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[1. CALL SESSION TO ORDER]
O'CLOCK.CALL THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH, 2025 TO ORDER START WITH ROLL CALL.
COUNCILOR PORTERFIELD, UH, MAYOR PRO TIME GORDON HERE.
[3.1. Sponsorship Policy and Menu of Options (Cheney Gamboa)]
THREE, ONE, SPONSORSHIP POLICY AND MENU OF OPTIONS.UH, GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL STAFF, TEAM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD, UM, THIS NEW INITIATIVE FOR THE CITY.
IT IS OUR SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM.
UH, AS YOU ALL HOPEFULLY KNOW, TAYLOR IS OUR LEAD ON SPONSORSHIPS IN HER NEW ROLE, AND SHE'S BEEN WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS TO DO THE APPROPRIATE RESEARCH, UH, TO PUT TOGETHER A PROGRAM TO BRING TO Y'ALL.
WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TONIGHT IS LISTEN TO THE PRESENTATION.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU WERE EXPECTING TO HEAR OR SEE INCLUDED THAT'S MISSING, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE THAT YOU'RE QUESTIONING OR WANT MORE CLARIFICATION ON OR, OR NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF MASSAGING, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
THIS IS NOT THE FINAL, THAT'S WHY IT'S IN A WORKSHOP.
WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK, AND SINCE THIS IS A NEW INITIATIVE, UH, IT'S EVEN MORE REASON TO GET FEEDBACK NICE AND EARLY BEFORE WE START ROLLING INTO THE PROGRAM.
SO, WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TAYLOR AND LET HER TAKE LEAD ON THE PRESENTATION.
SO, UH, COUNCIL, THANKS FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.
UM, I HAVEN'T MET YOU, TAYLOR TON HOWELL.
UM, SO SUPER EXCITED TO PRESENT THE SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE TO YOU GUYS TONIGHT.
UM, A LITTLE BIT, UM, ABOUT ME AND MY BACKGROUND.
BEFORE I CAME TO THE CITY OF HU I WORKED FOR A NONPROFIT, UM, IN THE AUSTIN AREA DOING FUNDRAISING, SPONSORSHIPS AND DEVELOPMENT.
SO I WAS REALLY ABLE TO GAIN A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WHEN IT CAME TO, UM, STARTING FROM SCRATCH WITH AN EVENT AND, UM, GAINING SPONSORSHIPS, REALLY CULTIVATING AND FOSTERING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND TURNING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS INTO LONG-TERM DONORS, LONG-TERM, UM, SUPPORTERS OR SPONSORS.
SO, UM, THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE, UM, IN THE NON-PROFIT, IN THE FUNDRAISING WORLD.
UM, SO TODAY I'M JUST GONNA GO OVER MY APPROACH WHEN IT COMES TO SPONSORSHIPS AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THE PACKAGE, LOOK AT THE TIERS AND HOW I'VE CREATED THEM, UM, AND THEN ALSO LOOK AT, UM, ANOTHER PART OF MY POSITION OF ALTERNATIVE FUNDING.
SO, SUPER EXCITED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU GUYS.
UM, SO, UM, THROUGH MY EXPERIENCE, THROUGH MY, UM, EDUCATION WITH THE CITY OF HU AND MY LAST ROLE OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH, I WAS REALLY ABLE TO GAIN, UM, A FULL KNOWLEDGE AND DEPTH OF HU AS A WHOLE AND HOW OUR COMMUNITY IS SO PROUD OF OUR EVENTS AND IT REALLY, UM, EMBODIMENT OF WHO WE ARE.
UM, SO I REALLY WANNA SHARE THAT WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND WITH OUR PARTNERS WITHIN THE CITY.
SO, UM, SHARING OUR STORY, SHARING OUR VISION IS, WILL ALWAYS BE THE TOP PRIORITY, UH, UM, TO ME.
SO LEVERAGING MY EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS, BUT ALSO TO, UM, CHANGE RELATIONSHIPS AND THEN MY SKILLSET.
SO, UH, THAT WILL ALWAYS BE THAT FIRST STEP.
UM, AND THEN ALSO TOO, JUST LIKE LEARNING WHAT OUR PARTNERS BUDGET LOOKS LIKE ON SPONSORSHIPS.
SO DO THEY HAVE A CERTAIN SEASON WHERE THEY, UM, BUDGET FOR SPONSORSHIPS OR IF THEY HAVE A, JUST A FULL SPONSORSHIP CALENDAR YEAR PER SE.
UM, SO SUPER EXCITED THAT WE'RE NOT START STARTING FROM GROUND ZERO BECAUSE WE DO HAVE REALLY WONDERFUL PARTNERS, REALLY WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE CITY.
UM, SO REALLY JUST DIGGING INTO THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, LEARNING MORE ABOUT THEM, UM, SEEING WHERE THEY WANT TO, UM, CONTRIBUTE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
SO AS I DO THAT, JUST, UM, IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL SPONSORS.
WE HAVE A REALLY, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS COMING INTO THE CITY, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING.
SO LEARNING WHO THOSE STAKEHOLDERS ARE, UM, AND THEN WHY THEY'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT HODO OR WHAT SPECIFICALLY ARE THEY PASSIONATE ABOUT, HODO, IT COULD BE THE PARK SYSTEM, IT COULD BE EVENTS, UM, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, REALLY LEARNING AND LEANING INTO THOSE PASSIONS.
UM, SO AFTER THAT, JUST LEARNING HOW PEOPLE LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED.
