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[ AGENDA MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road June 26, 2024 6:00 P.M. ]
MR. ER PRESENT.MR. JOHNSON? EXCUSE MR. LASTLY.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO EXCUSE THE TWO MEMBERS THAT WE, I COME TODAY? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
THE MOTION HAS BEEN, UH, BROUGHT FORTH AND PROPERTY SECOND.
DID EVERYBODY GET A CHANCE TO READ THE MINUTES? CAN I GET A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES? I MOTION APPROVE MINUTES.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MOTION? ANY QUESTIONS? THE MOTION HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORTH IN PROPERTY.
MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS.
WE'RE GONNA GO MOVE ON TO CITIZENS COMMENTS.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE WANNA SET FOURTH VERSION.
IS IT MICROPHONE OVER THERE? YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE IT'S ON.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, ALSO RETIRED ARMY VETERAN, 23 YEARS SERVICE.
I WANTED TO COME TONIGHT JUST TO INTRODUCE MYSELF MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, FIRST AND FOREMOST.
SECONDLY, I'D LIKE TO LEARN HOW I WOULD BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THIS COMMISSION MOVING FORWARD AS THE CHAMBER REPRESENTATIVE, SO THAT WE COULD WORK TOGETHER BETTER TO GET SOME OF YOUR INFORMATION ON ANOTHER WEBSITE, ON ANOTHER PLATFORM TO MAKE PEOPLE MORE AWARE OF THE VETERANS BANNERS, THE PAVER PROGRAM.
I THINK THOSE ARE ESSENTIAL ITEMS FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO, TO LEARN ABOUT.
AND I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU TO GET THE PERMISSION TO WORK WITH, UH, IN THOSE, THOSE PARAMETERS OF GETTING INFORMATION OUT ON OUR WEBSITE AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, I'D LIKE TO LEARN HOW WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, AS A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UH, PARTNER WITH YOUR GROUP, UM, WHEN, WHEN THE TIME IS NECESSARY DEEMED APPROPRIATE TO HELP WITH ANY EVENTS OR FUNCTIONS TO, TO HELP WITH VOLUNTEER SUPPORT OR TO HELP WITH PLANNING AND ORGANIZATION AS WELL.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, MR. I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU THANK YOU FOR COMING AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, SIR.
WE ALL HERE PROUD OF OUR SERVICE AS WELL.
SO FOR YOU TO COME HERE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, TO SHARE YOUR IDEAS WITH US IS, UH, IS VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY BEING PART OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HERE IN HUBERT HEIGHTS.
SO, UM, WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO PARTNERING WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, ANYTIME WE CAN BE MORE VISIBLE OUT THERE FOR NOT ONLY YOURSELF, BUT FOR US TWO AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR, FOR US ALL.
UM, IS THERE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR THAT YOU HAD ANY IDEAS ABOUT GOING FORWARD? I MEAN, I KNOW ABOUT THE PAVER PROGRAM, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU, YOU THOUGHT ABOUT AHEAD OF TIME OR YOU JUST WANNA COME BACK SOMETIME WE CAN HAVE A MEETING WHERE WE CAN SET UP A MEETING WITH YOU GUYS, OR, SO I WANT TO WANNA EXTEND THE INVITATION FIRST.
LET YOU KNOW THAT AS THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WE WANT TO BECOME MORE INVOLVED WITH, WITH THIS COMMISSION SPECIFICALLY.
AND SECONDLY, UM, LOOKING BACK OVER SOME RECENT EVENTS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE COULD PARTNER WITH YOU, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE WREATH LAYERING CEREMONY OR MEMORIAL DAY, TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT THE INFORMATION IS, UH, PUBLISHED ACCURATELY AND TIMELY.
AND IF THERE'S ANY OTHER EVENTS SIMILAR TO THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, ON VETERAN'S DAY, UH, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE'D BE OF GREAT INTEREST TO BE INVOLVED WITH, TO HELP PUSH THE INFORMATION OUT CORRECTLY AND AGAIN, IN A TIMELY FASHION.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU GENTLEMEN ALL KNOW HE HEIGHTS IS A VERY STRONG MILITARY COMMUNITY OF WHETHER YOU'VE SERVED YOURSELF A FAMILY MEMBER OR YOUR NEIGHBOR.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF TIES AND CONNECTIONS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, THESE CEREMONIES, THESE HOLIDAYS AND RECOGNITION THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO OUR CITIZENS.
AS A CHAMBER, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE PARTNER WITH YOU AND WORK TOGETHER WITH YOU TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE AND THEY HAVE THE RIGHT AND CORRECT INFORMATION.
SO, MAY, MAY I ASK, UM, WHAT, WHAT, WHEN DO YOU GUYS MEET? YOU GUYS HAVE SET MEETINGS? WE DO.
OUR BOARD MEETING IS THE FOURTH WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH.
AND WHAT TIME DO YOU MEET? IT'S, UM, EIGHT TO NINE 30.
UH, SOMETIMES IT RUNS A LITTLE SHORTER IF WE'RE ABLE TO, TO WORK THROUGH THE SIDE CONVERSATIONS.
SO WOULD YOU WANT SOME, SOMEBODY FROM, FROM ORGANIZATION TO COME SPEAK AT THE, AT THE, UM, AT YOUR BOARD MEETING? OR WAS IT SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO JUST, WE COULD HAVE A MEETING SOMETIME.
SO WHEN WE GET CLOSER TO THOSE EVENTS
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THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT A, A REPRESENTATIVE WOULD LIKE TO COME AND SPEAK AT MM-HMM.UH, WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE PRESENT FOR THE WHOLE MEETING, OBVIOUSLY.
UH, JUST COME IN, UH, ADDRESS THE BOARD AS A, AS A WHOLE, UH, SHARE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE, THAT'D BE MORE THAN ACCEPTABLE FOR US.
UM, I THINK RIGHT NOW, MOVING FORWARD, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE THE, UH, YOU KNOW, SATURDAY EVENT COMING UP FOR THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION.
UH, BEYOND THAT, I THINK THE NEXT THING WE HAVE ON THE, ON THE SCHEDULE HERE FOR THIS COMMISSION IS THE VETERAN'S DAY CEREMONY.
SO THEN PERHAPS, UH, SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER BOARD MEETING, MAYBE WE COULD DO ONE OF THOSE TWO MONTHS TO LEAD INTO THE NOVEMBER CEREMONY.
I WAS THINKING MAYBE ABOUT A 60 DAY, SOMEWHERE AROUND THAT TIMEFRAME.
SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER? YEAH, MY EXPERIENCE ON MEMBER IN MIAMI COUNTY, OF COURSE, I'M SPIT BALLING THIS ONE BECAUSE NO TALKING WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE, A SANDWICH TRUCK, AND I DUNNO, THERE'S, AS ED AS A SANDWICH TRUCK GUY, I'M JUST SPIT FOLLOW TAKE BACK.
WE WE'RE OUT THERE SO MANY PROVIDING WATER, THINGS LIKE THAT, HOT, ALL THINGS AND THINGS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE, UM, A A LOCAL BUSINESS HAVING COY CUPS OR PUTTING LIKE VETERAN DECORATING THINGS OUT, IF THE CHAMBER WANTED TO PASS OUT TO, UH, THE, THE PEOPLE WHO ATTEND, STOP THAT.
SO IF I'M UNDERSTANDING YOU CORRECTLY, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR SATURDAY, WE ARE SETTING UP OUR TENT AND TABLE AND WE ARE PASSING OUT WATER TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, JUST TO HELP SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME TYPE OF REFRESHMENT WATER THERE.
