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I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CALL THE MEETING OF THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION, THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY, UH, TO ORDER.
IT IS NOW 5:00 PM I'LL SECOND.
IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED, UH, MOTIONED AND SECONDED.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
UM, SO IN DECEMBER, WE HAD A GOOD MEETING, A REALLY GOOD BRAINSTORMING MEETING.
UM, AND THE INITIAL THOUGHTS WERE THAT WITH SOME OF THE OTHER EVENTS IN THE CITY, WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY WANT TO BE SWALLOWED UP, IF YOU WILL.
UM, BUT KHAR AND I, WE DID MEET WITH CITY STAFF AND SO WE HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT THAT WE ARE GOING TO PARTNER WITH THE LABOR DAY PARADE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2027.
SO I THINK FROM THAT, PHIL, UM, WELL IF, IF I MAY THAT THAT'S NOT A CITY EVENT, SO IF Y'ALL SPOKE WITH, WELL, WHOEVER OWNS THE EVENT, BUT THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION FROM CITY STAFF.
RIGHT? WELL, SO, SO THERE, THERE'S SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS.
IT'S EITHER TO PARTNER WITH AN EXISTING CITY EVENT, AND I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A CONCERN ABOUT NOT, UH, NECESSARILY PARTNERING IN THE SAME MANNER THAT WE ARE NOW, WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A, UH, AVAILABILITY AT AT EVENTS.
UM, NOW AS IT RELATES TO THE LABOR DAY EVENT, THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A DISCUSSION WITH THE NOON EX EXCHANGE CLUB IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO HAVE THAT, THAT, UH, THAT PARTNERSHIP.
AND SO, SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A QUESTION THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED, BUT I THINK, UM, PARTNERSHIP WITH AN EXISTING EVENT IS, IS GOING TO BE THE RECOMMENDATION FROM, FROM STAFF.
AND IT'S MOSTLY DUE TO THE NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT ARE ALREADY, UM, IN MOTION AS WELL AS NOT HAVING A BUDGET ASSOCIATED WITH, WITH AN EVENT.
BUT IF, IF, I MAY, AND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE OVER THE MEETING.
I DID HAVE A, A QUICK DISCUSSION WITH OUR, UM, UH, EVENTS TEAM, UH, AS WELL AS OUR, UH, COMMUNICATION STAFF.
DARCY AND COURTNEY WERE ALSO A PART OF THAT MEETING EARLIER.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MEMBERS OF THE, OF THE, OF THE COMMISSION WILL RECALL, I GUESS IT WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT A POTENTIAL, AND I CALL IT AN EVENT, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY IN A TRUE EVENT.
BUT, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT DOING SOME TYPE OF, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEAL SIMILAR TO WHAT THE CITY OF DALLAS IS DOING.
UM, AND I BELIEVE ALSO THE CITY OF OF MESQUITE IS DOING.
SO, UH, WHAT STARTED, UH, INITIALLY I BELIEVE IN DALLAS, UM, IT, IT, IT WAS REALLY A, A PROGRAM WHERE, UH, THIS, IT'S NOT RUN BY THE CITY, BUT IT'S RUN BY A NONPROFIT.
THEY, UM, THEY HOST A COMMUNITY MEAL.
THEY HAVE IT LIMITED TO THE NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT CAN COME IN.
SO YOU HAVE TO GO INTO THIS WEBSITE, GRAB A TICKET, UH, THERE'S A MEAL SERVED.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE OUR COST TO HAVE A, GET A MEAL SERVED.
BUT ESSENTIALLY, UM, THERE'S A DISCUSSION BEFORE THE MEAL AND IT'S, HEY, THANKS FOR COMING TO TO THIS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
IT GIVES SOME STATISTICS LIKE, UM, THESE ARE HOW MANY NON UH, ENGLISH SPEAKERS WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
HERE'S HOW MANY, UH, VIETNAMESE, HOW MANY HISPANICS, HOW MANY AFRICAN AMERICANS.
THEY GIVE SOME, SOME TRUE DATA ABOUT THE, THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY TALK ABOUT HOW DIVERSE IT IS.
UH, BUT THEN THEY HAVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AT THE, AT THE DINNER WHERE THEY HAVE A, A TABLE.
AND AT THE TABLE THERE'S A, A, A PRELOADED SET OF QUESTIONS AND THERE'S A LIAISON AT EACH TABLE THAT TALKS ABOUT, HEY, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY? AND, AND THEIR, THEIR POINTED QUESTIONS OR THE FEEDBACK COULD COME BACK OF, HEY, UM, DOES, DOES, DOES DALLAS FEEL WELCOMING TO YOU? DO YOU FEEL CHALLENGES AND INTERACTING WITH THE, WITH THE CITY? DO YOU FEEL LIKE, UH, UH, YOUR KIDS HAVE OPPORTUNITIES HERE? ARE THERE ISSUES THERE? UM, I, AND AGAIN, I DON'T WANNA TAKE OVER THE MEETING.
THIS IS JUST AN IDEA WE WERE THROWING OUT, AND WE DID TALK ABOUT THIS AS A COMMISSION, BUT THAT SEEMS VERY RELATIVELY LOW COST.
UH, OTHER THAN FOOD, WHICH I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY WORK TOWARDS AS A, AS A GROUP, UM, WE COULD USE A CITY FACILITY, LIKE A RECREATION CENTER, UM, UH, THAT HAS A LARGE BANQUET HALL OR HOW SHOULD CALL IT BANQUET HALL AND EVENT, EVENT AREA.
UH, BUT IT, IT COULD BE THE START OF SOMETHING, UH, IF WE COULD DO THIS ANNUALLY.