UH, WE'RE ALL HUMANS AND WE ALL FEEL VALUED AND RECOGNITION DIFFERENTLY.
SO LEARNING, UM, HOW THAT STAKEHOLDER WANTS TO BE RECOGNIZED IN MY EXPERIENCE.
SOME, UH, SPONSORS WANTED THEIR LOGO OR THEIR BUSINESS NAME ALL OVER THE PLACE, BUT I'VE ALSO HAD EXPERIENCE WHERE SOME PEOPLE DID NOT.
SO REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE AS A CITY ARE HONORING THAT IF THEY ARE GIVING US THAT SPONSORSHIP DOLLAR TO US.
UM, AND THEN THAT JUST GOES INTO RECOGNITION OF LIKE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH RECOGNITION OF THAT SPONSOR, MAKING SURE THAT THEY FEEL VALUED, UM, AND THEN A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, A PART OF THEIR, THAT OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF.
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LEARNING IN OR LEARNING ABOUT THOSE PASSIONS, DIGGING INTO THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, UM, SHARING OUR REALLY EXCITING NEW MENU.UM, AND SO HAVING THAT KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR PASSIONS, I'M ABLE TO KIND OF HELP GUIDE THEM THROUGH THAT MENU.
'CAUSE IT CAN BE REALLY OVERWHELMING IF YOU JUST SLIDE OVER A MENU AND THEN HAVE THEM LOOK OVER TONS OF OPTIONS.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT ALSO JUST SHOWS OF LIKE, I'M LISTENING TO WHAT THEY ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT.
UM, AFTER THAT, JUST REALLY, UM, FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THAT SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY.
IF IT IS AN EVENT, MAYBE SHARE MILESTONES OF THAT EVENT.
IF, UH, THEY ARE, IF THEY ARE PRESENTING SPONSOR FOR 4TH OF JULY, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THEY WILL GET THEIR LOGO OR, UM, A WRITTEN MESSAGE IN THE FIREWORKS.
IF YOU BOOK THOSE FIREWORKS COMPANY, SHARE THAT WITH THEM, THEY'LL DO HAVE THAT.
UM, SO REALLY MAKING SURE THAT RELATIONSHIP IS, UM, STAYING UP TO DATE.
UM, ANOTHER BIG ONE I'VE LEARNED IS, UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT GOES A LONG WAY.
UM, AND THEN AFTER THAT OPPORTUNITY, HAVING A FOLLOW UP MEETING TO SEE, UH, WHERE THEY, HOW THEY FELT ABOUT THAT SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY.
THEY WANT TO SPONSOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES, KEEPING THEM, THEM IN THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
UM, ANOTHER BIG ONE WHEN IT COMES TO THE CITY SIDE OF THINGS, FOLLOWING UP WITH COMPLIANCE, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH WHAT WE PROMISED IS A HUGE THING WITH OUR MARKETING.
UH, MAKING SURE IF FOR TAX PURPOSES WE HAVE THAT, UM, INFORMATION TO THEM AVAILABLE IN A GOOD TIMELY MATTER.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF MY APPROACH, BUT REALLY IT HAS TO DO WITH A LOT ABOUT THAT RELATIONSHIP BUILDING AND THAT CULTIVATING OF THAT RELATIONSHIP, UM, AND KEEPING THEM, UM, IN THE LOOP.
SO, UM, I SAID THAT WE DID NOT START FROM GROUND ZERO.
UM, FOR HOLIDAYS, IDAHO, THIS PAST YEAR WE HAD TWO, UH, SPONSORS FOR OUR CRAWL.
SO WE, WE WERE ABLE TO DIP OUR TOE A LITTLE BIT AND, UM, MIDWAY AND SKYBOX, UM, HELP SPONSOR THAT CRAWL.
SO SUPER EXCITED TO GET THEM IN FRONT OF, UM, A SHORTER VERSION OF THIS MENU, GET THEIR FEEDBACK, UM, BECAUSE IT'S SUPER VALUABLE.
UM, AND JUST REALLY EXCITED TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING THIS YEAR FOR DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, SO THAT IS KIND OF MY APPROACH, SOME SUCCESS STORIES.
UM, SO ONCE CHENEY PASSES OUT THE ACTUAL BOOKLET, THE SPONSORSHIP BOOKLET, YOU'LL NOTICE, UM, EVERY OPPORTUNITY HAS DIFFERENT, UM, SPONSORSHIP LEVELS.
AND SO, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THESE LEVELS OR TIERS IF YOU WANNA USE THAT.
I KIND OF USED MY PAST EXPERIENCE WITHIN A LOT OF MARKET RESEARCH.
SO, UM, I LOOKED TO SEE WHAT A LOT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS WE'RE DOING, UM, AND I THOUGHT THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO KICK OFF THIS SPONSORSHIP SEASON.
UM, SO EVERY EVENT, DEPENDING ON HOW LARGE THE EVENT IS, UM, BUDGET HAS TO DO WITH IT AS WELL.
UM, SOME EVENTS MIGHT HAVE THREE TIERS, AND THEN SOME MIGHT HAVE FOUR.
UM, SO THAT'S HOW WE ARE KIND OF STARTING OFF THIS YEAR.
AND THEN YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE FIRST YEAR IS GONNA BE KIND OF LIKE YOUR PRESENTING SPONSOR, UH, THAT HAS THE MOST PERKS.
A LOT OF THEM ARE MARKETING PERS UM, AND WHY THAT IS, UH, THE TOP TIER IS BECAUSE THAT QUID PRO QUO OF IT.
