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OKAY, THANK

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YOU.

WELL, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY

[ AGENDA EDUCATION COMMITTEE OF THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION Police Division - Community Room 6121 Taylorsville Road February 23, 2021 6:30 P.M. ]

NOW THIS EVENING, I LIKE TO CALL THE ORDER TO ORDER THE HUBER HEIGHTS, CULTURE AND DIVERSITY.

THIS AN ACTION COMMISSION EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEETING ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD, 2021 AT 6:34 PM.

MAY I PLEASE HAVE A ROLL CALL OF THOSE IN ATTENDANCE? UM, OH, I WILL DO THAT.

YES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, ADOPTS ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION, MOTION TO ADOPT MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA WITH ANY NECESSARY CORRECTIONS MAY HAVE A SECOND PLACE.

IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY DR.

AKINS AND SECONDED BY MRS. HONAKER THAT WE ACCEPT THE AGENDA OR THE FEBRUARY 23RD EDUCATION COMMITTEE.

YES, NEXT WEEK WE WILL GO TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE OLD BUSINESS.

NOW IN REGARDS TO OLD BUSINESS ITEMS, A, B, AND C KIND OF COINCIDE WITH EACH OTHER.

BUT ONE START WITH ITEM NUMBER A, WHICH IS THE STATUS OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE BUDGET.

HAS WE ALL KNOW AT THE LAST OKAY.

AS MICHONNE.

OKAY.

CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME STILL? YES.

OKAY.

AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'RE AWARE, WE DID, UM, PROPOSE TO THE COMMISSION ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMITTEE, OUR BUDGET PROPOSAL, BASED ON AT THE TIME, OUR QUARTERLY FORUMS THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE, AND THE BUDGET THAT WE HAD RECOMMENDED TO THE COMMISSION TO COMMEND RECOMMEND TO CITY COUNCIL WAS $5,000.

NOW I AM NOT SURE IF EITHER OF YOU HAD SEEN THE WORK COUNCIL SESSION LAST TUESDAY EVENING, AND EVEN YESTERDAY CITY COUNCIL.

HOW DID I? OKAY.

OKAY, SO I DID, OH, GO AHEAD.

I'M SORRY.

TODAY.

I THOUGHT I'VE GOT TO WAKE UP.

I'M SET.

YEAH.

I'M SORRY.

YOU WERE BREAKING UP ON ME, FRED I'M MATT.

SORRY.

UM, I SAW THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND I MISSED YESTERDAY, SO I DIDN'T CATCH THE, THE COUNCIL MEETING YESTERDAY.

I TOLD THE WORK SESSION.

OKAY.

WELL, HAS YOU SAW MIA INTELLECTUALLY KNOW FRED, UM, YOLANDA AND RHONDA AS CHAIRS AND CO-CHAIRS FOR THE COMMISSION? THEY DID BRING UP ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAD, UM, VOTED AND CONCURRED ON DURING OUR LAST COMMISSION MEETING AND CITY COUNCIL, UM, DID NOT HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT AS OF YESTERDAY'S MEETING.

SO WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING APPROVED AS FAR AS THAT $5,000.

SO AT THIS POINT, I STILL NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WE TECHNICALLY HAVE THAT $1,000 AS A COMMISSION AT THIS POINT.

I'M SORRY.

SO NOTHING WAS APPROVED FOR ANY OF THE REQUESTS THAT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE? NO.

AND I HAD TALKED TO YOLANDA TODAY TO CONFIRM, UH, SHE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING YESTERDAY.

SHE TOLD ME NO, BUT I DID UPDATE HER ON WHAT I SAW.

SO SHE, I GUESS, SENT AN EMAIL, UM, TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS.

UM, I'M NOT SURE WHO SHE DIDN'T GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH ME THIS AFTERNOON TO GIVE ME MORE INFORMATION.

SO WITH THAT IN MIND,

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I KNOW THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING OUR FIRST FORUM NEXT MONTH AND WE HAVE TWO TENTATIVE SPEAKERS.

THANKS TO ME AS SUGGESTION.

UM, DR.

NICOLE CARTER AND DR.

.

THANK YOU.

SO, IN MY DISCUSSION WITH YOLANDA, SHE SAID AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BECAUSE OF THE BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS AS A WHOLE, THAT WE'RE UNDER THAT WE COULD PUSH THIS TO THE SECOND COURT.

UM, IF YOU ALL ARE IN AGREEMENT TO THAT, WE JUST NEED TO COME UP WITH THE TENDER DATE.

AND ALSO THERE ARE FIVE WITH THE OTHER COMMITTEES.

HOW MUCH OUT OF THAT $1,000 ARE THEY PLANNING TO SPEND AT THIS POINT? BUT, UM, I WANT TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS AS FAR AS WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW WITH THAT.

SO YOU WERE THINKING MOVE IT TO SOMETIME AFTER JUNE OR EARLIER, SOMETIME IN THE SECOND QUARTER, BUT I KNOW THAT OUTREACH, WE HAVE A MAJOR EMAIL EVENT THAT WE'RE PLANNING AS FAR AS THE FESTIVAL.

SO BASED ON THE TIME TO PLAN FOR THAT, DO YOU ALL WANT TO PUSH THIS FORUM TO MAYBE EARLY, UM, JULY AT THE START OF THE QUARTER? OR DO YOU THINK WE CAN DO BOTH PROJECTS? UM, AND AGAIN, ALL DEPENDS ON THE FUNDS AND WE KNOW THAT FOR THE FESTIVAL, IT MAY, IT'S ONE CLASS MORE THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS.

YEAH.

I MEAN, THIS IS RIDICULOUS.

I'M SORRY, THESE PROGRAMMING WITH VERY LIMITED.

I MEAN, I I'M GOING BACK WHAT THE ACTUAL, WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS I THINK WHAT MADE US AS CITY COUNCIL AND SAY YOU GAVE US THIS, THIS IS A BIG TASK TO DO 1,050 LIST MOVIE AFTER MOVIE.

I KNOW MORE THAN THE DOLLAR FOR OTHERS.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MAP TO ADDRESS NOW IN OUR AREA AND, AND AS WOMEN, UM, I MEAN THE SPEAKER FOR COSTS THAT WHOLE PROBABLY MEANT NOTHING TO ANYBODY ELSE.

SO, UM, I JUST LISTENED TO IT BEFORE THIS MEETING BECAUSE I'M WORDING ISSUES BEFORE, AND THEN I WOULD HAVE BEEN TODAY.

YEAH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND I'LL MAKE MY COMMENT AFTER YOU GO AHEAD.

I, I, I JUST THINK MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO GO IN A GROUP AND NOT RHONDA, RHONDA.

I FELT THAT THEY TRIED THEIR BEST TO, TO BRING UP AND WORK, BUT I THINK MAYBE IT'S MORE OF A NURSE TO GET THAT CLEARED TO COUNSEL BECAUSE WE CAN'T FESTIVAL HOURS.

UM, YEAH.

AND NOW I WILL SAY THIS, I'M SORRY, FRED.

NOW LET YOU SPEAK FROM WATCHING THE, UM, COUNCIL WORK SESSION WHEN YOLANDA DID BRING UP HAVING THAT DIALOGUE, AS FAR AS OUR FIRST FORUM MEMBERS ON THE CITY COUNCIL WERE VERY RECEPTIVE TO IT.

IF YOU WATCH THAT SESSION, WHICH I WOULD ADVISE YOU BOTH TO DO, BUT WE NEED FUNDS IN ORDER TO HAVE A CONDUCIVE AND SUCCESSFUL EVENT.

SO, I MEAN, AT THIS POINT, I DON'T KNOW, BUT THE GO AHEAD FOR IT.

OKAY.

UM, WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, THE TONE OF THE ROOM WAS WHEN THEY ASKED.

UM, SO IT'S, IT'S DIFFICULT TO GAUGE WHY, UH, THE FUNDS WERE NOT ALLOWED OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

SO I DON'T KNOW.

UM, I'M, I'M SURE THERE'S SOME DISCRETIONARY MONEY SOMEWHERE.

AND, UH, W WHERE DOES, WHERE WAS THIS DECISION? THIS DECISION, OBVIOUSLY WASN'T MADE IN THE ROOM LAST NIGHT, RIGHT? WAS IT MADE AFTER THE MEETING? UM, DID THEY HAVE THOSE SESSIONS? WELL, FROM TALKING WITH YOLANDA, SHE SAID

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TODAY TO ME THAT THEY MAY MAKE A DECISION AFTER LAST NIGHT, INSTEAD OF, TO ME, I'M ASSUMING THE NEXT COUNCIL SESSION, BUT AGAIN, I WOULD NEED TO GET, YOU KNOW, CLARITY ON THAT INFORMATION.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE WHATEVER IT IS.

IT'S GOING TO BE A CLOSED SESSION.

CAUSE WE'RE ASKING FOR STUFF THAT'S OFF BUDGET.

UM, I, HOW THEY COME UP WITH THE MONEY, IF, IF ANY OF IT, I DON'T THINK IT'S A LARGE AMOUNT.

UH, BUT THEY GIVE IT SOME CONSIDERATION.

I MEAN, W WE'RE PLANNING EVENTS FOR HUBER HEIGHTS, NOT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I, WHEN THESE THINGS IN A VACUUM, WE'RE HAVING THESE, THESE CONVERSATIONS IN PUBLIC FORUMS AND, OR AT LEAST, UM, THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC ALBEIT UH, LAST MEETING IN JANUARY.

WELL, NOT EARLIER, THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT SOMEONE OTHER THAN THE COMMITTEE WAS PRESENT.

SO MAYBE THEY, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.

UH, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT ACTIVITIES WE HAVE PLANNED.

I DON'T KNOW.

IT COULD BE ANYTHING.

IT COULD BE JUST DON'T WANT US TO DO ANYTHING.

I MEAN, YEAH, YEAH.

CAUSE I HONESTLY SAY THIS AND AGAIN, PLEASE WATCH THAT THE SESSION.

UM, BUT WE'LL, YOU KNOW, JUST TO CLARIFY WHAT YOU JUST SAID, FRED, THERE WORK QUESTIONS BROUGHT UP AS FAR AS ARE WE ACKNOWLEDGING CERTAIN GROUPS, ETHNIC GROUPS IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.

BUT IF YOU WATCH, YOU KNOW, OUR PRIOR MEETINGS, EVEN THE CON THE BOARD, THE COMMISSION MEETINGS AND THE, UM, COMMITTEE MEETINGS, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE'VE HAD THAT DIALOGUE IN TERMS OF ACKNOWLEDGING VARIOUS GROUPS.

SO THERE REALLY SHOULDN'T BEEN ANY QUESTION AS TO WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO KNOWLEDGE, BUT THE TURKISH COMMUNITY OR THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, AS EXAMPLES, I THINK LIKE OUR EDUCATION, WE NEED ONE SPEAKER BECAUSE I LISTEN, I DIDN'T YESTERDAY, BEFORE, AND THE SAME PEOPLE KEEP MENTIONING THINGS ABOUT BRINGING UP DIFFERENT CULTURES, DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND I'VE HAD TO CORRECT PEOPLE SO MANY TIMES, LIKE WE ARE ADDRESSING THIS, IT CORRECTLY.

IT'S PART OF HISTORY.

SO WE HAVE BLACK, THAT'S ONLY GOING TO FOCUS ON BLACK HISTORY RIGHT NOW.

BLACK HAS WOMEN IN THERE AND I GET TIRED OF THEM BRINGING UP DIFFERENT HOLIDAYS.

LIKE THEY KEEP MENTIONING CINCO THEM, LATINOS DON'T MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAD REACHED OUT TO ME ABOUT THE PROCLAMATIONS.

WHY ARE WE ONLY DOING THESE TWO HOLIDAYS? AND I SAID, THESE ARE NOT QUALITY.

EITHER JUNE SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED.

IT WASN'T JUST THIS YEAR.

SO IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED AND THEY SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ON HOLIDAY.

THAT'S JUST AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR, THOSE THINGS DO.

AND THAT'S WHY PROBLEM IS A WRONG.

IT MIGHT START TO SAY, DO A PROCLAMATION FOR HOLIDAYS.

THAT'S GOING TO BE EVERY SINGLE HOLIDAYS.

AND THERE'S LITERALLY HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS, CULTURALLY.

WE CAN'T MALL THESE BECAUSE THESE TWO, LIKE I SAID CORRECTLY, IT'S MAKING SOMETHING RIGHT.

THAT WHEN YOU FIX THE PERSON, ULTIMATELY, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS TO THE COUNCIL TO EXPLAIN THAT WE ARE SAYING THIS, THAT'S WHY I WAS THINKING, MAYBE THAT'S MORE NUMBERS.

IF WE DO IT AS A WHOLE COMMISSION, THEY CAN UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL THIS STUFF.

THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, JUST, SORRY.

NO, NO, NO.

THAT'S OKAY.

THAT'S OKAY.

AND I WILL, YOU KNOW, LET YOU BOTH KNOW DURING THIS SESSION, YOLANDA DISTRESS, HOW OTHER, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITIES, ORGANIZATIONS, THEY ARE KNOWLEDGING, UM, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE DAY.

SO, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S DOING IT.

SO WHY CAN'T WE, WHY CAN'T WE, WE SHOULD.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR ME PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW, MY MAIN CONCERN IS, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDING FROM THE WHOLE COMMISSION, WE HAVE ALL THESE GREAT IDEAS

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AND THESE PROJECTS AND THEY KNOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD IS VERY APPARENT.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE WHAT THE ISSUE IS.

AS FAR AS THE DELAY IN FUNDING.

UM, NOW I WILL MENTION, AND I'M READING THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU LINED TO HAVE ADDRESSED.

YOU BOTH ARE, PROBABLY ARE AWARE OF THIS.

THERE WERE TWO GRANTS, ONE FOR THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY GRANT WHERE THE DEADLINE PASSED FEBRUARY 10TH.

AND THE OTHER IS A GRANT FROM UNITED WAY FOR RACIAL EQUITY FOR 2,500.

AND THE DEADLINE IS MARCH 10TH.

NOW I DON'T RECALL WHO INITIALLY BROUGHT THAT UP.

UM, IF IT WAS SOMEONE FROM CITY COUNCIL, UM, OUT OF RECALL, UM, THAT'S THE PROPOSAL, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE ELSE FOR IT TO BE.

I LOOKED INTO IT AND IT'S BASICALLY FOR GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS.

SO THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE BUDGET OVER THE CONVENTION INDIVIDUALLY, OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, WE DON'T LIKE, BECAUSE WE HAD PEOPLE ASK ABOUT THAT.