THAT, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN SOMETHING THAT REPLACE SO MORELY AND, UH, LOOKING AT THAT AND MAYBE EXPANDING A LITTLE MORE, AND WITH YOU GUYS PUTTING ON YOUR WEBSITE, I THINK THAT HELPS OUT MORE EVEN IF PEOPLE, INDIVIDUALS WOULD PUT IT ON THEIR WEBSITES.
OTHER ENCOURAGE THAT TO GET MORE.
WE, WE ENCOURAGE KOFF, MAKE ANYBODY DO CERTAIN THINGS, BUT WE DO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SHARE THINGS ON THEIR OWN SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS THAT THEY'RE COMFORTABLE SHARING.
AND IF THEY HAVE A BUSINESS WEBSITE, IF THEY'RE PERMITTED TO DO SO, WE ASK 'EM TO DO THAT AS WELL.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD PARTNERSHIP.
SO THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION IS, WHAT IS YOUR GUYS' PRIMARY MEANS OF PROMOTION FOR, FOR EVENTS THAT YOU GUYS DO OR ARE INVOLVED IN? SO RIGHT NOW IT'S, IT'S KIND OF MULTIFACET THAT WE DO OUR, UH, OUR CHAMBER CONNECT E-NEWSLETTER, WHICH GOES OUT TO APPROXIMATELY 600, UH, BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES.
WE HAVE OUR WEBSITE, OBVIOUSLY, AND THEN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. AND THAT'S LIKE FACEBOOK, OR FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, LINKEDIN.
AND THEN, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY, UM, OR I GUESS WHAT WILL BE THE NEXT EVENT, UH, THAT YOU GUYS HAVE COMING UP THAT YOU THINK WE WILL BE GOOD FOR AND ASSISTANCE WITH, WITH RESPECT TO THE COMMISSION PARTNERING WITH THE CHAMBER FOR AN EVENT RIGHT OFF HAND? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD HAVE ONE NECESSARILY THAT WOULD BE IDEAL FOR THE, THE COMMISSION TO SUPPORT THE CHAMBER NECESSARILY.
TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT WITH YOU.
UH, AGAIN, WE CAME HERE WITH THE INTENTION OF OFFERING OUR SERVICES TO HELP SUPPORT YOUR COMMISSION.
SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, SIR.
ANYBODY ELSE ON THE COMMISSION HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? YEAH, JUST AGAIN, I, YES, SIR.
I, I THINK THAT WE DO NEED TO KEEP IN CONTACT WITH, I KNOW ONE THING, I I DO PRE TEXT.
I KNOW IT'S A TIME SOMEBODY CAN'T GO.
IF FREE THE MORNING, AND I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN TO MANY CHAMBER MEETINGS PAST PRESIDENT.
IS THAT ALL GOOD? IT'D BE NICE COLLECTIVELY TO GET TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT MINUTE OR SO, GO OVER SOME THINGS AND MAKE A LIST OF THINGS THAT YOU THINK WILL BE, ACCEPT THINGS THAT WE LIKE TO PARTNER WITH THEM WITH.
I, I, I REALLY, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU COMING.
I WANNA SAY ONE MORE THING IN PASSING.
SO THERE'S MYSELF WITH THE CHAMBER OF 23 YEAR SERVICE.
WE HAVE, UM, AL HARMON, OUR BOARD PRESIDENT WHO SERVED, UM, A, A PERIOD OF TIME IN THE AIR FORCE.
WE HAVE TODD MOLLNER, WHO ALSO SERVED SIX YEARS IN THE AIR FORCE, UH, SECURITY PATROL.
AND WE HAVE JEFF BLAIR, WHO FATHER WAS AN AIR FORCE RETIREE.
SO WE ALL, WITHIN OUR BOARD, WE HAVE, OH, I'M SORRY.
AND JAMIE CROOKS, HER HUSBAND, UH, SERVED ON FORT BRAGG WITH ME IN 82ND.
SO WE HAVE A VERY STRONG MILITARY CONNECTION JUST WITHIN OUR BOARD, SO THAT YOU, THIS IS A NATURAL PARTNERSHIP FOR OUR TEAM.
HOW MANY MAKE UP BOARD? I'M SORRY.
I'M AN EIGHTH NON-VOTING MEMBER.
UH, WE HAVE A, UH, DEVELOPING A AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.
CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SIX AMBASSADORS, BUT THEY'RE
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A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN MORE OF A VOLUNTEER THAT WE PULL FROM.UH, SO THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO BE AT THE BOARD MEETINGS? YES, SIR.
ANYBODY ELSE? MR. HENER, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, SIR, COMING DOWN HERE AND SPEAKING WITH US, SO NO WORRIES.
I, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF THIS COMMISSION, GENTLEMEN, I HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
ALRIGHT, NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, OLD BUSINESS.
UM, I KNOW WE WANNA START WITH OUR PAST EVENT.
DOES THAT SOUND DEBRIEF FEASIBLE? HAVE A DEBRIEF FOR YOU? SO, UM, I THINK IT WENT WELL.
I THINK THAT, UH, ASIDE FOR THE WIND
I KNOW WHEN WE, WHEN WE FIRST GOT THERE, UM, FROM WHAT WE HAD FOR AS FAR AS THE ITINERARY GOES, UM, I THINK THE YOUNG MARINES WERE EXACTLY SURE EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE GOING THE WAY THEY HAD TO GO.
AND THEN FOR YOU TO GO AND TALK TO EVERYBODY AND PUT EVERYBODY IN LINE AND HAVE EVERYBODY PRACTICE WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING WAS A GREAT THING.
UM, I THINK, UM, THE COMMANDER FROM THE ROTC, HIS WIFE DID AN AWESOME JOB SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM ANTHEM.
AND I THINK THAT PLAYS, HAVING SOMEBODY SING THAT JUST BRINGS A LITTLE BIT MORE PRAT TO, TO, TO AN EVENT LIKE THAT, BESIDES BY PLAYING OVER THE LOUDSPEAKER, YOU GUYS.
SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED, I KNOW IT'S, THAT'S NEW BUSINESS, SO I'LL WAIT FOR THAT.
BUT I THINK THAT WAS A, I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD CHOICE.
I THINK IT WAS A, THAT WAS A BLESSING FOR HIM TO BE HERE AND TO ACTUALLY OFFER THE SERVICES LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, I, I, I LIKE THE FLAG FOLDING CEREMONY VICE.
THANK YOU FOR GETTING THAT TOGETHER.
I'M GLAD WE DIDN'T HAVE THE SPEAKERS THAT WE HAD BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY INVOLVED AND VERY, YOU KNOW, UH, UM, THEIR SPEECHES ARE VERY MOVING TO ME.
SO, UM, I, I THINK, I THINK OVERALL, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, BESIDES FOR THE WIN, I THINK WE WAS GOOD TO GET OUT.
AND I KNOW WE HAD A PROBLEM WITH, ONCE AGAIN, WE GOTTA ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM WE HAD WITH OUR TIME.
THAT COULD NOT GO, THAT COULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.
SO THEN, BUT THE GENTLEMAN FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SAYING THAT WAS THAT THAT'S THERE, THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE.
HE CAN PUT IT ALL OUT AND PUT IT OUT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND, AND, UH, AS A, IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA FORMS, UM, SO THAT, THAT RIGHT THERE WILL HELP US TREMENDOUSLY.
SO WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT SAME TIME.
SO, UM, NO, GOING BACK TO TIME, I BEGAN BEING SELFISH.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WAS, WAS POINT PICK TIME FOR THAT.
IS THAT A WE, I
I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TALK TO ABOUT AS A BOARD, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT I WOULD LIKE TO STICK TO THE SAME TIME.