UH, YES, THEY'RE GIVING US A DO, UH, THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT.
AND SO WE ARE FOLLOWING UP WITH WHAT WE HAD PROMISED THAT THE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS THE MC ANNOUNCEMENTS AT THE EVENT AND THEN IT GOES, UM, DOWN FROM THERE.
SO, UH, THAT'S JUST KIND OF HOW I, UH, CAME UP WITH THOSE, THAT PEERS SYSTEM.
UH, AND ALSO TOO, I THINK WHAT'S REALLY FUN ABOUT OUR EVENTS, UM, YOU'LL NOTICE THE PHOTOS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IS A PHOTO IN THE DESCRIPTION OF THE EVENT.
AND THEN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS THE, UM, THE HERE.
AND WE USE THE NAMES OF THE HERE TO CAPTURE THE FEELING OF THE EVENT, UM, WHICH IS ALWAYS A LITTLE FUN TO PUT THROUGH THAT.
UM, SO JUST TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE, HOW THE PACKAGE OR THE PACKET IS, UM, ORDERED.
SO OUR LARGE EVENTS ARE, UM, TO START OFF THE PACKET.
SO YOUR BLOCK PARTY, YOUR 4TH OF JULY, AND THEN YOUR HOLIDAY OF HEAD EVENT, AND THEN IT'S GONNA GET TO THE SMALLER PARKS AND REC EVENTS.
AND THEN THAT ONE LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
IT HAS ONE LEVEL, AND THAT'S KIND OF LIKE YOUR PRESENTER OR YOUR PRESENTING SPONSOR.
SO SUCH AS THE TROUT DERBY, UH, WOULD BE LIKE $1,000 PRESENTED BY THAT BUSINESS AND THEN GETS THAT MARKETING PARTS.
UM, AND THEN GOING BACK TO WHAT OUR STAKEHOLDER PASSIONS ARE, WE'VE ALSO ADDED, UM, ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN OUR PARKS.
SO THAT IS WHERE YOU WILL SEE THE SIGNAGE, THE TREES AND A PARK BENCHES.
UM, HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH SEVERAL OF OUR
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STAKEHOLDERS ALREADY, A LOT OF THEM HAVE GREAT PASSIONS FOR OUR PARKS, UH, AND OUR PARK SYSTEM.SO THAT IS A GREAT WAY TO INCORPORATE THAT.
UM, SO THAT'S HOW THE SPONSORSHIP BOOKLET IN.
UM, BUT THEN GOING BACK TO PART OF MY OTHER, OR ANOTHER PART OF MY ROLE IS ADDITIONAL FUNDING, SO, OR ALTERNATIVE FUNDING.
SO ANOTHER PART IS WE ARE GONNA BE LOOKING AT GRANTS.
UM, WITH MY ROLE, WHICH I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT, THERE IS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY OUT THERE, A LOT OF MONEY LEFT ON THE TABLE THAT, UM, CAN REALLY BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT IS, UH, TRAIL EXTENSIONS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD REALLY ENRICH IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT WE'VE HEARD, UM, GREAT FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I'M ALREADY LOOKING AT, UH, TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE AND TEXAS RURAL FOUNDERS FOR THEIR GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, UM, AND MANY MORE.
ANOTHER ONE WOULD BE INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, GRANTS FOR, UH, DOWNTOWN UTILITIES.
SO, UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO DIG MORE INTO THAT.
UM, BUT YEAH, THAT IS OUR SPONSORSHIP MENU RIGHT NOW.
UH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY GRANT OR ABOUT THE GRANT, UH, BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED TO GET THIS IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS AND TO HEAR SOME FEEDBACK.
DO YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH GRANT WRITING? YES.
UM, SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN KIND OF MAYBE CONTRACT OUT OR SOMEBODY IN HOUSE? NO, I DEFINITELY HAVE SOME, SOME EXPERIENCE.
UM, BUT TYPICALLY WITH NONPROFITS, THEY HAVE A GRANT WRITER ON STAFF.
UM, BUT I HAVE SUPPORTED OTHER GRANTS, SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD BE LEARNING MORE ABOUT, UM, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, UM, THAT I'M EXCITED TO LEARN FROM.
YEAH, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE, JUST, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A CONTACT THING, MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY FULL TIME, BUT YEAH, DEFINITELY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE GRANT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE, WHETHER IT'S BIG, BIG OR SMALL.
SO, SO I HAD A, A FEW THINGS, UM, IS A, IT COULD START, I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE ON THE PARKS.
I THINK THERE'S THINGS WHERE SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, THE SIGNAGE AND ALL THAT, THAT'S GREAT, BUT I THINK SOMEBODY MIGHT, MIGHT WANT TO MAKE, MAYBE THEY, THEY'D ACTUALLY BUILD A PORTION TRIP.
MAYBE THEY WOULD BUILD A, MAYBE THEY'D PAY FOR A PLAYGROUND OR PAY A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF A PLAYGROUND IN THE PARK TO GET AND GET A SIGN ON THAT PLAYGROUND.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE EVEN MORE OPTIONS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN ALSO THERE'S, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING RELATED TO THE LIBRARY.
I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.
AND THEN RELATED TO BOTH OF THOSE, BECAUSE WHERE THE MONEY GOES MATTERS TO SOME OF THE SPONSORS.
AND SO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THE PARK FOUNDATION AND WE HAVE THE
AND SO HIGHLIGHTING THAT WE CAN DO THINGS IN THOSE TWO AREAS THROUGH A CHARITY AND NOT DIRECTLY THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT AND TRYING TO GIVE THEM AVENUES TO DO THAT.