AND THEY SAID, NO, BECAUSE THEY CAN SUPERVISE TODAY AS THE, SO OBVIOUSLY YOU MATCH THEIR REQUIREMENTS.

SO WE MAY NOT EVEN BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT, BUT THERE ARE, UM, OTHER GRANTS LEASED.

BUT THE THING WE CAN'T, I MEAN, I HAVE A JOB.

SO I THOUGHT, WHY WOULD WE EXPECT ANOTHER ORGANIZATION TO SUPPORT OUR EVENTS? BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO ASK IF YOU HAVE FUNDING AND WE CAN'T SAY, NO, THEY WON'T GIVE US FUNDING.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE LIKE, NO, YOU'RE A CITY THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE.

SO I FIRST LEARNED THIS, UM, I KNOW THIS IS ALL POTTERY.

IS THIS HERE'S THE PAINT BACK OUTSIDE THERE'S GIVES US TIME.

UM, BUT FOR THE FIRST SPEAKER PEAK AND SHE, UM, SHE WAS EITHER YOUR MOM OR FEEDING OUTSIDE, MAYBE TO HIM WANTING TO DO THE FIRST SESSION SOONER THAN LATER.

AND THAT IS IN MARCH.

OBVIOUSLY I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GET TOGETHER OR THE 30TH THAT WE CAUSE THIS TO HAPPEN.

WE SHOULD HAVE, AND MAYBE DO DIFFERENT TOPICS THAT MAYBE A DIFFERENT TIME GET OUT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY CHANGES.

IT DIDN'T GO TO THE MARCH ONE, DR.

CARTER, DR.

I'M A GIRL AS GUESTS TO THIS FIRST ONE, SINCE WE COULDN'T HAVE THEM FACILITATE, BUT THEIR WILLINGNESS TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM US, JUST INVITE THEM TO PARTICIPATE.

SO WE GET THOSE OUT AND I PUT THE PRIEST IN THE WORK, I WOULD SAY, THIS IS A MOVEMENT, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.

PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO HAVE AN INCREASE IN A COMMUNITY ONCE AGAIN, THEY ISSUE, BUT IT'S INCREASED PEER TO PEER FOR MORE COMMUNITY HERE, THEY'RE FEELING MORE FIT.

SO I IMPORTANT TO TALK.

WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW SENSITIVE, HOW TO ADDRESS ISSUES.

I SEE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU WORK WITH LIKE THE EVERYTHING HEIGHTS AND EVERYTHING, YOU SEE COMMENTS IT'S OKAY.

I THINK YOU DELAY GETTING IT.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO MESS IT UP SO WE CAN KEEP WITH THIS YOUR BIT WITH ONE DAY AND SEE FEELING BEST FOR THIS ONE.

SINCE WE'RE WAITING.

I MEAN, WE CAN, MAYBE I'M NOT A CHANCE OF GETTING

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FUNDS.

WE CAN ARGUE OUR CASE WITH THE CITY.

SO, YOU KNOW, AND THEN MAKE MORE HAPPEN FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

MAYBE WE CAN DO, LIKE, IF YOU LEARN THAT IT'S WILLING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE FACILITATE A CONVERSATION, RIGHT? SO IF YOU BRING IN A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ESTABLISH THAT SPACE TO HAVE A DIALOGUE, IF YOU WILL.

SO NOT SO MUCH IN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HER CREDENTIALS ARE, BUT, UM, TO, UH, BASICALLY FACILITATE A CONVERSATION ABOUT RACE RELATIONS AND INTERACTION AND, AND, UM, BASICALLY APPROACHING OR ADDRESSING NEIGHBORS ON A KROGER AND MEYER AND HOW DO WE INTERACT AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.

I THINK, UM, JUST TO HEIGHTEN AWARENESS OF THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE NEXT QUARTER, SOME OTHER PEOPLE COMING WHO ARE, UM, PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE ENGAGED ACADEMICALLY, UH, IN, IN, IN THAT SPACE, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD WAY TO START AND USE THAT AS A AND THEY IN THAT NOT, WOW, THAT'S WHAT I WANT.

THEY WANT GOOD IDEAS.

AND SO YOU DO THAT AND THEN MOVE ON WITH THAT.

BUT DEFINITELY I FEEL WE SHOULD HOLD CITY COUNCIL ACCOUNTABLE SINCE FROM WATCHING THAT COUNCIL WORK SESSION, THEY DID EXPRESS INTERESTS, RIGHT? THAT DIRECTLY THEY SEE A NEED FOR THIS.

SO THEY FEEL THAT STRONGLY ABOUT IT.

THEY SHOULD HELP ADVOCATE FOR THIS EVENT TO BE HELD.

AND THIS I KNOW ARE GOING TO COME TO THE EVENT.

THIS IS WHAT, WHEN WE ARE PROGRAM, OKAY.

I WILL TALK TO YOU ALONDA TOMORROW MORE DETAIL ON OUR BEHALF AND LET THE COMMITTEE KNOW PRIOR TO OUR COMMISSION MEETING NEXT THURSDAY.

UM, BUT YEAH, WE HAVE TO GET THE BALL ROLLING NOW, AS FAR AS IT BEING VIRTUAL, UM, I'M SURE Y'ALL SEEING, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT FORUMS BEING HELD ON FACEBOOK.

CAN WE DO THAT? FACEBOOK LIVES ON YOUR PHONE? I MEAN, IT'S SET UP TO BE LIKE, WHEN WERE THEY IN? LIKE, LIKE THEY MEETING CITY INSIDE THE CITY.

SO WE, UM, WE CAN, WE CAN, UM, I THINK WE MAY HAVE TO ROLL WITH THAT BECAUSE I THINK RHONDA HAS.

YEAH.

AND SHE DID IT.

SO IT'S NOT THAT DIFFICULT TO DO.

I MEAN, I MEAN, DEPENDING ON YOUR LEVEL OF TECHNICAL APTITUDE, BUT, UH, AND FAMILIARITY WITH FACEBOOK.

SO, I MEAN, IF YOU CAN NAVIGATE THE PLATFORM, YOU CAN GO LIVE ON YOUR PHONE.

I CAN REACH OUT TO STUDENTS.

LIKE THEY KNOW HOW TO DO CONTESTS THE WHOLE WAY.

SO YOU MAY BE THINKING OF DOING A FACEBOOK LIVE BROADCAST OF THAT CONVERSATION IN THE ROOM.

I GUESS WE CAN ASK COMMENT LIVE ON, ON FACEBOOK LIVES SO THEY CAN COMPLETE COMMENTS AS THEY, AS THEY DO.

SO WE CAN'T ANSWER QUESTIONS EXCEPT ONE OF US MONITOR PALMER.

AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT CAUSE PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH, I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF, I THINK, UM, WHAT WE CALLED IT, UH, IT'S JUST ZOOMED DOWN EVERYBODY TRULY.

AND WE CAN, WE COULD PROBABLY USE THIS ROOM.

YEAH, THIS WAS, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD SEE IT.

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS ROOM ON JANE? NO, NO.

I HAVE AT WESTERN, UM, SAFETY PAPERS AND THEN, UH, YEAH, WE CAN USE IT AND NOT HAVE SAFE DISTANCE TO SCHEDULE WITH THE CITY HALL.

YEAH.

OKAY.

WELL I WILL, OH, GO AHEAD.

GO AHEAD, FRED.

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I'LL JUST COUNT TO EIGHT.

IF THERE, THERE ARE NINE TABLES HERE.

OKAY.

STABLE, MORE YOLANDA WOULD BE AT THE DIALOGUE THING.

SO ONE OF US WILL BE FILMING.

SO I THINK THIS, THIS IS DOABLE AND THERE'S SOME WAY WITH THIS ROOM.

UM, MIGHT HAVE A CAMERA.

I SEE THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A SECURITY CAMERA OR NOT, BUT CAN WE USE THAT TOO? AND I DON'T, THE PURPOSE OF IS WE CAN, UM, SET UP A COMPUTER HERE AND YEAH, NO, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR THOSE SUGGESTIONS.

I LOVE THAT.

UM, NOW, AS FAR AS THE NAME FOR THE FORUM, I KNOW WE WERE, YOU KNOW, COLLABORATING IDEAS AS FAR AS THE MOST.

WELL, I'LL SAY IT POLITICALLY CORRECT TERM TO USE.

AND FROM THE MINUTES I SEE THAT WE HAVE A TIMELY PERSON RECOGNIZED PREJUDICE.

SAY THAT AGAIN, A TIME A PERSON RECOGNIZED PREJUDICE.

OKAY.

YEAH.

DID WE WANT TO GO WITH THAT OR MADAM CHAIR AS A POINT OF ORDER DID NOT APPROVE THE MINUTES.

I DON'T HAVE TO.

OKAY.

I DON'T THINK I DID.

I THINK IT'S FOR THE BIG COMMISSIONS YOU DO, BUT I THINK MULTIMEDIA MEETINGS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO, IF I RE ROBERT'S RULE ORDER, CAUSE WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE SUBSIDIES WITH OUR BIG PITY FOR STAFF SENATE AND WE NEVER HAVE TO APPROVE MEETING.

THEY, THEY SAID AFTER, SO I THINK IT'S MOST OF THE MEETINGS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THE FORMAL VOTING.

WHAT ABOUT THIS LIKE THAT? SO I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

YOU GO BACK TO YOUR SAYING SO WE DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE OUR COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES.

I DON'T THINK, I THINK THAT WE PAY, I MEAN, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THAT IF WE PERFORM A LEAK, BUT I MEAN, I THINK, OKAY.

WE'RE OKAY.

WE SMALL MEETINGS TOO.

UM, I THINK THE BIG COMMISSION.

OKAY.

OKAY.

OKAY.

I'LL KEEP THAT IN MIND, GOING FORWARD.

SO THE MINUTES ARE JUST INTERNAL FOR US IN TERMS OF WHAT WHAT'S BEST FOR BUSINESS.

OKAY.

WE COULD ASK MR. SCHUMER, NEXT TIME YOU SEE HIM, ORDER IS ON THAT.

THAT'S HOW OUR STAFF ARE FLIPPED COMMITTEE VOTE ON THE BIG SONG WE VOTED.

SO, UM, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS SERIES.

YOU CAN CALL IT SERIES OR MAYBE LIKE DIALOGUE DIVERSITY AND THEN WHATEVER SERIES IS DIFFERENT, BUT THAT'D BE THE MAKING OF THE SERIES.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, OR OF THE DIALOGUE ON, AND THEN EACH QUARTER HAS A DIFFERENT TOPIC AS WE TALKED ABOUT, BUT THAT'S ADVERTISING AND GIVE IT A BRAND THAT'S UP.

I DO GRAPHIC STUFF.

SO WE'LL SAY LIKE A DIALOGUE ON DIVERSITY AS THE BIG OVERVIEW ARCHING NAME, AND THEN WHATEVER THAT MONTH, WHATEVER THAT WE'RE DOING.

OKAY.

SO DIALOGUE ON DIVERSITY.

MIA DOES THAT.

OKAY.

AND THEN WE HAVE FOUR VISUAL AREAS THAT CAN ASK, UM, YOLANDA WAS WILLING TO TALK AND HURT AND WHAT YOU POKE HER, WHAT DOES SHE, THE JAZZ MADE GOOD TITLE AS SHE'S TALKING ABOUT.

OKAY.

FOR THIS FIRST FORM.

YEAH, BECAUSE EVEN TALKING WITH HER ABOUT THIS FIRST FORM, HER VISION WAS TO HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE MINORITY AUDIENCE AND THE MAJORITY AUDIENCE DISCUSS HOW TO VIEW EACH OTHER'S LENS LENS IN TERMS OF DIVERSITY, WHERE WE DO ASSESS AS A COMMISSION.

YES.

I MEAN, WE HAVE MADE CRICKETS ON, YOU KNOW, GIVE HER USE ON, I AM ON THE CULTURE.

I CAN, YOU KNOW, DO WHAT I WAS WORKING ON.

SO THAT'S MAKES NO DIFFERENCE.

I'M JUST SAYING THAT BECAUSE WE JUST HAVE LIMITED ON FUNDS ON ONCE WE GET SOMEBODY WHO'S WILLING TO COME IN AND, AND DO NO CALL FOR US, BUT ANYBODY WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO BET.

OKAY.

OKAY.

THESE ARE GOOD IDEAS.

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GET TO KNOW THE CONDITIONS A LITTLE BETTER AS, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL ON THIS COMMISSION FOR, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE THE EXPERTS IN OUR FIELD THAT WE'LL BE DOING THIS.

OKAY.

WELL, I'LL HAVE A, UM, DISCUSSION WITH YOLANDA ABOUT WHAT WE DISCUSSED AND WE'LL DEFINITELY TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN NEXT THURSDAY AS A WHOLE, AS A COMMISSION.

AND, UM, HOPEFULLY BASED WITH HER SCHEDULE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SHE TEACHES AND DOES SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT TIME WON'T BE A CONFLICT, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL SEE 30TH.

YEAH.

MARCH 30TH, SIX 30 TO EIGHT.

CORRECT.

AND THEN ONCE WE SEE ALONG TO DR.

RICARDO, AND I'M JUST EXPLAINING TO THEM THE WAY THEY ENTERED, THEY, THEY UNDERSTAND BUDGET.

WE'RE A UNIVERSITY WITH VERY GOOD FUN, BUT WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT.

OH YES.

THE RECOMMENDED THEM.

DO YOU MIND GIVING THEM LIKE AN UPDATE TO SAY YEAH.

DR.

CLAIRE ON THURSDAY.

SO WHEN WE HAVE OUR STAFF MEETING, I'LL TALK TO HER AFTER THAT.

SO THE DOCTOR.

OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT.

SO ITEM FIVE.

THANK YOU.

SO AGAIN, AT THIS POINT, UM, FOR THE REMAINING FORUMS, THE TOPICS THAT WE BROUGHT UP FOR THE SECOND QUARTER WAS MINORITY HEALTH ISSUES IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES THAT WAS REPORTED TWO AND QUARTER THREE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH FOR MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES.

AND THEN FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.

LET ME ASK THE, BOTH OF YOU THIS QUESTION, DO YOU THINK WE CAN STAY ON TASK TO HAVE THREE MORE FORUMS FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, YOU KNOW, BASED ON OUR FISCAL CONSTRAINTS RIGHT NOW? UM, THOSE DO WE HAVE? HMM, I'M SORRY.

NO, WE DON'T HAVE FUN.

I DON'T KNOW.

WE CAN SPEAKER SPEAK UP FORMS. YEAH.

BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT I WAS THINKING, I THINK BASED ON THE CIRCUMSTANCE, IF WE CAN HAVE AT LEAST TWO PRODUCTIVE FORUMS IN 2021 AND THE TOPICS FOCUS ON THE TWO MAIN EDUCATIONAL ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS, WHICH ONE WE DISCUSSED THE OTHER, UM, AND WE CAN TAKE A VOTE FROM ME.

