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[Diversity and Inclusion Meeting on May 20, 2025]
EQUITY, INCLUSION AND BELONGING COMMISSION.AND THE TIME IS 6:03 PM SO THE FIRST THING WE WILL CALL SESSION TO ORDER, WHICH IS THIS CORRECT
AND COMMISSIONER LEWIS ABSENT AS OF SIX FOUR.
UM, GENERAL COMMENTS FROM CITY STAFF.
UM, JUST AS A REMINDER, AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE STRATEGIC ACTION ITEMS THAT I KNOW IS ALREADY ON THE RADAR, BUT THAT WE ARE HEAVY INTO BUDGET SEASON.
SO ANYTHING THAT THE MISSION, UM, WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AS A REQUEST, AND I THINK WE'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM KRISTEN AS FAR AS MAYBE SOME POTENTIAL, UH, JOINT WORK SESSIONS WITH, UM, HER BOARD.
BUT BASICALLY AFTER JULY, I REALLY NEED ALL OF THE BUDGET REQUESTS CONSOLIDATED SO THAT I CAN SUBMIT THOSE FOR YOU.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE GROUP.
THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE I CAN'T RECALL.
SO YOU THINK I KEEP WANTING, UM, SOMETHING FOR THE WEBSITE, BUT YOU KEEP SAYING THAT THAT IS FOR THEIR BUDGET, NOT OURS.
I WANTED A, A, UH, SPECIFIC WEB ADDRESS FOR GROUP.
SO IF THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE VOTES ON YOUR REQUEST, THAT'S WHEN I WILL THEN TAKE THAT AND I, I CAN TALK TO THEM, BUT JUST AS A ONE OFF, UM, PIECE, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I CAN JUST TAKE.
BUT IF THE COMMISSION VOTES ON THAT, UM, AND THEN WE CAN TAKE THAT DIRECTLY TO CITY COUNCIL AND THAT CAN BE DIRECTED TO THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TO LOOK INTO.
SO ITEM FIVE, COMMENTS FROM CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES.
ITEM SIX, COMMENTS FROM COMMISSION MEMBERS.
UM, AND KNOW WE DON'T HAVE EVERYONE PRESENT, BUT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK BACK AND SEE.
SO MY COMMISSION, MY TIME AS A COMMISSIONER ENDS, UH, JUNE 30TH, SO IT EXPIRES AT THAT TIME.
SO I WILL NOT BE RETURNING BACK, UM, JUST FOR, UH, VARIOUS PERSONAL REASONS.
NOTHING AGAINST WHAT THE COMMISSION DOES OR ANYTHING, BUT I WILL BE VOLUNTEERING IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY, UM, THAT HAS NOT BEEN LAID OUT YET.
WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS IT AND FIGURE IT OUT.
AND THAT'S JUST TO GIMME AN IDEA THAT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA FIGURE SOMETHING OUT WITH THAT.
I DON'T KNOW YET, BUT IT IS LOOKING VERY PROMISING.
I WROTE UP SOME STUFF ABOUT IT AND, UM, NEXT MEETING, MAYBE WE CAN PUT IT ON THE AGENDA YES.
AND DISCUSS IT, UM, ABOUT WHAT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE.
UM, BUT GOING FORWARD, I, WE'LL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT, UM, DEIB IN ANY WAY THAT I CAN.
CHRISTIE REMINDED ME THAT TODAY
SO, UM, I AM OPEN AND I AM WILLING AND I AM ALWAYS LISTENING TO ANYONE THAT MAY NEED ME TO LISTEN OR TALK OR WHATEVER I NEED OR WHATEVER THE COMMISSION NEEDS.
AND THEN WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE
SO ACTUALLY KIND OF WENT BY FAST, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
IT, IT, IT JUST KIND OF WENT, I DON'T WANNA SAY LIKE I WAS GOING WHEN YOU ARE WALKING DOWNHILL, LIKE SPED UP, BUT IT KIND OF WENT THAT WAY WHERE IT JUST SEEMED LIKE, MAN, EVERYTHING IS GOING.
AND I THINK IT REALLY PICKED UP ONCE WE HAD OTHER MEMBERS ON BOARD.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY IT, IT SEEMS LIKE OKAY, IT'S BEEN, WOW, IT'S REALLY BEEN FIVE YEARS.
SO, BUT I AM, I AM APPRECIATIVE AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING, UM, WHERE I GO FROM THERE.
DID ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I THINK, UM, MY COMMENTS WILL BE INCLUDED AS WE GO THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLAN ON THAT.
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BUSINESS 7.1, UPDATE FROM HUDDLE PUBLIC LIBRARY.FIRST, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME BE HERE TONIGHT.
UM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME, ACTUALLY.
UM, BECAUSE I CAME HERE ALMOST 11 MONTHS AGO.
UM, AND, UM, WITH MY BACKGROUND IN EDUCATION, UM, MY FOCUS IN LIBRARY AND, AND EDUCATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN DIVERSITY.
AND SO WHEN I CAME HERE, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I IDENTIFIED THAT WE NEEDED TO, UH, REALLY TAP INTO AND, AND HAVE MORE WITHIN OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND SO OUR MISSION, JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU QUICKLY, OUR MISSION IS TO SERVE ALL MEMBERS OF THE OHIO COMMUNITY AS THEY PURSUE INFORMATION, KNOWLEDGE, AND RECREATION.
AND OUR VISION STATEMENT IS TO BE A CORNERSTONE AND MODEL OF SERVICE AND INCLUSION THAT PROMOTES LIFELONG LEARNING, LITERACY AND COMMUNITY.
SO WHAT I WANTED TO, UM, BRING UP TO YOU TODAY IS WE STARTED OUR, I STARTED DOING, UM, WHAT WE WERE CALLING, UH, CULTURAL, UM, OR HERITAGE, UM, MONTH FAMILY TYPE EVENTS AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH.
UM, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS OUR ATTENDANCE IS NOT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE.
UM, IT IS NOT AS HIGH AS OUR OTHER PROGRAMS. AND WE, AT FIRST, WHEN WE DO A NEW LIBRARY PROGRAM, WE ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, IT'LL TAKE A LITTLE BIT FOR IT TO SORT OF GATHER, YOU KNOW, POPULARITY AND, AND WORD OF MOUTH AND ALL OF THE ADVERTISING THAT WE DO.
UM, WE HAVE PULLED AND SURVEYED OUR, UM, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT COME IN THE LIBRARY AND THEY CONTINUE TO TELL US THEY WANT CULTURAL PROGRAMMING EVERY MONTH.
BUT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE VERY LOW ATTENDANCE.
AND SO WE'VE TRIED DIFFERENT EVENINGS.
UM, WE'VE TRIED, UM, DIFFERENT TIMES, YOU KNOW, IN THE MONTH, WHETHER IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING OR THE END OF THE MONTH.
UH, WE'VE TRIED A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, AND JUST TO KINDA GIVE YOU A RECAP, WE'VE HAD, UM, THE KEELEY DANCE STUDIO WAS ACTUALLY WITH US JUST LAST WEEK.
UH, BUT THEY CAME IN JANUARY FOR LUNAR NEW YEAR.
AND THEY CAME THIS, THIS MONTH, UH, LAST WEEK FOR A API MONTH, A BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION.
THEY ARE A CHINESE DANCE STUDIO IN AUSTIN.
AND WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO SECURE THEM TO COME FOR FREE, WHICH IS, UM, VERY DIFFICULT TO DO IN, UM, LIBRARY PROGRAMMING.
UM, AND, UH, WE HAD I THINK PROBABLY ABOUT 12 PEOPLE AT THE FIRST, UM, PERFORMANCE IN JANUARY.
AND WE ONLY HAD THREE AT THE ONE LAST WEEK.
UH, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA, UM, IN FEBRUARY WE HAD, FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WE HAD MISS ELIZABETH KURA, AND WE JUST LOVE HER.
WE'RE HAVING HER OVER THE SUMMER TOO, FOR LIBRARY PROGRAMMING.
SHE IS A RESIDENT HERE IN HU HAVE YOU MET HER BEFORE? MM-HMM
AND SHE DOES A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.
IN FACT, SHE KIND OF TAILORS IT TO EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
UM, SHE DID ONE CALLED A DAY IN AFRICA, AND THAT ONE WAS OUR MOST ATTENDED, UM, CULTURAL EVENT.
UH, SHE'S COMING BACK OVER THE SUMMER TO DO FOLK TALES, AFRICAN FOLK TASTE TALES.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, IN MARCH AND APRIL WE DID A SCOTTISH AND IRISH AMERICAN HERITAGE EVENT.
AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY PUT ON BY MY LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, AND SHE BROUGHT TONS OF BOOKS AND ARTIFACTS AND, UM, REALLY CAME FROM AN ANGLE OF STORYTELLING.
UM, AND WE HAD TWO PEOPLE COME TO THAT.
AND SO THESE ARE FOR SOME REASON, OF ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT WE DO, AND IF YOU LOOK AT OUR CALENDAR FOR MAY, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S SOMETHING ON EVERY DAY EXCEPT FOR, UH, LIKE THE 31ST OF MAY.
AND THEN WE'RE CLOSED, UM, FOR INVENTORY RIGHT NOW.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE'S SOMETHING PRETTY MUCH EVERY OTHER DAY.
SO THESE ARE VERY WELL ATTENDED.
OUR ATTENDANCE HAS BEEN UP ON ALL OF OUR PROGRAMMING, BUT WE'RE FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO REALLY GET THE, THE PUBLIC TO COME OUT TO OUR CULTURAL EVENTS.
AND WE PUT A LOT OF TIME, A LOT OF EFFORT, UM, IN HONORING THESE DIFFERENT MONTHS AND THESE DIFFERENT EVENTS.
WE ALIGN THEM, UM, ALSO TO THE PROCLAMATIONS THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING WITH CITY COUNCIL.
UM, AND SO NATURALLY, UM, I'M TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THEM BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO PARTNER WITH, WITH YOU ALL IN JUST A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS THAT MAYBE THIS, UH, COMMISSION CAN KIND OF HELP EITHER ADVERTISE OR GET THE WORD OUT ON THESE, UM, THESE DIFFERENT EVENTS.
UH, SO I MADE MYSELF A LITTLE NOTE HERE.
UM, I WOULD LOVE TO REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT, UM, IF YOU COULD JOIN OUR HEAD OF PUBLIC LIBRARY FACEBOOK PAGE.
WE SHARE ALL OF THE EVENTS THERE.
SO IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT LOOKS
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LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, EITHER YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN GOING TO, OR, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN GOING TO, IF YOU WOULD SHARE OUT THOSE EVENTS, UH, THERE'S SOME SORT OF FORMULA THAT FACEBOOK WORKS WITH AND I DON'T PRETEND TO UNDERSTAND IT, BUT THE MORE THAT SOMETHING IS SHARED, THE MORE VISIBILITY IT GETS.SO IT'S WHATEVER THAT FORMULA IS THAT'S, THAT SEEMS TO, UH, BE HELPFUL.
UM, ATTEND OUR PROGRAMS. WE'LL, WE'LL BE COMMUNICATING AND LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE HAVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE THINK YOU MIGHT BE, UH, INTERESTED IN COMING TO, UH, BRING YOUR FAMILIES, BRING YOUR FRIENDS.
UM, AND THEN THIS IS ACTUALLY ON THE NEXT ONE, BUT I WAS GOING TO REQUEST A JOINT MEETING WITH OUR BOARD, VERY INTERESTED IN, UM, HAVING A WORK SESSION AND TO SEE HOW WE CAN COLLABORATE AND PARTNER TOGETHER, UM, ON SOME INITIATIVES.
UM, AND THEN I ALSO INCLUDED IN THE VERY BACK, THERE'S THREE, NO, THERE'S TWO PAGES.
UH, THE SECOND PAGE IS OUR FRIENDS GROUP.
UM, IF YOU, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALREADY GIVING SO MUCH OF YOUR TIME, BUT IF YOU ARE KNOW SOMEBODY OR YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN JOINING OUR FRIENDS GROUP, UH, OUR FRIENDS GROUP IS VERY INTERESTED IN FUNDING A LOT OF OUR CULTURAL PROGRAMMING.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S JUST AN OPTION IF YOU WOULD LIKE IT.
LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT, YOU DETERMINED EXACTLY WHAT THE REASON IS THAT PEOPLE WERE NOT
SO, UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD A PATTERN IN ANSWERS, BUT THE, THE TYPE OF RESPONSES THAT WE'VE GOT ARE THINGS LIKE, UH, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE SAY WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS HAPPENING.
