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YOU WANNA CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER? ALL RIGHT.CALL TO ORDER OUR AUGUST 6TH MEETING AT 6:16 PM AND MS. AARON, CAN I GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? SURE THING.
UH, MS. BLAIR PRESENT? MR. IREM? MR. GULU? MS. NIKKER? MR. KNIGHT PRESENT? MR. OWENS? MR. RICHARDSON? PRESENT? MS. STEVENS? PRESENT.
AND TODAY WE HAVE EXCUSED MIA AND ABRAM AND BYRAM, AND WE HAVE, UM, COREY IS EN ROUTE, SO HE'LL BE POPPING IN SOON.
UM, IN TERMS OF APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, UM, JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE A FEW OF US OUT, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE QUITE A FEW FROM PREVIOUS MONTHS, WE NEED TO APPROVE.
HAS ANYONE HAD TIME TO LOOK THOSE OVER? CAN WE MOVE THEM TO MAYBE OCTOBER? IS THAT POSSIBLE? OCTOBER OR SEPTEMBER? SEPTEMBER.
SORRY, I'M ON MY THAT IN MYSELF ALREADY.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE APPROVING THOSE THAT THEY, AS THEY WERE TONIGHT.
WHAT'S THAT? WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE APPROVING THOSE THAT THEY ARE TONIGHT.
YOU AIN'T SPEAKING TO THAT, SO THAT, YEAH.
CAN, IF MR. KNIGHT, CAN YOU SPEAK MORE IN THE MIC? YEAH.
I DIDN'T WANT YOU, HAS EVERYONE HAD TIME TO APPROVE OR READ THROUGH THEM? YES.
DOES ANYONE HAVE THEN ANY, SINCE THERE ARE FIVE OF US HERE, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, AND VOTE.
UM, ANY CHANGES TO, UH, THE, UH, MINUTES FROM MAY, JUNE, AND JULY? NO CHANGES.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THEN THAT WE GO AHEAD AND APPROVE OUR MAY, JUNE AND JULY 20, 26 MINUTES SECOND.
AND BEFORE WE GET STARTED ON, UM, ALL OF OUR OLD AND NEW BUSINESS, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MOVE ITEM C, OR EXCUSE ME, ITEM E UNDER NEW BUSINESS UP TO RIGHT NOW,
SHE'S, UM, I GUEST SPEAKER FOR US THIS EVENING.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE HER UP TO DO HER PRESENTATION NOW.
UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT SECOND.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ITEM E UNDER NEW BUSINESS UP TO, UH, RIGHT BELOW APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
SO THIS EVENING WE HAVE MS. SONYA CALLAHAN WITH TSC FOUNDATION, UM, THE PRESIDENT OF THE FOUNDATION, UH, BRYANT HARVEY, UH, WAS, UH, SUPPOSED TO ATTEND, BUT IS UNABLE, SO MS. CALLAHAN IS GOING TO PRESENT, UM, HERSELF HERE.
UM, SHE REACHED OUT TO TONY ROGERS A LITTLE WHILE AGO, INQUIRING ABOUT OUR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL AND A POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP.
UM, SO, UH, WE INVITED HER TO COME SPEAK JUST TO GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT THE FOUNDATION DOES, UM, GET SOME INFORMATION ON HOW WE CAN HELP ONE ANOTHER.
SO I WILL LET MS. CALLAHAN TAKE OVER FROM HERE.
UM, SO I'M A VISUAL PERSON, SO I JUST BROUGHT SOME THINGS TO BE ABLE TO SHOW, TO TELL THE STORY.
UM, BUT MY NAME IS SIMON CALLAHAN, AND INITIALLY I REACHED OUT TO YOU ALL BECAUSE, UM, WE NEED HELP GETTING MORE VISIBILITY OUT INTO HUBER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY.
AND INITIALLY WE HAD AN INTEREST, OR I HAD AN INTEREST IN THE MULTICULTURAL EVENT, BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE I'M GONNA HAVE ANY HELP, SO I WON'T BE ABLE TO COME BY MYSELF UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT CAN HELP ME STAFF THE TABLE.
BUT BASICALLY THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
SO LEMME JUST GIVE YOU A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR.
THAT ONE FOR AARON, IS THAT MIKE ONE FOR HER.
DID YOU NEED SOME HELP? I CAN COME
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DOWN AND OUT.DO YOU HAVE A
TSC STANDS FOR TRENDSETTING CREW.
THEY WERE A, UM, YOUNG GROUP THAT GREW, THAT GREW UP IN THE ROLLER SKATING COMMUNITY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE TSC FOUNDATION, BRYANT, UM, HARVEY, HE'S A WELL-KNOWN, UM, ARTIST IN THE COLUMBUS, UM, OR A NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT HE'S FROM CLEVELAND, OHIO.
HE IS THE FOUNDER WE FOUNDED TOGETHER.
AND, UM, I DO ALL OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS, NONPROFIT EFFORTS.
SO WE BECAME A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IN JANUARY 24TH.
WE WERE IN THE OHIO ROLLER SKATING COMMUNITY, STILL IS, BUT WE STARTED A GRASSROOTS INITIATIVE CALLED OHIO SKATE FOR LIFE.
I WAS AN ORGANIZED TISSUE DONATION FOR OVER 10 PLUS YEARS.
AND WHEN I WORKED THERE AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, THE MULTICULTURAL OUTREACH COORDINATOR WAS LIKE, I NEED TO GET MORE AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO REGISTER TO BE ORGAN DONORS, BECAUSE ALTHOUGH WE CAN GET OUR ORGANS FROM ANY RACE OR ETHNICITY, WE HAVE A BETTER MATCH WHEN WE GET 'EM FROM PEOPLE WITH THE SAME GENETIC MAKEUP.
AND SO, BECAUSE SHE KNEW THAT OUR, YOU KNOW, SKATED IN A ROLLERSKATING COMMUNITY, SHE WAS LIKE, IT'S A BIG, YOU KNOW, POPULATION OF AFRICAN AMERICANS THERE.
SO WE HAD OUR FIRST, UM, ORGAN EYE AND TISSUE DONATION BENEFIT IN THE ROLLERSKATING COMMUNITY.
AND THAT STARTED IN CLEVELAND, OHIO.
AND THEN THAT WAS IN, UM, WE, UH, WE STARTED IN 2010, AND THEN THE FIRST BENEFIT WAS IN 2011.
SO WE CELEBRATED 16 YEARS OF SKATE FOR LIFE THIS YEAR, UM, IN MAY.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S BASICALLY HOW WE STARTED.
SO THE TRENDSETTERS IS LIKE A FRATERNITY, BUT ON ROLLER SKATES, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO, UM, THEY STARTED OUT, AND, SORRY, I AM ALL THE WAY BACK HERE, BUT THIS VISUAL HERE, UM, IS LIKE PICTURES OF THE TRENDSETTERS, THE TSC FOUNDATION.
AND BASICALLY WE HAVE, UM, THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS. WE HAVE THE SKATE FOR LIFE, WHICH I JUST MENTIONED, WHICH WAS HEALTH AWARENESS AND PROMOTION.
WE ALSO HAVE A, MY BROTHERS UM, KEEPER PROGRAM WHERE WE WANT TO TARGET PROGRAMMING FOR MEN AND BOYS.
UM, AGAIN, B ONE OR BRYANT ANTHONY, HE'S A WELL-KNOWN ARTIST, UM, STREET ARTISTS.
HE DOES A LOT OF MURALS, SO HE HAS A LOT OF MURALS IN THE COLUMBUS AREA ON DIFFERENT BUILDINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT HE HAS A, UM, PROGRAM CALLED OHIO, UM, GOT ART WHERE HE WORKS WITH THE YOUTH, AND HE, UM, DOES MURALS WITH THEM OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND DIFFERENT ART PROJECTS.
UM, EVERY YEAR WE HAVE A FOOD CAMPAIGN FOR GIVEN TUESDAY, UM, WHERE WE USE, UM, ORBIT FUND CENTER AS OUR BRICK AND MORTAR, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW.
SO WE DO LIKE A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS AT ORBIT FUND CENTER.
AND IT'S A GOOD RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE MIKE PENROD, WHO IS THE OWNER, UM, HE DOESN'T HAVE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, RELATIONS THERE, SO IT WORKS WELL.
AND THEN B ONE OR BRIAN ANTHONY DOES ALL OF HIS ADVERTISING FOR HIM AS FAR AS HIS FLYERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S HOW THE RELATIONSHIP BUILT.
SO WE HAVE A ANNUAL COMMUNITY FOOD DRIVE WHERE WE RAISE, UM, NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS FOR THE DAYTON FOOD BANK.
AND THEN WE HAVE UNITY IN ORANGE, WHICH IS A ANTI-BULLYING PREVENTION PROGRAM FOR THE YOUTH.
UM, PACERS, UM, BULLYING, UM, CENTER, WHICH IS KNOWN, THEY STARTED A, UM, CAMPAIGN CALLED UNITY DAY, WHERE THEY ASKED EVERYONE TO WEAR THE COLOR ORANGE FOR VISIBILITY.
UM, BECAUSE ORANGE IS A VIBRANT COLOR, IS WARM, IS HAPPY, AND IT ALSO REPRESENTS SAFETY AND SO ON.
UM, IN OCTOBER, THEY ASK PEOPLE TO WEAR AND SHARE ORANGE FOR BULLYING PREVENTION AND AWARENESS.
AND THEN WE HAVE STREETSCAPE, WHICH IS, UM, A STREET TEAM THAT ACTUALLY GOES OUT AND PERFORMS IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO THEY JUST DID THE GAY PRIDE PARADE IN COLUMBUS, WHERE WE HAD A LOT OF ATTENDEES THERE.
UM, WE ALSO, UM, HAVE ROSES AND BLOOM, WHICH IS A PROGRAM FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN, AND I'LL BREAK DOWN WHAT THE PROGRAM WAS, BUT WE JUST DID ONE, UH, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2025.
AND THEN WE HAVE A HONORS AND COMMUNITY WHERE WE HONOR CERTAIN VOLUNTEERS.
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UM, GRIEF, UM, CEREMONIES FOR SOME OF THE SKATERS.WE LOST SOME SKATERS, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST THINGS WAS LUPUS, WHERE WE HAD THREE YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 20 AND 30.
THEY ALL DIED IN THE SAME YEAR.
ONE DIED FROM A BRAIN ANEURYSM, AND THE OTHER, UM, DIED FROM LUPUS.
SO WE DO THINGS TO TRY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND BE LIKE A SAFE HAVEN FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
ONE OF THE TRENDSETTERS, HE ACTUALLY GAVE HIS FATHER, ONE OF HIS, UM, HE GAVE HIS FATHER A PIECE OF HIS LIVER.
'CAUSE YOUR LIVER CAN REGEN REG, NO, I'M SORRY.
HE GAVE HIS FATHER ONE OF HIS KIDNEYS WHO HAD DIABETES AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND HEART DISEASE.
AND SO HIS FATHER'S LIFE WAS EXTENDED BY THAT.
SO THAT'S HOW WE GOT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
ORGAN DONATION WASN'T COOL UNTIL THE TRENDSETTERS MADE IT COOL.
