CRIME STATS, PUT 'EM TOGETHER AND SAY, HEY, THIS AREA HAS THIS TYPE OF CRIME, STOLEN CARS BROKEN, OR CARS THAT ARE BROKEN INTO, UH, A LOT OF DRUG ARRESTS OR GANG MEMBERS AND STUFF TO THAT EFFECT.
SO, AND THEN THEY DISSEMINATE THAT TO PATROL OFFICER AND OFFICER POLICE OFFICERS.
SO MY TITLE, HAS ANYONE EVER HEARD OF PUBLIC RELATIONS? ALRIGHT, SO PIO.
IS THE GOVERNMENT TERM FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS? NO.
SO BASICALLY MY JOB IS INFORMATION DISSEMINATION TO THE PUBLIC.
IT DOESN'T STOP WITH THE PUBLIC, IT'S ALSO INTERNAL COMMUNICATION.
SO I COMMUNICATE INTERNALLY AS WELL TO ALL THE TROOPS INSIDE.
BUT I DON'T ANALYZE DATA FOR THAT SPECIFIC PURPOSE.
BUT I ANALYZE DATA AND PUT IT TOGETHER SO THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE IT AND FIND OUT, HEY, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON.
OKAY? SO IF A MAJOR INCIDENT OCCURS IN GARLAND, LET'S SAY FOR INSTANCE WE HAVE A FATALITY CRASH, OKAY? AND IT BLOCKS THE HIGHWAYS, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW WE HAVE TO GET INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE DRIVING ON THE ROADWAYS THAT MY JOB IS TO ALERT THE NEWS AND LET 'EM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
MY JOB IS TO GIVE INTERVIEWS TO THE NEWS.
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DOES ANYONE ELSE KNOW ALL THE MEDIA OUTLETS? COME ON, I'M CARE.I GAVE IT TWO, FOUR, AND FIVE.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, FOLLOW THE PATTERN, YOU KNOW.
ALRIGHT, HOW DO YOU GUYS GET YOUR INFORMATION? I'M CURIOUS.
OKAY, GOOGLE HAS A TIKTOK ACCOUNT.
WHO HAS AN INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT? ALRIGHT, WHO HAS FACEBOOK? GYC HAS FACEBOOK.
COME ON NOW, HOW ABOUT X? DOES ANYONE USE X? ME? USE X.
OKAY, WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS THE NAME OF X? WHAT WAS X CALL PRIOR TO TWEET? TWEET.
UM, SO MY JOB IS SOCIAL MEDIA, OKAY? MY JOB IS INFORMATION DISSEMINATION.
I SHARE INFORMATION TO ALL THE PUBLIC.
IF YOU FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WE HAVE FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, UH, TWITTER, OR X, SORRY, NEXT DOOR.
OKAY? THOSE WERE OUR FIVE, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS.
SOMETHING YOU GUYS LIKE, THIS MIGHT BE A DUMB QUESTION.
LIKE, WHO'S THE PERSON WHO ON GOOGLE MAPS AND LIKE, THERE'S A CRASH OR SOMETHING.
LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? THERE LIKE, CRASH WOULD BE GOOGLE.
BUT BASICALLY IT'S OFFERED TO VIA SATELLITE.
AND SO THERE'S INFORMATION THAT, THAT SHARED OUT THERE.
AND THERE'S THE DIGITAL BUZZ THAT INFORM, AND WE'LL BASICALLY SHOW THAT, HEY, THE BIG OLD RED LINE HERE, YOU KNOW? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? YEAH.
WELL, IT'S ALSO THE PEOPLE THAT REPORTING, LIKE THE ACTUAL USERS OF LIKE GOOGLE MAP WILL REPORT THAT THERE'S A THERE TOO.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A GOOGLE ANALYSIS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THERE, THERE'S A SMART, THERE'S A SMART, UH, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GOING ON THE SIDE OF IT BECAUSE SOMETHING IS RIGHT, SOMETHING IS WRONG.
I'VE SEEN A RED LINE IN THE INTERSECTION.
OKAY? SO, HEY, REAL QUICK GUYS.
ALL RIGHT, Y'ALL, LISTEN, LISTEN, LISTEN, THERE'S A, ALRIGHT, SO WE USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO TALK ABOUT SHARING INFORMATION, WHAT'S GOING ON.
BUT THE, THE NEWS MEDIA IS FOX FOUR, NBC FIVE, WFA, A, CHANNEL EIGHT CBS, CHANNEL 11.
WE ALSO HAVE SPANISH CHANNELS.
WE HAVE, UH, TELEMUNDO 39, UNIVISION 23, AS WELL AS UH, ES TV, WHICH IS CHANNEL 29.
OKAY? THOSE ARE THE LOCAL TV NEWS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE RADIO.
OKAY? THE RADIO ONES THAT PROVIDE NEWS ARE 10 80 KKLD, WHICH IS 10 80 AM AND THEN 8:20 AM WHICH IS WBAP.
THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN ONES HERE.
NOW YOU HAVE NATIONAL NEWS, YOU HAVE FOX NEWS, YOU HAVE CNN, UH, IN, UH, MSMC, UH, CBSA, B, C, ALL THE NATIONAL AFFILIATES.
NOW THE LOCAL ONES, YOU MIGHT BE CONFUSED.
THEY ARE AFFILIATES IN THERE, BUT THEY DON'T REPORT WHAT THEY DO.
THEY WILL GET INFORMATION, BUT LOCAL NEWS IS VERY LOCAL SPECIFIC AND THEY ALSO WORK VERY WELL WITH THE COMMUNITIES IN PROVIDING INFORMATION.
OKAY? UH, THEY DON'T REALLY GIVE ALL OPINIONS AND STUFF TO THAT EFFECT.
SO HOW MANY COMMUNICATORS DO WE HAVE IN THIS ROOM? WHEN I SAY COMMUNICATORS, HOW ABOUT PUBLIC SPEAKERS? HOW MANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE? 1, 2, 3.
WHAT ARE THE PUBLIC SPEAKER POINT? YOU RAISE YOUR HAND.
DOES ANYBODY WANNA TELL ME WHAT A PUBLIC SPEAKER IS? YES.
IT'S SOMEONE WHO STAYS SOMEONE.
OKAY? A PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATOR.
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT A PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATOR IS? ANYONE? ANYONE? PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATOR.
SOMEONE WHO GETS THE MESSAGE ACROSS, CLEARLY? YES.
SOMEONE WHO GETS THE MESSAGE ACROSS CLEARLY.
SOMEONE WHO GETS PAID TO COMMUNICATE AND SHARE INFORMATION.
THAT'S THE PROFESSIONAL SIDE, BUT ALSO SOMEONE WHO GETS MISSED ACROSS, LITERALLY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
OKAY? SO WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING, HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN TO A GROUP? OKAY, ALMOST ALL OF Y'ALL HAVE ALL, ALMOST I'M, I MEAN, I SAY A GROUP.
I MEAN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT MORE THAN FOUR, JUST A COUPLE PEOPLE.
AND WHEN YOU SPEAK TO A GROUP, DOES IT MAKE YOU NERVOUS? NAH.
WHY NOT? 'CAUSE I'M GOOD AT IT.
WHAT ARE YOU GOOD AT? SPEAKING TO PEOPLE IN LARGE CROWDS.
WHY? WHY DOES SOMEONE, IS SOMEONE NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK IN A PUBLIC?
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SCARED.OKAY, WHAT, WHAT BRINGS THAT, THAT, THAT.
WHAT ELEVATES THAT OR TAKES AWAY THAT FEAR? THERE ARE LEADER.
YOU LOVE IN PUBLIC, YOU LOVE BEING SOCIALIZED.
WHAT GIVES YOU THE CONFIDENCE? CONFIDENCE.
WELL, LEMME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
SO WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT A TOPIC, OKAY? WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT A TOPIC, AND WE'RE KIND OF GOING OFF THE RAILS HERE, COMMUNICATION, WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT A TOPIC, OKAY? DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? HAVE YOU DONE YOUR RESEARCH ON IT? ABOUT NINE AND A HALF 0.9.
OKAY? SO BASICALLY WHAT GIVES SHOULD YOU, THE CONFIDENCE IS YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU ARE UP HERE TALKING TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE, OKAY? YOU'RE THE EXPERT.
PEOPLE ARE LISTENING TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, OKAY? YOU'RE GONNA ASSUME, 'CAUSE I'M WEARING THE UNIFORM, BUT I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A POLICE OFFICER, OKAY? AND I CAN SHARE THE INFORMATION.
'CAUSE I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN MY ABILITY TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO.
WHAT ARE THE LAWS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE, UH, HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH EVERYBODY? THINGS EFFECT.
SO YOU GET, HAVE THAT CONFERENCE AND BUILD THAT CONFERENCE WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU'RE THE EXPERT.
AND SO BASICALLY SPEAK LIKE YOU ONLY, RIGHT? SPEAK LIKE YOU ONLY, AND THAT'S WHAT I DO.
TO THE PUBLIC, TO THE COMMUNITY, SHARE WHAT'S GOING ON, OKAY? AND ASK, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE.