RIGHT? AND SO THAT WAS, THAT ONE IS PROBABLY TALKING ABOUT THE PHISHING YES.
AND SO WE ARE DOING, UM, THE HUDDLE CONNECT.
UM, AND I'M ACTUALLY PUT MYSELF IN CHARGE OF MY WHOLE TEAM, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR EVENTS ARE POSTED A MONTH BEFORE THEY HAPPEN.
UM, AND WE ARE ALSO USING OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, WHICH HAS GAINED A LOT OF TRACTION RECENTLY, THANKS TO, UH, ONE OF THE STAFF MEMBERS WHO'S BEEN REALLY WORKING HARD IN GETTING MORE FOLLOWERS AND, UM, ENGAGING POSTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO WE ARE SEEING A LESS AND LESS PEOPLE SAYING THAT THEY DON'T SEE IT.
BUT THEN I'VE ALSO HAD RESPONSES.
UM, ONE RESPONSE THAT I HAD THAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY INTERESTING IS WE HAD, WHEN WE ADVERTISED IT, WE SAID, UM, THIS IS FOR THE LUNAR NEW YEAR, UM, CELEBRATION IN JANUARY WITH A KEELEY, UH, CHINESE DANCE STUDIO.
AND, UH, SOMEONE WAS TALKING ABOUT, UM, LOVING DANCING AND MUSIC AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I SAID, OH, YOU WOULD'VE LOVED OUR PERFORMANCE THAT WE HAD THE OTHER NIGHT, BUT WE HOPE TO HAVE THEM BACK IN MAY FOR A API MONTH.
AND SHE SAID, WELL, I DON'T CELEBRATE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
AND I SAID, WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO CELEBRATE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
THESE ARE EVENTS SO THAT WE CAN LEARN ABOUT OTHER CULTURES AND OTHER CELEBRATIONS.
AND SO SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T COME BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T, SHE THOUGHT THAT SHE COULDN'T BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T CELEBRATE THAT.
SO OUR LANGUAGE IS IMPORTANT TOO, AND BEING JUST VERY INCLUSIVE AND WELCOMING TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
SO WE'VE ADJUSTED OUR LANGUAGE AND OUR ADVERTISEMENTS AS WELL, SAYING EVERYONE FROM JUDO COMMUNITY IS WELCOME.
ALL AGES ARE WELCOME TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, THAT MESSAGE GETS THROUGH.
UM, BUT WHAT WE'RE ALSO SEEING IS WE'RE IN OUR, IN OUR HUDDLE PUBLIC LIBRARY GENERAL FEEDBACK SURVEY THAT WE HAVE OPEN ALL OF THE TIME.
I WROTE DOWN A COUPLE OF COMMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD SPECIFICALLY, UM, FROM, UM, PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN THE SURVEY.
UH, SOMEONE SAID WE'D LOVE MORE CULTURAL EVENTS AND FAMILY EVENTS.
SOMEONE ELSE SAID, KEEP EMBRACING ALL CULTURES.
SOMEONE SAID MORE CULTURAL FESTIVITIES, PLEASE.
AND THEN SOMEONE SAID TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF HUDU AND OTHER AGENCIES TO IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM WHERE FAMILIES CAN TAKE OUT A MUSEUM PASS MEMBERSHIP CARD THAT ALLOWS A FAMILY TO GET FREE ADMISSIONS.
AND I INCLUDED THAT IN THERE BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT THAT IS A PERFECT WAY TO HELP SUPPORT DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, LEARNING ABOUT OTHER, UM, TYPES OF ART AND CULTURES AND TRADITIONS AND VALUES AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
SO I INCLUDED THAT SPECIFICALLY SO THAT I HELD MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE, 'CAUSE I WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, WITH THAT IDEA.
WHAT DAYS ARE THESE EVENTS HELD? THEY ARE, WE'VE KIND 'EM IN ALL D DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE MONTH JUST TO KIND OF TEST OUT WHAT WORKS BEST MONDAYS DURING THE WEEK, BUT RIGHT.
SO WE'RE MONDAYS, MONDAY EVENINGS IS USUALLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO.
UM, NOW WE KNOW THAT IF WE HAVE THEM ON SATURDAYS, WE COULD INCREASE, UM, OUR, UH, ATTENDANCE.
BUT WE HAVE TWO ISSUES, UM, WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
UH, ONE IS OUR, UH, WE ARE UNDERSTAFFED, UM, AND SO WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO COVER, UH, A BIG PROGRAM ON A SATURDAY, BUT ALSO WE ALREADY HAVE PROGRAMMING THAT'S VERY POPULAR AND VERY WELL ATTENDED ON SATURDAYS.
SO IN THE FUTURE, I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO MAYBE OPEN A LITTLE BIT LATER ON SATURDAYS AND BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING MAYBE IN THE EVENINGS OR IN THE AFTERNOONS, UM, THAT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, MESS WITH
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THE PROGRAM THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.THINK IT'LL PROBABLY BE BETTER ON A FRIDAY.
YOU THINK WE, WE, BECAUSE IT'S END OF THE WEEK.
RATHER THAN THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK WHEN EVERYBODY IS BUSY AND EVERYBODY IS GETTING BACK INTO THE SWING OR WHATEVER.
BUT AT FRIDAYS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE WEEKEND DOING FUN THINGS, ET CETERA.
I WOULD THINK THAT, THAT TEND TO SCHEDULE SOMETHING TOWARD FRIDAY.
I MEAN, IF YOU CAN'T DO SATURDAY, IF YOU CAN DO FRIDAY, WE CAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY TRY THAT.
THE, AND SUNDAY, I MEAN, SUNDAY TOO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT OPEN ON SUNDAYS.
SEE, AND THAT IS A PROBLEM RIGHT THERE.
I THINK THAT THE LIBRARY SHOULD BE, I MEAN, THAT'S JUST, WE WOULD LOVE TO BE, UH, WE WOULD LOVE TO, BUT THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER OPTION FOR YOU HAVE MORE STAFF.
YOU KNOW, IF, IF THE LIBRARY COULD OPEN FOR AN EVENT ON SUNDAY MM-HMM
YOU HAVE FREE TIME, BUT THAT AGAIN IS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE GUIDELINES OF THE CITY OR RIGHT.
SO WE HOPE TO, THAT'S SORT OF OUR, WHEN WE, WHEN WE DO OUR BIG DREAMS, WE HOPE TO BE OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, AND WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE PROGRAMMING ON THE WEEKENDS.
SO WE LOOK AT THAT AS OUR GOAL EVENTUALLY.
UH, WE CAN CERTAINLY TRY A FRIDAY EVENING.
I'M JUST THINKING THAT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, IT, MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BEGINNING OF THE WEEK IS SO MUCH HARDER TO YES.
WE, WE HAVE FOUND THOUGH, WHENEVER WE DO PROGRAMMING, IT DOESN'T, IT, IT ALWAYS COINCIDES WITH SOMETHING, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
'CAUSE EVERYONE, LIKE, I HAVE THREE TEENS AND THEY'RE ALL INVOLVED IN THINGS AND, AND ACTUALLY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE BOOKED UP LIKE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE.
AND SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND THAT SWEET SPOT.
UM, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS WILLING TO TRY SOMETHING.
I, I WOULD THINK THAT YOUR BIGGEST PROBLEM THOUGH, IS ADVERTISING.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY, I THINK.
UM, MY QUESTION IS, UM, DO YOU, UH, COLLABORATE WITH THE LIBRARY, THE SCHOOL LIBRARIES HERE? YES.
IN FACT, I WAS JUST AT A SCHOOL THIS MORNING.
UM, SO ALL OF THE, FOR EXAMPLE, ALL OF OUR TEEN PROGRAMS WE SEND OVER TO THE MIDDLE AND THE HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARIANS FOR THEM TO PUT OUT ON THERE, I THINK IT'S CALLED CANVAS, IS WHAT THEY USE.
UM, AND THEY PUT IT ON THEIR, THEIR TVS, YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE THE, THE ROLLING ADVERTISEMENTS AND THEY TALK ABOUT IT.
UH, WE ALSO, FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WE DO THE SAME.
UM, UH, WE DO OUTREACH WITH OUR DAYCARES AS WELL.
UM, AND SO WE, WE TALK TO THEM.
UM, I DO A LOT OF OUTREACH WITH THE TRAILS AT CARMEL CREEK, SO I TALK TO THE SENIORS ABOUT COMING.
UM, A LOT OF THE TIMES THEY MIGHT SEE SOMETHING ON HERE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE THIS, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH ROOM TO REALLY PUT, AND YOU DON'T WANNA PUT TOO MANY WORDS, BUT I'VE HAD QUESTIONS WHEN I GO TO MY BOOK CLUB OVER THERE, I'LL BRING THE CALENDAR AND I'LL SAY, ARE THERE ANYTHING, OR IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED CLARIFICATION ON? OR THAT, UM, YOU, YOU'RE NOT EVEN REALLY SURE WHAT, WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE.
AND SO GOING THROUGH AND KIND OF TALKING ABOUT IT, LIKE WE HAVE, UM, IN JUNE, WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN NAMED TERRENCE TAPS WHO'S DOING TAP DANCING.
AND SO I REMEMBER SITTING WITH MY, UH, MY BOOK HUDDLE, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND WE EVEN LOOKED ON, ON OUR PHONE AT WHAT, LIKE A TAP DANCE PERFORMANCE LOOKS LIKE, SO THEY COULD SEE IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY REALLY WANTED TO DO.
UM, I THINK WITH THE NEW HUDDLE CONNECT, WHICH IS, WE'VE BEEN USING NOW FOR, WHAT, TWO MONTHS MAYBE? I WAS GONNA SAY A MONTH.
IT'S CLOSE TO MAYBE A MONTH AND A HALF.
UM, I THINK THAT WE'RE GAINING TRACTION, UM, AND I KNOW COMMS IS WORKING ON SOME PIECES TO GO OUT TO GET PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR THAT SERVICE MM-HMM
UH, SO ONCE WE GET PEOPLE USING THAT SERVICE, I THINK OUR VISIBILITY WILL INCREASE.
BUT IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY OTHER IDEAS OF THINGS THAT WE COULD BE DOING, UM, I'D, I'D BE HAPPY TO HEAR THOSE.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THE, THE, SOME OF THE EVENTS I'M LOOKING AT, SEE, BUT I WAS NOT AWARE MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, SO IT'S, IT'S, UM, JUST BE INCREASING AWARENESS.
AND I WAS GONNA ASK, YOU SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A WELL ATTENDED EVENT AND A LEAST CULTURAL EVENT? UH, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE? YES, MA'AM.
SO IN OUR LIBRARY, WE HAVE A LARGE MEETING ROOM THAT WE USE FOR SOME EVENTS.
SO ANYTHING THAT WE THINK IS GOING TO BE LARGELY ATTENDED, WHICH MEANS WE DON'T LIKE TO DO A LOT OF THINGS WHERE YOU HAVE TO REGISTER, WE JUST LIKE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SHOW UP.
UM, SO IF WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE BIG BECAUSE OF THE CHATTER THAT WE HEAR IN THE LIBRARY AND ALL OF THE ADVERTISING THAT WE'RE DOING AND THINGS LIKE THAT MM-HMM
THEN WE, UH, TRY TO RESERVE THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE, THE, UH, CAPACITY IS MUCH LARGER.
UM, LAST WEEK, UH, WHEN THE DANCE STUDIO CAME, YOU KNOW, SO WE SET UP THE WHOLE CITY, UH, COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND ALL OF THAT, AND THEY EVEN BROUGHT IN A STAGE AND THEY HAD ALL THEIR DANCERS AND ALL THIS.
AND THEN WE JUST HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT
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CAME.UM, AND SO, UM, WE IMMEDIATELY, WE, BECAUSE WE USE DATA, DATA DATA IN THE LIBRARY, AND WE ARE IMMEDIATELY TALKING ABOUT HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS BETTER, BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT THIS GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS TO WANT TO COME BACK.
UM, AND SO VISIBILITY IS SUPER IMPORTANT.
FINDING THAT SWEET SPOT OF WHERE AND WHEN, UH, WE DO THAT, UM, IS IMPORTANT.
WE, WHEN WE'RE DETERMINING WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE PROGRAMMING, WE KNOW THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THINGS LIKE, UH, STORY TIME, WE KNEW THAT WE NEEDED MORE STORY TIME, SO WE JUST ADDED MORE STORY TIMES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
BUT THERE ARE THINGS LIKE, WE HAD A, A HOME BUYING WORKSHOP.
WE HAD, WE DID HAVE REGISTRATION FOR THAT ONE.