BUT I THINK THAT ALSO GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL ANNUALLY AND SAY, HEY, UH, THE CITY'S DOING A GREAT JOB.
PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY ARE IN INCLUDED, THAT THERE'S A THING.
OR MAYBE, HEY, PEOPLE THINK THE OPPOSITE, THAT GARLAND'S NOT WELCOMING, THAT THEY'RE NOT BEING HEARD.
UM, SO I WANTED TO THROW THAT IDEA OUT THERE AND IT MAKES IT CMCS EVENT.
I KNOW THAT WAS, UM, A CONCERN.
AND I'LL ALSO TELL YOU THAT WE, WE TALK ABOUT PARTNERING WITH ONE OF THE CITY'S EVENTS.
UM, UH, OUR EVENTS TEAM MADE A PRETTY,
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PRETTY GOOD OBSERVATION.SO SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, UH, IN OUR CALL WAS, YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE A CITY EVENT THAT'S ALREADY A PLANNED CONCERT AND SAY, HEY, WE START AT SIX O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING AND WE HAVE A SPANISH BAND, AND THEN WE HAVE A JAZZ BAND, AND THEN WE HAVE A VIETNAMESE BAND.
THEY SAW THAT THAT WOULD BE A FLOP.
AND THE REASON THEY THOUGHT THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, IF, IF, IF, IF YOU WANNA LISTEN TO THE SPANISH BAND, YOU'RE GONNA SHOW UP FOR THE SPANISH BAND.
AND THEN WHEN THE NEXT BAND COMES UP, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I LIKE JAZZ, I'M BAILING OUT THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA TYPICALLY HAVE THE SAME CROWD FOR THE DURATION OF THE EVENT.
AND THEY SAID THAT WAS ACTUALLY, UM, A POTENTIAL, UH, PREVIOUS DOWNFALL OF THE CMCS CELEBRATION THAT TOOK PLACE.
UM, THAT IT WAS, THEY TRIED TO CELEBRATE DIVERSITY AND HAD A LOT OF STUFF, BUT PEOPLE ONLY REALLY ATTENDED FOR THE ONE THING THEY WANTED AND THEY LEFT.
UM, SO ANYWAY, I'LL, I'LL SHUT UP NOW, BUT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT, THAT IDEA THAT WAS OUT THERE, UM, THAT, UH, THAT CAME ABOUT.
YEAH, NO, THAT'S GOOD FEEDBACK.
I GUESS MAYBE I'M WONDERING WHEN WAS, SO HAVE WE, SO WE'VE DONE SOMETHING LIKE THE BANDS OR TALENT PORTION, LIKE SOME, SOME SOMETIME IN THE PAST OR SO, UM, ACCORDING, ACCORDING TO, TO, TO DANA LODGE, WHO IS OUR, UM, UH, DOWN, I'M SORRY, OUR, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS DIRECTOR AND ALSO, UM, LEADS OUR CVV GROUP, UH, CONVENTION AND VISITOR BUREAU, THAT, THAT WAS A COMPONENT OF THE, UH, PAST CELEBRATION FOR THE, THE CMC.
AND WHAT CITIES DID THIS? DALLAS AND WHAT WAS IT? UH, DALLAS AND MUSKEGON.
IT'S ACTUALLY A, UM, OH, DALLAS.
YEAH, DALLAS DID THE DALLAS DINNER.
IS THAT, IS THAT THE ONE YOU'RE, YOU'RE REFERRING TO, PHILLIP? YEAH.
LET ME PULL UP SOME INFORMATION ON IT.
IF I, UH, BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO SAYS, THERE'S A, THERE'S A, THE DALLAS DINING TABLE, AND THEN THERE'S TOGETHER WE DINE, WHICH IS A NEW, AN, AN ADDITIONAL ONE THAT THEY'RE DOING IN DALLAS.
AND I'M FAMILIAR WITH, AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE DID THE, UH, WHEN I WORKED AT UTD, WE DID THE SIMILAR PROGRAM, UM, THE, THE DIALOGUES, AND THEY WENT ALONG, THEY WENT WELL.
UH, ONE, IT ALSO BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER WHO MAY NOT CONNECT O OTHERWISE 'CAUSE THEY WERE, HOW THEY WERE SET AT THE TABLES, LIKE YOU DIDN'T SIT WITH YOUR FRIENDS.
UH, AND, AND THEN EACH TABLE HAD A FACILITATOR WHO FACILITATED THE WHOLE DEAL.
AND, AND IT, IT, IT WORKS WELL.
BUT THE OTHER THING I JUST SAW IT CONNECTED PEOPLE WHEN THEY WERE LEAVING, THEY MET NEW PEOPLE THAT THEY HADN'T MET BEFORE.
UM, AND THEN THEY HEARD DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
UM, OF THE QUESTIONS WERE MORE AROUND CULTURAL BASED QUESTIONS.
UM, AND SO INDIVIDUALS WERE LEARNING MORE ABOUT DIFFERENT CULTURES.
BUT IF IT WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CITY, UM, THEN YOU PEOPLE SEE THE CITY FROM DIFFERENT, AGAIN, PERSPECTIVES BASED ON WHERE THEY LIVE OR YOU KNOW, HOW THEY GOT THERE.
YEAH, I MEAN, I ACTUALLY REALLY LIKE IT BECAUSE PART OF OUR CONVERSATION WE TALKED ABOUT WAS HOW DO WE CAPTURE THE SENTIMENTS OF THE CITIZENS OF GARLAND? SO, I MEAN, IT RESONATES WITH ME REALLY STRONGLY.
'CAUSE IT HELPS US TO GET TO THAT POINT, RIGHT.
