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GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.HOW ARE YOU GUYS? HOW WAS YOUR BREAK? GOOD.
OKAY, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
SO FIRST THING ON OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 21ST, UH, 2026 MEETING.
SO IF YOU GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT PAGE FOR ME, JUST SERVE REVIEW.
SO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
UM, WE HAD AS CITY COUNCIL MEETING GREET, WHERE WE GOT TO KNOW GARLAND CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND MAYOR PRO TEMP MARGARET LEFT.
UH, SHE TALKED ABOUT THE DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT REQUIRED FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE.
SHE ENCOURAGED THAT THE YOUTH COUNCIL MEMBERS STAY ENGAGED AND INVOLVED THROUGHOUT ADULTHOOD AND TO GIVE THEIR ALL TO EVERY SINGLE THING THAT Y'ALL DO THROUGHOUT THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
UM, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT RECENT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS OUR ANIMAL SHELTER AND ADOPTION CENTER VOLUNTEER EVENT.
UH, THAT WAS THROUGH XAVIER, SO GIVING APPLAUSE FOR HIM.
THAT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
AND THEN WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT OUR COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL EMAIL REMINDERS.
PLEASE MAKE SURE TO EMAIL YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THEY WANT TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
UM, JUST A LITTLE CHECKUP, NOTHING TOO DETAILED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, AND THEN WE JUST TALKED ABOUT OUR UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS, WHICH WE'LL CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT THROUGHOUT THIS MEETING.
SO, UM, DOES EVERYONE AGREE WITH WHAT, RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU AGREE WITH WHAT WE SPOKE ABOUT THROUGHOUT THE LAST, LAST MEETING.
SO HOW DID WE START IT AGAIN? ASK FOR A MOTION.
I MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY 26TH MEETING.
DOES ANYONE WANNA SECOND THE MOTION? CATHERINE WANTS SECOND.
SO THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON.
SO NEXT, ON OUR LIT ON OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE CITY COUNCIL MEET AND GREET.
WE'LL GET TO KNOW GARLAND CITY COUNCIL MEMBER JOE THOMAS HERE.
IF YOU, EVERYONE GIVE APPLAUSE PLEASE.
ALRIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME TODAY.
UH, UH, YOU'LL NOTICE SHE INTRODUCED ME AS COUNCIL MEMBER JOE THOMAS, NOT COUNCILMAN, BECAUSE GENDER IS IRRELEVANT.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT GENDER YOU ARE, YOU CAN BE A MEMBER OF COUNCIL.
THAT'S WHY I LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER.
THAT'S WHY IT SAYS COUNCIL MEMBER ON MY SHIRT.
I HOPE ALL I WANT ALL OF YOU TO HOLD THAT THOUGHT UNTIL I GET TO THE END HERE.
'CAUSE THAT'S MY QUESTION FOR YOU.
SO I GOT ELECTED, UH, LAST YEAR ON MAY THE THIRD.
I HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN ON COUNCIL FOR A YEAR YET.
SO STILL, UH, WHAT THEY CALL DRINKING FROM THE FIRE HOSE.
THERE IS A LOT TO LEARN, A LOT THAT YOU JUST DON'T SEE THAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES.
EVEN IT'S NOT ON SOME OF THE COUNCIL, THE, THE, THE MEETINGS THAT ARE COURSE RECORDED.
AND SO, UM, SO, SO HOW DID I GET ALL THE WAY TO FROM WHERE, FROM YOUR AGE TO CITY COUNCIL? LET ME JUST TELL YOU BRIEFLY WHERE I, WHERE I CAME FROM.
SO I AM, UH, I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN OKLAHOMA.
I GOT A DEGREE IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, UH, FROM OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN IN EDMOND, OKLAHOMA.
AND THEN, UH, RIGHT AFTER THAT, I COULD NOT FIND A JOB.
I MOVED TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN 1980.
UH, THAT'S MY BEST PIECE OF ADVICE.
WAIT TILL YOU'RE 30 TO GET MARRIED.
SAVE YOURSELF AT LEAST ONE DIVORCE.
I WAS AT 30 YEARS AND TWO MONTHS OLD WHEN I GOT MARRIED.
I'M STILL MARRIED TO MY FIRST WIFE 38 YEARS LATER.
SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD PIECE.
UM, AND SO A JOB TRANSFER BROUGHT ME HERE TO, UH, GARLAND IN 2010.
AND, UH, SO I GOT INVOLVED WITH MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UM, AND IT WAS ON THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE IN 2018, THE BOND STUDY IN 2019 THAT BUILT ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS.
YOU SEE THE ANIMAL SHELTER, THE NEW REC CENTERS, THE NEW FIRE STATIONS, THE LIBRARIES, ALL OF THAT WAS, CAME OUT OF 2019.
I GOT ELECTED PRESIDENT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN 2020.
AND I SERVED IN THAT POSITION UNTIL APRIL OF 2025.
AND THE WAY I TELL IT IS I RESIGNED AS PRESIDENT TO TAKE THE DEMOTION TO CITY COUNCIL, GOT ELECTED ON MAY THE THIRD, AND, UH, HAD REALLY ENJOYED MY TIME SO FAR.
AND SO THAT'S HOW YOU GET YOUR, AND IT WAS ON THE 2025 BOND COMMITTEE THAT ALSO PASSED MAY THE THIRD AT THE SAME TIME THAT I, SAME DAY I WAS ELECTED.
AND SO THAT ONE IS GONNA DO A WHOLE BUNCH FOR PRIMARILY THE STREETS AND ALLEYS.
I KNOW EVERYBODY'S GOT A STREET AND ALLEY THEY OH, VOID BECAUSE OF THE, YOU MIGHT, YOU'RE WORRIED YOU MIGHT LOSE YOUR CAR IN A POTHOLE THERE.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, THAT, THAT'S MORE TO COME ON THAT.
I, I'LL HAVE SOME MORE IN THE, IN MY NEWSLETTER IF YOU GUYS ARE, UM, FOLLOW,
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UH, SOCIAL MEDIA.I HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE AND AN INSTAGRAM PAGE.
BOTH OF THOSE ARE JOE THOMAS D SEVEN.
SO YOU CAN FIND ME ON FACEBOOK OR INSTAGRAM.
I POST A LOT OF CITY COUNCIL STUFF THERE.
UM, OKAY, SO CITY COUNCIL, WHAT'S THEY SAID, WHAT DOES CITY COUNCIL MEAN TO YOU? SO SERVING MEANS SOLVING PROBLEMS LARGE AND SMALL.
AND SO SOME OF THE BIG ONES, LIKE IN THE OAK RIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY HAD A DEVELOPER THAT WANTED TO TURN, SELL THAT GOLF COURSE AND THE GUY WANTED TO TURN IT INTO A WHOLE BUNCH OF RENTAL, UH, DUPLEXES AND PLEXES WHILE THE NEIGHBORHOOD JUST GOT UP IN ARMS ABOUT THAT.
DID NOT WANT IT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.
THEY, THE DEVELOPER SCHEDULED A MEETING AT THE NORTH GUARD OF THE LIBRARY.
HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN TO THAT NORTH GUARD? YOU KNOW HOW SMALL THAT LIBRARY IS RIGHT THERE? THE BIG ROOM HAS 50 SEATS.
400 PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO, TO THAT PRESENTATION BY THE DEVELOPER.
USUALLY SIX OR EIGHT OR 10 PEOPLE SHOW UP FOR THOSE MEETINGS.
400 PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO OPPOSE THAT DEVELOPMENT.
AND I SAID, OKAY, THAT TELLS ME ALL I NEED TO KNOW GOING FORWARD ON THIS.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON A PLAN TO BUY IT THEMSELVES SO THAT THEY CONTROL THE LAND.
SO ANYWAY, I'M WORKING WITH THEM FOR DIFFERENT OPTIONS SO THEY CAN BUY THAT GOLF COURSE THEMSELVES AND, AND DO WHAT THEY WANT WITH IT, WHICH WILL PROBABLY TURN INTO A PART, MAYBE FRISBEE GOLF COURSE, STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, SOME OF THE OTHER SMALLER STUFF, UM, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS CAMELOT.
IT'S ON THE FAR NORTH SIDE OF GARLAND.
CAMELOT IS WHAT YOU, THE STREETS ARE WHAT YOU THINK THEY MIGHT BE.
KING ARTHUR EXCALIBUR, SWORD AND SHIELD AND GUINEVERE AND LANCELOT.
UM, SO KHO ROAD RUNS NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGH THERE.
AND SO YOU WILL, THAT, THAT ROAD HAS BEEN BEING WORKED ON.
AND SO THE NEIGHBORS IN THAT, YOU KNOW, MY NINE OWN NEIGHBORS ARE VERY INTERESTED IN UPDATES ON THAT ROAD.
AND SO THAT ONE IS COMING THROUGH AS PART OF THE BOND WAS PART OF THE BOND PACKAGE IN 2004.
FINALLY, THAT ROAD IS GETTING DONE.
I HAD SOMEONE REACH OUT TO ME AT OUR COMMUNITY PICNIC LAST OCTOBER TELLING ME ABOUT A REALLY DARK INTERSECTION THAT AS YOU DRIVE IN THE TREES HAVE NOW GROWN UP.
THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WAS BUILT OUT IN THE SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES.
THE TREES ARE NOW SO TALL THAT THE STREET LIGHTS NO LONGER LIGHT UP TO OR ARE LIGHT UP.
THIS INTERSECTIONS ARE TOO FAR AWAY.
THEY ASKED ME ABOUT PUTTING A STREET LIGHT IN THERE.
SO I SAID, OKAY, LET ME SEE WHAT I CAN DO.
I GO TO GP AND L THEY SAID THAT'S ON THE ENCORE SIDE OF CAMELOT.
WE ABOUT 85% OF, OF GARLANDS COVERED BY GP AND L.
THE REST HAS ENCORE, WHICH IS THE, THE MANUFACTURER.
AND THEN YOU DEAL WITH SOMEBODY THAT, THAT DOES THE BILLING FOR THEM.
SO WE HAD TO HAVE GPNL WORK WITH THEIR ARCH NEMESIS, ENCORE TO GET THE STREETLIGHT PUT IN THAT JUST GOT, THEY, THEY SCHEDULED THAT FOR, THEY SAID LATE APRIL, MAYBE EARLY MAY.
THEY GOT THAT DONE JUST LAST WEEK.
SO SOMEBODY TALKED TO SOMEBODY AND GOT MY, GOT A STREETLIGHT IN.
IT WAS A PROBLEM FOR THE NEIGHBORS ON THAT ONE STREET, BUT FOR THEM IT WAS A BIG DEAL BECAUSE IT WAS VERY DARK.
AND PE IF YOU'RE WALKING YOUR DOG AND PEOPLE COME FLYING AROUND THAT CURVE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA SEE YOU IN TIME.
WELL NOW THAT INTERSECTION'S LIT UP WITH THIS NEW STREET.
LIKE, SO SOLVING BIG PROBLEMS ARE BIG AND SMALL.
PLUS BEING ON THE BOND STUDY COMMITTEE, I KIND OF GOT ADDICTED TO SPENDING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
IT'S A GREAT FEELING, GUYS, YOU SHOULD TRY IT SOMETIME.
UM, SO LET ME TELL YOU WHAT PRIORITIES I'VE GOT GOING ON.
REALLY IT'S BUILDING THINGS LIKE THE REC CENTERS, LIBRARIES AND BRINGING BUSINESSES TO GARLAND THAT'LL ATTRACT PEOPLE WHO WANT TO MOVE HERE.
GARLAND'S A VERY AFFORDABLE CITY AS FAR AS HOUSING GOES.
AND SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT THEY WANT TO BE NEXT TO NICE NEW LIBRARIES, REC CENTERS LIKE HOLFORD.
HAVE YOU GUYS SEEN THE NEW SURF AND SWIM THAT'S GONNA OPEN UP HERE ON MEMORIAL WEEKEND? UH, THAT THE WHOLE BRAND NEW THING, THE BIG YOU GUYS KNOW, SURF AND SWIM.