I WOULD LIKE TO, I WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO BE, I, I KNOW, AND DON'T GET ME WRONG, I GET IT.
I KNOW SOME PEOPLE BARBECUING AND, AND I, AND I GET ALL THAT AND I, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING A LOT OF TIMES IS, AND IT, I FEEL AS THOUGH, TO BE HONEST, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT TIME YOU REALLY PICK, IT'S NEVER A GOOD TIME.
'CAUSE YOU'RE WITH FAMILY YES.
AND YOU'RE TRYING TO, TO SPEND TIME WITH FAMILY.
SO I THINK KEEPING THE TIME, IT, IT, I THINK THE MORE PEOPLE YOU TRY TO APPEASE, THE LESS YOU ARE.
AND, AND I THINK THIS, THIS GENTLEMAN HERE IS, IS GONNA SOLVE A LOT OF OUR PROBLEMS. YES.
SO I JUST, I I I, I JUST, I WANNA KEEP THE SAME TIME.
I JUST, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TALK ABOUT.
I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT, I KNOW THAT YOU, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT EXACTLY SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE FAVORABLE TO VICE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO, NO, I, I THINK THAT, UM, I THINK THAT THE TIME WORKS, UH, I WOULD JUST BE INTERESTED IN IF IT WOULD WORK BETTER IN THE MORNING COMPARED TO MIDDAY.
UM, AND I, I THINK THAT IF WE, YOU KNOW, FOR US TO WORK WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WOULD BE GREAT, BUT OUR ISSUE HAS BEEN, UM, THE NEWS OUTLETS GETTING THE WRONG TIMES.
AND THE CITY'S PUTTING UP THE WRONG TIME.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS WHERE WE JUST HAVE TO GO BACK AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE'RE DOUBLE CHECKING AND TRIPLE CHECKING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S PUT OUT RIGHT.
UH, I MEAN, IT, IT IS WHAT IT IS NOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP, UH, AN HOUR AFTER EVERYTHING WAS, WAS ALREADY DONE BECAUSE THE WRONG TIME WAS PUT OUT.
SO, UH, THAT JUST GOES WITH US HAVING A LEASH ON WHERE THAT INFORMATION IS GETTING PUT OUT.
UM, AT LEAST WHEN IT'S GETTING PUT OUT IN THE MASSES.
AND LIKE I SAID, JUST DOUBLE AND TRIPLE CHECKING AND MAKING SURE THAT, THAT, UH, THINGS ARE ON THE, ON THE RIGHT PATH.
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I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH TRYING TO MOVE IT TO A MORNING TO, UM, TYPE OF THING.SOMETHING WE DO AT 10 O'CLOCK, UH, 11 O'CLOCK.
UH, I THINK THAT EVEN BY DOING THAT, IT COULD GIVE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MORE OF A FLEXIBILITY, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE FOUR OR FIVE O'CLOCK, IF WE'RE BEING HONEST, PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY LIT UP THE GRILL AND I HEAR YOU.
AND, AND THEY'VE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT IT WOULD, WHAT IT WOULD DO IF WE DID MOVE IT TO AN EARLIER TIME, 10 O'CLOCK, 11 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
I JUST KNOW THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO OUR EVENT ARE NOT JUST PEOPLE FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
IF YOU SEE THE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO I KNOW THAT DURING THOSE AFTERNOON TIMES, EARLIER TIMES LIKE THAT, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT ARE GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME.
SO WE, WE, WE WOULD BE COMPETING FOR, YOU KNOW.
UM, AND ANOTHER THING THAT, THAT I THINK WE HAVE GOING IN OUR FAVOR IS THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH SOME OF THE NEWS OUTLETS.
SO EVEN BEING ABLE TO CONTACT THEM DIRECTLY AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, JUST DOUBLE CHECKING, MAKING SURE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THE RIGHT TIME.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND JUST THEM BEING THERE TO, TO BE ABLE TO EX UM, PUT THE INFORMATION OUT THERE AND, AND GET MORE COVERAGE ON WHAT IT IS THAT'S GOING ON, I THINK IS A GOOD THING.
I THINK THAT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS THAT I'VE, THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR OF BEING HERE, UM, I THINK IT WAS BETTER THAN WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR.
SO THAT SHOULD ALWAYS BE OUR, OUR GOAL, UH, WITH WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING, IS TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO MAKE IT BETTER, UH, THAN WHAT IT WAS THAT WE DID LAST YEAR.
I THINK WE DID WELL ON TIME TOO.
AGAIN, FROM THE NEW GUY BEING THERE.
DESPITE EVEN ALL YOU MAY THINK FROM THE OFFICER LOOKING, IT LOOKED GOOD.
EVERYTHING LOOKED GOOD DOING WHAT THEY DO.
I RECEIVED THE EMAIL TOO, UM, FROM THE GENTLEMAN, UM, FROM THE GENTLEMAN THAT CAME FROM THE AM VESTS.
I KNOW HE, AND HE SAID THAT HE SAID THAT HE BROUGHT HIS WIFE THERE AND THEY WERE REALLY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT WE DID, YOU KNOW, FROM THE OPENING TO THE CLOSING.
SO I, I TOLD HIM, I, YOU KNOW, MAN, I WAS THANKFUL FOR HIM FOR, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR, FOR, FOR SAYING THAT.
SO, UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? ANYBODY GOT ANYTHING? MIKEY, THINK YOU WANNA, I THANK YOU TO YOUR CREW AGAIN, ONCE AGAIN FOR DOING EVERYTHING THEY DO TO GET EVERYTHING PREPARED FOR THAT MAN.
JUST, I WAS GONNA SAY ONE THING, JUST NOT TO BELABOR THE POINT, BUT I, I THINK HE MAKES A GOOD POINT ABOUT MAYBE CHANGING IT TO THE MORNING TIMEFRAME.
UH, ONE THING WE DIDN'T MENTION AT ALL IS, UH, YES, IT WAS WINDY, BUT WE GOT PRETTY LUCKY WITH THE WEATHER AND THE HEAT.
UH, FOUR O'CLOCK IS, UH, I KNOW THE SUN'S KIND OF GOING DOWN, BUT STILL IT'S VERY WARM OUT THERE.
WE SIT THERE AND BRING UP IDEAS AND WE WANNA CHANGE THEM.
WE VOTE ON IT, WE THOSE THINGS.
AND THAT'S, IT'S A VALID POINT.
IF YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IF YOU GUYS WANT, DO I JUST, I, I I LIKE FOUR O'CLOCK, BUT HE'S MAKING SOME GOOD POINTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES.
UH, THAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE WEATHER AND THE HEAT.
UH, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE BIG FACTORS.
AND DOES IT DETER SOMEBODY FROM EVEN COMING OUT AT THAT TIME? YEAH.
COULD WE HAVE MORE IN THE MORNING? I, I DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE AN OPTION IS TO DO IT, UH, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND TRY IT YEAH.
JUST TO SEE WHAT THE TURNOUT IS AND THEN GO BACK TO OUR, OUR OTHER, OUR OTHER WAY AND SEE, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A DIFFERENCE? YEAH.
BECAUSE I KNOW THE GROUPS THAT WE HAD THERE THIS TIME FROM THE GOLD STAR, UH, FAMILIES AND THE AMERICAN LEGION THAT CAME UP THE POST 7, 7, 6, AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE, THEY HAD JUST LEFT ANOTHER EVENT.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY, THEY HAD BEEN TO TWO EVENTS BEFORE OURS.
EVENTS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO THEY WERE MAKING THEIR ROUNDS, UH, MAKING THEIR WAY TO US.