AND IT HELPS US TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS BACK TO THE COUNCIL WHERE WE CAN SAY, HERE ARE SOME THINGS WE FEEL LIKE ARE ACTIONABLE BASED ON CITIZEN FEEDBACK.
AND IF WE GET TO INCORPORATE THAT, I'M COMPLETELY OPEN.
SO WOULD THIS BE A TICKETED EVENT? WOULD THIS WELL TICKETED AT A COST OR TICKETED TO RESERVE SPACE? AND SO WHERE THE RESOURCES AND SURE.
SO, SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE, UM, I WOULD ASSUME IT WOULD HAVE TO BE, UH, TICKETED.
NOW, DOES IT DECIDING WHETHER IT HAS A COST OR NOT, THAT MAY BE HOW WE FUND THE MEAL OR IF NOT MM-HMM
WE HAVE TO DO SOME FUNDRAISING FOR THE RIGHT.
THE, THE MEAL, UM, AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST ME KIND OF ENVISIONING, WE'VE GOT 12 MEMBERS ON THE CMC.
UM, IF YOU SAID THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, NINE PER PER TABLE OR EIGHT PER TABLE, EACH ONE OF THE CMC MEMBERS COULD HELP FACILITATE THE QUESTIONS, HELP COMPILE THIS.
I THINK IT GETS EVERYBODY ON THIS GROUP INVOLVED.
IT, IT LETS THEM HEAR WHAT'S, WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND I THINK AS WAS JUST SAID, UM, THAT IT, IT LETS YOU INTERACT WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE PURPOSEFUL AS WELL.
IT'S LIKE, HEY, I'M NOT COMING WITH, IF I COME IN MY WIFE OR MY SIGNIFICANT OTHER, I'M NOT SITTING WITH THEM.
I'M GONNA GO SIT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
YOU GET TO LEARN, MEET OTHER PEOPLE, BUT YOU HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON, UM, THROUGHOUT.
SO, UM, AGAIN, I THINK WE COULD, WE COULD TALK TO OUR, OUR PARKS TEAM.
I MEAN, WE, WE'VE, WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT IT.
WE'VE GOT SOME BEAUTIFUL YEAH.
UH, RECREATION CENTERS THAT ARE, THAT ARE, THAT ARE FREE TO, TO, TO UTILIZE.
I THINK REALLY WE WOULD JUST NEED FOOD LOGISTICS AND, UH, WE WOULD NEED, UH, SET UP BY THE PARKS TEAM.
UH, AND MAYBE IF WE ALL LEND A HAND AFTERWARDS, HELP TEAR DOWN TABLES, THAT WOULD BE, UH,
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UH, AN EASY THING.AND WE, WHAT WE COULD UTILIZE A SUBCOMMITTEE FOR START, AND WE COULD HAVE OUR, UM, UH, COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, TIFFANY VINO COME IN AND WE CAN, UH, TALK ABOUT LIKE, HEY, LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WE WANT TO ASK.
UM, YOU KNOW, IS, IS IT, IS IT AROUND LIKE, UH, RECOGNIZING, UM, UH, DIFFERENT RACES? IS IT MM-HMM
OR IS IT ABOUT RECOGNIZING INDIVIDUALS WITH, UH, SPECIAL ABILITIES OR, UH, RELIGIONS? WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF QUESTIONS DO WE WANNA PROVIDE FEEDBACK BACK TO THE, TO THE COUNCIL? AND I MEAN, YOU TALK ABOUT FEEDING, YOU KNOW, IF YOU SAY 150 PEOPLE, AND THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY, BUT I THINK THAT'S MORE MANAGEABLE THAN TRYING TO PUT ON A LARGE SCALE EVENT.
AND ALSO IF YOU'RE NOT, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE AT A REC CENTER, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO CLOSE STREETS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE, WE MAY JUST ASK, UH, AN NPO TO ATTEND AND THEY, THEY WOULD PROBABLY ATTEND IT.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A, A WIDE POLICE PRESENCE.
UM, UM, IT, IT'S MORE MANAGEABLE, AT LEAST IN MY EYES.
I ACTUALLY LIKE IT BETTER THAN PARTNERING WITH ANOTHER EVENT JUST BECAUSE AGAIN, IT DOES GIVE IT ITS OWN SPACE TO BREATHE.
AND IT'S NOT LIKE WE ARE TRYING TO FIT IT IN WITH SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING.
I THINK WE SHOULD GO ATTEND ONE OF THESE.
UM, AND THEN I THINK THAT ALSO GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF BREATHING ROOM AS WE THINK ABOUT FROM A PLANNING COMMITTEE AS WELL.
SO ONE, I WOULD LOVE TO ATTEND ONE.
SO DO WE KNOW WHEN THEY ARE, AND THEN IS IS, IS ONE QUESTION, AND I CAN LOOK AS WELL IN GOOGLE, BUT DO WE ALSO MAYBE HAVE CONTACTS WITH THOSE OTHER COMMITTEES WHO ARE EXECUTING ON THESE YEAH.
AND GETTING, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR BLUEPRINT JUST TO SAY, OKAY, HOW DO WE SPRINGBOARD AS WE'RE STANDING UP SO WE'RE NOT RECREATING THE WHEEL FROM GROUND UP? SO THE EVENT IS, UM, THERE'S A PARENT ORGANIZATION, IT'S AMERICA'S DINNER TABLE.
UH, AND THEN DALLAS HAS THE DALLAS DINNER TABLE.
AND HERE'S THE, THE LUCK WE HAVE, UH, THEIR NEXT MEETING IS TONIGHT AT SIX O'CLOCK
UH, SO IT DOESN'T LOOK, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY DO IT ANNUALLY.
