[Disaster Relief Committee]
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THE MEETING FROM OUR LAST REGULAR MEETING TOOK PLACE IN OCTOBER 18TH, 2022.
ANY DISCUSSION? GENTLEMEN? NO. ALL IN FAVOR? YAY! YAY! MOTION CARRIES.
FOLLOWING UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
FOLLOWING OUR LAST MEETING FROM OCTOBER 18TH, WE HAD DISCUSSION AS FAR AS IDEAS FOR FUTURE FUNDRAISING IDEAS ARE DISCUSSED.
I'M PRETTY SURE WE ARE DUE FOR AN UPDATE.
MR. POPPY'S NOT HERE, I'M GUESSING.
DANIEL IS HERE IN LIEU OF MR. POPPY. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD, MR..
MR. LAFLEUR, BEFORE WE CALL THAT, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START WITH MR..
SO I WENT OVER THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING.
I CAME UP WITH THREE DIFFERENT IDEAS.
I SAW ONE WITH THE VALENTINE'S DANCE.
ONE THING THAT'S PRETTY POPULAR IS LIKE A DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE.
WHICH THE CITY WE WILL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE SENIOR CENTER FOR THAT.
SO YOU WON'T HAVE TO PAY ANY FEES FOR THAT.
AGAIN, THEY HAVE TABLES AND CHAIRS THERE ALREADY.
YOU'LL PRETTY MUCH JUST NEED TO SECURE SOME TABLECLOTHS CENTERPIECES.
MOST LIKELY, LIKE A FACE PAINTER.
PHOTOGRAPHER. THE FOOD UTENSILS, PLATES PHOTO BOOTH.
SOMETIMES TICKETS COULD GO ALL THE WAY UP TO ABOUT $50 PER PERSON FOR THAT.
SO IF YOU DID $100 A COUPLE AT A $100 PER COUPLE FOR 50 COUPLES, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL GET $5,000 JUST IN TICKET SALES THERE.
THE OTHER ONE WOULD BE A CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT.
THE CITY DOES HAVE 12 CORNHOLE SETS ON HAND.
WE ALSO GOT, YOU KNOW, A FACILITY TO TO HOST THAT EVENT.
DURING THAT CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT AND THEN WE THE OTHER ONE, I, I SAW THE SANTA FIVE-K.
SO RUNNING ZONE EVERY YEAR DOES A ONE MILE SANTA RUN.
PART OF THAT REGISTRATION, THEY ACTUALLY BUY THE SANTA SUITS FOR EVERYONE IN THERE.
IT'S A VERY BIG RUN FOR THEM, SO I WOULDN'T TRY TO COMPETE WITH THAT.
BUT A HOLIDAY FIVE-K IS AN OPTION AS WELL.
THE CITY DOES HAVE THE TIMING EQUIPMENT.
WE ARE GETTING THE SOFTWARE NOW, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TESTING THAT.
SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO SECURE THE TIMING EQUIPMENT, THE BIBS AND HAVE EVERYTHING.
AND THE COMMITTEE FOR THAT WILL PROBABLY JUST HAVE TO SECURE THE SPONSORS.
I DO THINK THE FIVE-K IS PROBABLY THE LEAST LABOR INTENSIVE.
THAT ONE'S JUST SPONSORSHIP SHIRTS, MEDALS.
IF YOU COULD GET EVEN 200 PEOPLE THERE AT $20 AN ENTRY, THAT'S $4,000 IN REGISTRATION RIGHT THERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'M SORRY. YOU SAID THE CORN HOLE.
WHAT? WHAT LOCATIONS WOULD THAT BE AT? AND ARE THEY? IS THERE A FEE? SO IF YOU DID A CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT, MOST LIKELY WE'LL PROBABLY DO THAT AT THE REGIONAL PARK.
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IT'S THE EASIEST ONE BECAUSE WE HAVE THE TED WHITLOCK COMMUNITY CENTER THAT ALSO BORDERS THE BACK EVENT AREA THERE.SO YOU COULD PLACE THE STAGE BLEACHERS IF YOU WANTED TO BRING IN ENTERTAINMENT.
AND WE COULD DO THE CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT, ACTUALLY, INSIDE OF THE GYM AND NOT OUTSIDE FOR THAT.
SO IT COULD BE A RAIN OR SHINE EVENT AS WELL.
NO, NO, YOU GO AHEAD. YOU HAD A YOU HAD MENTIONED THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SANTA FEQUET RUN.
AND FOR US NOT TO COMPETE AGAINST THAT, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY FOR US TO DO IT ON ANOTHER DATE WITHIN THAT PERIOD OF TIME, IN ORDER FOR US TO UTILIZE THE SANTA SUITS THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE, SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY TRY TO RAISE MONEY ON OUR SIDE.