SO I, I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE PLANNING WILL COME INTO PLAY.
YOU KNOW, WHEN IF THEY, IF THEY COMMIT AND THEY CONFIRM YES, THEN WE GOT 'EM.
JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
UM, WE'RE MOVE INTO NEW BUSINESS.
UH, WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE STAR SPANGLED HEIGHTS PARADE, WHICH IS THE 29TH THIS SATURDAY.
MIKE, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANNA BRING UP IN YOUR HEAD? UM, WELL, BASICALLY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE HAD THE TIME TO MEET OFFLINE.
I KNOW THERE WAS, UM, INTEREST IN PARTICIPATION LAST YEAR.
SO, UM, I DID RESERVE A SPOT FOR, UM, A TYPE OF VEHICLE OR SOMETHING THAT WAS PLANNED FOR LAST YEAR, SIMILAR TO THIS YEAR, IF THAT'S STILL THE PLAN.
UM, BUT LIKE, AGAIN, IN, IN THE EMAILS THAT I'VE SENT OUT, UH, I WOULD HAVE HOPED THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU HAD A DISCUSSION OF, OF WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PLAN TO DO, OR IF THIS, IF THERE'S NO PARTICIPATION REQUIRED OR NEEDED, THAT'S, THAT'S FINE AS WELL.
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BUT I JUST NEED TO KNOW MOVING FORWARD, WHAT, WHAT THE PLAN IS, AND THEN, AND WHAT YOU ALL DO DID, DID TO GET THINGS SCHEDULED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.DID YOU KEEP THE BANNER FROM LAST YEAR? MM-HMM.
I'M TERRIBLE WITH BANNERS, HOW BANNERS I GOT.
SO, SO HOW LONG IS IT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE PRIOR ENGAGEMENT THAT DAY, BUT HOW LONG IS IT LIKE, I KNOW IT'S FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
I'VE BEEN TO THE PARADE MANY TIMES.
SO, AND THEN IT SHOULD BE, UH, ABOUT AN HOUR.
IT SHOULD BE NO MORE THAN AN HOUR.
I'M GONNA TRY TO, I'M GONNA TRY TO, I WANT TO GO, I WANT TO TRY TO GET IN, EVEN LIKE LAST TIME WE WERE POSITIONED AT THE, THE FRONT OF THE PARADE.
SO YOU NOT, I MEAN, YOU'RE REALLY NOT EVEN WAITING FOR THE WHOLE PARADE.
YOU KNOW, ONCE WE'RE DONE, THEN YOU KNOW, WE'RE DONE AND WE SPLIT OFF.
BUT, UM, THE WEATHER'S WHAT GOT US LAST YEAR.
I WAS LIKE, YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YEAH, IT DID.
I WAS LIKE, IT LIGHTNING AND EVERYTHING.
AND, AND I MEAN, EVEN IT WAS THE LIGHTNING THAT THAT DONE IT.
I MEAN, EVEN IF IT RAINS, THEY STILL PUSH THROUGH IT.
UH, SO I, I STILL HAVE A, A, THE, THE WISH TO GO FORWARD WITH IT AND DO IT JUST HOW WE DID IT LAST YEAR.
UM, I THINK THAT SOME OF THE GOOD THINGS FOR US TO DO IS PASS OUT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PAVERS.
UH, AND THEN WE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALWAYS GET CANDY AND STUFF TOO.
WE'RE ALLOWED TO GIVE, WE'RE ALLOWED TO GIVE CANDY.
WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GIVE CANDY ANYMORE.
YOU CAN'T THROW CANDY ANYMORE.
SO IS IT THAT YOU CAN'T GIVE CANDY OR YOU CAN'T THROW IT? BECAUSE I, I THINK THAT IT WAS, YOU CAN'T THROW IT CANNOT THROW IT.
BUT YOU CAN STILL GIVE IT OUT.
YOU JUST CAN'T, YOU CAN'T THROW IT.
YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU CAN'T ACTIVELY GIVE IT OUT FROM YOUR VEHICLE AS WELL.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAND IT UP.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT WALK, WALK ALONG SIDE OF IT, AND THEN DO OUR CANDY AT THE SAME TIME.
THAT MEANS I NEED TO BRING MY GRANDSON AND MAKE HIM DO SOME WORK.
UM, I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE COMMISSION.
I, I THINK THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHO IS THE AVAILABILITY TO BE THERE.
UM, ARE YOU GONNA BE THERE? I'LL BE THERE.
I'M TRYING TO MY BEST TO GET THERE THEN.
AND I'LL, I'LL LET YOU, I'LL GIVE YOU A DEFINITE ANSWER TOMORROW, BY TOMORROW.
I CAN'T DRIVE AND HAND OUT CANDY.
BUT THE CANDY'S NOT THE IMPORTANT THING.
SO I CAN HAND OUT PAVERS AT THE SAME TIME AND YEAH, THAT'S OKAY.
AND I'LL GET YOU, I, I MEAN, MORE THAN ANYTHING, PUT YOUR GRANDSON TO WORK.
HAD SOMEBODY, WHAT I DO IS THE CANDY TOO.
I'LL SEE IF I CAN'T GET SOMEBODY TO MANAGE KIDS LUCKY CANDY.
I GOT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I'M GONNA GET IN TROUBLE.
I, SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, I DO WANT TO DO IS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THE, THE STATUE, UH, IT'S THE MARINE STATUE.
I FORGET WHO WAS THE GUY WHO, WHO RUNS IT.
THE GENTLEMAN THAT CAME TO OUR, WHAT'S IT CALLED THAT TIME AT THE, UM, OUR EVENT? YEAH.
I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TOO.
IS IT HIM? YEAH, BECAUSE YEAH, HE LIVES, HE LIVES OFF A SHO AND I SEE, YEAH, I SEE TRAVELERS AND EVERYTHING.
SO I WANNA SEE IF WE CAN GET IN CONTACT WITH, WITH HIM AND THEN POSSIBLY, I DON'T KNOW.
HE MIGHT ALREADY BE IN THE PARADE.
YOU TALKING ABOUT FOR FUTURE USE? I KNOW WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT THIS YEAR, BUT LITTLE SHORT NOTICES.
MAYBE WE COULD TALK TO HIM ABOUT GETTING IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT IT WOULD JUST BE AT THIS POINT AND BE FIGURING OUT WHO HAS THE AVAILABILITY TO, TO BE THERE AND, OKAY.
I I, SO IT IS, IT'S, IT'S, RIGHT.
UH, THEY START AT THE RIKERS RIGHT HERE AND HUBER HEIGHTS, AND THEN THEY GO CORNER OF BRAMPTON.
AND THEN THEY GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO NEBRASKA AVENUE, WHICH IS RIGHT THERE BY, UM, THE, UH, STADIUM, THE SKATING RINK AND ALL STUFF LIKE THAT.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER WE USED TO GO FROM WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL.
WE TO MARCH ALL THAT WAY, MAN.
OUR UNIFORMS, MAN, DOG MARCH ALL THAT WAY TO RTC ALL THE WAY DOWN THERE.
AND THEY MADE IT SHORTER AND SHORTER.
SEE NOW IT'S LIKE, NOW IT'S DOWN IN NEBRASKA, HUH? YEP.
SO THEY STOP IN NEBRASKA, NEBRASKA, IN FACT, WHAT'S THAT? THREE BLOCKS? START AT CHAMBERSBURG, GO TO NEBRASKA.
THAT'S, IS IT THREE BLOCKS? I THINK MY GRANDDAUGHTER IS, UH, DOING THE CHEERLEADING PIECE, SO OKAY.
I'M TRYING TO GET IN THERE TOO, MAN.