UH, BUT LOOKING AT THEIR WEBSITE, THERE'S, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY TALK ABOUT THEIR PROGRAM THAT THEY TYPICALLY HAVE, UH, A DINNER TABLE WITH EIGHT TO 10 INDIVIDUALS.
UM, THEY TRY TO FIND A MIX OF PEOPLE FROM BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS, UM, DIFFERENT, UH, AREAS OF TOWN CHURCHES.
UM, AND, UH, THEY, THEY ASK, UH, POIGNANT QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, ABOUT THE, THE CITY, UH, ABOUT CHALLENGES THAT ARE, THAT ARE GOING ON.
IT SAYS THAT THERE ARE, UH, DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHETHER IT'S POLICE RELATIONS, UM, UH, FEELING A SENSE OF BELONGING WITHIN THE CITY.
SO, UM, THERE'S A, THERE'S A FRAMEWORK AND, AND, UH, I GUESS A, A FOUNDATION HERE.
AND I THINK WE'D HAVE THE ABILITY TO UNPACK IT, KIND OF GOING, GOING FORWARD OF WHAT, WHAT WE WANT IT TO BE.
I MEAN, WE, WE, WE COULD SEE WHAT THEY'VE GOT TO OFFER, BUT YEAH.
THEN WE COULD DEFINE IT WHAT WE WANTED IT TO BE.
I, IF I CAN JUMP IN, I, LIKE I SAID, OUR OFFICE DID ONE FOR THE UNIVERSITY, SO I, I HAVE A PRETTY MUCH OF A BLUEPRINT.
SEE, BASED OUT OF, I JUST GOTTA FIND ON MY HEART DROP AND WHEN I RETIRED.
BUT THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT, ACTUALLY, WHEN THEY STARTED THIS, IT ACTUALLY HA USED TO HAPPEN ON MLK WEEKEND.
BECAUSE IT WAS, IT WAS TO KIND OF BRING, IT WAS A UNITY OPPORTUNITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PEOPLE, I, I THINK YOU EITHER HAVE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF, UM, MINIMAL FEE TO PAY.
BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WILL SIGN UP AND THEN PEOPLE WON'T SHOW, AND THEN PEOPLE WON'T SHOW.
AND SO THE, THE, THE KEY THING IS YOU WANNA MAKE SURE ALL YOUR SEATS ARE FILLED.
SO MAYBE WE SUBSIDIZE, MAYBE IT'S NOT COOL COST, BUT SOMETHING YEAH.
AND THEN WHY I THINK IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE RIGHT NOW IS EVEN IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S VERY POLARIZING OPINIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
AND I THINK WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TOGETHERNESS MM-HMM
AND KIND OF HELPING PEOPLE TO SEE WHERE THERE ARE SIMILARITIES AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO APPRECIATE THE DIFFERENCES.
I THINK THAT IS REALLY KIND OF HITS HOME ON THE MISSION OF, TO ME, THAT WHAT THE CMC IS ALL ABOUT.
HOW DO Y'ALL FEEL ABOUT THIS? I DON'T WANNA MAKE A UNILATERAL DECISION.
I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP.
I ALWAYS FELT LIKE PART OF OUR MISSION IS, IS TO GATHER INFORMATION MM-HMM
ABOUT THE DIFFERENT, THE VARIOUS CULTURAL NEEDS OF OUR CITY, BUT NOT ONLY GATHER THAT INFORMATION, LIKE PHIL SAID, THAT IT'S SOMETHING THEY TALK ABOUT, BUT TO DISSEMINATE THAT INFORMATION MM-HMM
GIVE THAT INFORMATION BACK WHETHER WE RECORDED VIDEO, YOU KNOW, THROUGH VIDEO OR WRITE IT DOWN
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OR WHATEVER.BUT THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO GATHER THE CULTURAL NEEDS OF OUR CITY AND TO GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO COUPLE OF, SO ONE BROTHER GREG HAS, SO YEAH, I'LL, I JUST GOTTA FIND THE VOLUNTEER TO LOOK THROUGH HIS MATERIALS AND FIND THE BLUEPRINT THAT HE HAS.
BUT, BUT, AND, AND, AND WITH THAT, AS YOU WERE SAYING THOUGH, COMING UP THE QUESTIONS IS, IS PRETTY MUCH DETERMINED.
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE WANT? I THINK THAT'S A DOWN THE LINE IS DECIDE WHAT DO WE WANNA KNOW? AND WE ACTUALLY, IN OUR, UM, OFFSITE, THAT IS ONE OF OUR TOPICS OF HOW DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM THE CITY? REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT THAT? I THINK WE PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA, DIDN'T WE? OH, YEAH.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE YES, SIR.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, UM, RETREAT AT THE NEXT MEETING SERVE.
SO I THINK IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE COLLECT INFORMATION, WHAT TYPES OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT, THAT COULD BE A REALLY GOOD SEGUE INTO KIND OF SERVING BOTH PURPOSES, RIGHT? BECAUSE THIS IS ONE EVENT THAT'S GONNA SERVE OR COULD CONNECT WITH 150 PEOPLE, POSSIBLY 200, WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE.
BUT THEN HOW DO WE ALSO HEAR FROM LARGER GARLAND KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE? SO I THINK MAYBE SOME OF THOSE SAME QUESTIONS THAT WE WOULD COME UP AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE WANNA HEAR FROM GARLAND COULD ALSO FEED INTO, AND IF WE HAVE THESE PEOPLE HERE IN PERSON, HOW CAN WE MAYBE TAKE SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS AS WELL ON THE SMALLER SCALE IN PERSON? I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
I THINK THIS WOULD BE AN IMPACT FOR, FOR THE, THE COMMISSION.
