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          [Diversity and Inclusion Meeting on March 11, 2025]
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          WHICH WOULD BE TUESDAY, MARCH 11TH, 2025 AT 6:01 PM SO FIRST WE'LL HAVE THE CALL SESSION TO ORDER. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER CAULFIELD HERE. 
          COMMS IS ABSENT. 
          COMMISSIONER DINA IS PROBABLY VIRTUAL. 
          I'M HERE. 
          CAN YOU SEE ME? NO. 
          WE JUST SEE LIKE A WEIRD OFFICE. 
          THE VIRTUAL, THE VIRTUAL, THE VIRTUAL BACKGROUND WITH A NICE OFFICE OVERLOOKING MOTION. 
          MM-HMM . 
          IT MIGHT BE EVEN BECAUSE YOUR CAMERA FLIP IS, IS OFF. 
          OH. 
          BUT THERE WE GO. 
          THERE YOU, THERE YOU GO. 
          YEAH. 
          SOUNDS LIKE MAGIC TRICK. 
          YEAH. 
          I TOOK MY LEARJET TO THE, MY VACATION SPOT. 
          MAKING SURE HE IS PAYING HIS TAXES. 
          YEAH. 
          COMM COMMISSIONER. 
          UM, ZEPEDA HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER LEWIS. 
          WHERE IS THAT? COMMISSIONER COLEMAN? HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER BELL IS . 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT, IF ANY. 
          NONE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE CITY STAFF? UM, JUST A ANOTHER REMINDER AGAIN ABOUT MONDAY, MARCH 24TH, 5:30 PM DINNER AT KO'S. 
          IF YOU'RE ABLE TO MAKE IT. 
          OKAY. 
          PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE ABLE TO MAKE IT SO WE CAN. 
          UM, THE TABLE. 
          IS IT FIVE 30? AT FIVE 30 IF WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE IT, LET YOU KNOW? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, OR JUST, UM, I DID SEND A CALENDAR INVITE. 
          IF YOU JUST, UH, ACCEPT IT. 
          I CAN LOOK AT IT THAT WAY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT'S IT. 
          UH, COMMENTS FROM CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES, COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONER, COMMISSION MEMBERS, UH, OTHER BUSINESS, WHICH 7.1 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DEID COMMISSION STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          TURN IT OVER TO STAN. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I'M GONNA, WE'RE GONNA START WITH SOME OF THE SUMMARY OF THINGS THAT WE DID, UH, THAT WE DID YESTERDAY. 
          'CAUSE WHAT I DID IS I STARTED ALMOST FROM MEMORY, UH, BUILDING WHAT I THINK WOULD BE A USEFUL TEMPLATE FROM OUR PLAN. 
          IT'S SIMILAR TO THE ONE IN IRVINE, BUT NOT EXACTLY. 
          SO WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS GO TO TEAMS AND DO SHARE SCREEN. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          THIS THING I CAN HAVE MINE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO BASICALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT I CAN DO IS DO, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, EACH PRIORITY AREA AND THEN PRIORITY ERROR ONE. 
          EACH OF THE WORK ITEMS WOULD BE BE 1, 1, 1, 2, 1 3, 1 4. 
          AND THEN PRIORITY AREA TWO, I'D LABEL 'EM 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 4. 
          WE'LL SAY WHAT THE WORK ITEM IS, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE, THE TARGET DATE, THE METRIC THAT WE WILL MEASURE, AND THEN THE STATUS. 
          AND THE FIRST TIME I WANNA DO IS THINK OF THIS. 
          MIGHT, COULD THIS BE A, PROBABLY A, A GOOD, GOOD STRUCTURE TO USE? OR WE DO SUGGEST SOMETHING ELSE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          I LIKE THE STRUCTURE. 
          I LIKE THE STRUCTURE. 
          I THINK IT'S EASY TO FOLLOW AND ORGANIZE. 
          YES. 
          YEAH. 
          NOW, ONE, ONE THING THAT I HAVE THAT YOU CAN DO, 'CAUSE I USED TO DO, WHEN I USED TO DO REPORTING TO THE NATIONAL DIVERSITY COUNCIL ON, LIKE EACH OF MY CLIENTS OR WHERE THEY STOOD EACH MONTH, IS I WOULD LIKE ISSUE RE A REPORT EACH MONTH AND LIKE HIGHLIGHT IN YELLOW ANYTHING THAT CHANGED. 
          SO YOU COULD ALWAYS DO THAT. 
          LIKE YOU COULD HAVE A REPORT, LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS THE PLAN STATUS, STATUS AS A, UH, YOU KNOW, JULY. 
          AND THEN YOU CAN DO STATS OF AUGUST AND ANY CHANGE YOU CAN HIGHLIGHT WITH YELLOW OR GREEN OR ANOTHER COLOR, THAT TYPE OF THING. 
          BUT WE CAN USE THIS AS LIKE AN ONGOING TEMPLATE. 
          AND SO THIS, THESE, THE ONES THAT WE WROTE DOWN YESTERDAY IS FIRST OF ALL JUST HAVE A DIB EXECUTION PLAN ESTABLISHED. 
          AND SO IT'S GONNA BE ME WORKING WITH THE COMMISSION. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UH, TARGET DATE WAS LATE JUNE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          YEAH. 
          END OF JUNE. 
          AND THE METRIC WOULD BE, YES, WE GOT IT DONE OR NOT. 
          YES. 
          THAT'S AN EASY ONE. 
          AND YOU KNOW, THE WORK STARTED MARCH 10TH, 11TH. 
          THEN WE SAID, LET'S ESTABLISH AND TRAIN AT LEAST THREE FOCUSED WORKING GROUPS, VETERANS, SMALL BUSINESS AND SENIOR CITIZENS. 
          AND PURINA, YOU WROTE THAT UP, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD. 
          MAYBE YOU COULD EVEN TAKE THE LEAD IN EXPANDING THE WRITE UP. 
          OKAY. 
          A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          AND SO I PUT LEAD WITH ME ASSISTING YOU BECAUSE YEAH. 
          AND I SAW I WAS, I'LL DO IT AS LONG AS YOU'RE ASSISTING ME AND I, BECAUSE WHAT I DID IS I WENT THROUGH ALL THE HOURS THAT I SPENT WITH THE SENIOR LEADERS MM-HMM . 
          AND ON THIS IN TERMS OF WHEN I CALCULATED MY PRICING. 
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AND I'LL PROBABLY HAVE LIKE FIVE OR SIX HOURS OF CONSULTING WORK LEFT AFTER THIS MEETING MM-HMM . 
          TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU ON STUFF. 
          OH, PERFECT. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, AND THEN I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE GONNA, WE CAN DEFINE THE GROUPS WITH WRITTEN, YOU KNOW, GUIDELINES. 
          I KIND OF BROKE IT DOWN. 
          THIS ONE I ACTUALLY BROKE DOWN INTO LIKE SUB THINGS. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE A, YOU KNOW, DIB COMMISSION LIAISON COMMITTED FOR EACH GROUP. 
          YOU KNOW, IN MAY I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE THESE THREE GROUPS HAVE VOLUNTEER TO SAY, OKAY, I'LL BE THE LIAISON TO THE VETERANS GROUP. 
          I'LL BE THE LIAISON TO THE, TO THE, UH, SENIOR TO THE SENIOR CITIZENS GROUP, AND I'LL BE THE LIAISON TO THE SMALL BUSINESS GROUP. 
          UH, AND THEN HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, THEN ANNOUNCE THE GROUPS, YOU KNOW, AND SOLICIT VOLUNTEERS. 
          THAT WOULD BE IN JULY AND AUGUST. 
          AND THEN KICK OFF THE GROUPS WITH INITIAL EDUCATION SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER. 
          UH, THEN WE SAID THAT WE WANTED TO GET MORE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO HAVE MORE PRESENCE OF, OF YOU ALL AND NOT JUST JACQUELINE ATTENDING THE COUNCIL MEETINGS. 
          SO WE WANTED TO SET UP A COMMITMENT OF EACH, UH, MISSION MEMBER ATTENDING AT LEAST THREE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS PER YEAR. 
          SO SHE'S NOT THE ONLY FACE THAT THEY SEE. 
          UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN REPORT OUT EACH QUARTER, EACH QUARTER WE CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, EACH MEMBER, YOU KNOW, HOW, WHO ATTENDED HOW MANY MEETINGS EACH QUARTER AND MAKE SURE IT GETS TO THREE PER YEAR. 
          UH, THEN WE DISCUSS, WE WANNA HAVE A DIV FORUM THAT NEEDS THREE TIMES A YEAR. 
          YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF SUMMARIZE STATUS, GO OVER ANY KEY ISSUES, UPDATE ANY PLANS THAT THAT INCLUDES KEY STAFF MEMBERS, MAYBE A FEW COUNCIL INTERFACES AND THE COMMISSION. 
          UH, AND OF COURSE I THINK THAT THE COMMISSION CHAIR NEEDS TO COORDINATE, HELP SET UP THAT MEETING AND MAYBE THREE TIMES A YEAR. 
          STARTING WHAT? JANUARY OF 2026. 
          WE NEVER REPORT JANUARY. 
          THAT'S THE REPORT FIRST THAT GO UP STRETCH ONCE A QUARTER, FOUR, THREE TIMES A YEAR. 
          YEAH. 
          JUNE LONG. 
          WHEN DO YOU THINK WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO TRY TO DO ONE? IT SEEMS LIKE, WHAT ABOUT IN NOVEMBER? IS THAT, IS THAT A GOOD TIME AFTER THE BUDGET PROCESS? I THINK THAT I LIKE THAT TO KICK OFF AND WOULD BE LIKE A KICKOFF. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          LIKE FIRST FISCALLY MM-HMM . 
          MM-HMM . 
          THEN WE SAID THAT ONE OF THE MEASURES CAN BE THAT THE COMMISSION SUBMIT A BUDGET REQUEST, UH, WITH THE DIB COMMISSION CHAIR TO COORDINATE. 
          AND THAT'S JULY, 2025. 
          AND I WAS IN, AND I WAS ABOUT TO TYPE ANOTHER LINE HERE THAT THE TWO METRICS CAN BE, WAS THE REQUEST SUBMITTED YES OR NO? HERE'S A GREAT METRIC, UH, PERCENTAGE OF BUDGET EXCEPT GRANTED . 
          HOW'S THAT FOR A GOOD MEASURE? YOU KNOW? YEAH. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WOULD ALIGN WITH THE JULY THE SECOND PART. 
          THE FIRST PART, YES. 
          SUBMITTED FOR JULY, BUT THEN BUDGET, GRANTED, WE WOULDN'T KNOW THAT UNTIL THE VERY END OF SEPTEMBER. 
          MM-HMM . 
          OKAY. 
          LEEWAY. 
          AND THEN, I'M TRYING TO THINK, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAD UP THERE? WE HAD THAT, UH, THE RE I THINK OUR, UH, REPORT REPORTING OUT EACH YEAR. 
          FIRST REPORT ONE, NUMBER FOUR HERE. 
          FIRST REPORT OUT JANUARY 20, 20, 26. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT, THAT WE WERE RIGHT. 
          THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, A JACQUELINE DID THIS YEAR. 
          NOW WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER REPORT THAT REALLY REPORTS ON THIS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          YOU KNOW, THAT CAN SHARE THE GRID AND WHERE THINGS STAND. 
          IT'S GONNA BE MUCH, IT'S GONNA BE VERY SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF, THIS WAS OUR EXECUTION PLAN THAT WE STARTED WORKING ON IN MARCH THAT WE GOT, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY SUBMITTED AND APPROVED IN MAY. 
          THAT, YOU KNOW, AND NOW IT'S THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'RE GONNA GIVE A STATUS UPDATE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT, UM, WE COULD PERHAPS ADD. 
          IS ONE OF THEM, I DON'T THINK WE CAPTURED IT, IS THAT WE WOULD TALK TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN A WORK SESSION. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION? ISN'T THERE SOMETHING ABOUT THAT YEAH. 
          IN THE WORK SESSION THAT IT WOULD BE A WORK SESSION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THEN I THINK A PUBLIC PRESENTATION OF EVERYTHING. 
          SO WHAT DOES EVERYBODY THINK ABOUT THAT? 
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I THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS ALREADY SOMETHING IN THE WORKS ABOUT EACH OF THE COMMISSIONS WORKING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THAT CAME OUT OF THAT MEETING ON SATURDAY THAT WE WENT TO. 
          IT'S JUST THAT, THAT'S JUST KIND OF A, UH, YOU KNOW, A, A GOAL. 
          SO THERE'S NOTHING BEEN, NOTHING DEFINITE ESTABLISHED ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT I DO LIKE WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, JACQUELINE ABOUT MM-HMM . 
          ABOUT DOING THAT. 
          BECAUSE WHAT WE DID LAST TIME IS WE HAD WORKED, WELL, WE HAD A WORK SESSION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THEN THEY LOOKED AT IT AND THEY ASKED US QUESTIONS. 
          AND I'VE SEEN OTHER GROUPS AND DEPARTMENTS THAT LIKE POLICE, THEY PRESENT IN A PUBLIC FORM, WHICH I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DO FOR US TO PRESENT IN A PUBLIC. 
          AND THEN WE AS THE COMMISSION CAN INVITE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE KNOW TO COME, UM, SOME OF THE LIAISON GROUPS AND ALL OF THAT, AND THEY COULD JUST UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COMMITMENT IS. 
          SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU, YOU'RE SAYING THEY DO IT AT CITY HALL OR JUST LIKE A SEPARATE FORUM? NOT DURING A COUNCIL MEETING, NO. 
          THEY DO A WORK SESSION. 
          SO IT'S RIGHT BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, A CITY, UM, COUNCIL MEETING. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          AND THEN I WOULDN'T, I WOULD SAY TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO CHEW ON IT AND THAT, AND WORK ON IT, ASK US QUESTIONS, AND THEN MAYBE THE NEXT MONTH WE WOULD PRESENT PUBLICLY AND WE WOULD, WE WOULD HAVE PEOPLE COMING AND SAYING, HEY, HERE'S OUR, ACTUALLY, WHAT AN IDEA THEN IS THAT, THAT THIS IDEA OF WORKS AT THE CITY COUNCIL IS PART OF THE ONGOING STRUCTURE AND THEN THE IDEA OF HAVING THE, FOR THE CITIZENS FORUM. 
          YEAH. 
          WE'LL PUT THAT WHERE IT'S ENGAGE ALL CITIZENS IN THE DIV WORK THAT'LL GO INTO THAT, THAT BUCKET. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          SO, SO, UH, IS THERE LIKE AN IDEAL TIME YOU'D WANNA DO THE WORK SESSION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL? IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW THIS GOES. 
          LIKE WOULD IT BE JULY TIMEFRAME YOU'RE PRESENTING THE, BECAUSE IT, PRESENTING THE, IT'S, IT'S THAT, THAT TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, FIRST MEETING, UH, LET'S SAY, UH, JULY AND THEN MAYBE AUGUST WOULD BE THE PUBLIC, RIGHT? WITH THE, YEAH. 
          'CAUSE THEN WITH THE PUBLIC YOU CAN SHARE, OH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THESE THREE. 
          EXACTLY. 
          YEAH, EXACTLY. 
          OKAY. 
          FIRST PAYMENT. 
          THE NEW WOULD, WOULD THE A CHRISTIE WITH THE AUGUST UH, TIMEFRAME WORK WITH THE CITY'S COUNCIL'S BUDGET TIMEFRAME? UM, I MEAN, WOULD NOT ACCEPT IT, RIGHT? AS LONG AS THE BUDGET REQUESTS ARE SUBMITTED BY, BY, YEAH. 
          UM, BUT IF YOU'RE PRESENTING BACK TO THE PUBLIC IN AUGUST, YOU'RE KIND OF PRESENTING LIKE, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE PROPOSED MM-HMM . 
          BUT, BUT THAT WOULD ALL BE DEPENDENT ON WHAT CITY COUNCIL ACTUALLY APPROVES IN RIGHT. 
          AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER. 
          MM-HMM . 
          SO WOULD YOU WANNA DO IT AFTER? YEAH. 
          THEN VERSUS YOU COULD DO THAT AFTER. 
          YEAH. 
          BECAUSE THEY WOULD KNOW MORE LIKE OCTOBER-ISH. 
          RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT, SAY WATCH JULY ANYWAY. 
          YEAH. 
          YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WAS APPROVED AND YOU CAN PRESENT THAT IN. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S PERFECT. 
          REALLY. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY INVITE PEOPLE AND SAY, HEY, HERE'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. 
          HERE'S WHAT WE, HERE'S WHAT WAS APPROVED. 
          UM, AND JACQUELINE QUESTION ON THE, THE ANNUAL REPORT, IS THIS SEPARATE FROM THE ANNUAL REPORT THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT TO BE PRESENTED IN JANUARY? OR WOULD THIS KIND OF ENCOMPASS ALL OF THAT? OKAY, LET'S SEE. 
          I'M TRYING TO THINK. 
          , UM, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IF THE ANNUAL, THE ANNUAL REPORT WE WOULD BE PRE WOULD BE PRESENTED DURING THE BOARDS AND COMMISSION STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING? LIKE WE DID THIS. 
          SO HOW WOULD IT BE DIFFERENT? OR IS IT A RECAP? IT'S UP TO Y'ALL, BUT, UM, YOU CAN PRESENT, LIKE THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD WILL COME AND PRESENT TO CITY COUNCIL DURING COUNCIL MEETING. 
          THIS IS OUR ANNUAL REPORT AND THEY MAKE IT VERY PUBLIC AND THEY HAVE A PRESENTATION. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S UP TO Y'ALL THOUGH. 
          ALL THAT IT SAYS IN YOUR ORDINANCE IS THAT YOU, YOU MUST PROVIDE AN ANNUAL REPORT MM-HMM . 
          TO THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND THAT CAN BE DURING THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MEETING. 