AND SO WE ENDED UP GETTING A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP ON THE, UM, DONOR REGISTRY, THE OHIO DONOR REGISTRY BECAUSE OF IT.
SO, UM, SO I'LL JUST SHOW YOU, UM, THIS HERE.
WE PARTNERED WITH PREMIER HEALTH MOBILE, WHERE WE HAD THE FIRST MY BROTHERS KEEPER, MEN'S HEALTH DAY.
AND SO IN THIS COLLAGE HERE, UM, YOU HAVE TRENDSETTERS, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD PEOPLE WHO SAW IT ON, WE WERE ON DAYTON NEWS.
AND, UM, SO THIS FAMILY HERE, THIS INDIAN FAMILY, THEY CAME OUT JUST BECAUSE THEY SAW THE COVERAGE ON THE TELEVISION.
WE ALSO HAVE A FAMILY HERE THAT BROUGHT THEIR ADOPTED GRANDKIDS WITH THEM.
BUT BASICALLY, UM, WE PARTNERED WITH PREMIER HEALTH MOBILE BECAUSE, UM, WE BELIEVE IN BRINGING THE HEALTHCARE TO THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A DOCTOR THAT THEY GO TO, OR THEY LACK INSURANCE.
LIKE FOR MYSELF, I'M OUTTA WORK RIGHT NOW, SO I BENEFIT FROM HAVING THIS IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY CHARGE ME NOTHING OR A LITTLE TO NOTHING TO GET ALL OF MY BLOOD PRESSURE AND ALL OF MY VITALS CHECKED AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND WE ENDED UP HAVING 21 PEOPLE LAST YEAR, WHICH THEY WERE AMAZED BECAUSE THEY USUALLY DO THINGS IN THE BARBER SHOPS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, WHERE THEY SAID THEY'VE ONLY HAD MAYBE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATED.
BUT FOR A FIRST TIME EVENT, WE ACTUALLY HAD 21 PEOPLE GET THEIR SCREENINGS.
AND SOME OF THE SKATERS, THEY REALLY THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE HEALTHY.
AND THEN AFTER THEY GOT THEIR, YOU KNOW, NUMBERS AND STUFF, THEY WAS LIKE, OH, WOW, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I SKATE, I'M NOT PRE-DIABETIC OR WHATEVER.
AND THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE.
SO I DO WANNA, MICHELLE, THIS, UM, THERE WAS A WELL-KNOWN SKATER.
SHE PASSED AWAY, I THINK IT WAS 2025.
YEAH, SHE PASSED AWAY, UM, IN 2025, I BELIEVE IT WAS.
SHE, HER NAME WAS BEAUTY CASE.
SHE HAD 150 FOLLOWERS ON INSTAGRAM.
AND SHE WAS LIKE A INSTAGRAM SENSATION.
SHE WAS A THICK GIRL, BUT SHE TAUGHT DANCE.
AND SHE MADE NATIONAL NEWS BECAUSE HER, UM, BOYFRIEND HAD STABBED HER TO DEATH, AND THEN HE BURNED, SET HER BODY ON FIRE.
AND SO IT JUST WAS ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA.
IT MADE SOME OF THE MAJOR CRIME STORIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO SHE BELONGED TO A SISTERHOOD CALLED THE DIP GIRLS, WHICH IS A VERY POPULAR SKATE GROUP ALL OVER, JUST LIKE THE TRENDSETTERS IN THE UNITED STATES AND OUTSIDE.
AND BASICALLY WE CHOSE TO HONOR HER WITH A PROGRAM CALLED ROSES AND BLOOM.
SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW I SAY HOW WE HELP, YOU KNOW, COMFORT THE FAMILIES WHEN, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE SOMETHING SO TRAGIC THAT HAPPENED.
AND THEN WE TRY TO TURN THEIR SITUATION INTO GOOD BY US UTILIZING THEIR STORIES.
AND SO WE HAD THE FIRST ROSES AND BLOOM AT ORBIT FUND CENTER WHERE WE DID A MAMMOGRAM SCREENING EVENT, AND WE ALSO COMBINED IT WITH, UM, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, BECAUSE THAT'S HER STORY, UNFORTUNATELY NOW.
SO WE, UM, HAD WOMEN COME OUT, WE PARTNERED WITH THE Y-W-W-C-A IN DAYTON.
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THEY CAME OUT AND WE DID A FIRST TIME MAMMOGRAM SCREENING THERE, AND OUR GOAL WAS TO GET EIGHT SCREENINGS, AND WE ACTUALLY GOT NINE OF 'EM.SO THEY WERE VERY PLEASED AS WELL ABOUT OUR OUTCOMES.
SO WHEN TALKING ABOUT OUR FOOD DRIVE, WE, UM, BEEN DOING THE GIVEN TUESDAY FOOD DRIVE SINCE I BELIEVE 2022.
I HAVE MY DATES ON MY BOARDS, BUT WE'VE BEEN DOING, WE HAD THE FOURTH ANNUAL LAST YEAR, SO WE'RE GOING ON THE FIFTH ANNUAL.
IT'S ALWAYS CELEBRATED THE TUESDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING.
AND LAST YEAR WE DID VERY WELL.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS AT ORBIT FUND CENTER, ONE OF THE, UM, SKATERS.
SHE WORKS AT THE, UM, GOODWILL, I BELIEVE IN HUBER HEIGHTS.
AND SHE DONATED JUST A WHOLE TRUNK FULL OF FOOD.
A ANOTHER SKATE GROUP GAVE LIKE A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
SO I WAS ABLE TO GO SHOPPING AND BUY LIKE 95 CANS, UH, IN BOXES OF NON-PERISHABLE GOODS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
WE ALSO, UM, PARTNERED WITH THE DAYTON FOOD BANK.
WE ACTUALLY JUST VISITED THEM ON JUNE 16TH.
HAD A, A VERY NICE TIME, UM, PUT IN THE FACE AND, YOU KNOW, NETWORKING WITH THEM.
UM, THIS SKATER HERE, DYLAN MORTON, HE'S LIKE ONE OF THE, UM, HE'S A NATIONAL SKATER.
HE JUST DID A, A PERFORMANCE WITH MADONNA.
HE'S BEEN DOING PERFORMANCES WITH MARIAH CAREY, WITH USHER.
AND SO FOR OUR LITTLE CAMPAIGN, HE DID A VIDEO WHERE HE WAS ACTUALLY SKATING AND HAD THE MICROPHONE CONNECTED TO HIM.
AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE.
AND SO THIS WAS A WONDERFUL CAMPAIGN AND, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY COMMITTED TO.
SO HOW THE COUNCIL CAN HELP US IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ONLY ABLE TO REACH THE ROLLERSKATING COMMUNITY, BUT WE WANNA SAY, HEY, ANYBODY IN HUBER HEIGHTS THAT THEY JUST WANNA DROP OFF A FOOD ITEM TO HELP THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH OUR, WE'RE TRYING TO GET PAST JUST THE COMMUNITIES.
AND, UM, IN 2024, WE HAD, UM, WE HAD PROVIDED 986 MEALS, UM, AND THEN WE BEAT THAT LAST YEAR WHERE WE GOT 1,183, I'M SORRY, WE DONATED 986 POUNDS OF FOOD IN 2024, I MEAN, IN TWO LAST YEAR.
AND THEN THE YEAR BEF WAS THAT 2000, BECAUSE IT'S 2000, I'M SORRY, IN 2024, WE DONATED 986 POUNDS OF FOOD.
LAST YEAR, WE BEAT THAT BY 1,183 POUNDS OF FOOD.
AND SO IN 2024, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE MEALS FOR 779 PEOPLE.
AND THEN LAST YEAR WE INCREASED TO 935 PEOPLE.
SO, UM, THE DAYTON FOOD BANK WAS REALLY PLEASED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN OUR LAST CAMPAIGN, AND THEN THE LAST CAMPAIGN I'LL HIGHLIGHT IS OUR BULLYING PREVENTION.
SO THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE WEAR ORANGE.
WE HAVE IT FOR TEENS AND ADULTS.
SO TEENAGERS 13 AND ABOVE, UM, THE TEENS AND ADULTS ARE ROLLING TOGETHER FOR BULLYING AWARENESS.
UM, WE HAVE EVERYBODY SIGN A PLEDGE TO NOT BULLY, WHICH IS PROVIDED BY PACERS.
UM, I MADE THESE SIGNS LAST YEAR WHERE WE TOOK PHOTOS AND WE PUT ALL THIS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO, UM, ONE OF THE SIGNS SAID, TREAT OTHERS WITH KINDNESS.
ANOTHER ONE SAID, HELP THOSE WHO ARE HURT OR HARMED.
UM, THIS PARENT LIKE THIS ONE.
AND IT SAYS, ACCEPT PEOPLE'S DIFFERENCES.
AND IT REALLY SPARKED A CONVERSATION.
I HAD PARENTS WHO CAME UP TO ME THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, THEIR CHILD, YOU KNOW, TRIED TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE THEIR LIFE THREE TIMES BECAUSE OF BULLYING, AND THANK GOD HER CHILD IS STILL HERE.
SO IT REALLY, UM, STRIKES UP A CONVERSATION.
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AND WHAT WE DO AT THE EVENT IS WE HAVE LIKE A, A UNITY CIRCLE WHERE WE ALL GET TOGETHER IN ONE BIG HUGE CIRCLE AND HOLD HANDS AND JUST GO AROUND THE RINK JUST TO SHOW UNITY FOR BULLYING PREVENTION.SO THIS IS, UM, AND WITH THIS CAMPAIGN, WE HAVE OUR, UM, DATE AND EVENT.
I MEAN OUR, UM, CINCINNATI EVENT COMING UP ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2ND, AND THEN WE'LL DO ONE IN CLEVELAND ON THE THIRD SATURDAY.
SO WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE ONE IN HUBER HEIGHTS IN DAYTON, LIKE WE'RE USED TO TRAVELING ALL OVER OHIO.
AND SO WHAT WE WANNA DO IS EXTEND OUR PROGRAMMING, AGAIN, NOT JUST TO ROLLERSKATING COMMUNITIES, BUT FOR EVERYONE WITHIN THE OHIO SKATE COMMUNITY.
UM, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP TOO MUCH MORE TIME.
I USUALLY BE MORE PREPARED, BUT I JUST, AND I WANNA THANK, UM, THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS BECAUSE, UM, LAST YEAR THEY AWARDED ME WITH A SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR THE WORK THAT I DID WITH THE FOOD BANK.
AND SO TONY AT THE, UM, AT THE CER HEIGHTS, HE'S BEEN VERY, VERY SUPPORTIVE OF OUR EFFORTS.
UM, WE RECEIVE, UM, PROCLAMATIONS FROM THE CITY OF CINCINNATI AS WELL AS DAYTON.
SO WE ARE KNOWN IN THE CITY GOVERNMENTS, BUT WE JUST NEED TO FIND A WAY TO GET MORE OUT INTO THE CITY SO THAT PEOPLE CAN KNOW THAT WE EXIST.
AND SO WE ARE A 5 0 1 C3, UM, AND OUR PRIMARY PURPOSE IS FOR CHARITABLE GIVING AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.