UM, AND, AND I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF SPITBALLING IDEAS OUT HERE TODAY.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN FROM THE CITY COUNCIL IS THAT THEY ARE WANTING TO REALLY GET THE YOUTH OF THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED.
AND I THINK AS Y'ALL ARE AWARE, WE'VE GOT THE GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL AND RENEE'S BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND, UM, A COUPLE OF THEIR MEETINGS.
UH, IT MAY BE, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO TAKE A LEADERSHIP ROLE AS WELL, WHERE IF THERE'S SOMEONE SITTING, UH, NEXT TO, UH, A CMC MEMBER AS FAR AS FROM THE YOUTH COUNCIL, THEY ASK HALF THE QUESTIONS.
THE CMC MEMBER ASKS HALF THE QUESTIONS, THEY GET A CHANCE TO, UH, HONE IN, IN, IN, IN SOME PRESENTATION SKILLS, GET INVOLVED.
UM, I SEE THIS JUST AS A, YEAH.
AS A, AS A BIG, BIG THING FOR US.
AND I WILL SAY, UM, THE, UH, YOUTH COUNCIL DEFINITELY STUCK OUT TO ME BECAUSE THE FILES THAT DARCY SENT OVER OR SHARED ON THE THUMB DRIVE, I WAS ABLE TO GO IN AND DO SOME ANALYSIS ON THAT.
AND JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY OF KIND OF WHERE THE CMC HAS BEEN.
AND MIND YOU, THIS IS LIMITED INFORMATION, BUT, UM, THERE WAS THE, UH, WE, THE PEOPLE CONFERENCE IN 2012, WHICH CELEBRATED THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY, UM, THAT WAS AT THE CURTIS CALWELL CENTER, FOCUSED ON EDUCATION, SENIOR SERVICES, HEALTHY LIVING, CITIZENSHIP, ETHNIC AND CULTURAL, UM, FAMILIARITY.
THEN THERE'S THE YOUTH IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS, THE STUDENT ESSAY WRITING CONTEST IN 2015, UH, GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, NINTH AND 10TH GRADE STUDENTS, THE YOUTH CONFERENCE PLANNING AS WELL.
AND THEN COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND SERVICES.
UM, SO WAS ABLE TO PULL SOME OF THAT TOGETHER.
AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT KIND OF THE HISTORY AND THE RICHNESS OF WHAT THEY'VE COMMUNICATED, THIS FEELS LIKE IT HITS THE MARKER AND IT ANSWERS THE QUESTION THAT I'VE BEEN ASKING BEFORE.
WHAT IS THE MARK THAT WE'RE LEAVING? HOW ARE WE REALLY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, THOUGHTS? THIS REALLY HAS ME THINKING OF SOME OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN COLLECT INFORMATION ABOUT THE CULTURAL NEEDS, TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY SIT DOWN AND THEY TALK ABOUT IT.
WELL, WHY DON'T WE COME UP WITH A QR CODE THAT LEADS PEOPLE TO A QUESTIONNAIRE? WE WOULD'VE TO COME UP WITH SOME QUESTIONS TO ASK PEOPLE.
WELL, I THINK THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE MEAL, IS TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.
BUT WE CAN ALSO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR.
SO WHENEVER THERE'S A CITY EVENT AND WE HAVE UP OUR TENT, WE CAN HAVE THE QR CODE.
AND SO JUST EVERYWHERE WE GO, WE CAN ASK PEOPLE TO, TO ANSWER THIS QUESTIONNAIRE ABOUT, ABOUT THEIR CULTURAL NEEDS AND DESIRES.
AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE OFF AT THE OFFSITE.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO WE, WE WERE ASKING CITY STAFF ASKING PHIL AND DARCY AND COURTNEY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE A PLACE, DO WE HAVE A SITE, AN EMAIL INBOX WHERE WE CAN POINT PEOPLE TO, TO GET THOSE QUESTIONS IN MM-HMM
AND HAVE IT GO SOMEWHERE WHERE IT COMES TO US AS DATA POINTS, RIGHT? MM-HMM
BUT THEN AS A COMMISSION, HOW DO WE TAKE THOSE DATA POINTS, ANALYZE THEM, AND THEN
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EACH YEAR BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION TO THE CITY? OR IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S MORE URGENT IN REAL TIME, HOW DO WE PACKAGE THAT UP AND GET THAT OVER TO COUNCIL TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS A REAL TIME URGENT, OR APPEARS TO BE AN URGENT THING THAT CAME IN.CAN SOMEBODY FOLLOW UP ON THIS? RIGHT.
OR IT GOES INTO OUR ANNUAL REPORT.
SO I, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT QR CODE, I ASK ABOUT, DO WE HAVE GOOGLE DOCS, JOT FORMS, ALL THAT STUFF, RIGHT.
WHERE WE CAN CAPTURE THAT INFORMATION.
SO THAT'S ON, UM, THAT'S ON THE FUTURE DISCUSSION.
SO, SO JUST FOR CLARITY, SO, 'CAUSE I THINK I'M HEARING, I'M, I'M HEARING TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
TWO DIFFERENT THINGS WITH SIMILAR PARTS.
THE SIMILAR PARTS, BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE, WELL, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE QUESTIONS FROM THE DINNER MM-HMM
TO CAPTURE THAT INFO FROM THE LARGER, LARGER COMMITTEE.
AND I THINK YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT QUESTIONS FROM JUST GENERAL INCIDENTS, RIGHT? WHAT I'M SAYING IS THE SAME THING.
WE ARE GONNA HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AT THE OFFSITE.
I THINK THAT THE SAME QUESTIONS COULD APPLY FOR THE DINNER AND FOR THE LARGER GARLAND.