YOU'VE BEEN, BEEN TO THAT BIG POOL DOWN THERE.
THEY HAD THE BIG THING THAT WOULD PUSH THE WATER AND MAKE A WAVE AND YOU COULD KIND OF GO UP ON THE BEACH.
WELL THAT'S, THAT'S GOING AWAY NOW.
THEY'RE DOING THE FLOW RIDER THAT PUSHES THE WATER UP A HILL SO YOU CAN SURF DOWN IT LIKE YOU'RE RIDING A WAVE.
AND SO I SAID, WHEN YOU HAVE THE, WHEN YOU HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL COME OUT AND, AND DO IT.
I'VE GOT THE BODY TYPE BODY SURFING.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING ON THAT AS ONE OF THE FIRST, ONE OF THE FIRST COUNCIL MEMBERS TO RIDE THAT DAY.
WATCH FOR THAT VIDEO ON MY COUNCIL PAGE.
'CAUSE I POST ALL THAT GOOD STUFF TO MY COUNCIL PAGE.
WE'RE GONNA GET AN HEB MM-HMM
SO THAT'S COMING TO FIRE WHEEL HERE.
THEY, THEY'VE FINALIZING THE LAND SO THAT, THAT BIG EMPTY LOT NEXT TO THE A MC THEATER THERE BETWEEN
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FIRE WHEEL PARKWAY AND CRIST RIGHT NEXT TO GEORGE BUSH, THEY'RE GONNA BUY THAT 20 SOMETHING ACRES AND PUT A HOME.IT'S GONNA BE BIGGER THAN A HOME DEPOT.
IT'S THE FULL SIZE 115,000 SQUARE FOOT HEB.
SO PEOPLE ARE THRILLED ABOUT THAT.
OVER AND ABOVE THAT WE'RE GETTING TWO.
THERE'S ANOTHER ONE GOING ON ON CENTERVILLE AND 6 35.
THERE'S AN OLD KROGER THAT'S BEEN CLOSED FOR 20 YEARS.
SO THEY'VE GOT A, A SMALLER VERSION, KIND OF LIKE WALMART HAS A NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET.
THEY'RE JUST CALLED JOVI'S SMART SHOP.
JOVI'S IS GONNA, IS TAKING THAT THING OVER.
THEY'RE GONNA BE OPEN IN 90 DAYS OR SO IS WHAT THEY SAID.
OH, SO AND SO, IT WILL BE THE SAME BRAND NEW KNOW, HEB HAS THEIR STORE BRANDS.
AND SO IT WILL BE, IT WILL HAVE ALL THOSE STORE BRANDS, BUT INSTEAD OF 20 KINDS OF SALSA, YOU'RE ONLY GONNA HAVE EIGHT OR 10.
IT'S JUST LESS OF THE SAME STUFF THAT THE REGULAR HEB SELLS.
UH, WHAT ELSE? OH, IN MY DISTRICT, THE SOCCER COMPLEX.
SO YOU GUYS MAY, MAY HAVE HEARD THAT WE WERE WORKING ON THE DEAL WITH ATHLETICO DALLAS.
TURNS OUT THOSE GUYS DIDN'T HAVE TWO NICKELS TO RUB TOGETHER.
THEY WANTED US TO PAY FOR EVERYTHING.
SO WE TALKED TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
HE SAID, WELL, YOU CAN'T ISSUE A BOND FOR THAT ANYWAY.
IT'S A PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM.
CAN WE DO IT FOR YOUTH SPORTS? OH YEAH, YOU WANNA DO IT FOR YOUTH SPORTS? ABSOLUTELY.
SO THEY'RE ON THE CORNER OF HOLFORD AND GEORGE BUSH.
IF YOU, IF YOU DRIVE DOWN HOLFORD ROAD, THERE'S A BIG AREA THERE BEHIND THE TARGET.
THERE'S ALMOST NO TREES IN THAT AREA.
WE'RE GONNA PUT EIGHT NEW SOCCER FIELDS RIGHT THERE THAT'LL BREAK GROUND THIS YEAR, PROBABLY RIGHT AFTER THE WORLD CUP.
WORLD CUP WHEN IT COMES TO DALLAS.
ALWAYS CREATES A HUGE INTEREST IN SOCCER.
KIDS WANT TO GO PLAY SOCCER NOW 'CAUSE THEY'VE SEEN IT IN IN THEIR HOMETOWN.
AND FRANKLY, ANY LITTLE KID THAT CAN RUN CAN ALSO KICK A BALL.
SO, UM, IT WILL BE A HUGE INTEREST IN SOCCER.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MANAGEMENT COMPANY MANAGE THOSE EIGHT NEW FIELDS PLUS THE 12 AT WINTERS PARK.
AND NOW WITH 20 FIELDS WE CAN ATTRACT HUGE YOUTH TOURNAMENTS.
AND SO THAT'S GONNA ATTRACT OTHER PEOPLE THAT'S GONNA ATTRACT RESTAURANTS THAT ARE GONNA WANT TO BE NEXT TO THOSE HOTELS AND OTHER RETAIL.
SO WE BUILT FACILITIES AND THEN OTHER, OTHER BUSINESSES SAY WE WANNA BE NEXT TO THOSE FACILITIES.
AND THEY'RE NOW FIGHTING OVER THE LAND THAT'S NEXT TO THE SOCCER COMPLEX TO BE ABLE TO GO BUY THAT AND BE READY TO DEVELOP.
ONCE WE ACTUALLY DO THE SOCCER COMPLEX, THEY'RE GONNA WAIT FOR US TO GET GOING FIRST.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S GONNA BREAK GROUND PROBABLY THIS FALL.
SO, UH, ANYWAY, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY DO.
THEY SAID I COULD ASK YOU GUYS ONE QUESTION.
HOW MANY OF YOU PLAN TO ENTER PUBLIC LIFE, INCLUDING A POSSIBLE RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL? NOW BEFORE YOU ANSWER, THERE'S THREE REQUIREMENTS TO BE ON CITY COUNCIL.
YOU HAVE TO A, BE 18 YEARS OLD, YOU HAVE TO BE A REGISTERED VOTER AND YOU HAVE TO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
YOU DON'T NEED A DEGREE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.
IF YOU WANT TO BE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND, AND WORK FOR THE CITY LIKE TIFFANY DOES, THEN THAT'S, THAT'S YOUR DEGREE PROGRAM.
BUT THE CITY COUNCIL'S A HOME RULE CITY.
WE HAVE ORDINARY CITIZENS LIKE ME.
I'M, I'M AN IT GUY THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AND WE JUST ORDINARY FOLKS WITH A LOT OF GOOD COMMON SENSE.
YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE A LOT OF GOOD COMMON SENSE OR YOU WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY TO COME AND, AND RUN THE CITY.
THE COUNCIL REPORTS TO THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY ATTORNEY, CITY AUDITOR, AND THE TWO MUNICIPAL JUDGES.
THAT'S ONLY THE ONLY FIVE THAT WE CONTROL.
EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE CITY WORKS FOR THEM.
SO ANYWAY, I HOPE THAT THERE'S LOTS OF GOOD WAYS TO GIVE BACK.
SOME DO IT THROUGH YOUR CHURCH.
THERE'S OTHER CIVIC CLUBS LIKE A LION'S CLUB OR ROTARY OR NEW EXCHANGE.
IT'S WAYS TO GIVE BACK TO COMMUNITY, BUT SOMEBODY HAS GOTTA GIVE POLICY DECISIONS TO GUIDE THE CITY.
WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO GOING FORWARD? SO I HOPE YOU'LL ALL CONSIDER THAT AT LEAST AT SOME POINT, MAYBE ONCE YOU'VE MADE YOUR GOTTEN FAMOUS AND MADE YOUR FORTUNE.
BUT THINK ABOUT THAT AT SOME POINT.
WE NEED PEOPLE WITH GOOD COMMON SENSE THAT ARE HONESTLY THAT I THINK OF THE ILT MOTTO, OTHERS BEFORE SELF.
AND IF THEY WANNA BE A GOOD CITY COUNCILMAN YOU THINK ABOUT OTHERS BEFORE YOURSELF.
OKAY, SO NOW HOW WE DOING FOR TIME? MADAM, YOU ARE RIGHT AT 13 MINUTES.
SO I'VE GOT TWO MINUTES OR QUESTIONS.
WHAT DO YOU GOT ANYBODY WHEN MOVING TO GARDEN? WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE THAT YOU WANTED TO RUN FOR COUNCIL? I HAVE BEEN, UM, WELL, BECAUSE I, SO IN 2018 I WAS ON THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE 2019 ON THE BOND STUDY
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COMMITTEE.THEN I DID REALLY FOCUSED ON MY NEIGHBORHOOD AS PRESIDENT AND ASSOCIATION.
AND THEN MY, OUR CURRENT MAYOR, DYLAN HEDRICK WAS THE COUNCIL MEMBER IN DISTRICT SEVEN BEFORE ME.
YOU'RE ONLY ALLOWED THREE, TWO YEAR TERMS. YOU GOTTA RUN FOR OFFICE AGAIN.
EVERY TWO YEARS HE TERM LIMITED OUT.
NOBODY ELSE WAS REALLY STEPPING UP TO DO IT.
AND I SAID, OKAY, MAYBE IT'S TIME FOR ME TO TAKE A TURN.
BECAUSE I'D BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE BOND STUDY.
I, I, I WANTED THE CHAIR OF THAT BOND COMMITTEE PRETTY BADLY.
AND I, I FLEW BACK FROM VACATION IN CALIFORNIA TO CATCH THAT MEETING AND FLEW BACK TO CALIFORNIA THE NEXT MEETING TO MAKE SURE THAT I COULD CHAIR THAT COMMITTEE AND MAKE SURE WE'RE PUTTING OUR LIMITED FUNDS TO THE RIGHT SPOT.
HAVING A FEELING THAT I MAY BE STANDING HERE SOMEDAY WHERE, YOU KNOW, GETTING A, GETTING THIS KIND OF A SHIRT.
SO YEAH, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT COMMUNITY.
IT'S ABOUT EXPANDING MY SERVICE NOW FROM THAT LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 1500 HOMES TO THE 34,000 PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN MY DISTRICT.
PARDON ME, BUT WHAT IS HEB? WHAT'S THE GUY'S NAME? WHAT'S, UH, HIS, IT'S A GUY'S NAME THAT STANDS FOR, IT'S A GIGANTIC GROCERY STORE.
OH, I CAN PULL IT UP FOR, UM, AND SO, SO THANK AND SO IF, IF YOU, IF YOU GREW UP IN SOUTH TEXAS, SOUTH OF AUSTIN, HEB HAS A CULT-LIKE FOLLOWING HEB IS WHATABURGER, BLUE BELL, DR.
PEPPER AND BUCKY'S ALL ROLLED INTO ONE THING.
AND OVER AND ABOVE THAT IT IS ALL TEXAS.
THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BUCK A HUGE GROCERY.
LIKE THAT'S THE BEST WAY I CAN EXPLAIN IT TO HOWARD.
YEAH, HOWARD EDWARD BUDZ, WHICH WAS A MOUTHFUL.
ANYBODY ASK THAT QUESTION? ANYBODY ELSE? GOT ONE? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I, I DO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
UH, I HAVE A STACKING MY BUSINESS CARDS HERE.
I HOPE YOU'LL, UH, GRAB ONE AND UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU NEED TO REACH OUT TO ME, PLEASE DO.
WE HAVE A GROUNDBREAKING ON MONDAY AND SO I WANT TO, I WANT TO UH, WE HAVE THE RIBBON CUTTING.
SO WE GET THE SILVER SHOVEL, WE THROW ONE SHOVEL OF DIRT.
WE'RE DOING RIBBON CUTTING ON THE NEW SWIG SODA SHOPPING IN GARLAND.
WHERE? AND, AND SO IT'S AT, IT'S AT HOLFORD ROAD.
WHAT'S, WHAT NAME NIKKI WORKS THERE.