AND SO, UM, B ONE AND I, WE STARTED THIS TOGETHER WITH OUR OWN MONEY, AND WE JUST REALLY WANNA LEAVE A LEGACY OF GIVING AND GIVING BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS? BUT ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I MEAN, I'VE HEARD OF SOME OF THESE, THESE PROGRAMS AND I DIDN'T MAKE, YOU KNOW, THE CONNECTION.
UM, WONDERFUL WORK, I THINK YOU ALL ARE DOING.
YEAH, WE WERE, UM, PUBLISHED IN THE NATIONAL, UM, ROLLERSKATING, UM, ASSOCIATION, THE PUBLICATION THAT GOES AROUND TO LIKE 25,000 VENDORS.
SO BY MIKE PENROD BEING A PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ROLLERSKATING ASSOCIATION, THEY KNOW ABOUT OUR WORK.
WE WERE PUBLISHING THE LIVING WITH LUPUS MAGAZINE FOR WHAT WE'VE DONE.
WE'VE BEEN FEATURED ON, UM, THE GIVEN TUESDAY WEBSITE FOR MANY MONTHS.
UM, AND EVEN PACERS, THEY RECOGNIZED US ON THEIR WEBSITE.
AND SO, UM, IT MAKES US FEEL GOOD, UM, TO DO THIS.
THE, THE ISSUE WITH THE ROLLER SKATING COMMUNITY IS PRE COVID IT WAS A DIFFERENT CROWD WHERE IT WAS A OLDER, WELL STILL MIXED CROWD, BUT IT WAS MORE OLDER PEOPLE WHO HAD MORE OF A MATURE MIND AND UNDERSTOOD GIVING BACK.
AND WHAT HAPPENED, UNFORTUNATELY WITH COVID, YOU KNOW, IT WAS NOTHING TO DO, BUT ROLLER SKATING WAS OPEN, SO PEOPLE SAW ALL THE ROLLER SKATING VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO THE YOUNG PEOPLE GRAVITATED TOWARD IT BECAUSE THEY LIKE, OH, Y'ALL DOING TRICKS ON SKATES AND I CAN BECOME A SOCIAL INFLUENCER.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE A LOT OF THAT GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY WHERE IT'S ALL ABOUT ELEVATING ME AND MY SKATING AND MY BRAND, AND THEY'RE NOT SO WILLING TO GET ON BOARD WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS UNLESS IT'S SOMETHING IN IT FOR THEM.
AND SO, UM, NOT ONLY THAT, UM, IT'S POPULAR TO BE A SKATE COORDINATOR 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE STARTED OUT AS GIVING EVENTS.
SO NOW EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE A SKATE COORDINATOR.
SO IT'S GETTING REALLY HARD TO SCHEDULE STUFF JUST SPECIFIC TO THE ROLLERSKATING COMMUNITY.
'CAUSE NOW EVERYBODY IS THROWING PARTIES.
WHEN WE STARTED IN 2010, IT WASN'T THAT MANY SKATE PARTIES.
SO WE REALLY DO NEED TO EXPAND OUR AUDIENCE IN ORDER TO KEEP GROWING.
AND ESPECIALLY HERE IN HUBER WITH IT BEING, UM, SUCH A DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
UM, YOUR, IT SOUNDS LIKE ONE OF YOUR, YOUR MISSIONS MIGHT BE TO JUST LET PEOPLE KNOW MM-HMM
UM, WITH RESOURCES AND, AND MIKE PENRY, HE'S GREAT, BUT HE FOCUSES ON BIRTHDAY PARTIES AND BRINGING THE BUSINESS TO HIS, YOU KNOW, ESTABLISHMENT, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT I NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET OUTSIDE OF THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, OKAY.
SO WHEN, UM, YOU SAID YOU HAD WANTED TO MAYBE ATTEND THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, BUT IT WOULD BE ONLY YOU MM-HMM
UM, IN TERMS OF WHAT, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF WHAT SORT OF HELP
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WOULD YOU NEED? WELL, MY BACKGROUND IS COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.SO I'VE BEEN TO MULTIPLE EVENTS WHERE YOU HAVE TO SIT OUTSIDE UP UNDER THE TENT.
AND I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE EVENTS, THEY WON'T LET YOU LEAVE.
YOU HAVE TO BE HERE FROM THIS TIME TO THAT TIME.
AND THEN WITH IT BEING JUST BY MYSELF, YOU KNOW, IF I WANTED TO GO TO THE RESTROOM OR DO WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, IF I HAD VOLUNTEERS THAT WAS JUST THERE JUST TO HELP ME SO I COULD STEP AWAY OR GET A DRINK OF WATER OR WHATEVER, JUST HELP PASS THE MESSAGE.
IN MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE, I HAVE MANAGED A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS.
SO IF WE CAN EVEN JUST GET, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE FROM FRATERNITIES, SORORITIES IN HUBER HEIGHTS OR OTHER GROUPS THAT HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT NEED SERVICE HOURS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT AS WELL.
MY PROBLEM IS, I DON'T KNOW THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I'M FROM CLEVELAND AND I CURRENTLY LIVE IN STREETSBORO, SO HUBER HEIGHTS IS FOREIGN TO ME.
UM, AND WOULD IT BE AN EVENT THOUGH THAT, I MEAN, IT GOES FROM LIKE 11 TO SIX MM-HMM
UM, SO WOULD THAT BE, UM, YOU KNOW, A TIMEFRAME THAT YOU WOULD BE WILLING YOURSELF AT LEAST TO BE THERE? YEAH, SURE.
YOU'VE GOT LIKE TABLE TENT, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
UM, CIRCLE BACK TO THAT REALLY QUICK.
UM, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS OR ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE? I JUST, I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT, YOU MENTIONED PARTNERSHIPS.
WHAT, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE FOR YOU? WELL, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE WITH THE DAYTON FOOD BANK, UM, THEY WAS LIKE, OH, WE WANT MERCH.
SO, YOU KNOW, BY B ONE BEING A DESIGNER, YOU KNOW, HE'S GONNA DESIGN LIKE A FOOD BANK T-SHIRT FOR THEM.
AND THEN IN PARTNERSHIP THEY'LL COME TO ORBIT FUND CENTER AND DO LIKE A DAY WITH THE STAFF AND JUST HAVE A FUN DAY.
UM, SO WE'RE JUST OPEN, EVEN IF IT COMES TO LIKE SHARING EVENT, LIKE HOW THE YWCA CAME TO OUR EVENT AND WE WERE THERE TOGETHER WITH BOTH OF OUR INFORMATION DISPLAYED AND TABLECLOTHS, YOU KNOW, UM, JUST BEING ABLE TO SAY ON FLYERS THAT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND I GUESS MONEY, UM, RIGHT NOW I DON'T HAVE A GRANT WRITER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, SO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE A 5 0 1 C3, WE'RE STILL COMING OUTTA OUR OWN POCKETS TO DO IT BECAUSE WE JUST GOT ESTABLISHED IN JANUARY OF 2024.
AND SO IT'S KIND OF HARD WHEN, YOU KNOW, BRYANT, HE HAS FOUR CHILDREN, TWO AUTISTIC, AND HE'S IN COLUMBUS, AND THEN I'M IN CLEVELAND AND WE BOTH WAS WORKING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, SO WE COULDN'T PUT LIKE ALL OF OUR ENERGIES INTO THIS FULL TIME, BUT WE DEFINITELY NEED THE RESOURCES.
LIKE I SAID, MY BACKGROUND IS, UM, HEALTH, EDUCATION AND PROMOTION.
SO I'M USED TO GOING TO EVENTS, UM, PARTNERING WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, SERVING ON DIFFERENT COMMUNITY GROUPS.
SO YOUR, YOUR FOOD DRIVE, IS THAT IN CLEVELAND OR IS THAT HERE AT ORBIT? OKAY.
SO WE'VE BEEN DOING EVERYTHING PRETTY MUCH AT ORBIT.
IF IT IS, UM, WELL WE DO THE FOOD BANK AT ORBIT, WE DID THE MOBILE HEALTH WITH THE MEN'S DAY AND THE WOMEN'S DAY, WE DID THAT AT ORBIT AS WELL.
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, PREMIER HEALTH, THEY GAVE US A DATE OF NOVEMBER 7TH.
SO THEY'RE COMING BACK OUT, UM, TO ORBIT FUND CENTERS.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO ANOTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH DAY.
AND SO WE NEED, UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN IS HAVE A BIG HEALTH DAY AT ORBIT FUND CENTER PERIOD IN A PARKING LOT WITH MULTIPLE VENDORS AND ORGANIZATIONS BEING PRESENT, UM, TO DISPLAY THEIR MATERIALS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
JUST BECAUSE I'M FROM THAT BACKGROUND, I DID THAT FOR 10 PLUS YEARS.
SO IT'S VERY EASY ONCE I START KNOWING WHO THE PLAYERS ARE TO KIND OF LIKE NETWORK AND INTRODUCE MYSELF, OH, I'LL COME TO YOUR EVENT.
OH, CAN YOU COME TO, YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE THING.
SO WHAT ABOUT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN MINORITY HEALTH MONTH? LIKE THAT'S EIGHT MY, SORRY, LEMME TALK IN HERE.
WHAT ABOUT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UM, FOR MINORITY HEALTH MONTH? HAVE YOU EVER, BECAUSE THAT'S APRIL, RIGHT? SO YES, WE, WE USED TO DO MINORITY HEALTH MONTH WHEN I WAS IN ORGANIZED TISSUE DONATIONS, SO YES, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
IT SOUNDS AS IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR STAFFING OR JUST VOLUNTEERS
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AND JUST, UM, CONNECTIONS.UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE THE CONNECTIONS HERE, SO IF I CAN JUST START MEETING OTHER PEOPLE IN THE, OR IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE NONPROFITS OR HAVE HOST COMMUNITY EVENTS WHERE I CAN COME AND PARTICIPATE IN THEIR EVENT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND JUST GET TO NETWORKING, THAT WOULD BE A START.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US DO A BULLYING PREVENTION PROGRAM HERE IN HUBER HEIGHTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE CANNED FOOD DRIVE, JUST GETTING THE WORD OUT TO THE COMMUNITY SAYING, HEY, AND IF THERE'S A PLACE HERE IN HUBER HEIGHTS THAT YOU WOULD WANT US TO DO A FOOD DRIVE FOR INSTEAD OF DAYTON, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OPEN TO THAT AS WELL.
UM, WE JUST WAS USED TO RAISING MONEY FOR THE FOOD BANKS, BUT AGAIN, JUST BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING I KNOW OF, UM, YEAH.
UM, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS? I, WELL, I WAS JUST THINKING THAT THERE, UM, OF COURSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSIONER HAD TO DISCUSS IN VOTE ONE, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT A LOT OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS WHAT WE WERE, WE DID MORE OF WITHOUT OUTREACH AND EDUCATION MM-HMM
AND SO THERE'S SOME OVERLAP THERE MM-HMM
AND OPPORTUNITY FOR SUPPORT FOR BOTH OF US TO WORK TOGETHER.
AND I THINK WHAT COMES TO MY MIND TOO IS FOR MLK DAY IN THE PAST WE'VE DONE A FOOD DRIVE.
AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT THE PAST WHAT YEAR? TWO YEARS I THINK.
SO THAT MAY POSSIBLY BE AN OPPORTUNITY.