          THAT CAN BE IN AN EMAIL, BUT IT DEPENDS ON HOW Y'ALL WANT TO PRESENT THAT. 
          IF YOU WANNA MAKE IT A BIGGER DEAL, YOU CAN DO IT DURING A, UM, A COUNCIL MEETING IN JANUARY. 
          THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE FINE. 
          I, I'D LIKE TO MAKE IT A BIGGER DEAL. 
          YEAH. 
          WITH LIKE SOME SLIDES AND SOME STUFF. 
          EXACTLY. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU KNOW, MEMBERS OF CITIZENS BEING THERE OKAY. 
          THAT WE HAVE INVITED OR SAY COULD, COULD WE EMAIL IT TO THEM FIRST AND THEN PRESENT THE PUBLIC? YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          I DON'T WANNA SURPRISE. 
          YEAH. 
          I WOULDN'T WANNA SURPRISE THEY WOULDN'T SURPRISE THEM BECAUSE THEY WOULD KNOW IT RIGHT. 
          FROM THE WORK SESSION. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THEN THIS IS MORE THE PUBLIC. 
          AND THEN WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS WE CAN ALWAYS HAVE A PLACE FOR NOTES. 
          NOW IF YOU WANNA 
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PUT A, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE GOOD TO HAVE A MISSION MEMBER TO SIGN THE LIAISON TO EACH OF THE FUTURE WORKING GROUPS. 
          SO WE SHOULD GET THAT ESTABLISHED. 
          THEN SINCE THERE'S A PROPOSAL ON THE TABLE FOR YOUTH FOCUS GROUP TO REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL, WE NEED TO FIRST SEE HOW THAT'S GONNA END UP. 
          RIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT REPORTS DIRECTLY TO THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          WE DON'T NEED TO DO A DUPLICATE ONE, BUT THEN WE CAN INCLUDE THEM IN OUR LISTENING POSTS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND THEN NUMBER PRIORITY TWO IS ASSURING FULL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH THE WORK. 
          AND SO WE SET THE GOAL OF HOLDING SIX LISTENING POSTS WITH, UH, BAD HERE LISTENING POSTS WITH, WITH, UH, CURRENT INFORMALLY ESTABLISHED GROUPS SUCH AS THE BLACK FAMILIES OF HUDDLE, IT'S HISPANIC GROUP, L-G-B-T-Q, ET CETERA. 
          UH, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD SET, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA HOLD SIX OF THESE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND WE HAVE, AND SET AND SET THE, UH, THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY IS THAT TWO MEMBERS OF THE DEI COMMISSION THAT ATTEND EACH ONE, SEE HOW MULTIPLE YEARS HEARING THEM MM-HMM . 
          AND THAT WE'D HAVE, WE'D DO THESE BETWEEN SEPTEMBER OF 2025 TO AUGUST, 2026. 
          AND THE METRIC OF THE NUMBER OF LISTENING POSTS HELD AND DOCUMENTED. 
          HOW DOES THAT ALIGN WITH THE GROUPS, THE THREE GROUPS THAT YOU PICKED? UH, THESE ARE GROUPS THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE, RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S TRUE. 
          THAT, AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THE THREE GROUPS WE'RE ESTABLISHING BRAND NEW, THESE ARE EXISTING KIND OF INFORMAL GROUPS YEAH. 
          THAT WE WANT TO UTILIZE THAT THEY'RE ALREADY MEETING TO GET INPUT FROM THEM. 
          MM-HMM. 
          SO THIS IS MORE OF A SEPARATE YES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WHICH IS GOOD. 
          'CAUSE GROUND. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT'S TRUE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UH, THEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, LEVERAGE AND UTILIZE THE NEXT HU GENERAL CITIZEN SURVEY, YOU KNOW, REVIEW AND PROVIDE INPUT QUESTIONS. 
          SO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, ONE OR TWO OF YOU COULD VOLUNTEER TO LIKE, WORK WITH CHRISTIE ON THAT MM-HMM . 
          UH, AND I THINK THAT'S LIKE APRIL, 2026. 
          YOU START LOOKING AT THAT. 
          UM, I, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN WE START LOOKING AT IT. 
          I THINK IT, THE SURVEY GOES OUT DURING THAT TIME. 
          SO I THINK WE'LL START LOOKING AT IT. 
          PROBABLY WE MIGHT WANNA TAG THAT FOR JANUARY OF 2026. 
          EARLY. 
          I'LL, I'LL PUT CHAD FAB. 
          YEAH. 
          JUST BECAUSE AT THIS POINT WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONFIRMED DATES. 
          RIGHT. 
          IT WOULD PROBABLY BE EARLIER IN THE YEAR. 
          AND THEN, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY ASSISTANT GETTING THE WORD OUT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY ON THIS COMMISSION CAN BE INVOLVED IN THAT. 
          'CAUSE WE WANT AS MANY PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, AFTER THIS SURVEY IS ANNOUNCED, ALL OF YOU CAN CONTACT YOUR NETWORKS AND SAY, TAKE THE SURVEY. 
          TAKE THE SURVEY, CALL YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. 
          AND ACTUALLY, ONE OF THE METRICS WE CAN MEASURE IS A NUMBER OF COMPLETED SURVEYS. 
          DID WE IMPROVE YEAR TO YEAR? AND IF IT WENT UP, WE CAN TAKE CREDIT AND SAY, HEY, WE HELPED , WE HELPED THAT NUMBER GO UP. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UH, AND THEN REVIEW RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND, AND, AND USE THE RESULTS OF WHAT WE SEE FROM THAT TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO THE PLAN. 
          BECAUSE THAT COULD GIVE US SOME DATA. 
          AND SO BE TWO MONTHS AFTER THE RESULTS ARE PUBLISHED LIKE THIS, UH, THEN HAVE A WRITTEN COMMITTED TO DE D-E-D-E-I-B COMMUNICATIONS PLAN. 
          AND JACQUE, YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO WORK YES. 
          ON THAT ONE. 
          IS THAT, DID WE SET A, DID WE PUT A DATE ON THAT AT ALL OR NO? WHEN THAT COULD HAPPEN? OH, WE SAID FOURTH QUARTER THERE. 
          YEAH. 
          I WAS TRYING TO DO THIS FROM MEMORY. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          IMPRESSED THOUGH HOW MUCH YOU WERE ABLE TO, OKAY. 
          AND THEN, UM, MY VISION IS I'LL SEND, SEND OUT AND ASK FOR INPUT. 
          AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO WORK WITH ME, I WOULD MORE HAPPY FOR THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT CAN BE IS THE PLAN DONE. 
          AND THEN, UH, ANOTHER THING, WE'D WANNA HAVE X NUMBER OF DEIB UPDATES PER QUARTER ON THE CITY OF FEDERAL WEBSITE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND SO JACQUELINE CAN WORK WITH THE CITY COMM LEADER ON THAT. 
          UH, AND WE CAN MEASURE EACH QUARTER STARTING, WELL, THE PLAN IS FOURTH QUARTER, SAY STARTING FIRST QUARTER 2026. 
          OKAY. 
          AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THE METRIC CAN BE, OH, THERE WERE X NUMBER OF DEIB ITEMS ON THE WEBSITE EACH QUARTER. 
          THAT CAN BE A METRIC TO REPORT OUT. 
          OKAY. 
          WHAT WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT ONE CORRECT GROUPS PLAY ON THE SURVEY. 
          I THINK I GOT IT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          NOW THIS ONE I WAS, UH, THIS IS GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT TRICKY ON THIS ONE, UH, 
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BUT SURE. 
          DEIB ENGAGEMENT AND, AND INTERNAL CITY PROCESSES. 
          AND WE WANTED TO HAVE THE CITY MANAGER REPORT OUT WHERE THEY CURRENT, WHAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY DOING, DEIB WISE AND WHAT THEY PLAN TO ADD MM-HMM . 
          AND ASK FOR THAT TO BE LIKE AN ANNUAL MEETING OR REPORT OUT TO THE, TO THE COUNCIL. 
          AND OF COURSE YOU CAN COORDINATE WITH, UH, JAMES ERP MM-HMM . 
          TO GET THAT CALENDAR. 
          AND OF COURSE, THE METRIC CAN BE, IS THIS DONE OR NOT? AND, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF STATUS, WE ALREADY HAD A, THE STRATEGIC PLANNING AND EDUCATION SESSION HELD WITH THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM. 
          SO I PUT THAT IN THE NOTES AND, UH, AND ACTUALLY THE PARTICIPANTS STARTED DEVELOPING THEIR DEIB PLANS FOR THEIR FUNCTIONAL AREAS. 
          SO THE WORK IS BEGINNING. 
          AND DID WE, WE SAY, I FEEL LIKE THIS ONE WAS NOVEMBER, FROM WHAT I REMEMBER. 
          OKAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          BECAUSE I ACTUALLY MET WITH HIM, I THINK IT WAS IN NOVEMBER AS A MATTER OF FACT, BECAUSE IT WAS BEFORE THE, THE JANUARY MEETING. 
          YEAH. 
          AND HE REALLY APPRECIATED. 
          GOOD. 
          SO, AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S ALREADY IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR IS THAT THE INCLUSIVE RECRUITING TRAINING HELD WITH THE RECRUITING TEAM AND ALL HIRING MANAGERS, AND IT'LL BE ME WITH IRENE OF COURSE, CAN BE, IS THIS DONE, YES OR NO? MM-HMM . 
          CAN BE, OH. 
          UH, IT COULD BE ALSO THE METRIC IS ONE OF A FEW THINGS. 
          NUMBER OF ATTENDEES IN THE METRIC AND, OKAY. 
          I ACTUALLY, WHEN I, WHEN I'VE DONE TRAINING, UH, WITH THE CLIENTS, UH, I'LL, I'LL ASK, I SOMETIMES I WILL, YOU KNOW, GIVE OUT A SURVEY AND IT'LL BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, HAD JUST A FEW QUESTIONS. 
          IS, DO YOU FIND THIS TRAINING IMPACTFUL IN HELPING YOU DO YOUR JOB BETTER? HOW INTERESTING. 
          YOU KNOW, HOW INTERESTING AND KNOWLEDGEABLE WAS THE PRESENTER AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S ONE OR TWO THINGS THAT REALLY, UH, THAT YOU REMEMBER FROM THE TRAINING? 'CAUSE WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT REALLY REACHED OUT TO YOU. 
          AND THEN YOU DO FEEL THE ADDITIONAL TRAINING IS A VERY SHORT SURVEY. 
          AND WE CAN MEASURE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN MEASURE PARTICIPANT SATISFACTION WITH THE TRAINING I DELIVER AS A METRIC. 
          UM, QUESTIONS MM-HMM . 
          ON THAT METRIC OF NUMBER OF ATTENDEES, DO YOU WANT THAT, WOULD IT BE BETTER PERHAPS TO HAVE THAT AS A PERCENTAGE? JUST BECAUSE, UM, YEAH, LIKE, LIKE PERCENTAGE OF, OF HIRING, HIRING MANAGERS, HIRING VERSUS HIRING. 
          BECAUSE I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE THAT NUMBER RIGHT. 
          MAY OR MAY NOT BE RELEVANT. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          THAT'S GOOD. 
          YEAH. 
          I HAD A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN INTERVIEWING. 
          THEY EVEN HAVE PANEL MEMBERS AND HIRING MANAGERS AND YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE 600 PEOPLE IN THE COMPANY, AND 180 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE TRAINING  MM-HMM . 
          RIGHT. 
          IT WAS AMAZING. 
          YEAH. 
          YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT WAS GOOD. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, I THINK WHAT I'M GONNA DO HERE IS, UH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY OF THE, UH, THE COUNCIL, I'M GOING TO, UH, BASICALLY ADD IN THE NOTES AND IN THE NOTES, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE IDEAS AND SAY, YOU KNOW, HERE'S SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT WERE SHARED, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH THE, WITH THE CITY STAFF AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY DON'T CONTROL THAT PLAN, BUT WE CAN GIVE IDEAS AND INPUT. 
          AND SO I CAN KIND OF PUT THAT IN THE NOTES PART OF THAT DOCUMENT. 
          NOT OUR LANE . 
          DO WHAT I SAID, NOT OUR LANE. 
          YEAH. 
          YOU CAN HONK AT THE CARS IN THE OTHER LANE. 
          HONK NOT YOUR LANE, BUT YOU CAN HONK AT THEM. 
          YEAH. 
          I'M GONNA ADD, YOU KNOW, NOTES INTO THIS DOCUMENT. 
          I SHOULD HAVE LEFT IT. 
          I'M GONNA TALK, WHAT I MIGHT DO IS DO, IF I JUST SHARE MY SCREEN, THEN THAT MEANS NO MATTER WHAT I DO, WE'LL SHOW UP THERE. 
          RIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S TRUE. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT THEN IF YOU CAN GET A LITTLE POPUP MESSAGE, EVERYONE CAN SEE IT. 
          SO NO, NO. 
          I NEVER GOT A POPUP MESSAGE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, 
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PAYMENT PASSWORDS, , UNPLUG IT ON THERE. 
          WHENEVER. 
          THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID. 
          NOVEMBER. 
          YEAH. 
          THERE IT IS. 
          ACTUALLY, WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL, I'LL, I'LL WRITE THIS FROM NOW ON, THEN I'LL TAKE FLIP CHART STAND AND GET THIS ALL WRITTEN UP AND GET IT TO YOU LIKE BY NEXT WEEK. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, NUMBER FOUR, NUMBER FOUR WAS, UH, THIS WHOLE THING OF, OF FA FOCUSING ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND EMPOWERMENT. 
          AND I ACTUALLY DID, UH, I DID PUT A NOTE ON THIS ONE ALREADY THAT MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT THE STAFF LIAISON WOULD BE, UH, CHENEY MBOA. 
          SO SHE IS THE DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND ALSO THERE WOULD BE STRONG LINKAGE WITH THIS WORK WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS WORKING GROUP. 
          SO THERE'D BE SOME SYNERGY WITH SOMEBODY ON STAFF, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THE, AND THE WORKING GROUP, GOSH, SORRY. 
           WATER. 
          GOING BACK TO THE PRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GONNA ATTRACT THIS IN TALENT, SKILLED WORKFORCE, EXCELLENT SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, ASSISTANCE TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES TO START AND GROW BUSINESSES, UH, ENGAGING THE HATO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN THIS DISCUSSION AND MAYBE RECOMMENDING A CITY SUPPLIER DIVERSITY PROGRAM TO ENSURE FAIRNESS IN CITY CONTRACTS. 
          AND, AND SO, UH, DO WE HAVE THAT, UH, SET UP ALREADY? WHICH PART? THE, UM, DIVERSITY SUPPLY, SUPPLIER DIVERSITY. 
          SO, UM, THERE ARE CERTAIN, UM, LAWS THAT HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED YEAH. 
          ON THE SIDE OF PROCUREMENT AND PURCHASING. 
          AND I DO KNOW THAT THE CITY OF IDES AND FOLLOW ALL THOSE TO INCLUDE, UM, HUB. 
          YES. 
          AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER FACTORS THERE. 
          AND I THINK THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE ALSO DO, I'M NOT IN FINANCE, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY FIND OUT FOR SURE AS LONG AS DVO WE FOLLOW ALL YEAH. 
          LAWS MM-HMM. 
          TO INCLUDE UTILIZING HUB FIRST. 
          AND, UM, I THINK WE EVEN HAVE LIKE A LOCAL SUPPLIER. 
          WE REMEMBER READING IT ONLINE. 
          YEAH, YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          SLIPS ON. 
          BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING MORE SPECIFIC, UM, THAT WE DON'T ALREADY DO, THAT MIGHT BE BECAUSE I, BECAUSE EVEN THE NEW PROCUREMENT PORTAL THAT I PUT MY STUFF INTO IT MM-HMM . 
          AND I'VE , I PUT MY STUFF IN 40 PORTALS, AND, AND A LOT OF THE PORTALS, LIKE, THEY'LL EVEN SAY, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU A DIVERSE, UH, CERTIFIED DIVERSE SUPPLIER? AND THEY PUT, THEY LIKE VETERAN OWNED BUSINESS WE BANK, WHICH IS WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS, MINORITY OWNED BUSINESS, UH, AND LGBT OWNED BUSINESS. 
          AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT. 
          WHAT EXACTLY DOES DIVERSE SUPPLIER MEAN? UH, DIVERSE SUPPLIER MEANS IS BASICALLY IT'S A PROGRAM WHERE YOU TRACK IF YOU'RE DOING BUSINESS AS A CITY WITH DIVERSE OWNED BUSINESSES, LIKE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, IF 30 WOMEN OWNED WOMEN'S RIGHT, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THIRD, IF LIKE AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE, IF, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THE, LET'S SAY THE, THE COMMODITY THAT THE CITY IS PROCURING, IF 30% OF THE AREA VENDORS ARE WOMEN OWNED AND YOU'RE ONLY DOING 10% OF YOUR BUSINESS WITH WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES, THERE MIGHT BE AN ISSUE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, HEY, WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB. 
          THE IDEA IS THAT YOU WANT TO SPREAD THE ECONOMIC WELLBEING ACROSS, YOU KNOW, UH, A DIVERSE BUSINESSES THAT ARE REFLECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND WHAT HAPPENS IS, AGAIN, WON'T USE THE WORD UNCONSCIOUS, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, UN DELIBERATE BIAS, YOU KNOW, CAN HAPPEN WHERE, YOU KNOW, OH, THE PEOPLE MAKING THE DECISION, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE MY BUDDIES, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WE'VE ALWAYS DONE BUSINESS WITH. 
          AND THEN PERPETUATES ITSELF, YOU KNOW, GOLLY, 95% OF OUR BUSINESS ARE, IS GIVEN TO WHITE, WHITE MALE OWNED BUSINESSES. 