I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORKSHOP THOSE QUESTIONS AND IDENTIFY WHICH QUESTIONS WOULD BE FOR THE DINNER, MAYBE A SUBSET, AND THEN WHICH ONES WOULD WE WANT TO GO LARGER IF WE'RE ALREADY BRAINSTORMING QUESTIONS TO CAPTURE INFORMATION FROM GARLAND Y, FOLLOW ME.
SO I THINK, SO THE GREATER, SO ONE SESSION QUESTIONS FOR TWO EVENTS, OR TWO, TWO OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THE GREATER, THE GREATER, I THINK THE, THE GREATER THOUGHT IS WHAT'S THE OVERARCHING THEME WE WANT TO KNOW.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT AT THE OFFSITE.
SO I DON'T WANNA GET INTO THAT NOW BECAUSE I'M, I'M GOING, I'M GONNA BRING OUT MY INNER KHAR.
WE CANNOT, WE, WE, WE DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THOSE, THOSE NOW BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.
SO IT IS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE OFFSITE.
SO I'M GONNA LEAVE IT AT THE OFFSITE AGENDA.
WELL, I MEAN, I DON'T, I'M, I'M, I'M NOT DISAGREEING WITH YOU, BUT I THINK IF, IF IT'S A PART OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT THE ANNIVERSARY YEAH.
THEN IT'S STILL A PART OF THE AGENDA.
AND THIS ONE WAS JUST DISCUSSING INPUT AND SUBCOMMITTEES NOT IDENTIFYING QUESTIONS IN FULL DETAILS.
SO I AM FOLLOWING THIS AGENDA AS PRINTED.
I MAY BE A LITTLE THEN CONFUSED
LOOK, I HAD TO, I HAD TO LEARN TOO.
NO, I MEAN I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T, I'M NOT CONFUSED ABOUT PROCESS.
I'M CONFUSED ABOUT CONVERSATION.
UM, SO, AND THEN I THINK THE OTHER, THE OTHER QUESTION WOULD BE IS, YOU KNOW, PHIL, IF YOU COULD SHARE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE, MAYBE IF DARCY COULD SEND THAT OUT, UM, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND IF WE HAVE A CONTACT SO WE CAN GET THEIR FRAMEWORK IF THEY HAVE IT, THAT'D BE GREAT.
I WOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH REACHING OUT.
UM, JUST TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE EXPLORING, UH, FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND.
AND WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOUR FRAMEWORK, SEE YOUR BLUEPRINT, UM, GIVEN THAT YOU ALL HAVE HAD WHAT SEEMS TO BE SUCCESS WITH IT.
SO WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SHARE? AND THEN I THINK THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN PACKAGE UP AND BRING BACK TO THE MEETING, UM, IN FEBRUARY.
AND THEN WHEN WE COME IN FEBRUARY, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THAT VISION, KIND OF THE, THE, THE DETAILS OF THAT.
UM, 'CAUSE THERE'S A THING, WHAT I'M ASKING TODAY IS ARE THERE ANY OTHER PREVAILING THOUGHTS THAT FOLKS HAVE? 'CAUSE ONE, IF WE CAN CENTER ON THIS BEING THE WAY TO GO, I'D LIKE TO GET CENTER ON THAT TODAY.
SO LET'S GO BACK TO ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT, THE LABOR DAY PARADE.
WHAT KIND OF EVENT WOULD WE HAVE TO, TO CELEBRATE THE CMC AT THE LABOR DAY PARADE? WELL, IF WE GO THIS DIRECTION, THEN WE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY DO THE LABOR DAY PARADE.
UNLESS WE HAD A TABLE OR SOMETHING OUT THERE.
IF WE WANTED TO HAVE A PRESENCE.
BUT I WOULDN'T BE LOOKING TO DO TWO EVENTS.
AND IF THIS GETS US ROOM TO BREATHE AT CMC WITH THE MORE TANGIBLE OUTCOME, I THINK THIS IS THE WAY WE'D WANT TO GO VERSUS BEING ON THE STAGE, YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS OVER AT THE GRANDVILLE ART CENTER AND HAVING THE, YOU KNOW, THE FEAST OF THE CULTURES RIGHT.
WITH THIS IS KIND OF SIMILAR TO THAT.
UM, WHAT MONTH ARE WE DOING THAT? SEPTEMBER.
YEAH, BECAUSE THE ANNIVERSARY IS IN SEPTEMBER.
SO I GUESS WE NEED TO LOOK AT, IF WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THE TITLE ON THE LABOR DAY, SINCE IT'S NOT THE CITY WE NEED TO HAVE LOOK AT OPTIONS.
BUT AT THESE TWO, TWO THINGS I HAVE TO, I THINK WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT, UM,
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LOCATION, RIGHT? WHICH FIELD STAFF CAN HELP US WITH LOCATION, WHETHER IT'S GRANDVILLE ARTS, WHETHER IT'S THE REC CENTER.AND THEN I THINK WE FIGURE OUT KIND OF AT THE OFFSITE WE'LL WORK ON QUESTIONS.
AND THEN WHEN WE COME BACK, UM, FOR OUR MEETING IN FEBRUARY, I THINK WE GET CENTERED ON SHARING THE OVERARCHING VIEW TO THE LARGER COMMITTEE.
WHERE WE'RE HEADING, WHAT THE ASK IS, I'LL REWORK THE SUBCOMMITTEES THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THAT TIMEFRAME.
AND THEN, UM, I THINK MAYBE KIND OF THINK THROUGH AT THAT POINT KIND OF WHAT ARE ALL THE STEPS TO HELP GET US DOWN THE PATH.
SO KIND OF THINKING OF PLANNING, 'CAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I WANT TO HAVE FOR THOSE FOLKS.