I MEAN, SONY MIGHT SPONSOR LIKE A 3D PRINTER STATION IN THE LIBRARY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT MIGHT, YOU KNOW, BE A NICE THING FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT BE A PERFECT THING FOR ASML TO COME IN AND, AND GIVE US SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, SO, UM, WHATEVER.
SO I, I THINK IT'S JUST BUILDING AND BUILDING AND, AND FINDING MORE, MORE WAYS THAT IF YOU DON'T SEE WHAT YOU WANT IN HERE, THEN LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION AND LET'S FIND SOMETHING THAT WORKS BECAUSE WE HAVE A MILLION THINGS TO DO.
UH, AND EXCITING THING IS TOO, IS WE'VE ALREADY HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH SOME OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS, UM, AND THEY MIGHT NOT FIND IT IN HERE.
WE WILL FIND THAT OPPORTUNITY THAT'S RIGHT FOR THEM.
UM, ANOTHER PART OF THE, A BOOKLET, I MEANT TO, UM, MENTION IT IS TRYING TO FIND THAT BALANCE OF PARTNERSHIPS VERSUS DONATIONS, RIGHT? AND I THINK SOME PEOPLE COULD, UM, UH, THAT COULD BE A HARD THING TO DIFFERENTIATE OF HOW YOU WANNA SUPPORT.
UM, SO, BUT ALSO HAVING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THAT, THAT IS THEY WANT TO DO.
YEAH, WE'RE NOT GONNA TURN DOWN MONEY IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO DO A DONATION, THAT'S JUST AN EASIER LIFT ON US BECAUSE THERE IS NO, UM, RESOURCE ALLOCATION ON OUR SIDE.
THERE'S NO MARKETING OBLIGATION, ET CETERA.
SO YEAH, BRING ON THE DONATIONS, BUT AGAIN, FOR SPONSORSHIP SPECIFICALLY, THERE IS THAT KIND OF BALANCED APPROACH OF THEY GIVE US SOMETHING, BUT WE ALSO ARE GIVING THEM SOMETHING IN RETURN VIA THE MARKETING AND EXPOSURE.
DID YOU, I'M SORRY, I WAS HANDING STUFF OUT.
DID YOU GO OVER? OH YEAH, I'M SORRY.
SO, UM, YOU'LL SEE, UM, ON THE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ON THE BOTTOM YOU WILL SEE A, UM, A LITTLE SNIPPET OF JUST KIND OF GOING TOWARDS WHAT, UM, YOU JUST SAID.
UH, WE DON'T WANNA TURN DOWN ANYBODY.
SO LET'S JUST SAY WE HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS IN TOWN THAT WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN A SPONSORSHIP WAY.
SO, UM, I HAVE MY INFORMATION IN THE BOOKLET, UH, TO CONTACT ME AND HAVE THAT OPEN CONVERSATION.
UM, ONE THING I DIDN'T NOTICE MISSING IS WORLD HIPPO DAY IS THAT YOU HAVE NOTHING FOR FEBRUARY AND THAT IS LIKE A BIG EVENT.
SO IT'S NOT CURRENTLY BUDGETED,
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I DON'T BELIEVE.OH, I KNOW, BUT I'M JUST SAYING.
SO YEAH, IT ABSOLUTELY, AS OUR EVENT LIST CHANGES, I KNOW JEFF'S GOT SOME GREAT IDEAS TO ADD TO THE EVENT CALENDAR TOO.
WE'LL DEFINITELY START INCORPORATING THOSE.
BUT FOR NOW, THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE.
AS WE GET MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVENTS AND OTHER SPONSORSHIPS, WE'LL BE UPDATING.
AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE COBBLESTONE SECTION.
WE COULD DO AN ADOPT A BRICK AREA SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY, UM, EVEN AT ADAM MAR GAIN OR THE NEW PARK OR OUT FRONT OF CITY HALL OR WHEN WE TRY TO MATCH SOME OF THESE FEATURES.
UM, AND SO I WOULD PUT THAT AS AN ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY THAT WE COULD LOOK AT THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN THEN GIVE AS A GIFT TO CITIZENS IF THEY'VE LIVED HERE.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PLACES DO THAT.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT START.
I AGREE WITH DAN ON THE SUGGESTIONS.
I HADN'T REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT SUGGESTIONS 'CAUSE HONESTLY, I'M JUST KIND OF CAUGHT UP IN THE FACT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE THE TAXPAYER SOME MONEY AND IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO DONATE AND PUT THEIR NAME ON IT, ON THEIR, FOR THEIR BUSINESS OR THEIR FAMILY OR WHATEVER IT IS, I THINK THAT'S EXCELLENT.
UM, SO YEAH, THIS IS A GREAT START.
I THINK THOSE ARE GREAT SUGGESTIONS, UH, FOR BOTH.
AND SO, UM, I'D LOVE TO SEE THIS GROW AND UM, I'D LOVE TO SEE WHERE YOU GUYS BRING A BUDGET ITEM THAT DOESN'T NEED ANY MONEY BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY GOT IT FUNDED.
YEAH, AND THAT BRINGS UP A GREAT POINT TOO.
WHEN TAYLOR'S ENGAGING WITH THESE CORPORATIONS, WE DO HAVE SOME BIGGER COMPANIES COMING THAT CAN AFFORD TO SPONSOR AN EVENT MULTIPLE TIMES.