UM, AND WE HAD, I THINK 15 PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR THAT.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER, UM, THAT SAID SOMETHING WHOLE COMPLETELY SEPARATE.
UM, WE'VE ALSO RECENTLY STARTED SHARING OUR LIBRARY EVENTS TO THE HU TEXAS EVENTS GROUPS.
AND THERE'S, I THINK, A, A HU FAMILIES GROUP.
AND THERE, THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT GROUPS.
WE'VE BEEN SHARING THINGS, UH, TO THERE, UM, AS WELL, UM, SINCE I'VE, UH, BEEN HERE, THE ONLY PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE DROPPED COMPLETELY WAS OUR, UM, YARN AND THREAD, UM, CIRCLE BECAUSE WE, WE CHANGED THE NAME, WE CHANGED THE DAYS, WE CHANGED THE TIME.
WE, WE DID THAT CONSISTENTLY FOR SIX MONTHS.
AND WE CONTINUE TO, TO NOT HAVE ANYBODY, UM, COME TO THAT PROGRAM, BUT WITH ALL OF OUR OTHERS, INSTEAD OF THROWING IN THE TOWEL, BECAUSE THE WHOLE REASON THEY EXIST IS 'CAUSE SOMEBODY ASKED FOR THEM.
UM, OR, YOU KNOW, WE, WE GOT SOME FEEDBACK ON OUR SURVEY.
UH, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THOSE MORE.
THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS YOU CAN KIND OF TWEAK TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
BECAUSE IT, IT, IT SEEMS LIKE THE IF OKAY, LIKE THE HOME BUYING REGISTRATION MM-HMM
SO ONLY A, A FEW PEOPLE CAME TO THAT TOO, BUT THEY KNEW ABOUT IT,
SO IT'S, SO THAT WILL LIKELY NOT BE A, UM, THAT THAT'S SORT OF WHAT WE CALL A ONE-OFF PROGRAM.
WE PROBABLY WON'T DO THAT ONE AGAIN UNLESS YOU KNOW THERE'S A NEED FOR IT.
SO IT SHOULD BE LIKE CHRISTIE, WHO REMINDS US TO GO TO THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY.
SO, SO I'LL GO BACK AND I'LL LOOK AND I GO, OH, I MISSED THIS.
AND SO I THINK THAT MAY BE PART OF WHERE IT LIES IN THE ANSWER TO IT.
IS THAT WHEN YOU SEND THAT BLAST OUT, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SEND IT OUT.
UM, I DID NATIONAL NIGHT OUT MM-HMM
AND YOU KNOW, WHERE MOST OF THE PEOPLE CAME FROM.
AND I KNOW IT MAY NOT BE FEASIBLE FROM ACTUALLY GOING TO THEIR DOORS AND PUTTING A FLYER THERE BECAUSE THEY'D FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT AND THEY'D SEEN IT.
THEY MARKED IT, BUT THEY JUST, YOU KNOW, AND I ONLY KNOW THIS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY CAME AND THEY TOLD ME, THEY GO, WE DIDN'T SEE THAT.
WE WENT AND IT WAS JUST REGULAR HARD COPY OF PAPER.
SO I THINK MAYBE IF YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN CANVAS NEIGHBORHOODS, LIKE NOT ALL OF 'EM AT ONE TIME.
'CAUSE THEN YOU'RE GONNA GET EVERYBODY TO SHOW UP, RIGHT? MM-HMM
BUT AT LEAST COMMUNICATE IT, UH, IN A WAY WHERE EVERYDAY PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT SEE SOMETHING ONLINE OR MAY NOT HAVE A NEWSLETTER, UM, MAY NOT HAVE A GROUP THAT THEY MEET WITH JUST REGULAR EVERYDAY PEOPLE, UM, AND SEE IT.
'CAUSE THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT BROUGHT PEOPLE TO WHERE MM-HMM
AND THEY, AND THEY WERE AWARE.
I POSTED IT ON THE FACEBOOK GROUPS.
WE DO, WE HAVE A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR PROGRAMS IN THE LIBRARY PRINTED OUT, UM, AS WELL AS IN DIGITAL FORM.
I KNOW THE DIGITAL LIKE SOMETHING THAT YOU SENT BY EMAIL.
WE, WE HAVE, IN FACT, I, I THINK WE HAVE OVER 2000 PEOPLE AT THIS TIME WHO RECEIVE OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER.
UH, THERE'S A, A, ON OUR LIBRARY WEBSITE, THERE'S A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN OPT IN FOR THE NEWSLETTER.
UH, SO MAYBE SAYING THAT OUT LOUD, LOUD, MAYBE I NEED TO DO A, OUR VIDEOS ARE REALLY POPULAR.
MAYBE DO A VIDEO AND SAY, HEY, IF YOU GO TO THE, UM, LIBRARY FACEBOOK PAGE, OR NOT FACEBOOK PAGE, UH, THE LIBRARY WEBSITE, AND YOU SCROLL DOWN, THERE IS A PAPER LINK FOR YOU TO CLICK AND YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER AND IT WILL HAVE EVERYTHING THERE.
DO YOU PUT A NOTICE IN THE LIBRARY FOR THE EVENT, LIKE POSTER? WE DO.
SO WE HAVE A SIGN THAT, THAT ON EACH OF OUR ENTRANCES, IT'S A LARGE SIGN AND WE BLOW UP THE, UM, NOT, NOT THIS CALENDAR.
WE CREATE ONE FOR THE CURRENT WEEK AND THEN THE WEEK AFTER.
I'M TALKING ABOUT LIKE, FOR THE DANCE GROUP, YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE A BIG THING THAT SAYS DANCE GROUP, YOU KNOW, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, ON YOUR, ON YOUR, ON YOUR SITE RATHER THAN A RATHER THAN CALENDAR? OH, YES.
I, WE HAVE IN EVERY ONE OF THESE HAS ITS OWN FACEBOOK EVENT WITH ITS OWN GRAPHICS AND A LINK AND ALL OF THAT.
AND THAT'S IN, IN THE LIBRARY ITSELF.
DO YOU, DO YOU MEAN LIKE A, LIKE A PAGE LIKE THIS WHERE EACH, EACH ONE LIKE A, LIKE A, YEAH.
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FORM, WE HAVE THAT TV THAT'S BEHIND US.ARE THE ONES THAT YOU PROBABLY ARE GOING TO KEY IN ON MM-HMM
AND IF THEY SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND IT'S IN YOUR NEWSLETTER, ET CETERA, I THINK THAT A LOT MORE INTEREST IF YOU CAN KEEP THAT GOING.
I, THAT'S JUST HOW I LOOK AT IT.
UH, WE DO HAVE SIGNS THROUGHOUT THE LIBRARY, PHYSICAL SIGNS, UM, ON TOP OF ALL OF THE, THE BOOKSHELVES.
WE HAVE A BULLETIN BOARD IN THE FRONT.
WE HAVE OUR SIGN OUT FRONT THAT HAS ALL OF THE, UM, THE ACTIVITIES LISTED BY WEEK.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR TV THAT'S, IT'S NOT THIS BIG, BUT IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT PURPOSE, THIS, BUT IT PLAYS, UM, JUST A, A CONTINUOUS LOOP OF ALL OF THE, THE EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP.
I MEAN, I, I, I HAD NO IDEA THAT YOU HAD A DANCER COME IN.
AND PERHAPS IF I CAN ADD ANYTHING, BAKER.
UM, PERHAPS MAYBE THE, THE ASK HERE FROM THE STAFF LEVEL IS TO ASK Y'ALL AS A COMMISSION, KNOWING THAT YOU NOW KNOW WHERE TO GET THE INFORMATION SPREAD.
HOW CAN Y'ALL HELP SPREAD THE INFORMATION AS WE WORK ON OUR END, SPREADING THE INFORMATION IN THE WAYS THAT WE CAN, HOW CAN Y'ALL HELP CLOSE THOSE GAPS? I THINK MAYBE, YES.
IN FACT, THAT'S THE WAYS TO SUPPORT, UM, IN MY NOTES, TO JOIN OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
UM, IF YOU CAN, IF YOU HAVE A FACEBOOK, UM, AND SHARE OUT THE EVENTS, UM, TO ATTEND THE PROGRAM SO THAT YOU CAN SPEAK ON THEM TOO.
BECAUSE WHEN WE HAVE WELL ATTENDED PROGRAMS OR WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT SAY, OH MAN, I COULDN'T MAKE IT ON THAT NIGHT, BUT I REALLY, MY KIDS REALLY WANTED TO SEE THAT.
WE OFTENTIMES TRY TO HAVE THAT PROGRAM AGAIN AVAILABLE, UH, FOR FAMILIES TO ATTEND.
UM, LOST THE REST OF MY THOUGHT.
UM, I KNOW A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE THE HOAS MM-HMM
UM, MY NAME, IF IT DOESN'T, UM, DO YOU COMMUNICATE THROUGH THEM? MM-HMM
UM, ANY INFORMATION WHERE WHEN THEY SEND STUFF OUT, OR ME, MAYBE THAT'S AN AVENUE AT THIS TIME.
YEAH, THAT, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
THIS TIME WE JUST COMMUNICATE MOSTLY WITH, UM, THE TRAILS BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING ON OUR SENIOR PROGRAMMING.
UH, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S DEFINITELY AN, AN AVENUE THAT WE HAVEN'T TAPPED INTO.
WHAT GROUP WOULD YOU BE KEYING IN FOR THE, THE DANCE? WHAT FAMILIES OF ALL WITH KIDS OF ALL AGES.
I, I, I TRULY BELIEVE IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF THIS, THE EVENT COMING UP.
AND THAT IF YOU CAN GET PAST THAT SOMEHOW MM-HMM
AND IT'S GOTTA BE IN, IN A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY BE RIGHT.
ALSO WITH SUMMER COMING, UM, I THINK MAYBE THAT CAN HELP ALSO.
SO WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THREE WEEKS NOW, MY, UM, MY CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN HAS BEEN TO ALL THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN THE NINTH GRADE CENTER, AND I'VE BEEN TO ALL THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND WE HAVE DONE OUTREACH MM-HMM
UH, FOR THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM, AND TALKED ABOUT ALL THE FUN PROGRAMS WE HAVE COMING UP OVER THE SUMMER.
UM, THE KIDS ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT LIKE OUR CHEMISTRY ROAD SHOW AND THE REPTILE SHOW.
AND, UH, WE HAVE A PIRATE SHOW COMING UP, ALL KINDS OF STUFF.
UM, DIFFERENT KINDS OF MUSICAL SHOWS OR DANCE.
SO I WAS ABLE TO, THIS YEAR, BECAUSE I DID THAT OUTREACH AND BECAUSE MS. HANNAH WAS OUT WITH THE, THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THE NINTH GRADE CENTER, WE HAVE HAD A, A HUGE UPTICK IN LIBRARY CARDS, UM, SIGNING, PLAYING THE LIBRARY CARDS, UH, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GETTING READY FOR OUR SUMMER READING PROGRAM.
WE DO HAVE, IF YOU'LL LOOK ON THAT VERY FIRST PAGE ON MAY 30TH, IF YOU'LL JUST KIND OF PUT A STAR THERE.
UM, WE DO HAVE OUR SUMMER READING KICKOFF PARTY, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN PROMOTING WITH ALL OF OUR SCHOOL OUTREACH.
AND FROM TWO TO FOUR, WE'LL BE INVITING ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY ALL AGES TO COME.
UH, WE HAVE FREE BOOKS FOR EVERYBODY WHO COMES.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UM, THE READING LAW FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE, THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE, UM, THE PROGRAM CALENDAR.
I THINK WE SHOULD BE GIVING MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE FOR THESE.
WE, WE, I'VE GOT SOME GREAT IDEAS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR IDEAS.
I'VE, I'VE GOT THOSE, UM, THAT WE CAN WORK ON.
UM, DEFINITELY THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING
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TO TAP INTO, RIGHT? THERE'S ALWAYS ANOTHER WAY TO DO THINGS.SO I APPRECIATE YOUR PERSPECTIVES.
UM, AND IF YOU WOULD, UM, SUPPORT OUR, OUR PROGRAMS BY SHARING THEM OUT OR TALKING ABOUT THEM MM-HMM
THAT WOULD BE, UM, INCREDIBLY HELPFUL.
AN ATTENDING WOULD APPRECIATE THEME IF THE PEOPLE LIKE THAT DO THAT PHOTO MAGAZINE WOULD GIVE YOU A FREE SPACE, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO PUT A SMALL AD IN.