LIKE, HOW FAR IN ADVANCE ARE YOU PLANNING? DO YOU HAVE A, A PROJECT TIMELINE? KIND OF, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? RIGHT? SO TO GET SOME OF THOSE PARTICULARS SO THAT IT'S REPEATABLE, RIGHT? THEY CLEARLY HAVE A PROCESS.
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? LEMME THROW AN IDEA OUT THERE TOO.
WHAT IF, SAY IF WE HAVE THIS DINNER OR WHATEVER KIND OF EVENT WE HAVE MM-HMM
WHY NOT ALSO USE THE LABOR DAY PARADE FOR US TO PUT A FLOAT IN THE PARADE TO ADVERTISE AND OR JUST TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WE'RE HAVING THIS EVENT.
WE ARE THE CMC, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU.
MATTER OF FACT, THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE COULDN'T DO, UH, ADVERTISE, START ADVERTISING IT LABOR DAY PARADE FOR THIS YEAR.
SO YOU ON THE, YOU ON THE COMMITTEE.
I I I'M PART OF THE, THE NOON EXCHANGE CLUB.
SO YEAH, I CAN HELP OUT WITH, UH, GET IN CONTACT WITH OUR BOARD.
WE COULD DO WELL CAN WE DO
I WAS GONNA SAY WE COULD DO LIKE SOME FLYERS OR HANDOUTS, BUT IS THERE BUDGET ENOUGH FOR LIKE, IF WE WANTED TO DO SOME HANDOUTS OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE, RIGHT? AS WE KIND OF GET CLOSER TO THE, TO THE PARADE THIS YEAR AND WE'RE SETTLED IN ON THIS TO SAY, HEY ONE, HERE'S OUR FLOAT TWO, WHETHER IT'S A QR CODE, SCAN THIS TO GET SOME INFORMATION, OR HERE'S A PHYSICAL MAYBE FOR SOME OF THE ELDERLY PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE CELL PHONES WITH QR CODE SCANNERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
JUST KEEP IN MIND THE CMC HAS A, I BELIEVE IT'S AN $8,000 BUDGET.
UH, I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT MEETING ABOUT BUYING A $1,200 TABLE TO THE NAACP EVENT.
UM, THAT'S WHY I ASKED THAT QUESTION.
THAT'S WHY I WAS LIKE, GOES QUICK.
OH, CAN WE,
I THINK THE CITY SPONSORED 1200.
I THINK STAR THE FEE FOR THE PARADE IS NOT GONNA BE NOMINAL.
YEAH, IT'S NOT, IT WON'T BE THAT, WHAT IS IT NORMAL MAYBE? I DON'T KNOW.
BUT IT, I WOULD HAVE TO VENTURE A HUNDRED OR OR SO PROBABLY IF YOU ADD IN PRETTY EARLY TOO.
'CAUSE SEPTEMBER, THEN YOU RUNNING OUTTA MONEY.
CAN YOU, WE MAY HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION IF WE, IF SOMETHING WE WANT DO SOON.
AND I MEAN WE HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SET ASIDE MONEY FOR THAT.
SO CAN YOU DO A FAVOR FOR ME? CAN YOU FIND OUT BETWEEN THIS MONTH AND NEXT MONTH WHAT THE FEE IS FOR BY ALL MEANS? YES, SIR.
AND DOES IT NORMALLY REMAIN STATIC EACH YEAR? I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR FEES WILL BE FOR THIS YEAR.
WE MAY NOT EVEN HAVE DISCUSSED THAT YET.
SO JUST FOR CLARITY, ARE WE GOING WITH THE DINNER CONCEPT? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING.
LIKE ARE THERE, ARE THERE ANY GREAT CONCERNS THAT WOULD WARRANT US TO THINK OF NOT MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION? I, I ACTUALLY LOVE IT BETTER THAN THE OTHER IDEA OF GOING WITH THE PARADE.
YOU KNOW, I LIKE THE FLOAT IN THE PARADE, BUT I LIKE WHAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO.
BUT I LIKE, AGAIN, I DON'T WANNA MAKE THIS DECISION IN SILO, WHICH IS WHY, YOU KNOW, I JUST, IF IF, IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING, THEN I THINK WE JUST, UM, MOVE THAT WE, THAT THIS IS GONNA BE THE PROGRAM.
I I I'M JUST PUTTING IT, I'M JUST ASKING
UM, AND GO AHEAD AND PASS AND THEN WORK FROM THERE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT US TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT OPTIONS IF WE ARE GONNA DO THIS.
SO YOU'RE POINTING AT ME, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION AND WE CAN VOTE ON IT.
LOOK, THIS IS WHY I'M POINTING AT YOU, BUT, OKAY.
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET CLARIFICATION.
SO I I I I'M FINE WITH EITHER WAY, EITHER WAY.
UM, SO I MOVE THAT WE, UH, NAME THE
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GARLAND DINNER TABLE, DINING TABLE, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT, UH, AS THE OFFICIAL ANNIVERSARY, UM, CELEBRATION PROGRAM FOR SEPTEMBER, 2027.AND THAT'LL BE PRESENTED AT THE NEXT MEETING AND VOTED ON AS THE GROUP AS A WHOLE.
ANY OTHER UNREST OR QUESTIONS? TAKE A VOTE.
WELL I NORMALLY ASK FOR UNREST OR QUESTIONS AS PART OF ROBERTS, BUT THEN I GO TO A VOTE IF THERE AREN'T ANY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SECOND THERE.
OH, WHAT'D YOU SAY? YOU CAN SECOND AS THE CHAIR.
UH, I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR UNREST, PLEASE LET THEM BE KNOWN NOW.
OTHERWISE THEY HANDED ME AFFIRMATIVE.