I'LL HAVE TO SPEAK TO RUNNING ZONE TO GET THE DATE OF WHEN THEY DO THAT RUN.
AND WE COULD MAYBE TRY TO HOLD IT AFTER THEIRS.
SO THAT WAY PARTICIPANTS FROM THAT ONE HAVE SANTA SUITS AND COULD COME TO THAT AS WELL.
I WOULD SUGGEST JUST MAKING IT A HOLIDAY.
THE BEING A FATHER OF TWO GIRLS.
RIGHT. SO THAT PARTICULARLY VERY YOU KNOW, CAUGHT MY ATTENTION.
IN FACT MY WIFE AND A FRIEND OF MINE HIS WIFE AS WELL, HE JUST RELEASED A BOOK, LETTER, OPEN LETTER TO TO MY DAUGHTER THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COLLABORATING TOGETHER, THE TWO FAMILIES TO PUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT TOGETHER AT THE AT THE YOU KNOW, BAYSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE WORKING ON THAT JULY? I MEAN, JUNE 24TH FOR FATHER'S DAY.
ACTUALLY THE WEEK AFTER FATHER'S DAY.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING MY CHURCH AS WELL USED TO BE BIG.
SO THIS IS AN EVENT WE ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO.
YOU KNOW, ME AND MY GIRLS NOW, YOU MENTIONED.
YEAH. USUALLY A DAUGHTER DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE TAKES PLACE USUALLY AROUND FEBRUARY.
YEAH. SO. SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
I THINK WE MAY HAVE TO CONSIDER THE PRICE, HOW WE PRICE IT.
SO YOU'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, 100 PER COUPLE? BOTH OF MY GIRLS, MOST LIKELY.
IF WE CONSIDER THAT, WE MAY WANT TO CONSIDER THE $50 MORE PER COUPLE, YOU KNOW.
THEN IT'S 25 FOR ADDITIONAL, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE CAN LOOK IN, YOU KNOW, WORKED OUT THE DETAILS.
IT HAS TO PRICE, RIGHT? IT HAS TO HAVE THE, THE CHARACTER OF, OF A COMMUNITY EVENT WHERE WE WANT AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO PARTICIPATE, MAKE IT AFFORDABLE ENOUGH, MAKE IT FUN ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, CASUAL, YOU KNOW, DRESS CASUAL AND SO ON AND MAKE IT MORE OF A PROMOTE.
IS THAT PROMOTED AS AS SUCH A COMMUNITY EVENT? COME ON, YOU KNOW, BRING YOUR DAUGHTER THAT SPECIAL BOND SPECIAL TIME YOU AND YOUR GIRLS AND AND MAKE IT SOMEWHAT AFFORDABLE.
I'D RATHER HAVE, YOU KNOW, THREE, 300 PEOPLE AT 50 BUCKS VERSUS HAVING 100 AT, AT AT AT 100.
RIGHT. SO AND MAKE IT REALLY A FUN SOMETHING THAT CAN BE A TRADITION.
IT COULD BE A NEW TRADITION WHERE PEOPLE LOOK FORWARD TO PARTICIPATE.
I THINK ALL ALL ARE GREAT IDEAS.
WE'LL GET PEOPLE TO BUY IN AND SUPPORT THE QUESTION.
SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I THINK WE'LL LEAN ON.
IT WILL HAVE TO BE THE BOARDS CONNECTIONS WITH WHO YOU TALK TO, AND I WILL.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL BE COMPLETELY PRO BONO, BUT WE'LL GET A GOOD, GOOD DEAL.
SHOULD BE ABLE TO. AND I WOULD SAY START SMALL.
YEAH. NOW I KNOW DIRECTOR POPPY HAD SPOKE ABOUT BIGGER EVENT
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LIKE YOU KNOW, IS IT CHRISTMAS, NEW YEAR'S EVE, NEW YEAR'S EVE, LIKE A BLOCK PARTY TYPE OF THING ON MALABAR? I KNOW THAT THAT. SO THAT'S YOU MAY NOT HAVE HAVE BRIEFED ON THAT.I THINK SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS ON THAT IS THE SECURING OF THE SPONSORS FOR SOMETHING THAT BIG.
A LOT OF OUR SPONSORS THEY'RE STARTING TO GET KIND OF SUCKED A LITTLE DRY HERE WITH WITH DONATING.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT WILL BE A HARD TASK OF BEING ABLE ESPECIALLY WITH THE STAFFING THAT THE CITY WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE WITH THAT, WITH BLOCKING ROADS AND TRAFFIC AND PD AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE SOMETHING IF, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE SMALL ONES START TO PAN OUT AND BUILD AND BUILD AND THERE'S A SECURING OF FUNDS THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT, I THINK IT WILL WORK.