WHEN WE DO THE RIBBON CUTTING ON MONDAY, THEY'RE GONNA DO A THREE DAY SPECIAL BUY ONE GET ONE FREE.
TIFFANY HASN'T EVEN HAD TIME TO PUT THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
YOU'RE THE FIRST GUYS IN THE CITY TO KNOW ABOUT THAT.
I'VE ONLY BEEN THROUGH ABOUT THEY SOFT OPEN A WEEK AGO ON LAST MONDAY, AND I'VE ONLY BEEN THROUGH ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE TIMES SO FAR.
BUT YES, IT IS ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS.
SWIG.COM IF YOU WANT TO GO LOOK 'EM UP ONLINE, PICK OUT YOUR FAVORITE FLAVORS, THAT KIND OF STUFF.
THEY CALL IT THE ORIGINAL DIRTY SODA.
SO IT'S SODA THAT EITHER HAS FLAVOR OR FRUIT JUICE OR CREE
SO YEAH, GO, GO LOOK@SWIG.COM TO SEE ALL OF THE FLAVORS THEY'VE GOT.
SO IT IS CURRENTLY OPEN RIGHT NOW.
IT, IT'S A SOFT OPENING RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY'RE HAVING A GRAND OPENING ON MONDAY AND THE PROMOTION THAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT STARTS MONDAY.
SO MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY BUY WOULD GET ONE FREE.
AND THEY SAID, UH, SO NORMALLY YOU ORDER THROUGH THE APP, THEY GET IT READY WHEN YOU DRIVE THROUGH.
IT'S STRIKE ONLY LIKE DUTCH BROTHERS OR SCOOTERS.
AND YOU'RE JUST, YOU'RE JUST GOING THROUGH, OR IF YOU WALK UP AN ORDER, YOU SIT ON THE BENCH AND THEY'LL BRING IT OUT TO YOU.
SO THAT, THAT SHOULD BE, THAT SHOULD BE REALLY GOOD.
SO YEAH, THAT'S BREAKING NEWS.
BUY ONE GET ONE FREE MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY NEXT WEEK.
SORRY, WONDERING, DID YOU STILL TAKE A PART IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CENTER, THE BOND DAY? NO, I THINK THAT WAS IN MOTION LONG BEFORE I GOT ON COUNCIL.
IT WASN'T EVEN PART OF THE BOND, MAYBE PART OF THE BOND IN 2019.
IT WASN'T PART OF THE BOND IN, IT WAS PART OF THE BOND IN 2004 I THINK.
IT JUST TOOK US A LONG TIME TO GET TO THAT.
SO YEAH, THE NEW TENNIS CENTER, 12 BRAND NEW TENNIS COURT IN PHASE ONE.
I BELIEVE WE GOT PICKLEBALL COURTS COMING IN PHASE TWO IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
BUT THE JACK HILLMAN TENNIS CENTER IS GONNA BE RETROFITTED TO BE PICKLEBALL FOCUSED.
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NOW THAT'S LIKE THE TENNIS WITH THE CITY OF GROWING HAS ALWAYS HAD A TENNIS CENTER.WE'VE HAD JACK COLEMAN TENNIS CENTER, BUT THE NEW TENNIS COMPLEX THAT JUST OPENED UP IS LIKE EVEN BIGGER.
UM, AND THAT'S GONNA BE OUR PREMIER TENNIS FACILITY NOW.
AND SO JACK COLEMAN, WHILE IT'S STILL GONNA HAVE SOME TENNIS, IT'S GONNA BE KIND OF MORE FOCUSED.
SO AS THEY'RE BUILDING THE SECOND PICKLEBALL OR THEY'RE HAVING JACKSON AS THE PICKLEBALL FOR NOW, IS THAT WHAT I'M SAYING? RIGHT NOW? THE, THERE'S LIKE THE, WE DON'T, SO I THINK OUR PICKLEBALL COURSE RIGHT NOW, MS ON CAN CORRECT ME IF SHE KNOWS AND I'M WRONG.
BUT, UH, WE HAVE PICKLEBALL COURT AT HOLFORD RECREATION CENTER RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO THAT IS WHERE OUR PICKLEBALL IS CURRENTLY.
BUT THE JACK COLEMAN TENNIS CENTER IS GOING TO, IS NOW GOING TO START RENOVATIONS THERE TO ADD PICKLEBALL THERE.
AND OF COURSE THE OTHER RECREATION CENTERS THAT HAVE PICKLE BALL, WHICH IS HALL BALL RECREATION CENTER.
OF COURSE MY CENTER HAS PICKLE BALL AS WELL.
SO IT IS PRETTY WELL KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF GARLAND AND OTHER CITIES AS WELL.
PICTURE, UM, LIKE WE'VE DONE WITH OUR OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.
YOU MISS THE PEP SONG OUTSIDE? YEAH.
DODGER UH, DODGER WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP RING.
DO YOU LIKE, I MISS YOU'RE A BIG FAN OF DODGERS.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU TELL
THIS IS NOT THE $11,000 RING THE PLAYER GOT.
OKAY GUYS, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED ON OUR BREAKOUT SESSIONS.
SO INSTEAD OF BREAKING OUT INTO OUR COMMITTEE GROUPS, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND COLLECTIVELY TALK ABOUT THE UPCOMING EVENT FOR OUR FIELD DAY.
UH, WE JUST WANT EVERYONE TO PUT INPUT INTO WHAT IS GONNA GO THROUGH WITH THE EVENT.
SO MAINLY WHAT WE'LL BE DOING IS WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT OUR VOLUNTEERS.
SO WE NEED AT LEAST 15 PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THIS EVENT.
FIELD DAY, IT'LL BE IN, IT'LL BE APRIL 18TH.
IT'S ALREADY IN THE GYC GROUP CHAT.
SO MAKE SURE YOU CHECK UP ON YOUR CALENDAR AND SEE IF YOU WERE ABLE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THAT DAY.
THIS IS AN EVENT THAT WE WANNA CONTINUE GOING WITH FOR THE NEXT UPCOMING YEARS WITH GYC.
WE WANNA CONTINUE THIS EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
SO DEPENDING ON HOW THIS YEAR GOES, WE WILL ULTIMATELY LEAD TO THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.
SO THIS IS GONNA BE LIKE OUR LITTLE TEST RUN IF YOU WILL.
BUT WE WANNA DO OUR BEST WITH THIS EVENT AS WELL.
SO TODAY WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT JUST IDEAS ABOUT SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT THROUGHOUT THIS EVENT.
UH, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT, SOME OF US TALKED ABOUT IT EARLY.
WE WANT TO HAVE AT LEAST 10 BOOTS.
SO IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE 10 BOOTS, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE ENOUGH MEMBERS TO BE THERE FOR THOSE BOOTS.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT HAVING LIKE SOME ORGANIZATIONS FROM OUR SCHOOLS COME OUT AND VOLUNTEER TO HELP YOU WITH THE BOOTS.
BUT THEN AGAIN, WE DON'T WANNA BRING IT OUT TO OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS IF WE'RE NOT EVEN GONNA BE HERE.
SO IT REALLY JUST DEPENDS ON HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HAVE HERE.
IF WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO OPEN OUR BRANCHES OUT TO LIKE MORE PEOPLE.
SO JUST BY A SHOW OF HANDS, WHO, WHO THINKS THEY MIGHT BE AVAILABLE FOR THAT DAY? YOU HAVE TO BE A HUNDRED, A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE AVAILABLE FOR THAT DAY.
YEAH, IT IS NOT, IS IT THE 25TH OR 18TH? BECAUSE 18TH, LIKE THE 25TH.
WE CHANGED IT AT THE LAST MINUTE, BUT IT IS APRIL 25TH.
SO CHANGE THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR AGENDA AND PUT THE WRONG DATE ON THIS.
YOU HAVE TO BE A HUNDRED PERCENT COMMITTED IF YOU ARE GONNA VOLUNTEER.
SO CAN I GET ONE MORE SHOW AT HANDS? APRIL 25TH FOR SURE.
YOU WERE ABLE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THAT EVENT.
SO AGAIN, I WOULD, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DIDN'T RAISE YOUR HAND, PLEASE CHECK IF YOU WERE ABLE TO COME FOR THOSE EVENT AND RIGHT NOW PEOPLE WHO DID RAISE THEIR HAND, GO THROUGH THE, THE GROUP CHAT AND CLICK THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO GO MM-HMM
JUST SO I CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE THAT DAY.
UM, REGARDLESS AND PLEASE DON'T SIGN UP IF YOU'RE NOT SURE JUST YET.
IF YOU WERE ABLE TO GO, WE NEED TO HAVE AN ACCURATE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE FOR THAT.
UM, GONNA TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE, LIKE I SAID, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE WANNA, IF, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY PEOPLE WE WANNA REACH THIS OUT TO MORE ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS, SUCH AS LIKE KEY CLUB OR NHS OR BETA CLUB OR MAYBE IN A VOLUNTEER CLUB THAT MIGHT BE AT YOUR SCHOOL THAT I DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF.
BUT AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST LIKE SOME IDEAS.
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DO YOU GUYS HAVE A CLUB IN MIND SPECIFICALLY AT YOUR SCHOOL THAT YOU ARE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THAT YOU WOULD KNOW FOR SURE WOULD BE WILLING TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE FIELD DAY? JUST ONE.I KNOW IS SAXY THAT WE CAN HAVE PEOPLE VOLUNTEER FOR THAT, BUT I CAN ASK FOR KEY CLUB OVER AT LIKE NS YEAH, LIKE NHS KEY CLUB.
WE, BUT FOR THAT AS WELL, WE WOULD HAVE TO, YOU WOULD HAVE TO GET IN, UH, IN TOUCH WITH YOUR LIAISONS OR LIKE YOUR HEAD TEACHERS TO SEE IF THEY WOULD HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR THAT.
AND THEN JUST COMMUNICATE THAT WITH MS. RHONDA AND MS. TIFFANY AS WELL.
KELSEY, DO WE NEED TO DO A QUICK EXPLANATION OF WHAT KIND OF THE VISION FOR FIELD DAY? OH YEAH.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS FIELD DAY IF FOR ME, I HAD A FIELD DAY WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTARY.
SO IT WAS JUST LIKE AN OUTDOOR ACTIVITY EVENT, UH, WHERE WE JUST PLAYED A WHOLE BUNCH OF GAMES.
HAD LIKE WATER ACTIVITIES, ATE FOOD POPSICLES, STUFF LIKE THAT.
JUST LIKE CUTE LITTLE FUN THINGS OUTSIDE.
UM, THAT'S MAINLY WHAT WE WANTED TO DO FOR GYC FIELD DAY.
BUT IT'S ALSO HELPING PROMOTE GYC, SO LIKE THE YOUNGER AGES SO THAT WE AS THEY GET OLDER, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A MEMORY OF GYC.
UM, OUR IDEA IS WE WANNA HAVE LIKE BOOTHS ALL OUTSIDE WITH GIC MEMBERS LEADING IT AND JUST GOING AROUND WITH THEIR GROUPS THROUGH THE DIFFERENT STATION.
DO WE WANNA HAVE THEM IN CHARGE OF THEIR GROUPS? ABSOLUTELY.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I WANT AT LEAST ABOUT 10 TO 15 PEOPLE HERE.
THAT WAY WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE FOR STATIONS.
'CAUSE I'M BRINGING IN THREE OF MY WORKERS FOR THAT DAY AND MYSELF IS GOING TO BE HERE JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING RUNS SMOOTHLY.
SO, BUT THIS, REMEMBER THIS IS Y'ALL'S EVENT THAT Y'ALL ARE PUTTING ON SOMETHING THAT POSSIBLY HAVE EVERY YEAR OUR GYC FIELD DAY.
OKAY? SO PLEASE REMEMBER THAT.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE STATIONS, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE EASY TO TAKE PUT UP AND EASY TO TAKE DOWN.