WE EITHER BE RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS OR MINORITY HEALTH ISSUES IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY PENDANT YEAH.

RACIST PUBLIC PRICES.

YOU CAN MAKE FREE SPEAKER ON THAT FROM THE BRIEF, THE MIAMI VALLEY, REGIONAL PLANNING, HE'S THEIR CITY LIAISON.

SO MAYBE GET HIM TO SPEAK AS A MEMBER OF THAT REGIONAL COMMITTEES.

WE CAN GET TO COME AND GET THIS SET A LITTLE, OR I DON'T LIKE, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT BEING MET THAT THE RP, I THINK, AS OLD AS IT BEING AN ACTUAL OF THAT, WE DO THAT AND SEE A FEE IF YOU CHARGE A FEE.

OKAY.

AND I'M SORRY, MIA, YOU'RE BREAKING UP A LITTLE BIT.

UM, THE GENTLEMAN'S NAME, I THINK I KNOW WHO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT I JUST WANT TO HEAR HIS NAME.

IS IT COLD? OH, IS IT CARLTON ELEY? YES.

OKAY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

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AND DID END UP CP, DID THEY WEAR THIS AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS AS WELL? OR MAYBE THEY COULD, THEIR INPUT, MAYBE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THAT THEY ARE HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT COVID 19.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, ON THURSDAY, THE NAACP IS HAVING A FORUM AND NATIONAL FORUM THAT TALKS ABOUT WITHIN THE MINORITY COMMUNITIES.

SO I'M SURE THEY WOULD HAVE SOMETHING PERTAIN TO RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS AS WELL.

UM, IN THESE BOOKS WE GET SPEAKERS WILLING TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP.

OKAY.

YEAH, BECAUSE I JUST FEEL IF WE CAN DO TO, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR THAT THAT WILL BE PERFECT.

AND THAT WAY WE CAN START PLANNING FOR 20, 22, AS FAR AS, UM, FUNDING AND YOU KNOW, MORE TOPICS AS PART OF OUR SPEAKER SERIES AND JUST PLAN.

UM, AND DO YOU FEEL THAT THE TIME TO HAVE THIS FORUM LET'S SEE, DO YOU WANT TO STICK WITH THE Q4 TIMEFRAME OR MOVE IT A LITTLE BIT INTO THE THIRD QUARTER? WELL, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE JUST ONE THAT YOLANDA IS DOING, THIS WAS STILL THE FIRST QUARTER, RIGHT? SO THE ONE, THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE, UM, THE, UH, RACISM, HEALTH CRISIS.

AND I THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MOVING THAT TO THE SECOND QUARTER.

WELL, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FOR 20, 21 TO FORMS QUARTERLY FORUM.

SO, UM, IT'S UP TO, I MEAN, THE CONSENSUS OF THE COMMITTEE, IF WE WANT TO ADD THAT THE SECOND QUARTER OR MOVE IT UP TO THE THIRD, WHICH IS THE THIRD QUARTER, UM, AND W AND WE'RE DOING, UM, UH, CULTURAL FESTIVAL IN THE SECOND QUARTER, WHICH IS MAYBE TO PUT IT TO THE THIRD QUARTER.

I MEAN, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING FOR IT, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOWADAYS WE CAN SECURE SOME FUNDING FROM, YEAH.

YEAH.

I THINK SEPTEMBER, ARE YOU BUSY WITH SCHOOLS GOING BACK AND EVERYTHING, AND THAT TENDS TO BE A BIT IN SPORTS, YOU KNOW, THAT'D BE THE TIME.

I ALWAYS FIND THAT OCTOBER A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK.

PEOPLE GET BUSY HOLIDAYS.

SO WITH THAT IN MIND, DO WE WANT TO CONSIDER OCTOBER, SO YET YOU HAVE THIS ONE AND THEN JULY, JUNE IS CULTURAL AND THEN POKER WOULD SECOND BLOG SERIES AND THEN TWO SMALLER FOR THE MONTH, WHATEVER.

AND THEN AFTER THAT, SO THAT'S THE THINGS BROKEN UP.

ORDERS ARE FOUR B SO, YES, I AGREE.

I AGREE.

JUST BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE.

OKAY.

MAYBE GET, LIKE I SAID, FUNDING FOR SENDING THEM OVER.

YEAH.

BECAUSE SPEAKING OF GRANTS, UM, IN THE CITY, THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS MANAGER, IS THAT THE RIGHT TITLE? UM, SARAH WILLIAMS, I'M SORRY.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALISTS.

AND THAT'S MS. WILLIAMS PERMIT.

I DON'T KNOW SARAH, SARAH.

SO I BELIEVE THAT'S PART OF HER JOB, UM, DUTIES AS FAR AS PURSUING GRANTS ON BEHALF OF THE VARIOUS COMMISSION BOARDS.

SO WE WOULD NEED TO, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATE WITH HER AS FAR AS WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR US TO UTILIZE IN TERMS OF OUR FUTURE PROGRAMS. TIVITY.

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DID YOU ALL AGREE WITH THAT? I THINK SHE'S, SHE'LL BE, UH, DIFFERENT.

LIKE I HAVE DATABASE THE GRANTS, THAT'D BE VARSITY WHO'S IN OUR HUMANA PROCESS.

IF I CAN PASS ANYTHING THAT WE CAN, I CAN GIVE IT SARAH TO THE LEFT, UM, WILLIAMS LAMBS.

YEAH.

YEAH.

BECAUSE MY CONCERN IS, DO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH HER FOR, YOU KNOW, GRANTS THAT SHE MAY BE AWARE OF? YOU KNOW, THAT WAS MY QUESTION WHERE WE CAN BRING THE POSE, SO WE MAY FIND OKAY.

UM, THE NEXT ITEM, WEBPAGE WORKING GROUP DISCUSSION, UM, PRETTY MUCH, UM, THAT RECOMMENDATION AS YOU ALL RECALL, WAS BROUGHT FORTH DURING OUR LAST COMMISSION MEETING.

AND YOLANDA DID BRING THAT UP TO CITY COUNCIL AT THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION LAST TUESDAY.

SO THAT WILL BE A WORK IN PROGRESS.

UM, WE MAY NEED TO HAVE, UH, ANOTHER MEETING WITH THE OTHER CHAIRS, UM, FRED, BUT OTHER COMMITTEES TO KIND OF COLLABORATE ON MORE IDEAS THAT WE CAN DISCUSS THAT WITH.

UM, ERIC AND I THINK RHONDA IS THE NEW CHAIR FOR ADVOCACY.

I DON'T THINK, I THINK SO.

WE HAVE TO ASK HER, BUT I BELIEVE THAT, UM, HE IS THE NEW COMMUNICATION, I THINK, TERROR DOWN FOR SHORT, TEMPORARY.

YEAH.

THE PERSONAL REASONS SEND AN EMAIL AMONGST OURSELVES, YOU KNOW, TO CHECK EACH OTHER'S SCHEDULES.

WE'D HAVE A FOLLOWUP DISCUSSION.

YEAH.

WELL, WAIT, WAIT, DID YOU USE THAT FOR THE SCHEDULE? I THINK FEAR FOR PEOPLE I'M STILL TRYING TO GET USED TO GOOGLE DOC.

YES.

OH, THERE'S THAT GROUP MEET? WE DO LARGE MEAT CAUSE WE DID IT AT SCHOOL AND I THINK FREE, SIR.

OKAY.

OKAY.

WELL, I'LL INITIATE, UM, THAT, SO I'LL SEND AN EMAIL A MONTH.

UM, YOU, MYSELF, FRED, ERIC, AND, UM, RHONDA, AS FAR AS SCHEDULING A TIME.

THANKS NEXT ITEM.

UNDER OLD BUSINESS, NEW MEETING DATE AND TIME.

UM, WE AGREED THAT WE'RE GOING TO MEET GOING FORWARD ON THE FOURTH, TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH FROM SIX 30, UNTIL SEVEN 30.

YEP.

UM, ONE THING THAT I DID WANT TO ASK THE COMMITTEE BASED ON THE HYBRID STRUCTURE, DO WE WANT TO ALTERNATE HAVE A SCHEDULE AS FAR AS ALTERNATING, WHO WOULD PHYSICALLY BE AT CITY HALL OR THE COMMUNITY ROOM, OR AT LEAST ONE PERSON WILL BE PRESENT, UM, WORK FROM HOME AND I'M TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE.

SO, YEAH, I KNOW, I KNOW I COULD SEE IT AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE WITH THE BOTH OF YOU, BUT, YOU KNOW, TODAY WAS ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHERE I HAD ALL THESE TASKERS TO DO SO.

OKAY.

I JUST, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP BECAUSE

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I DIDN'T WANT NO ONE TO FEEL BURDEN, TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE ALWAYS OBLIGATED OR HAVE TO PHYSICALLY BE, YOU KNOW, AT CITY HALL OR THE COMMUNITY ROOM.

NOT AT ALL.

I'VE BEEN MARRIED 30 YEARS BECAUSE I'VE WORKED 30 MINUTES AWAY FROM WHERE I LIVE.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DECOMPRESS ALL OF THIS BEING TOGETHER ALL THE TIME.

LIKE, AH, YOU'RE STILL, WE RECORD THIS AREN'T WE? YES, SIR.

SO I'M OKAY.

ALBEIT IN-PERSON AS LONG AS WE HAVE.

OKAY.

OKAY.

SOUNDS GOOD.

OKAY.

UM, WE'VE GOT 10 MORE MINUTES.

UM, NEW BUSINESS, WE PRETTY MUCH DISCUSSED AS FAR AS THE REMAINING FORUMS FOR THE YEAR.

SO WE AGREED THAT FOR 2021 FOR THE FIRST QUARTER, WE WILL HAVE AS PART OF OUR DIALOGUE ON DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION SERIES, THE FIRST QUARTER FORUM WOULD BE A DISCUSSION IN TERMS OF BIASES AND PREJUDICES, A MATSON MINORITY, AND MAJORITY COMMUNITY.

UM, WE'LL HAVE A DEFINITE TITLE ONCE, YOU KNOW, TALK TO YOLANDA ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN FOR THE BIGGEST START THE FOURTH QUARTER, ANYWAY, YES, THE RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS FORUM.

AND WE'LL REACH OUT TO MR. COLTON ELEY TO SEE IF HE CAN BE OUR FACILITATOR FOR THAT DISCUSSION.

AND IF HE CANNOT DO IT, HE MAY BE ABLE TO GET SOMEBODY ELSE WHO CAN AND BE SINCERE.

IF WE'RE APPROACHING IT FROM A HEALTH CRISIS STANDPOINT, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET SOMEBODY FROM LAND GRANT, UM, THAT THEY CAN GET ONE OF THE USDA AGENCIES, UH, INVOLVED.

THEY LIKE DOING THAT KIND OF STUFF BEFORE.

SO THEY LEFT WITH THESE COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE WITH GROUPS OF PEOPLE.

SO YOU SAID LAND GRANT.

SO THE 1890 LAND GRANT INSTITUTION, ALL OF THIS I NEEDED, THEY TRIED TO, I DON'T WANT TO SAY, GET RID OF THAT MIGHT NOT BE A BIG, DIFFERENT WE CAN OUT.

UM, I MEAN THEY'RE ASIAN, THERE'S, UM, LATINO, THERE'S THREE STATES.

SO I CAN TAKE A LOOK THROUGH, THROUGH THE CONNECTIONS AND DATE, BECAUSE I KNOW THOSE ARE THE SPEAKER THAT WAS WORK WITH NICOLE, YOU KNOW, WITH RACISM AND THE MEDICAL AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF TOO.

SO WE CAN, WE CAN READ THEM, I'LL READ THEM ON MY NECK.

OKAY.

AND OUT, CAUSE I BELONG TO THE DAYTON CHAPTER OF NAACP AND A LOT OF MASONIC BROTHERS, FRED, AND IT'S JUST STARS AND STORE WHORES THAT BELONGS WELL.

AND I CAN SEE IT.

THEY EITHER ARE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF, UM, DISCUSSION AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, A POSSIBLE, UM, REFERENCE WITH THE SPEAKER THAT WE CAN USE.

SO I'LL USE THAT RESOURCE.

WHAT HAVE WE, UM, LET'S SEE, WELL, THIS ONE GOES REALLY WELL WHEN WE START BUILDING THIS AS A REGULAR SERIES FOR THE CITY, THIS CHILD WHO, THAT WE COULD COLLABORATE, LIKE WITH THE DATE AND NATURE TO, WITH THEIR TALKS.

I DON'T KNOW ERIC FIELDS HE'S ON, IN THE SAME 40 AS YOU TALK TO CARTER.

SO THEY DO TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO I DO A LOT OF WORK WITH THEM, BUT THAT'S AN ORBIT WE CAN PARTNER WITH BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY LOOK AT AND THAT WOULD BE, I THINK, WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE CITY OF DAYTON AND CITY HEIGHTS HAVE A COLLABORATION AND HAVE A LONGER DIALOGUE AND MORE PEOPLE.

AND THEN LIKE, I KNOW THERE'S ALSO, THERE MAY BE INTERESTED IN COLLABORATING WITH THE CITY AND THINGS.

SO, I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK DOWN THE LINE, I'M NOT SAYING NECESSARILY THIS YEAR, BUT A GOAL FOR THIS RACE TO HAVE IT, WE HAVE A COLLABORATION WITH THE CITIES AND THEN THAT MAY BE MECHANISM WITH FUNDING BECAUSE BY THEN WE'LL HAVE AN IT PERSON AND THEN HAVE MAYBE FUNDING AND SOURCES WITHOUT, WITH WHEN WE COLLABORATE, REACH OUT TO OTHER AREAS, OTHER CITIES.

YES.

I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE OTHER CITIES

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LIKE TROTWOOD, THEY HAVE A PROCLAMATION DECLARING RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE.

SO YEAH.

SO IT'D BE GOOD TO PARTNER WITH THE OTHER SURROUNDING CITIES IN DAYTON, YOU KNOW, ON THIS, UM, TOPIC.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

ITEM SEVEN B UM, WE PRETTY MUCH DISCUSSED THAT, UM, FAR AS OUR TWO FORUMS FOR THE YEAR AND A HALF, THE FIRST ONE IN MARCH.

AND THEN THE SECOND ONE OCTOBER, WE'LL BE WORKING ON, UM, DEFINITE DATE FOR OCTOBER.

I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF DAYS WE NEED TO AVOID.

SO WE THOUGHT IT'S IN THE MIDDLE.

RIGHT? THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE DO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.