OKAY? I WAS TURNING INTO CAREER TODAY,
SO MY JOB, I IN 20, WELL, I GOT THIS JOB IN 2015.
SO I'VE BEEN DOING THIS A LITTLE OVER 10 YEARS NOW, AS, AS A SPOKESPERSON.
I'M ALSO, I'M THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE ORGANIZATION, OKAY? PIO PR.
I, I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE, THE TOP DOG.
MY VOICE IS AN EXTENSION OF HIS VISION.
OKAY? AND SO WHENEVER THERE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, MY JOB IS TO SPEAK FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SELL, OKAY, THIS ORGANIZATION TO THE PUBLIC.
THE BEST WAY I CAN WORK ON THE REPUTATION, WORK ON TRANSPARENCY.
OKAY? IS THERE MISINFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT POLICE OFFICERS TODAY? YES.
HOW DO WE COMBAT THAT? TELL THEM YOU REALLY ARE.
WHAT'S THAT? YOU SAID SHOW WHO YOU REALLY ARE.
HOW DO YOU DO THAT? YOUR ACTIONS.
AND WHAT'S ONE ACTION THAT I CAN DO WITHOUT SPEAKING, MOVING ACTION.
SHOWING UP MANY TIMES IN THE GOVERNMENT, OKAY? PEOPLE DON'T SHOW UP.
THEY'LL SEND MESSAGES IN WRITING, WHICH IS STILL SHOWING UP, BUT THEY DON'T SHOW UP TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
WHEN YOU SHOW UP, YOU'RE TELLING SOMEBODY, THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING TO THAT, HEY, I GOT NOTHING TO HIDE.
I'M RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF YOU.
OKAY? SHOWING UP AS THE NUMBER ONE THING.
I MAY SOMEBODY ASK ME A QUESTION THAT YOU THINK IS A TOUGH QUESTION.
YOU'RE NOT JUST, JUST ASK ME A QUESTION.
I UP BETTER THAN FIREFIGHTERS.
WHAT'S THAT? ARE COPS BETTER THAN FIREFIGHTERS? SO THAT'S AN EASY ASK.
BUT THE REAL REASON I SAW FIREFIGHTERS GET, HAVE THOSE.
I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER A QUESTION.
SO YOU MAY ASK ME A QUESTION LIKE, WHAT HAPPENED AT THIS ADDRESS OVER HERE? LIKE, HEY, WE'RE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION, OKAY? WE'RE LOOKING INTO ALL THE DETAILS HERE.
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT WE DID RESPOND, OKAY? AND WHEN WE HAVE YOUR FACE AVAILABLE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE.
OKAY? DID I ANSWER THE QUESTION? NO, I DID NOT.
BUT DID I PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME SORT OF INFORMATION LETTING YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON? YES.
MY JOB IS TO, IS TO SHARE IT, MAKE IT LOOK LIKE IT'S REAL, RIGHT? SO JUST BECAUSE I SHOW UP, MAN, YOU ASKED ME A QUESTION, DOES NOT MEAN I HAVE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
BUT AS LONG AS I TELL YOU THAT I'M DOING SOMETHING RIGHT, I, I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO, TO, TO TELL YOU ALL THE DETAILS OF AN INVESTIGATION.
BUT IF I TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE DOING, YOU'RE GONNA SAY, OKAY, AND THEN I FOLLOW WITH AN ACTION ITEM.
THE ACTION MATTERS THAT, HEY, WHEN WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION, I'LL LET YOU KNOW, RIGHT? SO I LEAVE YOU WITH NOTHING BUT SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO, RIGHT? OKAY.
OKAY? I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 10 YEARS NOW.
WHEN I STARTED AS A, AS A POLICE OFFICER, NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS DID I EVER WANTED TO BE A SPOKESPERSON, EVER IN MY ENTIRE CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, A PATROL, AS WAS A NEIGHBOR, POLICE OFFICER.
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REALLY THINK ABOUT IT.EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO TODAY IS ABOUT COMMUNICATION.
YOU TALK TO PEOPLE, YOU SHOW UP YOUR ACTIONS SHOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AS WELL, RIGHT? IF YOU ASK ME A QUESTION, IF, IF I DO THIS, WHAT IS THE LOOK I'M DOING? YOU DON'T CARE.
I DON'T CARE, RIGHT? OR IF I DO THIS RIGHT, OKAY? I'M SITTING BACK IN MY, IN MY, UH, IN MY CHAIR, OKAY? AND I GOT MY ARMS CROSSED AND I'M LEANING BACK.
OKAY? WHAT DOES THAT, WHAT DOES THAT SAY? WELL, LAST, BUT THINK ABOUT ARMS CROSSED, LEGS CROSSED, LEANING BACK.
I WENT, IF I'M, YOU KNOW, LEANING FORWARD AND I GOT MY ARMS ON THE TABLE AND I'M LEANING FORWARD, I'M LIKE THIS, I CAN'T DO THAT.
THAT WHAT SHE, SHE, HER HANDS, SHE'S LEANING FORWARD.
YOU GOT YOUR, YOU GOT YOUR HANDS ON THE SAME, YOU'RE LEANING FORWARD, YOU'RE LEANING IN YOU, YOU'RE ENGAGED.
YOUR BODY IS TELLING YOU A LOT RIGHT NOW.
OKAY? EVERYTHING WE DO IS ABOUT COMMUNICATION.
GOING BACK TO WHERE I'M AT TODAY.
I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD EVER GET THIS JOB.
WAS NOT THAT I DIDN'T WANT IT, I JUST NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
OKAY? BUT MY ENTIRE CAREER WAS ALL ABOUT SPEAKING TO PEOPLE AND POLICE WORK.
IT'S ALL ABOUT COMMUNICATION, ABOUT SHOWING UP, OKAY? LISTENING AND JUST BEING AVAILABLE AND SHARING INFORMATION.
WHAT'S GOING ON? IF YOU'RE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, OKAY, YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT CRYING.
YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT'S WHAT TO DO.
YOU WANNA KNOW ABOUT CRIME PREVENTION, YOU WANNA KNOW HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF.
ARE YOU GOOD ON TIME? MM-HMM
UM, SO I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO I'M SHARING MY WORLD WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU LIVE IN THAT WORLD AS WELL.
SO MY JOB IS TO GET YOU THE INFORMATION.
BUT WHEN THE CHIEF CALLED ME IN TO HIS OFFICE, HE SAID, HEY, I WANT YOU TO BE THE SPOKESPERSON.
LIKE I SAID, I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT.
BUT I WAS HONORED BECAUSE APPARENTLY IN MY CAREER I SHOWED HIM SOMETHING THAT IS NEEDED FOR THIS POSITION.
AND THAT'S COMMUNICATION SKILLS.
THE COMMUNICATION SKILLS HAS TO DO WITH HOW YOU CARE OR, WELL, YOU KNOW, I CAN TELL IF YOU TELL ME SOMETHING IN A CONDESCENDING WAY OR A SORT OF CASTIC WAY OR A MONOTONE WAY, WHETHER OR NOT YOU CARE OR NOT.
BUT WHEN I SPEAK, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU GUYS TO UNDERSTAND THAT I CARE ABOUT WHAT I DO AND I WANT YOU TO CARE ABOUT IT AS WELL.
WHETHER YOU LOVE IT OR NOT, THAT'S DIFFERENT.
BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I'M SHARING SOMETHING THAT I WANT YOU TO LISTEN, I WANT YOU TO HEAR AND TAKE SOMETHING FROM THAT.
AND SO, APPARENTLY CHIEF SAW SOMETHING IN ME, IN MY CAREER.
AND SO I'VE BEEN DOING IT EVER SINCE.
AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, I LOVE IT.
I LOVE WHAT I DO HERE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THERE'S SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES.
DOES ANYONE IN HERE WANT TO BE A POLICE OFFICER? IT'S OKAY.
ANY FIREFIGHTER WANNA BE? THAT'S GOOD.
UM, NOW THERE'S SO MANY CAREER OPPORTUNITIES.
WE, WE WE'RE DOING A PODCAST CAST.
NOW I DON'T IF Y'ALL DO, DOES ANYONE PODCAST? OKAY, WE HAVE A PODCAST.
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT LONG CODE MEANS? IT'S A LONG BREAK.
OKAY? LONG CODE IS A LONG BREAK.
AND SO WE, WE WE DO YOUTUBE AS WELL AS, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO CONVINCE THEM TO DO VIDEO TOO.
UM, BUT WE DO, UH, PODCASTS, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE WANNA SHARE INFORMATION.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS ACTUALLY, AND THE POLICE WANTED, THERE'S SO MANY CAREER OPPORTUNITIES.
I STARTED AS A POLICE OFFICER, OPERATIONS, FIGHTING CRIME AND EVIL, LEARNING ABOUT LAWS AND, AND HOW TO HELP PEOPLE.
BUT THEN IF I WANNA BE A DETECTIVE AND REALLY TAKE TO THE NEXT LEVEL INVESTIGATIONS, OKAY? WHICH ACTUALLY TAKES YOU INTO A FRAUD AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THAT CAN ACTUALLY LEAD INTO GOING INTO THE, THE, THE PRIVATE SECTOR, OKAY? WHICH IS LIKE CORPORATE WORLD.