I'M GONNA BE HONEST, WHEN IT COMES TO WATER STATIONS, I'M A LITTLE IFFY BECAUSE OF MY HAIR, BUT I KNOW KIDS LOVE WATER, BUT I CAN UNDERSTAND IT JUST KIND OF LIKE A WATER GUN FIGHT.
BUT THAT WOULD BE THE LAST ONE THAT, THAT, THAT THEY DO FOR THAT AFTERNOON.
SO, OF COURSE MORNING TIME, UH, UH, ROTATE STATIONS, WE WILL HAVE A LUNCH PERIOD, A LUNCH, NOT A LUNCH PERIOD, LUNCHTIME AS WELL TOO.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE GO BACK INTO THE STATIONS AS WELL.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THIS A PRETTY BIG EVENT.
PARENTS DROP OFF THEIR KIDS TO HAVE FUN AND THEN OF COURSE HAVE BE SAFE AS WELL TOO AND HAVE MEMORIES.
SO, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THAT? I MENTIONED BECAUSE WE GET IN CONTACT WITH SMALL BUSINESSES TOO, SO YES.
SO I'M GONNA BE HONEST, LIKE WHEN IT, I'M, I'M ALL FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
I AM FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES, BUT I WANT Y'ALL TO DO THE LEGWORK WHEN IT COMES TO REACHING OUT TO SMALL BUSINESSES.
'CAUSE ME AND MS. TIFFANY, WE DO A LOT OF LEGWORK BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
BUT WE WANT Y'ALL TO REACH OUT TO THE BUSINESS TO LET THEM KNOW THAT, HEY, THIS IS THE ORGANIZATION THAT I'M IN.
WE ARE BIG AMBASSADORS WHEN IT COMES TO THE CITY.
WE WILL LOVE TO SEE IF YOU'RE ABLE TO SPONSOR SOMETHING OR FOOD OR EITHER COME OUT TO THE EVENT OR DROP SOMETHING OFF.
SO I THINK THAT'D BE A GREAT THING FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AS WELL.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? EMILY, WILL WE ALSO BE PARTICIPATING IN THE EVENTS OF BUILDING? NO, Y'ALL ARE HOSTING IT.
SO YOU'LL BE, SAY FOR INSTANCE IF YOU AND, UH, PRESTON GET PICKED FOR THE WATER STATION, Y'ALL WILL BE AT THE WATER STATION FOR THAT DAY.
AND OF COURSE IF Y'ALL GET TOO HOT OR ANYTHING HOPING AND PRAYING IT'S NOT A HUNDRED DEGREES OUTSIDE AROUND THAT TIME, WE'LL ROTATE Y'ALL OUT.
SO WE'LL BE GETTING GATORADES AND WATER THROUGHOUT THAT DAY FOR Y'ALL.
CATHERINE, CAN WE DO SOME EVENTS INSIDE TOO? THE ISSUE THAT I HAVE WITH THE EVENTS INSIDE IS I HAVE PROGRAMMING AND RESERVATIONS GOING ON THAT DAY.
SO IF Y'ALL WANNA DO GAMING AND POOL TABLE, UH, IN THERE, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
THAT CAN BE A STATION AS WELL TOO.
BUT WHEN I THINK OF FIELD DAY, EVERYTHING OUTSIDE.
SO WE WANTED TO PRIORITIZE HAVING THE INSIDE AS A COOLING STATION.
WE WANT TO HAVE LIKE A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN JUST, IF THEY GET TOO HOT OR LIKE TIRED AND THE KIDS DON'T WANNA PARTICIPATE, THEY CAN JUST COME INSIDE.
SO I WOULD MAYBE SUGGEST JUST OUTSIDE, JUST SO WE HAVE AN AREA FOR THE KIDS TO BE AT, UM, IN CASE OF AN ISSUE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
Y'ALL HAVE BROTHERS AND SISTERS PLEASE HAVE THEM REGISTER FOR THE EVENT.
THAT WAY THEY CAN HAVE FUN THAT DAY.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST BEING LIKE, SOPHIA, DO YOU WANT US TO START SENDING LIKE THE FIELD DAY POSTER OUT? SO OF COURSE, YES.
SO THE FIELD DAY POSTER IS GOOD TO GO.
THE REGISTRATION FORM IS ON THERE.
I KIND OF MOED IT OFF OF, UH, MY AFTERSCHOOL AND SUMMER CAMP REGISTRATION FORM ON WHAT I LOOKED AT TO ME.
MS. TIFFANY, YOU WANNA LOOK AT IT BEFORE WE SEND IT OUT? I, YEAH, I, MY PHONE'S RECORDING RIGHT NOW.
LET MS. TIFFANY LOOK AT IT BEFORE WE SEND IT OUT.
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AS, BUT AS SOON AS SHE LOOKS OVER IT, WE'LL UM, WE'LL GO FROM THERE.BUT OTHER THAN THAT, MY GOAL IS TO TRY TO HAVE THIS OUT BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
BUT Y'ALL REALLY PUSH, PUSH, PUSH.
UM, I'M GONNA HAVE SOME PRINTED AS AS SOON AS SHE LOOK OVER, SHE LOOK AT IT AS WELL TOO.
THAT WAY Y'ALL ARE ABLE TO DROP THEM OFF AT THE SCHOOL.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? NO.
NOW WE'RE GONNA, I WANNA TALK ABOUT SPECIFIC BOOTH IDEAS YOU GUYS MIGHT WANT TO IMPLEMENT THROUGHOUT THIS EVENT.
UM, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT WATER ACTIVITIES AND HOW WE WANTED TO DO IT AT THE END.
SO MAINLY JUST LIKE SMALL, LIKE ARTS AND CRAFTS OR LIKE SOMETHING SPECIFIC TOWARDS THAT.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY IDEAS? CATHERINE? OH, DO YOU HAVE IDEAS? YEAH, I HAVE LIKE A LOT LOW KEY.
UM, THERE'S LIKE, WE COULD DO THE MUSICAL CHAIRS AND LIKE WE CAN, BUT INSTEAD OF LIKE MUSICAL CHAIRS, WE HAVE LIKE THEM STAND ON LIKE SPECIFIC LIKE, UM, NUMBERS AND STUFF.
THAT'S WHAT THEY DID AT KEELEY.
A LOT OF KIDS LOVE TUG OF WAR, ESPECIALLY GOING OVER GOING AT OLDER, LIKE OLDER ADULTS.
MY ARMS WAS REALLY, REALLY TIRED BY THE TIME I FINISHED.
WE CAN DO LIKE, UM, IF WE HAVE CUP STACKING TOO, LIKE THOSE JUMBLE, CUP STACKING THOSE WOULD BE REALLY GREAT.
UM, WE CAN HAVE THEM DO LIKE RUNNING ACTIVITIES.
SO IT'S LIKE RUNNING TO DO THIS ACTIVITY, THEN COME BACK RUNNING TO DO ANOTHER ACTIVITY, THEN COME BACK.
YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO LIKE OBSTACLE YEAH.
AND THEN YOU GUYS, LIKE WE COULD, THERE'S LIKE, IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN ASK DONATIONS FROM ELEMENTARIES, WHICH I THINK WE SHOULD 'CAUSE WE, BUT LIKE THAT'S LIKE THE LEAST AMOUNT WE COULD DO.
UM, PIN THE TAIL ON LIKE A DONKEY OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, OR LIKE WE COULD DO LIKE SMASH THE WIG.
SO WE HAVE LIKE THE LITTLE KIDS WEAR THE LIKE THAT'S SO FUN.
BUT THEY HAVE TO BE LIKE, WE CAN MAKE LIKE LITTLE CIRCLE OF STUFF, YOU KNOW.
A FUN NOT EXACTLY BUNNY GAMES.
WE COULD LIKE HAVE THE, SEE HOW FAR THEY CAN THROW A FRISBEE.
ESPECIALLY LIKE WITH THE OTHER KIDS, LIKE FIGHTING THEIR ARM STRENGTH OR SOMETHING.
UM, I GOT THAT FROM THE OLYMPICS.
UH, WE COULD, I KNOW MATERIAL WISE 'CAUSE UM, LIKE WE NEED STUFF LIKE THE, LIKE WHATEVER WE'RE USING TO MAKE LIKE THE GAME AND STUFF.
I KNOW THEY, THIS IS HOW THEY DO IT.
LIKE THE CITY OF SAXY, THEY'RE PARKED IN REC, LIKE FORD HAS DIFFERENT GAMES LIKE YARD GATE AND STUFF THAT THEY CAN RENT OUT LIKE FOR FREE.
SO I WAS WONDERING IF THE GARLAND PARK REC HAS SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF IN OUR FACILITIES.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO GET IDEAS AND SEE WHAT WE CAN REALLY, LIKE WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE MATERIALS FOR.
SO WE CAN DO LIKE, OH YEAH, WE CAN DO THIS FOR SURE.
I RELAY LIKE A LITTLE SACK RACE.
WAS IT, I SWEAR THERE WAS LIKE YEAH, LIKE THE ONE THREE, LIKE I SPRAY BOTTLE ONE, BUT I WAS LIKE AT ELEMENTARY I, IT TALKS ABOUT LIKE WATER ACTIVITIES.
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK OF LIKE A BALLOON TOSS? YEAH, THAT'S GOOD.
DO YOU WANNA DO? AND ONE THING THAT I CAN SAY, WE DO HAVE PARKS AND REC, WE DO HAVE BLOWUPS HERE.
SO IF Y'ALL WANNA DO ADD IN TWO BLOWUPS IN THERE FOR, UH, FOR THE STATIONS, I'M ALL FOR THAT.
DO WE HAVE, WHAT IF, OKAY, THIS IS A LITTLE, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT RISQUE, BUT WE COULD DO LIKE BALLOON HIGH, LIKE A BALLOON LIKE WATERLINE.
BUT THERE'S RE REUS, THERE'S REUSABLE BALLOONS THAT YOU CAN USE TO THROW AT EACH OTHER.
SO LIKE, I GUESS LIKE WHOEVER, WHOEVER LIKE GETS HIT FIRST, THEY'RE OUT, YOU KNOW? BUT MY CONCERN IS, IS THAT I DON'T WANT A 6-YEAR-OLD TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT, AND I HATE TO SAY THIS ON THE MORE OF LIKE, THEY'RE STILL SMALL ON THE SENSITIVE SIDE, BUT YEAH.
WHEN IT COMES TO BALLOONS, I'M DEFINITELY, I'M ALL FOR IT.
BUT TO BE HONEST, THEY CAN'T COME IN THE BUILDING AT ALL WATER BECAUSE THAT LEAKS EVERYWHERE.
EMILY, WHAT IF WE DID LIKE ALL ALUMINUM MOLD? WHO'S GONNA DO THAT THOUGH? I DON'T KNOW.
I KNOW HOW TO MAKE BALLOON DOGS
WE LIKE, YEAH, LIKE ON THE SIDE THAT'D BE COOL OR SOMETHING JUST LIKE MAKE, OKAY, SO HOW ABOUT Y'ALL SAYING Y'ALL'S IDEAS TO WHERE'S THE, NOT THE, THE TEEN, TEEN EVENTS.
WHO'S THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE TEEN EVENTS, WHICH IS SOPHIA'S
THAT WAY SHE CAN SEND THEM ALL TO US.
I THINK THAT'D BE BETTER BECAUSE Y'ALL GOT GREAT IDEAS, BUT WE GOTTA CONTINUE WITH THE MEETING NOW.
WE HAVE A LOT OF IDEAS FOR THIS.
UM, I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR THE BREAKDOWN INTO COMMITTEES.
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WE, WE MOVE ON.SO, 'CAUSE WE KNOW APRIL 25TH, WE'RE RIGHT ABOUT A MONTH OUT FROM THAT RIGHT NOW.
AND UM, SO WE'RE GONNA SEND ALL THE IDEAS TO SOPHIA.
UM, THEN SOPHIA CAN WORK WITH THE ADMIN TEAM TO, TO NAIL DOWN WHAT THOSE 10 BOOTHS ARE CORRECT.
BUT WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE, LIKE WHAT ARE OUR THINGS? BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA, WE HAVE ONE MEETING, I THINK APRIL 14TH I THINK IS OUR MEETING DATE.