YES.

OKAY.

WE'VE GOT FOOTBALL, FOOTBALL TRYING TO GET BACK OUT AFTER EVERYBODY THAT'S MADE THEM HEARD.

YES.

HOMECOMING.

YES.

OKAY.

UM, NEXT, ARE THERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS? NOPE.

WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I APPRECIATE THE, BOTH OF YOU AS FAR AS YOUR IDEAS.

I KNOW THAT BASED ON THESE CONSTRAINTS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO WORK AROUND THAT, TO DO WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, GET OURSELVES TO DO, DO THIS COMMISSION.

WE WILL, YOU KNOW, KEEP THOSE BOOKS.

WELL, WE HAVE MEETING NEXT WEEK WITH UP SPEAKING AS THE COMMISSION.

IF NOT, I'M GOING TO SIGN UP AS A, AS A, AS A PAYER RESIDENT THAT YOU ARE NOT SUPPORTING COUNSEL.

I MEAN, I JUST, I JUST FINGERS NOT WANTING ALL THIS STUFF.

OH, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? THE HOOPER HEIGHTS EDUCATION.

I'M SORRY.

PEOPLE HEIGHTS CULTURE AND DIVERSITY IS AN ACTION COMMISSION.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE IS ADJOURNED AT 7:26 PM ON FEBRUARY 23RD, 2021.

THANK YOU.

I'LL HAVE THESE MINUTES TO YOU A LITTLE SOONER THAN I DID.

OH, NOT THAT LONG WAS THAT? NO, THAT'S NOT.

OKAY.

YOU NORMALLY I DO MINUTES.

CAUSE I'M GOING TO KEEP RECORDS AND SEAL FOR MY CHAPTER.

I'LL BE REALLY BE DONE WITH THE MINUTES LIKE THAT.

OH REALLY? OKAY.

YEAH.

BECAUSE LIKE WHEN WE HAPPEN TO MEET AND I'LL SIT THERE AND WATCH WHILE I'M LISTENING, TYPING IN THE MINUTES AND THEY'VE DONE LITERALLY BEFORE TO MEET, SOON AS ME OVER, I TYPED IN THAT I MIGHT READ THROUGH IT, BUT THE NEXT THAT IS GONE, I'M LIKE, I'M DONE WITH IT.

OH YEAH.

THAT'S WHAT I'D HAVE TO DO.

YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO MEETINGS LIKE THIS, I'D RATHER EAT SOMETHING OFF MY PLATE BECAUSE I HAVE ANOTHER ORGANIZATION.

I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.

SO EVERYTHING YOU ARE IN LIKE EVERY, UH, UH, HOUSE OF MESA POSSIBLE.

UH, NO NANA TELL YOU NOW I'M NO LONGER AN OLD LADY RULER FOR MIAMI SIMPLY.

I'M A PASS MAN.

I'M JUST A MEMBER.

YEAH.

AND YEAH.

YEAH.

BUT, UM, RONDA'S GONNA KEEP IT A LATE, THAT'S IT? YEAH.

I DON'T HOLD ANY, UM, OFFICERS NOW FOR DELTA NOR EASTERN STAR BECAUSE OF THIS COMMITMENT.

UM, AND I'M TREASURER FOR BLACKS AND GOVERNMENT LIQUIDATE AND CHAT.

NO, THAT'S ENOUGH.

A COUPLE OF THINGS THEY ASKED ME TO BE PART OF AND I'M LIKE, I CAN'T, I CAN'T DO ALL THE STUFF AFTER WORK.

I'M TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, TAKING MY DEGREE AND MY MBA AND MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.

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SO I'M TRYING TO GET DONE TAKING CALLS AND THEN I DON'T WORK FOR THE HOUR.

I LIKE JUST BAM IT WHENEVER IT IS.

SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S WEIRD BECAUSE MY CLASSES ARE ALL ONLINE AND I FEEL SO GUILTY IN BETWEEN NINE AND FIVE.

IF I'M NOT DOING SOMETHING TO ENGAGE IN THAT, BECAUSE I STILL HAD THAT ADMINISTRATION MINDSET WHERE I HAVE TO BE WORKING THIS TIME.

BUT THEN EIGHT AND NINE POCKET, ALL OF MY STUDENTS ARE BUSY.

THEY'RE ENGAGED, THEY'RE IN THE PLAQUE WHERE IT'S LIKE CLEANING MY SOUL.

LIKE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, EIGHT, 11.

I'M NOT THE STUDENT.

SO I'M NOT THE DEALER OTHER THAN EMAIL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND THEN LIKE FIVE OR SIX O'CLOCK THAT'S WHEN YOU GET TEXTS, EMAILS, CALLS, THAT'S ACTIVE.

THE ONE IN THE MORNING YOU STARTED GETTING ALL THESE EMAILS LIKE, WELL, AND I'M LIKE, BECAUSE ANY TYPE OF REPRESENTATION WILL GET THE CENTER COMMITTEE, ALL OF THE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE, IT'S LIKE, OH GOSH.

SO WHEN DOES THE, UM, CAUSE RIGHT.

STAY IN CENTRAL STATE.

ARE THEY ON SEMESTERS? YES.

IT'S, IT'S CRAZY.

I MEAN, WE HAVE THIS ONLINE PROGRAM.

THAT'S, I MEAN, IT'S GROWING FASTER THAN I THINK THE UNIVERSITY CAN KEEP UP WITH.

WE'RE WE'RE GETTING THERE SORTA PROGRAM CENTRAL STATE.

OUR PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED IT AT THE FACULTY SENATE MEETING LAST WEEK.

HE'S GOING TO DO, WE'RE GOING TO STATE AGAIN, BECAUSE FOR SOME REASON WE HAVE PROGRAMS, WE'RE THE LARGEST PUBLIC WE HAVEN'T, WHILE YOU MIGHT BE GETTING RESISTANCE.

I I, YEAH, DEFINITELY.

SOMEDAY WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT.

I HEARD SOME STORIES, BUT I THINK THE PRESIDENTS ARE IN THE WORK TOGETHER THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE REMOTE.

OKAY.

WELL SHE'S HERE.

WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START THIS MEETING SEVEN 30 TO FIVE MINUTES.

SO LET'S CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER SAY THERE'S A PRESENT, THERE'LL BE FOUR PEOPLE, UH, UH, W THAT THE MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA MOTION SECOND, ANY ALREADY IN THE OPPOSITION TO THE MOTION UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU.

UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE APPROVE THE MINUTES, THIS MEETING.

SO SAY, UH, THE MINUTES WERE DISSEMINATED.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY TWO, 20, 25 MINUTES.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, UH, I HAVE, UH, OH FIVE, EIGHT BLACK HISTORY MONTH ESSAY CONTEST.

UM, YOU LOOK AT THE AGENDA, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I DID WANT TO DISCUSS, UH, UH, MONEY AND HOPING KATIE WILL BE IN THE ROOM.

I WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND, LIKE SHE WAS LAST TIME.

THAT IS NOT THE CASE.

I WANTED TO FIND OUT IF WE HAD COLLECTED, UM, ALL OF THE, THE FUNDS THAT WERE COMMITTED OR PLEDGED HERE.

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AND I WOULD TAKE A, THE KATIE'S COME TOMORROW.

SHE'S NOT, I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE MIGHT BE IN THE OTHER ONE.

IF SHE IS, I CAN STOP OVER THERE.

AND IF THERE'S CARS , DID WE HAVE 500 PLANT PROMISED? I MEAN, MORE THAN THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS, UH, ABOUT, UM, THAT WAS THE CHEAPY GRACEFULLY.

OKAY.

FEBRUARY WE TOOK A PICTURE OF THE ENVELOPE.

OKAY.

SO THERE WAS THE 150 200, THREE 53 75.

HE GAVE US TWO 50 TO 225, 51 12.

SO YEAH, WE GOT, WE GOT ALL OF WHAT WE NEED.

OKAY.

YEAH.

RIGHT.

SO LET THE MINUTES REFLECT THAT ALL OF WHAT WE NEEDED FOR THE ESSAY COPY CONTENTS WAS COMMITTED.

UM, BUT INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS, UH, JUSTIN, I'M WAITING FOR SOME REASON, I DID RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM MS. EDWARDS LAST THURSDAY, TO WHICH I RESPONDED.

UH, SHE ADDS, UH, NLA, PA.

WE HAD THAT, AND THAT'S JUST A HIGHER, UH, ACADEMICIAN IN ME.

AND QUARTER A WEEK, WE COULD BACK UP AND NOT REQUIRE THEM TO WRITE AN APA OR MLA FORMAT.

I THOUGHT FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT AT THAT AGE, EACH DAY, WE'RE AT LEAST INTRODUCING EMAIL, I GUESS.

SO THEY MAY NOT HAVE MS. SO I GAVE HER MY GOOGLE ADDRESS AND TOLD THEM TO PUT IT ON GOOGLE DOCS AND SEND IT TO ME THAT WAY.

UM, BUT, UH, AND I THINK THAT'S THE SAME THING THAT LISTENS TO US.

SO I HAVE ACCESS TO GOOGLE DOCS IF THEY SEND IT TO ME, IT'LL COME THROUGH AS AN EMAIL.

RIGHT.

SO AS A, UH, AS A, UH, DISTRICT AMONGST THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, SO WE CAN START EVALUATING THEM AND, AND LIKE IN THE NEWSLETTER FOR THE SCHOOL.

YEAH.

YEAH.

ALONDA HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME FOLKS ABOUT THE LETTER, ABOUT YOUR SON, HIS AGE GROUP.

IT SHOULD HAVE, UH, SHE SAID HE WAS WASN'T IT, HE WAS GOING THROUGH SOME STUFF HE HAS AND SAID, HEY, OH, HERE IT IS.

SO HE HAD IT ON AN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATE OR WHATEVER, AND IT WAS IMMEDIATE ACCESSIBLE.

SO THEY SENT IT, UM, YEAH, I'M TRYING TO, SHE SPOKE WITH, UH, I DON'T REMEMBER, BUT IT WAS, YOU SAW SO THAT THAT'S BETTER THAN I SAW THE, UH, THE COMMUNICATION AS WELL.

SO IT'S, IT'S BEING COMMUNICATED.

THOSE CHALLENGES THE STUDENTS HAVE WERE WORKED OUT AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL START SEEING SOME, UM, SOME SUBMISSIONS HERE PRETTY SOON.

WHAT'S TODAY, THE 23RD.

YES.

YEAH, YEAH.

HOPEFULLY WE'LL START SEEING THOSE SOON.

I THINK YOLANDA DID GET A QUESTION ON ONE OF OUR POSTS ABOUT BETHEL SCHOOLS.

I GUESS SOMEBODY WAS INTERESTED IN THEIR BETHEL STUDENT.

AND WE DID TELL HER THAT THE INITIAL CONTENT, AND WE ONLY OPENED IT TO A SMALLER GROUP RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS WHAT HUBER HEIGHTS, CITY SCHOOLS.

WE WILL THAT IN THE FUTURE FOR FUTURE THINGS TO OPENING IT UP WIDER.

AND THEY WERE WITH THAT.

SO I THINK IF WE'RE DOING THIS IN THE FALL, IF WE DO ANOTHER ESSAY CONTEST FOR HISPANIC MODEL OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE IN THE FALL, THEN HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SOLICIT SOME, UH, SOME FUNDS FROM DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH MAY HELP US A LITTLE BIT AS FAR AS, UH, UH, COMING UP WITH THE PRIZE MONEY OTHER THAN OLD SCRAPE AND SCROUNGE MONSTER COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE GOT IT TOGETHER AND, AND HOPEFULLY WE WON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.

SO THAT IS THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH ESSAY CONTEST.

AND LIKE I SAID, AS SOON AS I START GETTING SUBMISSIONS, I'LL SEND THEM OUT TO MEMBERS OF REALLY, SO WE CAN HAVE AN EVEN DISTRIBUTION OF, UH, OF A, TO T SCORE

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ITEM B STATUS OF THE HUBER HEIGHTS CULTURE FESTIVAL, JUNE 12TH, 2020 FROM TWO TO SIX.

I DON'T KNOW, HAVING A HARD TIME REMEMBERING THAT FOUR HOUR.

YES, THAT'S IT.

OKAY.

SO IT'S NEAR 2021.

UM, SO LET'S, LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE BUDGET AND I KNOW, AND THIS IS APART FROM ANY OTHER THAN MY OWN CONCEPTION.

I, I'M NOT, UH, PROBABLY AS EMERGED IN FINANCES AS YOU ARE JEAN.

HOWEVER, I DO, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WE ALLOCATE FOR FUNDS, CAUSE I'VE NEVER DONE THIS CAMERA EVENT BEFORE.

OH, I DID SET THAT.

WE GOT THAT FROM ROB.

I SET THAT WHEN WE HAD TO SUBMIT IT TO YOLANDA, WE BROKE UP THAT THE, UM, WHAT'D THEY HAVE LAST YEAR FOR, UM, THE MARIGOLD FESTIVALS THAT THEY FIT FOR.

AND I SENT THAT TO YOU.

I SENT THAT TO YOU AND I BROKE IT DOWN BY BAND SPEAKERS, PRINTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THEY'RE GOING TO ADOPT THAT BUDGET FOR THIS EVENT.

RIGHT.

AND WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS THAT? YEAH.

YEAH.

ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS PROPOSED AT LEAST WHAT THEY WANT TO GET CRASHED FOR THIS INSTEAD.

IT'S NO ONE GIVING YOU MONEY FOR HIM.

I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE, UM, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN LAST YEAR.

SO WE'RE JUST, WE MISSED THE OPENING THIS YEAR.

THE COVID COULDN'T OPEN IT.

SO THAT MIGHT NEED THAT, THAT THEY HAD ALLOCATED FOR THAT LAST YEAR.

WE SHOULD.

OKAY.

SO WHEN THE YEAR IN, SO DOES THE BUDGET, AND THEN THERE'S KNOWN THAT THEY ROLL THAT TO THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR.

THEY DID.

I NORMALLY, THEY NORMALLY GIVE THE EXACT EVERY FOR THE EVENTS AS THE SAME EVERY, AND THEN I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO RAISE FUNDS, BUT WE CAN'T BE DEPENDING UPON THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE THAT EXTRA ON TOP OF THINGS, BUT, OKAY.

SO THE, SO THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

SO BASICALLY NIA, THE BUDGET THAT WAS SET FOR 2020, THE AMERICA FESTIVAL THAT SIMPLIFICATION HAD PROPOSED, WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT SAME BUDGET FOR THE, UM, CULTURAL DIVERSITY COMMISSION FOR 2020.

YEAH.

IT'S VERY SIMILAR.