          BUT, BUT ALSO, UM, MY HUSBAND AND I, WE RUN A BUSINESS AND WE GET ALL THE, UM, EMAILS, YOU KNOW, INVITING ME TO APPLY FOR DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, BUT THE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE THE BEGINNING WAS THE PROCESS ITSELF. 
          RIGHT. 
          TO GET ALL THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE YOU, IT'S A LOT OF PAPERWORK. 
          AND SO THAT WOULD BE MY CONCERN. 
          HOW WE COULD WORK WITH MAYBE THE CHAMBER, OR MAYBE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? YEAH. 
          TO GET THAT INFORMATION, BECAUSE IT IS OVERWHELMING IF YOU I KNOW TWO PEOPLE. 
          YEAH. 
          IT IS. 
          AND IT WAS FOR US. 
          LUCKILY WE FOUND SOMEBODY THAT COULD KIND OF WALK US THROUGH IT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO YOU CAN MAKE A LOT OF MISTAKES AND YOU DON'T WANNA WANNA 
          [00:30:01]
DO THAT. 
          SO I JUST AM WONDERING HOW WE CAN FACILITATE OR HELP WITH THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          SEE WORKSHOPS FOR DIVERSE ON SMALL BUSINESS, HOW TO DO BUSINESS WITH PATO AND COACHING YOU THROUGH THE, SO, YEAH. 
          SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS THEN. 
          UM, THIS IS SEPARATE FROM THE BID PROCESS FOR WORK. 
          NO, IT'S PART, IT IS PART THE PROCESS. 
          SO YOU HAVE, BUT YOU'RE, YOU WANNA ASSURE, YOU WANNA ASSURE THAT THE BID PROCESS IS FAIR. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, SO THEY WOULD PASS BY LOWER BIDS FOR A DIVERSE NO. 
          WELL, HERE'S, HERE'S, HERE'S WHAT I'VE SEEN LIKE WITH US. 
          YEAH. 
          VERY MUCH SO. 
          IT'S, IT'S THAT, THAT IT'S HAPPENED WITH SOME PEOPLE, NOT WITH US PARTICULARLY, BUT YOU'LL HAVE SOMEBODY ON THE INSIDE THAT WILL SAY, HEY, CAN YOU MEET THIS? OR CAN YOU BEAT THIS? WHICH THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SO IT'S TOTALLY LEGAL. 
          EXACTLY. 
          SO DO, YES. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY QUESTION. 
          HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT, NUMBER ONE, CHECKING THE METRIC ON IT RIGHT. 
          TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS FOLLOWING IT AND WHO'S KEEPING UP WITH THIS INFORMATION ON WHO'S GETTING THOSE BIDS. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, AT WHAT COST AND ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY IF IT'S OUR LANE, BUT I THINK TO GET THEM IN THE DOOR TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS RIGHT. 
          IS TO HAVE THE RIGHT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND IN FACT, YOU KNOW, A CERTIFIED LGBT OWNED BUSINESS TO THE NATIONAL LGBT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND BASICALLY THEY SAY, NOT GONNA WIN BUSINESS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU'RE BUSINESS, BUT THIS GETS YOU IN THE DOOR TO PRESENT YOUR BID AND WHAT YOU HAVE TO OFFER. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE CREATING A LEVEL, YOU'RE CREATING A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR EVERYONE THAT COMPETES FAIRLY FOR THE BUSINESS. 
          I HUNDRED PERCENT SAY THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT KEEPS THOSE NUMBERS. 
          AND SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED. 
          SO THEY TRACK ALL NAMES. 
          EXACTLY. 
          OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS. 
          HUNDRED PERCENT. 
          EVERY PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT HAS. 
          AND, AND I, I'VE DID IT FOR EIGHT YEARS ON FEDERAL LEVEL. 
          SO I, I KNOW FOR SURE THE CITY DOES. 
          SO I, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING LIKE THOSE STATISTICS AND SEEING OKAY. 
          EXACTLY. 
          WHO EXACTLY ARE YOU USING? LIKE YOU SAID, ARE YOU USING THE SAME, YOU KNOW, UH, COMPANY THAT HAPPENS TO BE THE SAME GUY THAT, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS SHOWS UP? YEAH. 
          OR IS IT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED YEAH. 
          OTHER BUSINESSES. 
          SO, SO YEAH. 
          SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING. 
          JUST MY TAKE ON WHAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH, BECAUSE IT'S NOT EASY. 
          AND IT'S ALSO, UM, IT'S NOT FAIR BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE WHAT WE DO, WHAT WE DO IF IT WAS RIGHT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          SO I'M JUST CURIOUS. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          ISN'T EVEN REALLY LIKE DIVERSITY. 
          IT'S MORE BIAS. 
          YEAH. 
          YOU KNOW, FRIEND, FRIEND BIAS. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT THAT, THAT HAPPENS IN ALL AREAS. 
          THAT'S TRUE. 
          THE MANAGER WHO HIRES THEIR BUDDY THAT'S BEEN WORKING WITH HIM FOR 20 YEARS AND PROMOTES THEM INSTEAD OF THE OTHER, THE MORE QUALIFIED PERSON. 
          I MEAN, I'VE SEEN IT HERE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE WHOLE DISCUSSION. 
          THE WHOLE DISCUSSION IS THAT THIS IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS, THIS IS GOOD, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD FOR BUSINESS TO REALLY ALWAYS PROMOTE AND GROW THE VERY BEST TALENT. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND NOT OLD BOYS NETWORK. 
          YEAH. 
          MM-HMM . 
          BUT AGAIN, SOME OF THESE THINGS WE CAN HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE RECOMME ROLL OVER. 
          WE CAN TRY TO PUSH AND RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          UH, SO WHAT DO WE WANT TO PUT DOWN FOR SOME OF OUR ITEMS FAR ECONOMIC GROWTH YEAH. 
          PERTAINS TO DEIB. 
          MM-HMM . 
          WELL, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT A LOT FROM THE BUSINESS, UM, FROM THE BUSINESS SIDE, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          WHAT ABOUT ON THE WORKFORCE SIDE? WELL, THAT'S GONNA, THAT'S A NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS, UH, WHICH IS THE, UH, THE, UH, THE DIB ENGAGEMENT IN ALL INTERNAL CITY PRACTICES, WHICH INCLUDES HIRING AND TALENT DEVELOPMENT. 
          I'M TALKING ABOUT THE CITY. 
          I'M TALKING ABOUT NOT, I'M TALKING ABOUT WITH THE CITY, LIKE WORKING FOR THE CITY. 
          I'M TALKING ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE PROGRAMS THAT ALLOW PEOPLE TO GET JOBS AND ADVANCE AND EARN HIGHER WAGES. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT JUST COMES TO MIND. 
          'CAUSE I WORK IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. 
          AH. 
          SO IT'S ALWAYS THE TOP OF MY MIND. 
          AND WE'RE LAUNCHING A, UH, WORKFORCE AND TALENT DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MM-HMM . 
          WITHIN THE HUDU, UH, WITHIN THE HU CHAMBER OF COMMERCE UMBRELLA. 
          SO I, I SUGGESTED IT, PUT IT TOGETHER. 
          WE'RE LAUNCHING IT UNDER THE CHAMBER, BUT I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS GOING TO BE ONE, HOW COMPANIES ACCESS TRAINING 
          [00:35:01]
AND FUNDING AND DIRECTION TO UPSKILL THEIR WORKFORCE. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT ALSO THE POINT OF MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE IN HURO HAVE A GOOD, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO GET THOSE GOOD PAYING JOBS FOR ALL THESE COMPANIES THAT ARE COMING HERE. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THE THING IS, IS A LOT OF THIS IS ALREADY WORK THAT'S HAPPENING IN DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE CITY MM-HMM . 
          AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THIS GROUP HAS DIRECT CONTROL OVER. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT TO SET UP, YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE SET UP SOME GOALS LIKE, YOU KNOW, A, YOU KNOW, TWO OR LIKE MAYBE THREE MEETINGS OF LIKE, MAYBE TWO COMMISSION MEETINGS A YEAR THAT ARE FOCUSED AROUND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HAVING PEOPLE COME IN FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, FROM THE, UH, UH, FROM THE CHAMBER CHAMBER, FROM THE CHAMBER, FROM THE PROCUREMENT AREA OF, OF WORKING, YOU KNOW, THE PROCUREMENT AREA THAT REPORTS TO THE OPERATIONS MANAGER WAS CONNECTED BY, UH, WELL, NOT DAMS, BUT UM, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR ALBERTA, AND WHO DOES ALBERTA REPORT TO? MATT WOLSKI. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, YEAH, THAT WAS THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT REPORTS UP THROUGH MATT, YOU KNOW, SO HE CAN HAVE, HAS THIS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MAYBE, MAYBE IN HIS PLAN. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE HAVE THE OVERLAP WITH ESTABLISHING THE SMALL BUSINESS. 
          MAKE SURE THERE'S A CONNECTION BETWEEN ALL THESE THINGS GOING ON AND BROKER THAT WE GET THAT COMMISSION STARTED, THAT THEY WORK WITH THE, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND WITH PROCUREMENT, ET CETERA. 
          MAYBE THERE WOULD BE I COULD GO AHEAD. 
          NO, I'M JUST, MAYBE THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY IF TO, TO PARTNER WITH THE CHAMBER IF THEY FELT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO TO ADVANCE ONE OF THEIR INITIATIVES IN THIS GUARD. 
          YEAH. 
          I MEAN, I'LL BE MEETING WITH BILLY, UM, AGAIN PRETTY SOON. 
          SHE THE VICE PRESIDENT TO THE COO NOW OF THE CHAMBER. 
          SO WE'RE WORKING ON THIS COMMITTEE TOGETHER. 
          THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. 
          COREY THOUGH, I CAN ASK HER IF ANY NEED, 'CAUSE SHE JUST GOT INTO THAT ROLE, WHAT HER OTHER INITIATIVES ARE OTHER THAN THIS COMMITTEE THAT WE'RE LAUNCHING. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND THAT WAY WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO SOMETHING INDEPENDENT ON OUR OWN OF THEM, MAYBE JUST TO AUGMENT OR ASSIST IN SOMETHING THEY'RE ALREADY DOING. 
          RIGHT. 
          I LIKE THAT IDEA. 
          THAT'S A GOOD IDEA ABOUT WHAT TO HAVE PEOPLE TO SHOWCASE WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND YOU KNOW, LIKE WHEN WE HAD, WE HAD CERTAIN PEOPLE COME TO GIVE PRESENTATIONS LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, AND WE CAN CONTINUE THAT. 
          WHAT DID I DO? I THINK YOU'RE GONNA GUESS CORINA, YOU'RE GONNA TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT. 
          YES. 
          YOU'RE GETTING A LOT. 
          WELL, , I'M JUST THOUGHT YOU ALREADY DOING RIGHT. 
          YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M ALREADY IT THOUGHT YOU'RE ALREADY DOING. 
          WHICH IS GOOD. 
          IT JUST, IT'S RIGHT IN THERE'S NOT ANYTHING EXTRA. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UH, WE CAN ASK FOR, UH, A REVIEW, UH, YOU KNOW, REVIEW WITH THE PROCUREMENT MANAGER IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 
          MM-HMM . 
          MM-HMM . 
          OR DO TRENDS REQUEST MAYBE A WHAT? TRENDS FOR PROCUREMENT? YEAH. 
          MM-HMM . 
          OF OR SOMETHING. 
          MM-HMM . 
          YEAH. 
          WE PUT, WE WANNA, THAT CAN BE, I THINK THAT HAD ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DEIB COMMISSION AND THE, UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS GREAT. 
          YES. 
          UH, HOW MANY STAFF DO THEY HAVE? TWO. 
          TWO. 
          SEE RALEIGH'S A BIG TWO AND A HALF. 
          RALEIGH'S A BIG, SEE RALEIGH'S A BIG RALEIGH'S A BIG CITY. 
          SO WE HAVE LIKE 20 PEOPLE IN THE CHAMBER, BUT THREE OF THOSE 20 ARE DIVERSITY PEOPLE. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ALWAYS ADVOCATE LIKE, HEY, MAYBE ONE OF THE STAFF MEMBERS CAN HAVE 20% OF THEIR JOB BE FOCUSED ON DIVERSITY RECOMMENDATION. 
          YOU KNOW? AND, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE SOME OF THE SAME DATA WE TALK ABOUT WOULD BE THE SAME TYPE OF BUSINESS CASE THAT WE SHARE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, LIKE 60% OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES ARE NOW PEOPLE OF COLOR. 
          AND THEN WHEN THEY GRADUATE AND THEY START BUSINESSES, BI BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, 50 YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 80% OF BUSINESSES WERE OWNED BY WHITE MEN. 
          NOW, YOU KNOW, 70% OF BUSINESSES WERE OWNED BY PEOPLE OF COLOR AND BY WOMEN. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE AVAIL, YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESSES ARE BECOMING MORE DIVERSE, THE SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          YEAH. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND I'LL BET THE CHAMBER HAS SOME TYPE OF INITIATIVE ALREADY TO MAKE SURE THEIR MEMBERSHIP IS, HAS, IS DIVERSE. 
          UM, 'CAUSE THEY DO HAVE A, A PRETTY BROAD MEMBERSHIP. 
          BUT I'LL WORK WITH HER ON THAT. 
          SEE, UH, HOW ABOUT THIS, UH, SUGGESTION OF FEATURING DIVERSE OWNED SMALL BUSINESS PROFILES 
          [00:40:01]
AND STORIES ON HU'S WEBSITE? THAT WOULD BE NICE. 
          SHOULD WE RECOMMEND, COULD WE MAYBE ADD THAT TO A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS PLAN? I'LL, I'LL PUT THAT ON. 
          I'LL PUT THE DATE THAT COINCIDES WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS PLAN. 
          NO. 
          IF THE CHAMBER, THE CHAMBER ON THEIR NEWSLETTER, UM, PERIODICALLY THEY FEATURE A SMALL BUSINESS MM-HMM . 
          IF THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING NEW OR IF THEY GOT A GRANT AND WHATEVER. 
          BUT IF THEY'RE ALREADY KIND OF DOING THAT, MAYBE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD THEN SHARE ON THE SITE INSTEAD OF DOING A SEPARATE STORY MM-HMM . 
          SO THAT WE CAN ASK THEM AS WELL SEE WHAT, HOW THEY'RE COLLECTIVE STORY, LIKE THE CHAMBERS STORY. 
          MM-HMM . 
          BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THEIR, 'CAUSE IN THEIR NEWSLETTERS, UM, SOMETIMES THEY'LL FEATURE A BUSINESS, LIKE IF THEY'RE NEW, A NEW MEMBER YEAH. 
          IF THEY, YOU KNOW, GROUNDBREAKING. 
          I MEAN, RIBBON CUTTINGS. 
          YEAH. 
          IF THEY GOT A GRANT, IF THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF HIRING, THEY'LL GET A, THEY'LL GET A LITTLE FEATURE IN THE NEWSLETTER. 
          SO MAYBE WE CAN STEER THAT INTO A REGULAR FEATURE OF JUST A DIVERSE BUSINESS AND JUST SHIFT THE FOCUS A LITTLE BIT. 
          AND THEN THAT WAY PROBABLY THAT PERSON WHO'S ALREADY DOING THE STORY CAN JUST SHARE THAT STORY AND WE CAN FEATURE IT ON THE SIDE AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'LL REACH A DIFFERENT AUDIENCE ON THEIR SIDE. 
          THEN IT'S READING TEAM, THE CHAMBER, THE CHAMBER MEMBERS. 
          YEAH. 
          I THINK THAT'S GOOD TOO. 
          TO, UM, AGAIN, WHAT PEOPLE ARE ALREADY ELEVATING IT. 
          THE ONLY NOTE ON THE CHAMBER SIDE IS, UM, THAT IT, IT WOULD NOT BE INCLUSIVE BECAUSE NOT EVERY BUSINESS OWNER IS A MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER. 
          SO THAT'S TRUE. 
          TRUE. 
          BUT IT CAN BE A WIN-WIN FOR EVERYBODY THOUGH, THAT IF, YOU KNOW, IF THEY START DOING MORE STUFF LIKE THIS, THEY MIGHT END UP GETTING MORE MEMBERS. 
          YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, I'M JUST, AND THAT'S THE POINT OF THAT COMMITTEE IS ANOTHER VALUE ADD TO BEING A MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER IS A MUCH EASIER WAY FOR BUSINESS TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO ACCESS RESOURCES FOR THEM. 
          YEAH. 
          ESPECIALLY HIRING TALENT AND GRANTS FOR, FOR FROM UH, TWC TO HIRE PEOPLE, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE FEATURE SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, ON YOUR WEBSITE DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY BE CHAMBER MEMBERS. 
          THAT'S TRUE. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU COULD FIND ONES TO PROFILE MM-HMM . 
          IN THE INITIAL PHASES OF WHEN THE COMMISSION FIRST STARTED, WE, UM, REACHED OUT TO THE CHAMBER AND WE WERE TRYING TO ORGANIZE, I THINK IT WAS CALLED OPEN FOR ALL MM-HMM . 
          UM, WHERE THE CHAMBER WOULD STATE, YOU KNOW, THAT IF WHEN YOU WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN BUSINESSES, THEY'LL, THE LOGO UP LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW THAT EVERYBODY'S WELCOME HERE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, SO WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. 
          WE KIND OF BOUNCED BACK AND FORTH WITH IT, WITH THE CHAMBER. 
          NOTHING CAME OUTTA IT EXCEPT FOR THE CONVERSATION, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTH REVISITING, UM, AT LEAST TALKING SO WHEN THE BUSINESSES START SIGNING UP. 
          'CAUSE THEY WILL ONCE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING TAKES OFF TO, TO LET THEM KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, EVERYONE IS WELCOME. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SO THAT WAS WHAT, I CAN GO BACK INTO THE EMAILS AND LOOK AT IT WHEN I GET HOME, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT IDEA WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED, BUT I THINK WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH BUYER BEHIND THAT RIGHT. 