BUT I THINK TO START IT NOW, IT WILL BE KIND OF A TALL FEAT.
AND BEING ABLE TO COME UP ON TOP WITH THAT 1ST MAY NOT BE KIND OF RIGHT NOW WHERE WE'RE AT, BECAUSE SPONSORS ARE REALLY HARD RIGHT NOW, WHETHER IT'S THE ECONOMY OR HOW BUSINESSES ARE DOING, IT'S FOR EVEN OUR SPECIAL EVENTS AND OUR INTERNAL PROGRAMS, WHAT WE'RE DOING, IT'S GETTING HARD TO SECURE SOME FUNDS FROM OUTSIDE.
IS IT GOING TO BE LIKE ANY CONTEST FOR OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS THERE? I GUESS TO KIND OF, LIKE, GIVE A LITTLE PRIZE THERE.
WELL, WITH ANY EVENT WE COULD ADD, YOU KNOW, ANY TYPE OF PROGRAMING TO THE EVENT, I THINK STARTING OFF NOW, IT'S JUST THE IDEA OF WHERE YOU WANT TO GO WITH IT ADDING SOME TYPE OF COMPETITION WITHIN THERE.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DJS, THEY EMCEE EVENTS, THEY DO KIDS PARTIES, THEY DO WEDDINGS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE A LOT OF GAMES THAT EVEN DJS ARE ABLE TO DO AS WELL.
LAST YEAR, THE 4TH OF JULY EVENT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS FOR VIP PARKING.
ARE WE ABLE TO ACTUALLY EXPAND THAT TO AT LEAST ANOTHER 50 PARKING SPOTS? WE SOLD OUT LAST YEAR, SO MY THING ON THAT WITH INDEPENDENCE DAY, WE'RE ALREADY IN A TIGHT AREA JUST BECAUSE OF THE 600 FOOT LAUNCH RADIUS.
AND WITH THE AMOUNT OF MOVING PARTS WITH THAT EVENT THERE WAS SOME HICCUPS THAT WERE HAPPENING WITH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GETTING IN, SAYING THEY DIDN'T HAVE THEIR VIP TICKET.
AND THE WAY WE HAD THE VIP AREAS ALSO WHERE OUR WHERE OUR VENDORS AND SPONSORS HAVE TO PARK AS WELL, AND ENTERTAINMENT.
SO THE TASK AT THE FRONT END WHERE PD WAS ENTERING SECURITY, THERE WAS A LOT OF LIKE MISCOMMUNICATION GOING ON AND WHO WAS ALLOWED? WHO WAS NOT ALLOWED.
KIND OF THERE WAS A LOT OF JUST THINGS THAT I THINK WE THERE'S BETTER THINGS, LIKE I THINK THE DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE AND KIND OF STICKING AWAY FROM THE INDEPENDENCE DAY. THERE'S JUST TOO MANY MOVING PARTS GOING ON FOR THAT.
WITH CITY STAFF, I MEAN, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU GUYS WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A VOLUNTEER OUT THERE TO CHECK PEOPLE IN AND CREATE THE LIST AND HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT WITH PD AT THE FRONT, THEY WERE JUST LIKE, WE HAD SO MANY DIFFERENT PASSES GOING ON THROUGH THAT ONE ENTRY.
WELL, DANIEL, WE WE HAD A DIFFERENT FEEL BASED ON WHAT FRED'S REPORT.
I MEAN, I OBVIOUSLY I'M, I'M PRETTY SURE FRED PROBABLY WAS NOT ON THE FRONT LINE.
I DON'T KNOW TO WHAT EXTENT HE HE IS AWARE OF THE DETAIL AS TO WHAT TOOK PLACE.
IF ANYTHING, IF WE CANNOT EXPAND.
I THINK WE WOULD LIKE TO FOR THAT TO STAY.
THAT'S A THOUSAND LESS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE.
AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS DO.
RIGHT? I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK FOR YOU.
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WE WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS DO, BUT NOT THAT WE KNOW SOMEWHAT DID NOT WORK.WE KNOW TO TO SOME EXTENT HE HAD SOME SUCCESS, RIGHT? HE BROUGHT 100,000 BUCKS.
POTENTIALLY. WE HAVE VOLUNTEERED THAT, YOU KNOW I WILL CERTAINLY TRY.
I KNOW A COUPLE OF GENTLEMEN THAT USUALLY VOLUNTEER FOR THE CITY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, SOMETHING THAT MAY BE A WORD THAT WE CAN PUT OUT WITHIN OUR OWN SURROUNDING, FOLKS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE CAN.