I'M GOING, I'M LOOKING AT EXACTLY.

WHAT WOULD YOU EXPECT A MIRACLE THAT'S WHEN HE SENT A, HE SENT ACTUAL BUDGETS FOR 2019 AND 28TH SEASON FOR THE MARIGOLD FESTIVAL, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE US A BASELINE.

SO THEY SPENT 3000 HUNDRED AND 82 AND 28, 13, 19 300.

AND WE ASKED FOR 5,000 FOR THIS CULTURE FESTIVAL, RIGHT THERE IS THE BUDGET.

I KNOW I SENT IT TO YOU.

YOU ASKED ME TO ASK THAT, DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU MAY HAVE SAID, THIS IS WHAT I BROKE IT DOWN TO? THAT WAS PRIOR TO I ME, LET ME LOOK MY EMAIL BECAUSE I SENT IT TO YOU, FRED.

LET'S SEE.

OKAY.

SO TO GET A BUDGET AND PUT OUT, I CAN DO THAT.

IF I HAVE IT JUST PUT THE NAME OF IT IS JUST CHECKING THE BOX FOR ME AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BUDGET AND THEN SEND THAT TO YOLANDA SO SHE CAN MOVE THAT SO THEY CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE GOING TO SPLIT AT THAT.

SO WHEN THEY START HAVING THESE QUESTIONS, WHEN THE DOOR IS CLOSED ABOUT, UM, BUDGETS, AT LEAST THEY'LL HAVE A BETTER, A MORE CONCRETE IDEA OF LINE BY LINE.

WHAT WE NEED, WHAT WE NEED EXACTLY.

IS THAT CORRECT? RIGHT NAME? AND WE CAN ALWAYS ASK FOR MORE, IF WE HAVEN'T JUST A BASELINE, WHAT WE THINK WE MIGHT NEED.

UH, SO KIND OF THE SAME TO MIA,

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TURN IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

MAYBE THAT'LL HELP.

YEAH.

LIKE BANDS AND ENTERTAINMENT.

YOU KNOW, WE MAY NOT NEED AS MUCH MONEY AS THEY NEEDED FOR BLACK.

THE MAYOR GOES BECAUSE THE GROUPS WILL PROVIDE THAT.

SO THERE MAY BE SOME GROUPS THAT MAY SAY THEY WANT SOMETHING.

WE DID, WE DIDN'T PAY PEOPLE.

WE SAID, WE'LL GIVE YOU A DONATION.

SO, AND I THINK THAT'S, WHAT'S IMPORTANT.

WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO PAY PEOPLE TO PERFORM, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER FOR THEM TO GET A FREE BOOTH SPACE, THEN THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A UP OR A PERFORMANCE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

ANY THINGS FOR THOSE THINGS.

SO HOW MUCH ARE WE CHARGING FOR THEM? WE'RE NOT, IT'S AN INITIAL FIRST ONE AND OUGHTA BE OUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION THAT DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO FUNDRAISE BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC IN THE FUTURE, AS WE'RE POPULAR, THEN WE CAN CHARGING THAT.

BUT I THINK THINKING, I GAVE A THING, I'M LIKE, I KNOW IT'S IN HERE SOMEWHERE.

WELL, RHONDA MENTIONED GIVE THEM THE BOOTH SPACE FREE.

AND THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I HEARD ALLUSION TO CHARGE HIM SPACE.

AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE WERE CHARGING THEM, WE DIDN'T.

NO.

UM, BUT I DO THINK IT WOULD BE NICE SINCE IT IS OUR 40TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY.

AND SINCE THIS IS OUR FIRST, IF WE LIKE, BUT SO BAG, MAYBE A MUG, SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN USE, IT CAN BECOME LIKE ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE CITY AND THEN ANYTHING, WE WOULD GET THOSE PUT BACK IN COMMUNITY, YOU GET THE, NOT SOME POSSIBLE VENDORS, ALSO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND $25 PROFIT VENDORS.

THAT WOULD BE FOOD TRUCKS BECAUSE THEY'RE TAKING MONEY OFF OF THIS EVENT.

SO I WAS THINKING, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING IS A POSSIBLE FEE IS FREE FOR NOT FOR NON-PROFIT WORKS.

AND THEN 25 FOR PROFIT VENDOR WHERE SOME BUSINESSES ARE COMING AND WE WERE SELLING THE FOOD TRUCK.

CAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT WAS GOING TO BE NEW THINKING FOR THEM.

WELL, TWO MEALS, BUT THANKS REPORTING.

CAUSE LIKE SOME OF THOSE VENDORS DEPENDENT ON WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED IN THE EVENT, THEY MAKE A LOT OF MONEY.

WELL, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MAKE MONEY THOUGH.

NO, WE'RE MAKING THEM A PROBLEM.

CAUSE I LIKE THE RECIPE FOR OUR STATE.

SOMETHING AWESOME COMES UP BECAUSE OFTEN COMING UP, SO WE CHARGE SOMETHING, I JUST PUT MY OWN AND BEANS, THEY CHARGE FOOD TRUCK.

THAT'S STILL OLD.

BUT I WAS THINKING FOR VENDORS LIKE THAT, WE'VE BEEN CHARGED BECAUSE IT'S A MONEY MAKING THING FOR THEM.

BUT FOR THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WE WOULD FOR THEM THIS TIME BECAUSE THEY'RE PROVIDING THE PAYMENT FEES, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

SO HOW DO WE DETERMINE WHICH GROUP WE CHARGE IT'S ON THERE? UM, YOU TELL WHO'S THERE OR WOULDN'T HAVE ONE WE ARE ASKING FOR, UH, ARTICLES IT'S ON THERE.

YEAH.

UM, YEAH.

SO WE CAN ADD THAT TO THE REGISTRATION FORM.

YEAH.

THIS IS THE THAT I SENT YOU GUYS.

SHOULD WE STILL HAVE A WORKING SESSION AS A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THIS BUDGET BEFORE IT'S PRESENTED OF COURSE, TO THE COMMISSION AND THEREFORE TO CITY COUNCIL? NO, BY YOLANDA AND OR RHONDA THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD MENTIONED IN MY EMAIL LAST WEEK, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD SET UP A MEETING TO DISCUSS JUST THIS? YEAH.

BUT YEAH, SO WE CAN, WE CAN HAVE ANSWERS TO, IT WAS BACK.

I THINK IT WAS WHEN I SENT THE BUDGET AT THE SAME TIME.

SO I'LL LOOK AT THAT BUDGET AND I'M GOING TO JUST, AGAIN, JUST THROW IT ON

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ONE DOCUMENT AND BASICALLY IT'S AN AFTER YOLANDA ASSOCIATED, FORWARDED, I DON'T KNOW.

YEAH.

YEAH.

AND I DO HAVE A LETTER THAT I'M SENDING TO YOU ALL.

IT'S A VERY BASIC CAR THAT I LOOK AT.

AND IF YOU FIND SOMETHING IN THERE THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE ADDED, I KNOW NO THAT'S, WE'RE DOING NOW.

BUT UM, SO IF WE HAVE SPONSOR SPONSOR A LOT OF STUFF.

YEAH.

ONE THING THAT AGAIN, AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT BOUNCED AROUND WITH STATE AS LITTLE SPACE, BUT THE CHARGE FOR THE FOOD TRUCKS, THIS IS THE FIRST EVENT THAT WE'VE THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD THIS.

EVEN I THINK AT LEAST FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE, IT'S DIFFICULT TO SAY HOW MUCH THAT SPACE IS WORTH.

KNOWING WE'RE TALKING TO INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS PEOPLE AND SAY, OKAY, WELL WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO $25 OR $50 A HUNDRED AND BE ABLE TO GUARANTEE THEM ACCESS TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IN THAT VENUE, CHARGING JUSTIN.

I MEAN, WE HAVE THE AGE, THE ONLY PERSPECTIVE OUT OF THEY COMES TO EVENTS EVERY YEAR.

SO THEY HAVE A FIXATION ON WHAT THEY'RE GOING PAY.

THEY COME TO MIRACLE, THEY COME TO BE PRACTICING IN THE HEIGHTS.

SO THEY COME TO THESE THINGS THAT PEOPLE HIDE.

SO IF YOU, WELL, WHY DIDN'T YOU, WHY DID YOU START KIND OF KEEPING THAT CONSISTENCY TO ? UM, OBVIOUSLY I'M THINKING THAT I'M THINKING OF COVID IN THE FACT THAT PEOPLE PROBABLY HAVEN'T DONE A LOT OF BUSINESS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IN ALL FAIRNESS VISA, AS THEY MAKE A PROFIT.

SO LIKE PEOPLE WHO HAD THE MIRACLE WHERE YOU AT THE LAST MIRACLE.

YEAH.

YEAH.

DO YOU REMEMBER THE TRUST RIGHT THERE AT THE ENTRANCE? THEY HAVE THE BARBECUE PEOPLE AND EVERYTHING AND THE, YOU, THIS ARMY DOGS, THEY ALWAYS HAVE TONS OF DAYTON'S MOST POPULAR.

YEAH.

OKAY.

THAT'S THE HOT, FANCY, OH, FANCY I'LL TRUCK OFF THE TRUCK, BUT THEY WILL FOLLOW, MAKE NASTIES.

I KNOW A BROTHER NAMED MCMASTER FILTHY MCNASTY YEAH.

YEAH.

SEND ME BACK AN EMAIL MENTIONED EVERYTHING.

YOU'LL TRY TO USE IT AS A TEMPLATE.

YEAH.

SENDING THEM, SENDING THEM THE REGISTRY.

AND HERE'S ANOTHER QUESTION.

HOW DO WE GET IN CONTACT WITH THE FOOD TRUCK VENDORS? THAT WOULD BE, I HAVE A LIST.

I HAD A, I HAVE AN EMAIL WITH ALL THE CULTURAL POSSESSIONS TOO.

SO I'M GOING TO SEND THEM A LETTER WITH REGISTERED SIN, THE APPLICATION EXHIBIT PUBLICATION AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME UP.

AND I'M ALSO GOING TO REACH OUT IN PERSON TO SOME OF THE GROUPS THAT I KNOW FOR SURE THAT I KNOW THAT I WILL ASK ALSO TO COME AND FOR FOOD TRUCK WORK, WE USE A WORK TRUCK.

SO THERE'S A DATE.

YOU CAN ALSO GET A LIST.

THAT'S WHAT I THINK THEY USE FOR AMB.

AND THEN THEY PUT THE WORD OUT TO ALL THE CULTURAL ONES LIKE BUBBLE TEA.

YEAH.

THE BROWN ONE.

HOW DID Y'ALL KNOW ALL THE NAMES OF THESE FOOD TRUCKS?

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SO HOW MANY FOOD TRUCKS LAST YEAR? HOLD ON ONE.

YEAH.

I'M SORRY.

OH, THAT'S OKAY.

SO WHEN, UM, VACATION WAS PLANNING FOR 2020, HOW MANY FOOD TRUCKS EACH YOU ALL HAVE? UM, BECAUSE THIS WAS CANCELED WHEN MARCH AND MAY YOU MEAN THOUGH? YEAH.

EVEN MORE FOOD BITES.

ONE THAT WAS THIS YEAR AND THEY HAVE 10, 10.

YEAH.

AND THERE'S ONE GUY WHO DOES THAT FOR ME, IT POPS UP, HE'S A RESIDENT AND HE DOES POP UP TENTS AND HE DO THIS.

SO WE GET ON THE PHONE SAYING, TRY THE ASSOCIATION.

I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT SAYING AT THE TIME, BUT I THINK EVEN THIS IS PAST WHEN YOU PUT OUT A CALL FOR PROPOSALS OR CALL FOR VENDORS SELLING, BECAUSE THE ONE THAT WAS THE CROQUETTES, THAT WAS THE WORST WAS WHEN I CAME IN FROM THE KICKOFF AND MADE GEAR TOWARDS THE TEAM.

AND LIKE ZOMBIE DOES THE SAME THING.

YOU TELL THEM, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE WANTING THERE'S OR FOOD TRUCKS, WHATEVER.

SO LET THEM KNOW THAT IT IS A DIVERSITY EVENT.

SO THIS WEEK FOR ME ON FRIDAY AND LEVEL THINGS WE BREAK IS NEXT WEEK FOR US.

OKAY.

SO I HAVE MORE TIME.

YEAH.

I'LL RIDE UP THAT WEEKEND TO TWO MEETINGS THAT WHERE YOU CAN, WHAT ELSE DID THAT TO THE VENDORS SO THAT EVERYBODY IN THE APP I SENT YOU.

SO THAT'D BE AWESOME.

BUT LET ME TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND GET IT ON ONE PIECE OF PAPER AND I'LL SEND IT BACK OUT FOR THE COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT REVIEW BEFORE WE SEND IT TO YOUR LINED UP.

I WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT DONE IN TIME BEFORE.

RIGHT.

UM, WHO CAN YOU SAY? YOU WANT TO SEND THE INVITATION? LET ME, LET ME, LET ME REPHRASE THAT.

YOU'RE GOING TO FINISH THE APPLICATION.

DID YOU WANT US TO LOOK AT THE APPLICATION? AND THEN AS CHAIR OF FESTIVAL, WE'LL SEND OUT TO WELCOME THAT MY SPREADSHEET COLLECTED LAST YEAR, SEND OUT TO GROUPS THAT CAN BE IN PARTICIPANT AND SAY, SO CAN Y'ALL GET THAT APPLICATION BY SATURDAY? NO NEED TO INVENT THE WHEEL.

AND WE DO HAVE OFF, THEY REACHED OUT THAT'S OUR ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION.

WELL, I'M TRYING TO GET THESE DOWN.

SO CAN Y'ALL LOOK AT THE APPLICATION BY SATURDAY, YOU CAN GIVE HER YOUR FEEDBACK.

OKAY.

NOW ON THE FOOD TRUCKS.

SO YOU SAID YOU HAVE WELL, IT'S THE SAME.

THEY'LL THEY'LL GET THE SAME VENDOR THING.

THEY'LL SEND THEM OUT BECAUSE OUR VENDORS WILL JUST FEEL A LITTLE BIT FOR THEM, BUT THEY'LL GET THIS PARTICULAR.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO REACH OUT TO THE REVERSED TWO TRUCKS, BECAUSE WE THINK WE CAN'T HAVE ONE TRUCK HAVE TO HAVE ONE.

YEAH.

IF YOU GOT TO TALK TO PEOPLE, 20 FOOD TRUCKS MIGHT NOT BE ENOUGH, BUT SPACE WISE, WE DON'T HAVE SPACE.

AT LEAST AMERICANS HAVE AT LEAST, YEAH.

PEOPLE WHO WANT TO MOVE HAVE FLOATED THEIR BOATS.