BUT WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS 25TH HAPPENS.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A MEETING, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND THE REPS ARE MEETING WITH TASSI ON SATURDAY TOO.
SO JUST MAKE SURE Y'ALL SOLIDIFY EVERYTHING PLEASE AND SEND IT TO US ASAP.
THAT WAY WE CAN ORDER IT FOR AMAZON OR EITHER IF YOU NEED TO GO TO ORIENTAL TRAINING.
THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE EVERYTHING HERE IN A GOOD TIME.
SOPHIA, I KNOW YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO DO CONCESSIONS.
ARE WE STILL DOING THAT? CONCESSIONS IT'S POSSIBILITY.
SO WHATEVER Y'ALL NEED FOR PARKS AND WORK, I GUARANTEE YOU WE PROBABLY HAVE IT HERE, YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE WE DO A LOT OF OUTSIDE OF ACTIVITIES.
OUR PLAY STREETS DIVISION GOES INTO THE SCHOOLS AND GOES INTO THE COMMUNITIES A LOT TOO.
SO I'M PRETTY SURE WE HAVE IT HERE.
WHAT THINK AND DEFINITELY LET, LET MYSELF KNOW, OR MS. TIFFANY KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON MOVING FORWARD.
ARE WE, UM, TARGETING, UH, LIKE ARE PARENTS GONNA DROP OFF THEIR KIDS AND LEAVE THEM AND YES.
OR CAN PARENTS STAY IF THEY WANT TO? THEY CAN STAY BUT THEY CAN'T PARTICIPATE.
PARENTS, THE ONLY THING THAT I'M THINKING TOO IS, IS THAT WE MAY NEED TO THINK THROUGH IS IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE INSIDE AS A POTENTIAL POOLING STATION OR SOMETHING.
THAT IF THE PARENTS AREN'T HERE, WHO'S GONNA WATCH THE KIDS? WHO'S WATCHING THE KIDS INSIDE THAT? LIKE, BECAUSE IF, IF THE GYC IS OUT MANNING THE BOOTH, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE STAFF TOO MM-HMM
BUT LIKE, ARE WE GONNA HAVE SOMEONE MAYBE HERE JUST TO SUPERVISE? YEAH.
SO MY STAFF IS GOING TO, FOR THE KIDS IN THE INSIDE, THEY'RE GONNA BE HELPING WITH THE KIDS IN THE INSIDE.
I, SO YEAH, I HAD AN IDEA IF WE HAD LIKE PEOPLE LIKE GY MEMBERS STATIONED AT THE BOOTHS AND THEN WE HAD ONE OR TWO GYC MEMBERS, LIKE KEEPING THEM ON TIME.
LIKE FLOATING AROUND AND MAKING SURE EVERYONE IS LIKE GOING TO THEIR BOOTHS AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S LIKE ROTATING AND THEN HELPING LIKE TRANS, LIKE THERE'LL BE TWO OF 'EM.
SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT KIDS INSIDE THE BUILDING IF THEY WANTED TO GO COOL IN AND THEN DROP THEM OFF TO THE PEOPLE INSIDE AND THEN COME BACK OUT.
I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE GOOD IF WE HAD ONE, LIKE TWO PEOPLE AT LEAST LIKE FLOATING AROUND.
SO FOR THE, THE KIDS, DO THEY LIKE NEED TO HAVE LIKE A, LIKE A PLANNING SYSTEM OR LIKE SOMEONE LIKE A, LIKE A LIKE ADULT SUPERVISIONS LIKE MOVE AROUND SO THAT LIKE THEY DON'T WANDER AROUND.
SO FOR THE BOOTHS, GYC HAS LIKE THE MEMBERS, WHOEVER IS STATIONED AT THAT BOOTH HAS TO KEEP THEIR EYES ON ALL THE KIDS.
BUT AGAIN, THERE WILL LIKE, I WANNA HAVE TWO PEOPLE OUTSIDE WHO ARE JUST LIKE KIND OF MONITORING, MAKE SURE ALL THE KIDS WERE WITHIN THEIR LIKE AREA.
SO THAT WAY THERE'S NO LIKE MIX UP OF WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE OR WHERE'S THE KID AT.
SO I'LL HAVE ONE OF MY STAFF IN THE INSIDE AND I WILL HAVE ONE OF MY STAFF ON THE OUTSIDE AS WELL.
ALL OF MY STAFF HAVE CPR FIRST AID CERTIFICATIONS JUST IN CASE IF ANYTHING HAPPENS.
SO JUST IN CASE IF A KID NEEDS TO GO TO THE RESTROOM AND THE GYC MEMBER IS BUSY, WE WILL TAKE THEM TO THE RESTROOM.
ARE WE GONNA REACH OUT TO ALL THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS? BECAUSE I CAN KNOW I CAN SEND THEM THE FLYER, BUT I'M GONNA BE HONEST WITH YOU, WHEN IT COMES TO GISD, IT'S UP, IT IS UP TO DISCRETION OF THE PRINCIPAL IF THEY WANT TO PUT IT IN THEIR FACILITY, IF THEY WANNA PUT IT AT THEIR SCHOOL.
BUT I CAN DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND SEND THEM TO THE FLYER, SEND THEM THE FLYERS FOR THE EVENT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO WE'LL HAVE FIRST AID THROUGH THE WHOLE BUILDING.
LIKE I SAID, UM, MY STAFF IS CPR FIRST AID.
UM, WHEN IT COMES TO UM, A KID HAVING A BREAKOUT OR EITHER A KID NEEDING UM, AN ICE PACK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
YOU MENTIONED THERE'S A LUNCH PORTION.
SO ARE WE ENCOURAGING THE KIDS TO BRING THEIR LUNCHES AND THEN THEY'LL BREAK AND ALL COME EAT SOMEWHERE? WE'RE ENCOURAGING THE PARENTS TO BRING THEM LIKE A SNACK, BUT WE WANT TO TRY TO FEED THEM.
SO MY GOAL IS, 'CAUSE I HAVE SOMEONE'S WANTING TO, 'CAUSE WE HAVE OUR OWN GRILL HERE, SO WE'RE GONNA BRING THE GRILL OUT FOR Y'ALL JUST FOR THAT DAY AND DO HAMBURGERS AND HOT DOGS WITH CHIPS.
SO, AND WE ALREADY HAVE OUR PERMITS AND STUFF FOR THAT.
SO YEAH, THAT'S WHY I SAID I'VE BEEN WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES WITH
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THIS EVEN THOUGH I WAS ON BED.SO I'VE BEEN WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THIS JUST TO MAKE SURE THIS FLOWS GOOD.
BUT I JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL ARE GONNA BE HERE.
'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA HAVE 20, ABOUT A HUNDRED KIDS HERE AND I HAVE LIKE FIVE MEMBERS.
THE PARENTS WON'T LIKE THAT EITHER.
SHOULD WE HAVE THE KIDS, LIKE DO YOU KNOW HOW ON FIELD DAY WE, WE WEAR LIKE THESE NECKLACES WITH THE LITTLE LIST ON THEM OR, AND WE, THEY PUNCHED, WE PUNCHED THE HOLES OF LIKE THE ACTIVITIES THEY'VE DONE.
SHOULD WE DO THAT OR NO? DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YEAH, I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SO BASICALLY ALL THE KIDS, THEY'LL HAVE LIKE A LANYARD THAT'LL LIKE HAVE A LIST OF LIKE ALL OF THE BOOTHS.
SO THEN EACH PERSON AT LIKE THE BOOTH WOULD HAVE LIKE A WHOLE PUNCHER AND THEY WOULD WHOLE PUNCH THE BOOTH THAT THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN AT.
SO IT SHOWS LIKE WHICH ONE THEY HAVE AND HAVEN'T BEEN.
I MEAN Y'ALL, LIKE I SAID, Y'ALL WILL HAVE TO CREATE IT.
BUT ONE THING THAT I AM GONNA SAY, WE WILL HAVE WRISTLETS FOR THE KIDS TO HAVE ON LIKE SIX TO SEVEN.
THEY'LL HAVE YELLOW OR EITHER EIGHT TO NINE, THEY'LL HAVE PURPLE SO MM-HMM
WE SHOULD HAVE, WE SHOULD HAVE THE ARMY PEOPLE COME OVER AND YOU KNOW HOW THEY HAVE THE LITTLE PUSHUPS WE COULD DO FOR LIKE THE OLDER KIDS IF THEY WANT TO.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET IN CONTACT WITH ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE.
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO GET INTO CONTACT WITH THEM? YEAH, I CAN TRY.
I MEAN, YEAH, I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE LIKE A GOOD BOOTH TO HAVE WITH THE KIDS.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY, IS THIS GEARED MORE TOWARDS ELEMENTARY KIDS OR SIX TO 17 YEARS? OH, THAT'S A BIG RANGE.
WELL THE THING IS THOUGH, IF WE HAVE, I KNOW FOR EXAMPLE LIKE WE'LL HAVE A 16-YEAR-OLD, BUT THEY'LL HAVE A 6-YEAR-OLD BROTHER OR SISTER.
SO THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT WHERE WE HAVE ACTIVITIES AND STATIONS FOR ALL AGE GROUPS OUTSIDE.
ARE WE ASSIGNING THEM IN GROUPS AND THEY LIKE ROTATE AROUND? YES.
WE WANT, I WANNA DO IT WHERE BASED OFF OF LIKE THE REGISTRATION FORMS. MM-HMM
WE CAN SEE LIKE THE AGE RANGES SO THAT WAY WE CAN LIKE YEAH.
SO THAT WAY LIKE A 16 YEAR OLDS NOW WITH LIKE A 5-YEAR-OLD.
OR LIKE, SO LIKE THAT MM-HMM
WAIT, DID YOU PUT ON, SHOULD WE PUT ON A FORM? IF, BECAUSE WHAT IF IT'S LIKE, THEY'RE THESE TWO SIBLINGS, RIGHT? ONE IS LIKE 11-YEAR-OLD, ONE IS LIKE A 17-YEAR-OLD.
BUT THEY DON'T WANNA BE BE WITH EACH OTHER.
CAN WE PUT IT IN A FORM? LIKE SOMETHING LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE SO THE REGISTRATION FORM IS HOW DO WAY THE PARENTS FILL IT OUT? THEY, UM, IT'S ABOUT EIGHT LINES OF THE KID AND THEIR AGE.
SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA BE SEPARATED IN GROUPS SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE TOGETHER.
BUT THE REGISTRATION FORM IS MARKED OUT THE WAY WE HAVE AT RCI FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE A LITTLE COMMENT SECTION.
'CAUSE LIKE SOMETIMES WHAT IF LIKE A KID HAS LIKE SOCIAL ANXIETY, YOU KNOW? OH WE HAVE BEEN ON THERE FOR LIKE ALLERGIES AND YEAH, THERE'S ALLERGIES.
ANY SPECIFIC? ANY SPECIFIC? ANYTHING THAT SPECIFIC? UM, YEAH, HEALTH RESTRICTIONS.
LIKE, BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES CASES IS ALLERGIC TO GRASS.
SO, AND THEN OF COURSE, UM, WHEN WE, WHEN THEY GET READY TO UM, AND OF COURSE I'LL DO FOLLOW UP CALLS ON ALL THE PARENTS JUST TO CONFIRM EVERYTHING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMENTS ABOUT IT? COMMENTS CONCERNS? NONE.
AGAIN, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU GUYS HAVE THE GROUP MEETING, YOU'RE MORE WELCOME TO SEND A MESSAGE IN, UM, TO SOPHIA OR TO MS. ROUNDER TO ME, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO TALK ABOUT.
ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION, I KNOW SOME OF Y'ALL DID REACH OUT TO ME ABOUT SUMMER CAMP STAFF.
I ONLY SEEN ONE APPLICATION IN THERE, SO PLEASE APPLY 'CAUSE I'M STILL NEEDING CAMP STAFF AT LOCATIONS.