          DECAL FOR THEM TO MM-HMM . 
          WINDOW. 
          MM-HMM . 
          WHY WOULDN'T IT BE OUR TAGLINE THEN THAT YOU BELONG IN HEAD, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          WOULD BE GREAT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU BELONG. 
          SO I THINK KIND OF LIKE, I'LL GO HOME AND I'LL LOOK OVER ALL THIS STUFF. 
          OKAY. 
          BECAUSE WE HAVE LIKE A, WE HAD A TON. 
          EVERYONE HAD AN IDEA, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A TON OF STUFF, BUT IT WAS JUST RIGHT. 
          SO, SO IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, PUTTING PUTTING THE EFFORT BEHIND IT. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD. 
          NOW SHIFTING GEARS, UH, THE LAST BULLET IS, IS KIND OF LOOKING AT THESE MAJOR BUSINESSES AND WHAT DO THEY WANT AND WHAT DO THEY NEED? RIGHT. 
          UH, I WONDER IF, HOW MUCH WORK I REMEMBER NUMBERS, I CAN'T REMEMBER NAMES. 
          THE STAFF MEMBER. 
          YEAH, THE STAFF MEMBER. 
          CHANEY, CHENEY. 
          YOU KNOW, IF CHENEY IS DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, PROBABLY SO A DIP WORKING TEAM OF LEADERS OF KNOW MAJOR BUSINESSES IN TERMS OF HOW TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE HU'S CULTURE FOR GROWING SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES. 
          THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO, TO PARTNER OR JUST OFFER, UM, COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE CITY, UM, FROM, FROM SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES, MAYBE TO GET THEIR DIVERSITY MESSAGE OUT IF THEY HAVE ONE. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          MM-HMM . 
          JUST THINKING, I'M JUST THINKING THE INPUT WHEN WE MEET, WE MEET WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ASK STUFF. 
          YEAH. 
          [00:45:01]
HOW MANY DO DO THE LOT. 
          YEAH. 
          HOW OFTEN DO THE, DO THE LARGE BUSINESSES REALLY JOIN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE? THEY HAVE REPRESENTATION. 
          THEY'LL USUALLY SEND SOMEBODY A LIAISON. 
          YEAH. 
          AND LOT TIMES THEY'LL DONATE MONEY. 
          YEAH. 
          THEY HAVE THEIR NAME OUT THERE. 
          UM, LIKE EVEN LIKE THE DEVELOPERS OF COURSE WILL BE MEMBERS OF LIKE TITLES. 
          OH YEAH. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ON THERE. 
          AND THEN MAJOR COMPANIES WILL HAVE, THEY MAY NOT SHOW UP, BUT THEY ALWAYS HAVE REPRESENTATION OR THEY'LL DO SPONSORSHIPS TO KEEP THEIR NAME OUT OUT THERE. 
          RIGHT. 
          YEAH. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I SEE. 
          NOW. 
          THE MAJOR ONES. 
          YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LARGE COMPANIES. 
          SO A HUNDRED, A HUNDRED EMPLOYEES OR MORE ARE THE MAJOR ONES. 
          'CAUSE A SMALL BUSINESS BY TW C STANDARD IS A HUNDRED EMPLOYEES OR LESS. 
          THEY QUALIFY FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF GRANTS. 
          LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THESE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE NATIONAL COMPANIES THAT ARE LOOKING TO RELOCATE HERE. 
          THAT WE HAVE A BRANCH. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT, YEAH. 
          HMM. 
          LIKE, DO YOU HAVE SOME MAJOR BUSINESSES IN HU? WE DO. 
          CAN NAME A FEW, LIKE OH, THAT ARE MULTINATIONAL. 
          YEAH. 
          OR, OR NA BIG. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL THERE'S ACADEMY, THERE'S LOWE'S. 
          YOU TALKING ABOUT LIKE LOWE'S AND HOME DEPOT AND MORE LIKE BANKS. 
          BUT WHO, THERE'S ONE THING WHEN YOU HAVE LIKE THIS BRANCHES OF LARGE COMPANIES ARE HERE TO SELL, BUT I'M TALKING LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE AN IB, YOU KNOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE DO WE HAVE ANY HEADQUARTERS HERE OR HEADQUARTERS OR MANUFACTURING PLANTS OR, OR, UH, WAREHOUSES NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ON WAREHOUSE OR CITY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WELL WHAT, WELL, ALL THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY'RE DOING, I MEAN, ANYTIME SITE THAT THEY'RE BUILDING, UM, I WOULD THINK THAT WE'RE GOING SOME CURRENTLY, NO, WE HAVE BRANCHES OF MIDSIZE COMPANIES. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, HERE IN HURO. 
          SO LIKE, THAT ARE, THAT ARE MORE LIKE STATE OR REGIONAL. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT NOT HUGE. 
          OKAY. 
          NATIONAL MULTI CORPORATION LIKE PARADIGM OR, OKAY. 
          UM, MAESTRO OR, WELL, IT'S JUST A MORE OF A SMALLER COMPANY, BUT WE DO HAVE, UM, SOME COMPANIES, BUT AS FAR AS LIKE BIG LIKE THAT, THAT ARE HEADQUARTERED HERE, NO, NOT YET. 
          BUT, BUT LIKE WHAT SUE WAS SAYING, SUE WAS MENTIONING TO JUST NOW THAT, UH, COMPANIES COMING INTO THE MEGA SITE, THE DATA CENTERS. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO THERE'LL BE, THERE'LL BE THREE LARGE DATA CENTERS OUT THERE, AND THEY'RE LARGE COMPANIES, YOU KNOW, LIKE TITAN INDUSTRIES, RIGHT? YEP. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 
          THOSE QUITE A YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          THERE. 
          AND THERE WILL BE MORE, UH, YOU KNOW, TESLA HAS A, A OFFICE HERE TOO. 
          AND THE GIG IS NOT TECHNICALLY IN HUDDLE, BUT THEY'RE 20 MINUTES FROM DOWN THE ROAD FROM US, BUT THEY'RE NOT IN HARO. 
          SAME SAMSUNG THEN IF YOU CAN DO THAT, NEITHER IS SAMSUNG. 
          BUT THEY HAVE A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT THEY AFFECT OUR CULTURE, THEY AFFECT OUR ECONOMICS. 
          THEY'RE NOT IN HARO. 
          THEY AFFECT YEAH, BUT THEY'RE NOT CITY. 
          THEY'RE TAYLOR. 
          RIGHT. 
          TAYLOR AND, UM, DELL VALLEY. 
          WELL, THE, IF, IF I'M CORRECT, I THINK THAT THE BIG DATA CENTERS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE CITY LIMITS. 
          WILL BE. 
          YES, THOSE ARE. 
          YEAH. 
          THEY'LL BE, BUT ABOUT RIGHT NOW, THERE ISN'T ANY LIKE, I MEAN, I CAN'T THINK OF ANY THAT ARE BIG HEAD THAT THEIR HEADQUARTERS IS HERE. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT IT'S LIKE NEW, THOSE DATA CENTERS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MEETING WITH THEM SAYING, YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE DEIB PLANS INITIATIVES? HOW CAN THE CITY OF HU MAKE SURE THAT WE ASSIST YOU THERE, PROVIDE THE SKILLED WORKFORCE THAT YOU NEED, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND THEY WILL BE ONLINE WITHIN THREE TO FIVE YEARS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO YOU JUST KIND OF PUT THAT AS A FOOTNOTE, AS SOMETHING TO LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          HMM. 
           FOOTNOTE. 
          AND THIS KIND OF GIVES THIS KIND OF, UH, THIS KIND SHOWS THAT IT'S LIKE A DUAL ROLE, I THINK OF THIS COMMISSION. 
          ONE IS THAT THERE ARE THINGS YOU ARE DOING, BUT THEN THERE ARE THINGS WHERE YOU CAN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO I THINK THAT YOU CAN FOCUS ON DOING BOTH OF THOSE THINGS. 
          A LOT OF THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, ARE THINGS YOU'RE NOT GONNA DO, RIGHT? MM-HMM . 
          BUT YOU CAN OFFER SUGGESTIONS. 
          SUGGESTIONS, MY GUIDANCE, AND YES. 
          OR EVEN JUST INFORM, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND SOMETIMES THEY'LL COME UP, THESE ORGANIZATIONS WILL SAY, WELL, THIS IS WHAT WE CAN DO FROM THAT. 
          SO I THINK I HAVE A GOOD LIST OF THINGS I CAN BUILD INTO THE TEMPLATE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT THINK WE OUGHT TO TALK ABOUT OR MENTION AROUND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? 
          [00:50:06]
YEAH. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE THE ECONOMIC GROWTH IS, IS IS SPRINKLING TO EVERYBODY. 
          YEAH. 
          LOOKING WHAT'S DONE IN THE PAST AND SEE WHERE YOU NEED TO GO. 
          ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T TOUCH ON IS THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE CHAMBER HAS A YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS THAT'S RIGHT. 
          INITIATIVE. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO GO THERE, BUT THAT WOULD BE A YOUNG, THAT WOULD BE A MINORITY GROUP. 
          UH, YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS. 
          IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE COULD SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS, WELL, UH, AGAIN, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ASSIST, UH, THE CHAMBER WITH. 
          DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE AGE GROUP IS FOR THEIR, THEIR YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR, UM, PROGRAM INITIATIVE? ARE THEY YOUNG? ARE THEY FOLLOWING? LIKE, THEY'RE THE YOUNG CHAMBER, RIGHT? THEY HAVE ONE AND IT'S HUGE. 
          AND IT'S IN ROUND ROCK. 
          UM, ROUND ROCK AND AUSTIN. 
          AND THEY CONSIDER ANYONE 40 AND UNDER BE A YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR. 
          MM-HMM . 
          WHAT THEY, THEY CAP IT UP 40. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO I WENT TO SOME OF THEIR EVENTS AND I FELT LIKE SUCH AN OLD HANG. 
          'CAUSE I'M WELL OVER REWARDING. 
          SO IT WAS LIKE THEY, I WAS LIKE, WHAT'S THE AGE GROUP HERE? AND THEY CAPPED IT AT 40 FOR THE, THE YOUNG BUSINESS LEADERS, WHATEVER THEIR GROUP IS CHAMBER, THE YOUNG CHAMBER. 
          THAT DOESN'T SOUND, I MEAN, WHAT ABOUT THE KIDS? AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF LITTLE KIDS. 
          I, THERE'S A 14 YEAR, I THINK IT WAS MOSTLY LIKE TEEN, LIKE 13 WAS PROBABLY THEIR YOUNGEST NUMBER TO LIKE 14-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO'S GOT A BICYCLE. 
          HE IS GOT A CART IN THE BACK. 
          HE'S GOT A LAWN MOWER AND OTHER THINGS. 
          AND HE GOES AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND MOWS LAWNS ALL SUMMER AS A BUSINESS. 
          I TRIED TO GET HIM TO MOW MINE, BUT HE WAS, HE INTERESTING FACT. 
          'CAUSE I INTERVIEWED AN ARTICLE, THE BIGGEST DECK, THE BIGGEST GROUP OF NEW ENTREPRENEURS ARE BETWEEN 55 AND 65. 
          WOW. 
          YEAH. 
          PEOPLES RETIRING FROM WORKING FOR THE BIG COMPANIES AND STARTING . 
          AND SEE, I WAS INTERVIEWED FOR AN ORACLE. 
          I STARTED MY BUSINESS AT AGE 55. 
          YEAH. 
          WOW. 
          IT SEEMS LIKE THE HU CHAMBERS YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS IS KIDS MINORS. 
          OH, MINORS UNDER 18. 
          THAT WAS MY IMPRESSION. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. 
          I GUESS YOU CAN CALL IT YOUTH ENTREPRENEURS INSTEAD OF YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          BECAUSE YOU YOUTH BASICALLY, MAYBE IT'S CALLED YOUTH ENTREPRENEURS. 
          I'M FIND OUT IS YOUNG. 
          YEAH. 
          GET 'EM STARTED REAL YOUNG. 
          AND AGAIN, THAT'S GONNA BE GOOD DIVERSITY WISE BECAUSE THE YOUNGER, YOUNGER GENERATION, YOUNGER GENERATION IS MORE DIVERSE, YOU KNOW, OUR POPULATION AND THEY'RE MORE ACCEPTING. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          YEAH. 
          IT'S A DIFFERENT CULTURE. 
          ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ONE? THEN WE HAVE THE ONE THAT WE, BASICALLY, THE PRIORITY AREA IS CONTINUE TO GROW A CULTURE OF COMMUNITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING. 
          AND I THINK THIS IS A BIG ONE THAT, YOU KNOW, REALLY, YOU KNOW, FALLS RIGHT IN THE PURVIEW OF, OF THE COMMISSION. 
          AND SOME OF THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, CELEBRATING THE POSITIVES OF DIVERSITY. 
          WE ALREADY USE A LOT OF THE PROCLAMATIONS AND HOLIDAYS AND HIPPO DAY. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE BASICALLY HEAR SOME PO YOU KNOW, POSSIBLE METRICS. 
          X NUMBER OF VARIOUS MONTHLY PROCLAMATIONS AROUND DEIB AND CONSTITUENCIES, UH, RES GETTING RESIDENT FEEDBACK ON VARIOUS HOW TO EVENTS. 
          UH, X NUMBER OF CONSTITUENCY FOCUSED EVENTS. 
          YOU KNOW, THIS COULD BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, A SPECIAL, A SPECIAL THING FOCUSED ON THE BLACK RESIDENTS OF HATO OR THE SENIOR CITIZENS OF HATO, OR THE HISPANIC RESIDENTS OF HATO. 
          UH, I SUGGESTED MAYBE A, WE ARE HATO LECTURE SERIES WITH DIVERSE SPEAKERS THAT YOU HAVE YOUR LIBRARY OR SOMETHING. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE TO, WE CAN LOOK AT LIKE TRANSLATION AND LANGUAGE STATS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW ARE WE DOING, ARE THEY LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, ANY KIND OF LIKE, TRANSLATION OF THE WEBSITE AND THERE OTHER THINGS THAT I, THEY'RE DOING IT. 
          YEAH. 
          JUST ABOUT ALL THIS HAS BEEN DONE ALREADY. 
          I THINK HATO HAS SOME VERY INTERESTING PROGRAMS. ESPECI, LIKE, LOOKED AT THE LITTLE SIGN DOWNSTAIRS, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE DOING ALL THESE LITTLE EVENTS. 
          YOU 
          [00:55:01]
KNOW, THE, THE ING TRUCK, THAT WAS REALLY GREAT SURVEY. 
          I MEAN, THERE'S MAKING AN EFFORT TO REACH OUT. 
           THE ONE, THE ONE NEW THING WE TALKED ABOUT ALREADY REAL QUICK. 
          OKAY. 
          THE NEW THING WE TALKED ABOUT IS DOING THE ANNUAL REPORT OUT TO THE CITIZENS. 
          HAVING AN ACTUAL SCHEDULED MEETING WHERE WE DO THAT. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED, THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, AFTER, AFTER DOING IT WITH THE CITY, WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND SO WHEN WOULD YOU WANT TO DO, WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD MONTH TO SCHEDULE THAT? SO WE WOULD DO TO THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          PRESENT AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          THEN YOU WANNA PRESENT IT AGAIN TO THE CITY, RIGHT? NO, NO. 
          IT WOULD BE A WORKING, UM, WORK SESSION. 
          WORKING SESSION. 
          WORK SESSION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          WORK SESSION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THEN PRESENT PUBLICLY AND THEN REPORT UP. 
          YEAH. 
          NOT THE SAME NIGHT. 
          NO, IT'S A DIFFERENT TIMEFRAME. 
          DID WE SAY WAS THE, DID WE HAVE NOVEMBER DONE? YEAH, I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AFTER, AFTER BUDGET, AFTER BUDGET. 
          MM-HMM . 
          I THINK THE THING, THE WORK SESSION MAYBE IN NOVEMBER, AND THEN THE PRESENTATION IN JANUARY TO ALIGN WITH YOUR ANNUAL REPORT. 
          THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THEN IT STARTS NOT, YOU KNOW. 
          YEAH. 
          SO I THINK WE SHOULD SET THAT AS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO. 
          MM-HMM . 
          PERFECT. 
          AND THEN NOVEMBER TO THE NOVEMBER TO JANUARY. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, DO WE WANNA ESTABLISH SOME OF THESE AS THINGS THAT WE OFFICIALLY HAVE ON OUR PLAN? NO. 
          YES, WE ARE DOING THEM ALREADY, BUT TO CONTINUE THE DOCUMENT THAT WE WANNA CONTINUE TO DO THEM THINK WE SHOULD MM-HMM . 
          OH YEAH. 
          BECAUSE YEAH, IF YOU DON'T, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE SO QUICK TO SAY, OH, NOTHING, YOU KNOW, OR WHATEVER. 
          AND SOMETIMES IT'S JUST GOOD TO HAVE IT. 
          YOU KNOW, THE, THE THING ABOUT THE LECTURE SERIES, UM, BEING HELD AT THE LIBRARY, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM IN THE LIBRARY TO HOLD A LECTURE SERIES FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE SHOW UP. 
          THEY'RE THE, THE MEETING, THE MEETING AREA IS VERY SMALL. 
          WELL, I JUST THREW OUT THAT SUGGESTION, NOT KNOWING WHAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE AT SOME FACILITY, RIGHT? MM-HMM . 
          I MEAN, THE BIGGEST FACILITY IS THAT, IS AT THE COLLEGE CAMPUS. 
          WE HAVE A THIRD FLOOR FACILITY. 
          DO THE POWER BREAKFAST, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          AND OUR BREAKFAST AND ALL THE CHAMBER OF LUNCH. 