UM, WE ALSO IN THE PAST DID A HEALTH FAIR MM-HMM
LIKE THE, WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MM-HMM
AS PART OF OUR JUNETEENTH WEEK MM-HMM
UM, BUT THERE ARE QUITE A FEW THINGS THAT ALSO BECAUSE OF KIND OF OUR BANDWIDTH, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
UM, AND SO MAYBE IN PARTNERSHIP MM-HMM
THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO MORE OF THAT.
AND I WILL SAY JUNETEENTH, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEXT YEAR,
SO YEAH, WE DID IT AS PART OF THAT WEEK.
BUT I MEAN, IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, ETCHED IN STONE.
JUST COMMUNITY HEALTH ORIENTED.
ANOTHER THING THAT I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN HAPPEN AT, UM, ORBIT FUND CENTER, JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE SPACE FOR IT, WAS TO HAVE A COMMUNITY BLOOD DRIVE.
UM, AND THEY NEED 30 PEOPLE TO REGISTER BEFORE THEY WOULD GUARANTEE TO COME OUT.
AND AGAIN, DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES AND HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT GIVING BLOOD AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE IS VERY HARD, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE THE ONES THAT NEED IT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF SICKLE CELL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S ONE THING I WOULD LOVE TO SEE.
UM, AND DEFINITELY, UM, POSSIBILITY FOR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EDUCATION AND WITH THE HEALTH.
UM, IF WE CAN DISCUSS, UM, POSSIBILITY OF THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, UM, CAN I LET YOU KNOW MAYBE IN THE NEXT WEEK, UM, WHAT, WHAT NEED WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE MM-HMM
UM, AND THEN YOU CAN DECIDE, YOU KNOW, FROM THERE IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME.
UM, I WILL SAY THOUGH THAT, UM, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE'VE GOT MANY VENDORS THAT ARE JUST THERE BY THEMSELVES AND THEY WILL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE FREEDOM TO GO AND DO WHATNOT, YOU KNOW? UM, IT'S, IT'S SET UP IN A, A, A GREAT LOCATION.
THERE'S NEVER ANY WORRY THAT I'VE EVER HEARD ABOUT ANYBODY WITH ANYTHING, YOU KNOW? SO, UM, IF THAT, YOU KNOW, HELPS KIND OF ALLEVIATE, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DEFINITELY CITY STAFF THERE.
UH, THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, COMMISSION STAFF IS, OR NOT STAFF, BUT COMMISSION PEOPLE ARE THERE.
UM, SO THERE'S DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT KIND OF COVERAGE.
SO, UM, BUT UM, YEAH, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT IT.
AND, UM, WE WILL, UM, ALSO PUT ON FOR OUR NEXT MONTH'S MEETING, UM, A FURTHER DISCUSSION IN TERMS OF HOW WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CAN OFFER IN TERMS OF THE PARTNERSHIP AND WHAT
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THAT LOOKS LIKE.LOTS OF THINGS TO KIND OF BREAK DOWN, SO.
IS THAT COOL WITH EVERYBODY? GOOD? YES.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING LIKE WRITTEN DOWN THAT YOU SHOULD, CAN SHARE? LIKE OF ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING THE PROGRAM, SO WE CAN, I CAN EMAIL TO CHRISTIE? MM-HMM
YOU HAVE A WEBSITE AT THIS POINT?
BUT WHAT IS IT, WHAT IS IT ON INSTAGRAM? UM, IT IS THE TSC FOUNDATION.
I MEAN, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A FEW INSTAGRAMS. WE HAVE OHIO SKATE, BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN OUR LONGEST RUNNING, BUT THE TSC FOUNDATION, INSTAGRAM, SORRY.
AND I'M NOT THE BIGGEST WITH SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT I TRY
SO IT'S, UM, UH, HE JUST HAS IT AS THE TS UM, THE TSC FOUNDATION.
SAY IT AGAIN, PLEASE? UH, TSC FOUNDATION.
WELL, WHILE THEY'RE LOOKING ALL THAT UP, UM, I'LL SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, YOU KNOW, COMING SONYA TODAY AND FOR SHARING, UH, THIS INFORMATION IN YOUR WONDERFUL PROGRAMS. UM, I PERSONALLY DEFINITELY HAVE AN INTEREST IN
SO I DEFINITELY SEE SOME FURTHER CONVERSATIONS, YOU KNOW, TAKING PLACE WITH THAT.
AND I WILL CIRCLE BACK WITH YOU ABOUT MULTICULTURAL FEST.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
UM, SO, UM, BECAUSE ERIC DOES NEED TO LEAVE EARLY, UM, CAN WE GO AHEAD AND MOVE AND UPDATE ON, UM, THE, UM, THREE ON THREE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT? UM, THAT'S A UNDER NUMBER FIVE.
CAN WE JUST GO AHEAD AND, AND KIND OF KNOCK THAT OUT REALLY QUICK? MAKE SURE WE COVER IT? DO I NEED TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT? ALL RIGHT.
UM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE GO AHEAD AND, UH, GET AN UPDATE ON THE THREE ON THREE BASKETBALL GAME RIGHT NOW.
SO HERE'S WHERE WE ARE WITH THE THREE ON THREE BASKETBALL.
UM, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE END, RIGHT? WE STILL NEED A LOT OF TEAMS TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, SO WE NEED HELP
AND IF WE DON'T GET THE TEAMS, I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD WASTE THE FUNDING IN DOING IT.
UM, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF WE DON'T GET THE TEAMS, I WOULD SAY WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK, WELL, BETWEEN THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK, I THINK WE NEED TO CANCEL THE EVENT.
AND WHAT'S THE NUMBER OF TEAMS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? WE NEED EIGHT TEAMS PER CATEGORY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR A TOTAL OF BETWEEN 24 AND 30 TEAMS. AND WE HAVE ONE.
IS THERE A MINIMUM AMOUNT? UM, ARE WE LOOKING TO FILL ALL THOSE SPOTS IN ORDER TO MAKE IT WORTHWHILE? YOU REALLY NEED, YEAH.
QUITE A BIT OF TEAMS. 'CAUSE IT'S A SINGLE, IT'S A SINGLE ROUND ELIMINATION IS WHAT IT IS.
SO CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT THE FEE IS? SO WHAT WE'VE DONE THIS WEEK IS WE'VE, UM, AND WE'RE GONNA ADVERTISE THAT REAL HEAVY THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK.
THE FEE FOR THE KIDS, WE HAVE TAKEN AWAY THE FEE SO THAT IT WILL BE FREE, UH, FOR THE KIDS TO PARTICIPATE.
NOW, THE 18 AND UP GROUP WILL, UM, IT'S A $200 FEE FOR THEM BECAUSE THAT CATEGORY IS COMPETING FOR A CASH PRIZE.
BUT EVERYONE UNDER THAT IS WE'VE GOT IT APPROVED FOR THEM TO BE FREE.
HOW MANY PEOPLE IS IT PER PERTAIN? WELL, THEY CAN HAVE A MAXIMUM OF FOUR PEOPLE,
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BUT ON THE COURT THREE, IT'S LIKE $25 PER PERSON.SO IT, I MEAN, IT TAKES, WE NEED TO INVITE FAMILY, FRIENDS.
IT JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE THOUGHT WE'D JUST PUT THE SIGN UP AND I'M ASSUMING THAT PEOPLE WAS GONNA SIGN UP, BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE EVENTS WHERE I'D SAY FOR US, IT REALLY TAKES US TO DO THIS, RIGHT? I THINK WE GOTTA MAKE SURE WE, THE FOLKS THAT WE INTERACT WITH AND MAKE CONTACT WITH, THAT WE GET IT TO THEM TO SEE IF THEY PARTICIPATE.
NOW, AGAIN, IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT JUST THE COMMUNITY IS NOT INTERESTED IN TOO.
AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THAT'S THE CASE.
AND, YOU KNOW, ANY OTHER, LIKE, BUSINESS DECISIONS, YOU JUST HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION THAT MAYBE THAT'S JUST NOT WORTH THE INVESTMENT.
WELL, I JUST EMAILED YOU ALL, UM, AN UPDATED JPEG OF THE FLYER THAT THEY, UH, THE CITY MADE.
UM, JUST THAT WAY HANDED OUT LAST NIGHT AT THE NIGHT OUT.
UM, MAYBE YOU CAN SHARE THAT ON, YOU KNOW, YOUR SOCIALS.
UM, IT INDICATES THAT, YOU KNOW, KIDS ARE FREE AND WHATNOT.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL HELP A LITTLE BIT.
DID MOLLY GET OUT THE, UH, POST THE, UH, ONE WITH THE BARCODES ON THEM? WHAT'S THAT? DID MOLLY POSTED ONES WITH THE BARCODES SHE WAS SPEAKING OF LAST NIGHT? I THINK SHE'S GONNA GET THOSE.
THEY'RE, SHE ORDERED THOSE, THEY'RE GONNA BE YARD SIGNS.
SO ALL THE BASKETBALL COURTS HERE IN HUBER WILL GET A YARD SIGN OKAY.
THERE WITH THE REGISTRATION FOR THEM TO REGISTER.
AND THEN SHE'S GONNA PUT UP, UM, I THINK IT'S A FIVE BY SEVEN SIGN AT THE ACTUAL COMMUNITY PARK.
AND THEN THEY CAN ALSO SCAN AND REGISTER.
UM, SOCIAL MEDIA IS THE ONE I'M LOOKING FOR.
WE'RE GONNA RUN THAT HEAVILY THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK.
I MEAN, IF THEY'RE ALREADY OUT I WAS LOOKING FOR IT, THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING.
WE, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN POSTING IT.
IT'S ALWAYS ALREADY BEEN OUT THERE, BUT IT WAS OUT THERE WITH THE FEE FEE ON IT.
YEAH, AND I, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO RING IN SPONSORS.
UM, WE'VE GOT TEXAS ROADHOUSE INTERESTED IN BEING PRESENT TO HAND OUT PEANUTS AND COUPONS.
UM, I'VE, I, I NEED TO PROBABLY REPLY TO THEM.
I, I, I, I HAVEN'T KNOWN REALLY HOW, WHAT TO SAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, BUT I WILL, UM, FOLLOW UP.
THEY WERE, OH, THEY ASKED HOW MANY PEOPLE WE'RE EXPECTING.
IT'S KIND OF A TOUGH QUESTION TO ANSWER.
IS IT $200 JUST TO FUND THE CASH PRICE? NO, WE HAVE OTHER EXPENSES THAT ARE THERE TOO.
SO WE HAVE, IT'S A DJ, WE HAVE A BALANCED HOUSE, UM, SHIRTS THAT ARE THERE.
SO WE STILL HAVE OTHER EXPENSES AS WELL.
AND THEN THE PROCEEDS WERE GONNA BE DONATED TO NAMI, THE PROCEEDS THAT ANYTHING WE MADE EXTRA WAS GONNA GO TO NAMI.
I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS THE TIMING.
I THINK IT'S FINANCIAL FROM MY VIEW, BECAUSE THERE IS A FEE, IT'S SCHOOL TIME, PEOPLE ARE BUYING SCHOOL SUPPLIES, CLOTHES, EVERYTHING ELSE THAT IT COULD POSSIBLY BE.
I AGREE THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY TOO.