PLEASE APPLY AS SAP P 'CAUSE I AM CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS EARLY NEXT MONTH AND IT'S ONLY EARLY NEXT WEEK.
ONLY FOR IF YOU'RE GRADUATING AND 18 YEARS OLD.
HERE'S THE QR CODE IF YOU WANNA SCAN IT.
WHAT'S THE PAGE? WHAT IS THE WAGE? YOU'RE COMING OUT? HIGH, HIGH SCHOOL.
AND OUR LIFEGUARD AND OUR LIFEGUARDS ARE HIRING AS WELL.
WHY ARE YOU SWITCHING? OH YEAH.
I'M NOT DOING, SO I'M ALL CAMP.
SO IT'LL EITHER BE 20 HOURS FOR MY PART-TIME OR EITHER 35 TO 40 HOURS FOR MY FULL-TIME.
I'M QUIET FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.
SO WE CAN INVITE NO, YOU'RE ONLY HERE EIGHT WEEKS.
YEAH, BUT ALSO LIKE MRS. OBAMA SAID THERE
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ARE AQUATICS POSITIONS OPEN TOO.LIKE SURF AND SWIM IS OPENING THIS SUMMER.
MEANING THAT WE NEED A LOT MORE LOTS STAFF THAN WE HAVE LIFEGUARD.
WHAT'S THE AGE? SO IF YOU WANNA BE A LIFEGUARD.
UM, YEAH, THEY, AND IT SURFACE ONE'S SUPPOSED TO BE OPENING UP EARLY TOO.
WE GET, SO OUR RIBBON CUTTING IS THE 22ND AND IT OPENS UP BELIEVE THE 23RD MEMORIAL.
ARE, ARE WE DOING ANY, I KNOW Y'ALL, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME MORE PLANNING.
UM, LIKE YOU GUYS MAY TALK ABOUT THIS AND DECIDE WHETHER YOU WANT TO, BUT UM, LIKE THE ACTIVITIES ARE, IS OUR THOUGHT THAT THEY'RE JUST DOING THE ACTIVITIES FOR FUN OR YOU KNOW, THE TIME SPENT OR ARE THEY TRYING TO WING SOMETHING? JUST THE TIME SPENT? YEAH, I GUESS SO.
WE'LL GIVE THEM SOME, I GUESS WHAT WE COULD DO, WE COULD GIVE THEM SOMETHING JUST FOR PARTICIPATING.
LIKE A CERTIFICATION CERTIFICATE OR EITHER LIKE A GIVEAWAY BAG, THINK.
BUT NEXT YEAR WE MIGHT DO THE COMPETITION WISE BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS IN COMPETITION.
YEAH, PARTICIPATION MIGHT DO LIKE DUCK COMPETITION ONE.
I KNOW THAT PEOPLE TEND TO LIKE FUNDS, UM, THE CAKE WALK TYPE THINGS.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF LIKE YOU COULD WIN A PIECE OF CANDY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, SHOULD WE HAVE THE PHOTO SECTION? OOH, DO WE WANNA DO A PHOTO OP? I HAVE THE WE COULD.
I MEAN Y'ALL JUST, Y'ALL JUST HAVE TO CREATE 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE A PHOTO SECTION.
YEAH, ACTUALLY HAVE THEIR PARENTS NUMBER.
BUT Y'ALL HAVE Y'ALL'S BIG BANNER THAT WE USE AN INDUCTION CEREMONY.
IF Y'ALL ONLY USE THAT TO TAKE PHOTOS IN FRONT OF, JUST DON'T MESS IT UP.
LIKE THE ONE AT THE THAT WE, OKAY, SO FOR THE FIELD DAYS, Y'ALL SEE THAT FIELD THAT'S OUT THAT WAY? THAT'S WHERE Y'ALL ARE GOING.
AND I'M GONNA HAVE THAT IS WHERE Y'ALL GONNA, I WAS THINKING JUST, OH YEAH.
I THINK SOPHIA CHARGES THOUGH.
I WAS TALKING ABOUT YOUR FACE FINGER.
I WAS LIKE, OKAY, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE TATTOOS, THE GLITTER TATTOO.
ARE ANYTHING ELSE WORTH MENTION? I THINK FOR ANYTHING WE MENTIONED FOR FIELD DAY.
Y'ALL JUST SOLIDIFY IT AND JUST TELL ME WHAT Y'ALL EAT AND JUST PICK ME WHAT Y'ALL NEED.
UM, DID WE GO OVER TO VOLUNTEER APRIL 11TH? NO, WE'RE ABOUT TO GO OVER THAT.
WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS.
SO APRIL 1ST WE HAVE THE TRUNK AND HUNT.
UM, GYC WILL HAVE THEIR OWN LITTLE BOOTH.
MS. RHONDA WILL BE ACROSS FROM US, I BELIEVE.
IT'LL, I'LL EITHER, EITHER ONE OF BE OKAY.
GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL WILL BE PARTNERED WITH PARKS AND RECREATION.
SO I WILL BE OVER BOTH OF THE VEHICLES.
SO Y'ALL WILL HAVE A VEHICLE FOR THAT DAY.
HOWEVER, I JUST, IT IS LIKE FAIRYTALE THEME.
I THINK OURS IS MICHELLE, WHAT IS OUR THEME FOR, UH, TRUCKING HUNT? FAIRYTALES.
SO, SO IS IT JUST FAIRYTALES? YEAH.
OUR, SO OUR THEME IS FAIRYTALE, ANOTHER ONE IS SHREK.
SO JUST LET ME KNOW WHAT Y'ALL WANT THEME WISE FOR IT THAT WAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO DECORATE THE VEHICLE, BUT IF Y'ALL JUST WANT TO HAVE A MA'AM.
DO YOU MEAN LIKE THE FULL THING OR JUST OURS? WHAT IS OUR THEME? OH, UH, ENCHANTED FOR ENCHANTED FOREST.
WHICH IT IS ENCHANTED FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, SO OUR THEME IS ENCHANTED FOR IS FOR FIELD.
SO IF Y'ALL WANNA THINK OF A THEME THAT SURROUND THAT, LET ME KNOW.
I KNOW AT OUR BOOTH WE ARE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING LIKE, LIKE, UH, LIKE PRINCESS AND STUFF AND TATTOOS AT OURS.
BUT IF Y'ALL WANNA DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I'M ALL FOR THAT.
WHAT IF YOU, WHAT IF WE'RE THE VETERANS? NO, NO.
LIKE THEY'RE LIKE THE PRINCESSES, YOU KNOW, LIKE ANTAGONIST PROTAGONIST, LIKE, I MEAN WHAT I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT Y'ALL GOT GOING ON WITH THAT, BUT WHATEVER Y'ALL DECIDE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY LET ME KNOW.
BUT JUST TRY TO KEEP IT, UM, WITHIN A BUDGET AS WELL TOO.
EMILY, THIS MIGHT BE SOUND A BIT CHILDISH, BUT YES, ABSOLUTELY.
WE'LL HAVE PRINCESSES WALKING AROUND THE WHOLE TIME.
SO WHO'S COMING TO THE THAT EVENT? APRIL 1ST? IT'S
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APRIL 1ST.BECAUSE I'M GONNA BE HONEST, I DON'T NEED A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE.
I JUST NEED AT LEAST ABOUT FIVE TO EIGHT AND I'M GOOD WAIT TIME.
THERE'S GONNA, Y'ALL GONNA BE Y'ALL AT ONE TABLE? I THINK SO.
FROM 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM SO YOU'LL PROBABLY BE ARRIVING AT FIVE, JUST LEAVING AT NINE TO HELP BREAK DOWN.
SO WE'LL BE HERE FROM FIVE TO NINE.
ARE WE GET SOME INFLATABLE COSTUMES AGAIN?
WHOEVER'S GOING TASSI, YOU'RE GONNA BE THERE, RIGHT? YES.
OKAY, SO WHOEVER'S GOING PLEASE GET WHAT TASSI ON WHAT Y'ALL THEME IS.
AND IF Y'ALL WANT INFLATABLES, I KNOW SOME OF Y'ALL DRESSED AS SUMO WRESTL AS LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS HILARIOUS, BUT JUST MAKE SURE, UM, I'M GONNA LOOK THROUGH IT.
MS. TIFFANY'S GONNA LOOK THROUGH IT.
JUST MAKE SURE IT'S BUDGET FRIENDLY.
YEAH, CLASSROOM, LIKE THE OVER EXAGGERATED BLUSH, JUST LIKE RIGHT HERE.
BUT REMEMBER THIS IS APRIL 1ST AT AUTOBAHN PARK FROM FIVE TO NINE.
THE ACTUALLY VEN IS FROM SIX TO EIGHT.
NEXT, UM, APRIL 11TH, WE HAVE OUR SKATE PARK CLEANUP THAT, WHAT'S THE TIME ON THAT ONE? NINE TILL 11.
AND MS. JEN WILL BE AT THAT EVENT.
IT WILL BE GOOD FOR ALL OF Y'ALL TO BE THERE SINCE Y'ALL HAD A, UH, Y'ALL PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN THE SKATE PARK
SO I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S PART OF THE REASON THAT WE UM, WE REACHED OUT TO VOLUNTEER GROUND.
SO VOLUNTEER GARLAND IS THE CITY'S, UM, DEPARTMENT THAT OVERSEES ALL VOLUNTEER EFFORTS.
AND THIS IS, I MEAN, THEY ARE A GROWING DEPARTMENT YES.
THEY REALLY KIND OF STARTED LAST YEAR AND THEY'VE JUST BEEN, UM, COORDINATING A LOT.
THEY DO, I MEAN, EVERY WEEKEND THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING, BUT, UM, THERE IS A GROUP CALLED SKATE PARK RESPECT THAT, UM, ONCE A MONTH, UH, THEY ARE CLEANING UP THE SKATE PARK AND Y'ALL MAY NOT KNOW, BUT THE HISTORY OF THE SKATE PARK, PART OF THE REASON THAT IT CAME TO BE WAS BECAUSE GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL WENT AND SPOKE TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND SAID THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT YOUTH REALLY WANTED.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS A YOUTH COUNCIL, WE FEEL, UM, SOMEWHAT OF OWNERSHIP OF THAT PARK.
YOU KNOW, WE, OR WE'RE JUST PROUD OF THAT BEING, UM, AN AN OUTPOURING OF, OF THE GROUP ITSELF AND A RESULT OF THE GROUP THAT, UM, WITH OUR VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT, WE THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT THING FOR YOUTH COUNCIL TO PARTNER WITH THEM AND THE SKATE PARK RESPECT ORGANIZATION ON ONE OF THEIR CLEANUP DAYS.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE THIS APRIL 11TH CAME IN.
UM, AND YEAH, THEY, IT'S, THEY GO AND JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CLEAN UP TRASH OR THEY'VE, YOU KNOW, UM, WIPED OUT GRAFFITI IF THERE'S BEEN THAT.
THEY'RE JUST MAKING SURE THAT THAT AMENITY REMAINS, YOU KNOW, ENJOYABLE FOR ALL.
SO, SO FAR WE ONLY HAVE 10 PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR THAT EVENT.
SO THAT'S ALSO A REALLY BIG EVENT THAT WE NEED PEOPLE FOR.
AND THEN NEXT WE HAVE OUR APRIL 14TH GYC MEETING.
UH, I FEEL LIKE FOR THAT MEETING, THE MAIN THING THAT WE'RE GONNA HIT DURING THAT IS FIELD DAY.
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA GET LIKE OUR FINAL, LIKE EDITING IN, I GUESS, UH, JUST KIND OF LIKE GIVING US AN UPDATE ON LIKE WHAT SPECIFIC THINGS YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE DOING.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH REGISTRATIONS BY THEN TO HAVE LIKE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF LIKE PLACEMENT FOR YOU GUYS TO SEE WHAT BOOTHS WE'RE GONNA PLACE YOU GUYS AT WHAT YOUR LIKE JOBS WOULD BE THROUGHOUT THAT.
UM, BUT THAT'S PRIMARILY WHAT'S GONNA BE DURING OUR APRIL 14TH MEETING.