          RIGHT. 
          I CAN ALWAYS BOOK IT FOR FREE 'CAUSE I'M A STAFF MEMBER. 
          AH, BUT IT, IT HOLDS UP TO 250 PEOPLE SEATED ON TABLES. 
          UM, IT HAS, YOU KNOW, A GO KITCHEN FOR SERVICE FOR PEOPLE, FOR SET UP CATERING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO THAT'S THE MOST POPULAR, LIKE BIG SPACE. 
          BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED SOMETHING THAT GIVE A LECTURE SERIES. 
          THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE 250 PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA SHOW UP CENTRALIZE MORE WHERE PEOPLE COULD COME IN CENTRALLY. 
          THERE'S SPACE DOWNTOWN. 
          WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, OF COURSE, AN EVENT. 
          AND YOU HAVE ACCESS. 
          OH, THAT'S A NICE ROOM. 
          YOU HAVE ACCESS TO ANY OF THESE MEETING ROOMS. AND THEN THE GEN BUILDING AS WELL. 
          IF IT'S MORE OF A CASUAL, WASN'T THERE SOMETHING AND THERE'S MORE PARKING. 
          BUT WASN'T THERE SOMETHING ABOUT USING THE, THE CHAMBERS? BECAUSE THE, SOMEBODY MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT HAVING LECTURES IN THAT ROOM AND THEY SAID, NO, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT. 
          THAT WAS A YEAR AGO. 
          COMMISSION RELATED. 
          AND WE BOOK IT AND THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. 
          AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN LIKE A PRIVATE THING, WANTING EXACTLY TO DO A PRIVATE THING USING THE CHAMBER. 
          ANYTHING CHARGED OR DRIVEN. 
          WE DO NOT HOST THOSE HERE AS FAR AS DEBATES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          IT WAS SOMETHING THE LIBRARY, THE LIBRARY WAS GONNA DO. 
          NOT AWARE OF THAT. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          BUT EVEN IF WE DON'T, I MEAN, WE WANTED USE THE SCC, WAS IT IT IS THE U CHECK SPACE. 
          WE CAN, WE DON'T HAVE TO FILL UP THE WHOLE ROOM. 
          WE CAN YEAH, THAT'S WHAT, WHEN WE WERE THERE. 
          THAT'S WHAT, YEAH. 
          AND THAT'S, UM, THAT'S ALWAYS AVAILABLE. 
          AND THERE'S TONS OF PARKING AND THERE'S STAIRS AND ELEVATORS. 
          I MEAN, IT'S A GOOD MEETING SPACE. 
          UH, BUT HOW MANY, UH, MONTHLY PRO, HOW MANY PROCLAMATION THINGS HAVE WE BEEN DOING? SORT OF, OH, WE DID GREAT. 
          TWO IN MARCH, TWO IN JAN, TWO IN JAN, FEBRUARY AND TWO IN JANUARY. 
          SO BASICALLY 24 IS LIKE WHAT YOU NORMALLY YEAH, THEY DOING TOO. 
          TWO, AT LEAST TWO SO FAR. 
          AND THEN, UM, APRIL'S COMING UP, UM, AUTISM, UM, AWARENESS MONTH, WHICH THE CITY, I MEAN THE CITY OF ONWARD THAT FAR AS THE RECREATION. 
          YEAH. 
          DID THEY ASKED YOU FOR A QUOTE, DIDN'T THEY? YEAH. 
          HAVE YOU GIVEN IT TO THEM YET? I, I DID, BUT YOU KNOW, TO ME THE, THE PRESS RELEASE WAS SO GOOD. 
          I DIDN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY, BUT LIKE, IF I'M THERE, I WOULD SAY SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, LIKE ABRAHAM LINCOLN SAID THIS, OR ALBERT EINSTEIN SAID, I'D LIKE USE, 
          [01:00:02]
I LOVE, I LOVE, SEE I WAS ON A LIST OF LIKE REPORTERS LOOKING FOR QUOTES AND I WOULD QUOTE THINGS. 
          YOU COULD ALWAYS SAY SOMETHING LIKE, YOU KNOW, JACQUELINE COLEMAN, UH, YOU KNOW, TARA, THE DB COMMISSION SAYS YOU, WE ARE EXCITED. 
          YOU KNOW, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. 
          THAT BEING THAT PEOPLE, PEOPLE WITH AUTISM ARE REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THE DIVERSITY MIX THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, LIKE KIND OF ACKNOWLEDGING, HEY, THIS IS PART OF DIVERSITY. 
          EXACTLY. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT COULD BE YOUR QUOTE. 
          YOU KNOW, I'M BE QUOTING JACQUE. 
          HEY, COULD, COULD I, UH, COULD I GO BACK JUST ONE SECOND? I DID AND BECAUSE I COULDN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS, BUT THE, ABOUT THE YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS? YES. 
          THE, THE HU COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HAS A, YOU KNOW, AN ANNUAL, UH, EVENT WHERE THEY RAISE MONEY FOR YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS. 
          AND I KNOW THAT THERE A LOT OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS IN NONPROFITS IN HU THAT ARE REALLY EAGER TO COLLABORATE MORE WITH CITI AND THROUGH WITH CITY RESOURCES. 
          AND, AND, AND SO THAT'S JUST MAYBE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR COLLABORATION. 
          IT'S CALLED THE HU COMMUNITY FOUNDATION. 
          DIDN'T MEAN TO REVERSE ON YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT I THINK WHAT MY THINKING IS, IS THAT A LOT OF THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT ARE DOING WORK ALREADY, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO SOMEHOW, YOU KNOW, MEET WITH THEM PERIODICALLY TO SAY, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU DOING THIS WORK THROUGH A DIVERSITY LENS? AND, AND, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, AND PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT, YOU KNOW, OR HOW ARE YOU ENSURING THAT THIS IS BEING DISTRIBUTED EQUALLY BECAUSE STUDENTS, YOUNG PEOPLE APPLY THAT SCHOLARSHIP THAT THE, THAT THE HU COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DOES. 
          YOU CAN APPLY FOR A SCHOLARSHIP THAT THEY FUNDRAISE FOR. 
          YEAH. 
          WHICH IS, OR A GRANT. 
          UM, COREY WOULD WE THINK ABOUT HEF AS WELL, SINCE THEY DO GRANTS AND MINI GRANTS FOR STUDENTS. 
          THERE'S A, LIKE A, THEY CAN APPLY FOR LIKE A YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR GRANT TOO, THROUGH THE HOW EDUCATION FOUNDATION ALSO. 
          YES. 
          ALSO DON'T APPLICANTS EITHER ALSO. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THE ROTARY CLUB AS WELL. 
          PROVIDES GRANTS FOR, YEAH. 
          AND HOW WOMEN ALLIANCE OH YEAH. 
          HW IT'S A, WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE THIS HIPPO P THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD, LIKE GOOD THINGS HAPPENING. 
          MM-HMM . 
           MY DOG LAST YEAR. 
          HE AND IS IT HAVING EQUITABLE IMPACT? SEE, THAT'S, THAT'S THE THINGS TO LIKE, TO HAVE DISCUSSION IS, ARE THE, IS THE IMPACT EQUITABLE ACROSS ALL CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS OF THE CITY IS ALWAYS A FAIR DISCUSSION TO HAVE. 
          I KNOW, I KNOW CHRISTIE ARRANGED THE DELTA DAYS. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT WAS REALLY, YOU KNOW, FOR THE, UM, SORORITY, THE BLACK SORORITY, IT WAS, THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. 
          IN FACT, I MET SOME OF THEM AT THE COMMUNITY. 
          GOOD. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          SO YOU HAVE TWO, YOU KNOW, TWO POPULATIONS A MONTH. 
          DO WE GET, WE HAVE A WAY OF SOLICITING FEEDBACK FROM THE RESIDENTS ON, YOU KNOW, ARE WE DOING A GOOD JOB, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZING THE DIVERSE COMMUNITY? I DON'T THINK WE'VE ASKED. 
          I THINK WE JUST NO, WE JUST TELL THEM WE'RE DOING IT. 
          WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB. 
          . 
          NO, WE HAVEN'T. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN, WE CAN BUILD IN. 
          THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT IT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          SURVEY, I, OH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 
          'CAUSE YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, WHITE PERSON WILL SAY, WE'RE WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS OF ALL THESE DIVERSE GROUPS, BUT THERE'S NOTHING FOR US WHITE PEOPLE. 
          AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, I WAS THAT ONE THING WHERE, YOU KNOW, A CHURCH, MY CHURCH DID AN EVENT AND IT WAS LIKE BRINGING ETHNIC FOOD FROM YOUR BACKGROUND. 
          SO IF YOU'RE IRISH OR POLISH OR ITALIAN, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THAT, AS WE CELEBRATE THE DIVERSE OF THE CITY, ALSO PEOPLE ARE CAUCASIAN CAN, CAN CELEBRATE THEIR DIVERSITY IN TERMS OF THEIR BACKGROUND AND THEIR CULTURE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS INCLUDED TOO. 
          MM-HMM . 
          I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THE FEEDBACK BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK ON FACEBOOK UNDER SOME OF THE POSTS ABOUT THE PRO YEAH. 
          ABOUT THE PROCLAMATIONS, IT'S A LOT OF NEGATIVE THINGS BEING SAID. 
          UM, REALLY? I HADN'T SEEN THAT, HONESTLY. 
          SO I THINK WITH THE SHIFT OF THE WAY EVERYTHING IS GOING POLITICALLY, POLITICALLY, PEOPLE HAVE LOST FOCUS OF WHAT IT EXACTLY MEANS. 
          RIGHT. 
          OR MAYBE THEY NEVER KNEW EXACTLY WHAT, YOU KNOW, EXACTLY. 
          THE GOVERNMENT HAS LOST FOCUS ON. 
          I THINK NUMBER ONE, THE FEEDBACK IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST UNAWARE. 
          IT CAN BE AN, A LEARNING CURVE, AN EDUCATIONAL MOMENT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          YEAH. 
          UM, SO I THINK I REALLY LIKE THAT ONE BECAUSE JUST LOOKING AT SOME OF THE STUFF I SAW JUST FROM THE LAST, UM, I THINK IT WAS THE LAST PROCLAMATIONS, 
          [01:05:02]
IT WAS JUST SOME NEGATIVE. 
          REALLY? YEAH. 
          I'M, I'M GUILTY OF. 
          YEAH. 
          IT WAS WHICH HISTORY MONTH? WELL, WAS WOMEN'S HISTORY? WHAT? WOMEN'S HISTORY? IT WAS WITH DEIB IN GENERAL. 
          AH, MM-HMM . 
          AND THEY SAID THE PROCLAMATIONS, I MEAN, YOU CAN, I THINK IT WAS MAYBE, WHAT WERE YOU LOOKING IT ON THE CITY WEBSITE? I THINK IT MAY BE ON THE CITY WEBSITE WHERE THE PICTURES ARE POSTED. 
          YEAH. 
          BECAUSE IT POST PHOTOS FROM ALL THE PROCLAMATIONS AND COMMENTS. 
          IS IT? AND IT WAS COMMENTS ON THERE AND NO, IT'S ON FACEBOOK. 
          IT SHOULD BE ON FACEBOOK. 
          I PERSONALLY AM NOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT I THINK OF NOT BEING ON THERE TOO POSTS, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE NEGATIVES. 
          OH YEAH. 
          AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THE FEEDBACK SO THOSE THINGS CAN BE ADDRESSED BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE TAKING, TAKING, BUT NOT ALL, BUT NOT ALL FEEDBACK IS, IS QUALITY FEEDBACK. 
          RIGHT. 
          RIGHT. 
          'CAUSE PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE VERY, VERY QUICK TO GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND POSTING THINGS THAT THEY WOULD NEVER SAY IN PERSON, OR THAT THEY WOULD NEVER YEAH. 
          THEY WOULD NEVER SAY IT IN PERSON AND THEY WOULD NEVER, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT QUALITY FEEDBACK. 
          IT'S JUST LIKE A, A NASTY, IT'S NEGATIVE FEEDBACK. 
          IT NEEDLESS TO SAY IT STILL FEEDBACK. 
          A FRIEND OF MINE MADE A REALLY GOOD POINT TO US IN OUR GROUP NOT TOO LONG AGO. 
          HE SAYS, WHAT HAPPENS WITH MOST MEN AROUND 7:00 PM THEY GET HOME FROM WORK, HAVE A COUPLE OF BEERS, AND THEY GET BRAVE AND THEY START POSTING STUFF ON FACEBOOK. 
          YEAH. 
          KEYBOARD. 
          HE, HE'S LIKE, THAT'S NOT QUALITY FEEDBACK WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE IMPORTANT DECISIONS. 
          SO YES, THERE'S FEEDBACK AND THEN THERE'S QUALITY FEEDBACK DOESN'T. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, THAT'S WHAT, SO IT'S GOOD TO BE AWARE, BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THE KIND OF FEEDBACK THAT IT SHOULD INFORM HOW WE PROGRESS THIS. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO THERE'S AWARE BUT NOT NECESSARILY INFORM. 
          RIGHT. 
          EXACTLY. 
          BE AWARE AND INFORM, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO INFLUENCE THE THINGS BECAUSE THOSE KIND OF COMMENTS THAT ARE OUT THERE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SHOW UP TO DO THE WORK AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA SHOW UP TO STOP THE WORK. 
          MOSTLY THEY DON'T HAVE ANY IDEAS. 
          YEAH, THEY DON'T. 
          AND THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY GONNA SHOW UP TO STOP THE WORK EITHER. 
          UM, BECAUSE, AND THAT'S A BIG MAJORITY. 
          IT'S CALLED SCOPE CREEP. 
          YOU HAVE TO  INFORMATION. 
          IT CAN ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, START WITH AS PART OF RECOGNIZING EVERY VALUABLE CITIZEN OF  THIS MONTH WE FOCUS ON BLANK. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND I LIKE THAT. 
          AND KIND OF MAKING THE POINT WE SHOULD ALWAYS LEAD THAT EVERYONE IS PART OF THIS DIVERSITY MIX. 
          AND EVERY SINGLE KIND OF DID THAT SORT SCOPE. 
          SO HE'S KIND OF TELLING PEOPLE, YOU START WITH A HIGH LEVEL MESSAGE AS PEOPLE SAY, OKAY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS THING ABOUT WOMEN'S PROCLAMATION. 
          OH, THAT MEANS MEN DON'T MATTER. 
          YOU KNOW, MEN ARE UNIMPORTANT. 
          WE DON'T LIKE MEN ANYMORE. 
          BUT IF YOU KIND OF START LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE VALUE EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT OF HURO. 
          IT MIGHT, IT MIGHT HELP WITH SOME OF THE COMMENTS. 
          AND MAYBE WHEN PEOPLE HEAR IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THEY'LL GET IT. 
          THAT THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT HONORING A PARTICULAR GROUP THAT EVERY EVERYBODY GETS HONORED EVENTUALLY. 
          AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THESE PROCLAMATIONS ARE NATIONAL PROCLAMATION FOR THAT MONTH. 
          IT IS NOT SOMETHING WE JUST CAME FROM LIKE THIS WOMEN'S MONTH, THIS, HEY, THESE WAS ALREADY . 
          SO I'M GONNA MAKE A BET THAT THIS MIGHT BE ONE OF THE FIRST YEARS SINCE THE CLINTON PRESIDENCY THAT THERE WILL NOT BE A FEDERAL PROCLAMATION FOR PRIDE MONTH. 
          WELL, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF STUFF THAT'S BEING, YEAH. 
          SO YEAH. 
          I DON'T THINK, HEY EVERYBODY, I'M GONNA HAVE TO SIGN OFF EVERYBODY. 
          OH. 
          BUT THANK OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, THANK YOU FOR ADDING YOUR, YOUR INPUT. 
          GOT YOUR SON. 
          THANK YOU, STAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BACK OFFICE. 
          YEP. 
          I GOT HIM. 
          AND WAITING FOR ANNISE, BUT THAT'S WHAT WAS YEAH. 
          BUT I LIKE, I LIKE THAT SAYING, I'LL PUT THAT IN THE COMMUNICATION PLAN BECAUSE THE PART OF THAT, PART OF THE PROCLAMATIONS IS EDUCATION AS WELL. 
          SO WE PUT PROCLAMATIONS ON THE WEBSITE IN OUR AREA. 
          IS THERE ANY WAY THAT YOU COULD HAVE A SMALL FEEDBACK LINK READ MY MIND? YEAH. 
          A A FEEDBACK LINK WHERE SOMEBODY COULD ANSWER ONE OR TWO QUESTIONS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHAT DID YOU THINK? AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. 
          JUST WHAT DID YOU LEARN? WHAT DID LEARN? DID YOU LEARN? RIGHT. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND IT'S NEVER NEGATIVE THAT WOULD YEAH. 
          AND I HONESTLY DON'T THINK IT'S THE PROCLAMATION ITSELF. 
          NO. 
          IT'S WHAT THEY BELIEVE PEOPLE STAND FOR, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          THEY, THAT WE'RE FAVORING SOMEONE OVER SOMEONE ELSE. 
          AND SO, LIKE, I JUST BRIEFLY, ONE OF THE COMMENTS FROM ONE OF 'EM, IT WAS, UM, I'D RATHER YOU FOCUS ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, THIS, THAT, OR WHATEVER. 
          UM, THEN, YOU KNOW, PROCLAMATIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          SO I THINK IT'S THERE. 
          EXACTLY. 
          I THINK IT'S A LOT OF TAKING IT OUT ON THE FACES THAT YOU SEE VERSUS, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY GOING YEAH. 
          ACTUALLY GOING TO 
          [01:10:01]
THE MEETINGS, ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTING TO, YOU KNOW, THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. 
          BECAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE SAYING WE DON'T EVEN HAVE CONTROL OVER. 
          YEAH. 