I WOULD WELL VOTE YES, BUT I WOULD UM, WHAT, WHAT CAUSE ARE WE GONNA HAVE ASSOCIATED WITH IT? WE NEED TO FIND THAT OUT FIRST.
I DON'T THINK WE, I THINK WE CAN ADDRESS THAT AT A LATER POINT.
I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT KIND OF STRUCTURE SIZE AND AGAIN, THERE IS NO BUDGET, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO, UM, I THINK WE'LL ALSO HAVE TO TAKE BROTHER GREG'S IDEA HERE OF, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF COST ASSOCIATED SO THAT THERE'S AN INVESTMENT, BUT MAYBE THE PART OF OUR FUNDRAISING, UM, THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CAN MAYBE SUBSIDIZE THAT.
AND SO I THINK THOSE ARE THE FINE TUNING PIECES THAT WE'LL WORK OUT AS A PART OF THE COMMITTEE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
THIS IS, ARE WE SETTING DIRECTION THAT THIS IS THE WAY THAT WE WILL GO? YEP.
I'M UNDERSTANDING AND WE'LL, AND WE'LL PRESENT THIS TO, AS PHIL SAID, MY UNDERSTANDING THIS IS A VOTE TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION AND LATER WE WANT TO GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
CAN I, CAN I RESTATE MY MOTION? YES.
I MOVE THAT WE VOTE TO RECOMMEND THIS PROGRAM AS THE ANNIVERSARY PROGRAM TO THE LARGER COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION FOR CELEBRATION OF SEPTEMBER, 2020 SEVENTH.
IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED.
THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS TO UNREST.
CAN I GET A RAISE OF THE HAND AS AN AFFIRMATIVE AND A FIST FOR THE NON-AFFIRMATIVE IF YOU AREN'T IN AGREEMENT? ALL RIGHT.
I AM NOT A PARLIAMENTARIAN SO Y'ALL GONNA HAVE TO FORGIVE ME
SO THEY, THEY JUST WE'RE ALL LEARNING SUGGESTION.
WE GO, THIS IS GONNA BE THE RECOMMENDATION.
SO THE GREATER BOARD CAN SAY YAY AND NAY.
AND THEN I THINK SOME OF THE DETAILS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO SHARE WITH THEM IS, UM, THIS IS THE DIRECTION WE'LL MOVE NOW WHEN THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND WE REALLY NEED THEM.
RIGHT? WE NEED THE REST OF THE COMMISSION AS WELL BECAUSE THE FOUR OF US ARE NOT GOING TO PUT ON THE WHOLE EVENT, RIGHT? SO WE DO NEED OUR FELLOW COMMISSION BOARD MEMBERS TO JOIN IN WITH US AND BE PART OF THE EFFORT.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE THEN WE COME TOGETHER AND WE TALK ABOUT THOSE PARTICULARS OF, YOU KNOW, FORMALIZING.
WE'LL DO THE QUESTIONS AT THE OFFSITE TALK ABOUT THAT.
WE'LL HAVE TO TALK BUDGET, WE'LL HAVE TO TALK STRUCTURE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE KIND OF AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO ANYTHING YOU FEEL LIKE I'M MISSING WITH THAT AND I THINK REDO THE SUBCOMMITTEES AND KIND OF THINK ABOUT HOW WE SEPARATE OUT THE WORK AND THAT'S WHEN, THEN I'LL BE SOLICITING AND CALLING AND PLEADING WITH EACH OF YOU TO, TO LEAD A SUBCOMMITTEE.
IF I, IF I MAY, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT WHEN WE, WE VISITED.
I I THINK WE SHOULD BE CAREFUL WHEN WE SAY SUBCOMMITTEES.
'CAUSE AS IT RELATES TO SUBCOMMITTEES, IF WE SAY THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF SAY A MARKETING GROUP THAT'S A POSTED MEETING, WE HAVE TO THEN IN TURN POST A MEETING TO HANDLE THAT.
BUT IF IT'S MERYL'S GOING TO COORDINATE THE, THE MARKETING ON THIS MERYL'S COMING BACK TO, TO THE COMMITTEE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
SO JUST, JUST, JUST MAKING SURE WE, WE CLARIFY THAT WE'RE NOT ESTABLISHING SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE BECAUSE THAT RESULTS IN MEETING POSTINGS AND OTHER LOGISTICS.
ANY, ANY OTHER, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
I THINK WE COVERED OUR TWO TOPICS.
UM, SO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, UM, ANY OTHER FUTURE ITEMS FOR THE AGENDA? I THINK WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'LL ADDRESS ON THE OFF, UM, ON THE OFFSITE.
UH, WE'LL GET BACK THE INFORMATION, UH, BOTH FROM, UH, BROTHER GREG HERE AS WELL AS FROM MR. PHIL, UM, WITH THOSE CONTACTS AND I'LL REACH OUT TO THEM TO SEE IF I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION.
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ASSIGNMENTS DURING OUR NEXT MEETING AS WELL.SO COULD WE PUT AS AN AGENDA ITEM DISCUSSION FROM THE COMMITTEE MEETING? WOULD THAT BE AN AGENDA ITEM? YES, WE CAN.
SO ARE WE ALLOWED THEN TO BRING UP THIS MOTION AT THIS NEXT MEETING? I KNOW WE HAVE A STATUS, LIKE WE'RE GONNA GIVE A STATUS UPDATE.
CAN THAT INCLUDE A VOTE AS WELL? UH, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S LABELED AS AN ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION SO YOU CAN DO A STATUS UPDATE AND ANYBODY CAN MAKE A MOTION IF THEY'D LIKE.
ALRIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE? ALRIGHT, THAT BEING SAID, WE WILL, UM, CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED AT 5:36 PM.