JUST, I THINK IT'S A GREAT CONCEPT AND OBVIOUS.
I MEAN, EVERYONE BUT ME ENJOYS BASKETBALL.
BUT, UM, I THINK THAT THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS AT PLAY.
THE TIME OF THE YEAR GOING BACK TO SCHOOL MAINLY, IS WHAT I WAS THINKING.
YEAH, WELL, WE'LL SEE IF THE, I MEAN, THAT WAS THE THOUGHT OF THE TASK GROUP WAS THAT MAYBE THE FINANCES IS AN ISSUE.
SO WE GOT IT APPROVED THAT THE KIDS DO NOT HAVE TO PAY, SO IT'LL BE FREE FOR THEM.
SO WE'LL SEE IF, IF THAT IS TRULY THE HINDRANCE.
THEIR PARENTS HAVE TO FUND THE BILLS THOUGH.
THEY'RE THE, THE, THEIR PARENTS HAVE TO FUND THE BILLS.
THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO WE HAVE TO, WOULD BE PAYING.
NO, I'M SAYING THE KIDS CAN PARTICIPATE.
YOU'RE SAYING YOU STILL NEED THE ADULT, RIGHT? NO, NO, NO.
IF THE KIDS FILL THE BRACKETS UP, THAT'S FINE.
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JUST IF YOU'RE GONNA BE AN ADULT AND YOU'RE COMPETING MM-HMMTHERE'S A PRICE, THERE'S A ENTRY FEE FOR ADULTS 18 AND UP 18 BECAUSE THEY'RE COMPETING FOR CASH FRIES.
WE CAN STILL RUN IT WITH, UH, OUR HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, JUNIOR HIGH ELEMENTARY KIDS.
WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP IN EVEN THOUGH THOSE CATEGORIES.
SO ON THE, BUT WE JUST NOW ANNOUNCED THAT THE KIDS ARE FREE, RIGHT? CORRECT.
BETWEEN THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK IF MONEY IS THE ISSUE.
BECAUSE THEN THEY'LL SIGN UP, RIGHT.
IF THERE'S NO ONE SIGN UP, THEN MONEY WASN'T THE ISSUE.
I THINK IF IT, IF IT'S PUSHED AS LIKE, YOU KNOW, BACK TO SCHOOL BASH THREE ON THREE FOR THE KIDS TO KIND OF RAMP UP, GET READY TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL, LIKE THAT TYPE OF STANCE MAY BE ATTRACTIVE TO THE, AND WE, AND WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF THAT LAST NIGHT, YOLANDA, AT THE, UM, NIGHTS OUT EVENT AT WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO WE STARTED THIS LAST NIGHT WITH THE MODIFICATION TO THE, UM, FREE FOR THE KIDS.
SO I EXPLAINED THAT TO ALL THE, UM, FAMILIES THAT I PRESENTED THAT TO L AND CHRISTIE.
SO WE DID GET THIS STARTED AND OFF THE GROUND LAST NIGHT.
AND YOU'RE ALREADY PARTNERING WITH THE Y RIGHT? I REMEMBER.
I REMEMBER SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
SO HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO, UM, THE, WHAT AM I THINKING? TELL ME WHAT I'M THINKING.
THE ATHLETIC TEAMS. SPORTS TEAMS, THE COACHES, WE REACHED OUT TO THEM.
IT'S TOUGH FOR THEM 'CAUSE THEY'RE GETTING READY TO GO INTO THEIR BASKETBALL SEASON.
SO, I MEAN, EVEN OUTSIDE OF BASKETBALL, I MEAN LIKE SOCCER, FOOTBALL, GOLF.
EVEN IF MAYBE WE COULD REACH OUT TO SOME AREA TEAMS AND JUST SAY, CAN YOU BE PRESENT? YOU KNOW, UM, MAYBE JUST SHOW UP, GIVE SOME HIGH FIVES OR SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PLAY, BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE JUST SHOW UP AND LET THE LITTLE KIDS KNOW YOU'RE HERE KIND OF A THING.
UM, I THINK IF IT DOESN'T WORK FOR THIS YEAR, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NEXT YEAR AND JUST SLANT THE MARKETING A LITTLE BIT.
AND MAYBE THE TARGET AUDIENCE IS THE YOUTH SINCE WE WANNA GET THEM MORE INVOLVED.
WELL I'M GONNA BUST SPOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SO WE'LL SEE, UM, WHAT TRANSPIRES HERE IN THE NEXT, UH, WEEK.
ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT? NO, THAT IS IT.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PICK BACK UP UNDER NUMBER FOUR OLD BUSINESS, UM, WITH, UH, THE MULTICULTURAL FEST.
UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GIVE AN UPDATE ON THAT, UM, WITH WHERE WE ARE.
UM, WE ARE WORKING, UH, UH, TO, UH, CONTINUE TO WRANGLE IN, UH, SPONSORS, VENDORS, UM, UH, YOU NAME IT.
UM, I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY SOMEBODY COULD HELP ME OUT, UM, WITH REACHING OUT TO SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT PARTICIPATED LAST YEAR.
UM, MOLLY SENT ME A LIST OF, UM, VENDORS, BOTH CULTURAL AND NON WHO, UM, WE WENT TO REACH OUT TO, UM, TO SEE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN, UM, PARTICIPATING THIS YEAR.
UM, IF I WERE TO, UH, SEND SOMEBODY A LIST WITH EMAILS, UM, AND MAYBE EVEN LIKE AN EMAIL TEMPLATE SO YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO WRITE IT OUT.
UM, WOULD SOMEONE BE WILLING TO HELP ME SEND SOME EMAILS TO, UM, A COUPLE GROUPS OF PEOPLE I CAN HELP
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SEND? YEAH, SEND ME A HOT SHEET.UM, MAYBE IF I COULD UTILIZE YOU TWO TO BREAK UP THE LIST.
UM, THAT CAN LET ME FOCUS ON SPONSORS.
'CAUSE WE FINALLY GOT THE SPONSOR LETTER APPROVED.
SO NOW I NEED TO KIND OF WORK SOME MAGIC TO SEE IF I CAN WRANGLE ANY SPONSORS.
UM, AND I THINK MOLLY IS DEFINITELY HELPING WITH THAT AS WELL.
UM, WE RIGHT NOW HAVE, UM, A MAJORITY OF THE, THE ENTERTAINMENT SLOTS FULL.
UM, WE HAD THE INITIAL FOUR 30 TO SIX SLOT OPEN, UM, IN FOR SAKE OF BUDGET.
UH, MOLLY SUGGESTED THAT WE USE THAT LAST BIT OF TIME TO, UM, PROMOTE SOME CULTURAL DANCE GROUPS.
SO SHE HAS BOOKED, UM, AT LEAST A PERUVIAN DANCE GROUP.
UM, UH, THE CELTIC DANCE ACADEMY HAS, UM, CONFIRMED.
UM, THEY'RE WORKING WITH MOLLY ON THE I NINE AND ALL OF THAT.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'LL BE A REALLY GREAT ADDITION.
UM, HAVE A PRETTY GOOD FOLLOWING.
UM, THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE MIX OF THE, KIND OF NOTHING CHANGED IN TERMS OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST MONTH IN TERMS OF THE, UM, THE BLUES GROUP THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, UH, SARAH O WHO IS, UM, UH, ASIAN AMERICAN, UM, SINGER.
AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE IS STILL THE SAME.
SO, UM, WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO WRANGLE IN IS, UH, FOOD TRUCK VENDORS AND, AND BUSINESS AND CULTURAL VENDORS.
SO, RUBEN AND MICHELLE, IF YOU CAN HELP ME OUT WITH THAT, I WILL EMAIL YOU ALL BY TOMORROW, UM, EVENING AND WE CAN GET GOING ON, SENDING OUT SOME LETTERS AND, AND WHATNOT.
UM, JUST TRYING TO THINK IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER UPDATE WITH THAT.
UM, DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT MULTICULTURAL FEST? DO WE HAVE THE FIRE? UM, NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
UM, THAT IS PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO START WORKING ON.
UM, WHAT DID WE PASS OUT AT THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE? THAT WAS JUST LIKE A LITTLE SAVE THE DATE.
UM, WITH LIKE, THE MUL? YEAH, LIKE THE MULTICULTURAL, LIKE, UH, GRAPHIC HEADING THAT WE USE.
UM, ARE YOU THINKING A FLYER WITH ENTERTAINMENT LISTED ON IT OR JUST A ANNOUNCING OR SEPTEMBER? PLEASE REMIND ME OF THE DATES.
SO WHAT ABOUT OUR FLYER FROM LAST YEAR? CAN WE JUST MODIFY THAT SOME PROBABLY, YEAH.
I WILL GET WITH MOLLY AND ASK HER ABOUT THAT.
UM, PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING I THINK WE'RE GONNA PUT OUT NEEDS TO BE
UM, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR AGENDA ITEMS ACTUALLY THAT WE MIGHT GET TO, UH, THIS EVENING.
UM, BUT, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL GET, I'LL GET MOVING ON THAT WITH HER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
UM, YEAH, SO, AND, UM, THE MARKETING, REMEMBER THE KEY ADS? MM-HMM
UM, I THINK SHE HAS THAT STUFF SET UP SCHEDULED.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY CHRISTIE, THANKS FOR HELPING OUT WITH THIS.
IT'S, IT'S FRUSTRATING BECAUSE WE HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THIS AND THEY'RE NOT HERE.
AND I UNDERSTAND THE REASON THAT THEY'RE NOT HERE.
UM, BUT WE NEED WHATEVER INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON SO THAT SOMEBODY CAN HELP PICK UP WHERE THEY'RE AT.
SO I THANK YOU FOR TRYING TO PULL THIS TOGETHER.
IT'S LOOKING LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE IT TOGETHER AND, BUT THAT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.
SO I THANK YOU FOR FILLING IN FOR THAT.
UM, I DO THINK SARAH'S WORKING ON THE, I THINK THE KEY ADS AND THAT KIND OF DEAL MM-HMM
UM, WE PROBABLY NEED TO SET UP SOME TIME TO GET THAT INFORMATION FROM HER.
AND THEN THE FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING ON THIS NEEDS TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE SO WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING EFFORTS CIRCLING BACK AROUND WHERE IT CAUSES A LOT OF CONFUSION FOR THE, THE CITY STAFF PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO HELP US.
AND US TRYING TO DO, SO I THINK, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS THE,
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WE'RE GETTING DOWN TO THE WIRE, I GET THAT.BUT I THINK WE NEED A, A REBOOT HERE MM-HMM
AND FIND OUT ALL THIS INFORMATION BEFORE WE START MAKING SOME ADDITIONAL PLANS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I HEAR YOU AND I AGREE WITH YOU, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE TRIED, OR AT LEAST I TRIED TO DO SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I I AM GONNA JUST THROW IT OUT THERE AGAIN, UH, AS WE LOOK INTO, YOU KNOW, THE END OF THE YEAR APPROACHING, UH, YOU KNOW, COME JANUARY WE NEED TO HAVE OUR STUFF TOGETHER, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE GONNA BE BRINGING UP TO THE CITY THAT WE NEED THEIR HELP ON AND WE NEED THINGS ACKNOWLEDGED, YOU KNOW? UM, BUT WE DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, I, I'M GONNA BE A LEADER IN TERMS OF GETTING EVERYONE ON BOARD WITH EVERY TASK AND EVERY MISSION THAT WE DO.