YEAH.

BECAUSE THEY'RE SELLING OUT THERE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF

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FOODS, CRAFTS OR CLOTHING, WHATEVER CULTURAL ITEMS, AS LONG AS IT'S CULTURALLY BASED AND THAT'S IN THE LOCATION THAT HAS TO BE.

SO WHEN WE KNOW AHEAD OF TIME, THEY'RE GOING TO BE SEVEN FOODS.

YEAH.

BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO HAVE LICENSE.

SO TO SPEAK, THIS WILL BE SIGNED BASED ON THE FOLLOWING, IN ORDER, WHICH THEY'RE ACCEPTED, APPROVED THE CATEGORY AND TYPE, AND THE IMPACT ON THE EVENT, UM, LIMITED SPOTS ARE AVAILABLE.

FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS.

ZIPPERS WILL BE PITTED A SPACE BY TENT AREA FOR TABLE AND THEY HAVE FIND TIP.

SO LET ME BACK UP SOMETHING, THE CAR CAPTURED MY ATTENTION.

YOU SAID LICENSING? YEAH.

FOOD OR SOMETHING.

YEAH.

I HAVE TO BE LIKE THIS CITY LICENSING.

YEAH.

IT'S IT'S AND ALL VENDORS ARE TO HAVE OUR LICENSE CERTIFICATE EVENTUALLY FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY REGULATIONS.

THOSE WHO SELL FOOD.

NO, I HAVE THE OFF FIRE DEPARTMENT TO CHECK, MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE THREE SINKS THAT THEY'LL HAVE THE, ALL THAT STUFF.

AND THESE ARE HOOKED UP AND CERTIFIED THE TRUCK.

WELL, NO, THE TRUCK, THE TRUCKS ALREADY HAVE THE BOOTHS, BUT THE THING IS THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BECAUSE THEY PREPARE.

AND SO IT DOES HELP THOUGH, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I GET THERE, EARLY CHECK, ALL OF THAT AND WE CAN GET THE PRECINCT SET UP.

THEN I DO THE SAME THING.

WHEN WE HAVE EVENTS WITH, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT NOW THEY DO ON THE APPLICATION, WE ASK THEM WHAT CULTURES REPRESENTATIVE WOULD PROVIDE MUSIC FOR ME, ARTS DANCE.

WE IN PROVIDING CULTURALLY RELEVANT FOOD.

WE PREPARING SITE CATERING, LIGHTING AND FOOD TRUCKS.

SO WILL YOU EDUCATION THEIR CONTENT? DO THEY HAVE ANY REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS THE POWER WALL SYSTEM, ET CETERA, WHEN WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO.

OKAY.

WARMING, DO YOU HAVE THAT JUST RIGHT HERE? WILL YOU PERFORMING SOME CORPORATE PERFORMING ARTS, IE DANCE OR MUSIC? SO, SO IT WAS SCHEDULED PERFORMING LIKE ON THE BIG STAGE.

OKAY.

AND WHAT'S THAT LIKE HOW THEY, THAT WORLD AFFAIRS HAVE THE SCHEDULE.

WE CAN TELL PEOPLE THIS COUNTRY, THIS TIME, THIS PERFORMANCE NOW, OKAY.

ME MONTHS MAKE THAT BIAS, SCHEDULING THE PERFORMANCE OF THAT WHOLE PIECE.

I LOVE THE ART, THE MICROPHONE.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKED OR THAT DAY I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A FASHION SHOW OF CULTURAL DRESSES AND COSTUMES.

AND THESE GROUPS ALL HAVE THAT AND THEY LOVED SHOW OFF THEIR COSTUMES.

AND I KNOW WE DO THAT WITH OUR STUDENTS AS WELL FOR OUR, THE KNIGHTS AND THE FRIENDSHIP.

SO I WILL ALSO SPEAK TO THESE GROUPS DOING FASHION.

AND WE HAVE THE BUDDHIST TEMPLE HERE.

THEY DO ABSOLUTELY FULL FASHION SHOW, LITERALLY 30 DIFFERENT IT'S.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND THEY'RE LOOKING HERE SO FAR.

WE CAN GET OUR GROUPS, SAME THING WITH THE FILM, THE PHILIPPINE GROUP, THEY'RE ACTUALLY FLYING A SPACE.

WE WERE TO MAKE IT HEADQUARTERS THE DATE AND FILM.

SO THEY ALSO HAVE WONDERFUL FACTS.

SO, SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE COULD HAVE THIS GROUPS.

AND, UM, AND I KNOW THEM WHEN SAY WITH THE GROUP, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, I CAN REACH OUT TO THEM AND, AND ASK THEM TO DO, AND RUTH'S ON THAT LIST FROM DEFI OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS.

BUT I CAME ACROSS AFRICAN MARK UP IN CARTERSVILLE, GO TO AN OREGON.

AND I KNOW I HAVE OURS BECAUSE WE HAVE OPERATE AT WORK THAT DOES NIGERIA.

AND THEY DO DRUMMING.

SEE TOO.

SHE'S A VERY NICE LADY.

SHE SAID AT BILLY'S AFRICA, SHE, HERS GOT SOME BEAUTIFUL FABRICS AND THEY DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET HER APPLICATION.

YEAH.

SO SHE CAN BRING SOME MARKER.

I'VE GOT A WELCOME DAY, ALL DIFFERENT BUSINESSES, ALL BUSINESSES.

AND I HAVE COUPLES IN CHURCH THROUGH ONES THAT ARE CULTURAL CHURCH CULTURAL.

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SO WE WILL, I WILL TALK TO THEM ONCE WE CAN LADDER AND EVERYTHING, AND THEN WE'LL SEND OUT TO THEM TO START THEM ON THEIR COUCH.

ALL RIGHT.

SO I'M SORRY.

I DO NEED TO BRING UP THE ONE FOR THAT BECAUSE THEY ASKED ME TO BRING IT UP TONIGHT IS THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY MEETING NOW.

I DON'T SEE WHAT THEY KNOW FINE.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO BRING TO BEAR CHARLES HUBER AND THEY HAVE A CONTENT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE KIDS DRAWING THE CUPBOARD AT THE BOOTH.

SO IT'S AN ACTIVITY PART OF THE KID'S ZONE.

AND HE BE THERE FOR PICTURES AND THEN THEY HAVE PRIZES, I GUESS I'M SEEING 75 GIFT CERTIFICATE GIVE OUT FOR THAT.

SO, SO THEY WANTED TO GET AN OFF LOCATION FROM US.

THEY CAN DO THAT, BUT I TOLD HIM TONIGHT, BUT IT'S, IT'S TOO SICK.

YEAH, THAT'S APPROPRIATE.

SO THE DONATION COMMUNITY BUSINESS PRODUCT, YOU SAID, YOU'RE GOING TO SEND US THAT LETTER.

WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE REVIEW.

SO THEN WE CAN START GIVING BECAUSE I WANT, WE GET TO WORK FOR TARGET AND WALMART.

I WANT TO GET INTO THAT AND, UH, MY PRICES OR ANYTHING.

OKAY.

SORRY, TAKE YOU OVER THERE LAST YEAR, PAST WOMEN WITH CLASS AND THEN THE COUNTRY, THE STAMP THEY TAKE, THEY TURN LIKE IN ALL YOUR STATES, THEY TURN FOR LIKE BASKET IS, OR, OR SOME PRIZE THAT WAY SO THAT THEY PUT THESE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND THEN THE PAST MAKES IT, SO THAT CULTURAL THING, IT'S LIKE JUST GET FANS FOR ME TO MOVE.

OKAY.

THAT'S GOOD.

AND THEN WE TELL THEM, YOU KNOW, COME JUST SO I THINK SIMILAR, AND AT THE END, YOU TURN IN THE, LIKE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS ON A LITTLE TEARAWAY TICKET AND THEN IT DOESN'T RUFFLE.

ONCE YOU GET ALL YOUR STAMPS, OH, THERE'S A POSSIBLE IVF THAT OUT TO EVERYBODY, WHAT WE SEE COMMUNITY PUSHUPS.

AND THEN THIS KROGER ST.

GRANT LATER SLIDES, CULTURAL EVENTS, THEY DO HISPANIC I'M PART OF THE COMMITTEE.

AND THEY LOOK A LOT ABOUT THIS TIME TO SET THE BIGGER ONES TO GET THOSE CHALLENGES.

FORTUNATELY, THE BIG COMPANIES WILL BE LIKE, IT'S TOO LATE TO GET SET OUT TO ME.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I PUT SOME OWNERS SUCH AS STATE FARM DOES A LOT.

YEAH.

THEY PLAY FOOTBALL TOGETHER.

WE'LL GO AFTER THEM FIRST AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO GET, GET THEM, MAYBE THIS BACK BETWEEN A ONE.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP BACK UP STARBUCKS, KEEPING IT, REALIZE THAT IT WAS VERY EXPRESSIBLE.

HEY, REACH OUT TO ONCE WE JUST ARE MAKING FORTUNATE.

I MEAN, THESE ARE, MY WIFE ARE DOING WELL AND HUMOR AND YOU KNOW, LET'S SHOOT THAT TOO.

IT'S BEEN AROUND A WHILE.

PIZZA PIZZA IS REALLY GOOD.

PIZZA IS BEEN HERE FOR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S THE SCHOEPS.

[01:35:01]

I CAN REACH OUT TO THEM TO SEE IF THEY WANT A SPOT.

AND CASEY'S IS VERY, VERY EASY ACTUALLY GRANT COMMUNITY GRANTS THAT THEY GET.

IT'S LIKE THEY MEET ONCE A MONTH.

SO I DON'T WANT HAVING TO DO THAT.

AND I MEAN, THEY, IT JUST DEPENDS, BUT THAT WAS WELL, I, WHAT TO GIVE IS THE, WHEN THEY COME IN, I LIKE TO PERSONALLY, WE'LL GO.

AND THEN, SO THEY GET SOMETHING AROUND THE THING IN THE BAG, PUT SOME FLYERS OR WHATEVER TO HELP THESE BUSINESSES AT.

AND WE CAN PUT THEIR SUPPORT IN THEIR BAGS.

SO EVERYBODY TO KNOW WHO WORKS IT.

AND THEN, SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT GIFT BAGS NOW.

AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE T-SHIRT THAT WE WOULD ALL WEAR THE T-SHIRTS WITH THE CULTURAL FESTIVAL, YOU KNOW, PICTURE ON IT AND THEN SELL THE ISN'T THAT WHAT ELSE WOULD HELP.

YEAH.

AND I THINKING ALSO WHEN THEY COME IN, USE IT, IF YOU MOVE PERMISSION, I DON'T DON'T HAVE PERMISSIONS.

IF WE WANT TO DO IT SINCE I WAS LIKE, WELL, MISSION 18 AND UP $5, 12 TO $700, 112 FREE.

BUT IF WE DECIDE ON PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS, I CAN GET FREE COMMISSIONS.

AND THIS WAY WE CAN ALSO HELP RAISE THE PANTRY.

THAT'S WHAT THEY CHARGE $2 TO $3.

AND THEN IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO PAY, YOU COULD BRING A FOOD AND THEN UP AND HELP FOOD, THE FOOD PANTRY AT THE SAME TIME.

YEAH.

THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA.

I MEAN, DO WE HAVE HER FLY OUT YET? NO.

WAS OKAY.

BEFORE WE GO, IS IT, IS IT GOOD? UM, I DON'T HAVE IT ON ME, BUT, UM, KEN, IS IT IF WE'RE GOING TO CHARGE, UM, WELL THIS PLAN, THIS FLYER IS TO GET ALL THE KEY ADS.

UM, SO WE JUST GET OUR CALENDAR DATE ON.

SO PEOPLE START SEEING THE DATE ON THERE.

YEAH.

SO LISTEN, LET'S GO AHEAD AND SAY THAT LAST ONE, WE ALL ADDED OUR FEEDBACK ON, IF YOU GET EVERYBODY ON THAT WORD, IT LIKE THIS, UM, FREE, EFFICIENT WITH A NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS AND THEN HOPEFULLY SHOW UP SOME FOOD, CAUSE SAY LIKE FAST OR TO THE DESIGN, LET'S SEE HERE.

AND THEN WE'LL EXPECT TO BRING A FOOD ITEM AND GET IN FREE HERE.

IT IS ONE THING HE DID TALK ABOUT ONCE BEFORE IS HAVING LIKE A VIP OPTION.

YOU KNOW, HOW YOU ALWAYS HAVE THOSE OPTIONS WHERE PEOPLE GET A FEW MORE THINGS.

SO MAYBE SOME GET IN FREE, BUT IF THEY WANT A VIP OPTION WHERE THEY GET MORE THINGS, YOU KNOW, LIKE MAYBE THEY GET A MEAL PASS OR WHERE THEY CAN GO TO A FEW TRUCKS AND AGREE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT IF WE WANT TO DO THAT, WHERE THEY GET A FREE T-SHIRT AND THEY GET A, YOU KNOW, IT'S SO AUTOMATIC, SO A CUP.

SO THAT'S THINK OF IT TOO.

YEAH.

SO THIS IS ONE THAT WE, THIS IS THE FINAL ONE CONTAINS THE EICHELBERGER, IS IT? YEAH.

AND THEN I HAVE, THEN THE MASKS ARE RECORDED FOLLOWED.

YEAH.

SO THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SAY, UH, ADVOCATE THE BOARD I WANT, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET IT TO KATIE TO, TO PUT ON THAT KEY HEADS BECAUSE WE HAVE ADVERTISING PEOPLE SEE THAT LEAD AT LEAST.

MM.

BUT I THINK WE'RE, I THINK, I THINK SO GOODNESS, ADJUST FOR, UH, PLANNING

[01:40:01]

BEYOND THIS ONE, BECAUSE THIS IS CAUSE EVENTS COMING UP.

I DON'T KNOW, EVERY OTHER FOUR EVERY TWO WEEKS OR BECAUSE WHEN WE START TO GET APPLICATIONS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REVIEWING LOCATION.

YEAH.

I THINK THIS IS MY OPINION.

I THINK WE MIGHT NOT BE TOO HAPPY ALL THE TIME THAT A SYMBOL OF THAT EVEN MORE WELL.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING THE TWO SPEAKERS, SO THE SPEAKER FESTIVAL IN JUNE, AND THEN ANOTHER ONE IN THIS ONE FOR US TO START OUR SMALLER FILMS THERE.