I THINK THAT, SO IF WE COULD JUST HAVE A DEFINITE YAY OR NAME AND WHO'S GONNA BE THERE? UH,
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I WOULD SAY BY TOMORROW.WE CAN PUT IT ON OUR THREAD BY TOMORROW.
UH, I'LL BE THERE WHERE WE, UH, SUIT SHIRT, JUST WHATEVER.
I USED TO SAY, I WOULD SAY JUST WEAR OUR, OUR COMMISSION SHIRTS.
SO SHORTS, I MEAN, YOU CAN WEAR WHAT YOU WANNA WEAR, BUT I, YOU KNOW, I'LL PROBABLY JUST PUT ON A PAIR OF KHAKI SHORTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO MAKE SURE I'M GONNA WALK ALONGSIDE.
AND IF YOU EVER NEED A BREAK TO, I MEAN, WE'LL HAVE A TRUCK THERE, SO YOU DON'T NEED TO JUST HOP IN THE TRUCK AND TAKE A BREAK, SIR.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT THE CRAZY PART ABOUT IT TO ME.
I WAS TALKING TO MYSELF
SO YOU GETS IN THE TRUCK, HUH? OKAY.
WELL, UH, I THANK YOU FOR, UH, RESERVING THIS A SPOTTED LINE.
I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT FOR US, MAN.
SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA, WE DECIDE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET ON A THREAD AND MAKE SURE WE MAKE, UH, BY TOMORROW EVENING.
MAKE SURE EVERYBODY THAT ONCE GO JOIN.
PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU, I'LL, I'LL RESEND THAT THE FORM OUT THAT HAS ALL THE INFORMATION.
THEN YOU'LL KNOW THE SCHEDULE OF OKAY.
I THINK WE, LAST YEAR WE ARRIVED, WHAT, AN HOUR EARLY BEFORE THE PARADE? OR WE ARRIVED KIND OF EARLIER THAN THAT.
WE WAS THERE PROBABLY ABOUT TWO HOURS BEFORE THE PARADE STARTED.
I LIVE, I LIVE ABOUT TWO MINUTES FROM THERE.
SO I CAN WALK THERE FROM THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I KNOW THAT THEY WANT YOU THERE PROBABLY, I THINK THEY SAID LIKE AN HOUR BEFORE.
AND THEN THERE IS IN THE FORECAST, THERE IS A CHANCE FOR RAIN.
NO, WE'LL SEE WHAT, WE'LL SEE WHAT PLAYS OUT WITH THAT.
BUT OF COURSE, ANYTIME I, ANYTIME I GOTTA BA BASICALLY IT'S TIME.
AND I'LL TELL YOU THIS, IT IS BECAUSE I, I RECOMMENDED THAT YOU, I'LL SHOW UP EARLY AS YOU COULD BE, OR LIKE BE, BECAUSE YOU'LL BE HERE OR YOU'LL BE HERE.
SO WE'LL BE THERE AT SIX O'CLOCK.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO, OKAY.
NO, IT WAS, IT WAS FUNNY 'CAUSE LAST YEAR WE SHOWED UP LIKE TWO HOURS EARLY AND WE WERE, I MEAN, WE WERE KIND OF IN THE, IN THE FRONT.
UH, BUT THEN WE ENDED UP TALKING WITH RAY.
RAY WAS LIKE, NAH, I WANT YOU GUYS UP HERE WITH US,
SO THEY MOVED US FROM LIKE, I THINK WE WAS LIKE THE SIX PEOPLE IN LINE TO ALL THE WAY IN FRONT OF THE, UH, THE, UH, WHAT WAS THE GUY, THE, THE GUY WHO, UM, RUNS THE PARADE? NOT THE FIRE MARSHAL, THE GRAND MARSHAL.
THEY MOVED US IN FRONT OF THE GRAND MARSHAL.
IN FRONT OF THE GRAND MARSHAL.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, IT'S LIKE, NO, THEY'RE GONNA COME UP HERE WITH US.
WE CAN MOVE ON TO, UH, UH, TO THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT PARTICIPATION.
I KNOW THAT IT'S AUGUST AT SIXTH.
IS, AM I, AM I CORRECT? IS IT FROM, UH, WHAT IS IT, SIX TO EIGHT? IS THAT THE TIME? YEAH, I BELIEVE IT IS.
MAYBE NINE, BUT I DON'T, YEAH.
IS IT, IS IT GONNA BE AT WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL? YES.
IS THAT OKAY? I THOUGHT THAT WAS HAVING, IS IT MIDDLE SCHOOL? UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS.
I'M NOT SURE IT'S, IT'S NOT THE INFORMATION, BUT I, I CAN'T REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, DOES EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT THE NA WHAT THE, UM, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS? NO, I HAVE NO IDEA.
SO THEY, THE, UM, THE, IT'S A NIGHT.
WHAT THE, I SHOULD SAY, HOLD ON A SECOND.
LEMME GET MY BEARINGS TOGETHER.
UM, LIKE THEY GET TOGETHER WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY GET TOGETHER WITH OTHER BUSINESSES TOO AT THE SAME TIME.
AND IT'S JUST A NIGHT OUT WHERE EVERYBODY COMES TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? TO CELEBRATE OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S LIKE A COMMUNITY THING THAT THEY HAVE.
AND, AND THERE'S DIFFERENT INFORMATION YOU CAN GET WHILE YOU'RE THERE FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE.
AND THEY DO THINGS FOR CHILDREN WHILE THEY'RE THERE AND THEY HAVE LIKE LITTLE GAMES AND, YOU KNOW, JUST CHANCE FOR THEM TO MEET LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I MEAN, AND THEY ALSO HAD, LIKE I SAID, OTHER BUSINESSES ARE THERE TO PROMOTE THEIR BUSINESS THERE AT THE SAME TIME AS WELL.
SO, AND I'M SURE THAT MIKE CAN GIVE YOU A BETTER EXPLANATION THAN THAT, BUT THAT'S WHAT I GET OUT OF IT WHEN I, WHEN I, YOU KNOW, THE TIMES THAT I'VE BEEN THERE BEFORE.
SO, AND THAT'S WHEN I, OUT IS BASICALLY A NATIONAL, IS WHAT IT SAYS IS FOR ALL, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY.
THEY, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN, UM, UH, COMMUNITY EVENTS AROUND TO SUPPORT PUBLIC SERVICES, POLICE, FIRE, UM, AND OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
AND IT JUST TO KIND OF WAIT TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND PROMOTE FROM WITHIN OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH MAKE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND OF THIS IS HOW THESE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED AND, AND MAKE, YOU KNOW, GET A FACE OUT TO, YOU KNOW, THE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED, PROVIDED TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A, IT'S A NATIONAL NIGHT IS TRULY WHAT IT IS.
YEAH, I'VE SEEN, I'VE SEEN, I'VE SEEN ALL KINDS OF THINGS BEEN ADVANCE, IT'S KNOW, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY SUCCESSFUL HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
SO I THOUGHT I, YOU KNOW, THEY REACHED OUT TO ME AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THIS, FOR OUR COMMISSIONER HERE WOULD BE FOR, UM, 'CAUSE THEY, THEY OFFERED, UH, YOU KNOW, A TABLE WITH A BOOTH.
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BRING THE BANNERS AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR, YOU KNOW, ONE OR TWO OF YOU JUST KIND OF STAND THERE AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PAPER PROGRAM AND KIND OF HAND OUT THE FLYERS THAT WE HAVE AND KIND OF PROMOTE THE COMMISSION A LITTLE BIT.BECAUSE IT'S, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A, IT'S A, AND THAT'S ON AND THAT'S ON THAT, THAT SHOULD BE ON A WEDNESDAY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
IT SHOULD BE THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH.