UM, EVERYONE INVOLVED, EVERYONE COMMUNICATING.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE DATES SET AND, AND THINGS NEED TO START BEING FORMED JANUARY 2ND, YOU KNOW, UH, IF NOT OCTOBER AFTER THE FACT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALREADY STARTING WORK ON JUNETEENTH, YOU KNOW, SO, UM, I DON'T MEAN TO SPEAK OUTTA TURN AND I'M NOT TRYING TO SPEAK FOR ANYBODY.
THAT'S JUST MY, MY PERSPECTIVE.
UM, SO I THINK WE JUST NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF WHAT WE'RE VOLUNTEERING TO DO AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN FOLLOW THROUGH AND COMMUNICATE.
AND IF WE CAN'T, THEN WE NEED TO SAY I CAN'T, BUT NOT AFTER THE FACT, YOU KNOW? UM, SO I, IF THAT SOUNDS HARSH, I APOLOGIZE.
I DON'T MEAN FOR IT TO, UM, I KNOW MIA TRIED TO REACH OUT TO TWO GROUPS, UM, AND SHE WASN'T ABLE TO TO GET THEIR INTEREST.
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHEN MOLLY CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, JUST FILLING THAT TIME SLOT AND THE LAST THE DAY WITH, WITH DANCE GROUPS.
UM, AND WHILE I'M THINKING ABOUT IT, UM, WITH US THAT ARE HERE, UM, I KNOW ERIC AND I WON'T BE THERE, MAY, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE IT, UM, ON THAT DATE.
UM, RUBEN, MICHELLE, YOLANDA, DO YOU SEE YOURSELF BEING ABLE TO VOLUNTEER FOR MULTICULTURAL FEST? I HAD PLANNED TO
WHY YOU IN AIR COUNT?
UM, I HAVE GOT A FAMILY THING OUTTA TOWN THAT I HAD PLANNED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
IN TOWN, I'M GONNA CHECK, BUT, OKAY.
I THINK TO YOUR YOUR POINT, TECHNICALLY WE SHOULD HAVE ALL OF OUR PLANNING DONE BY OCTOBER BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE SUBMIT OUR BUDGET MM-HMM
AND WHERE WE MIGHT FALL SHORT.
SO, AND THE BUDGET'S BECOMING A CONCERN FOR, FOR THIS EVENT.
SO ARE WE OVER BUDGET OR NOT QUITE? NO, NOT, NOT OVER, BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, CLOSE, VERY, VERY CLOSE.
SO, SO, AND THAT'S THE THING, UM, ESPECIALLY LIKE IF WE'RE PLANNING AHEAD AND WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA BE OVER BUDGET, THAT'S THE TIME WHERE WE REQUEST CAN REQUEST.
BUT, YOU KNOW, GETTING SOME OF THOSE BUSINESS VENDORS THAT NEED TO PAY THE $50 REGISTRATION FEE, GETTING SOME OF THOSE FOOD TRUCK VENDORS THAT NEED TO PAY THE A HUNDRED, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN GET SOME OF THEM LOCKED IN, THAT, THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE'RE MISSING.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE, THE, I DON'T WANNA SAY THE STRESS, BUT THAT'S WHERE THE, THE BURDEN ON OUR BUDGET IS COMING FROM IS WE DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER LOCKED IN THAT WE DID LAST YEAR.
SO WHAT DO WE, HOW MANY DO WE HAVE AND HOW MANY ARE WE SHORT? SO, UM, AS IN TERMS OF, UH, LET'S SEE, BUSINESS VENDORS, UM, WE HAVE NINE REGISTERED CULTURAL VENDORS, WHICH THIS YEAR THE CULTURAL VENDORS DON'T PAY THEIR REGISTRATION FEE 'CAUSE THEY'RE CULTURAL VENDORS.
UM, BUT WE HAVE SEVEN OF THOSE FOOD TRUCKS.
HOW MANY DO WE NEED? UM, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR 12 TO 10 IN TERMS OF THE FOOD TRUCKS.
AND THEN THERE ARE SLOTS FOR 40, UM, 40 BUSINESS VENDORS AND 20 CULTURAL VENDORS.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I GUESS FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, LAST YEAR THERE WAS, I FORGET THE NUMBER.
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UM, THERE WERE A LOT, RIGHT? THERE WERE A LOT OF VENDORS.WHAT'S DIFFERENT THIS YEAR? THE DATE, IF YOU'RE ASKING ME PERSONALLY MM-HMM
IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN COMPARISON TO LIKE, WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT THE NUMBER, OUR NUMBERS BEING SO DOWN THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, I THINK THAT THE, THE TASK LIST THAT, OR THE TASK GROUP THAT WAS INITIALLY FORMED MAYBE DIDN'T GET STARTED RIGHT AWAY.
UM, WE HAD A ALSO HAD A KEY MEMBER OUT MOST OF THE YEAR, UM, DUE TO WORK, UM, THAT WAS THE CHAMPION LAST YEAR.
UM, AND SO, UM, I I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY OF YOU KNOW, HIS CONNECTIONS WERE FOLLOWED THROUGH ON OR DELEGATED.
UM, AND I, I, AGAIN, I DON'T MEAN TO PASS THE BUCK OR I'M NOT POINTING ANY FINGERS.
I CAME INTO THIS VERY HAPHAZARDLY ON THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE TAIL END OF THINGS JUST TO HELP KIND OF GET THINGS WRAPPED UP.
AND, YOU KNOW, TURNS OUT THAT WE'VE HAD A LOT THAT WE NEEDED TO ACTUALLY GET GOING WITH.
SO I THINK THAT'S, UM, PROBABLY THE, THE BIG DIFFERENCE BECAUSE LAST YEAR, DO WE HAVE IT IN SEPTEMBER? YES.
YEAH, I DON'T REMEMBER THE DATE.
THERE'S NOTHING COMPETING WITH THE DATE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF A I BARRIER THAT MIGHT BE CAUSING, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING FOR, IS, IS THERE A VENDOR CALLED OUT? YES.
WHEN I, FOR, FOR MULTICULTURAL FEST? YEAH.
WHEN I, UM, HOPPED ON BOARD, ONE OF THE, OF THE FIRST THINGS I DID WAS JOIN A LOT OF DIFFERENT OHIO VENDOR GROUPS AND, UH, THE GROUPS I ALREADY, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATE IN.
I, I WAS PUTTING CALLS OUT FOR, UH, VENDORS AND I JUST DID ONE ANOTHER CALL LAST WEEK.
UM, I HAVE SOME OTHER THOUGHTS, BUT I'M NOT GONNA SHARE THEM RIGHT HERE.
SO RIGHT NOW WE NEED BUSINESS VENDORS.
AT LEAST WHAT, 10 FOOD TRUCKS.
WHAT DID WE SAY THE TARGET WAS FOR? UM, THEY SET THE LIMIT AT 10.
THEY FELT LIKE, UM, MOLLY SAID LAST YEAR THERE WERE TOO MANY, SO 10 SEEMS LIKE A VERY NICE NUMBER.
CHRISTIE, UH, CHRISTY, UM, AT THIS POINT IN TIME WITHOUT, UM, CORY BEING HERE, I BELIEVE WE OUGHT A QUORUM.
UM, I DID INQUIRE, UH, WITH SOMEONE THAT HAS RUN A MEETING BEFORE ME.
IT'S JUST IF ANYTHING COMES TO A VOTE YEAH.
WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO UNTIL WE HAVE A QUORUM.
AND I DON'T THINK ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA REMAINING IS GONNA REQUIRE, UM, A VOTE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
IT'S JUST SOME, SOME THINGS, YOU KNOW, OF DISCUSSION.
SO CAN I ASK ONE, UH, ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL? YEAH.
WHICH YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY SAID THIS IN A PAST MEETING, BUT BYRON'S CONTACTS HAVE HAS, I KNOW, HAS ANYONE ACTUALLY FOLLOWED UP OR TALKED WITH HIM OR, I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT COULD HELP WITH THE MISSING VENDORS THAT MAY NEED.
UM, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW HOW REACHABLE HE IS.
UM, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW UNTIL RECENTLY THAT HE WAS, YOU KNOW, WHY HE WAS, YOU KNOW, MISSING AND, AND WHATNOT.
SO, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A CONTACT LIST, UM, BUT THERE WAS JUST WORK THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE WHEN THE DATE WAS SET.
AND THAT INITIAL WORK IS, IS WHERE I THINK WE FELL SHORT.
AND I, I AM NOT QUITE SURE, YOU KNOW, I, THE MAYBE THE, THE PEOPLE THAT VOLUNTEERED TO DO THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WORK THAT THEY DID DO AND WHATNOT.
I JUST KNOW THAT COME JUNE WHEN WE MET, NOT A WHOLE LOT HAD BEEN DONE.
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IT WAS MAY.YEAH, IT WAS MAY WHEN IT WAS SAID THAT NOT A LOT OF WORK HAD BEEN DONE AND I, I PERSONALLY STARTED TO PANIC AT THAT POINT.
AND, AND SO I FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN THE SAME SPOT ALMOST.
SO, UM, THERE IS SOME PROGRESS IN HEADWAY.
I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, UH, REALLY JUST REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE.
UM, WE'RE JUST SO LATE IN THE GAME, WHO KNOWS WHAT WE'RE GONNA END UP WITH AT THIS POINT.
CAN YOU MEET WITH BYRON VIA ZOOM OR SOMETHING, JUST ONE-ON-ONE AND TALK ABOUT WHAT HE'S DONE OR FIND OUT IF, OR YOU CAN'T, HAS TALKED TO HIM.
THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING IN HIS ONE-ON-ONE.
YEAH, I DON'T THINK HE'S, HE'S DONE, I MEAN, HIS WORK IS A PRIORITY.
HE'S ON THE ROAD SIX, SOMETIMES SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
AND SO, UM, AND I FOUND THAT OUT ON THE 4TH OF JULY.
SO, UH, I I, I THINK HE'S JUST OUT OF THE EQUATION AT THIS POINT.
I MEAN, AND HE HASN'T BEEN HERE AS HE SHOULD BE.
UH, IF THERE ARE OTHER PRIORITIES AND, AND CONCERNS THAT HE NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF, I I DON'T FEEL IT'S FAIR TO COME TO HIM AT THIS POINT.
WE'RE, WE'RE ALMOST A MONTH OUT AND, UM, WE'VE GOT THE TOOLS THAT WE NEED.
WE JUST HAVE NOT BEEN USING THEM.
UM, SO, UH, SO MIA HAD A LOT OF CONNECTIONS TOO, RIGHT? UHHUH.
HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO THE, UM, HISPANIC ASSOCIATION? UM, I THINK THAT SHE DID REACH OUT TO NUMEROUS CONNECTIONS IN THAT CULTURAL ARENA AND WAS NOT ABLE TO, UM, SECURE INTEREST? THAT'S CORRECT.
THAT'S OR WILLING PARTICIPATION 4TH OF JULY.
THAT'S WHAT I, THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID.