UM, YOU COULD BE A CANINE HANDLER.
YOU CAN BE A HELICOPTER, A TACTICAL FLIGHT OFFICER, OKAY? YOU CAN BE MEMBER WITH THE SWAT TEAM, LEARN ALL THE INS AND OUTS ABOUT SAFETY.
UM, YOU CAN BE A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.
WHO'S IN GID IN HERE? SHOULD WE EVERYONE? YEAH.
SO, UH, DO Y'ALL KNOW Y'ALL'S SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS? YES.
OKAY, SO SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS ARE TEACHERS OKAY AS WELL.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT JUST, UH, PROTECTORS OF THE SCHOOLS.
THEY'RE TEACHERS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE COUNSELORS.
UM, TRAFFIC, LETS RIDE MOTORCYCLES.
OKAY? YOU CAN RIDE A MOTORCYCLE, OKAY? THERE'S SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IF YOU WANT LEARN A DIFFERENT SKILL, YOU CAN ACTUALLY TRANSFER TO THE NEW UNIT IN THE CORPORATE WORLD,
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OKAY? IF YOU WANNA LEARN DIFFERENT SKILLS, TYPICALLY YOU HAVE TO QUIT THAT JOB AND GO FIND A JOB IN ANOTHER, IN, IN ANOTHER ORGANIZATION.SO THERE ARE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES IN
NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS DID I, EVER, DID I DO HERE? BUT I LOVE IT.
NOW, IS THIS WHERE I'M GONNA BE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE? MY REST OF MY CAREER? I DON'T KNOW.
I'LL BE HERE AS LONG AS THE CHIEF ALLOWS ME TO, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS SHE ALLOWED ME TO AS WELL.
SO I DO WANNA OPEN UP THE QUESTIONS.
DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ME ABOUT ANYTHING? I MEAN, POLICE RELATED OR MY JOB? WILL YOU BE ABLE TO TAKE LIKE SEE THE CHIEF, THE CHIEF DO POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE CAN DO TODAY THAT HE'S THERE? WRITE THAT DOWN.
SO THAT CARTOON, THE POLICE OFFICER DONUTS? YES.
WHO DOESN'T, IS THERE ANYONE IN'S NOT LIKE A DONUT.
SO THE, YOU KNOW, THE STORY BEHIND WERE COPS AND DONUTS AND STUFF TO THAT EFFECT BACK IN THE DAY, TALKING LIKE IN THE FORTIES, FIFTIES, AND SIXTIES.
OKAY? THERE WAS ACTUALLY NO PLACES THAT WERE OPEN OVERNIGHT.
MAYBE NOT THAT FAR, BUT I MEAN, BACK IN THE OLD DAYS WHEN THE ONLY RESTAURANT THAT WAS OPEN OVERNIGHT, OKAY, WERE THE DONUT SHOPS.
AND THEY SAID THEY, THEY WERE OVER OVERNIGHT.
THEY OPEN LIKE AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
OKAY? SO THAT WAS THE ONLY PLACE THE POLICE OFFICER COULD GO EAT IF THEY WERE HUNGRY, IF THEY WERE WORKING THE NIGHT SHIFT.
WHEN I STARTED ON PATROL, I WORKED AT NIGHT SHIFT, 11:00 PM TO 7:00 AM WHILE EVERYBODY WAS ASLEEP, I WAS WORKING.
SO WHEN I SLEEP, YOU GOT, MOST PEOPLE ARE WORKING, BUT WHEN I'M WORKING, MOST PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING.
OKAY? AND SO THE DONUT SHOP WAS THE ONLY PLACE I WAS REALLY OPEN.
SO YOU GO IN THERE, GET A CUP OF COFFEE, YOU KNOW, GET A DONUT, GET SOME BREAKFAST, AND THAT'S WHERE THE WHOLE CLICHE OF COPS AND DONUTS.
SOMETHING, SOMETHING TAKE WITH YOU.
WHAT WOULD YOU BE IF YOU WERE A POLICE OFFICER? SO, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I DID NOT START BEING A POLICE OFFICER UNTIL I WAS 28 YEARS OLD.
SO, AND HE, ANYONE GUESS WHAT I DID BEFORE THEN? JUST TALKING TO ME.
SO I WAS, BEFORE I BECAME A POLICE OPTION, I CAN TELL CHARISMA.
AND WHAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT, THAT THAT SEPARATE THE GOOD SALES PERSON? FIVE.
ACTUALLY SCHOOL NEXT WEEK WE GOING OUR SCHOOL NEXT WEEK, LUNCH NOW ON WEDNESDAY, I'LL SCHEDULE
UH, I GO TO ANOTHER SCHOOL ON THE, I WANTED ASK WHAT KIND OF EDUCATION COMMUNICATIONS TO DO WHAT YOU DO NOW? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO, UH, I TOOK BASIC, SO WHEN I STARTED, I ONLY HAD MY ASSOCIATE DEGREE.
DEGREE, OKAY? I HAD 76 HOURS OF COLLEGE.
DON'T HAVE MY ASSOCIATE AGREEMENT.
IN THE CITY OF GARLAND, YOU WERE ONLY REQUIRED TO HAVE 60 HOURS OF COLLEGE, OKAY.
ALRIGHT? HOWEVER, I FINISHED MY DEGREE LAST YEAR.
OKAY? AFTER 22 YEARS IN LAW, OR I FINISHED MY DEGREE LAST YEAR.
YOU WANNA KNOW WHY? THAT'S BECAUSE I WANT, I HAVE KIDS MARRIED.
I WANT MY KIDS TO REALIZE THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I WISH I HAD DONE COLLEGE, OKAY.
INSTEAD, I WAITED TILL I WAS MID FORTIES TO START AGAIN.
AND SO, UM, I STARTED, I FINISHED IT THEN.
SO COMMUNICATION, I LEARNED IT FROM BEING IN SALES.
UM, 'CAUSE I WAS IN SALES FOR EIGHT YEARS.
I, I, I, I WENT TO SCHOOL FOR A LITTLE WHILE, UH, FOR A YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS ACTUALLY.
SO THAT'S WHERE I LEARNED THE REAL COMMUNICATION.
BUT COMMUNICATION, IT'S ALL ABOUT ENGAGEMENT.
SO IT'S ALSO ABOUT LEARNING HOW TO SPEAK WITHOUT FILLING IN WORDS THAT ARE UNNECESSARY.
OKAY? BEING PATIENT, BEING AWARE OF YOUR, YOUR AUDIENCE.
BEING AWARE OF YOUR AUDIENCE, OKAY? UM, SPEAKING WITH AUTHORITY.
YOU'RE THE EXPERT, OKAY? YOU'RE THE EXPERT.
ONCE YOU REALIZE THAT YOU'RE THE EXPERT, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU MESS UP, YOU JUST KEEP GOING AND LET'S PRACTICE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU DO ON A REGULAR BASIS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A SPOKESPERSON.
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YOU DON'T NEED TO BE A, A AGAIN, A HUNDRED IN YOUR COMMUNICATIONS CLASS, ALTHOUGH IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA TO DO THAT.UM, BUT COMMUNICATION, IT'S ALL ABOUT LEARNING FROM WHAT OTHER PEOPLE DO.
OKAY? AND THEN PRACTICING THE MORE YOU SPEAK IN PUBLIC.
DOES ANYONE HAVE A YOUTUBE CHANNEL HERE? I'M TRYING.
HEY, YOU KNOW, OVERCOMES THE FEAR.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU SPEAK TO A CAMERA, YOU SPEAK TO GIVE PRESENTATIONS, YOU LEARN A TOPIC AND THEN YOU PRESENT ON THAT TOPIC, THAT HELPS YOU.
AND I'VE BEEN THROUGH TRAINING.
I, I, I WENT THROUGH A PIO SCHOOL, NUMEROUS PIO SCHOOLS, UH, COMMUNICATION CLASSES, PUBLIC SPEAKING CLASSES, YOU CAN DO ALL THAT IN COLLEGE, BUT YOU GET THE REAL EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU ACTUALLY DO IT.
THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THE BEST EXPERIENCE.
YOU CAN KNOW EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE BOOK, OKAY? BUT IF YOU DON'T STAND UP AND ACTUALLY TRY IT, YOUR COMMUNICATION SKILLS WILL NEVER RISE.
SO THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING THERE.
YOU'VE GOTTA BE WILLING TO STEP OUTTA YOUR COMFORT ZONE.
AND THE WHOLE THING ABOUT LIKE FEAR, OKAY? IT'S NOT FEAR.
I GET NERVOUS TALKING TO YOU GUYS.
BUT OVERCOMING JUDGMENT, THAT'S, IT'S CALLED BEING COURAGEOUS.
OKAY? WHEN YOUR FEAR, WHEN YOU HAVE FEAR, OKAY? YOUR COURAGE ALLOWED YOU TO RISE ABOVE THAT.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT? TAKE A BREATH, RELAX, MAKE EYE CONTACT, WATCH PEOPLE'S BODY LANGUISH WITH YOU, AND THEN ULTIMATELY ADAPT.