SO THAT WILL BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU WANNA SPONSOR EVERY YEAR? OR, UM, IN THE FOLLOW UP CONVERSATION, HOW DID IT GO? ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THIS? IS THIS SOMETHING YOU'D WANNA CONSIDER, UH, FUNDING FOR MULTIPLE YEARS? AND THEN THAT'S HOW WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, HEY, WE DON'T NEED TO BUDGET THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE A COMMITMENT AND AGREEMENT WITH X, Y, Z COMPANY TO FUND THIS, UM, EVENT OR INITIATIVE FOR X NUMBER OF YEARS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT TOO.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR A FEW YEARS.
UM, I THINK, UM, IT'S BEST TO START PROBABLY SMALL.
YOU DON'T OVERWHELM PEOPLE WITH, UH, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, 1400 DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU.
BUT I THINK AS WE GROW AND PEOPLE GET USED TO REOCCURRING AND AS WE FIND A NEED, LIKE WE'RE ALL OUT OF EVENTS, UM, THEN I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS WAYS TO FIGURE THINGS OUT.
AND WHETHER IT BE SWING SETS, PLAYGROUNDS, SHELTER HOUSES, UM, UH, I KNOW YOU GUYS STARTING THIS IS GONNA BE THE FIRST STEP JUST GETTING OUT THERE AND IT'LL FIELD OVER TIME.
UM, AND IT'S GONNA BE EXCITING FOR HUDDLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE EVENTS AND SOME OF THE COMPANIES ARE GETTING THE NAMES CALLED OUT THAT MAYBE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T EVEN KNOW EXISTED.
SO, UM, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS WORKING IN THIS.
FOR ME, I GUESS, UM, TO CLARIFY, I GUESS WITH THE, UM, SPONSORSHIP VERSUS DONATION THAT DAN MENTIONED, WHATEVER COMES TO LIKE PLAYGROUNDS AND, YOU KNOW, LIBRARY THINGS, I WOULD PREFER THAT KIND OF GO THROUGH THE PARKS FOUNDATION OR THE LIBRARY FRIENDS IN THE LIBRARY JUST BECAUSE THEY GET TAX BENEFITS.
AND THEN WE MAY NOT HAVE TO LIKE DO SIGNAGE THAT'S LIKE SUPER EXTRA.
AND, UM, I'M NOT TOO BIG ON, LIKE, I GET, THIS IS MARKETING RIGHT HERE FOR EVENTS LIKE SPONSORSHIP, I'M, I'M FOR THAT.
BUT WHENEVER IT COMES TO LIKE DONATIONS AND STUFF, IT'S JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT, THEY'RE DONATING IT TO GET THE TAX BENEFIT AND NOT TO HAVE LIKE A, YOU KNOW, BIG WHAT BURGER SIGN PLASTERED OVER, YOU KNOW, I GUESS WHAT THEY DONATED.
RIGHT? SO, UM, THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHERE, WHERE I'M AT WITH THINGS TOO.
SO, BUT DEFINITELY UTILIZING THAT OTHER OPTION TOO.
AM I PAID ENOUGH? CAN I GET THE WHATABURGER SIGN? I PREFER, I PREFER, YOU KNOW, I I JUST PREFER LIKE THE, THE NASCAR THE THE NA YEAH.
TO STAY AWAY FROM THE NASCAR SIGNAGE.
I MEAN, SOMEONE CAME IN AND SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO BUILD A SHELTER HOUSE AND PLAYGROUND UP TO A MILLION DOLLARS, BUT I'D LIKE IT TO BE THE WHATABURGER PARK.
WOULD YOU BE OPPOSED TO THAT AND JUST NOT HAVE IT? OR WOULD YOU BE OKAY WITH IT AND GO STAFF WORK OUT TO WHERE IT'S NOT OVERLY YEAH.
NOT AN ORANGE ROOF, WHICH SOME WOULD, MIGHT APPROVE OF.
WELL, LIKE WHEN YOU GET TO RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE FOR THE HOSPITAL STUFF, THE, IT'S CALLED THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE IT, IT IS NOT DECORATED LIKE A YES.
TASTE TASTEFUL TO BE TASTE TO BE TASTEFUL WITH THINGS.
WHEN YOU GO TO ATLANTA AQUARIUM, YOU GO IN, THEY HAVE LIKE ONE EXHIBIT SPONSORED BY HOME DEPOT AND IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S ALL ORANGE, BUT YOU WALK IN, YOU KNOW THAT HOME DEPOT SPONSORED IT, BUT THEY, THEY PUT OUT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
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SOME OF THOSE SPONSORS, PEOPLE HAVE LESS.UM, BUT YEAH, I DON'T WANNA, IF SOMEONE WANTED TO BUILD A, BUILD A, A NEW LIBRARY AND THEY WERE GONNA FUND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY WERE GONNA PUT 5 MILLION A YEAR INTO IT FOR 10 YEARS OR SOMETHING CRAZY.
'CAUSE THAT DOES HAPPEN OCCASIONALLY.
AND IF IT GOT NAMED AFTER THE, THE WHATABURGER UH, HUDDLE LIBRARY, THEY BUILT IT, I'M ALWAYS GONNA BE ON THE SIDE OF YOU DON'T LIKE IT THEN 5 MILLION A YEAR FOR 10 YEARS AND YOU CAN NAME IT, BUT YOU WANNA NAME IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WITHIN REASON, YOU KNOW? YEAH, YEAH.