IS IT OKAY? WAS IT FROM SIX TO EIGHT AGAIN? WHAT TIME? SIX? I BELIEVE SO, YES.
I DON'T REMEMBER AT THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
SO, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO, UM, IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN, IN, IN DOING THAT, THAT'S
I'D LIKE, I'D LIKE TO GET THAT INFORMATION TO THEM SOON AS POSSIBLE.
YEAH, I KNOW I SAID KNOW THIS WITH THIS QUESTION.
BUT I, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL RESERVE A TABLE FOR US.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU AND I CAN COORDINATE AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, THEN I'LL GET YOU THE INFORMATION.
WHAT NIGHT IS IN, WHAT? IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THE, IT IS THE, IT IS THE 6TH OF AUGUST 60.
FROM SIX TO EIGHT, FROM 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM IT'LL BE AT WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL.
I'LL SEND, I'LL RE I'LL RE EMAIL YOU IF YOU THE TWO INTERESTED PRIORITIES HERE.
I'LL RE EMAIL YOU SPECIFICALLY THE DETAILS.
UH, MOVING ON TO OUR VETERAN'S DAY AGENDA.
UH, UM, WE KNOW THE LOCATION OF COURSE, AND THE TIME'S THE SAME.
WE'RE NOT GONNA CHANGE ANYTHING THIS YEAR.
SO, UM, AS FAR AS WE GOTTA, WE ARE GOING TO SAY IT'S GONNA BE THE SAME THING AGAIN.
WE GOTTA GO ABOUT, UM, GETTING A HOLD OF, UM, ANYBODY THAT WE NEED AS FAR AS, UM, DRILL TEAM OR HONOR GUARD SERVICES.
UM, I'VE, OUR, I'VE CONTACTED THE, UM, THE COMMANDER FROM THE, UM, THE THIRD DISTRICT FOR AMERICAN LEGION FOR THE THIRD DISTRICT HERE TO SEE IF HE'D BE INTERESTED IN SPEAKING ON VETERANS DAY.
SO I'M WAITING FOR A CALL BACK FROM, FROM HIS OFFICE.
SO I'VE ALREADY STARTED WORKING ON ONE.
SO IF WE CAN GET, IF ANYBODY ELSE WOULD BE INTERESTED.
SO I'D LIKE FOR US ONCE AGAIN TO SEE IF WE CAN GET, CAN YOU, I, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE TIME ARE.
LET'S, BEFORE WE GET TO THE AGENDA, YES.
I MEAN, WE ALREADY KNOW THE TIMELINE, WHAT IT'S GONNA START, RIGHT? NO, I DON'T.
SO LET'S GET THE TIMELINE ESTABLISHED.
WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA START TIME.
SO LET'S, WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ESTABLISHED THAT WE'RE STARTING AT FOUR, RIGHT? YES, YES, YES.
SO OUR TIMELINE STARTS AT FOUR.
SO PUT WELL, LET'S GET TOGETHER WITH THE TIMELINE WITH THAT, WITH POTENTIAL OKAY.
FOR OUR NEXT MEETING TO PUT AGENDA ITEMS INTO THOSE TIMELINES.
WELL, WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE SCRIPT BUILT, SO YES.
BUT I LIKE FOR KEVIN'S, HE'S NEVER SEEN IT.
HE, YOU KNOW, HE MIGHT NOT LIKE SEE THOSE TIME THINGS, CHRIS NOT SEEING IT.
SO JUST GET, I DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, LIKE LAST, LAST YEAR'S IS BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, HOW IT IS.
WE'RE JUST GONNA STICK AND PASTE AND MOVE OR REMOVE, BUT, SO THEY SEE THOSE THINGS.
AND SO THEN WE, WE CAN ALSO AGREE UPON GETTING THE TIMELINE OUT TO, TO THE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE WE JUST TALKED ABOUT WITH THE CHAMBER.
HEY, THIS IS GONNA START AT THIS TIME.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE CONCRETE WITH THIS.
HOW IS THIS JUST FROM MY VISION? HOW IS THIS THE MEMORIAL OF THE ATTENDANCE? DEPENDS ON THE WEATHER.
I MEAN, WE, WE'VE HAD BAD YEARS WHERE IT'S SNUGGLED.
SO, BUT ALL I'M SAYING IS LIKE, I WOULD LIKE TO GET, LET'S GET THE TIMELINE.
AND THEN WE'LL ADD THE AGENDA ITEMS AND WE CAN DISCUSS THOSE.
AND YOU ARE WELCOME TO DISCUSS THOSE.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE, I JUST, I LIKE, I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST STEP.
AND I'LL HAVE, AND I'LL HAVE MR. LASLEY, UH, SEND ME THE, UM, CAN SEND EVERYBODY TO US START STICKING AND PASTING SOME OF THESE THINGS IN THE TIMELINE.
UM, I KNOW WE USUALLY DO THE SAME THING.
SO WHAT I'M GONNA HAVE HIM DO IS, I KNOW USUALLY HE'S ALWAYS THE ONE THAT CONTACT HIM, BUT I'M, I WANT, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO IT THIS TIME.
I'M GONNA ASK HIM IF HE WOULD ALLOW ME TO GIMME THE INFORMATION, ALLOW ME TO GET IN CONTACT WITH EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I KNOW HE'S BUSY.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO CONTACT WITH WHO? WITH JUST, WITH JUST WITH THE YOUNG MARINES OR, YOU KNOW, THINGS OF THAT NATURE LIKE THAT.
SO I SAID, DO WE WANNA HAVE ANOTHER FLAG FOLDING CEREMONY? DO WE WANT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK SO.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN KEEP IT A MEMORIAL DAY TO MEMORIAL DAY.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO THINK WILL BE BENEFICIAL, UM, IS HAVING
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A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE VA THERE THAT CAN TALK ABOUT VETERANS AND VETERANS BENEFITS AND HOW TO GO PAST, YOU KNOW, GO DOWN THAT ROUTE.I KNOW OF SOMEBODY THAT I CAN REACH OUT TO.
UM, AND I'LL REACH OUT TO, TO HER AND SEE IF SHE'S, IF ONLY WE HAD SOMEBODY THAT WORKED THERE, WE'D BE SO MUCH BETTER OFF
I MEAN, EVEN IF WE HAD SOMEBODY YEAH.
'CAUSE SHE'S, SHE'S A VA BENEFITS ADVISOR, BUT SHE WORKS GOOD.
BUT I THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN START DOING WITH VETERANS DAY IS START BRINGING UP AWARENESS ABOUT STUFF, UH, RATHER THAN JUST HAVING A, I MEAN, THE CEREMONY'S GREAT AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS, I, I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE ALWAYS ENJOY IT.
BUT, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE COMMISSION CAN START STEPPING INTO IS BEING A BRIDGE FOR RESOURCES ON WHAT IT IS THAT THE VETERANS CAN GET.
I MEAN, I WORKED WITH THE, THE VA AS A VA BENEFITS ADVISOR FOR A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, AND YOU WILL BE SURPRISED HOW MANY VETERANS COME IN THERE THAT DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE ENTITLED TO OR WHAT IT IS THAT THEY CAN, UM, THEM OR THEIR FAMILIES CAN, CAN QUALIFY FOR.
UH, SO JUST BEING ABLE TO HAVE SOMEBODY COME OUT THERE AND PUT THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE OR PUT, HEY, THIS IS THE INFORMATION, THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN GO, UH, HERE'S THE CONTACT TO START.