YOU CAN'T JUST STICK TO A SCRIPT BECAUSE YOU STICK TO A SCRIPT AND NO ONE'S REALLY ENGAGING.
OKAY? THEN YOU MIGHT, THE MESSAGE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACTUALLY SHARE MAY NOT BE RECEIVED.
'CAUSE I MEAN, COMMUNICATION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO.
OKAY? LEARN HOW TO COMMUNICATE WELL.
'CAUSE IF YOU CAN LEARN HOW TO COMMUNICATE WELL, YOU'RE GONNA INTERVIEW BETTER FOR JOBS.
YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SELL THINGS.
AND HEY, DON'T GET ME WRONG, LIFE IS SELLS.
OKAY? IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE SELLING SOMETHING FOR, FOR MONEY OR YOU'RE SELLING YOURSELF TO GET A JOB, OKAY? THERE'S SO MUCH THAT GOES ON WITH COMMUNICATION.
YOU GOTTA BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WANT AND YOU'LL ARTICULATE IT.
AND SO, WHAT I WOULD CHALLENGE YOU GUYS TO DO WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNICATION IS TO, UM, KNOW WHAT YOUR STRENGTHS ARE.
OKAY? BECAUSE I, I'M REALLY GOOD ABOUT TALKING ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.
TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND ME.
I STILL HAVE A HARD TIME TALKING ABOUT MYSELF.
YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT I'M GOOD AT.
WE DON'T, WE, WE, IT'S HARD FOR US TO BRAG ABOUT OURSELVES.
BUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS REALLY TALKING ABOUT WHO YOU ARE.
AND YOU WANNA DO IT IN A WAY THAT YOU IS RECEIVED BY PEOPLE.
I SEE THAT YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
WHAT'S THE HARDEST CASE THAT YOU HANDLED AND HOW DID YOU MANAGE IT? CASES OF MAN.
SO I HAVE NOT INVESTIGATED LIKE, AS A DETECTIVE CASES, BUT I'VE BEEN ON NUMEROUS CALLS.
SO, I MEAN, I'VE HANDLED ANYTHING FROM MERGE TO MISSING PEOPLE.
UM, PROBABLY ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS THAT I'VE HAD TO DO, AS IN MY CAREER, UM, WAS IN, ON DECEMBER 26TH.
THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE FIRST ONES HERE.
LET'S START IN THE LAST, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST 10 YEARS BECAUSE IT IMPACTED SO MANY PEOPLE.
HOW OLD WERE YOU GUYS? FIVE HIGH SCHOOL.
ALRIGHT, SO DECEMBER 26TH, 2015 WE HAD A TORNADO.
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? MM-HMM
I HERE, BUT NOT HERE IN THE CITY.
I WAS SIX MONTHS INTO MY ROLE AS A PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER.
TORNADO STARTED IN SUNNYVILLE.
COMES CAME THROUGH, UH, SOUTHERN PART OF GARLAND.
WENT THROUGH, UH, 30, AND GEORGE BUSH CONTINUED OVER THE LAKE THROUGH ROULETTE.
KILLED NINE PEOPLE THAT DESTROYED HUNDREDS OF PROPERTIES.
THE PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES THAT DAY.
NO ONE INSIDE THOSE BUILDINGS WERE KILLED.
THE PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES WERE IN CARS RIGHT THERE AT THE INTERSECTION WERE 30.
THAT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS THAT I DO.
YOU WERE A GIC AT THE TIME, RIGHT? YEAH, THAT WAS IN, UH, CHRIS MOORE WAS THE PI EVENT.
AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS.
AND I'VE ONLY BEEN A PIO FOR SIX MONTHS.
AND SO TALK ABOUT SEEING THE DEVASTATION.
YOU'VE SEEN MOVIES WHERE CARS THROWN ABOUT AND PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.
THAT'S WHAT THAT SCENE WAS LIKE.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS.
AND WHAT LESSON DID YOU LEARN FROM IT? AND HOW DO YOU APPLY IT ON A DAILY
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BASIS? IT'S A GOOD QUESTION, MAN.UM, SO LESSONS I LEARNED FROM THAT IS THAT FIRST OF ALL, YOU'LL NEVER BE READY, OKAY? THAT THE SKILLSET YOU ALREADY HAVE IS ENOUGH TO GET YOU THROUGH.
OKAY? I WAS NOT READY SIX MONTHS AS THE SPOKESPERSON.
I BECAME A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE CITY.
I INTERVIEWED ON THE GROUND, ON THE PHONE, LOCALLY, NATIONALLY, AND INTERNATIONALLY.
I, I LEARNED TO OVERCOME FEAR.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY LESSONS WHEN YOU STEP UP AND YOU'VE NEVER DONE SOMETHING FOR THE FIRST TIME AND YOU STAND UP AND ALSO ALL EYES ARE ON YOU.
IT'S TIME TO MAKE, IT'S TIME TO STAND UP.
AND ACTUALLY, YEAH, UH, IT'S TIME, IT'S TIME TO GET UP.
SO, UH, YOU'RE NEVER READY AND OVERCOMING THAT YOU, THAT YOU ARE READY, THAT, THAT YOU ARE READY TO GO.
UH, WHAT WAS THE OTHER QUESTION AGAIN? HOW DO YOU APPLY IT ON A DAILY BASIS? EVERY DAY IT'S A NEW DAY.
AND THAT'S A GREAT LESSON FOR EVERYBODY.
UM, THE SUN COMES UP, THE SUN SETS, RIGHT? EVERY DAY IS A, IS A DAY TO RESET.
AND SO, ALTHOUGH WE HAD WEEKS AHEAD OF US, UH, DEVASTATION AND THINGS TO OVERCOME AS A CITY, OKAY? PERSONALLY, I HAD TO OVERCOME JUST MY OWN FEARS EVERY DAY AND EVERYTHING THAT I DID.
YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT COLLABORATE IS, WORK TOGETHER, WORK TOGETHER.
YOU HAVE TO WORK, LEARN TEAMWORK, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH BY YOURSELF AND YOU ONLY GO SO FAR BY YOURSELF.
BUT WHEN YOU WORK AND YOU USE THE STRENGTHS OF THOSE AROUND YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE NOT THE BEST ONE IN THE ROOM.
THAT YOU'RE NOT, YOU DON'T ALWAYS KNOW EVERYTHING.
YOU LEARN TO WORK WITH OTHERS.
AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY GETS YOU THROUGH.
YOU KNOW, TIFFANY AND I, WE WORK TOGETHER ON A REGULAR BASIS.
UM, SO COLLABORATION, NEVER READY.
WHAT WAS THE OTHER THING I SAID? UH, APPLYING ON A REGULAR DAILY BASIS.
HOW DO YOU WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE HARD? UM, UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DON'T CONTROL THEM.
YOU CAN ONLY CONTROL YOURSELF.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST LESSONS THAT I LEARNED ON A REGULAR BASIS.
OKAY? DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW OLD I AM? 43, 48.
I'LL BE 51 HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH.
I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU CREDIT.
UM, WHAT WAS IT? THAT, WHAT, WHAT DID I JUST SAY? YZA AGE HERE.
YOU ONLY, YOU CAN ONLY CONTROL YOURSELF.
OKAY? YOU CAN ONLY CONTROL YOUR ACTIONS.
YOU CANNOT CONTROL THE PERSON IN THE ROOM WITH YOU.
NOW YOU CAN COLLABORATE, COMMUNICATE, AND WORK TOGETHER AND TAKE INITIATIVE.
THAT'S NOTHING THAT I APPLY EVERY SINGLE DAY.
YOU KNOW, WHEN TINA SAYS, WHO WANTS VOLUNTEER FOR THIS? YOU CAN GIVE OTHER PEOPLE A CHANCE.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? TAKE INITIATIVE.
HE WANT YOU STEP OUTTA YOUR COMFORT ZONE, OKAY? AND APPLY AND STEP INTO A NEW ROLE.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU CHALLENGE YOURSELF, OKAY, YOU'RE GETTING BETTER.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE PROGRESSING TOWARDS THE FUTURE.
OKAY? SO WHEN YOU CHALLENGE YOURSELF, OKAY, YOU'RE GONNA MESS UP.
I MESS UP ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW? BUT GUESS WHAT? I GET RIGHT BACK UP.
THE MORE TIMES YOU ACTUALLY, AND I HATE USING THE WORD FAIL, THE MORE TIMES YOU FAIL, OKAY? THE BETTER YOU GET AT, GET OUTTA WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, AS LONG AS YOU GET BACK UP AND DO IT.
HOW MANY PEOPLE PLAY SPORTS? OKAY, HOW ABOUT INSTRUMENTS? HOW ABOUT DANCE? OKAY.
WERE YOU GOOD WHEN YOU STARTED? NO, I WAS WHAT? THE NO, NO.
IN GENERAL, WERE YOU GOOD WHEN YOU STARTED? OKAY, SO, SO YOU, YOU MIGHT HAVE A A, A NATURAL ABILITY, BUT YOU'RE ONLY SO, SO, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING WITH OTHER PEOPLE OR DOING SOMETHING WITH OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY BEEN DOING IT WELL THAN YOU.