WHAT'S NEEDED FROM US IS TO WORK ON THE VENDORS, JUST SOME HELP REACHING OUT TO THE, UH, VENDORS FROM LAST YEAR, THE CULTURAL VENDORS FROM LAST YEAR, UM, AND MAYBE EVEN WRANGLING IN SOME FOOD TRUCKS, UM, FROM, FROM LAST YEAR OR SOME NEW ONES.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S THE ISSUE OF THE SPONSORS.
SO, UM, IF I, I DON'T WANNA CALL OUT ANYONE AND ASSIGN ANYBODY ANYTHING, BUT MAYBE YOLANDA, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO EMAIL OR REACH OUT TO SOME FOOD TRUCK VENDORS? YEAH, I CAN DO THAT.
I'M NOT GONNA TELL ANYBODY TO DO ANYTHING.
HOPEFULLY I'M JUST, I MEAN, HOPEFULLY I'M JUST ASKING.
HOPEFULLY IT COMES ACROSS THAT WAY.
UM, I MEAN, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO DO ANYTHING.
UM, BUT I MEAN, I'LL EVEN WRITE, WRITE UP THE TEMPLATE, LIKE I SAID, OF THE EMAIL AND THAT'LL HELP IF YOU COULD JUST SHOOT IT OFF AND FOLLOW UP WITH, YOU KNOW, YOUR LIST.
AND I CAN GET THAT ALL TO YOU GUYS TOMORROW EVENING AFTER WORK.
AND THEN, YEAH, THE LIST OF FOOD VENDORS WE HAD LAST YEAR.
AND THEN, UM, THAT'LL LEAVE ME TO FOCUS ON TRYING TO RING IN SOME, UM, SPONSORS AND, UM, MAKING ANY FOLLOW UP CALLS OR WHATEVER THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I NEED TO DO.
SO, UM, SO MAYBE I CAN JUST CREATE LIKE EVEN A LITTLE GROUP CHAT FOR US SO WE CAN KIND OF COMMUNICATE IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.
WOULD IT BE A GOOD IDEA TO TAP INTO, UM, LIKE ANY OF THE, OR MAYBE YOU ALREADY HAVE FOOD TRUCK, YOU SAID YOU ALREADY HAVE A LIST, RIGHT? I THINK SO, YEAH.
THERE'S, THERE'S NAMES AND, AND STUFF FROM LAST YEAR SOMEWHERE.
I WAS JUST THINKING OF BITES IN THE HEIGHTS SINCE IT'S, YOU KNOW, LIKE MAYBE THAT A POTENTIAL.
UM, ANYHOW, HANDING OUT BASKETBALL FLYERS,
AND YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ATTENDING LIKE FARMER'S MARKETS AND STUFF TRYING TO RING IN, UH, VENDORS AND WHATNOT.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, I DON'T KNOW.
WELL, YOU CAN'T DO IT BY YOURSELF.
I HAVE NOT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TRAVELING A LOT FOR WORK LATELY AND BEEN ON A FEW PERSONAL TRIPS AS WELL.
BUT I DO WANNA SAY, ANYTIME YOU NEED ME, DON'T BE AFRAID TO TELL ME I NEED YOU TO DO THIS.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S FOR ALL, ALL OF US, SO WE COMMITTED TO THIS FOR A REASON, SO.
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THAT.I THINK, UM, WHY IS MY BRAIN, MY BRAIN MUST BE SUPER TIRED TODAY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T THINK STRAIGHT
ARE WE, ARE WE WORKING WITH THEM? YOU KNOW? NO.
AND I, I FEEL LIKE THERE WAS SOMETHING WHERE MAYBE MIA SAID SHE TRIED TO REACH OUT TO HIM AND MAYBE HE DIDN'T GET BACK TO HER.
I DUNNO, I CAN'T, I CAN'T QUITE REMEMBER.
UM, BUT I KNOW THE FARMER'S MARKET.
THAT'LL BE GOING ON KIND OF COINCIDING WITH THE, UM, THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
'CAUSE IT'S THE LAST FARMER'S MARKET, I BELIEVE, OF THE YEAR.
UM, DO YOU HAVE A DIRECT CONNECTION TO HIM? MM-HMM
THEY'RE GONNA BE VENDORS RIGHT? AT THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL? THE FARMER'S MARKET? I THINK SO, YEAH.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHO AND HOW MANY, BUT MAYBE, UM, WE CAN SEE IF ANY OF 'EM WANNA, YOU KNOW, STICK AROUND, YOU KNOW, FOR THE, THE REST OF THE
UM, BUT AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND, IT'S NOT AN ISSUE THAT THE TWO ARE OVERLAPPING, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING MOLLY FOLLOWED UP ON OR MAYBE IF, IF THE TEST GROUP NEEDS TO FOLLOW UP ON.
BUT I WILL MAKE A NOTE AND FIND OUT WHICH PART ABOUT THE THE CHAMBER AND, OKAY.
UM, THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN OPEN TO PARTNERING WITH US AND THEY'RE SUPER HELPFUL AND SINCE HE HAS THE BUSINESS CONNECTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY.
OH, THE MARYGOLD FESTIVAL DEFINITELY SOLIDIFIED THAT.
ALL THE NUMBER OF VENDORS THAT THEY HAD FOR THAT.
I WAS A LITTLE JEALOUS
UM, DO WE HAVE THEIR LIST? WELL, I WALKED AROUND
AND THAT'S HOW I GOT SOME OF OUR JUNETEENTH VENDORS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S AUTOMATED.
I WONDER IF, CAN YOU, ARE YOU ABLE TO FIND OUT, LIKE, DO WE HAVE A DATABASE OF VENDORS THAT HAVE SIGNED, I MEAN, I'M SURE WE DO, BUT I GUESS A COMPILATION OF VENDORS THAT HAVE BEEN A PART OF OUR EVENTS, BECAUSE IT SHOULD BE AUTOMATED SOMEHOW, THAT ANYTIME WE HAVE SOMETHING, THEY GET AN EMAIL THAT SAYS, HEY, HERE'S THIS OPPORTUNITY SO THAT EVERY COMMISSION DOESN'T HAVE TO INVEST THIS AMOUNT OF TIME.
WHAT I CAN DO, I COULD BRING IT UP TO MR. SLL AND WE CAN INQUIRE, ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO PARKS AND REC.
'CAUSE I KNOW THEY DO A LOT OF EVENTS AND, UM, THE CITY, OTHER CITY STAFF, BUT WE CAN, I COULD DEFINITELY BRING IT UP TO MR. SLL AND WE COULD LOOK INTO IT.
I FEEL LIKE MOLLY, UM, HAS A DATABASE OF ALL OF THE, OUR VENDORS.
UM, AND THEN PARKS AND REC PROBABLY HAS, YOU KNOW, VENDORS FOR, UM, VENDOR LISTS FOR THEIR 4TH OF JULY AND THEN THEIR FOOD TRUCK TUESDAYS.
UM, SO I ALMOST FEEL LIKE WE PROBABLY NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH, UM, MOLLY AND TUESDAYS.
EVERY TUESDAY THERE'S FOOD TRUCK RALLIES DONE AT THOMAS CLOUD PARK.
YEAH, THERE'S UM, MAINLY IT'S FOOD TRUCKS, BUT THERE ARE SOME VENDORS THERE.
MAYBE I FORGOT, BUT THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE.
SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT I'M ALSO HAVING A LITTLE HARD TIME HEARING.
MOST OF YOU TALK AND I KNOW WHEN IT PLAYS BACK, SOMETIMES IT'S NOT ALWAYS CLEAR.
I HAD JUST SAID THAT I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, PARKS AND REC PROBABLY HAS A DATABASE THAT THEY KEEP FOR THEIR EVENTS.
AND THEN, UM, MOLLY, I KNOW KEEPS A DATABASE, UM, FOR OUR EVENTS, BUT IF THERE'S ONE COLLECTIVELY, THAT WOULD BE REALLY NICE.
SO THAT'S THE UPDATE ON, UM, MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
UH, DEFINITELY SOME TO-DOS THAT WE'LL BE DOING, UM, IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS HERE.
UM, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YES.
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FOR MASON? FOR MASON? UM, SO I FEEL LIKE OUR ASK WOULD BE, UM, WE'RE NOT SURE IF ANYONE COMMUNICATED, UM, THE OVERLAP OF THE TWO EVENTS.UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S OKAY.
UM, DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF VENDORS THAT ARE GONNA BE PRESENT FOR THE FOOD OR FOR THE FARMER'S MARKET THAT DAY THAT WE COULD REACH OUT TO TO SEE IF THEY'LL BE INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, EXTENDING THEIR, THEIR VISIT
UM, AND IF THERE'S A LIST OF ANY VENDORS THAT HE THINKS WOULD BE USEFUL FOR THE MULTICULTURAL FEST THAT HE'D BE WILLING TO SHARE.
SO WITH THE FARMER'S MARKET, IT IS, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN COMMUNICATED THROUGH SARAH.
SARAH'S STILL DOING THE FARMER'S MARKET, RIGHT? IS SHE STILL ORGANIZING THAT? NO, THE CHAMBER TOOK IT OVER.
OH, SO THE CHAMBER'S DOING IT COMPLETELY NOW? MM-HMM.
CAN TELL YOU MY BRAIN IS LIKE, OKAY, YOU'RE IN 2025.
LIKE, WHAT YEAR IS IT? PLEASE FORGIVE ME.
UM, OKAY, SO YEAH, BECAUSE THE WAY WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST IS THEY'RE IMMEDIATE.
I MEAN, THEY'RE AUTOMATICALLY INVITED YEAH.
TO PARTICIPATE SINCE IT, AND THEY'RE THERE AND THEIR FEE HAS BEEN WAIVED.
SO ARE THEY AWARE THAT THE OPPORTUNITY EXISTS AND CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW? YEAH.
CAN WE, CAN WE LIKE, I DON'T WANNA USE THE WORD STEAL, BUT CAN WE BORROW
UM, BUT I CAN, IF I CAN DO THAT, MAYBE EVEN THIS EVENING.
UM, AND IF I DON'T HAVE IT, THEN I WILL SEND AN EMAIL OUT TO MOLLY REALLY QUICK.
BUT I THINK I SAW SOMETHING SOMEWHERE, BUT CAN I FOLLOW UP WITH, UM, ON THAT THIS EVENING? OKAY.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA MEETING YEAH.
UM, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MOVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE HOLIDAY PARADE TO SEPTEMBER.
UM, JUST TO PUT IT OUT THERE, UH, CINDY DAVIDSON DID INVITE THE COMMISSION, UM, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PARADE.
UH, WE DO NEED TO LET HER KNOW.
UM, I GUESS THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL NEED TO VISIT A, A VOTE ON NEXT MONTH.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE CITY'S END OF IT, WHICH IS THE FESTIVAL THAT GOES ON BACK HERE, UM, THAT WE'LL NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON.
UH, IN TERMS OF IF WE WANNA PARTICIPATE, UM, FOR ME PERSONALLY, THAT'S GONNA BE CONTINGENT ON A FEW THINGS THAT WILL END UP PUSHING OFF TO, TO SEPTEMBER I THINK AS WELL.