AND THE OTHER FILM FESTIVAL IS VIRTUAL, BUT THAT WOULD JUST REQUIRE ME GO ON IN TIME FOR, WITH WEB AND PEOPLE A LITTLE LONGER ON THE WATCH THAT WOULDN'T REQUIRE US TO HAVE THAT MEETING, BUT IT MAY ALSO HELP WITH THE COUNCIL OF ABOUT NOT INCLUDING OTHER CULTURES AND OTHER, IF WE, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY, BUT ARE WE DISCUSSING ANOTHER SECOND, BUT WE'LL GO BACK AND WE'LL GET REBUTTED.

OKAY.

SO, UH, WE CAN ALL OF THESE TOPICS HERE AND I THINK EVERYBODY HAS ACTION ITEMS, UM, CANCELED, SCRATCH THAT WERE NOT APPROVED OTHER THAN THE MONEY.

UM, GET THE BUDGET TIGHTENED UP.

I'LL SEND THAT BACK OUT.

ROB IS GONNA SEND OUT THE, UM, UH, THE, UH, LETTER WE DONATE GOING TO THAT.

WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT ONCE OUR COMMUNITY, UH, INVITATIONS, UM, AGGREGATE VIEW.

WE WANT TO BE THERE BY SATURDAY.

UH, IT WAS GOING TO SEND THAT OUT, UH, RESPONSIVE.

UH, LET'S SAY SCHEDULED, UH, FOR PHARMACISTS, RHONDA SUCH WANTS TO DO THAT.

SHE'S GOING, UH, UH, AGGREGATE THE, UH, THE PERFORMANCES.

IF YOU PUT IN, AFTER, AFTER WE DETERMINE THERE AND WHO'S PERFORMED, THEN SHE SCHEDULED, UM, INVITATIONS.

WE HAVE NOT YET SET UP THAT, UH, APPLICATION FIRST, RIGHT? FEEDBACK SATURDAY, GIVE EVERY PERSON BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK CAN DO APPROVE.

AND THEN I START MAKING OUT.

OKAY, COOL.

SHE WILL BE THE CONTACT PERSON AT CITY HALL BECAUSE WE NEEDED AN EMAIL CONTACT OR PREPARE AND BE EXPECTED FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND PICK UP MAYBE SOME PHYSICAL ONES AND DROP, DROP OFF APPLICATIONS AS WELL.

SO, AND SHE SAID, THAT'S NO PROBLEM.

LET'S LET THEM KNOW AHEAD OF TIME AND THEY'LL EXPECT IT.

AND THEN I WILL GIVE THEM AN ENVELOPE WITH MY NAME ON IT, AND THEN I'LL KEEP CHECKING THEM.

SO, ALL RIGHT.

ANYTHING ELSE WITH THE, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THIS, THE, UH, CULTURE FESTIVAL.

YEAH.

WHEN YOU SEND A MEET, THEY MEET BECAUSE GOING TO BE, UM, FOR THIS BODY IS GOING TO BE THE 23RD OF MARCH, WHICH IS, WE DON'T WANT TO GO HOME MONTH AND NOT HAVE A MEETING FOR SOMETHING WITH SO MANY MOVING PARTS.

SO IN THE NEXT WEEK, WHAT DOES YOUR SCHEDULE LOOK LIKE? NEXT? WE'LL BE OUT.

WE HAVE, WE HAVE CHEMICAL FOR FRIDAY.

WELL, THIS NEXT WEEK WE HAVE OUR POSITION MEETING TOO.

SO, I MEAN, THAT'S GOING TO BE A BUSY WEEK FOR US THURSDAY FOURTH.

YES.

I WOULD SAY MAYBE THE WEEK OF THE EIGHTH.

SO TUESDAY THE EIGHTH, EVERYBODY.

OKAY.

THEN WHAT? WE'LL HAVE DARREN AND BOBBY VISITED MY BROTHER AND SISTER-IN-LAW.

YEAH, LET'S HAVE A BEAD MET DAY CAUSE UH, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON MY NERVES, BUDDY.

ARE YOU SAYING NO? YEAH.

MARCH TONIGHT.

OKAY.

I THINK WHEN I WORKED FOR ME.

OKAY.

[01:45:01]

IT MAY NOT HAVE, WHAT ABOUT MARCH THE 10TH? OKAY.

WHAT ABOUT THE 11TH? HOLD ON MARCH 11TH, SECOND THURSDAY.

I'LL BE AVAILABLE AFTER SEVEN.

SEVEN.

OKAY.

SO SEVEN PLUS A 17 AND 77.

O'CLOCK ON MARCH 11TH, 2021 MEETING OF THE OUTREACH COMMITTEE.

WE KIND OF CALL IT MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL PLANNING FIRST.

OKAY.

SO, BUT THIS IS WORKING AND WORKING COMMITTED THING AND WE CAN HAVE THAT WITHOUT HAVING IT PUBLIC AND ALL THAT STUFF.

OKAY.

YEAH, SURE.

FESTIVAL AND WORKING MEETING.

YEAH.

AND I'LL SEND THEM OUT FOR THAT WHEN I TYPE WITH MINUTES UP FOR THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE.

OKAY.

OKAY.

I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR THEM, BUT HAVE EVERYTHING FINALIZED WITH THE STUFF WE CAN START TALKING MORE SO.

OKAY.

OKAY.

UM, I WOULD SAY NEW BUSINESS COMMEMORATIVE FROM SERVICES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR.

AND THAT FALLS IN LINE WITH WHAT YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IS, IS HOW WE ARE GOING TO ALLOCATE THE REST OF OUR TIME FOR THOSE THINGS GOING ON THIS YEAR.

RIGHT.

UM, AND, AND I KNOW WE HAD MENTIONED SOMETHING IN THE FALL.

UM, I DON'T WANT BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND THE CULTURAL FESTIVAL TO BE THE ONLY TWO THINGS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED HAVE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 15TH TO OCTOBER 15TH, THEN NOVEMBER IS NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.

SO THOSE WOULD BE THE TWO SIGNIFICANT THINGS.

WELL, NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH TO BE DONE.

THANKS TO OKAY.

GOT IT.

BUT, BUT THAT'S DO SELL, UM, THEY DO, THEY DO THEIR THING OF THAT IS TO BRING AWARENESS AND EDUCATION.

THAT'S WHAT MOSTLY THAT MONTH AND THEN ASIAN AND ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER MONTH IS MAY, IS MAY.

SO THOSE WOULD BE THE, UM, LIKE IT'S PRE WOMEN'S HISTORY, THE API HISPANIC HERITAGE AND NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.

THOSE WOULD BE THE ONES THAT CUT ALL THEM.

OKAY.

ARE WE LOOKING AT THE TIMING OR MISSION? THE FILM SAYS, WELL, BECAUSE I HAVE LIKE, I'M, I'M PURCHASING RIGHTS TO THESE FILMS. SO, UM, WE'RE NOT, I'M NOT THE CITY.

CAUSE IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE US MONEY, I'M NOT GOING TO, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE FOR WORK AS WELL.

SO THESE FILMS THAT WE HAVE, WE CAN, I HAVE CANDIDA AND I HAVE THINGS THAT WE CAN SHOW.

UM, I WAS WHEN THAT FOCUSED ON WOMEN OF COLOR, UM, WHO ARE DIRECTING PRODUCING OR THOSE THINGS THAT I CAN GIVE YOU A LIST OF FILMS THAT I'M, I'M STILL, UM, THAT'S WHAT THIS WEEK IS PROGRAMMING.

SO I CAN GET WHAT'S THE FILMS I WAS THINKING MAYBE ONCE A WEEK AND MAKE IT LIKE A, TO CULTURE AND TO PURSUE CITIES FOR THIS ACTION FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.

SO YOU KNOW, SOMETHING AND IT'S VIRTUAL, NO CALL.

AND IT JUST, ALL IT MATTERS IS ME TAKING A SATURDAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND HAVING IT LIVE AND HOW YOU, HOW MANY PEOPLE PARTICIPATED CAUSE THEY CAN TELL THE MOVIES.

UM, SO, AND THEN I JUST SHOWS THE FILM.

UM, I WAS ASKING ME, HOW WOULD YOU LIVE STREAM? THAT WAS FAIR.

HOW WOULD YOU, HOW WOULD YOU LIVE STREAM? I LIVE, STREAM IT THROUGH MY COMPUTER SO I COULD POP UP LIKE MICROSOFT TEAMS OR WEBEX.

AND YOU BASICALLY SHARE YOUR SCREEN.

WE'LL SEE.

WE'LL SEE.

CAUSE THAT'S HOW I DO FILMS VIRTUALLY AT WORK.

YEAH.

I HAVE TWO PRODUCTS SO I CAN DO A PANEL SET UP.

I CAN DO EVENTS SET UP ON THAT BECAUSE IT'S PAID, BUT WE COULD DO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT.

UM, AND PEOPLE ON ALL IT IS, IS WHAT I GIVE OUT TO THE PUBLIC IS I GIVE THE LINK TO MY WEBEX FROM OR PHONE DIAL IN.

OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN'T SEE ON THE PHONE, THE FILM, BUT

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RIGHT.

BUT IT'S SIMPLE AND I'VE DONE IT WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS ON EVENTS AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LOG IN PRETTY WELL.

SO, AND HOW DOES THAT, THIS IS THE FOCUS FILM, RIGHT? RIGHT.

A PHILOSOPHER.

AND WE CAN PUT THAT AT DIFFERENT BUSINESSES.

WE CAN PUT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND THIS IS MY, UH, WATCHING MY RUNNING, MAKE SURE, OH, THAT'S WHAT, IT'LL BE ONES THAT WE HAVE THE RELEASE FOR.

YEAH.

SO I'M GOING TO, SOME OF THEM ARE JUST SAYING, SO I'VE BEEN UP TO LIKE OVER WHEN I SHOW UP WE'LL SHOW HERE BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME COPYRIGHT RELEASE.

THERE MAY BE SOME THAT WE HAVE TO QUESTION ON.

UM, I DON'T KNOW.

SOMETIMES THE LEASES ARE, ARE VERY MINIMAL COST.

YEAH.

SO THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH, WITH THOSE THINGS AND SHOW THOSE THINGS.

SO I CAN ALL FIVE ARE THEY RATED CERTAIN WAYS, LIKE ALL OF THEM PG 13 RATED CONTENT FICTION, BASED UPON ADD TO THE FEEDBACK, I'LL GET THE LIST OF FORMS FOR YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT SOME OF THESE MAIN TOPICS, WE WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS A BIG TOPIC THAT PARENTS MAY, WILL NOT BE GEARED TOWARDS CHILDREN.

SO I MEAN, AND OCCASIONAL ENVIRONMENT IS ONE THING.

YOU MAY NOT HAVE TO PUT THOSE KIND OF WARNINGS OUT THERE, BUT WHEN YOU PUT THEM OUT THERE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THIS, THIS, THIS THERE'S LIKE WARNINGS, THIS IS NOT.

SO THIS MAY NOT, THIS CONTENT MAY BE APPROPRIATE FOR ALL AGES.

JUST SUGGESTION OF SOMETHING OF YOU CAN DO THAT.

IT'S VERY MINIMAL COST AND TIME WOULDN'T BE LIKE PERSON EVENT, BUT IT WILL HELP ME TURN.

WE'LL BRING IT UP.

AND I WELCOME PEOPLE'S.

UM, BUT I SAY MEETING BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE SO THAT WE HAVE, OR ELSE WE'LL BE ALL WITH WEISS.

SO JEAN, OH YEAH.

I WAS SAYING, I AGREE WITH WHAT RHONDA JUST SAID, JEAN, WE MAY HAVE LOST YOU.

HOLD ON.

THAT.

DON'T SEE FRED.

UM, YEAH, BUT I AGREE WITH WHAT RHONDA JUST SAID, BASED ON WHAT I SAW AT THE, UM, COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING RECENTLY.

YEAH.

WILL YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT AND THE EDUCATION WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT TOO, LIKE WHEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HAVING ALL THESE PROCLAMATIONS FOR DIFFERENT HOLIDAYS AND STUFF, THAT'S NOT THE POINT OF THE TWO PROCLAMATIONS THAT WE WERE ASKING.

AND I THINK MAYBE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS.

AND I EXPLAINED IT TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT BROUGHT IT UP TO ME WAS THOSE AREN'T LIKE PROCLAMATIONS TO COMMEMORATE HOLIDAYS.

THOSE ARE TWO RIGHT EVOLVE.

THOSE WERE THINGS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CORRECTED IN THIS, IN OUR COUNTRY THAT WASN'T SUCH AS JUNETEENTH UP UNTIL JUST THIS YEAR WAS NOT A FEBRILE RECOGNIZE HOLIDAY.

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.

THAT'S WHY CITY, THEY'RE DOING A PROCLAMATION FOR JUNE TEAM AND FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, THEY COLUMBUS DAY SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN A FEDERAL HOLIDAY.

KNOW THAT'S AN ERRONEOUS TIME, A STORY IN OUR HISTORY THAT DID NOT HAPPEN.

AND IT SHOULD NOT BE CELEBRATED AS SUCH.

THESE ARE CORRECTING AND WRONG.

IF WE START TO DO PROCLAMATIONS FOR ALL HOLIDAYS, WE WOULD HAVE THOUSANDS OF HOLIDAYS WE'D HAVE TO COVER.

AND THAT JUST IS NOT FEASIBLE.

AND SECOND, I'M GOING TO BRING, I TOLD JEAN TO IN OUR EDUCATION, I'LL BRING IT UP IN THE OUTREACH ONE TOO.

I WISH PEOPLE WOULD QUIT MENTIONING CINCO DE MAYO.

IT'S NOT A LATINO CELEBRATED HOLIDAY.

IT'S A VERY MARKED

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HOLIDAY FOR THEM.

THEY, AND IT'S JUST NOT A BIG HOLIDAY FOR THEM.

IT IS AN AMERICANIZED HOLIDAY LIKE ST.

PATRICK'S DAY.

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A DAY THAT WE WANT TO HAVE A PROCLAMATION IT'S JUST NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE LATINO COMMUNITY.

BUT, UM, THERE ARE THINGS LIKE THAT.

THAT'S OUR JOB AS THE COMMISSION TO HELP EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ON.

AND IF THEY GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY WE ARE DOING THIS WORK.

AND I THINK MAYBE THEY'RE NOT HEARING THAT.

UM, AND I THOUGHT THAT THAT'S WHERE I WAS MY FEELING OF THAT MEETING WAS I DON'T THINK THEY WERE HEARING THAT MESSAGE.

THIS IS BEING DONE.

I MEAN, WE'RE DOING THIS WORK.

I THINK IT WAS A FEMALE BECAUSE I THINK THERE ARE MAYBE COUNCIL PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T GET IT.

THANK YOU.

THE SUPPORT AGENCY, WHAT WE'RE DOING.

BUT I THINK THERE IS ONE SU THAT THEY DON'T GET IT.