SO PLEASE BE THERE FOR THAT IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FIELD EVENT.
AND THEN APRIL 25TH, FIELD DAY.
AND THEN WE HAVE MAID'S 12TH, WHICH IS OUR GYC END OF YEAR CELEBRATION.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY FUN.
I BELIEVE IT'S STRIKE AND ROLL AGAIN THIS YEAR.
IT IS BOWLING ARCADE AND IT IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S UH, ESPECIALLY FOR THE SENIORS, PLEASE, IF YOU ARE A SENIOR, PLEASE COME.
YOU KNOW, THAT WAY WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE YOU YOUR GIFT FOR THAT DAY.
SO PLEASE, YES, BUT WE HAD FUN, A LOTS OF FUN LAST YEAR AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL HAVE LOTS OF FUN.
AGAIN, THIS AND DINNER'S PROVIDED
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AND YES, YES, DINNER IS PROVIDED, DINNER IS PROVIDED.IT'S JUST JUST A TIME FOR YOU GUYS TO COME OUT AND HAVE FUN AND UH, IT'S REALLY NICE.
AND AGAIN, UM, THE APPLICATIONS FOR GYC IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR THE RETURNERS, SO PLEASE MAKE SURE, DO NOT WAIT TILL THE LAST MINUTE TO GET IT IN.
YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD, UH, THREE RETURNERS TO, UM, TO ALREADY SUBMIT THEIRS.
AND PLEASE IF YOU SEE ANYBODY POTENTIAL AT YOUR SCHOOL, PLEASE PUSH THE APPLICATION TO THEM.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN DROPPED IN THE GROUP.
UM, IF, UM, AND I CAN DEFINITELY SEND IT TO Y'ALL AS WELL TOO, AS THE QR CODE THAT THEY CAN JUST SCAN IT AND MISS TIFFANY, ARE WE DOING THE COMPETITION AGAIN THIS YEAR? WE'RE, SO THAT'S ON OUR AGENDA.
DO YOU WANNA LEAVE THAT TOPIC? YOU WANNA? YES.
SO WE CAN MENTION, MENTION IT.
SO WE ARE DOING A RECRUITMENT CHALLENGE AGAIN THIS YEAR.
BASICALLY WHAT IT IS, IS YOU'RE GOING TO TRY AND ENCOURAGE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO JOIN GYC.
UM, THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR FIRST AND SECOND PLACE WHO WON LAST YEAR? ME,
AND COLE, UH, WE HAD NINE, EIGHT OR NINE.
I THINK COLE HAD FOUR EIGHT AND THEN COLE HAD FOUR.
SO THIS YEAR IT'S JUST A LITTLE LIKE FUN CHALLENGE WE LIKE TO DO JUST TO PROMOTE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SO MAKE SURE WHEN THEY FILL OUT THE APPLICATION THAT THEY PUT YOUR NAME THERE.
SO THAT WAY WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR IT.
OR THEY CAN JUST PUT IT ON LIKE I THINK THE FRONT PAGE.
JUST HAVE YOUR NAME SOMEWHERE ON THAT APPLICATION, BUT IT HAS TO BE COMPLETED.
LAST YEAR WE HAD A LOT OF APPLICATIONS THAT WAS VERY INCOMPLETE.
IN ORDER FOR IT TO COUNT THIS YEAR, THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE APPLICATION IN THE QUESTIONS DONE.
AND THE REFERENCE LETTERS AS WELL TOO.
IS THAT ALL THEY NEED? MM-HMM
IT HAS TO BE, HAVE ALL OF THAT IN ORDER FOR, UM, FOR THAT REFERENCE FOR, UH, FOR YOU TO GO THROUGH.
I ALREADY HAVE THREE FRIENDS INTERESTED BECAUSE THEY HAVE
AND THEY'RE LIKE, WHO ARE YOU VOLUNTEERING? LIKE, AH, YC.
AND THEY WOULD BE LIKE, WHY IS THAT? THEY'RE LIKE,
AND THEY WOULD ASK ME, WHAT DO, WHAT DO Y'ALL DO? AND WE'LL BE, AH, WELL WE PROMOTE OURSELVES.
THEY DO, THEY VOLUNTEERING, HELP THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW.
SO I ALREADY HAVE ONE FRIEND WHO SAID HAS THE APPLICATION READY.
IT'S JUST LIKE, UH, TRYING TO GET, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION LETTER.
OH, IF I HER WILL BE LIKE, WELL, MS. TIFFANY, I WOULD SAY THE, IT'S A LESS RESORT.
I WOULD SAY IT'S A LESS RESORT.
YOU CAN'T GET ANOTHER ONE BECAUSE WE DID HAVE THAT LAST YEAR.
YOU KNOW, LIKE IF IT'S AFTER, IF IT'S AFTER, UH, THE SUMMER.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS TOO ABOUT GETTING THEM IN EARLY BECAUSE, UM, AND RECOMMENDATION LETTERS GUYS, I MEAN, THEY DON'T NEED TO BE LIKE A FIVE PAGE LETTER.
IF YOU CAN GET A TEACHER, A SPONSOR, A YOU KNOW, SOMEONE WHO YOU VOLUNTEER WITH, YOU KNOW, LIKE, UM, AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER, XAVIER, YOU KNOW, LIKE IF, IF HE GOT, UH, MISS CHERYL FROM THE, FROM THE ORGANIZATION THAT THAT VOLUNTEERS WITH THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
I MEAN SOMETHING LIKE THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE YOUR TEACHER DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, UM, A SPONSOR OF ANY SORT, AN ADULT THAT IS NOT YOUR, YOU KNOW, FAMILY MEMBER.
UM, IF THEY JUST WRITE YOU AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, A PARAGRAPH TYPE THING.
JUST JUST SAYING THAT THEY HAVE WORKED WITH YOU, WHAT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, UH, OR YOUR FRIEND WHOEVER, UH, KIND OF COMMITMENT THEY SEE AND THE QUALITIES THAT THEY SEE.
UM, I WOULD PREFER IT TO BE ADULTS.
UM, IF THERE IS A REASON THAT, THAT THEY CAN'T GET TWO PEOPLE.
LIKE IF WE END UP BEING IN SUMMER AND ALL OF, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S ON VACATION AND THE DEADLINE'S COMING AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THEIR SECOND ONE, I WOULDN'T WANT YOU TO BE THEIR ONLY ONE.
BUT, UM, IF YOU GOT FOR SOMEONE, I, I, I WOULD ACCEPT THAT KIND AS A LAST RESORT.
BUT I WOULD PREFER THAT THEY CAN GET TWO ADULTS.
AND AGAIN, IT CAN BE IF IT'S THEIR PASTOR, IF IT'S THEIR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, GO MOW THEIR DRAFT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND NO, I WILL NOT BE WRITING A RECOMMENDATION LETTER.
PROVIDE PACKAGES SO WE CAN LIKE GO, GO AROUND.
OH, BECAUSE THAT WAS HOW I GOT IN BECAUSE THE TEACHER HAD TOLD ME LIKE A PILE OF PACKAGES.
WELL THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ME AND MS. TIFFANY AND JEN COULD TALK ABOUT IT.
AND THERE ARE, I KNOW LAST YEAR MS. RHONDA PRINTED OUT SEVERAL APPLICATIONS AND HAD 'EM AVAILABLE.
OH, THEY'RE HERE CENTER THAT, THAT IF ANYBODY NEEDED SOMETHING, YOU GUYS NEEDED SOME PRINTED YEAH, THEY'RE ALL, UM, TO YOUR BRANCH.
YOU COULD STOP BY THE RIGHT CENTER.
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THE FLYERS IN THE FRONT.AND SO IF THERE IS, OKAY, THE TWO WAYS FOR IT FOR THE CHILD, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST THING IS WHOEVER PUTS IN THEIR APPLICATION NEEDS TO, TO NOTATE THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE THE ONE WHO RECOMMENDED THEM FOR, FOR YOU ABLE TO RECEIVE THAT, THAT CREDIT FOR, UM, THE RECRUITMENT.
AND SO IF THEY ARE TURNING, SOMEONE COULD TURN IN AN APPLICATION AND THEIR RECOMMENDATION LETTER, THAT COULD ALL BE PAPER.
UM, AND SO IF, IF YOU GET THE, THE PRINTED APPLICATIONS FROM MS. RHONDA AND THEY GO FILL 'EM OUT, UM, ON PAPER AND THEY GIVE YOU THE RECOMMENDATION LETTERS, THEY'RE PRINTED OUT SOMETHING.
IF THEY WRITE ON THE TOP, YOU KNOW, TAMARA IS THE, YOU KNOW, WHO RECRUITED ME.
BUT IF THEY ARE SENDING THINGS DIGITALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE THE APPLICATION ONLINE, IT CAN BE FILLED OUT VIA ADOBE.
IF IT'S A BILLABLE PDF, DF, THEY CAN IT OUT ONLINE, EMAIL IT, AND THEN JUST EMAIL SAY I WAS REFERRED BY.
SO EITHER WAY THEY JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS GET NOTATED.
UM, IS THERE LIKE A, LIKE A PDF DOCUMENT? YES.
SO IF YOU LOOK IT UP ON THE G THE GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL WEBSITE, UH, IF YOU SCROLL DOWN ON LIKE THE BOTTOM RIGHT, UM, IT SHOULD SAY 20 26, 20 27 GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL APPLICATION.
YOU COULD SAVE IT AS PDF AND THEN JUST EMAIL IT TO THE, I THINK IT'S GYC AT GARLAND CX.
YEAH, THERE'S AN EMAIL ON THE APPLICATION THAT SHOULD SAY WHERE YOU COULD SEND IT TO.
UM, BUT YOU'D ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU ATTACH YOUR RECOMMENDATION LETTERS DIGITALLY FOR THAT.
UM, A COUPLE THINGS ABOUT THE RECRUITMENTS.
UM, PLEASE PROMOTE THIS TO PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW WILL BE HERE TO PUT THE EFFORT IN FOR THIS.
UM, WE DON'T REALLY WANT PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA BE HERE JUST TO BE HERE.
THEY, I WANT, WE WOULD WANT PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA BE HERE TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITIES.
UM, AND JUST BE ABLE TO PUT ALL THE EFFORT IN TO LIKE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING RIGHT NOW.
UM, ALSO TRY MAINLY PROMOTING IT TO LIKE INCOMING FRESHMAN, SOPHOMORES AND JUNIORS.
UM, I KNOW CITY COUNCIL, THEY MAINLY WANT TO LIKE, UH, ENFORCE LIKE THE YOUNGER LIKE EIGHT RANGE.
THEY DON'T REALLY WANT TO HAVE LIKE SENIORS COMING IN 'CAUSE THEY'RE JUST GONNA BE HERE FOR A YEAR.
THEY'RE, I'M SURE THEY'LL HAVE AN IMPACT AS WELL, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA BE HERE FOR LIKE UPCOMING YEARS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
CATHERINE, I WAS GONNA MENTION, ARE WE GOING TO GO TO MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND REPRESEN TELL THE LITTLE KID, THE, THE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS ABOUT IT? LIKE, 'CAUSE THEY'RE THE ONE THAT'S GOING INTO FRESHMAN YEAR.
YEAH, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE, 'CAUSE HOW WOULD, LIKE I FEEL LIKE IT'S A LOT HARDER FOR KIDS FOR LIKE INCOMING FRESHMEN TO KNOW ABOUT THIS IF THEY'RE NOT GETTING THAT EXPOSURE.
AND RESPECTFULLY, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GONNA BE LISTENING OVER THE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT THERE'S AN APPLICATION FOR GYC OVER.
SO I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO BE THERE PHYSICALLY, SO TO GET THEIR ATTENTION.
I KNOW A COUPLE OF MIDDLE SCHOOLS I'LL CONTACT THEM TO SEE IF I'M ABLE TO COME IN AND SPEAK.