DEFINITELY WITHIN, WELL MAYBE BUDWEISER SPONSORING THE LIBRARY, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, CA BE OKAY, I'M NOT THAT NEEDY, BUT NOT ALCOHOLIC BOTHER ME, YOU KNOW, DOWN THERE IF THEY WANNA DO THE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT CAN YOU REALLY MAKE BUD HOT? TASTEFUL NOT, NOT TASTE TEA.
50 MIL I FIGURED OUT, PUT IN THE FREEZER FOR 15 MINUTES.
CAN I ADD SOMETHING? I'M SORRY.
UM, FOR THE RECORD, JEFF, WHY DIRECTOR OF PARKS RECREATION? UM, SO OUR HUDDLE PARK FOUNDATION DOES MEET MONTHLY.
THEY'RE ACTIVELY PURSUING THESE TYPE OF COMMUNITIES.
AND SO THEY, DEPUTY WANTED TO COLLABORATE.
THEY HAD A MEETING IN NOVEMBER WITH THE, UH, DIRECTOR OF GEORGETOWN PARKS RECREATION TO TALK ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF THE TWO STEP IN AND HOW IT BASICALLY TRANSFORMED THEIR PARK FOUNDATION FROM RAISING 20 TO $25,000 A YEAR TO OVER A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.
AND THEY ABLE TO REALLY IMPACT THEIR STUFF.
SO IT IS POSSIBLE, IT IS FEASIBLE.
AND THEY WERE INSPIRED BY THAT, THAT DISCUSSION.
AND, UH, WE'VE ALREADY FILED THE PAPERWORK WITH IRS, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR THESE THINGS.
SO THEY WOULD DEFINITELY BE MORE MAYBE THE SHORTEST WORKSHOP YOU ALL HAVE EVER HAD.
YOU GUYS HAD A PACKET PUT TOGETHER VERY PROFESSIONALLY.
UM, I THINK IT'S VERY, IT IS VERY LAID OUT.
IT IS NOT LIKE OVER AMBITIOUS, BUT ALSO NOT LIKE THERE'S NO THOUGHT PUT IN.
YOU GUYS HAVE GOT THE NAMES, LIKE YOU SAID, BASED ON THE OPPORTUNITIES AND UM, UH, UH, YEAH, I LIKE THAT OPTION.
YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU'RE LIKE, HEY I, I'VE GOT 250 BUCKS, WHAT CAN I GET? YEAH, RIGHT.
MAYBE HIGHLIGHT THAT, UM, SOMEWHERE, I MEAN MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY AT THE END, BUT MAYBE IN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN LIKE THE BIG PACKAGES AND THE, YOU KNOW, OTHER MAYBE IN THE MIDDLE LIKE TO SAY, HEY, MAYBE CALL IT OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
YEAH, CALL IT OUT, HIGHLIGHT IT A LITTLE RIGHT NOW, BUT REALLY OKAY.
HIGHLIGHT IT MORE JUST BECAUSE I MEAN YOU CAN GET 5, 250, YOU KNOW, UM, SPONSORSHIP, SO, AND THERE YOU GO.
AND SOME OF THE TIERS, UH, LIKE THE TOP TWO ONES WILL HAVE A LIMIT OF ONE OR TWO.
AND THEN AS YOU GO TOWARDS THE BOTTOM IT'LL BE UNLIMITED.
SO WE CAN UM, AND EVERYBODY PARTICIPATE SLOWLY.
SO WHAT ABOUT THE THOUGHT OF SEPARATING SPONSORSHIPS FOR EVENTS FROM SPONSORSHIPS OR DONATIONS FOR CAPITAL ITEMS? BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS CAPABLE AND WILLING TO GIVE YOU A HUNDRED THOUSAND BUT YOU PUT A MENU IN FRONT OF THEM OF 5,000, BUT THEY'LL GIVE YOU THE FIVE 'CAUSE YOU DIDN'T ASK FOR THE A HUNDRED.
SO ALMOST PEOPLE THAT ARE THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN ADVERTISING OR MAYBE SUPPORTING THE EVENTS, IT'S KIND OF A DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATION I THINK THEN MAYBE SOME OF THE INSTITUTIONAL OR OR OLD MONEY OR WHATEVER TYPE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE MORE INTERESTED IN LONGEVITY OKAY.
SO I THINK THAT GOES BACK TO THE APPROACH.
WE'RE NOT GONNA WALK INTO A BUSINESS AND SAY, HI, LET'S TALK ABOUT SPONSORSHIPS.
SO I THINK WHAT I WOULD EXPECT IS THAT IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE DECISION MAKERS AT THE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, IF IT COMES TO LIGHT THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN, THAT PARKS AND TRAILS SYSTEM IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THEM OR NATURE IN GENERAL, ET CETERA, AND GETTING A FEEL FOR WHAT THEY WOULD BUDGET OR WOULD ALLOCATE FOR A SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY FOR DONATION, LET'S JUST PUT IT OUT THERE.
UM, THEN I THINK TAYLOR CAN SAY, OKAY, WELL THAT DOESN'T REALLY ALIGN WITH WHAT'S IN HERE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OTHER OPTIONS.
THIS IS NOT THE END ALL BE ALL.
UM, I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE OPPORTUNITY LIES, IS JUST GETTING TO KNOW THOSE BUSINESSES AND FIGURING OUT, OKAY, WHAT IS THE BEST, MOST BENEFICIAL OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO THIS ORGANIZATION? SO THAT WOULD BE MY, MY EXPECTATION, JUST BASED ON THE APPROACH THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO HAVE A LIST ALREADY PREPARED SO THE NEXT TIME YOU HAVE A PIG COME
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UP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND WE'VE GOT THESE DEVELOPERS TRYING TO DO A THING AND BE LIKE, WELL WE'VE GOT THIS CAPITAL PROJECT THAT NEEDS THIS AMOUNT OF FUNDING LEVEL.WHAT I FOUND IS THAT WHEN YOU START OFF PEOPLE FIRST CERTIFIC GOES IN AND THOUSAND BUCKS JUST TO SEE HOW YOU REACT TO THAT, HOW THEY FEEL AFTERWARDS.