          SO I MEAN, AND WHAT YOU, TO GO TO WHAT YOU SAID. 
          YES. 
          YEAH. 
          LEAVE YOUR FEEDBACK THERE. 
          RIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW, LET US, IF WE CAN DO THAT, CAN WE DO THAT? THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THE COMMUNICATION. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THAT, AND THOSE, AND THOSE COMMENTS CAN GO TO THE DIB COMMISSION. 
          IT'S WAY OF GETTING FEEDBACK. 
          WE HAVE TO CRAFT THAT HAS TO BE WELL THOUGHT. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT'S WHY I SAY YOU GOTTA BE CAREFULLY CRAFTED QUESTIONS. 
          AND I LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOUR COMMENT ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AT ONE TIME WHEN I, WHEN I DID THE DIVERSITY TRAINING FOR THE, UH, CITY OF FAIRVIEW, OHIO POLICE DEPARTMENT MM-HMM . 
          THERE'S COMMENTS. 
          MOST OF 'EM WERE POSITIVE. 
          AND THEN ONE PERSON WROTE, INSTEAD OF, UH, PAYING THIS GUY, THIS MON UH, ALL THIS MONEY TO DELIVER THIS CRAP TO US, WE COULD HAVE BOUGHT A NEW PATROL CAR. 
          YOU KNOW? YEAH. 
          I GET, YOU KNOW, YOU GET COMMENTS LIKE THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, AND THEN ANONYMOUS BUTTON IS THE WORST THING EVER NOW. 
          'CAUSE YOU CAN HIDE AND SAY WHATEVER YOU WANNA SAY. 
          SO THEY PUT THIS ON THE CITY WEBSITE THOUGH. 
          THE INFRASTRUCTURE ONE IS ON THERE. 
          YEAH. 
          REALLY. 
          THE ONE, I, I'VE SEEN PEOPLE SAYING THAT INSTEAD OF SPENDING MONEY DOING THESE PROCLAMATIONS, YOU SHOULD HAVE, IS THERE A VISITOR COUNTER ON EVERY PAGE OR JUST AT THE BEGINNING, YOU KNOW, A VISITOR COUNTER TO SEE WHO GOES TO THE HU WEBSITE. 
          UM, YEAH. 
          WE, I KNOW THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM CAN PULL ALL OF THAT DATA FROM ANY PAGE. 
          WOULD THERE BE A VISITOR COUNTER SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS GROUP? LIKE EACH, LIKE THE PROCLAMATION, YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE VISITED IT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO ANY PAGE OR ANY LINK WE THAT DATA CAN BE, THAT COULD BE, THAT COULD BE A SOMETHING. 
          YEAH. 
          UHHUH. 
          AND ACTUALLY THAT'S, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD THING. 
          THAT COULD, THAT COULD BE A METRIC IS HITS, UH, HITS ON EACH POPULATION. 
          IF, YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE READING IT, THAT'S GOOD. 
          YOU KNOW, THE MORE PEOPLE READ IT. 
          EVEN, EVEN YES. 
          NO. 
          YOU KNOW, DID YOU LIKE THE BRO NATION? YES. 
          NO. 
          YEAH. 
          DID YOU READ IT? ? YEAH. 
          WATCH. 
          SAY YOU GOT TO CAREFULLY CRAFT THOUGH QUICK, WIDE OPEN. 
          YEAH. 
          BOTH THE COMMENTS. 
          DID YOU LIKE THIS COMMENTS ON NOTHING TO DO WITH WOMEN OR THE RED CROSS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          PEOPLE IN THERE ARE GOING TO THEIR S THE SAME DIP HOW ABOUT YOU? THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT HIRING PEOPLE. 
          THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE COMPLETELY UNRELATED. 
          THAT THEY THINK THAT THEY, THEY FOUND IT. 
          WELL, THEY'VE BEEN TOLD BY, UNFORTUNATELY BY OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT THIS IS THE SOURCE OF THEIR PROBLEMS. SO IT'S JUST UNFORTUNATE. 
          LIKE, I DON'T, THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY'RE MAD ABOUT. 
          BUT I WONDER IF YOU KNOW THE QUESTION. 
          YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE ANY, YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE ANY CONSTRUCTIVE, UH, CONSTRUCTIVE IDEAS THAT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, IDEAS. 
          YOU HAVE 30 WORDS, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, KILL IT. 
          YOU KNOW, I'VE REALIZED THAT PEOPLE ARE ANGRY FOR DIFFERENT REASONS, FOR DIFFERENT THINGS, AND THEY TAKE IT OUT ON WHATEVER THEY SEE. 
          RIGHT. 
          HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE. 
          IT DOESN'T, IS THAT IT'S THE INTERNAL, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE. 
          YEAH. 
          THERE'S THAT INSIGHT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          FOR WHATEVER REASON. 
          AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE. 
          AND I THINK WE HAVE, AS A COMMUNITY, NOT THIS GROUP AS A COMMUNITY, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT PEOPLE MAY BE STRUGGLING, THAT PEOPLE MAY BE HURTING DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS WORK IS ABOUT FOR THIS GROUP. 
          THERE'S OTHER WAYS. 
          AND I, I TALK TO OUR CITY LEADERS ALL THE TIME. 
          LIKE, WE DON'T TALK ENOUGH ABOUT GOOD PAYING JOBS IN HU. 
          LIKE, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS PEOPLE WAGE PEOPLE FREAK OUT. 
          YEAH. 
          BECAUSE THERE'S NO GOOD PEOPLE HAVE TO LEAVE TO GO GET GOOD PAYING JOBS, YOU KNOW? BUT THAT'S CHANGING. 
          I THINK IT'S CHANGING. 
          IT IS CHANGING. 
          NOT FAST ENOUGH. 
          BECAUSE THEN PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THE ROADS. 
          I MEAN, IT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE SOMETHING, BUT YEAH. 
          THEY'RE LIKE, OH, WE NEED GOOD PAYING JOBS HERE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE ROADS TO GET THERE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND IT TAKES SO LONG. 
          BUT EVERYTHING'S IN PHASES. 
          EVERYTHING COMES SAME AS RALEIGH. 
          BUT I'LL, AND IT'S NOT AS BAD AS LA YEAH. 
          WE WORKING WITH, I'M BE SURE TO TRY TO ALL OF THIS, TAKE ALL OF THIS IN. 
          UH, ARE THERE ANY OF THE, ARE THERE ANY IDEAS, WE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO THROW INTO OUR PLAN IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO MAKE ALL, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY FEEL INCLUDED IN BELONGING HERE AT  . 
          THAT'S THE JOB OF THIS COMMISSION IS KIND OF TEAM WE'VE BEEN DOING. 
          MAYBE I'M NOT. 
          UM, WELL, YOU TALKED ABOUT TO ME A LOT THAT THE GROUPS WOULD BE FOCUSED ON RESOURCES, GETTING RESOURCES, ET CETERA. 
          SHOULDN'T WE BE, UM, PLANNING TO PUT TOGETHER THE RESOURCES FOR EACH TYPE OF GROUP THAT THEY MIGHT, THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR THEM? WOULDN'T THAT BE SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER? SO WHEN YOU SAY RESOURCES, WE HAD TWO QUALIFIED PEOPLE. 
          WELL, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS, WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT 
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THE GROUPS, YOU MENTIONED THAT ONE OF THE IDEAS BEHIND THE GROUPS WAS THAT PEOPLE NEED RESOURCES AND WE'RE THERE TO GIVE THEM INFORMATION. 
          SO YOU MEAN LIKE INFORMATION. 
          INFORMATION, OKAY. 
          INFORMATION RESOURCES. 
          WHAT I SAID IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, THAT OUR GROUP IS WHAT, WHAT'S BEHIND ALL THIS WORK IS MAKING SURE PEOPLE HAVE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO RESOURCES. 
          RIGHT. 
          NOT THAT WE GIVE THEM THE RESOURCES, BUT THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THE WAY THAT ACCESS IS, UM, DISTRIBUTED OR THE WAY THAT THINGS ARE, YOU KNOW, AVAILABLE OR PEOPLE ARE JUST INFORMED THAT IT'S AVAILABLE. 
          THAT'S OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT HOW, HOW ARE THEY INFORMED? UNLESS WE PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER THAT TELLS THEM. 
          I THINK THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE WERE DOING WITH WORKING WITH ALL THESE OTHER GROUPS. 
          SOME OF THAT'S ALREADY DOING AND THROUGH THE CITY. 
          UM, I THINK MORE IT'S THAT INFORMATION KIND OF IN A STRAIGHT LINE WHERE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA TELL PEOPLE SOMETHING, YOU WRITE IT DOWN IN BULLET POINTS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND YOU GIVE THEM A PAPER THAT SAYS, HERE ARE YOUR OPTIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          I MEAN, THAT COULD BE SOMETHING WE, YOU BE TALKING ABOUT LIKE A RESOURCE HUB. 
          THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD LIVE ON OUR, OUT OF THIS WORK WE HAVE, WE BUILD A RESOURCE HUB THAT LIVES ON OUR SITES FOR, OF ALL BUSINESSES, FOR VETERANS GROUPS. 
          AND WE, THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DEFINITELY TALK ABOUT WITH OUR WORKING GROUPS. 
          YEAH. 
          THE WORKING GROUPS PROVIDE, SEE THAT. 
          'CAUSE THE THING IS ONE THINGS THAT THE WORKING GROUPS IS TO GET THEIR INPUT ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE FROM US. 
          WHAT WOULD THEY LIKE FROM THIS CITY. 
          AND FUNNY THAT YOU WOULD SAY THAT. 
          AND THEN I GOTTA HEAD OUT. 
          I'M SORRY, I'M WEARING A LOT OF YOU'RE DOING GREAT. 
          UM, I'M DOING OKAY. 
          , BUT I JUST TALKED TO A YOUNG LADY AND SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO FIND INFORMATION. 
          RIGHT. 
          LIKE, I THINK SHE NEEDED ASSISTANCE WITH, UM, SOME OF HER UTILITIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          SURE. 
          AND YEAH, YOU CAN DO A GOOGLE SEARCH AND IT'LL TELL YOU SOME GENERIC STUFF. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT SHE DIDN'T, SHE WAS NEW TO THE AREA, SO SHE WAS JUST TRYING TO FIND A, A, A, A JOB THAT PAID WELL, JUST A WHOLE LIST OF THINGS. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SO, UM, SHE SAYS IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD IF ON THE WEBSITE YOU COULD FIND SOMETHING THAT I COULD CLICK THIS AND IT WOULD DIRECT ME HERE OR THERE. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          ESPECIALLY WHEN I THINK OF RESOURCES. 
          YOU KNOW, I WAS LISTENING TO THIS STUFF ABOUT THE STUDENTS BEING FOOD INSECURE. 
          RIGHT. 
          IT WAS A, A A, A NEWS STORY ON, ON, YOU KNOW, ON TV TODAY AND, YOU KNOW, THEIR FOOD INSECURE AND THESE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO SURVIVE. 
          DO THEY KNOW WHERE TO GET THE, THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO SURVIVE TO, TO EAT ? YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          OR, OR THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          OR, OR I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY UTILITY BILL, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHO CAN I GO TO FOR HELP? RIGHT. 
          IF I SEE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THESE THINGS. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT POINT. 
          AND DEFINITELY, UM, SOMETHING ON THE STAFF LEVEL. 
          WE ARE, UH, LOOKING TO ADDRESS NOT ONLY ON THE WEBSITE, BUT AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS RESOURCE FAIR, WHERE WE HAD OVER 20 RESOURCES WHO ARE EITHER, UM, HEADQUARTERED IN HURO OR WHO PROVIDE A SERVICE OUTSIDE OF HUDDLE OR WHERE THERE'S A GAP IN SERVICE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          SO WE, WE ARE STARTING TO BUILD OUT A RESOURCE PAGE. 
          AND I THINK AS THAT DEVELOPS AND MATURES, I, I THINK IT WOULD BE SUPER APPROPRIATE TO BRING THAT TO Y'ALL AND SAY, HEY, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN TIME, THAT'S AS IT WAS SO GOOD. 
          IT WAS, THAT WAS, AND THE WEATHER WAS BITTER, BUT PEOPLE STILL TURNED OUT. 
          AND IT WAS, IT WAS, DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU'RE TARGETING TO GET THAT? UM, IT DEPENDS ON WHEN THE WEBSITE IS COMPLETE. 
          SO AT LEAST, I DON'T KNOW. 
          I WOULD SAY AFTER THE SUMMER, UM, PROBABLY THE OCTOBER. 
          YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA ABOUT HOW, OH, GOOD. 
          I'M GONNA ADD THAT TO THE PLAN. 
          SOMEBODY'S MOVING THE HUDDLE. 
          THEY, LIKE, I'M MOVING TO HUDDLE SECTION AND THINGS THAT THEY NEED. 
          SO WE ACTUALLY ARE WORKING WITH THE, UM, FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, UM, DEPARTMENT AT THE HUDDLE, ISD BECAUSE THEY DO SOMETHING SIMILAR, BUT JUST FOR NEW STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. 
          SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO PROVIDE, UM, LIKE A ONE SHEETER MORE OR LESS OF, YOU KNOW, HOW DO I PAY MY BILL? HOW DO I DO THIS? BUT ALSO LIKE, WHAT IF I NEED HELP, HOW, WHERE DO I GO TO GET THOSE THINGS? THAT'S GREAT. 
          AND THAT ACTUALLY, SEE THE THING IS WHEN I'M WORKING WITH YOU ON THE, YOU KNOW, THE KIND OF A DEEPER DEFINITION OF THE WORKING GROUPS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO WRITE SOME BULLETS AS SOME OF THEIR MISSION. 
          AND ONE OF THEIR MISSIONS COULD BE, UH, WE WOULD WANT YOU TO PROVIDE US INPUT ON WHAT RESOURCES DO YOU NEED AS A GROUP YES. 
          TO, TO, SO THAT YOU CAN THRIVE AND BE YOUR BEST IN HUDDLE. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          AND THAT, THAT, AND, AND ASK AND BASICALLY ASK THE QUESTION THAT WAY. 
          AND YOU KNOW, AND THAT WAY WE FOCUS JUST INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING, WHAT DO YOU WANT, , YOU KNOW, BEING MORE FOCUSED, A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC. 
          YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF RESOURCES DO YOU NEED? WELL I, YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, WATCHING IT ON ON 
          [01:20:01]
TV, IT JUST BOTHERS THE HECK OUT OF ME THAT THIS STUFF HAPPENS AND THAT WE HAVE TO START, YOU KNOW, GETTING DONATIONS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN EAT MM-HMM . 
          YOU KNOW, OR TAKE CARE OF THEIR KIDS, YOU KNOW, OR HOMELESS OR WHATEVER. 
          IT'S VERY DISTURBING. 
          IT'S TOTALLY DISTURBING. 
          AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IF WE CAN PUT THINGS DOWN WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY ACCESS MM-HMM . 
          SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NOT HAVE COMPUTERS TO DO THAT. 
          CORRECT. 
          SO THEY WOULD NEED LIKE A BOOKLET OR, OR WHATEVER MM-HMM . 
          WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT SAYS, ARE YOU HUNGRY? YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHERE WE CAN GET FOOD. 
          FOOD ALSO AND ALSO EASY, EASY, UH, THE WEBSITE. 
          THAT SHOULD BE EXTREMELY EASY TO USE ON AN IPHONE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          SO THEN EVERYONE FRIENDLY. 
          WELL, NOT THE VERY POOREST PEOPLE HAVE IPHONES. 
          TRUST ME. 
          YEAH, THEY DO. 
          IT IS VERY TRUE. 
          SO THINGS LIKE THAT ARE IMPORTANT. 
          AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERYONE, I THINK ARE, YOU WANT LIKE A PAMPHLET IN THE LIBRARY? THAT ALONE IS, THEY CAN DISTRIBUTED. 
          BECAUSE I HEAR YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT PAPER. 
          I GET IT. 
          YOU KNOW, IT BE A FLYER. 
          THINK. 
          AND I THINK THAT, BUT ALSO EASY TO IS ACCESS THE CELL PHONE. 
          PLACES WHERE PAMPHLETS COULD GO THAT PEOPLE MIGHT GO TO TRY TO FIND HELP. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND IT EVEN, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT GO TO A CHURCH FOR THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THE CHURCH IS A VERY POPULAR, CHURCHES, CHURCHES ARE VERY IMPORTANT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          YOU KNOW, IF YOU REACH OUT TO THE CHURCHES AND SAY, WE HAVE A PAMPHLET OF SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT YOU CAN USE. 
          MAKE SURE YOUR CONGREGATION GETS INFL. 
          IN FACT, LIST OF CHURCHES THAT DO HELP CITIZENS ALSO, THINGS LIKE THIS. 
          THERE'S SO MANY RESOURCES THAT PEOPLE DON'T, CAN'T FIND THIS THEN. 
          RIGHT. 
          ABOUT HOW MUCH WOULD YOU THINK WE NEED THE BUDGET TO DO? PUT A THOUSAND FLYERS OUT THAT MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD. 
          SOMEBODY'S GOTTA BE STINKING RICH AROUND HERE. 
          , I, I'M TRYING TO GET REAL NUMBERS INTO A BUDGET. 
          BUDGET. 
          FANCY. 
          LIKE $2 MILLION HOMES. 
          OH, I DON'T THINK SO. 
          THERE'S A COUPLE OF HOMES. 
          MAYBE. 
          MAYBE CLOSE TO MILLION. 
          LOOP THAT ONE OUT. 
          THERE'S GOTTA BE AT LEAST, I GUESS. 
          WELL, I MEAN, LEAST THE CITY HAVE A BUDGET FOR THAT. 
          AND IT, I KNOW YOU DON'T KNOW. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING. 