AND I DON'T THINK THEY SEE IT.

THERE IS NO WAY POSSIBLE THAT ANY OF US AT THE TABLE WOULD EXCLUDE ANY ANYBODY.

AND I, I THINK WHAT THEY'RE SEEING NOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS LIKE THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH ESSAY MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY, BECAUSE THOSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING NOW.

WE ARE IN THE FUTURE PLANNING ON DOING COMMEMORATIVE MONTHS AND OTHER THINGS, YOU KNOW, AT THAT AND THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, WE ARE DOING THAT WORK.

IT'S JUST CURRENTLY YOU'RE SEEING THINGS THAT ARE GEARED TOWARDS THE BLACK COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON NOW.

BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT WORK.

WE ARE DOING THAT WORK.

AND IF YOU LISTEN TO OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS, IF THEY LISTENED TO THE COMMISSIONING, THEY WOULD HEAR THAT.

RIGHT.

EXACTLY.

AND IF THEY DID LISTENED AND ALL THOSE QUESTIONS THAT, UH, BEING BROUGHT UP DURING THESE COUNCIL WORK SESSIONS, EVEN CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS WOULD NOT BE BROUGHT UP IF THEY WOULD LISTEN AND WATCH THE VIDEOS AND SEE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ALL GROUPS HERE.

SO, ALL RIGHT.

SO, UM, WE LIKE, WHY TELL ME ALL RIGHT.

SO WHAT I SAW I'LL LOOK AND SEE WHAT, IF THERE'S ANY COST OR IF THE CITY HAS ANY, I MEAN, THEY MAY HAVE SHOWN SOMETHING IN THE PAST THAT THEY MAY HAVE PURCHASED RIGHTS TO SO WE CAN SHOW IT AGAIN.

THAT'S A DIVERSITY TOO.

SO SOMETIMES WHEN YOU PURCHASE RIGHTS, DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE ONE TIME EVENT.

I PURCHASED A RIGHT AND I PURCHASED THE FILM.

SO LIKE WE OWN THE FILM AND WE HAVE THE RIGHTS TO SHOW IT.

SO THINGS LIKE THAT, THERE THERE'S A DOCUMENTARY THAT I CAN ACTUALLY SHOW CAUSE I HAVE THE RIGHT TO IT BECAUSE IT'S OUR OWN DOCUMENTARY THAT WE CREATED.

SO WE CAN SHOW THAT DURING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.

SO YEAH.

OR EVEN THROWING ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH.

SO IT'S UM, SO THERE'S THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THERE'S SOME FILMS I HAVE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE PURCHASED THE RIGHT STORE THAT I OWN.

OKAY.

SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS FOR THE, UM, REMEMBER OF OBSERVANCES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR, WE WANT TO BE BETTER AT THE WHOLE BUSINESS ON THE NEXT, AT THE NEXT MEETING.

SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AT, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF MEETING POSTED.

UM, SO THAT WOULD, UH, THAT WOULD, UM, GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO ADDRESS THAT.

AND IF, IF THE BABY WAS FILM THINGS THAT WE NEED, LET US KNOW, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH THE, UH, THE AUTHORITY TO REPLAY THAT ON A DIFFERENT, RIGHT.

SO I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

SO I'M TRYING TO KEEP THE COST AS MINIMAL AS POSSIBLE.

ALL RIGHT.

SO I THINK WE'RE DONE FOLKS.

AND UM, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANYTHING, MOTION TO ADJOURN, SECOND READINESS.

OBJECTION IS SEVEN, EIGHT.

WE'LL SEE YOU LATER.

GENE G YOU DON'T GET, HAVE A NEW GRAND BABY.

WELL, WE'D HAVE TO SHOW JEAN.

CAN YOU SEE JAMES? UH, I CAN SEE IT HERE.

OH YEAH, YEAH.

THAT'S FAIR.

OH MY GOODNESS.

HE IS HANDSOME.

OKAY.

SO GUYS, THE CONFERENCE THAT I, I HAD TO GO TO FACULTY, SENATE MEETING 11 HOURS

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OF THE BEDS, TONY ROBBINS, SARAH BLAKE, UM, BERNARD ROSE, SHAR, UM, OH, JENNY SHANE, TRENT SHOUTS AND ROBIN ROBERTS, 214,000 PEOPLE.

IT WAS ON MONDAY.

YEAH.

IT WAS A FREE ONLINE EVENT, MONDAY 114,000 FEET.

GOOD FOR YOU.

WOW.

YEAH, I COULD ATTEND EITHER BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, TELEWORK IN, BUT YEAH, THAT SOUNDS INTERESTING.

I HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, FROM THE MERCEDES-BENZ STORIES AND THEN I GOT A CALL THAT THEY NEEDED ME TO ATTEND OUR FACULTY SENATE MEETING.

SO I'VE GOT IT.

OF COURSE.

YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT, ALMOST WANT TO SEE THE CONFERENCE.

I'VE GOT THE WHOLE CONFERENCE.

YEAH.

CAUSE I THINK I CAN CATCH IT.

I TRY TO TRY TO DO THINGS, BUT WE HAD ENDED UP HAVING ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT, UM, AND I'M ATTENDING THAT CONFERENCE THAT I SENT OUT TO EVERYBODY THAT'S THIS FRIDAY, SATURDAY.

SO I'M ATTENDING THAT WITH CAITLIN.

OH YEAH.

OKAY.

SO I'LL BE ATTENDING THAT.

SO, UM, TO DO THAT, BECAUSE I THOUGHT THEY, IF IT'S LIKE 30, $25 FOR A PERSON, GENERAL ADMISSION, BUT THEN THEY WERE GIVING $5 FOR STUDENTS.

AND I THOUGHT, NO, I AM A STUDENT.

I'M PURSUING MY DEGREE.

SO I WROTE TO THEM, I SAID, DO I GET THE STUDENT? RIGHT? AND SHE GOES, YEAH, SURE.

I'M LIKE, HERE'S $5.

OH WOW.

THANK YOU.

LONDA.

THIS WEEKEND, SHE'S PARTICIPATING IN SOME TYPE OF, UM, FORUM OR DISCUSSION TICKETS THAT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, I BELIEVE I HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK MY EMAIL.

YEAH.

BUT, UM, I THINKING THAT WEEKEND TOO, AS WE CAN AME HAS THEIR ART EXHIBIT THIS WEEKEND, UM, AT WAYNE, RIGHT AT THE, UH, LIKE I SAID, THAT THEATER IT'S SOMETHING LIKE I WAS, I'VE BEEN MEANING TO GO TO THAT, BUT I HAVE SO MANY THINGS.

THANK YOU, RHONDA.

I THINK BOTH, UH, LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD.

AND I KNOW THAT FOR SOMEBODY THAT'S A GOOD VIRTUALLY EXPERT VERSUS SO, BUT YOU KNEW THAT YOU HAD ALREADY SPOKEN WITH MATT AND I TOLD HIM, PUTTING MY WIFE MIGHT BE INTERESTED TOO.

THAT'S WHY I PUT YOUR POOL INVOLVED ON THAT COMMITTEE.

IF IT'S A GOOD COMPANY, I AM, I'M DOING I'M FIT.

I'M PART OF THEIR STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE.

SO I I'M DOING THAT WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD BECAUSE THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO ME AND ASKED ME TO BE THAT.

AND I'M SERIOUSLY THINKING IN A YEAR OR TWO OF RUNNING FOR SCHOOL BOARD POSITION PROBLEMS. CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S JUST IMPORTANT.

I MEAN, I JUST WANT TO SEE THE STUDENTS HERE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST, I THINK THAT, OR, UM, I WILL BE RECORDED.

OKAY.

THAT, AND I MAY MAY IN A FUTURE, LOOK AT WARD SIX THOUGH, RUNNING, WE LOST ONE CANDIDATE AWARD, THREE CANDIDATE, OUR DIVERSE CANDIDATE, THAT'S RUNNING FOR WARD THREE.

SHE HAD TO, I'M NOT HAVING THAT SIGNATURE, SO, OH YEAH.

SO WE HAVE VINCE KING RUNNING FOR WARD FOUR.

AND I DON'T REMEMBER HER NAME OFF HAND, BUT SHE'S FROM PUERTO RICO.

WHO'S RUNNING FROM, WHO'S RUNNING FOR BOARD FIVE.

YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU GUYS, HOW HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT HAVING LIKE A MEET THE CANDIDATE TYPE OF SESSION? WE ARE RUNNING FOR THE DIFFERENT WAR OR OF A GROUP CALLED HUBER HEIGHTS.

I'M PART OF A GROUP THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE DOING THAT, BUT WE ENDED UP HAVING TO DISBAND THAT THING, THAT PROGRAM, BECAUSE WE COULDN'T GET EVERYBODY TO AGREE UPON THINGS FOR THE KIDS.

SO, UM, I THINK IT'S JUST, SO WE'RE GOING TO PLAN ON USING THIS YEAR FOR THAT AS A PLANNING AND IN THE FUTURE, HAVE THAT FOR THE NEXT YEAR TO ESTABLISH THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

BUT I THINK THAT THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING IS A MEET THE CANDIDATE, BUT IT'S JUST TO GET ALL THE CANDIDATES ON BOARD.

THAT'S THE THING.

YEAH.

YEAH.

BUT NOT, DO WE WANT THE DIFFERENT ONE OUT WITH THE CANDIDATES, THE CANDIDATE, YOU REALLY WANT TO BRING THEM ALL IN BECAUSE WHAT YOU DON'T WANT IS

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YOU DON'T WANT IT TO BE ANNOUNCED THAT YOU WERE INVITED, BUT YOU'RE NOT THERE.

SO IF YOU WANT TO DO IT, IF I CHOOSE NOT TO BE HERE, HOW DO WE BUILD MOMENTUM FOR MINORITY CANDIDATES? RIGHT.

BECAUSE SURE.

THEY'RE BETTER THAN WHOEVER THEY'RE RUNNING AGAINST.

MAYBE GIVE THEM IDEAS OF, UM, I THINK SOME OF THE FEAR OF RUNNING, CAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KEPT ME FROM RUNNING FOR A LONG TIME WAS A LOT OF THOSE BICKERING AND ATTACKS, PERSONAL ATTACKS THAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FAMILIES.

AND YOU KNOW, THAT HAS KEPT ME FROM RUNNING.

SO I, I WON'T PUT MY FAMILY THROUGH, SO I DIDN'T PUT MY FAMILY THROUGH THAT.

YES.

HAVE YOU NOT REACHED THE NEWS? WHAT'S BEEN GOING, WE RECALLED A PERSON.

I MEAN, IT'S BEEN, SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT I THINK, AND I THINK ANOTHER CONCERN THAT I HAVE FROM SOME PEOPLE AND THAT FROM TALKING TO, UM, A COUPLE OF THE CANDIDATES THAT ARE RUNNING IS THAT THEY HAD DIFFICULTY GETTING SIGNATURES.

YEAH.

BECAUSE YEAH, I HEARD THAT TOO.

WELL, NO, NO, NOT THAT THE OTHER CANDIDATE WHO WAS ON THE BALLOT HAD DIFFICULTY GETTING SIGNATURES AND SOME INCIDENCES.

AND DO YOU HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING 50 SIGNATURES? IF YOU'RE NOT, IF YOU'RE A PERSON OF COLOR IN A CERTAIN WAY, LET'S JUST BE REAL.

I MEAN, IT'S REAL, HE GOT A LOT OF DOOR SLAMMING AND REALLY, YEAH.

YEAH.

SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP OUR CANDIDATES TO BE INCLUSIVE? CAME BACK, WE'D HAVE MINORITY CANDIDATES.

THIS IS SOME OF THEIR PURSE, RYAN IN CITY GOVERNMENT.

HOW DO WE HELP THEM GET EXPOSURE TO THE COMMUNITY? KNOW THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE FOOTBALL GAMES AND THE BEST WAY TO DO IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE EVERYBODY IS.

RIGHT.

THEY NEED TO HAVE TABLES.

THEY NEED TO BE MEETING AND GREETING.

OKAY.

CAN WE DO A SESSION ON THAT AND HOW TO RUN FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT EVEN? CAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION, SOMEBODY, THIS IS HOW YOU RUN FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

DO I REALLY WANT THAT PERSON REPRESENTING ME? I THINK ABOUT IT THOUGH, BUT THAT KEEPS PEOPLE FROM WANTING TO RUN.

YEAH.

AND THIS PART OF THE EDUCATION, UM, COMMITTEE SPOKE, YOU KNOW HOW TO RUN FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES.

YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE LIKE A TRAINING SESSION I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET.

AND WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW, I MEAN, WE, ON THIS COMMISSION, WE DIDN'T KNOW ALL THE RULES OF MEETINGS AND ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF TOO.

SO I MEAN, THERE'S, I MEAN, THERE'S THINGS ARE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE.

THERE'S VERY, VERY GOOD CANDIDATE PEOPLE TOO, THAT CAN BE ON GOVERNMENT, BUT THEY JUST DON'T KNOW THAT FIRST STEP TO INITIAL.

THEY MAY HAVE TO HAVE SOME PUSH TO GET THAT TO THAT POINT.

BUT ONCE THEY GET THERE, I THINK THEY GET INVOLVED IN.

BUT I THINK WHAT IT IS IS WE'VE HAD A HISTORY OF HAVING, I MEAN, SPIRITED, PERSONAL ATTACK AND ELECTIONS HERE AND NOT JUST, I MEAN, WE HAVE IT NATIONALLY TOO.

WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF BEING AN ACCOUNTANT? WHAT IS THE BENEFIT IS, I MEAN, WHAT'S THE SALARY, IS IT WELL, NO, IT'S ONLY LIKE 300 OR 400 A MONTH OR SOMETHING.

THAT'S NOT EVEN SELLING IT.

SO YOU'RE DOING IT BECAUSE YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY THEY'RE THE LAW, THEY'RE THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF OUR CITY.

SO THEY ACTUALLY MAKE IMPACT CHANGE.

WELL, DEFINITELY THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE MINORITY REPRESENTATION BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE CITY IS, IS DIVERSE.

OUR ISSUES IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE A CITY GOVERNMENT THAT REPRESENTS US THE DIVERSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY.

YEAH.

SHE'S, SHE'S TRYING TO TURN OFF.

I KNOW Y'ALL TO SHUT THE PLACE DOWN AND I WAS LIKE, YOU DON'T HEAR THAT OVER AND YOU FUCK UP.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU GUYS, I'M GONNA LET YOU GUYS GET SITUATED, LEAVING, UM, THE BUILDING, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE HAD A GOOD CALL.

SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

YES.

ALL RIGHT.

BYE-BYE.