UM, WOULD BE, WOULD YOU BE MORE, WOULD YOU BE, WOULD YOU, WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE, I KNOW YOU WANNA HAVE SOMEBODY THERE, BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET? LIKE ACTUALLY INFORMATION LIKE MAYBE, UM, LEAFLETS OR PAMPHLETS OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE? SOMETHING LIKE YOU, YOU TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WELL, THEY CAN EVEN, THEY CAN EVEN PROVIDE THAT.
I MEAN, 'CAUSE I KNOW WHEN WE DID COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UM, WITH, WITH THEM WE HAD FLYERS AND PAMPHLETS TO, TO HAND OUT.
SO I MEAN, THAT CAN EVEN BE SOMETHING THAT WE HAND OUT DURING VETERAN'S DAY.
WELL THEN I WOULD LIKE FOR EVERYBODY TO, UH, I MEAN, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS THINK THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO PUT IN THIS TIMELINE THAT WE HAVE, I DON'T WANNA GO TOO, I DON'T WANT STRAIGHT TOO FAR FROM IT, BUT WE WANT TO ADD SOME THINGS.
UM, YOU KNOW, HAPPY BY CEREMONY, I WILL PHONE PURCHASE 40 TO 50 VETERAN COINS.
AND FOR EVERYBODY THAT GOES THERE, I'LL HAND THEM OUT STUFF SO WE CAN COIN PEOPLE TO COME IN THERE AND DO THINGS FOR US.
LIKE THE CHAMBER GUYS, THE OUT GUARDS.
I THINK I, I GOT COIN BY THE, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE GUYS THERE, THE LAST ONE I WAS GOING, WOW, THAT WAS SUCH A NICE FEELING TO HAVE BEEN GIMME A COIN AT THE MORNING SERVICE.
SO I, I WOULD, THERE, I'LL HAND DOWN AND JUST COIN PEOPLE THAT HAVE, UH, HELPED OUT.
I'LL, I'LL DO THAT ABOUT MY HAND.
WE TALKED, WE'VE TALKED TO, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE, THE COIN, UH, ISSUE.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, THAT WE TABLED AND WE'RE GONNA BRING BACK UP AGAIN.
UM, AS FAR AS THEM PURCHASING COINS HERE AND WHAT KIND OF COINS WE'RE GONNA PURCHASE, WHO'S GONNA RECEIVE 'EM AND WHO'S NOT, BECAUSE THE COINS ARE SO SPECIAL FOR THOSE THAT IN ARMED FORCES THAT WE USED, DON'T HAND 'EM OUT JUST TO ANYBODY.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET A COIN, AS FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR, UM, I, MYSELF HAD, HAD MADE A SUGGESTION, UM, THAT, THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IF, IF IF NEW, IF YOU DON'T WANNA DO THE COINS OR WHATEVER, I JUST THINK AT THE MINIMUM THEY SHOULD AT LEAST RECEIVE SOME TYPE OF, OF, UM, DOCUMENTATION OR SOMETHING.
LIKE EVEN IF FOR ONE THAT WE GET FOR, FOR OUR, THAT WE GET THROUGH HUBER HEIGHTS FOR VOLUNTEER SERVICES, LETTER OF APPRECIATION THAT WE GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT I THINK IS JUST SPECIAL TOO.
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS SPECIAL TOO.
SO, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALSO, WE CAN OFFICER THINK ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW THAT WE TABLED THAT AT ONE TIME, SO WE CAN, THAT SOMETHING WE CAN COME BACK TO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, YOU KNOW, THE DIVORCE INTERESTED IN DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT AGAIN, WE'VE GOTTA WORK ON THE LOGISTICS OF THAT TIMEWISE AND TIMELINE WISE, AND I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT, I DON'T FEEL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WANT YOU TO GO OUT AND SPEND YOUR OWN MONEY JUST TO GO BUY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, AND WE'LL FIND, WE'LL FIND OUT AND WE FIRST WE GOTTA FIND OUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE ABLE TO DO.
ARE WE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING ON OUR OWN WITHOUT HUBBERT HEIGHTS BEING INVOLVED? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF HU BEING INVOLVED IN IT AND JUST DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
MIKE, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAD, WE HAD TO RUN BY TONY.
I MEAN, IF YOU WANNA MAKE HIS OWN YES, YES.
BUT IT, IT COULDN'T BE THE, THE, IT COULDN'T SAY HUBBERT HEIGHTS ON IT THOUGH.
THERE WOULD BE THE INFRINGEMENT CORRECTIONS AND YOU KNOW, VETERAN POINT SAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THAT'S WHAT I, THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.
I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO HAVE TO COIN.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ALLUDING TO.
YEAH, THERE'S A KEVIN, YOU AND I CAN DISCUSS SOMETHING LATER.
AND THEN ALSO ONE THING YOU GUYS KNOW, I'VE, UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON A, UH, DOCUMENT THAT I WANNA PUT OUT THERE FOR EVERYBODY TO START LOOKING AT.
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AND A HUNDRED DAY, 120 DAY TIMELINE FOR OUR EVENTS, WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO AT 120 DAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AT.ALL, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? OH, OKAY.
SO, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, JUST WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO AT THIS POINT WHEN WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET A SPEAKER, MAKE SURE WE START GETTING, YOU KNOW, JUST DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE, WE NEED TO START DOING AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT REDUNDANT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO DO IT.
WE DO, WE DO IT 90 DAYS, OR WE SHOULD DO IT AGAIN IN 60 DAYS JUST TO REMIND THAT PERSON OR JUST GET WITH THAT PERSON, YOU KNOW? AND THEN LIKE, IF WE WANNA GET THESE CERTIFICATES THAT WE WANNA GIVE TO THEM, WE NEED TO GIVE THE PEOPLE AT HUBBERT HEIGHTS TIME ENOUGH TO GET THEM PRINTED.
YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND, AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THAT WAY WE GIVE THEM ENOUGH TIME, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE, I FIGURED SOMETHING THAT'S SIMPLE, THE CERTIFICATE SHOULDN'T TAKE MORE THAN 60 DAYS FOR THEM TO GET.
BUT THEN AGAIN, I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE.
THAT'S SOMETHING I TALKED TO THEM ABOUT.
WE COULD TALK TO 'EM, SEE HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO PROCESS THIS? IF WE PUT A, YOU KNOW, REQUEST IN FOR THIS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS CAN DO WITHIN 60 DAYS, OR DO YOU NEED MORE TIME THAN THAT? SO THAT'S SOMETHING I GOTTA BE, I WANNA TALK, TALK TO MIKE ABOUT, SEE IF WE CAN SEND THAT, WHO I SEND THE EMAIL TO, TO, TO REQUEST THAT AND SEE IF I CAN GET THE INFORMATION FROM THEM.
SO, UM, UH, BY THE TIME WE, BY THE TIME THAT, UH, WE HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING, I, I WANT GET IT OUT BEFORE THAT SO WAY EVERYBODY CAN LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE AT AND MAKE CORRECTIONS OR, OR ADD TO IT OR SUBTRACT FROM IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BECAUSE I WANNA GET EVERYBODY'S, YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THIS FOR OUR EVENTS, SO THAT WAY THERE'S NO MORE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WAITING UNTIL THIS TIME OR WAIT UNTIL THAT TIME THAT WE KNOW WHEN IT HAS TO, WHEN IT HAS TO BE DONE BY.
WE NO, YOU KNEW THAT AT THE 90 DAY MARK.
YOU NEED TO GET A REPRESENTATIVE HERE FROM SO AND SO, OR YOU KNEW AT THE 90 DAY MARK.
YOU NEED TO ALREADY HAVE, BE IN CONTACT WITH THE, THE HONOR GUARD OR THE COLOR GUARDER.