          SO WHATEVER WE HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE, WHATEVER'S BEING DISCUSSED NOW IS A NEW ITEM WE WOULDN'T HAVE BUDGET FOR. 
          BUT THIS WOULD BE, THIS COULD BE PART OF Y'ALL'S BUDGET PROPOSAL THAT WE CAN INCLUDE OR, OR WRAP IT INTO DEPENDING, BECAUSE WE COULD ALSO GET THAT SPONSOR IF IT'S SOMETHING LIKE HRC DRIVES FOR EXAMPLE MM-HMM . 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THEY CAN SAY, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A SPONSOR SO WE CAN DISTRIBUTE THIS INFORMATION THAT WE'VE COLLABORATED WITH THE ID CITY. 
          AS LONG AS IT'S ACCEPTED TO DISTRIBUTE IT, BECAUSE IT IS, AND IT'S ONGOING. 
          IT'S ALSO MAINTAINING AND KEEPING IT CURRENT AS LONG AS IT'S APPROVED BY THE CITY. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE THINGS ARE. 
          SPONSORSHIP AND STUFF CAN GET YEAH. 
          SPONSORSHIP DO. 
          SO LIKE PLACES LIKE HRC AND OTHER NONPROFITS, UM, GO THROUGH OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDING REQUESTS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY THAT WE AS A CITY CAN CONTRIBUTE UP TO 1% OF OUR GENERAL FUND. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, BUT THAT AGAIN GOES THROUGH CITY COUNCIL AND THEY'RE THE ONES WHO DETERMINE HOW MUCH, UM, WHO GETS THE MONEY MM-HMM . 
          SO YOU DO THOSE. 
          BUT THERE'S THAT THING ABOUT NOT THINGS, IT'S JUST YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RESOURCES. 
          I COULD EASILY SAY, WELL, IT'S ON THE WEBSITE ALREADY. 
          YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS TO GO THERE. 
          NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW TO GET ANYTHING GET THERE, BUT THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE INTERNET ACCESS THERE WHEN THEY GET THERE. 
          THEY'RE CONFUSED. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF BEEN CONFUSED SOMETIMES A GOOD THING. 
          AND I THINK WITH THAT REFRESH, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT Y'ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO BE BETTER. 
          AND YEAH. 
          HOWEVER, EVEN WHEN THAT IS ROLLED OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PROBABLY STILL SOME MORE THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE, BUT I THINK THIS WEBSITE REFRESH AND, UM, ADDING A RESOURCE LANDING PAGE RIGHT. 
          IS, IS PROBABLY GONNA HELP A LITTLE BIT. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT'S GOOD. 
          YEAH. 
          PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS OF RECEIVING INFORMATION. 
          YEAH. 
          SOMETHING THAT I, WHAT I ALWAYS GO BACK TO WITH MY TEAMS IS THAT WE ALWAYS, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO ASSUME THAT PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING INFORMATION WE GIVE THEM IN THE WAY THAT IT WAS INTENDED. 
          RIGHT. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          UM, AND IT ALSO HAS TO DO WITH HOW, WHERE THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. 
          RIGHT. 
          ONE THING THAT YOU HAD PUT UP AND WE HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT IS I THINK NEXT, FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE ARE READY TO, DO YOU BELONG IN HUDDLE? SOME TYPE OF, UH, DIGITAL COMMUNICATION ADVERTISING? A CAMPAIGN. 
          A CAMPAIGN, A CAMPAIGN. 
          YOU BELONG AT HUDDLE CAMP. 
          I STARTED IT ON FACEBOOK OR SOMETHING WHERE YOU PUT IN THE NAME OF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO AND IT DESIGNS A LOGO FOR YOU. 
          MM. 
          GBT IT'S BEEN FINDING OUT MY MONEY, ALL MY VOLUNTEERS STUFF. 
          NO, I REALLY LIKE TO LEVERAGE. 
          YES. 
          BECAUSE IT, IT HELPS STRUCTURE SOMETHING SO YOUR THOUGHTS. 
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BUT SEE, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF LIKE THE YOU BELONG IN HUDU WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE HAD TO APPEAL TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON. 
          EVERYBODY. 
          A CONSERV AT EVERY PUBLIC, AND YOU BELONG IN HU EVERYBODY, THERE'S A PLACE FOR EVERYBODY. 
          THERE'S A PLACE FOR EVERYBODY. 
          THINK ABOUT THIS. 
          THE THING IS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES YOU SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE FOCUS ON LIKE THE, WHAT I CALL FIRST CONSTITUENCIES, AND THEN PEOPLE PART OF THE MAJORITY FEEL LEFT OUT. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND YET IT'S A LEGITIMATE POINT THAT THE, UH, THE UNDERREPRESENTED SOMETIMES HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. 
          YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO FOCUS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN LEFT OUT IN THE DUST FOR SO LONG. 
          YEAH. 
          MM-HMM . 
          BUT THEN PEOPLE JUST READ THAT TO SAY, OH, YOU'RE ONLY FOCUSING ON THAT GROUP AND I DON'T COUNT ANYMORE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THAT KIND OF BUILDS THAT BITTERNESS AND THAT DIVIDE THAT WE DON'T WANNA HAVE, WE WANNA EVERY, WE WANT EVERY SINGLE PERSON TO FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG HERE IN HU IS WHAT I KEEP SAYING. 
          YOU START OUT LIKE, WE WANT EVERY SINGLE PERSON FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG IN HU GO, YOU BELONG IN HU AND BECAUSE IT'S GENERIC THAT YEAH. 
          BUT WE STILL HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE TO GO BACK EVERYBODY TO HAVE TIME. 
          WE DON'T HAVE TO START, BUT EVERYBODY GET THERE LISTENS. 
          THE THING ABOUT IT, THE PEOPLE THAT EVEN IF YOU, BUT WE KNOW IT IS EVEN ON OUR WEBSITE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THEY THEMSELVES, BUT WE RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, THE SYSTEMIC, YOU KNOW, RACISM AND SEXISM THAT HAS HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF THE US THAT WE HAVE TO KIND OF RIGHT. 
          WE, WE CAN'T, WE HAVE TO, WE CAN'T WHITEWASH IT AND WE CAN'T REALIZE THAT WE HAVE TO START RIGHTING SOME WRONGS THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. 
          BUT DIVERSITY IS MYSTIFYING MAKING THESE THINGS. 
          IT'S TOTALLY MISDEFINED. 
          AND BECAUSE IT'S MISDEFINED AS A FLU SAYING THAT WE ARE DEIV, WE ARE MISDEFINED. 
          OKAY. 
          WE ARE LOOKED AT, OH, THIS GROUP IS, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT THAT ANYMORE. 
          OKAY. 
          THIS IS HOW THE GOVERNMENT IS, IS ADDING. 
          YEAH. 
          WE DON'T WANT THAT ANYMORE. 
          OKAY. 
          I KEEP SAYING LET'S CHANGE THE NAME. 
          THEY'LL CHANGE FOR SOUNDS GREAT. 
          YOUR IDEA WAS GOOD. 
          THAT IS A TAGLINE AND THAT'S A CAMPAIGN. 
          BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE DOING DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION WORK. 
          I DON'T WANNA SHY AWAY FROM WHAT, I DON'T WANNA SHY AWAY FROM DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND BELONGING. 
          ESPECIALLY BECAUSE AT THE CITY LEVEL, WE HAVE THE SAY OF WHAT OUR CULTURE IS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE STATE OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT BEHOLDEN TO THEM. 
          WE ARE OUR OWN. 
          WELL, THAT'S NOT TRUE. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE. 
          AND I LOOKED IT UP AFTER I SAID . 
          UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND ALL OF THE SCHOOLS ARE FUNDED BY THE STATE SCHOOLS. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, BUT STILL, THEY'RE STILL PART OF THE WHOLE THING WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THE, YOU KNOW, REMOVE DIVERSITY FROM ALL SCHOOLS NOW TRYING TO GET IT REMOVED FROM K THROUGH 12. 
          OKAY. 
          THEY'VE ALREADY REMOVED IT FROM THE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES, WHICH IS, WHICH IS HORRIBLE. 
          OKAY. 
          THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS. 
          THAT'S THE PROBLEM. 
          THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS. 
          OKAY. 
          THEY DO UNDERSTAND. 
          THEY JUST DON'T WANT IT. 
          THEY JUST DON'T WANT IT. 
          THEY WANT THEIR, THEY WANT THEIR RIGHT. 
          THEY WANT THEIR WHITE PRIVILEGE TO EXIST FOREVER. 
          AND THEY WANT TO TREAD DOWN OTHER PEOPLE SO THEY CAN HAVE MORE MONEY FOR THEMSELVES. 
          IT IS TOTALLY SELF SELFISH. 
          AND THAT'S VERY, IT'S BEAUTIFUL THAT Y'ALL ARE SAYING THIS. 
          I THINK A LOT OF THINGS, BUT THE FACT, BUT ME, IT'S LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, I, I WANNA DO THIS WORK. 
          MM-HMM . 
          I DON'T HAVE TO SAY IT'S DIVERSITY, BUT I KNOW THAT WHAT I'M DOING IS OKAY. 
          AND IF THEY COME DOWN AND THEY START SAYING, HEY, YOU CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE. 
          I SAY, CHANGE OUR NAME, . 
          WE'LL BE PREPARED AT THAT. 
          WE'LL BE PREPARED AT THAT TIME. 
          BUT WE RAN PEOPLE, WE, NO, WE WERE, WE RAN THROUGH THE MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          THEY ALL AGREED, BUT THE MAYOR TO KEEP IT. 
          AND YOU KNOW, I, I FELT THE MAYOR'S THE ONE THAT SAID, WE DON'T TAKE ANY MONEY FROM ANY OTHER PROGRAM. 
          WE'RE COMPLETELY FUNDED THROUGH HU WHICH IS NOT THE TRUTH. 
          WE ARE FUNDED BY THE STATE AND WE ARE FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND MANY OF THE, WE, WE DON'T GET ANY OF THOSE FUNDS. 
          RIGHT. 
          BECAUSE WE ARE A VOLUNTEER. 
          I REALIZE THAT, BUT I'M SAYING I DON'T WANT THEM TO EVENTUALLY COME IN AND STOP US DOING WHAT'S RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT CAN HAPPEN. 
          I JUST SAID, CHANGE THE NAME , YOU KNOW, IT WAS NOTHING, YOU KNOW, IT JUST CHANGED THE NAME, YOU KNOW, OR IF IT EVER CAME 
          [01:30:01]
DOWN TO THAT, CHANGE THE NAME. 
          OH, YOU WANNA TAKE A VOTE ON IT RIGHT NOW? NO. 
          WOULDN'T  WHAT? CHANGE THE NAME? NO, THE NAME DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 
          SO MANY THOUGHTS RIGHT THERE. 
          IT DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE, BUT IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO THE PEOPLE IN THE GOVERNMENT. 
          FOR SOME REASON WE CALL IT BLUE WITH GREEN STRIPES. 
          IF THEY WANT TO TRY TO, THEY GONNA TRY TO  TRUE. 
          AND, WE'LL, I DON'T KNOW. 
          I THINK WE CAN, WE CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN AND IF WE GET TO IT, I THINK THAT'S, AND WE'RE PREPARED. 
          AND THE CITY COUNCIL, ALL OF THEM, THEY SEEM TO BE, AT LEAST THEY ARE NOT ACTIVELY SAYING NO, THEY'RE SUPPORTING. 
          ALL OF THEM ARE. 
          AND THEY'LL GO AFTER, THEY'LL GO AFTER AUSTIN AND DALLAS FIRST BEFORE PICKING ON THE HE KNOW, LIKE POOR TINY, WELL THEY, I THINK THAT KEN PAXTON WAS ACTUALLY GOING AFTER, UM, THE HIGH SCHOOL OVER HERE BECAUSE THEY, THEY ALREADY SU BECAUSE OF THEY WERE, BECAUSE SUPPOSEDLY THEY ALLOWED TRANSGENDER ATHLETES TO, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, THEY HEARD OUR NAME , THEY CAME AFTER US. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, IT'S GONNA BE TOUGH. 
          WE'RE GONNA FIGHT THOUGH. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. 
          I'M JUST GLAD HEAR WE HEAR YOUR, IT'S LIKE WE'RE NOT AWARE DOWN DIFFERENTLY ABOUT IT BETTERLY STATE THAN THEY ALL LOOK BECAUSE YEAH. 
          THEY ARE TRANSGENDER AS YOU CAN SEE. 
          YEAH. 
          THIS IS, BUT THIS WILL END UP IN THE COURTS AND MIGHT BE TWO YEARS FROM NOW, THE CONGRESS IS GONNA FLIP MM-HMM . 
          AND YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GET WHAT, WHAT WELL, YEAH. 
          A YEAR AND A HALF FROM NOW. 
          YEAH. 
          RIGHT. 
          WHEN THEY, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE PEOPLE ARE GET, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GONNA SEE THIS AWFUL STUFF HAPPENING. 
          AND OF COURSE THEY'RE GETTING FED UP. 
          THEY'RE GETTING FED UP. 
          AND, AND ALSO OUR VOTING, THE, YOU KNOW, OUR VOTERS ARE BECOMING MORE DIVERSE MM-HMM . 
          BECOMING YOUNGER YEP. 
          AND EDUCATED, MORE EDUCATED WHEN I MEAN, AWARENESS, NOT SCHOOL EDUCATION, BUT AWARENESS. 
          BUT WHAT WAS THAT? I'LL PROBABLY JUST QUOTE THAT MARTIN LUTHER KING QUOTE ABOUT THE, THE, THEN, YOU KNOW, WHICH ONE ALL THE, THE ARC OF JUSTICE. 
          JUSTICE. 
          RIGHT. 
          JUSTICE IS LONG, BUT NO, IT KIND OF HAS UPS AND DOWNS, BUT THE TREND IS ALWAYS TOWARDS JUSTICE. 
          RIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING THROUGH IT DOWN RIGHT NOW. 
          YES. 
          BIG TIME. 
          BIG TIME. 
          BIG TIME. 
          BUT WE'RE STILL HERE. 
          YEAH. 
          I MEAN, YOU DID KIND DO THE SAME THING TO WOMEN. 
          I MEAN, THINK ABOUT IT, SUE, I I VERY ANTI-WOMAN FOR YEARS ON. 
          IT WASN'T UNTIL 74 THAT WE COULD EVEN OPEN UP A BANK ACCOUNT WITH OUR HUSBANDS. 
          THEY'RE ALWAYS GONNA TRY TO TRA ON THINGS THEY DON'T LIKE. 
          IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE AND SENIOR CITIZENS ADHERE TO IT TOO. 
          OH YEAH. 
          IT'S VERY, VERY OBVIOUS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CUTTING OUT. 
          YEAH. 
          A LOT OF, A LOT OF BENEFITS AND PROGRAMS THAT ARE IMPORTANT. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE ON, ON SOCIAL SECURITY, IT'S SCARY. 
          MM-HMM . 
          YEAH. 
          SOCIAL SECURITY AFFECTS MY MOM. 
          FRIDAY 14, IF IT SHUT DOWN, I, I WORKING FOR FREE . 
          I WORK FOR THE WORLD. 
          SO WE'LL SEE. 
          I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN. 
          YOU MEAN LIKE YOU BE THE FIRST TIME, HAVE YOU SENT YOUR BULLETS TO ELON ABOUT WHAT YOU ACCOMPLISHED LAST WEEK? ACTUALLY, THEY HAD, MY BROTHER-IN-LAW GOT THAT HE WORKS FOR THE BOARD. 
          I WOULD NEVER SEND ANYTHING TO THAT MAN. 
          THAT'S RIDICULOUS. 
          YEAH. 
          HE GOT THAT EMAIL. 
          WELL, FRIDAY IS THE, THE FUNDING DEADLINE, I WOULD SAY. 
          WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND. 
          YEAH. 
          BIG PROTEST AT THE TESLA PLANT DOWN THE STREET. 
          OH MY GOD. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          ALL KINDS OF STUFF. 
          NOBODY, NOBODY IS SUPPOSED TO BUY ANY, ANY OF THE VEHICLES. 
          PEOPLE ARE TURNING THOSE VEHICLES IN. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE SELLING 'EM BACK. 
          WELL, THAT'S WHY HE'S AFTER THESE  CONTRACTS TO MAKE UP SOME OF HIS LOSSES. 
          HE'S GETTING THESE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR CONTRACTS TO SELL TESLA TRUCKS TO THE DEPART DEFENSE DEPARTMENT. 
          RIGHT. 
          ALBERT TRUCKS. 
          . 
          THAT'S HOW HE'S MAKING UP HIS MILLIONS DOLLARS. 
          I'M NOT TOUCHING THAT ONE. 
          Y'ALL GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT WE WANNA ADD TO THE, TO THE, WE NOT ON TOTAL MAKING PEOPLE LET GO. 
          OUR LI WE, SO AND WE ARE STILL BEING RECORDED. 
          YEAH, WE'RE GOOD. 
          WE'RE GOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          SO ANYONE GONNA LISTEN TO THIS? SOME PEOPLE DO, SOME HATERS MIGHT. 
          YES. 
          THEY LIKE, THEY'RE LIKE, OH, THAT, THAT'S COR WE'RE NOT SURPRISED. 
          WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT SHE THINKS AND SHE TELLS WHETHER THEY WANNA HEAR IT OR NOT. 
          WHO DOES? EVERYBODY WHO KNOWS. 
          MEINA. 
          YEAH. 
          WITH THAT. 
          UM, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GROWING CULTURE AND INCLUSION AND BELONGING. 
          LIKE CONTINUE TO GROW THAT CULTURE. 
          A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING HERE IS YES. 
          THE PILLARS TO STAND THAT UP SO WE CAN GROW IT, CONTINUE IT. 
          AND WE'RE, I LIKE THAT WE'RE BUILDING 
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THIS STRUCTURE. 
          RIGHT. 
          YEAH. 