AND THEN THEY KIND OF GET INTO IT AND THEN WITHIN A FEW YEARS, ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY JUST, IT'S MORE, THEY'RE NOT, WHAT CAN THEY JUST CALL YOU UP AND SAY, HEY, MY BOSS HAS HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
UM, AND THEN, THEN, THEN THAT BRINGS UP ANOTHER CONVERSATION.
BUT I THINK WE'RE GONNA SEE MORE THINGS ADDED.
I KNOW LIKE THE BOY SCOUTS HAD STUFF ONCE TO WHERE IT WAS EVERYTHING FROM CAMPSITES TO NEW SHOWERS TO, THEY HAD A WHOLE LIST IF YOU JUST WANT TO DONATE GRAVEL, THEY HAD A, A NEED FOR THAT.
AND SO, BUT THEY WORKED IT OVER TIME TO WHERE THEY, THEY CAME UP WITH THE PUNCH LIST.
BUT, UH, IT CAN BE OVERWHELMING TOO FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO CONTRIBUTE THAN, UM, HOW DO I SAY IT? SOMETIMES IT'S BETTER.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD TO HAVE SOMETHING BIG WHERE PEOPLE ARE LIKE, OH, WE AIN'T GOT THAT KIND OF MONEY, BUT I'LL DO THIS OVER HERE.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN 10,000 SEEMS CHEAPER.
LIKE JUST THERE'S A FIREWORKS DISPLAY, IT'S LIKE, FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IT'S YOURS.
AND YOU'RE LIKE, WELL I, THAT'S OUTSIDE OUR BUDGET, BUT YOU GOT SOMETHING FOR 20.
I HAVE SEEN THAT HAPPEN
AND SO, UM, ALMOST LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE A MENU AND YOU HAVE SOMETHING REALLY EXPENSIVE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT A HUNDRED DOLLARS STEAK MADE THE $40 LASAGNA SEEMED CHEAPER EVEN THOUGH YOU WOULD'VE SOLD IT FOR 10 BUCKS.
BUT I THINK ALL THIS IS LEARNING AND I THINK WE'RE, THIS IS KIND OF NEW FOR US AND IT'S DIFFERENT FROM NONPROFITS TO CITY BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S A DONATION AND MOST PEOPLE THAT DONATE AND CONTRIBUTE TO NONPROFITS HAVE A PASSION FOR THAT.
AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A PASSION FOR GOVERNMENT.
UM, SO THEY'RE MORE LOOKING FOR SOME KIND OF NAME RECOGNITION IN THE BEGINNING THAN TO NURTURING.
AND UH, RELATIONSHIP BUILDING WILL GO FROM, I THINK YOU'LL SEE, UM, GO FROM UM, NAME RECOGNITION TO PASSION FOR THAT PARTICULAR CAUSE IN THE CITY.
THAT'S WHERE I THINK, WE'LL JUST NEXT, LIKE JEFF SAID, NEXT YEAR IT'LL BE MORE AND MORE.
AND BEFORE LONG WE'VE GOT EVANS DREAM OF A ZEROED OUT BUDGET BECAUSE AN ACCOUNTING FIRM IS PAYING FOR OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND ALL THAT.
SO WHAT UM, WHAT COORDINATION, IF ANY, ARE YOU DOING WITH THE CHAMBER? ARE YOU TALKING TO THEM ABOUT, 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE TWO BIG EVENTS THAT THEY DO AND THEY DO, THEY DO SPONSORSHIPS AND THEY KINDA ARE HOOKED IN WITH A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES.
I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY TO MAYBE LEVERAGE SOME OF THEIR RELATIONSHIPS AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING, UM, WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF, I, I JUST DON'T KNOW IF IT, THAT MAKES SENSE TO WORK WITH THEM OR TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
OR EVEN PASS THIS OFF TO 'EM, YOU KNOW, OR LIKE QUARTERLY BE IT, BE ABLE TO SEND IT TO THEIR MEMBERS AND JUST BE LIKE, HEY, THIS NEW HAS THESE EVENTS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPONSOR.
I THINK THAT THAT'S, MAY NEED A CONVERS NEED TO BE A CONVERSATION.
WE WANNA BE SENSITIVE TO THE FACT THAT THEY ALSO GET SPONSORSHIPS TO YOUR POINT.
AND WE'RE NOT TRYING TO TAKE DOLLARS AWAY FROM THEM.
I DON'T WANT IT TO BE SEEN AS LIKE WE'RE COMPETING.
SO I JUST WANNA TREAT THAT WITH SOME SENSITIVITY ALSO.
UM, AS WE ROLL THIS OUT SO THAT IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE, WELL WHO ARE YOUR BIGGEST SPONSORS? WE'D LIKE TO TAKE THOSE.
UH, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA MANAGE THAT.
I, I THINK THE CONVERSATION NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
'CAUSE IN THE ABSENCE OF CONVERSATION SURE.
THEY'RE GONNA MAKE, MAKE ASSUMPTIONS OF THAT.