THEY ACTUALLY ARE BETTER THAN ME.
LIKE, MAN, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TWO OF MY BOYS, THEY'RE 15.
UH, ONE PLAY, I GOT TWINS AND I GOT 11 OLD.
THEY, THEY BOTH PLAY INSTRUMENTS.
ONE PLAYS A PIANO, ONE PLAYS A GUITAR.
NOW GUITAR I THINK'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO TO, TO D LIKE YOU WITH THE PIANO.
I CAN'T MOVE MY FINGERS FOR HIM.
BUT HE CAN PLAY IT LIKE HE'S BEEN DOING IT FOREVER.
YOU KNOW? YOU WANNA LISTEN TO HIM PLAY.
AND SO IT'S ABOUT GETTING UP AND PRACTICING, GETTING UP AGAIN.
AND THAT'S THE THING, ALL THESE THINGS, THINGS THAT I LEARNED FROM THAT MOMENT AND EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE, YOU KNOW, IS THE FACT THAT THERE'S SO MANY THINGS.
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KNOW, YOU GOTTA STEP OUTTA YOUR COMFORT ZONE.YOU GOTTA COLLABORATE WORK WITH PEOPLE.
YOU GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT YOU WORK HARD AND YOU, IT'S OKAY TO FAIL.
AND AS LONG AS YOU GET BACK UP THERE AND DO IT AGAIN.
THIS MIGHT BE A LITTLE OFF TOPIC, BUT WITH THE GOVERNMENT SHUT, THEY STILL GET PAID.
'CAUSE WE'RE NOT, NOT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, NOT BI AGENTS, THEY STILL GET PAID.
FBI AGENTS, ANYBODY WHO'S AN ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THEY STILL GET PAID.
EVERYBODY DOESN LIKE, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT CRIME ANALYST, YOU KNOW? UH, 'CAUSE ONE THING THAT THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT DO WITHOUT IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME HERE.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING.
UM, NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER GUEST SPEAKER, UH, MS. HEATHER MILLER, IF YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE FLOOR, GO AHEAD.
SO THERE JUST, YOU CAN COME UP THERE.
I FEEL LIKE I DON'T NEED TO READ THIS BECAUSE IT'S A SCRIPT.
YOU JUST KIND LIKE, JUST, SHE GOT THREE MINUTES.
BUT I HAVE TO READ IT BECAUSE I'M NOT USED TO SPEAKING IN PUBLIC, BECAUSE I'M JUST MOM.
UH, MY NAME IS HEATHER MILLER AND I'M HERE TODAY AS A PARENT AND A MEMBER OF THE GARLAND COMMUNITY.
I JUST WANNA BRING SOME AWARENESS.
YOU GUYS ARE THE, THE YOUTH COUNCIL, SO I FIGURED I WOULD START HERE.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF FAMILIES IN GARLAND AND THE YOUTH POPULATION IS GETTING REALLY, IT'S GETTING BIGGER AND SOCCER SEEMS TO BE LIKE THE NUMBER ONE SPORT TO GO TO.
IT'S EASY, IT'S CHEAPER THAN FOOTBALL OR BASEBALL, BUT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF FIELDS FOR THE YOUTH TO PRACTICE ON OR PLAY ON.
SO WE'RE TRAVELING OUTSIDE OF GARLAND TO GET TO THOSE COMPETITIONS OR THOSE, LIKE I KNOW US PERSONALLY HAVE GONE TO ROULETTE TO GET TO HIGHER COMPETITION LEVELS BECAUSE THE FIELDS AND, UM, THE, MAINLY THE, THE LIT FIELDS OR YEAH, THE LIT FIELDS.
MOST OF THE FIELDS IN GARLAND DO NOT HAVE LIGHTING.
SO OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT SAFE FOR THE KIDS TO BE PLAYING ON IN THE EVENING OR WHATEVER.
UM, SO I'M JUST HERE TO BRING AWARENESS AND ASK THAT YOU GUYS ELEVATE IT, UM, AND BRING AWARENESS TO IT.
WHEN Y'ALL SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL, UM, IF Y'ALL COULD LIKE, JUST RAISE AWARENESS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THOSE KIDS GOING OUTSIDE OF GARLAND.
LIKE WE NEED TO KEEP IT HERE AT HOME.
UM, THAT ALSO WILL GENERATE MONEY FOR, LIKE, I KNOW WINTER'S PARK IS GOING TO BE UTILIZED FOR, UM, I, I GUESS ATHLETICO, ARE THEY TAKING THAT OVER? NOT ANYMORE.
OH, YOU WINTERS? I'M NOT SURE.
I KNOW THAT THAT BIG DEAL WENT THROUGH.
UM, BUT THERE STILL NEEDS TO BE OTHER ALTERNATIVES FOR GARLAND.
I KNOW, TO MY KNOWLEDGE IT'S ONLY WINTERS PARK THAT HAS THE, THE SOCCER, RIGHT? I THINK SO, YEAH.
AND, AND IT'S, IT'S REC AND SO WE ARE, RIGHT NOW WE ARE PLAYING IN, UM, AN ELITE LEAGUE OR A COUPLE OF ELITE LEAGUES, BUT EVEN STILL THOSE ARE OUTSIDE MM-HMM
AND IT WOULD BE BEST TO KEEP THAT MONEY AND ATTENTION HERE ON GARLAND.
SO, SO BACK DOOR THAT WE, WE, I, I I'M PARKS AND RECREATION.
WE DO HAVE A ATHLETICS, UH, COORDINATOR.
UM, THAT I CAN GET YOU IN CONTACT WITH HIM TO SEE WHAT SOCCER FIELDS ARE AVAILABLE.
UM, DO YOU HAVE YOUR, YOU HAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS? YES.
WELL, I'LL GIVE YOU MY, MY EMAIL ADDRESS.
I SHOULD HAVE SOME BUSINESS CARDS THAT WAY 'CAUSE I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
'CAUSE WE'VE HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE TO DEFINITELY MENTION THIS.
BUT WE DO HAVE, UH, SOCCER ASSOCIATIONS THAT USE THE FIELDS AS WELL TOO.
AND UM, BUT THAT WAY WE CAN TRY TO GET YOU ON THE RIGHT TRACK ON UH, YOU UTILIZING THE FIELDS HERE.
ONE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR HER.
TAMARA, CAN YOU GET HER EMAIL ADDRESS FOR ME? YES.
OKAY, NEXT THING ON OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE RECAP OF OUR RECENT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, THE ONLY RECENT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY WE HAD WAS THE
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DI EVENT THAT GOT CANCELED DUE TO, UM, NOT ENOUGH SIGNUPS, WHICH IS FINE.UM, JUST NEXT TIME IF YOU DO SIGN UP FOR SOMETHING, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU'RE ABLE TO ATTEND IT BEFORE YOU SIGN UP.
UM, NEXT THING, WE HAVE OUR BREAKOUTS INTO OUR COMMITTEE GROUPS.
SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE ABOUT, WE'LL SAY 30 MINUTES, 25 MINUTES.
WE'LL TAKE ABOUT 30 MINUTES TO BREAK OUT AND DISCUSS, UM, SOCIAL COMMITTEE UPCOMING SOCIALS AND THEN YOUR PROJECTS.
AND ALSO, UM, JUST 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT Y'ALL ARE GETTING READY TO BREAK OUT IN YOUR GROUPS.
SO I HAVE THREE VISITS TO HIGH SCHOOLS IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
THAT'S TO NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, SEXY HIGH SCHOOL, AND ILT.
SO IF Y'ALL WANT MYSELF AND MS. JEN TO COME TO YOUR HIGH SCHOOL AND SPEAK AND TALK ABOUT GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
SEND ME THE COMMUNITY LIAISON OR WHOEVER'S OVER IT.
THAT WAY WE CAN SET UP A MEETING AT AND, AND, YOU KNOW, COME INTO THE SCHOOL DURING THE LUNCHTIME TO HAND OUT INFORMATION ABOUT GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL.
YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR PHONE ON YOU AT ALL.
WELL, UM, WE, WE GOT YOUR MOM'S PHONE NUMBER SO BE ABLE TO FIND IT.
LOOK, UM, I'LL ADD, I'LL, I'LL EMAIL MOM OR DAD JUST TO LET HER KNOW WHAT'S COMING UP.
BUT TRY TO FIND YOUR PHONE AND LET ME KNOW.
I DON'T, I'M NOT THE LEADER OF YES.
WE'LL, AS SOON AS Y'ALL GET DONE TALKING WE WILL DEFINITELY, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT, ABOUT THE BOARD AND COMMISSIONERS THEN.
ARE YOU ABLE TO COME TO IT? IT'S THE THIRD.
WHAT? SHE SAID THE THIRD? YES.
WHAT TIME? I THINK IT, IS IT SIX TO EIGHT? UM, I HAVEN'T CHECKED THEM.
I WAS ABOUT TO TELL YOU, I DON'T KNOW WHICH EMAIL SHE SENT IT TO.