          BECAUSE THE MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SOMETHING, EVEN AS WE TRANSITION IN AND OUT OF OUR ROLES, THE WORK IS ALREADY THERE. 
          RIGHT. 
          I UNDERSTAND. 
          SO PEOPLE, WE CAN PLUG PEOPLE IN AND OUT. 
          AND WE ALSO MENTIONED THAT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN OUR WORK GROUPS, AND MAYBE EVEN THE PEOPLE THAT WE TALK TO IN THE AFFINITY GROUPS, LIKE THE UNOFFICIAL GROUPS THAT ARE MEETING ARE LIKE THE BENCH WARMERS FOR FUTURE COMMISSIONERS. 
          YES. 
          BENCH WARMERS. 
          THAT'S YOUR SUCCESSION PLANNING. 
          YEAH, NO, IT IS, IT IS SUCCESSION. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR TIME, LIKE YOU'RE GETTING TIRED OF THIS, YOU WANNA ROTATE OFF. 
          SO ELSE THERE'S PEOPLE ENGAGE IN THESE WORKING GROUPS THAT ARE GONNA BE FUTURE COMMISSION MEMBERS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          YEP. 
          AND WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN SOME PEOPLE ASKING LIKE, DO YOU HAVE AN OPENING? I SAID, NOT RIGHT NOW. 
          OH, THAT'S GOOD. 
          IF PEOPLE ARE ASKING IF THERE'S AN OPENING THAT I TALK ABOUT IT. 
          YEAH. 
          I GOT A EMAIL FROM THE ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT SOMEONE WANTED TO INTERVIEW OR THEY WANTED US TO INTERVIEW HIM EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE NO TO APPLY. 
          YEAH. 
          . 
          SO WAIT LIST, NO. 
          INTERVIEW 'EM. 
          BECAUSE THEY MIGHT, IF THEY, IF THIS PERSON ONE OF THOSE THREE CATEGORIES. 
          YEAH. 
          NO, I TOLD THEM, YES, WE'D BE HAPPY TO. 
          MAYBE IN THE MEANTIME, THEY, THEY WANNA LEAD ONE OF OUR WORKING. 
          EXACTLY. 
          THAT'S WE'LL FIND, WE'LL FIND SOMETHING FOR THEM TO DO. 
          THERE'S SO MUCH. 
          YEAH. 
          I CAN ALWAYS FIND SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY TO DO THE SAME THING IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WANNA DO. 
          YEAH. 
          LONG AS IT'S POSITIVE AND PROGRESSIVE. 
          WE DO WANNA BE MINDFUL THAT THERE'S GONNA BE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO JOIN IN ORDER TO DISMANTLE. 
          LET'S JUST BE HONEST ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EXPERIENCED THAT WITH ANY OF THE OTHER CITIES YOU'VE WORKED WITH, BUT A FRIEND OF MINE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS WORK AND SHE SAYS, WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEBODY WHO IS THERE TO DISMANTLE WANTS TO JOIN? THEY REPRESENT A MARGINALIZED GROUP TOO. 
          LIKE WENT TO THE EXTREME AND SAID, WHAT IF IT'S LIKE SOMEBODY FROM, UM, SHE SAID THE CLAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE AROUND, BUT SHE'S LIKE, WHAT IF IT'S THE CLAN MEMBER WHO WANTS TO GO AND BECAUSE THEY WANNA DISMANTLE, THEY, THEY WANTED TO BE REPRESENTED, WOULDN'T THEY? AND I'M LIKE, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. 
          I SAID, WE'D HAVE TO THINK ABOUT ARE THEY THERE TO REPRESENT THEIR GROUP AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE HURT OR ARE THEY THERE TO DIS TRULY TO DISMANTLE? OR ARE WE JUST MAKING ASSUMPTIONS? AND THAT'S ANOTHER, A LOT OF TIMES I DO TRAINING, LIKE OF MANAGERS AND STUFF MM-HMM . 
          IN TERMS OF TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE BEING AT THE TABLE. 
          I SAY THAT ONCE SOMEONE CROSSES THE LINE AND THEY START USING DIVERSITY TO HARM ANOTHER GROUP OR TO MINIMIZE ANOTHER GROUP MM-HMM . 
          YOU'VE CROSSED A LINE THAT YOU CANNOT, IF YOU'RE GONNA BE PART OF THE DIVERSITY DISCUSSION, WHAT ARE YOU BEING TO THE TABLE? MM-HMM . 
          WHAT YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF SAYING, OKAY, IF YOU ARE A STRAIGHT WHITE MAN, YOU BRING VALUE, YOU BRING SOMETHING TO THE TABLE. 
          THAT'S, LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR DIVERSITY AND HONORING YOUR DIVERSITY. 
          LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, I TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO PUT UP A POSTER IN THEIR OFFICE THAT SAYS MARRIAGE, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M OPPOSED TO GAY MARRIAGE. 
          NO. 
          BECAUSE THAT IS NOW, YOU ARE NOW MINIMIZING A GROUP. 
          BUT IF YOU WANNA SAY, I LOVE MY WIFE AND I LOVE MY MARRIAGE, THAT'S A POSITIVE EXPRESSION OF YOUR DIVERSITY. 
          AND SO THE QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE, THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS DIVERSITY DISCUSSION IS FOR EVERYBODY TO TALK ABOUT THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF THEIR DIVERSITY AND WHAT THEY'RE BRINGING TO THE WHOLE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DEMONIZE OR MINIMIZE ANOTHER GROUP. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT'S FAIR. 
          I, I'LL SAY THOSE ARE GOOD PARAMETERS TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT BEING NEW. 
          I'LL SAY THIS, UM, HAVE TO HAVE FAITH IN OUR COUNCIL MEMBER BECAUSE I WAS INTERVIEWED ALONG WITH OTHER PEOPLE MM-HMM . 
          AND THEY MADE THE DECISION TO BRING ME ALONG. 
          WHETHER I'M DOING A GOOD JOB OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW. 
          I DON'T, WHETHER I'M DEMONIZING OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT EXPRESSION, TO HAVE THAT FORESIGHT TO LIKE KNOW WHO THEY'RE BRINGING ON TO THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          THAT'S NOT OUR, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER THAT. 
          THAT'S CITY COUNCILMEN THAT ARE SELECTED TO YEAH. 
          IT'S TRUE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          WELL, ONCE SOMEONE IS ON, Y'ALL DO HAVE THE POWER TO GET THEM OFF. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT'S DIFFERENT. 
          AND THERE WAS SOMEBODY WHO WAS ON THAT DIDN'T SEEM VERY COMFORTABLE WITH BEING ON ANY KIND OF LEFT. 
          YOU KNOW, SHE AND HE LEFT OR SHE, OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE START, SOME PEOPLE WILL SET UP AND THEN THEY REALIZE I'M NOT COMFORTABLE IN THAT SPACE. 
          AND THEY WILL, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM. 
          I SAID, WELL MAYBE THIS IS NOT FOR, IT'S NOT FOR EVERYBODY. 
          AND I SAID, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FOR EVERYBODY. 
          YEAH. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S A CERTAIN, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN MINDSET OR CERTAIN PERSPECTIVE. 
          AND IT'S NOT WRONG IF YOU DON'T. 
          HOWEVER, IT'S NOT, IF IT'S NOT SERVING THIS ORGANIZATION OR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S JUST, AND AND THEN A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION HAS TO BE, YOU KNOW, A MINDSET. 
          BECAUSE LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THE MINDSET OF IF YOU'RE GETTING SOMETHING, YOU'RE TAKING A PIECE OF MY PIE. 
          YES, EXACTLY. 
          INSTEAD OF THE THOUGHT THAT EVERYBODY CAN HELP MAKE A BIGGER PIE, WE'RE ALL DOING IT TOGETHER. 
          YES. 
          AND THAT DIVERSITY IS MAKING US RICHER AS A COUNTRY BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S BRINGING ALL THESE IDEAS AND BACKGROUNDS. 
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AND THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT BUILT OUR COUNTRY INTO WHAT IT IS. 
          ONES THE MENTALITY THAT OH, IF WE'RE GIVING YOU THIS RECOGNITION THAT'S TAKING AWAY FROM MY PIE YEAH. 
          PEOPLE THEN YOU'RE IN TROUBLE. 
          YEAH. 
          I SIT IN ON EVERY, YOU LOOK PUZZLED BY WHAT I SAID. 
          I KNOW. 
          I NO, I'M, I'M, I'M JUST PONDERING, YOU KNOW, WHY ANYBODY THAT WOULD BE A WHITE SUPREMACIST OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD COME IN AND TRY TO BE PART OF IT. 
          WELL, IT, BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND TO TRY TO DISRUPT IT AND TEAR IT DOWN ON UP. 
          I THINK WE SEE SOME OF THAT. 
          WE SAW THAT WITH THE SCHOOL. 
          YEAH. 
          I MEAN, JUST TO BE HONEST, THEY, THEY, IT WAS THIS, IT WAS A HIT PHASE. 
          WHAT THEY DID WHEN THEY WENT IN ACTING LIKE A PARENT THAT WAS TRYING TO GET INTO THE SCHOOL SAYING THAT THEIR CHILD WAS TRANSGENDER. 
          THAT WHOLE THING WAS JUST SO DISGUSTING. 
          MY OPINION. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW, I DIDN'T, ME SPEAKING FOR MYSELF AS A PARENT. 
          IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE BAND BOOK LIST. 
          MM-HMM . 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THE BOOKS ARE, SOME OF THE BOOKS ARE WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL BOOKS. 
          YEAH. 
          40, 80, 40. 
          WOW. 
          AND BECAUSE A FRIEND OF MINE IS ON THE BAND BOOK LIST AND HIS BOOK, HE'S A RELIGIOUS SCHOLAR WHO WROTE A BOOK ON RELIGION AND IT'S A, IT'S ABOUT KIDS AND RELIGION. 
          AND THEY PUT HIM ON THE LIST BECAUSE OF THE NAME OF THE BOOK, THE BOOK, HOW TO MANAGE YOUR D DO I DO C DOT K? IT GOT, OKAY. 
          BUT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT AT ALL. 
          NOTHING. 
          AND IT STANDS FOR, FOR SOMETHING ELSE. 
          HE SHOULD HAVE CHOSE A DIFFERENT TITLE. 
          WELL, IT, SOMEBODY MUST HAVE READ IT BECAUSE HE WENT ON THE DARN LIST. 
          BUT THE THING IS, IS THAT NOBODY MUST HAVE READ IT. 
          NOBODY. 
          YEAH. 
          THEY SAW THE NAME AND THEY PUT HIM ON THE LIST. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT SEE, LIKE AN EXAMPLE IS LIKE IN OUR, WE HAD A SCHOOL DISTRICT IN KIND OF RURAL PART OF NORTH CAROLINA WHERE UH, AND ACTUALLY IT WAS A BLACK GAY MAN WHO BECAME, WAS THE TEACHER AND THEIR READING LEVEL, 60% OF THE KIDS WERE BELOW READING LEVEL FOR THEIR GRADE. 
          AND AFTER ONE YEAR OF HIM TEACHING, THEY WERE ALL ABOVE GRADE LEVEL. 
          AND HE WOULD READ A BOOK EVERY DAY TO THEM. 
          AND HE READ ONE BOOK CALLED KING AND KING. 
          IT WAS ABOUT A, A WOMAN WHO WAS TIRED OF BEING A QUEEN AND SHE WAS TRYING TO GET HER SON MARRIED OFF SO SHE COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, SO HE COULD BECOME KING. 
          AND SHE BROUGHT IN ALL THESE PRINCESSES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND HE WASN'T INTERESTED IN MANY OF 'EM. 
          AND HE ENDED UP, YOU KNOW, ENDING UP WITH ANOTHER GUY. 
          OH. 
          AND, AND YOU KNOW, SO IT'S CALLED KING AND KING. 
          KING AND, AND YOU KNOW, AND SO, I MEAN, GOLLY, YOU READ 200 BOOKS THAT ARE HETERONORMATIVE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THEN YOU READ ONE BOOK THAT THEN, AND THE PARENTS ALL GET IN AN UPROAR AND YOU SAY, WELL WHAT ABOUT THE KIDS THAT HAVE GAY PARENTS? YEAH. 
          DON'T THEY DESERVE TO BE SEEN? AND YOU'RE NOT TAKING AWAY FROM STRAIGHT PEOPLE BY READING ONE BOOK ABOUT KING AND KING. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE GET SO PROTECTIVE AND IT'S AN UPROAR. 
          YES. 
          AND NOT REALIZING THAT JUST BECAUSE WE'RE ACCEPTING ONE GROUP DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE, WE'RE REJECTING, WE'RE REJECTING YOU. 
          THERE'S ROOM FOR EVERYBODY UNDER THE TENT. 
          SOME OF THE HARRY POTTER BOOKS WERE ON, ON THE BAND BOOK LIST. 
          AND I MEAN, SOME OF YOU KNOW, LIKE FAMOUS AUTHORS ARE ON THE BAND TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD IS ON THE LIST FOR SURE. 
          IT IS. 
          BECAUSE THEY SAID A BAD WORD IN THE BOOK. 
          I MEAN, WHAT? THIS IS SILLY. 
          DO YOU THINK WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE? ANYTHING ELSE? YES. 
          I THINK WE, WE ARE, ARE WE GONNA OFFICIALLY ADJOURN AND THEN YOU MAKE A MOTION? I GUESS MAKE THE MOTION BEFORE I START TALKING AGAIN, . 
          AND THEN I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA GET THIS TO YOU WITHIN ABOUT A WEEK. 
          I'M GONNA GET, LET'S BE, JUST BEFORE I MAKE A MOTION THEN GENERAL, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? BRING IN FOR THE NEXT MEETING? AND I JUST WANNA VERIFY WHEN OUR NEXT MEETING IS WHAT WE WILL HAVE DONE THE NEXT MEETING. 
          WOULD, UM, DURING THE LAST MEETING YES. 
          TO MOVE THAT, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE APRIL 15TH, BUT THAT'S TEXT DAY. 
          RIGHT? SO YOU MOVE TO APRIL 22ND. 
          APRIL 22ND. 
          YEAH. 
          APRIL 2ND WILL BE THE NEXT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHAT THINGS, I JUST WANNA JUST SAY, WHAT THINGS ARE WE GONNA HAVE? WE GONNA GET THIS FROM WAY BEFORE THIS. 
          YOU MIGHT WANNA CIRCULATE IT AND WRITE COMMENTS TO EACH OTHER. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, BEFORE THE MEETING. 
          SO THAT'S ONE THING, RIGHT, IS TO LOOK AT THE DOCUMENT, MAKE ANY EDITS TO IT, ADDITIONS OR WHATEVER. 
          SO WE CAN FI SO WE CAN FINALIZE THIS AS A PLAN. 
          PERFECT. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S, SO EDITS ON THAT. 
          AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS, UM, MAYBE WHAT I WILL HAVE IS LIKE A STRUCTURE FOR THE COMMUNICATION PLAN. 
          NOT, NOT, NOT, UM, EVERYTHING LISTED OUT, BUT SAY A OVERVIEW OR STRUCTURE. 
          IT'S IN LEMME SHOW. 
          HAVE MY CALENDAR. 
          WE'RE GONNA, I LIVE BY MY CALENDAR. 
          SO THE 
          [01:45:01]
NEXT MEETING SHOULD BE ALREADY APRIL 22ND. 
          MM-HMM . 
          SECOND. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, YES, I HAVE IT. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          NO, I DON'T. 
          IT'S THE CHAMBER THING AND WE MEET AT SIX. 
          AND UM, THEN WE ALSO, AT THAT MEETING, THE 22ND, WE NEED TO START IMPLEMENTATION. 
          WHO IS GONNA DO WHAT? AND SO, SO DAN, ARE WE GONNA HAVE A SCHEDULE TO DO OUR WORKING, OUR WORK GROUPS WORK? I SCHEDULE WITH YOU? OR WHEN IS THAT? I HAVE, I HAVE A LOT OF CAP CAPABILITY, UM, THROUGH MOST OF THE MONTH OF APRIL. 
          YEAH. 
          BECAUSE WE CAN JUST JUMP ON UP ON A GOOGLE OR ZOOM AND DO THAT. 
          AND THEN WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL DO SOME RESEARCH AND FIND OUT OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE WORKING GROUPS AND HOW, HOW THEY DEFINE 'EM. 
          SO INSTEAD OF HAVING TO INVENT EVERYTHING FROM SCRATCH YEAH. 
          BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS STUFF THAT I BROUGHT FOR THIS, LIKE FOR THE PAST YEAR, I DIDN'T HAVE TO MAKE IT UP FROM SCRATCH. 
          I ALREADY DONE THE WORK. 
          YEAH. 
          I GOT THINGS FROM OTHER CITIES. 
          YES. 
          THAT'S, SO WHAT ILL DO IS I'LL DO SOME RESEARCH SO THAT WHEN WE MEET, WE'LL HAVE SOME TEMPLATES LIKE, OKAY, THESE CITIES FORMED SUCH AND SUCH WORKING GROUPS AND THIS IS HOW THEY LAID 'EM OUT AND WE COULD JUST BORROW. 
          YEAH. 
          IT'S LIKE THAT IDEA. 
          USE LANGUAGE. 
          IF YOU WANNA BE SUCCESSFUL, DO A SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE DO. 
          RIGHT. 
          RIGHT. 
          EXACTLY. 
          THAT'S HOW, YEAH, THAT'S TRUE. 
          I LIKE THAT. 
          OKAY, SO JUST THAT. 
          OKAY, NOW WE COULD MOVE SOMEONE. 
          MOVE. 
          WE'VE GOT OUR, OUR OUR, OUR MARKING ORDER FOR NICK MA. 
          YES. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          ADJOURN. 
          NO. 
          . 
          NO. 
          I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO A MOTION. 
          I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. 
          OKAY, I WILL SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          MEETING AT 7 47.
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