UM, BUT CAN I GET A MOTION THAT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE A DISCUSSION AND A VOTE OF THE PARADE AND THE FESTIVAL TO SEPTEMBER? WANNA HAVE THE TABLE IT, TABLE IT? YEAH.
NO, WE, WE CAN, WE CAN BARELY CLOSE.
WE SHOULD HAVE AUTO CLOSED WHEN ERIC LEFT.
UM, IS COREY NOT? IS COREY NOT? I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM MR. OWENS, BUT I ALSO, SORRY, WE CAN'T MAKE UP AND TAKE A VOTE, SO, OKAY.
WELL, WE'RE JUST DISCUSSING THINGS.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE THE, WE'LL JUST, WE'LL PICK UP WITH THAT NEXT MONTH.
UH, WE'LL DO A 4TH OF JULY RECAP, I GUESS NEXT MONTH AS WELL.
REALLY, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT TO DISCUSS THERE.
UM, CITY RESPONSE TIME WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT AS A GROUP.
WE'LL TELL, OR MARTIN LUTHER KING WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT AS A GROUP.
THE ID DRIVE, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT AS A GROUP.
I'M GONNA SEND YOU GUYS SOME INFORMATION ON THAT, THOUGH.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM THAT WE NEED TO, UM, GET WITH SOONER OR LATER ON.
SO, UM, I DID FEEL IT WAS IMPORTANT THOUGH THAT WE HAD A MULTICULTURAL UPDATE.
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SO, YEAH.BUT NOTHING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON MY, MY APOLOGIES.
UM, OKAY, SO, UM, WHEN IS THE MEETING? THE NEXT MEETING FOR THE MULTICULTURAL? WHEN'S BY NOW? WHEN IS THE MEETING FOR THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL? THIRD? OUR NEXT MEETING OR OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE THE THIRD.
IS WHAT IT'D BE A COUPLE WEEKS BEFORE.
BECAUSE THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL IS THAT NEXT SATURDAY.
SO ARE, ARE YOU ASKING YOLANDA IF WE SHOULD HAVE A MEETING BEFORE THAT? I THINK WE SHOULD, YES.
YEAH, THAT'S LIKE, 'CAUSE WE ARE GONNA MEET THURSDAY, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DEVOTE THE ENTIRE AGENDA TO IT.
NEED SOMETHING IN THE INTERIM TO UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S NO WAY TO DO IT.
TO DO WHAT? I MEAN, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE PEOPLE HERE AND WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING VIA PHONES.
SO NO, WHAT ARE YOU, I'M SAYING THE THIRD AS BEING OUR LAST MEETING PRIOR TO THE EVENT.
YOU CAN HAVE A TASK GROUP MEETING.
YOU CAN, BUT THAT TASK GROUP CAN'T MAKE A DECISION ON A MEETING.
WE HAVE TO BE ISN'T THAT WHAT WE WERE JUST SAYING? OKAY.
I'M GONNA LET, I'M GONNA LET TONY EXPLAIN THAT TO YOU ALL.
I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT MAKING ANY DECISIONS, YOU'RE JUST TIGHTENING UP THINGS.
THERE'S NO VOTING THAT WOULD HAPPEN.
CAN WE AT LEAST PUT OUT IN ASKING FOR ANOTHER MEETING, ANOTHER MEETING FOR US HERE? BELIEVE WHAT MR. MR. MAY IS TRYING TO GET TO IS IF YOU WANTED TO ADD ANOTHER MEETING BEFORE THE SEPTEMBER 3RD.
TYPICALLY THAT IS WITH A VOTE, A MOTION AND A VOTE.
AND WITHOUT A QUORUM WE CAN'T DO THAT TONIGHT.
SO WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE BECAUSE FOR THE 4TH OF JULY WE PUT THAT EXTRA MEETING IN THERE.
YOU HAD A QUORUM AT THAT MEETING PRIOR.
AND SO THERE WAS A MOTION AND A VOTE MADE WITH THERUM, BUT WE'RE FOR THE ENTIRE COMMISSION.
THAT WAS OUR MONTHLY JULY MEETING.
WE'RE SAYING JUST THIS TASK GROUP MEETING, WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE TO HAVE A TASK GROUP MEETING.
IT JUST HAS TO BE A PUBLIC MEETING.
IN REGARDS TO ANY OF THE TASKS MEETINGS THAT, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT THOSE WERE PER DONE.
I JUST KNOW IN REGARDS TO LIKE DOING A FULL YEAH.
I WASN'T REFERRING TO A FULL COMMISSION MEETING.
WELL, RUBEN, YOU'VE MET WITH THE TAX GROUP FOR JUNETEENTH.
REMEMBER WHEN WE WOULD JUST MEET AND TIE UP LOOSE ENDS AND ASSIGN TASKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
OTHER, THE RULES, THE TASK GROUP CAN ONLY BE LIMITED TO A NUMBER OF OUR MEMBERS, NOT THE ENTIRE TEAM.
SO, OH, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
IT CAN'T BE THE, SO IT CAN'T BE THE ENTIRE COMMISSION.
WE CAN'T SAY, OKAY, THIS IS A COMMISSION MEETING WITHOUT US AGREEING TO HAVE THAT COMMISSION MEETING.
BUT IF THE TASK GROUP WANTS TO MEET, THEY CAN MEET AS LONG AS IT'S A PUBLIC MEETING.
WHO, WHO WAS ON THAT TASK GROUP? IT WAS MIA, IBRAHIM AND CHRISTIE.
NO, IT WAS, WELL, MIA IBRAHIM AND BY, I THINK INITIALLY BYRAM, THEY THOUGHT BYRAM WAS GONNA BE ON IT.
ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MISSING AS OF THE LAST, AT THE LAST MEETING, THEN CHRISTIE WAS NICE ENOUGH TO HELP TO, TO, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE STATUS OF ANYTHING.
I HOPPED IN AFTER OUR MAY MEETING WHEN I WAS LIKE, OKAY, WE NEED A HAND DOING THIS.
AND SO CHRISTIE IS HEADING IT UP NOW.
AND THOSE TWO CAN HAVE, HAVE A, UM, MEETING, CAN HAVE A TASK GROUP MEETING.
YOU JUST NEED TO AT SOME POINT, I MEAN TECHNICALLY IT'S, WE NEED TO HAVE A MEETING BECAUSE CHRISTIE WON'T BE ABLE TO ATTEND.
SO SHE'S GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE HAND, I'M SORRY, YOU'RE IN CHARGE.
THE HAND THE REINS OFF TO SOMEONE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF MIA, I DIDN'T THINK TO ASK HER IF SHE WAS GOING TO BE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE, BUT I DIDN'T THINK TO ASK HER IF SHE WAS GOING TO BE IN ATTENDANCE.
AND I DIDN'T THINK TO ASK BYRON WAS THERE.
I DIDN'T THINK TO ASK HIM EITHER.
SO I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE IS GOING TO BE THERE.
WHICH BRINGS US TO YOUR POINT, WHICH IS ONE TEAM.
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KNOWLEDGE.SOMEBODY ELSE CAN PICK IT UP BECAUSE WE'RE ALL IN TOGETHER.
SO FOR SAKE OF JUST GETTING THINGS WRAPPED UP FOR THIS EVENING, LET'S JUST SAY, UM, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING WILLING TO HELP ME WITH THE LISTS AND, AND REACHING OUT.
UM, I'LL BE IN CONTACT WITH YOU EACH INDIVIDUALLY TO KIND OF FOLLOW UP AND WE'LL COMMUNICATE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WAY THAT'S FINE.
AND, AND, AND WE'LL, WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
I DO WANNA MAKE A COMMENT TO YOUR COMMENT.
SO THE TASK GROUPS HAVE, HAVE GENERALLY ALWAYS WORKED.
THE CHALLENGE IS THE DOCUMENTATION FROM THE TASK GROUPS.
SO WHEN WE MEET AS TASK GROUPS, SINCE IT IS A PUBLIC MEETING, MINUTES ARE TAKEN AND SO EVERYONE IS AWARE OF WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED AT THAT MEETING.
AND WE'RE, SO WE'RE DOCUMENTING EVERYTHING THAT HAS OCCURRED SO EVERYONE CAN READ THE MINUTES AND STAY ABREAST OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE EVENT.
SOMETHING HAPPENS AND SOMEONE HAS TO PICK IT UP.
AND IT'S A PRECARIOUS SITUATION.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ONE MORE ACTUAL COMMISSION MEETING BEFORE THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
TWO INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT HERE, YOU KNOW, DUE TO, YOU KNOW, UNFORESEEN THINGS.
UH, AND THE TIMING IS, IS JUST A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, WACKADOODLE.
HOW MANY PEOPLE BE MANAGING RIGHT NOW? DON, ARE YOU GONNA BE THERE? WELL, I COULDN'T HEAR.
WHAT DID, WHAT DID YOU SAY? I COULDN'T HEAR.
UH, I WAS ASKING I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA BE THERE.
CHRISTIE IS NOT GONNA BE THERE.
UM, ABRAM I'M ASSUMING IS GONNA BE THERE AND SO IS MIA, BUT THAT'S IN A BAD ASSUMPTION.
SO RIGHT NOW, ME AND MICHELLE, MAYBE YOLANDA, AND, UH, IS COREY GONNA BE THERE? YEAH, I FORGOT ABOUT COREY.
SO RIGHT NOW, WE DEFINITELY KNOW TWO OF US WILL BE THERE.
WELL, THERE ARE JUST SOME THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, OFF THE RECORD.
SO YEAH, AND I, I'M SORRY, I FORGOT THAT WE WEREN'T AT A QUORUM, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR TRYING TO MAKE A MOTION EARLIER.
UM, CAN I AT LEAST GO AHEAD AND CONVENE AT THIS POINT?
I'LL COMMUNICATE WITH YOU ALL ABOUT HELPING MOVE MY SUBTASKS AND MULTICULTURAL AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
CAN I, UM, SHARE ALSO BEFORE WE LEAVE? OH YEAH.
THAT, I THINK YOU ALL SAW THE, UM, THE MESSAGE ABOUT THE EVENT COMING UP, WHY PEOPLE DON'T VOTE.
UM, THAT'S COMING UP AUGUST, THE DAY BEFORE THE BASKETBALL 20, 22ND.
AND IF YOU ALL CAN JUST HELP GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
AND IF YOU WANNA COME, ACTUALLY MY SORORITY OR SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE IS PUTTING THAT ON TO GET TO THE ROOT OF WHY PEOPLE DON'T VOTE.
AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A PANEL DISCUSSION.
UM, WE'VE GOT SOME COMMISSIONERS ON, I THINK SOME, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, SO MANY PEOPLE ON THE PANEL THAT'S GONNA DISCUSS THIS ISSUE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT, INVITE YOU ALL TO THAT.
I WILL SHARE ACROSS THE SOCIAL MEDIA GROUPS AND, UM, IF YOU NEED ANY HELP WITH THAT PHYSICALLY ON THE DAY, I'D BE HAPPY TO HELP.
I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN REIGNITE OUR VOTER REGISTRATIONS.
UM, I KNOW THIS IS AN ASIDE, BUT I THINK THAT EVERY EVENT THAT WE HOST, WE SHOULD HAVE VOTER REGISTRATION.
SO THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SHARE.
UH, WE'LL CALL THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT SEVEN FORTY SIX.