FOR THE, YOU KNOW, THE DANCE THING OR THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER THAT COMES OUT MM-HMM
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY ACTUALLY GIVE SPACE TO
WELL, WE CAN ALWAYS ASK, RIGHT? RIGHT.
UM, THEY, WE DO, UM, ADVERTISE IN THE, UM, THE HU CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NEWSLETTER THAT COMES OUT, BUT THEY'VE GOT US AT THE VERY END.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU CLICK ALL THE WAY THROUGH, YOU'LL SEE ALL OF OUR LIBRARY PROGRAMS,
YOU KNOW, AND IS THERE SOMETHING THAT, WOULD THEY GIVE YOU SPACE? I CAN ALWAYS ASK.
I KNOW THAT THE, THE, THE COST OF ADS IN THAT ARE EXPENSIVE MM-HMM
WAY, WAY MORE EXPENSIVE THAN I THOUGHT THAT THEY SHOULD BE.
YOU CAN ALWAYS, WHEREAS THEY CAN JUST SAY NO.
OH, WAIT, NO, THAT'S NOT BECAUSE WE'RE ON, WE'RE THE, THE NEXT ONE.
WE WOULD LOVE TO MEET, UM, JOINTLY WITH, WITH YOU ALL, WHETHER IT'S HERE IN THE LIBRARY, UM, AT THE, WELL, I GUESS YOU GUYS ALWAYS MEET HERE, RIGHT? SO IT'D BE HERE.
UM, ON JULY 15TH, UH, WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP YOUR ENTIRE AMOUNT OF TIME MM-HMM
BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO, UM, AT LEAST START A CONVERSATION, UM, ON HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER MM-HMM
UM, WHETHER IT BE, UM, TACKLING ONE INITIATIVE THAT MAYBE WE TALK ABOUT THAT NIGHT AND THEN KIND OF ROLL FORWARD WITH, OR JUST FINDING WAYS THAT WE, THAT WE CAN PARTNER TOGETHER.
SO DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT? YEAH.
SO THE ACTION WOULD BE, UM, TO HOST A JOINT MEETING WITH THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD ON JULY 15TH, 2025.
SO, UM, DIDN'T WE ALREADY VOTE ON THAT? NO.
SO SOMEONE WOULD NEED TO MAKE A MOTION AND THEN A SECOND, AND THEN, OKAY.
I MOVE THAT WE
WE'RE LOOKING FOR, BUT I, THESE THINGS ARE, SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE REALLY INTERESTING.
I, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I JUST, I'M GLAD I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT TOO, BECAUSE NOW YOU, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE EM.
UM, AND IF YOU EVER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STOP BY THE LIBRARY OR GIVING ME A CALL OR SEND ME AN EMAIL.
UM, I AM DEFINITELY GOING TO BE TAKING SOME OF THESE IDEAS BACK TO MY TEAM, AND WE'LL WORK ON THAT.
UM, OUR SUMMER, UH, PROGRAMS ARE VERY WELL ATTENDED, SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT, BUT WE CAN PREPARE AND BE READY FOR THE FALL WHEN IT COMES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
AND THANK YOU FOR, ILL FOLLOW UP WITH C OH, I
SO ITEM 7.3, CONSIDERATION, POSSIBLE ACTION ON, ON APRIL 22ND, 2005.
MEETING MEMBERS, MEETING MINUTES, MEETING MEMBERS.
I THINK ALL OF THESE WERE TAKEN, SO WE JUST NEED TO MOVE THAT APPROVED.
SORRY, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE APRIL 22ND, 2005 MINUTES.
OH, NOW WE, YEAH, WE'RE IN SOME 0.4 ACCLAMATIONS.
I DO PRINTED, ACTUALLY, I PRINTED OUT THREE.
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SO FUNNY.TRYING TO SAVE PAPER, BUT LET YOU THERE.
OH, YOU HAVE YOURS? I HAVE MINE, YES.
YOU AND, UM, JACQUELINE, I DID RECEIVE YOUR COMMENTS AND INCLUDED THOSE, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, I DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
SO THESE ARE ESSENTIALLY THE EXACT SAME WORDING, JUST WITH UPDATED DATES AND MAKING SURE THAT I'LL BE CHANGING WHERE THAT SAID DNI SAID DEIB.
UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS IT.
WE HAVE, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE, UM, AND MAYBE THAT'S A, WOULD BE MADE IN THE COMMENTS AT THE, THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE CELEBRATION.
SO THOSE ARE DEFINITELY, THAT'S DEFINITELY A AVENUE FOR, FOR WHOEVER FROM THE COMMISSION IS THERE.
AND OR IT MAY BE GOOD TO INVITE BLACK FAMILIES OF OHIO TO BE THERE IN PERSON AS WELL.
I THINK WE EXTEND THAT INVITATION EACH YEAR, ATTENDING MM-HMM
UM, BUT YEAH, THAT'S CERTAINLY APPROPRIATE IS DURING THE COMMENTS AS TO AS TO LET EVERYONE KNOW ABOUT IT BECAUSE I'M, I, I HAVE BOTH OF THESE PROCLAMATIONS ON THE JUNE 3RD AGENDA.
SO BE THE BEGINNING OF JUNE, THAT WAY THERE WOULD STILL BE TIME MM-HMM
IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE PAST TONIGHT, IF NOT, UM, WE'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND FORTH AND EMAIL AND DO
AND THEN, UM, BECAUSE THE PARKS AND RECREATION WAS, IS DOING THE JUNETEENTH EVENT, CORRECT? IT'S A COLLABORATION, CORRECT? YEAH.
SO IT'S THIS YEAR THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT IS, UM, MORE OR LESS FUNDING THE EVENT AND HELPING SUPPORT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND BEING ABLE TO COORDINATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT END.
BUT THE BLACKFIN, THE FEDERAL ARE STILL LEADING MM-HMM
UM, THE ENTIRE PLANNING, THE ORGANIZATION WHO THEY WANT THEIR, UM, HOW THEY WANT THE PROGRAMS TO RUN.
SO, UM, IT'S DEFINITELY A JOINT EFFORT, BUT BLACK, BLACK FAMILIES OF ARE LEADING IT.
SO THEN, BECAUSE THEY SHOULD BE THERE AT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE PROCLAMATION IS READ, AND THEN I WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE GROUPS THAT ARE SPONSORING AND ALL THAT TO DO THAT.
AND THEN I CAN, I CAN DIRECTLY INVITE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, I MEAN, THEY, THEY SEE THAT IT'S THERE, BUT I CAN PERSONALLY INVITE THEM.
UM, WOULD YOU OR SOMEONE FROM THE COMMISSION BE COMFORTABLE WITH INVITING BLACKHAM AS A HU TO ATTEND THE
I MEAN, I WOULDN'T HAVE TO KNOW WHO WE WOULD BE REACHING OUT TO.
I MEAN, AMISHA WILLIAMS WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BEST CONTACT.
SO I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IS WITH THE CONGRESS COMMISSION, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM ALL.
I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT.
YEAH, NO, THE, UM, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM ALL ALONG.
WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT? NO, WITH THE BACK HANDLINGS OF HUDDLE.
TEAM
BECAUSE TO ME, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WOULD BE THE ONES THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT, UM, YES.
AND I WILL ASK IF THEY DO THAT.
UM, IF ANYONE HERE HAS A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP, I THINK IT WOULD MEAN A LOT COMING FROM A COMMISSIONER TO INVITE THEM AS WELL.
BUT I CAN CERTAINLY, UM, REQUEST THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT DOES THAT.
AND SO, I MEAN, THE ONLY PERSON THAT I KNOW, YOU KNOW, JUST BRIEFLY HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH WOULD BE ON, ON NISHA MM-HMM
I'M MAKING A NOTE TO SEND, UM, THAT TO JEFF SO THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO REACH OUT TO BLACK FAMILY
AND THEN, UM, MAYBE ALSO A PERSONAL INVITATION FROM YOU.
AND THAT'S JUNE 5TH, RIGHT? CORRECT.
UH, BOTH PROCLAMATIONS WOULD BE READ ON JUNE THE FIFTH.
AND WE, WE, WE ALSO HAVE A CONNECTION WITH, UM, IS THERE A LEADER, LIKE WITH THE PRIDE GROUP OR,
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SO THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT WE'VE HAD THIS, I'VE REACHED OUT TO, UM, A GROUP ON FACEBOOK HEAD PRIDE, UM, I JUST POSTED IN THERE.I THINK WE'VE HAD ONE OR TWO PEOPLE COME.
UM, I'VE ALSO MADE A CONNECTION, I THINK I GAVE THE UPDATED COUPLE, MAYBE IT WAS, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS THE LAST MEETING OR NOT, BUT I ATTENDED THE, UM, UM, GREATER AUSTIN ASIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND I MET SOMEONE FROM THE AUSTIN, UM, CHAPTER, AND I FORGET EXACTLY WHAT THEY CALL IT.
BUT ESSENTIALLY THEY OVERSEE THE LGBTQ PLUS, UH, CHAMBER ACTIVITIES MM-HMM
AND SO I CAN INVITE THAT PERSON AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING TO HAVE THESE OUT BRANCHES OF WHAT THEY DO IN THESE SMALLER COMMUNITIES FROM AUSTIN.
UM, AND THEN ALSO THERE'S TAYLOR PRIDE.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS ANY CONNECTION THERE.
I DON'T, BUT I CAN REACH OUT, I THINK, WITH ANNA.
AND THAT'S WHO NORMALLY LIKE, SEES THE HUDDLE
BUT YEAH, I THINK IF YOU COULD REACH OUT TO HER DIRECTLY, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BEST.
AND THOSE ARE THE, THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT I WOULD KNOW TO DIRECTLY REACH OUT TO OUTSIDE OF ANY, ANYWHERE ELSE THAT Y'ALL OKAY.
I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF THAT ALSO FOR JUNE 5TH.
SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO, OKAY.
ANYTHING ELSE WITH THAT? WE JUST, UM, IF, IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL OR ANYTHING YOU
UM, I WILL MAKE AN MOTION TO APPROVE, UM, PROCLAMATIONS FOR JUNETEENTH AND PRIDE.
NOW WE HAVE ITEM 7.5 REVIEW AND OF
SO REALLY WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO IS IF WE GO THROUGH THIS AND MAKE ANY UPDATES, BECAUSE I MADE, UM, I HAD A LONG CONVERSATION WITH STAN BEFORE HE LEFT FOR VACATION.
SO I WILL BE REACHING OUT TO HIM ON WHEN, ONCE HE GETS BACK.
AND ALSO ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS HE'S GOING TO DO IS HE'S GOING TO PREPARE LIKE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT HE WOULD PROPOSE FOR BUDGETING.
SO WE CAN DO THAT ALL TOGETHER.
SO RIGHT AFTER HE GETS BACK TO THAT.
SO WE WANNA GO THROUGH THIS AND WE WOULD LOOK THROUGH THINGS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO UPDATE ON THE PLAN.
SO DOES EVERYBODY HAVE THAT? OKAY.
UH, PURINA HAS COMPLETED THIS, AND I ASKED HER WITH, UM, WITH THE VETERANS.
I ASKED HER TO BE THE LEAD WITH THAT ON, UM, ITEM 1.2 VETERANS GROUP, UM, SINCE TARA WILL BE STEPPING DOWN.
AND THEN WE HAVE ERIC AND COREY, AND THEN THE SENIOR CITIZEN WITH SUZANNE.
AND I WILL DEFINITELY HELP YOU WITH THAT AS WELL.
SO, UM, A HAS BEEN COMPLETED, UM, HAVE DIB COMMISSION LIAISON FOR EACH GROUP.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE COMPLETED THAT B ANNOUNCED GROUPS THAT WOULD BE IN THE JULY WORKING SESSION, I WOULD THINK WITH COMMUNICATION B AND I'M ALSO STRATEGIC PLAN WITH THAT, THAT GROUPS, UM, WITH INITIAL EDUCATION, THAT WOULD BE STAN AND THE COMMISSION ITEM 1.3 ATTEND EACH COUNCIL MEETING.
NOW THIS, WE NEED TO, I THINK ALL THE COUNCIL MEETINGS HAVE BEEN ATTENDED BY AT LEAST ONE COMMISSION, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE WORK ON, UM, ATTENDANCE
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LIKE, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, LIKE EVEN TONIGHT YOU TELL ME TO GO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT HERE REALLY.SO WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE TO REACH OUT WITH THAT.