YOU'RE TRYING TO TAKE ALL OF OUR SPONSORS AND YOU KNOW, IS THERE ENOUGH TO GO AROUND? I THINK THERE IS, WITH ALL THE BIG BUSINESSES COMING IN, IT'S JUST HOW DO YOU COORDINATE? HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU SHARE ALL THE WEALTH BETWEEN EVERYBODY? YEAH, I DEFINITELY, I DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE THERE'S, I WILL BE CONVERSATIONS.
I JUST WANNA BE VERY THOUGHTFUL AND I PROBABLY WON'T CONSIDER IT SO THAT IT COMES ACROSS.
I LIKE THE, THE EVENTS THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED AS KIND OF THE MAIN ONES.
THOSE ARE ALL, YOU KNOW, TRADITIONALLY CITY OWNED.
CITY OPERATED CITY, UM, RUN EVENTS.
UM, I ALSO LIKE THAT YOU HAVE ADDED SOME OF THE EVENTS ON THE, YOU KNOW, ON THE BACK SMALLER ONES, BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, ONES THAT ARE REOCCURRING EVERY YEAR, PEOPLE LOOK FORWARD TO THEM.
THERE'S WAYS TO THE TARGETS OF THOSE.
[3.2. Discussion and possible action related to Work Session topics]
TWO DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION RELATED TO WORK SESSION TOPICS.THE ACTION ANYBODY WANTS TO TAKE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE AS Y'ALL HAVE PRESENTED.
UM, WITH THE FULL KNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A START, NOT
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A FINISH, WOULD THE AMENDMENT, UM, TO HIGHLIGHT THE ANY OPTIONS, SPONSORSHIP, WHAT TO HIGHLIGHT THE, YOU KNOW, HEY, IF NONE OF THESE THINGS ARE IN YOUR BUDGET.CUSTOMIZE YEAH, THE CUSTOMIZE OPTION AT THE BOTTOM.
JUST THAT'D BE TAKING ON PROFIT HERE.
BUT THIS IS, YOU'RE STILL WORKING ON THOUGH, RIGHT? THIS ISN'T THE FINAL.
IF YOU GUYS ARE HAPPY WITH IT, THEN YES.
I MEAN, WE'LL TAKE, THAT'S PRETTY EASY.
AND YEAH, OTHERWISE, I MEAN THIS ALL LOOKS GREAT.
SO IF YOU COULD JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
UM, I THINK THAT, UM, I JUST DON'T WANT TO ADOPT SOMETHING LIKE AS AN OFFICIAL VOTE HERE AND THEN YOU FEEL LIKE, WELL I CAN'T TWEAK THIS, I CAN'T UPDATE THIS.
ARE WE STILL GIVING THEM FREEDOM TO BE ABLE TO YEAH.
TO TWEAK IT? OR ARE WE SAYING NO, THIS IS THE, THIS IS, WE'RE LOCKING THIS DOWN.
IT IS THIS, WHAT WAS THE, I GUESS WHAT'S THE INTENT? MY INTENT IS, IS THAT THEY CAN ADD PAGES AND CAN ADD SPONSORSHIP LEVELS.
I'M NOT TRYING TO MICROMANAGEMENT.
I JUST WANT, I, I DON'T WANT SOMEONE TO COME UP AND THEN SAY, COUNCIL HASN'T ACTED YET, SO I CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
IF SOMEONE CALLS TOMORROW, I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO SAY, LET ME SEND YOU A PACKET.
IT IS IN THE WORKS, BUT I GOT A DRAFT.
AND SO ARE YOU, IS THAT KIND OF HOW YOU FEEL? YEAH, I MEAN I'M, I'M NOT LOOKING TO LIMIT ANYTHING.
I'M SURE IT'S GONNA CHANGE AND GROW OVER TIME.
AS LONG AS WE'RE GIVING 'EM THE FREEDOM TO STILL WORK ON IT.
I JUST DON'T WANNA, I WOULD PROBABLY SAY WE NEED TO, UM, I NEED A MINUTE TO BRING SOME SORT OF, THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME COURT SORT OF POLICY OR SOMETHING IN THERE NOT TO BE, THERE'S A CURRENT POLICY MM-HMM
UH, IT'S NOT QUITE AS ROBUST AS I THINK WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR HAVING AN ENTIRE PROGRAM BECAUSE AS WE'VE SHARED, THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM.
SO THE POLICY WAS REALLY WRITTEN FOR JUST IN CASE ANYBODY WANTS TO DO A SPONSORSHIP.
IT WASN'T A TARGETED INITIATIVE.
SO I THINK THERE'S SOME AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
UM, THE FIRST WEEK IN MARCH, THE FIRST MEETING.
LET, IS THAT ANOTHER MOTION? ARE WE SEPARATING OR IS THIS JUST DIRECTION? THAT'S FINE.
YEAH, WE'LL JUST ADD IT TO THAT AND THEN THAT WAY, UM, YOU CAN GO, NO ONE'S GONNA WRITE A CHECK IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS ANYWAY, BUT THAT WAY YOU CAN GET THE COMMUNICATION GOING, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT APPROVAL AND THEN WE JUST HAVE TO TWEAK THE POLICY TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT SAYS, BUT HEY, IF YOU GUYS TO TAKE A 50,000 CHECK FROM SOMEBODY AND THEN SOMEONE ELSE CALLED IT A BRIBE AND YOU'RE LIKE, NO, IT'S ACTUALLY A SPONSORSHIP.
UM, SO ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL HEARING NONE.
ANY OTHER ACTION FOR ANY WORK SESSION STAFF? ADJOURN AT 6 33.