AND PLEASE UM, I DID EMAIL A LOT OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS PLEASE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHO THE COMMUNITY LIAISON OR EITHER, YOU KNOW, SAX C'S BEEN AMAZING AT EMAILING ME AND PROMOTING, UM, BUT PLEASE LET YOUR SCHOOL KNOW TO, UH, THE, THE COUNSELOR TO CHECK THEIR EMAILS.
SO SEE IF I'M ABLE AMEND MS. JEN IS ABLE TO COME INTO THE SCHOOLS AND PROMOTE GYC 'CAUSE I DID EMAIL THEM ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO AND I UNDERSTAND THAT Y'ALL WENT INTO SPRING BREAK, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, REMIND 'EM, SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, MS. RHONDA EMAIL.
'CAUSE SOMETIMES IT'LL GO TO SPAM AS WELL TOO.
SO, AND THEN MY BUSINESS CARDS IS UP HERE IF YOU WANNA GIVE IT TO THEM TO, UM, TO, FOR THEM TO EMAIL ME PERSONALLY, UM, IF THEY DID NOT RECEIVE IT.
ANY HELP THAT YOU GUYS, I MEAN, IT, IT IS ONE THING FOR US TO SEND AN EMAIL TO COUNSELORS OR COMMUNITY LIAISONS AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHO WE ARE AND SO THEY MAY OVERLOOK IT OR WHAT, BUT IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, I KNOW A LOT OF Y'ALL GO TO THE SAME SCHOOL THAT'S MORE IF, YOU KNOW A COUPLE OF Y'ALL ARE GOING INTO THE COUNSELOR'S OFFICE SAYING, HEY, WE HAVE THIS GREAT PROGRAM APPLICATION OPEN, WE REALLY WANNA SAY SOMETHING OVER THE LAST WEEK OR PUT A, PUT A FIRE OUT OR WHATEVER.
THE BEST WAY IS IT, IT'S, IT'S GOING MEAN A LOT MORE COMING FROM YOU GUYS ASKING AND, AND IF IT, THE ASKING IS FOR US, MS. ROGER AND JEN TO COME IN AND SET UP A BOOTH DURING LUNCH, WE WILL DO THAT.
UM, TO WHATEVER THE BEST THING FOR YOUR SCHOOL IS.
WHETHER IT'S JUST SAYING IT OVER THE ANNOUNCEMENT, WHETHER IT'S A FLYER, WHETHER IT'S A BOOTH COME WHERE WE COME IN AND MAN, THAT BOOTH WE'RE, WE JUST WANT THAT OPENING IF POSSIBLE MM-HMM
SEE WHERE THE GATEWAYS TO GO INTO THE SCHOOL.
SO IT MAINLY RELIES ON YOU GUYS FOR THAT.
SO, UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THIS MEETING.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? LEMME SAY SOMETHING.
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OKAY.I KNOW THIS IS EARLY TO SAY AND TO SPEAK ABOUT, BUT I REALLY WANT Y'ALL TO THINK ABOUT MOVING INTO NEXT YEAR.
SO OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES ARE BASICALLY ARE GRADUATING THIS YEAR, WHICH IS CATHERINE, TAMARA, AND OZY.
AND OF COURSE OUR PRESIDENT, THEY'RE ALL GOING TO COLLEGE NEXT YEAR.
SO IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT GETTING ANY OF THESE POSITIONS NEXT YEAR, REALLY REACH OUT TO THEM, START YOUR RESEARCH BECAUSE I DO SEE A LOT OF, UM, LEADERSHIP AND A LOT OF Y'ALL, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT I'M NOTICING VOLUNTEERING, THE ONES THAT'S PUT US PUTTING IN THE WORK FOR, UM, FOR GYC.
SO IF YOU'RE WANTING TO HOLD A SPOT NEXT YEAR, REALLY THINK ABOUT IT.
AND OF COURSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE MEETINGS AND STUFF NEXT YEAR AND THEN GO FOR IT, YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE I, LIKE I SAID, I SEE A LOT OF POTENTIAL, A LOT OF LEADERSHIP IN EACH AND EVERY PERSON HERE.
AND I DON'T WANT THE LAST, FOR Y'ALL TO THINK OF IT LAST MINUTE, LIKE, OKAY NOW I, NOW LET ME TRY TO GO FORWARD, START PUTTING IN THE WORK AND THE RESEARCH NOW.
YEAH, I MEAN, Y'ALL ALL HAVE US ON GROUPME, SO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING.
MS. SOPHIE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO MENTION? I DO.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DID A GROUP, UH, BREAKOUT FOR OUR COMMITTEES, BUT, BUT I KNOW WE BOTH, THIS MAINLY ON OUR, OUR TEAM EVENTS BECAUSE OUR, THAT FIELD DAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA TAKE ALL OF US AND, AND IT'S OUR BIGGEST, UH, THE BIGGEST THING ON OUR PLATE RIGHT NOW.
BUT I DO, I DON'T WANT TO BE REMISS AND NOT OPEN IT UP TO SEE IF OUR OTHER COMMITTEES HAD SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO TALK ABOUT WITH THE GROUP.
ARE THERE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO, UM, LIKE WITH OUR, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE, WITH OUR PROMOTIONS AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE, ARE THERE THINGS THAT WE, UM, THAT ARE STILL OPEN OR THAT WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH OR TALK THROUGH THINGS THAT ARE STILL, UM, BEING PLANNED THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS ANYTHING? AND THIS COULD BE STUFF THAT COULD BE GOING INTO THE NEXT YEAR THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT WANT TO DO FOR NEXT YEAR.
NO, THE, FOR THE INTRODUCTION.
SO OKAY, EVERYBODY, BUT IF YOU ARE NOT A SENIOR, APPLY AGAIN TO THAT.
THAT WAS THE OTHER THING I WAS GONNA SAY WAS GO BACK INTO THE RECRUITMENT CHALLENGE A LITTLE BIT.
SO, UM, RECRUITMENT CHALLENGE, OUR SENIORS CAN BE PART OF THAT RECRUITMENT CHALLENGE, GETTING YOUR YOUR FRIENDS TO, UH, TO PARTICIPATE.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, LIKE LAST YEAR, UH, TAMARA GOT, UH, AN
SO LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD SPEND THAT NAME WITHOUT BEING FIRED ON STUFF FOR COLLEGE IF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE A SENIOR AND YOU, UM, ARE, YOU GET WIN THE RECRUITING CHALLENGE.
BUT ALSO, I MEAN, IF YOU ARE NOT A SENIOR YET, YOU'RE STILL A A, YOU KNOW, A FRESHMAN, SOPHOMORE, JUNIOR RIGHT NOW, PLEASE, WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL APPLY AND COME BACK.
WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
UM, AND TO, TO OUR POINT, KAREN'S POINT OF, UM, ONLY GOING TO CITY HALL AT ONE TIME NEXT YEAR, I'M THINKING THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME CHANGES NEXT YEAR AS FAR AS NOT HUGE CHANGES, BUT, BUT I DO WANNA GET Y'ALL BACK IN CITY HALL.
LIKE THERE MAY BE THAT WE GO TO, ONE OF OUR MEETINGS IS ACTUALLY AT CITY HALL, UH, OR A COUNCIL MEETING NIGHT AND MAYBE WE DON'T SAY THE WHOLE COUNCIL MEETING 'CAUSE SOMETIMES THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, GO LONG PERIODS OF TIME.
BUT, BUT JUST FOR YOU GUYS TO SEE THAT ACTUAL PROCESS, UM, AND SEE THOSE MEMBERS THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM IN ACTION.
UM, SO THERE, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GO BACK TO CITY HALL.
UM, BUT FOR THIS YEAR, ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO BRING UP WAS, UM, WE DO A END OF THE YEAR PRESENTATION TO OUR COUNCIL.
AND SO TALKING ABOUT THAT AGAIN, UM, I KNOW WE HAVEN'T REALLY INTRODUCED THAT, UM, THIS YEAR YET.
UM, SO THE TARGET DATE POTENTIALLY, IF Y'ALL THINK THAT THIS WORKS WITH YOUR SCHEDULES.
UH, LAST YEAR OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, UM, AT LEAST TWO MEMBERS FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ACTUALLY GAVE THE PRESENTATION, BUT THEN WE HAD OTHER MEMBERS THAT SHOWED UP IN THE AUDIENCE AND WE INTRODUCED YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS STOOD UP.
UM, SO IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO GET BACK IN FRONT OF THE, THE COUNCIL.
UM, BUT THE DATE THAT I WOULD BE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY WOULD BE MONDAY, MAY 18TH.
SO THAT'S OUR SECOND COUNCIL WORK SESSION IN MAY.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR Y'ALL? BECAUSE I KNOW MAY GETS TO BE TESTING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO WHAT TIME ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? UM, OUR MEETING STARTS AT SIX AND I CAN TRY TO GET US PRETTY CLOSE TO THE BEGINNING OF THE AGENDA.
DOES THAT SOUND OKAY? PEOPLE AGE.
SO WE'LL GET THAT ON THE CALENDAR AS WELL.
BUT THAT'LL BE, AND UH, AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE
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GIVE THE PRESENTATION, BUT WE WANT AS MANY OTHER MEMBERS GRADUATION.LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T COMPARE, WE DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW THE SHIP AT ALL.
GRADUATION PAGE COLLEGE WE DON'T FOR, I THINK FOR DALLAS.
YEAH, I KNOW HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING MAY 20TH, BUT WE DON'T KNOW DALLAS COLLEGE AND THEY NEVER, THEY DIDN'T TELL US ANYTHING YET.
NO DATES HAVEN CONTRACT AT ALL.
WELL, I DON'T HAVE TO PUT THE AGENDA YET.
LET, LET'S, LET'S PUT A PIN IN MAY 18 THAT THAT'S THE PLAN.
UNLESS THERE'S AN ISSUE AND THERE'S
BECAUSE OUR ALTERNATES ARE LIKE, I THINK MAY 4TH IS THE OTHER ONE.
MAY THE FOURTH GROUP WAS HERE.
YEAH, I MEAN EITHER THOSE DATES ARE FINE FOR ME, BUT IT REALLY JUST DEPENDS FOR THE GRADUATION DATES.
HUH? FORGOT ABOUT THE END OF THE YEAR
I GUESS SHOULD WE DO A POLL ON? YEAH, LET'S DO A POLL IN GROUP.
UM, AND ONE LAST THING THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS.
IF YOU ARE RETURNING AND SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION FOR GYC, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO REFILL OUT THOSE QUESTIONS.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO REFILL OUT, UH, RESEND IN RECOMMENDATION LETTERS.
SO WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU IS JUST THAT APPLICATION, THE FIRST PAGE OF THAT APPLICATION THAT HAS ALL OF YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION AND ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO THAT MEANS I PULLED ALL THE QUESTIONS.
AND THE ESSAY, YES, THE QUESTION.
BUT I DROPPED IT IN A GROUP TWO OR THREE TIMES.
YOU DID NOT HAVE TO DO THOSE QUESTIONS.
SO WHAT WE NEED FROM RETURNING G YC MEMBERS IS THE APPLICATION, BUT YOU DON'T ASK.
HAVE APPLICATION CONTACT INFORMATION, UM, CONTACT AND THEN THERE YOU'RE GOOD.
AND BY ESSAY, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT NEEDING A FIVE PAGE THING, BUT WE NEED YOU TO PUT SOME THOUGHT INTO, UH, JUST WHY YOU WANT TO RETURN AND BE PART OF UIC C WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT TO ACCOMPLISH THIS YEAR, WHAT YOU HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH RETURNING BEING A PART OF NEXT YEAR.
UH, SO ANSWER THAT, YOU KNOW, NEEDS TO BE MORE THAN TWO SENTENCES, BUT NO, IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE TWO PAGES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, SO, OKAY.
BUT YOUR FRIENDS, IF THEY'RE NEW, ALL THE QUESTIONS.
TWO LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE JUST DISCUSSED OR ANY CONCERNS OR COMMENTS? NO.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU GUYS WANNA MENTION?
PLEASE MAKE SURE TO THROW AWAY YOUR TRASH THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.