UM, NOW ITEM 1.40, THE FORM TO ME TWO TIMES, THIS IS WHAT, ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS THINKING, I WAS THINKING LIKE IF WE HAVE THE FORM, WE HAVE THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION WITH ALL THE COMMISSIONS, UM, IN JANUARY, I WAS THINKING THAT INSTEAD OF, WE WOULD JUST MAYBE MEET ON ONE ADDITIONAL TIME AS A, AS OPPOSED TO TWO TIMES, BECAUSE THAT WOULD, TO ME, THAT'S LIKE THE KICKOFF OF THE START.
WHAT DOES EVERYBODY ELSE THINK ABOUT THAT? I'M, I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT, UM, USING EXISTING STRUCTURES FOR WHAT WE HAVE AS OPPOSED TO MAYBE MAKING MORE, AND THEN WE COULD SAY MAYBE SIX MONTHS LATER.
SO THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY THE JUNE TIMEFRAME AND WHATEVER.
WOULDN'T IT ALWAYS DEPEND ON GETTING EVERYBODY TOGETHER ALSO, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THIS YOU WANT THERE.
UM, SO THERE ARE CERTAIN, WE'VE HAD THESE MEETINGS ON SATURDAYS, WHICH YEAH.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ATTENDED MM-HMM
SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD WORK VERY WELL FOR WHAT THIS TYPE OF FORUM IS.
BECAUSE LIKE, UM, AT THE MEETING THAT WE HAD IN JANUARY, ALL OF THE COMMISSIONS WERE THERE, ALL THE OTHER COMMISSIONS WERE THERE AS WELL AS KEY STAFF MEMBERS AND SO FORTH AND SO ON.
SO, SO IF WE WOULD HAVE ONE THE STARTING OFF THE KICKOFF IN JANUARY, 2026, THEN MAYBE IN IT WOULD BE JULY, WE WOULD HAVE ANOTHER FORM.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? MM-HMM
IS THIS SOMETHING YOU'RE GONNA ORGANIZE? UH, YES.
AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE A NEW VICE CHAIR, THE VICE CHAIR TO ASSIST THAT.
SO ANY OTHER, ANY COMMENTS ON THAT FROM ME? OKAY.
WE ARE WORKING ON THE BUDGET FIRST OF ALL.
NOW IF WE, LET'S SEE, WE HAVE A MEETING AND OUR NEXT MEETING IS WHEN? JUNE 15TH.
SO WE REALLY NEED TO COMPLETE OUR BUDGET REQUEST ON THAT.
SO, UM, FIRST OF ALL, DOES ANYONE, YOU, YOU SAID YOU HAD SOMETHING WITH COMMUNICATIONS, LIKE WHAT DO YOU MEAN? LIKE, UM, A BUDGET ITEM FOR COMMUNICATION? WELL, THAT ONE IS THE ONE WHERE I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A, A DIRECT WEB ADDRESS FOR OUR WEBPAGE.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING BECAUSE RIGHT AT THIS INSTANT TIME, IT'S REALLY HARD TO FIND ANYTHING.
AND EVEN THOUGH I KNOW YOU SAID THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON IT, IT'S STILL VERY DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE.
AND IT SEEMED TO ME THAT A DIRECT WEB LINK TO OUR SITE WOULD BE GREAT.
I MEAN, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'D HAVE TO DISCUSS, BUT YEAH, TO ME IT SEEMS LOGICAL WE CAN DISCUSS THAT ON THE NEXT MEETING BECAUSE THEN WE WOULD HAVE THE INFORMATION FROM STAN AND THAT, JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALIGNED EVERYTHING AND THEN SO WE CAN DISCUSS THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, COULD YOU, DID YOU THINK OF ANY OTHER BUDGET ITEMS JUST OVER AND OVERVIEW OF BRIEFLY OR THAT WE WOULD WANT TO DISCUSS NEXT MEETING? I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE, THE IDEA OF MAKING A, A BOOKLET.
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YES.I THINK WE HAVE THAT LISTED FOR, FOR RESOURCES FOR VETERANS, FOR SENIOR CITIZENS OR WHOEVER NEEDS ONE.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO PEOPLE.
I THINK IT WOULD WORK IN THE LIBRARY.
YOU COULD PUT IN THE LIBRARY, PICK IT UP.
I THINK THAT'S LISTED LATER ON.
DID YOU THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING TOO, BUT I THINK IT KIND OF LINES UP WITH, UM, THE EDUCATIONAL ASPECT OF IT.
GETTING THE INFORMATION, BEING ABLE TO PUT THAT INFORMATION IN THAT BOOKLET, OR EVEN AS FAR AS ONCE WE GET THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM GOING MM-HMM
UM, INCLUDING WHAT EXACTLY THAT IS.
AND UM, THAT WAY, UM, ANY ADVANCE INITIATIVES OR ANYTHING THAT'S GOING ON CAN BE SUPPORTED.
SO THAT, THAT WAS MY ONLY, UM, THOUGHT ON IT THAT, UM, BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE IT IN MM-HMM
AND I KNOW THAT AS SHE SAID, THE BOOKLET WOULD BE GOOD, UH, FOR PEOPLE THAT, UH, MAY NOT NECESSARILY SEE THINGS ONLINE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I THINK YOU ALSO MENTIONED, UM, THE QR CODE THAT YOU ARE GONNA QR QR CODE, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE, BUT, BUT THAT'S LIKE FREE WE CAN A QR CODE, SO MM-HMM
BUT, BUT WHERE WE'RE, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PROMOTE IT AT? I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE BIGGEST THING.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING LATER ON TOO.
SO I THINK WE'RE SET ON THAT AS IF LIKE THE NEXT MEETING WE WILL FINALIZE ALL THE BUDGET ITEMS. OKAY.
UM, WORK SESSION WITH CITY COUNCIL THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
IT'S JULY 17TH SCHEDULED AFTER YOUR OKAY.
UM, PUBLIC PRESENTATION WE SET EITHER AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER.
AND I DID PART THAT ON Y'S CALENDAR THURSDAY, JULY 17TH, AND I SENT A CALENDAR ADVICE.
UM, LET'S SEE, ADDITIONAL FOCUS, WELL THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T STARTED YET.
SO CONSIDER, RECOMMEND ADDITIONAL FOCUS WORKING GROUPS.
UM, I THINK WE'LL LEAVE THAT AS IT IS AND AS WE, YOU KNOW, MOVE FORWARD.
'CAUSE I DON'T WANT, THAT'S ONE THING I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T WANNA BACK UP SO MUCH IS WE, WE JUST NEED TO, WE ARE MOVING ALONG NOW.
I WILL DEFINITELY COMPLETE THAT ONE.
NINE, THAT WOULD BE OUR SECOND END REPORT.
UM, NOW PRIORITY AREA TWO, FULL ENGAGEMENT LISTENING POSTS ARE CURRENTLY FORM FORMAL, FORMALLY AND INFORMALLY ESTABLISHED GROUPS.
UM, SO THAT'S DOWN THE ROAD A LITTLE.
UM, LISTENING POST QUESTION, WE HAVE TO DEVELOP THAT.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
UM, 2.2 LEVERAGE AND UTILIZE NEXT GENERAL HUDDLE, GENERAL CITIZEN SURVEY.
SO THAT WAS ONE QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU.
DO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THAT'S COMING YET? IT'S STILL UP IN THE AIR.
SO, AND WE, WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE QUESTIONS THAT THE SURVEY HAS, CORRECT? UM, NO, I DON'T THINK YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL.
UM, THE LAST TIME IT WENT OUT, IT DID COME TO THE COMMISSION FOR REVIEW AND INPUT MM-HMM
UM, NOW THERE IS A LIMIT ON HOW MANY QUESTIONS WE CAN ASK IN WHAT PARTICULAR AREAS.
SO I DEFINITELY THINK THAT THAT 2.2 FROM HERE IS, IS THAT OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, WORK DIRECTLY WITH, UM, DAVID AMSLER WHO WAS KIND OF HELPING MM-HMM
WHO WAS WORKING WITH A THIRD PARTY GROUP TO, UM, PROVIDE YOUR FEEDBACK ON THOSE QUESTIONS.
BECAUSE I REMEMBER GOING TO THE, THIS IS WAY BACK IN THE FIRST TIME, THEY WERE VERY OPEN.
I, YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT.
SO, SO I THINK, BUT I THINK THAT WE CAN LEAVE THAT THERE AND THIS WILL BE THE APPROPRIATE PLACE TIMEFRAME FOR IT TO DO, UM, INSIST.
WE WOULD DEFINITELY INSIST IN GETTING THE WORD OUT TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION REVIEW AND MAKE AND MAKE WHAT RECOMMENDATION.
THAT WOULD BE TWO MONTHS DOWN.
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UM, I'M ALREADY WORKING ON THE COMMUNICATIONS PLAN, SO THERE WILL BE NO PROBLEM WITH ME AND I'LL REACH OUT TO COMMUNICATIONS, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, THAT I WAS LOOKING AT SOME THINGS TODAY.UM, AND IN THAT I WILL ALSO INCLUDE, UM, THIS IS JUST A NOTE FOR MYSELF PARTNERSHIP, LIKE SAY PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER DEPARTMENT LEADERS LIKE THE LIBRARY AND SO FORTH.
OH YEAH, THIS IS PART OF THE 2.4 WOULD BE PART OF THE COMMUNICATIONS PLAN.
UM, CITY MANAGER REPORT, 3.3 0.1 CITY MANAGER, REPORT OUT WHAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY DOING.
OH, THIS WOULD BE LIKE, THAT WOULD BE A FOLLOW UP WITH, UM, CHELSEA JAMES
THAT WOULD BE A FOLLOW UP WITH, UM, THE MEETING THAT STAN HAD WITH THEM.
AND I DID MEET LAST OR THIS PAST.
WELL, IT WAS LAST YEAR WITH JAMES AND I WOULD MEET WITH HIM AGAIN.
NOW HOW IS THIS X NUMBER OF MEETINGS PER CONTINUE TO HAVE KEY FUNCTIONAL GROUPS ATTEND? OH, RIGHT, OKAY.
FOR INSTANCE, LIKE THE POLICE, LIKE, UM, CHIEF YARBOROUGH, WE'VE ALREADY, WE'VE STARTED THIS.
SO I, I WOULD SAY WE WOULD JUST CONTINUE ON WITH THAT.
UM, AND THEN THIS WAS, THIS IS ALREADY DONE.
UM, NOW LET'S SEE, THIS IS, OH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
ACTUALLY WHAT I WAS THINKING SINCE IT WAS ERIC THAT IS DOING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THAT HE SHOULD BE THE ONE TO DO WITH, UM, SAY IT SINCE WE CANNOT HAVE THREE PEOPLE MEETING BECAUSE, OR RIGHT.
SO I WOULD DELETE MYSELF FROM THIS AND HAVE ERIC DO THAT SINCE HE IS GONNA BE OVER THE GROUP WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
YEAH, CORINA DID, SHE'S ALREADY WORKED ON, STARTED WORKING ON THAT 4.3 THAT IS TO BE DETERMINED.
AND WE WOULD SEE IF THAT IS SOMETHING WE WOULD DO NOW, OR SOMETHING WE WOULD DO LATER, OR, YOU KNOW, SO TO ME THAT ALL ROLLS UP INTO THIS AREA.
UM, SAME THING WITH OUR COMMUNICATION FEATURE.
SO THAT WOULD, THIS WOULD BE PART OF THE COMMUNICATION PLAN ITEM FOR BEFORE.
UM, AND I WOULD GET THAT INFORMATION FROM, UH, ERIC KIND COORDINATE.
I WOULD SAY WHEN WE SAY TO BE DETERMINED, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT IS DEFINITELY GONNA HAVE TO HAPPEN.
UM, BECAUSE I, I'M NOT SURE THAT THE AMOUNT OF THINGS
YOU KNOW, HOW TO RUN A START AND RUN A BUSINESS AND HOW, HOW TOS LIKE THAT, WOULDN'T THAT BE LIKE SOMETHING IN THE BAILEY BOOK OF THE, THE LIBRARY LIBRARY? UM, POTENTIALLY.
I THINK LIBRARY DOES A ONE OFF PROGRAMMING LIKE, UH, KRISTEN WAS TALKING ABOUT, I THINK THIS ONE IS MORE SPECIFIC TO THE DIVERSIFYING THE BUSINESS OR IDENTIFYING THE, SEE, I'M, I'M READING IT WHEN IT SAYS HOW TO START AND RUN A BUSINESS, IT SOUNDS KIND OF LIKE IT'S SOME SORT OF WORKSHOP ON STARTING AND RUNNING A BUSINESS WITH POSSIBLE DEIB.
IT'S THROUGH THE LENS OF DEIB.
UM, BUT YEAH, TO YOUR POINT, YES, THE LIBRARY AT THE CHAMBER ALSO,
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IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THESE THINGS.THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS ALSO SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THESE THINGS.