THAT WAY WE KNOW THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
SO I JUST THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP US.
UM, AS FAR AS THE VENTURE DAY AGENDA GOES, UM, LIKE I SAID, I'M GONNA HAVE LASTLY SEND IT BACK OUT TO US SO WE CAN LOOK AT IT.
UM, IS THERE ANYTHING ANYBODY WANTS TO DISCUSS RIGHT NOW BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET INTO IT AND GET INTO THE, SO WE MOVE ON TO THE, UH, FUTURE EVENTS AND PROMOTIONS? I MEAN, I WAS, I WAS JUST HERE THINKING, AND I WAS, I JUST ANOTHER THING WITH THE TIME, BUT I WAS SITTING HERE THINKING VETERANS DAY WHERE THE VETERANS GO.
THEY EAT, THEY OUT THERE EATING, THEY OUT THERE EATING, THEY OUT THERE EATING.
I, UM, AND FOR ME, I, UM, YEARS, I DID IT LAST YEAR, BUT USUALLY I GO, LIKE, I TAKE A GROUP OF VETERANS THAT I KNOW THEY CAN'T, THEY DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION.
I TAKE 'EM FOR A COUPLE PLACES ON VETERANS DAY TO GET THEIR LITTLE MEALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I KNOW THAT I, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO, LIKE I DID LAST YEAR, YOU GUYS HAVE TO GO EARLY,
SO, AND I MEAN, I'M JUST GONNA THROW IT OUT THERE, BUT, UH, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT AS PARTNERING WITH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE RESTAURANTS WITHIN THE CITY AND SAY, HEY, LOOK, Y'ALL ARE ALREADY GIVING OUT FREE STUFF FOR VETERANS DAY.
WHY DON'T YOU BE A PARTNER WITH US AND PROMOTE OUR VETERANS' DAY EVENT? SO I KNOW, UM, WELL, I DON'T KNOW, SO IT'S OKAY.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS, THOSE KIND OF CONNECTIONS THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF WITH THE CHAMBER, THEY, THEY COULD HELP A LOT WITH THAT.
I KNOW TEXAS ROADHOUSE WAS VERY, VERY INVOLVED IN SOME COMMUNITY EVENTS WHEN THEY FIRST CAME INTO THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, AND THEY WERE, HAD AN OUTREACH PROGRAM THAT THEY COULD COME OUT TO THESE PLACES AND, AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, SPONSOR SOME THINGS LIKE, LIKE WE'RE TALKING, I, I THINK YOU'RE DISCUSSING OR, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? YEAH.
BECAUSE I, I, NO, LIKE LAST YEAR THEY DID, UH, VETERANS, UM, DAY BREAKFAST AT, AT, UH, STUDEBAKER.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAD IS THEY HAD SPONSORSHIPS FROM LIKE, UH, TEXAS ROADHOUSE AND CHICK-FIL-A JUST THE WHOLE BUNCH OF ALL OF THAT STUFF.
SO THOSE ARE CONNECTIONS THAT WE CAN START BUILDING, UM, TO KIND OF, I THINK PARTNERING WITH, WITH, UM, THE CHAMBER AND, AND MARCUS WITH THOSE, THOSE KIND OF THINGS COULD COME TO, YOU KNOW, AND COMMUNICATION.
AND THERE'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN ON THAT LINE, LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT STUDENT BAKER, THERE'S ALSO LIKE, THEY, THE SCHOOLS HERE IN HUBER HEIGHTS HAVE FOR VETERANS DAY, THEY HAVE THINGS THAT THEY DO IN THE MORNING WITH THE KIDS WHERE THEY SERVE COULD BE DEALING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE MIGHT WANNA THINK ABOUT.
YOU MAYBE JUST SHOW THEM TOO, UM, AND JUST SPEAKING WHILE WE'RE THERE BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO SPEAK OR, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST SPITBALLING, LIKE YOU SAID.
SO, BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA TAKE ON, I DON'T WANNA TAKE OFF TOO MUCH RIGHT NOW.
HUH? ARE KIDS OFF THE VETERANS? I DON'T KNOW.
THEY, THEY HAVE IT BEFORE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE IT ON VETERAN'S DAY PER SE.
THEY HAVE LIKE, WHERE THEY HAVE LIKE, THEY'RE NOT OFF ANYMORE.
I'VE HAD KIDS AT SCHOOL IN SO LONG, SO I DON'T, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WOW.
SO NATIONAL HOLIDAY, I WORK ON BASEMENT.
I, OH, I TAKE OFF MY BIRTHDAY AND BACHELOR DAY.
A FEDERAL, THE DOUBLE NICKEL TWO.
YEAH, THEY, THEY WERE SO, OKAY.
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OKAY.WELL, UH, WHICH WAS A, A SHOCK TO ME 'CAUSE SOME, SOME, UM, SCHOOL DISTRICTS DID THAT BILL.
OKAY, FOR THE INTEREST OF TIME, MR. UNDERWOOD HAS GOT SOME ISSUES HE'S GOTTA DEAL WITH.
SO LET'S MOVE ON TO, UH, YOUR FUTURE EVENTS TO PROMOTE THE COMMISSION AND PAVERS.
I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT PARTNERING WITH THE CHAMBER, CORRECT? MM-HMM.
I JUST STARTED SPANGLED HEIGHTS PARADE.
IS THERE ANYTHING OTHER, ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF, MIKE, THAT YOU WANTED TO, I KNOW LAST TIME WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE BOWMAN ON, RIGHT? YES.
AND GETTING IN CONTACT WITH THEM AND SEEING, I THINK THERE WAS A, IT WAS SOMETHING KEAN WAS KIND OF TRYING TO WORK OUT YEAH.
A DIFFERENT TYPE OF EVENT FOR A FUNDRAISING TYPE THING TOO.
SO NOT, UH, THERE'S PLENTY OF THINGS OUT THERE, MAN.
I THINK I CAN GET BACK WITH THE AM V AGAIN.
I HAVEN'T BEEN UP TO, I HAVEN'T BEEN UP THERE IN A WHILE, SO USUALLY I'VE BEEN GETTING A HOLD OF, UH, BARBARA UP THERE AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT ONE NIGHT, WE WERE THERE NOT TOO LONG AGO ABOUT THIS, UM, PARTNERING WITH THEM.
SO, BUT THAT IT HAD TO DO WITH FOOD.
SO I THINK THE CHAMBER COMING ON BOARD WITH US.
I MEAN, ADVOCATING FOR THIS, THIS PROGRAM, YES.
IT'S GONNA ALLEVIATE A LOT OF SORT OF PROBLEMS. I, I REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
NO, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, ALTHOUGH THAT'S GREAT, IT STILL REQUIRES WORK ON OUR OH YES.
TO REACH OUT AND FIND THINGS AND GET INVOLVED IN THINGS.
BUT IT DOES HELP TAKE SOME OF THE THINGS OFF THE PLATE THOUGH.
EXCEPT FOR, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? FOR, YEAH, THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S IT.
SO I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A, NOW IT'S THE SOCIAL MEDIA.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE THE BEST.
OH, RAY WAS SUPPOSED TO GET BACK WITH ME.
I HELPED HIM SOLVE HIS PROBLEM, BUT HE DIDN'T HELP ME SOLVE MY PROBLEMS.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT OFF AIR.
SO, UM, IF ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO BRING UP, I CAN ADJOURN THE MEETING.
CAN I GET A SECOND? IT IS 1850 HOURS AT 26TH OF JUNE, WEDNESDAY CALLED THE HUMAN RIGHTS MILITARY AND BRIDGES COMMISSION TO ADJOURNMENT.