SO DO YOU KNOW WHO SENT, LIKE THE EMAIL IS SENT IT TO THEY, THEY DID THAT.
BUT AS LONG AS Y'ALL ARE ABLE TO SHOW UP, UM, I'LL JUST CONFIRM ABOUT ALL Y'ALL GOING BE COMING.
DIDN'T WE DROP IT IN A GROUP OR SOMETHING? NO, I DID AS A CALENDAR EVENT.
THAT'S WHAT I PUT IT IN AS A CALENDAR EVENT.
SO IT, IT STARTS, IT IS PROBABLY FROM SIX TO EIGHT.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S FROM SIX TO EIGHT.
UM, I'M GONNA SAY PROBABLY I HAVE A, MY LITTLE SISTER HAS A UI ALSO THAT DAY.
I'LL TELL COORDINATOR BASICALLY EVERYONE ALL Y'ALL GONNA BE THERE PLEASE.
I, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT EMAIL, HEATHER.
I'LL DEFINITELY WILL SEND, SHOOT HER, LET HER GET IN CONTACT WITH, UH, WE, MY MEETING AGENDA IN THE
DID I GO RUN IT OUT TO THEM OR RUN IT OUT TO, IF SHE'S, YEAH, IF, IF, YEAH, GO AHEAD AND RUN IT OUT.
I HOPE THAT IF NOT I SHOOT HER EMAIL.
I DON'T MY CONTACT IN AND SO MY EYES LIKE THEY LITERALLY, BECAUSE I CAN'T, EVERYBODY'S JUST A BLUR RIGHT NOW.
SO LIKE MY EYES ARE LIKE EVERYWHERE BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE BECAUSE I WAS WONDERING, I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS WRONG? I HOPE SHE'S OKAY.
WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WAS OKAY.
Y'ALL HAVE QUESTIONS? ARE Y'ALL MEETING? YEAH.
AREN'T YOU SOCIAL? NO, I'M LIKE I'M WITH HIM.
SO WHAT ARE WE GONNA TALK ABOUT GUYS? WELL EVEN WE HAD THEY OH, Y'ALL PLANNED? NO, NO, THE OTHER ONE, THE WAS, IT WAS LIKE A MOVIE.
THEY WERE GONNA DO IT FOR THE 15TH, BUT THEY SAID IT WAS REALLY BECAUSE WE FRIENDS MAYBE LIKE, WHAT DID WE SAY? I FORGOT WHAT WE SAID.
I THINK THEY WANTED TO HAVE LIKE POPUP VENDORS
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OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.BUT IT WAS JUST LIKE, YEAH, IT WAS LIKE WAY TOO SOON.
WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA MOVE THAT TO 25TH.
LIKE THIS DECEMBER HIGH SCHOOL.
HOW DOES DEAN IN THE DRIVER'S, THEY DIDN'T OH, LAST YEAR.
LIKE WHAT WERE WE SUPPOSED TO SAY? I DUNNO, APPARENTLY, I DUNNO WHAT HAPPENED, BUT I BELIEVE THAT, THAT THEY DON'T SPEAK.
LAST YEAR THEY DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S LIKE USUALLY LIKE A REALLY BIG EVENT THAT WE USUALLY DO.
I THINK THEY TOUR SOMETHING ABOUT HOW YOU GUYS GET TO LIKE WEAR DRUNK GOGGLES OR IMPORTANCE.
LEMME SEE IF I GOT MISS RHONDA.
ARE WE DOING TEAMS, DRIVER'S SEAT THIS YEAR? POSSIBLY.
BUT Y'ALL ARE SO SUPERVISING OTHER STUFF.
SO THAT'S, NO, THAT'S FOR PAPER PENDING.
WHAT ABOUT, UM, THE PODCAST IDEA THAT WE HAVE? TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE MS. TIFFANY SAID THAT THEY LET US USE, WE EDUCATE THEM ON CERTAIN THINGS.
LIKE HAVE LIKE, YOU KNOW HOW WE HAVE SPEAKERS, LIKE SPEAKERS ON THE PODCAST SO THEY COULD TALK TO OKAY.
MAYBE LIKE WE HAVE A BOX IN THE LIBRARY AND THAT'S LIKE A TEENAGE QUESTION.
AND THEN WE WOULD LIKE JUST GIVE IT THE LIBRARY.
YEAH, WE'LL KEEP IT ANONYMOUS AND WE'LL PUT LIKE, UH, QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASK OR, OKAY.
COULD THAT WAS FOR WHAT? LIKE WE CAN PUT A BOX AND WE CAN ASK THEM IF LIKE WE COULD LIKE WE COULD DO YEAH, WE COULD MAKE LIKE A BOX.
WE COULD DECORATE IT AND THEN WE COULD DO LIKE PRINT OUT LIKE LITTLE SCREEN FOR LIKE OVER YOUR FRESH BOX IF YOU CAN HAVE IT ON THE SIDE.
SO DO YOU WANT, I THINK FOR THE FIRST ONE, I DON'T KNOW IF MANY WRITE THAT MANY QUESTIONS.
SO WE SHOULD DO LIKE, WE SHOULD, WE LIKE HAVE THREE SOME QUESTIONS THEY HAVE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THAT MANY QUESTIONS.
MAYBE WE SHOULD DO SOME QUESTIONS WITHIN THE AND HALF.
I FEEL LIKE THE OTHER HAS TO BE LIKE US TALKING TO SOMEONE.
LIKE IT CAN BE LIKE, WHAT, 30 MINUTES OR TWO MINUTES OF QUESTION AND THE OTHER MINUTES.
LIKE THIS PERSON SO SAYS I THINKS THE LITTLE BOX ONLINE LIBRARY.
SO MAYBE WE COULD ALSO DO LIKE BOX OR SOMETHING.
WE COULD LIKE SEND IN GENERAL MAYBE LIKE, WE COULD ALSO LIKE HAVE A LITTLE EVENT LIBRARY BECAUSE I, WE CAN HAVE LIKE LITTLE STUDY LIBRARY.
WE CAN HAVE LIKE A, JUST TO GET OUR PODCAST OUT THERE AND LIKE SEE IF PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO BE ON IT OR STUFF LIKE THAT.
WE CAN HAVE LIKE FOR AND BRAINSTORM A NAME.
YEAH, WE NEED NAME FOR OUR PODCAST.
SOMETHING WITH TEAMS. WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD HAVE IT LIKE CATCHY OR SOMETHING.
THAT'S I'LL I'LL, I GOOD IDEA.
IT COULD BE LIKE ONLY ONE OF US GOES AND LIKE ANSWERS.
SO ONE SOMEONE'S TALKING AND THEN NO, IT MAKES SENSE IN MY HEAD.
AND WE SHOULD LIKE A SEGMENT IN OUR PODCAST LIKE WHERE WE LIKE DO SOMETHING FUNNY.
I DON'T KNOW LIKE, INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU COULD DO LIKE THE FIRST LITTLE PART AFTER LIKE WE'RE NOT GONNA GET THAT MANY QUESTION MINUTES.
SO LIKE A PART OF IT TO THE QUESTIONS AND DO LIKE SOMETHING FUNNY AND HAVE LIKE THE REST OF THE TIME JUST LIKE PERSON TALK WITH LIKE A SPEAKER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE PRETTY GOOD IF WE HAVE SOME.
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THEY TEACH US HOW TO EDIT THERE.MISS TIFFANY SAID WE CAN JUST DO IT ONCE A MONTH JUST SO IT'S NOT LIKE A LOT.
NOBODY'S GONNA WATCH IT IF IT'S LIKE EVERY DAY WE DON'T HAVE TIME.
WE NEED MAKE SURE WE'RE EXCLUSIVE.
LIKE EVERYONE YOU WANNA LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
OR IF ANYTHING, WE COULD PROBABLY DO LIKE ONE EVERY TWO WEEKS.
LIKE HOW OFTEN I THINK WE CAN START JUST TO SEE HOW IT IS.
AND THEN WE COULD PROBABLY POST LIKE OUR PODCAST, LIKE A POSTER, LIKE CREATE LIKE CUTE LITTLE POSTER AND LIKE HAVE POSTED ON OUR FACEBOOK AND GIVE OUR FIRST PODCAST A NAME THOUGH.
NAMES WRITE DOWN SOME I CAN THE LIKE I CAN MAKE IT ALL, I CAN MAKE A POSTER IF YOU HAVE.
I'LL SEND SOME, I'LL USE FLYERS.
BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE PRINT OUT.
YOU COULD MAKE IT ONLINE AND THEN JUST PRINT IT OUT LIKE, OKAY.
QUICK QUESTION WORKS ARE VERTICAL HORIZON, LIKE FLAT LIKE THIS OR LIKE UP LIKE THIS AND HAVE THE WHOLE, OR LIKE THIS WAY AND HAVE HERE LIKE DECORATED THEM.
WE'LL SEND LIKE A BUNCH OF NAMES IN THE CHAT AND WE'LL DO A POEM LIKE ONE.
WHAT ELSE? SO NOW WE HAVE PODCASTS.