I THINK IT'S JUST LIKE EVERYTHING HERE THAT LIKE OVERLAPS, IT'S LIKE, AT LEAST HOW I'M UNDERSTANDING IT FROM MY, MY PERSPECTIVE, LIKE, UH, Y'ALL ARE PUTTING THE LENS OF DEI ON ON EVERYTHING REALLY.
WE LOOK THROUGH THIS LENS AND HOW OUR, HOW IS THIS
AND Y'ALL BEING THAT VOICE TO SAY, HEY, THESE ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP DIVERSIFY X, Y, Z.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE SAME THING UNDER, UM, SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
TO ME, I WOULD SAY THAT ALL OF THIS WOULD BE UNDER ERIC'S, UM, HE WOULD BE THE LIAISON WITH THAT.
SO ALL OF THE ITEMS IN FOUR REALLY.
UM, NOW THIS ONE'S REVISIT HOW TO LEVERAGE OPEN FOR ALL.
AND YOU HAVE SOME, TARA HAS SOME INFORMATION ON THAT.
YES, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT AND I'VE PULLED UP SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE DISCUSSED BEFORE.
UM, SO I HAVE ALSO, I THINK, UM, I'LL SPEAK WITH KARINA SINCE SHE IS WORKING WITH THE CHAMBER MM-HMM
AND KIND OF BOUNCE BACK SOME IDEAS WITH HER ON HOW TO, YOU KNOW, TO SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING THE CHAMBER WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, HOW TO PROMOTE IT.
UM, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, I THINK JUST EXPLAINING WHAT THE PURPOSE OF IT IS.
SO I'M, I'M GONNA, I AM GONNA REACH OUT TO HER, UM, NOW THAT I SEE THAT SHE'S, UM, ALREADY STARTED SOME OF THE FOOTWORK WITH THE CHAMBER.
I JUST PUT HERE REACH OUT TO CORINA.
UM, SO WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL HAPPEN YET, BUT IT DEFINITELY IS WORTH IN THERE.
DEPENDS ON WHEN THE CITIZEN GROUPS.
SO IF WE HAVE TO DETERMINE WHO WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE PUBLIC PRESENTATION OF THE PLAN AND THEN WE WOULD INVITE ALL EVERYBODY TO ATTEND THE CITIZEN GROUPS, THE AMBASSADOR, EVERYONE PUBLIC.
SO, UM, PROCLAMATIONS, YES, THAT'S DEFINITELY IMPORTANT.
CONT CONTENT, WHICH WE ARE DEFINITELY DOING.
AND FEEDBACK LINK FOR COMMENTS.
I WOULD HAVE TO, WE WOULD HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S EASY TO DO.
UM, REVIEW INTERNET RE RESOURCES FOR RESIDENTS PAID FOR COMPLETENESS AND EASE OF USE.
THAT'S NOT, LET'S SAY, UM, IT JUST MEANS THAT, YOU KNOW, SENIOR CITIZENS HAVE A PROBLEM WITH SOME OF THE COMPUTER STUFF AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN ACCESS THE INFORMATION, WHICH IS WHY I KEEP WANTING A BOOKLET TOO.
UM, CONSIDER PRODUCING A CREDIT.
INSTEAD OF PRODUCING A, I KNEW IT WAS HERE SOMEWHERE.
RESOURCE GUIDE, UM, SAYS NOW EVERYONE HAS WEB ACCESS, SO, UM, REUNITING THE, YOU BELONG IN HUDDLE CAMPAIGN AND THEME.
SO THAT WOULD BE HOPEFULLY PART OF THE COMMUNICATION.
DID YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT WAS OVERLOOKED? I THINK THIS A PRETTY ROBUST
THAT'S WHY I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU KNOW, I TOO MUCH.
DO YOU WANT BUDGET ITEMS BEFORE THE MEETING OR DO YOU WANT THEM DURING THE MEETING? IT'S UP TO Y'ALL.
UH, I'VE BEEN TAKING NOTES, UM, FOR THINGS TO BE BROUGHT UP.
IT'S JUST, WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT ASSOCIATED TO THEM.
SO LIKE, YEAH, I PUT YOUR, UM, POSTING A DIRECT WEB PAGE FOR DIBI ALSO INCLUDED TRAINING ON THERE, EVEN THOUGH YOU GUYS DIDN'T SAY THAT.
I JUST SHARED THAT OVER FROM LAST YEAR.
I PUT EDUCATION, UM, TO INCLUDE LIKE AN APP, PARENTES BOOKLETS, RESOURCES THAT ARE PRINTED.
UM, AND THOSE ARE KIND OF THE OVERARCHING THINGS I HAVE HERE.
BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIFIC, UM, ESPECIALLY BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT MEETING THAT YOU WANNA SEND OVER TO ME, I CAN INCLUDE THAT.
UM, BUT I THINK NEXT MEETING IS OPEN DISCUSSION FOR Y'ALL TO KIND OF NAIL THOSE YES THINGS DOWN.
BUT ALSO KNOWING LIKE IF, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S BROUGHT TO THE TABLE THAT'S NOT SPECIFIC, THAT
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THAT DOESN'T ALLOW ME TOO MUCH TIME TO GO RESEARCH A BUNCH OF THINGS MAY OR MAY NOT BE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.SO IF YOU HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC CONCRETE IDEA, LIKE THE BOOK LIST, LIKE HOW MANY AND HOW MANY DO YOU WANNA FIND? AND MAYBE BEING ABLE TO BRING A DOLLAR AMOUNT TO THE TABLE.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE LIKE THE MOST, UM, BENEFICIAL USE OF OUR TIME.
YEAH, BECAUSE ONE THING I WAS THINKING AND OH, WHERE WAS IT? IT WAS THE, YOU BELONG IN HUDDLE CAMPAIGN.
IT, TO ME, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD WORK LIKE COMMUNICATIONS, BUT ALSO, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHATEVER, SOMETHING LIKE, UH, A DIGITAL, SOME VIDEO ADVERTISING.
I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE THAT TO, TO REALLY HAVE A THEME.
AND SO I'M PUTTING THAT ON NOW,
UM, SO I CAN, THE, WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD COST ME EXTRA MONEY BECAUSE WE HAVE THOSE RESOURCES IN HOUSE.
THEIR, THE WORKFLOW AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING SPECIFIC LIKE TRAINING, LIKE WITH SCAN.
AND THAT'S A VERY SPECIFIC AMOUNT.
AND IF YOU JUST SAY, HEY, WE WANT BUDGET FOR TRAINING.
WHERE, WHO, LIKE ALL THOSE THINGS.
UM, THE BOOKLETS, IF THERE'S A PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT ARE VERY SPECIFIC.
UM, BECAUSE WHEN WE DO THE BUDGET REQUEST, I HAVE TO GO IN AND PUT IN ALL THE DETAILS AND THE INFORMATION AND KIND OF TELL THE STORY AS YOUR WHY.
AND IF, IF YOU'RE JUST LIKE, OKAY, WE JUST WANT BUDGET FOR TRAINING AND I DON'T HAVE DIRECTION ON WHAT Y'ALL ACTUALLY WANT.
AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT BOUNCES BACK.
I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF, UM, THAT JUST, RIGHT.
SO, SO I'M, LIKE I SAID, I'VE ALREADY SCHEDULED A MEETING WITH STAN ABOUT SOME OF THESE ITEMS THAT HE CAN HELP US WITH CONSULTING, SO TO SPEAK, TRAINING AND SO FORTH.
AND THEN, SO I WILL HAVE THAT BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, 'CAUSE I'LL TALK TO HIM ONCE HE GETS BACK FROM HIS TRIP.
I MEAN, MY, I DON'T WANNA SAY FOR SURE, FOR SURE.
BUT BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE YOUR MEETING IN JULY ON THE 15TH, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE LIKE A PART OF THAT, UM, EVERYONE, A PART OF THAT WILL BE WITH THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD.
DO Y'ALL WANT TO PUT A LIMIT ON THAT? LIKE THE FIRST HOUR YOU CAN DEDICATE TO THEM AND THEN THE SECOND HOUR OR HOUR AND A HALF, Y'ALL WANT TIME TO, IT'S REALLY HARD TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE USUALLY IF YOU SET A LIMIT, YOU DON'T GET EVERYTHING DONE.
IT DOESN'T, I'M JUST, I'M IT'S AMENDING BECAUSE YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU ALSO AS A COMMISSION COMMUNICATE BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE KIND OF SQUISHED MM-HMM
WITH THAT TIME BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND DO THE PRESENTATION TO THE WORK, UM, TO THE COUNCIL.
SO, SO WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY WITH THAT, AFTER YOUR WORK SESSION, SO, UM, YOUR JULY MEETING, JOINT MEETING, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE OTHER THINGS, UM, HERE TO TALK ABOUT IF THERE'S ANY LOOSE ITEMS FOR THE BUDGET AND DURING YOUR WORK SESSION WITH COUNCIL, UM, HOWEVER Y'ALL DECIDE TO DO THAT, IT MAY BE GOOD TO PRESENT TO THEM AT THE TABLE, LIKE, HEY, THESE ARE THE BUDGET ITEMS WE'RE LOOKING TO PRESENT.
AND THEN FROM THERE I CAN TAKE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND THEN KIND OF USE THAT ALSO.
THAT'S WHAT WE WERE PLANNING YEAH.
TO DO IS LIKE, SO THAT WOULD BE JULY 17TH.
WE WOULD HAVE THE INFORMATION GIVEN TO YOU EVEN BEFORE THEN.
AT THE, UM, MEETING WAS SOMEBODY, I DON'T KNOW, I THOUGHT I SAW A SHADOW, BUT MAYBE NOT
DID DO WE HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER LIKE, SOME OF THE EVENTS? I MEAN OTHER THAN SPECIFIC DEIB EVENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE A FOOD DRIVE FOR SENIORS OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING, SOMETHING OUTTA THE COMMISSION.
Y'ALL HAVE MORE, AS MUCH CONTROL AS YOU WOULD LIKE TO, TO HOST THOSE? I MEAN, I, UM, WITHOUT KNOWING EXACTLY HOW THE, THE CITY CONSIDERS THINGS LIKE THIS, I DIDN'T KNOW SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, OR, OR, YOU KNOW, FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.
I MEAN, IT DOESN'T FIT INTO OUR PRE MAJOR CATEGORIES, BUT IT COULD EASILY FIT IN SENIOR, SOME SENIOR CITIZENS OR VETERANS.
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE A FOOD DRIVE OR, OR A HUDDLE GARAGE SALE TO, OR, YOU KNOW, MONEY FOR HELPING THESE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
I MEAN, WE HAVE DISCUSSED DOING
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A FOOD DRIVE DRIVE AND I THINK, UM, AT THE TIME THEY EVEN OFFERED TO, UM, ALLOW US TO SET UP HERE SOMEWHERE MM-HMMUM, WE JUST DIDN'T GET ENOUGH PEOPLE, I GUESS, ON BOARD TO DO IT.
AND SO, UM, CHRISTIE WAS WILLING AND ABLE TO, TO ASSIST WITH IT.
I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO COME UP WITH, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WHEN WE'RE GONNA DO IT.
SO WE HAD, SO THIS I THINK IS AN EXCELLENT FRAMEWORK.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO PUT EVEN MORE MEAT ON THE BOAT.
SO FOR INSTANCE, LIKE WITH THE, UM, CITIZEN, DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY WANT ALSO TOO.
BUT, UM, WE HAVE THE RIGHT AND WE CAN SAY ANYTHING THAT WE WANT.
UM, SO, BUT THE THING THAT I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, US BEING ABLE TO EXECUTE AND TO SUPPORT THAT.
LIKE, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, MEMBERS HERE THAT ARE, THAT ARE NOT HERE NOW.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO TOO MUCH, TOO MUCH ON THE PLATE.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET ANYTHING DONE.
SO, BUT, BUT STILL, I WANT US TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, THAT, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S EXCELLENT IDEA.
AND I ADDED IT UNDER THE BUDGET YEAH.
I MEAN, MY MIND WAS GOING TO LIKE, NO, I THINK IT'S SPREADING EVENTS.
AND, AND TO YOUR POINT, UM, AND TO YOUR POINT, POINT OF NOT SEEING THINGS, YOU KNOW, ON THE WEBSITE, THAT'S A GREAT POINT BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF FOOD DRIVES THAT HAPPEN ON THE STAFF LEVEL THAT WE WE'RE DOING LIKE A MONTHLY FOOD DRIVE.
WE HAVE, UM, WE ALWAYS HAVE THE HRC BOX HERE, BUT WE'LL DO A SPECIFIC LIKE FOOD DRIVE.
LIKE, WE DO ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT LIKE, BUT YOU HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT THEM THAT THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
WE'RE JUST NOT HEARING ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS THAT COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S WHERE I WOULD CHALLENGE Y'ALL AS COMMISSIONERS TO DO WHATEVER Y'ALL AS A COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO DO.
AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP SUPPORT THAT MM-HMM
UM, BUT WE'RE NOT HERE TO DRIVE IT FOR YOU.
AND I THINK PART OF IT IS, IS US ASKING THE QUESTIONS.
SO WE'RE DOING, WE'RE AT THAT POINT NOW WHERE WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
UM, AND JUST TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING ON.
UM, LEARNING ABOUT ALL THE EVENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED ALREADY MM-HMM
UM, TRYING TO IS A GOOD THING IN A WAY.
'CAUSE IT LETS YOU KNOW THAT THE WORK IS BEING DONE.
IT'S JUST THAT NOW WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE FIND ALL THAT INFORMATION.
'CAUSE IT TELLS ME THAT YOU'RE JUST NOT GETTING, IT'S NOT BEING COMMUNICATED COMPLETELY AS IT SHOULD BE.
AND WHAT IS THE WAY TO DO IT? WELL, A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO FIGURE THAT OUT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU CAN SAY, WELL, WE PUT SOMETHING ON THE FRONT PAGE OF OUR WEBSITE, BUT PEOPLE GOTTA GO TO THE WEBSITE AND, AND, AND READ IT.
ARE THERE OTHER WAYS TO DO IT? WELL, YES, THERE ARE.
WE COULD SEND OUT A FLYER TO EVERYBODY, BUT THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY, YOU KNOW? UM, SENDING IT OUT TO X NUMBER OF FAMILIES, YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THE BUDGET FOR SOME OF THIS STUFF IS CONSIDERABLE.
SO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE, SOME OF THESE THINGS, IT'S LIKE HOW TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT IS THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.
I THINK A GOOD EXAMPLE IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY VOTE.
YEAH, I WOULD, THAT'S HOW YOU HAVE TO LOOK.
I WAS THINKING THE SAME, THAT ENGAGEMENT, HOW MANY VOTE REGISTERED VOTERS DO WE HAVE? AND THE ONLY LIKE 800 OR 900.
AND SO THAT'S HOW I KIND OF LOOK AT HOW THINGS ARE DONE, BECAUSE THEY MAY KNOW ABOUT IT.
SOME PEOPLE SAY THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT.
SO I THINK THE ENGAGEMENT OF FIGURING OUT WHAT THAT CONNECT IS TO EVERYONE MM-HMM.
IT'S NOT, BUT THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM.
EVERYBODY EVERYWHERE HAS THAT PROBLEM.
IT'S JUST NOT A HUDDLE PROBLEM.
AND I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING BECAUSE, UM, WHEN KRISTEN WAS TALKING ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS, THERE ARE CERTAIN EVENTS THAT ARE ATTENDED, CERTAIN EVENTS THAT ARE NOT IT, TO ME, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY JUST CULTURAL EVENTS, IT'S EVENTS IN GENERAL.
IN GENERAL, YOU KNOW, AND VOTING IN GENERAL.
I THINK THE NUMBER ONE THING FOR US TO DO IS SPREAD THE WORD
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THAT PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW, AND THAT WAY THEY REACH OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE.I, I KNOW IT'S, IT'S DISHEARTENING, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY WAY RIGHT NOW WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC NUMBERS AND INFORMATION TO KNOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE.
UM, SURVEYS WILL HELP WITH THAT.
UM, TO KNOW WE'RE
BUT RIGHT NOW, I'M GONNA TELL PEOPLE ALL ABOUT THIS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY YOUNG KIDS AND NONE OF MY FRIENDS HAVE ANY YOUNG KIDS.
SO MY CONNECTION WOULD BE TRYING TO TALK TO MY NEIGHBORS TO LET THEM KNOW.
UM, DID YOU, YOU KNOW, THIS, I REMEMBER MY CONNECTION IS DOING THE NEWSLETTER FOR MY DAUGHTER.
'CAUSE SHE, YOU KNOW, REAL ESTATE, IT GOES OUT TO 1200 TO 1400 PEOPLE.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE PRACTICE.
WE HAVE TO SEE WHERE WE BEST SERVE.
I WAS ALWAYS MORE THAN WILLING TO PUT SOMETHING IN FOR THE LIBRARY, WHICH I DID OKAY.
ABOUT SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN GET FROM THE LIBRARY, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REALLY COOL.
I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO REACH OUT IN THAT WAY.
I DON'T CONNECT AS MUCH WITH THE PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I WORK FROM HOME.
AND WHEN I GO SOMEPLACE, I GO DOWN TO, TO AUSTIN, MY FRIENDS IN AUSTIN MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, NOT HERE IN HU MM-HMM
SO, I MEAN, I, COMMUNICATING, COMMUNICATING IS, IT'S GOTTA BE MORE THAN SIMPLY A NEWSLETTER OR A FEW FRIENDS.
IT HAS TO HAVE A, A CONCRETE METHOD OF GETTING SOMETHING OUT.
LIKE FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS DANCE WOULD'VE BEEN GREAT TO, IF I WOULD'VE KNOWN IT WAS GOING ON, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW.
AND IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T LOOK AT THE WEBSITE OR I DON'T LOOK AT LIKE, OPIA, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY'S PERSONAL SITE.
UM, I DO LOOK AT THOSE THINGS, BUT I DON'T SEE AN EVENT LIKE THAT BEING DISPLAYED PROMINENTLY ENOUGH TO MAKE IT WORK, YOU KNOW, TO, TO TO, TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY REMEMBER IT AND GO, WELL, I THINK SHE KIND OF, UM, TOUCHED ON WHERE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE, WELL MAYBE THAT'S NOT FOR ME.
BECAUSE THAT'S, I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, OF THIS, YOU KNOW, RACE OR FAITH OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
SOME PEOPLE ARE STANDOFFISH ABOUT IT.
I REMEMBER INVITING PEOPLE FOR A JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION AND THEY FELT LIKE THEY WOULDN'T BE ACCEPTED.
SO I THINK, I THINK THE EDUCATIONAL ASPECT OF THINGS, KNOWING THAT JUST BECAUSE IT WAS, YOU KNOW, A CHINESE DANCE GROUP DOESN'T MEAN THAT I CAN'T GO.
THAT MEANS EVERYONE IS WELCOME.
SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT, WHERE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT YOU CAN GO, YOU KNOW, IT'S FOR ALL, IT'S FOR EVERYONE.
AND SO HOPEFULLY EVEN WITH SOME OF THE CAMPAIGNS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, IT MAY NOT COME TO PASS IMMEDIATELY, BUT ONCE YOU GET OUT THERE AND START, YOU KNOW, UM RIGHT.
SPREADING THE WORD THROUGH, YOU KNOW, WEBSITES, THROUGH THE BOOKLET THROUGH, AND THEN YOU JUST GOTTA ASK YOURSELF, DID YOU RECEIVE A FLYER FROM A POLITICIAN DURING THIS PAST ELECTION? I DID.
AND SO IF WE RECEIVE THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW, THAT EVERYBODY ELSE RECEIVED THAT.
SO THEY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY NEEDED TO PARTICIPATE IN FOR WHATEVER REASON.
SO, 'CAUSE IT WAS A, 'CAUSE IT WAS A, A NON-ELECTION.
I THINK IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE.
DON'T KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL IN, NOR DID THEY WANNA EDUCATE THEMSELVES ABOUT ANYBODY.
AND SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE TWOFOLD KIND OF THINGS.
AND THE ONLY THING I'M WORRIED ABOUT ARE MY TAXES, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM
ON MY HOUSE, YOU KNOW, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
AND THEY DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE OTHER THINGS, WHICH I THINK ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO I THINK THAT CROSSED OVER TO THE EVENTS THAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT.
THEY TOOK THE SAME ATTITUDE THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN THIS AND I'M NOT EVEN GONNA, BUT HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU GENERATE, LET'S GET MARTHA STEWART
I ALWAYS SAY GIVE PEOPLE THINGS, FREEBIES, YOU GET A CHANCE TO GET THIS OR GET THAT.
GIVE PEOPLE FREEBIES OR HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY THAT WILLIE NELSON.
WELL, LET'S NOT EVEN TALK ABOUT THAT.
BUT THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, AN EXAMPLE YEAH.
TO GET PEOPLE TO COME IN AND DO IT.
BUT I THINK THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THAT IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, YOU'RE NOT EVEN GONNA ANSWER IT.
AND THEN MAYBE WHEN ONE OF THE, WE DEFINITELY WILL KEEP THIS IN MIND WHEN WE'RE DISCUSSING WITH THE SURVEY, MAYBE THERE IS A QUESTION ALREADY THERE THAT, OR CAN, MAYBE WE CAN FRAME IT
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SO IT CAN HELP US TO SAY, UM, HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATE MORE YEAH.BECAUSE NOW THAT YOU MENTION THAT, I THINK WE CAN PLAY A GREAT ROLE IN THAT.
WHETHER WE ARE MEMBERS OF DIFFERENT GROUPS, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, CHURCH, WHATEVER MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, SO THAT, THAT'S FORGOT ABOUT THE CHURCHES.
I MEAN, THAT GROUPS LIKE THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR FOOD DRIVES MM-HMM
I MEAN, GROUPS, THE OTHER THING I WAS THINKING OF WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE DANCE THING, IF YOU ANY DANCE STUDIO OR ANYBODY THAT HAD DANCE LESSONS, ET CETERA, THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN.
AND THEY SHOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF FLYER OR CONNECTION, YOU KNOW, GIVING THEM A FLYER PUT UP ON THEIR WALL SAYING THAT THERE'S THIS EVENT BE A WAY TO PROMOTE THE EVENT.
THE SAME WITH EVERYTHING HERE.
SO, I MEAN, THEY PROMOTE THE, THE LIBRARY PROMOTES BINGO FOR SENIOR CITIZENS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS GREAT TO ALL THE SENIOR CITIZENS IN HURO.
KNOW, DO THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN GO TO THE LIBRARY AND PLAY BINGO ONE NIGHT A WEEK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? CHANCES ARE NO.
UM, WAS THERE ANY ACTION FOR THAT OR WAS THAT JUST A, THE ACTION? WOULD THIS, SHOULD THIS WE GET THE INFORMATION TO THE UPDATES TO STAND ON HERE? YEAH.
BUT I DON'T THINK WE NEED ANY ACTION FOR THAT.
JUST A REVIEW OF, UNLESS THERE'S SOME, LIKE, ANYTHING THAT WAS REVIEWED THAT WAS LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS AN IMMEDIATE ACTION THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE.
I THINK WE'RE, I THINK WE'RE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
BUT SOLUTION, I HAVE BEEN THINKING FOR THESE, Y'ALL REMEMBER THIS.
I'LL LET YOU READ THE NEXT ITEM THAT WERE ON.
ONLY THROUGH JUNE, HUH? NO, THAT'S, THERE'S A BACK.
UM, SO THIS IS JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER.
I WAS BRINGING THIS HIGHLIGHTED DOCUMENT BACK BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WAS NOT ORIGINALLY BUT DISCUSSED IN THE HIGHLIGHTED ITEMS WERE THE ONES THAT THE COMMISSION AT THAT TIME, UM, TALKED ABOUT AS EITHER, UM, MAKING PROCLAMATIONS ON THOSE DAYS OR AREAS THAT THEY'D LIKE MORE PROCLAMATION ON.
UM, IF IT'S OKAY, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON HERE IT SAYS JUVENILE ARTHRITIS AWARENESS MONTH.
I DID DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THAT AREA, AND I FOUND THAT JULY 26TH IS NATIONAL DISABILITY INDEPENDENCE DAY, WHICH COMMEMORATES THE SIGNING OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ONE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE APPROPRIATE.
THAT'S WHAT I HAVE WROTE DOWN.
SO I ALSO HAVE FOR JULY, IT'S FRENCH AMERICAN MONTH AND ALSO JULY 26TH.
SPECIFICALLY IT'S NATIONAL DISABILITY INDEPENDENCE STATUS.
I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY DO THAT.
SO WHICH, DID Y'ALL WANNA CHOOSE ONE OR DID Y'ALL WANNA DO A COUPLE? WELL, IF WE DID DISABILITY AWARENESS, THAT WOULD COVER, UM, ARTHRITIS AWARENESS.