WHO'S WITH ME? FOR THE PODCASTER? WE DO LIKE TWO PEOPLE, TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE MONTH.
SO OR WHOEVER IS LIKE AVAILABLE TO GO TO THE LIBRARY.
HAVE EVERYBODY HAS THEIR, AND WE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE LIKE A REPORTING DAY.
LIKE WE HAVE LIKE A SCHEDULE, SO LIKE NOTHING GETS OUT OF HAND, NOBODY GETS CONFUSED AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
LIKE MAYBE SATURDAYS WE CAN GO OR LIKE AFTER AND THEN WE CAN POST ON TUESDAY.
I THINK OUR FIRST GUEST, WE RESPOND.
HONESTLY, I FEEL LIKE OUR FIRST, OUR, OUR FIRST PODCAST SHOULD JUST BE LIKE TEENAGERS.
SO LIKE, JUST SO THEY CAN GET TO KNOW ABOUT GARDEN.
SHOULD BE SHOULD BE A FUN ONE.
ONE ALL OF US INSTEAD OF JUST TWO PEOPLE.
IT'S KIND BE LIKE VERY LIKE FUN, NOT SO STRAIGHT.
LIKE, OH ARE WE GONNA DO AUDIO, AUDIO, AUDIO, AUDIO, VIDEO.
DO YOU WANT, DO YOU WANT JUST TEEN EVENTS COMMITTEE OR ALL? BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO LATER ON.
IF WE, I SAY TEEN EVENTS FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND THEN IF WE WANT TO DO, YEAH, LIKE HONESTLY SINCE WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE BY TWO OF THEM TAKE UP HERE LIKE, LIKE ONE PERSON.
TAKE WHAT COULD BE LIKE BETWEEN US BECAUSE LIKE THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE THE ONES HANDLING THE PODCAST.
MAYBE WE CAN ALSO TALK ABOUT LIKE, I SOME SENIOR THAT ABOUT LIKE COLLEGE AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND LIKE BRING LIKE PEOPLE FROM LIKE DIFFERENT SPORTS, DIFFERENT SCHOOLS LIKE, LIKE VARSITY FOOTBALL AND LIKE HOW THEY COME HERE.
LIKE PEOPLE THAT ARE A ROLE OF LEADERSHIP IN LIKE A CLUB OR SOMETHING.
OR LIKE SOMEBODY THAT'S LIKE VALEDICTORIAN.
SO WHAT DO WE WANT OUR FIRST PODCAST EPISODE TO BE ABOUT? I YOU LIKE GET TO KNOW YOU BY LIKE GET TO KNOW OUR SO ASK EACH OTHER JUST LIKE SOME QUESTIONS OR SOMETHING? YEAH.
HAVE VERY LIKE WHAT EXACTLY? LIKE WE'RE JUST GONNA BE SAYING HI LIKE THAT TAKES LIKE 10 SECONDS.
RIGHT? TALK ABOUT LIKE WHO WE ARE.
MAYBE I FEEL LIKE YOU CONVERSATION.
I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD LET'S WE OR LIKE SEGMENT WE COULD DO LIKE,
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OH I COULD THROW SHOULD BE A PART OF OUR LIKE OUR LITTLE ONE SEGMENT.SO RIGHT NOW I JUST HAVE LIKE, WHAT IS RODNEY NEEDS COUNSELOR AND LIKE GET TO KNOW US AND THEN WE DO LIKE A FUN GAMES.
SO HOW LONG DO YOU WANT THEM TO BE TYPICALLY? DO YOU GUYS WANT SCHEDULE LIKE A DATE? SO WE COULD GIVE THEM A CONCEPT TO SEE LIKE, LIKE THE FIRST DAY WE'RE GONNA LIKE POST FIRST LIKE WHAT? FRIDAY? 30? YEAH.
OR DO YOU GUYS WANNA START ON THIS MONTH? LIKE TOWARDS THE END OF THIS MONTH OR DO YOU WANT TO START NEXT MONTH? DECEMBER IS LIKE REALLY BUSY FOR LIKE JUST GARDEN COUNCIL IN GENERAL AND THEN LIKE ALSO WINTER BREAK.
HONESTLY I FEEL LIKE WE JUST NEED A DATE SO WE CAN ALREADY KNOW.
SO WE COULD GET THIS MOVING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN LIKE MAKE LIKE PEOPLE THAT CAN MAKE IT LIKE WE CAN LIKE NEVER GO BREAK IT DOWN LIKE CLOSER TO TOUR OR SOMETHING.
BECAUSE I KNOW, I THINK THAT'S WHY LIKE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE SHOULD GO LIKE, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ALL GONNA BE ABLE TO GO, WE GO FOR THE FIRST ONE OR LIKE TO GO.
SO WHAT'S A DATE YOU GUYS ALL ARE LIKE IT CAN BE IN THE WAY AFTERNOON, NOT LIKE RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL AROUND FIVE 30.
LIKE WE COUNT ON WHAT DATE? WELL THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, LIKE YOU GUYS WANNA START THE MONTH THEY SHOW US OUR NEXT MONTH OR WHAT DO HONESTLY HOW YOU, WHAT AM I LIKE WE, WE CAN START BY LIKE WITH THE BOX, THE POSTS DO GETTING QUESTIONS LIKE, SO WHAT'S THE DATE WE SHOULD DO? Y'ALL AREN'T EVEN AVAILABLE TO GO IN DECEMBER AND Y'ALL, I MEAN I FINE WITH JANUARY.
WE JUST NEED TO SET A DATE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SETTING.
SO WHAT'S THE DATE YOU GUYS ARE AVAILABLE ON JANUARY.
OKAY, SO THE 12TH THROUGH THE 16TH? YEAH.
IS EVERYONE BUYING SOMETIME THAT WEEK? YEAH.
SO GUYS, SO GO LIKE THE DAY AFTER.
WELL WHAT'S A DATE YOU GUYS KEPT THAT WEEK? JUST GIVE ME A DATE GUYS, HONESTLY.
LIKE IF ANYTHING STILL LIKE IT'S FOLLOW LIKE WHEN DID, SO WHAT ABOUT THE 15TH OF JANUARY? 15TH OF JANUARY AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, SO THAT DAY SOMEONE, RHONDA, THEY WANT TO GO WITH US JUST SO WE CAN KNOW HOW TO USE IT.
IS THERE ANYTHING I'M PROBABLY GONNA POST PROBABLY TOMORROW AND DOWN.
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YEAH, THAT'S WHAT, OH, WHAT ABOUT THE COUNCIL CAST OR HAVE SOMETHING CALLED GARLAND VOICES? IT SAYS YOUTH.THE NEXT CHAPTER, WHICH BE OKAY, HOW DO YOU ABOUT THE NINE CAN BE TOUGH.
SO LIKE HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT, OKAY, I'M GONNA GO BACK.
THE FIRST, THE FIRST ONE WAS BANK.
WE HAD THE FIRST FEW, WE HAD THE 9 7 2 PODCAST.
UH, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT UM, THAT WAS PRETTY, IS THAT REALLY OUR, SO LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE LIKE SOMETHING PARENT.
I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD DO 2 1 4 SOME MORE POPULAR LIKE AREA CODE 2 1 4.
THAT'S LIKE SESAME STREET BRO.
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THE G.ALRIGHT, WHAT ABOUT, OKAY NEXT GEN GARLIC.
WE'LL SEE WHAT, ALRIGHT, THE TEAM TALK THAT LIKE IT'S VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD, LIKE WE NEED TO ADD SOMETHING TO THAT.
SO NOW I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU LOST ALL THAT.
YOU DON'T EVEN GO TO I USED TO.
WHAT ABOUT NO, I LIKE THE, OKAY GUYS, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND START DEBRIEF SO YOU GUYS CAN SIT DOWN.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SOMETHING TOO SPECIFIC BUT JULIANA.
SO WE'RE GONNA JUST DO A QUICK DEBRIEF OF WHAT YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT IN YOUR COMMITTEES, JUST TO LET EVERYONE KNOW IN CASE THERE'S ANY INPUT THAT NEEDS TO BE, THAT WANTS TO BE ADDED.
UM, FOR INPUT THOUGH, DUE TO TIME I WOULD SAY IF YOU DO HAVE SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE, DROP IT INTO THE GROUPME.
'CAUSE THERE WILL BE UPDATES ABOUT IT LATER.
SO WE'LL START WITH OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE.
WE JUST LIKE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, OUR LIKE DONATION BOX LIKE CAMPAIGN THAT'S LIKE ONGOING.
JUST DID A BRIEF RECAP OF THAT.
WE ALSO DID A BRIEF RECAP OF LIKE OUR SOUP KITCHEN VOLUNTEERING, WHICH IS GONNA BE NEXT YEAR.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO REALLY DISCUSSED, UM, OUR GOODIE BAG, YOU KNOW, SITUATION FOR LIKE GIVING THEM TO HOMELESS PEOPLE.
IT'S GONNA BE FILLED WITH ESSENTIALS, UM, AND WE'RE GONNA NEED LIKE, SPONSORSHIPS FOR THAT.