SO I THINK, BUT I THINK THAT'S, IT'S GOOD BECAUSE THAT'S A NATIONAL, RIGHT.
UM, ONE, AND THEN THERE'S DEFINITE GROUPS WE CAN REACH OUT TO.
I THINK THEN, UM, FOR AUGUST, UM, THE NOTICE NOVEMBER ALSO DOESN'T HAVE IT HIGHLIGHTED.
WE, I THINK Y'ALL LEFT THAT BLANK BECAUSE, UM, THERE WAS, THE DISCUSSION WAS AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE MONTH, BUT THEN THERE WAS SOMETHING, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER EXACTLY.
NATIVE AMERICAN WITH THE, WITH THE MUSICAL.
WELL, THIS ONE'S AMERICAN INDIAN, LIKE NOT NATIVE AMERICAN.
SO THESE WOULD BE, UM, PEOPLE WHO ARE FROM INDIA.
SO I THINK THAT'S THE, THE DIFF YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENCE THERE.
SO, UM, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON HERE THAT THIS GROUP, SINCE YOU GUYS ARE THE ONES WHO ARE HERE, KIND OF DECIDE, LIKE I SAID, WITH THE MEASLES OUTBREAK, NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION AWARENESS MONTH MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE PROPER ONLY BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S GETTING MEASLES.
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MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.UM, IS, IS THAT FOR AUGUST, I DIDN'T LOOK IT UP, UM MM-HMM
BUT FOR AUGUST I HAVE SENIOR CITIZENS DAY AND WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY, AND THAT'S THE 21ST AND THE 26TH WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY SOUNDS REAL GOOD TOO.
I THINK THAT ONE WASN'T INCLUDED BECAUSE OF VISIT IN MARCH.
WE DID NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
I MEAN, THERE ARE DEFINITELY TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND YOU SAID SENIOR CITIZEN DAY.
ARE THERE, AND I DO REMEMBER US TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR MARCH.
SO ARE THERE ANY, UM, AND AGAIN, THIS IS UP TO Y'ALL.
DON'T ALL OF THEM, JUST PUT THEM OUT THERE, ONE OR TWO.
UM, BUT THAT WAY, SO WHAT I'LL DO IS ONCE THIS GROUP DECIDES FOR JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, WHENEVER I DO THE FOLLOW UP EMAIL, I'LL INCLUDE THOSE PROCLAMATIONS.
WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO, OR IF ANYONE TONIGHT WANTS TO SAY, I WILL WRITE THAT ONE.
UM, OR I CAN SEND IT OUT TO THE GROUP.
IT'S JUST WHEN I SEND IT OUT TO THE GROUP, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK.
SO, BUT THIS GIVES Y'ALL ENOUGH TIME TO KIND OF CONSIDER IT.
AND THEN FOR THE NEXT MEETING Y'ALL CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT VERSUS LIKE MM-HMM
SO FOR AUGUST, DID Y'ALL AS A A GROUP WANT TO PICK ONE OR TWO OR EIGHT
WHEN WAS THAT? NOW? IN AUGUST? THAT WOULD BE IN AUGUST.
DO WE HAVE ANY GROUP, ANY COMMUNITY GROUP, UH, WHATEVER.
SO, UM, OUR VOLUNTEER GROUP WHO WORKS IN, UH, CITY HALL, UM, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT FOR SENIORS? YES.
UM, SO WE ARE TRYING TO GROW THAT INTO MORE THAN JUST VOLUNTEERS, BUT KIND OF A MONTHLY LUNCHEON WHERE WE'RE, UM, INVITING SENIORS TO COME AND JUST NETWORK AND, AND BE AT LUNCH.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO HERE WITHIN THE CITY, UH, WITHIN CITY HALL, TRYING TO GROW THAT SO WE CAN INVITE AT LEAST THAT GROUP OF THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I THINK, 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US INSTEAD OF IT JUST BEING US, THE COMMISSION, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE MORE, IS THAT A FREE THING FOR SENIORS? YES.
I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHO'S COMING.
IT'S ESSENTIALLY, UM, IT'S NOT ADVERTISED.
IT'S WORD OF MOUTH, BECAUSE IF I ADVERTISE FREE, BUT WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE'RE WANTING, WE'RE WANTING TO GROW UP THIS PROGRAM IN A VERY, LIKE, SUSTAINED, UM, STRATEGIC WAY.
UM, AND SO THERE ARE STILL PROGRAMS THAT ARE FOR SENIORS, THERE'S A LOT OF DISCONNECT WITH SENIOR CITIZENS.
UM, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? THEY DON'T GET A LOT OF INFORMATION.
UM, THEY MAY HAVE OPINIONS, ET CETERA, BUT DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRESENT THEM TO WHOEVER.
UM, UH, STARTING TO LOOK INTO SOME OF THE THINGS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS.
I, I'M WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE WERE LIKE RESOURCES AND THERE'S HARDLY ANYTHING THAT'S REALLY VERY SPECIFICALLY ALIGNED WITH SENIOR CITIZENS.
IN HU WOULD YOU LIKE TO ATTEND OUR LUNCHEONS ON, UM, THE 28TH? IF I CAN? YEAH, PLEASE.
NOON AT THE 20TH HERE AT STATE HALL.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU WOULD COME AND, AND SPEAK TO THOSE THINGS.
WELL THEN JUST, I, I CAN LEARN AND NETWORK AND I, THERE'S ONLY LIKE EIGHT PEOPLE.
WE WANT, YOU CAN COME AND BRING A FRIEND IF YOU WOULD LIKE
SO JUST LET ME KNOW YOU'RE COMING.
YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A AND YOU'LL SEND ME AN EMAIL AND REMIND ME.
I'M HAPPY TO SEND Y'ALL EMAILS, BUT WHAT I CANNOT AND WILL NOT DO, I DO NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY IS TO REMIND YOU ABOUT EVERY SINGLE EVENT I SEND YOU WHERE THE RESOURCES ARE.
I COULD BARELY KEEP MY, MY CALENDAR STRAIGHT.
SO, UM, BUT I'M HAPPY TO RECOMMEND RESOURCES FOR YOU TO HELP WITH THAT.
UM, BUT YES, SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT I WILL SEND YOU A CALENDAR INVITE.
SO FOR AUGUST, SENIOR CITIZENS DAY, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ONES OR JUST ONE? 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW, FOR JULY, I HAVE THE NATIONAL DISABILITY INDEPENDENCE DAY, AND THEN AUGUST, THE SENIOR CITIZENS DAY.
ARE THERE ANY OTHERS THAT Y'ALL WANT THERE?
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OKAY.AND THEN AS YOU SEE HERE FOR SEPTEMBER, THERE ARE THREE HIGHLIGHTED.
UM, AGAIN, Y'ALL CAN DO ALL THREE OR ALL OF THEM.
OR IF THERE'S ONE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO STICK WITH, DIDN'T UM, CORINA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH? ABOUT WRITING IT? UH, YEAH, I THOUGHT THAT SHE HAD MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER.
HUNGER AWARENESS I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IN THE ECONOMY WE HAVE.
IF YOU DECIDED ON THAT ONE FOR SEPTEMBER.
IT'S UP TO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT.
SO YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING AT HUNGER AWARENESS AND HISPANIC HERITAGE WORK.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMUNITY GROUPS WITH HUNGER? LIKE RC COULD COME? THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I THEN I ALSO SERVE ON A COUNTYWIDE FOOD INSECURITY.
WHAT'S IT CALLED? IT'S A WORKING GROUP.
UH, WE JUST STARTED, I CAN INVITE THEM.
IT'S LIKE A SUB SUB SUB COMMITTEE.
SO JUST TO RECAPTURE JULY NATIONAL DISABILITY INDEPENDENCE DAY, WHICH IS JULY 26TH.
UM, AUGUST, SENIOR CITIZENS DAY, WHICH IS AUGUST 21ST.
AND THEN FOR SEPTEMBER WE HAVE HUNGER AWARENESS MONTH AND HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
I WILL INCLUDE THAT IN THE FOLLOW UP EMAIL.
THEN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN IN THE NEXT MEETING, IF THERE ARE OTHER COMMISSIONERS WHO AREN'T HERE WHO SAY, HEY, I REALLY FEEL PASSIONATELY ABOUT THIS THING AND I WOULD LIKE TO WRITE IT, I'LL BRING THAT BACK TO Y'ALL AT THE NEXT MEETING.
AND THEN NOW WE ARE, WE ARE FINISHED WITH THIS.
SO THEN WE JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUARTER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER.
THINK, AND I CAN BRING THAT BACK.
JUST SEE WE CAN EVEN WORK WITH THE POLICE AND THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS.
SO WE DID THAT OPEN DISCUSSION OF ITEMS FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, WE DEFINITELY ARE GOING TO BE WORKING, WELL, NO, FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE GONNA WORK ON BUDGET.
BUDGET, BUT WE ARE GONNA FIRST WORK ON WITH THE LIBRARY LET'S IN JULY.
SO JUNE, JUNE IS, WE'LL BE WORKING ON THE BUDGET AND TO GET, YOU KNOW, SO WE, YEAH.
WE SHOULD HAVE EVERYTHING COMPLETE BY THAT TIME.
THE BUDGET ITEMS, YOU KNOW, I HAVE WOULD HAVE TALKED WITH STAN.
THIS MIGHT BE HIS LAST MEETING.
'CAUSE WE ONLY HAVE THREE HOURS OKAY.
BUT I, I WILL TALK TO HIM ABOUT THAT.
BUT THEN WE CAN FINALIZE EVERYTHING AND FINALIZE WHAT WE'RE GONNA PRESENT TO, UM, THE WORKING SESSION, WHICH REALLY I THINK IS JUST THIS, JUST PRESENT THEM IN LIKE WHAT'S SLIDES OR WHATEVER WE WANT.
UM, THE OTHER THING I HAVE, UM, FOR NEXT MEETING IS, UM, SINCE IT IS COMMISSIONER YEAH.
THEIR TERMS ARE ALSO UP JUNE 30TH.
AND SO I REACHED OUT TO THEM INDIVIDUALLY AND THEY WOULD BOTH LIKE CONTINUE.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE TO HAVE MOTIONS AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, TO APPOINT A NEW VICE CHAIR AS WELL.
SO THOSE ARE LITTLE ITEMS I INCLUDED HERE.
EVERYTHING ELSE YOU SAID I GOT ON HERE TOO.
I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
I JUST WANT US NOT TO GET OVERLOADED OR GET BURDENED BECAUSE IT'S EASY TO DO.
IT COULD BE AND NOT ANYTHING DONE.
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LET'S SEE.I DON'T HOW TO PHRASE THIS, SO I'LL JUST ASK, SHOULD I REACH OUT TO PEOPLE ABOUT ATTENDANCE OR HOW THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD THIS, THIS PROBLEM.
OH, OH, ABOUT ATTENDANCE? YEAH.
THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE.
UM, WHAT I CAN DO IN MY FOLLOW UP EMAIL IS JUST SEND A REMINDER LIKE, HEY, IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND NOW, THEY, WHILE WE WERE IN THE MEETING, I THINK I JUST, I THINK I TOLD YOU COREY WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND.
COREY SAID THAT FIRST AND THEN COMMISSIONER LEWIS WHILE WE WERE IN THE MEETING SAID HE'S NOT ABLE TO ATTEND.
I DID NOT RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM BELL, BUT THEN, UH, I ACTUALLY DID RECEIVE SOMETHING FROM KARINA.
I HAD TO GO BACK TO MY EMAIL THEN.
SHE SAID SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND.
WELL THEN WE, I WAS, THERE WAS A, I WAS KIND OF SHOCKED THAT IT WAS, BUT I'M GONNA STILL JUST REMIND EVERYONE MM-HMM
UM, THAT BECAUSE OUR FORM IS, AND LUCKILY RIGHT.
BECAUSE WE COULD HAVE THAT KEPT HAPPENING.
JUST, JUST ANOTHER LIKE NUDGE AND ANOTHER REMINDER LIKE IF YOU KNOW AHEAD OF TIME YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE AT A MEETING, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE HELPFUL.
YOU MIGHT CONSIDER SAYING THAT THE JUNE MEETING IS PRETTY IMPORTANT FOR THE BUDGET STAFF.
AND I'LL PUT LIKE, I DO, YOU KNOW, THEN IT'S UP TO EVERYONE.
NOW THERE IS STILL THE ADER, UM, ITEM.
SO, UM, I MOVE, UNLESS ANYONE HAD ANY OTHER THINGS TO SAY.
I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURNED THE MEETING, WHICH WOULD BE AT SEVEN 40.