SO WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THAT AND UH, WHERE WE'RE GONNA GIVE THE GOODY BAGS TO, YOU KNOW, EITHER LIKE A SHELTER, THAT'S THE BEST CASE THERE.
NOTHING MUCH ELSE TO SAY THERE.
CAN YOU TELL US REALLY QUICKLY, UM, FOR THE GROUP BECAUSE, UH, MOST EVERYBODY ELSE HASN'T NECESSARILY BEEN IN THE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU GUYS.
SO LIKE THE CLOTHING DONATION BOXES, HOW CAN THEY HELP AS FAR AS BRINGING AWARENESS TO IT AND KIND OF EXPLAIN WHERE THE BOXES ARE POTENTIALLY GONNA BE AND HOW LONG THIS IS GONNA RUN.
LIKE HOW, HOW CAN THEY HELP Y'ALL'S COMMITTEE ACCOMPLISH ITS GOAL FOR THIS PROJECT THAT'S ONGOING RIGHT NOW? OKAY, PERFECT.
SO FOR THE DONATION BOX THING, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE AT REC CENTERS AND LIBRARIES AND THEY'RE GONNA HELP, YOU KNOW, IT'S ON A, UM, GONNA BE FILLED WITH LIKE CLOTHES, RIGHT? SO IT'S, WE'RE GONNA HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO GIVE THESE CLOTHES TO PEOPLE WHO NEED WARM CLOTHES FOR THE WINTER.
A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, TEXAS IS NOT KNOWN FOR BEING COLD.
MM-HMM
THEY SOMETIMES DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO CLOTHES LIKE THESE.
SO OUR PURPOSE HERE IS TRYING TO GIVE THEM, UH, THE WARM CLOTHES THEY SO NEED IN THIS WINTER.
AND THE DONATION BOXES WHICH ARE SET AT, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, UH, REC CENTERS AND LIBRARIES, LOCATIONS WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT.
UH, HOPEFULLY THEY WILL GET QUICKLY GET FILLED WITH CLOTHES AND THEN WE CAN PLAN LIKE A MORE DETAILED DRIVE TO OFFER THESE PEOPLE THE CODES THEY NEED.
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A BOX WILL BE AT CITY HALL AS WELL.UM, ESTHER IS GONNA BE WORKING ON THE FLYER.
SO ONCE THE FLYER DROPS, UM, IN THE GROUP, WE'LL DEFINITELY, UH, PLEASE PUSH IT, UM, PUSH THE, UH, THE DR THE UH, CLOTHING DRIVE, UH, FOR JACKETS, MEN'S AND ALL OF THAT.
UM, DEFINITELY PUSH THAT AND UH, IF Y'ALL CAN DROP IT OFF AT THE RECREATION CENTERS AS WELL TOO.
OKAY, WE'LL DO SOCIAL PROMOTIONS.
OKAY, SO FOR OUR SOCIAL PROMOTIONS, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR UPCOMING SOCIAL, WHICH IS THE DECEMBER SOCIAL.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT KIND OF WHAT WE WANNA DO FOR THAT.
SO FOR THAT WE WANNA FOCUS MORE ON FOOD JUST BECAUSE IT IS A BIGGER SOCIAL AND WE WANTED TO GO A LITTLE BIT MORE OUT ON FOOD.
UM, BUT WE ALSO DID HAVE, UM, A FEW, WE WERE PLANNING FOR ACTIVITIES, SO EITHER DINNER BUT HOUSES OR COOKIES DECORATING.
AND WE, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING A POLL IN THE GROUP WE ABOUT LIKE WHAT MOVIES WE WOULD WANNA WATCH.
OKAY GUYS, I KNOW EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO HOME SO I'M GONNA TRY TO MAKE THIS FAST.
SO FOR TEEN EVENTS, WE DID TALK ABOUT OUR LAST EVENT DID NOT HAPPEN.
SO WE DID TALK ABOUT HAVING A PODCAST AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY AND I'M JUST GONNA SAY A COUPLE OF NAMES THAT WE WANT FOR OUR PODCAST, BUT THESE ARE JUST IDEAS AND LIKE ANYBODY CAN REALLY THROW ANYTHING OUT THERE.
THESE ARE JUST LIKE OUR ROUGH DRAFTS.
SO WE HAVE THE YOUTH COUNCIL CONICALS, THE GYC SHOW, NEXT GEN GARLAND, AND THE 9 7 2 PODCAST.
JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
UM, SO BASICALLY HOW THE PODCASTS ARE GONNA WORK IS THAT THERE'S USUALLY GONNA BE TWO PEOPLE INSIDE, LIKE THE AREA.
LIKE IF YOU GUYS DIDN'T KNOW MISS, UM, TIFFANY WAS TELLING US HOW WE CAN USE THE PODCAST AREA AND THEY'RE LIKE GONNA BE WELCOME TO LIKE, SHOW US HOW IT WORKS AND LIKE HOW TO EDIT AND ALL THAT STUFF.
SO WE ARE GONNA TAKE A DAY TO LIKE LEARN HOW IT WORKS, STUFF LIKE THAT.
AROUND JANUARY 12TH THROUGH 16TH.
WE DID SAY THE 15TH AT FIVE 30, BUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL IN LIKE CONFIGURATION, BUT BASICALLY MORE ABOUT THE PODCAST IS THAT IT'S GONNA HAVE A Q AND A SECTION AND A FUN, A FUN SEGMENT OF LIKE WHAT WE DO, GAMES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BOX IN THE LIBRARY AND IT'S GONNA BE FOR LIKE QUESTIONS THAT TEENS HAVE LIKE THAT YOU MAY NOT WANNA DISCUSS WITH LIKE A TEACHER OR A ADULT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR LIKE, JUST LIKE SOMETHING YOU'RE CURIOUS ABOUT.
AND WE'LL DISCUSS IT ON OUR PODCAST AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GOOGLE FORM ONLINE AS WELL BECAUSE YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY GOES TO THE LIBRARY.
AND YEAH, WE'RE GONNA DECORATE THE BOX ALL CUTE AND NICE.
SO YEAH, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY IDEAS, WELCOME TO.
OKAY, WE'LL JUST ASK ABOUT THE BOARD AND COMMISSIONERS.
SHOULD I JUST GO THROUGH THE WHOLE UPCOMING MEETINGS? GO AHEAD.
OKAY, SO LASTLY ON OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE OUR UPCOMING MEETING, NOVEMBER 13TH THIS WEEK.
THURSDAY WE HAVE OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS DINNER.
THERE IS, IT'S BASEBALL, I BELIEVE.
YEAH, SO DRESS, HOWEVER YOU FEEL LIKE BASEBALL ATTIRE I GUESS.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A BASEBALL JERSEY AND OH YEAH, YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO WEAR A JERSEY EITHER.
BUT UH, THERE IS THAT THEME, BUT AGAIN, IT, AND SO IT'S KIND OF SPORTS SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO THINK JUST BASEBALL IF YOU HAVE ANY TYPE OF JERSEY REALLY.
LET'S JUST, OKAY, UM, YES, MAKE SURE YOU GUYS ARE SVP TO THE EVENT AS WELL.
AND WE ARE GOING TO, I BELIEVE WE ALREADY SENT OUT AN EVENT TO SAY IF YOU WERE GOING, SO I WOULD DOUBLE CHECK TO MAKE SURE YOU DID SAY YOU WERE GOING ON THAT EVENT AS WELL.
IT SHOULD BE IN THE GROUPME, SO MAKE SURE TO CHECK ON THAT.
UM, DECEMBER 4TH, CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE EVENT.
THAT WILL BE DOWNTOWN CITY HALL.
WE WILL BE PARTNERING WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION CENTER.
SO YES, WE'LL BE DOING ACTIVITIES WITH THEM.
UH, DECEMBER 6TH PANCAKES IS SANTA.
UM, THAT IS AT THE FIRE STATION.
UM, THE ADDRESS WILL BE POSTED WHEN IT COMES TO THE EVENT.
DECEMBER 9TH, SNACKS WITH SANTA AND DECEMBER 13TH.
WE HAVE OUR GYC SOCIAL FOR DECEMBER.
YES, THAT'S ABOUT ALL WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, IT'LL PROBABLY BE EARLY IN THE MORNING.
I'LL DROP THE, UH, EVENT ON, UH, IN GROUP CHAT TOMORROW AT LIKE EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING I THINK.
WELL, I THINK THEY NEED, YEAH, IT'S MORE MORNING BECAUSE I DO NEED HELP SETTING UP TABLES AND CHAIRS.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE PAMPHLETS, SO WHOEVER NEEDS PAMPHLETS TO HAND OUT TO YOUR SISTERS, PEERS, ANYBODY THAT'S INTERESTED IN GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL, WE DO HAVE THEM HERE WITH US.
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WANT SOME, PLEASE STOP BY AND GRAB SOME.THAT WAY Y'ALL ARE ABLE TO, UH, HAND THEM OUT TO YOUR FRIENDS, OKAY? OKAY.
AND THAT'S ABOUT ALL WE HAVE, BUT IF EVERYONE COULD JUST STAY SEATED FOR ONE MORE SECOND, BUT THAT'S THE END OF OUR MEETING.