I MEAN, I'M NOT MAKING A PROMISE.
I'M GOING TO FIND IT. BUT NOW THAT WE KNOW THIS IS A NEED RIGHT NOW, WE'RE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION.
WE CERTAINLY THE MEMBER OF THIS BOARD AS WELL.
SO TO SEE IF WE CAN, WE CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO I THINK CONTINUING IT WOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE.
EXPANDING ON IT I THINK WILL CAUSE MORE ISSUES.
MY MY QUESTION, YOU MENTIONED THAT STAFF AND ENTERTAINMENT WAS ALSO IN THE SAME AREA.
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT STAFF AND ENTERTAINMENT AND ANY ANYONE OTHER THAN SPECIFICALLY VIP? THIS AREA IS JUST FOR VIP.
SO THAT WAY THAT WOULD ELIMINATE THE CONFUSION.
THIS IS JUST IF YOU HAVE A TICKET VIP ON IT, YOU ENTER HERE.
ANYTHING ELSE? CORRECT. THERE'S ANOTHER SECTION FOR YOU, WHICH.
OUR ORIGINAL SITEMAP HAD THAT VIP WAS GOING TO BE AROUND THE SOFTBALL FIELD THERE.
AGAIN, WHERE WHERE THE PROBLEM CAME WAS WITH STAFFING.
ONCE WE LET THEM INTO THE PARKING AREA, THERE WASN'T REALLY STAFF TO BE ABLE TO GO.
VIPS OVER HERE AND STAFFING VENDORS ARE OVER HERE.
JUST BECAUSE WHEN YOU MADE THE RIGHT HAND TURN INTO THAT AREA, THE PARKING WAS ON BOTH SIDES, SO THERE WASN'T A CLEAR I MEAN, ONE THING WE COULD DO, WE NOW RECREATION NOW HAS THESE A-FRAME SIGNS, SO WE COULD PROBABLY MAKE SOME SIGNAGE THAT WE COULD PUT OUT WITH AN ARROW.
VIPS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THERE TO CLEAR IT UP THERE.
I DO BELIEVE WHEN WE FIRST TALKED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF SPOTS THERE.
ONE PROBLEM WE HAD, THOUGH, WAS WITH POLICE.
YEAH. IS IT? WHAT? DID WE HAVE IT LAST YEAR? I THINK IT WAS 20.
FIRE DEPARTMENT. YOU KNOW, I THINK AT THIS POINT IT WOULD BE TO PROVIDE DIRECTION.
THE BOARD WOULD LIKE STAFF TO HEAD IN.
DANIEL, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? YOU'RE WELCOME. IN TERMS OF WHAT? SO YOU THAT'S PRETTY MUCH GOOD FOR YOU AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, US IN AGREEMENT AND STAFF WOULD START WORKING ON ON.
SO THE NEXT EVENT THE CLOSEST EVENT WOULD BE JULY 4TH.
4TH OF JULY. RIGHT NOW, THE CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT.
DO WE HAVE A TIME? A TIME PERIOD.
WE WE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT GETTING HOSTING THAT.
NO, THESE THESE ARE JUST IDEAS.
YOU KNOW, ONE. I'LL TRY TO PROBABLY AVOID THE GRANT BARBECUE FESTIVAL TIME FRAME.
SPRING IS VERY BUSY IN THE COUNTY.
APRIL. WE HAVE AN EVENT EVERY WEEKEND, I THINK, EXCEPT FOR APRIL.
22ND IS THE ONLY WEEKEND WE DON'T.
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OF, OF WHAT YOU GUYS GOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW.BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF QUALIFIERS FOR THE PROFESSIONAL CORNHOLE LEAGUE.
INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR ANOTHER MEETING, YOU CAN LET US KNOW PRIOR TO THAT SO WE CAN START MAKING.
CERTAINLY. SO THE EMAIL WOULD GO TO TERRY.
AND TERRY OBVIOUSLY WOULD SHARE WITH THE BOARD.
JUST JUST SO THE BOARD REMEMBERS YOU CAN'T REPLY TO ME.
YOU CAN REPLY SEPARATELY TO ME.
THANK YOU MA'AM. DANIEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOU GUYS.
SO MOVING, MOVING ON WITH NEW BUSINESS.
AS WE ARE ALL AWARE OF THE UNFORTUNATE EARTHQUAKE IN, YOU KNOW, THE MIDDLE EAST WITH, WITH SYRIA AND IN TURKEY.
CAUSE OVER THE LAST I'VE HEARD IS NEARLY NEARLY 50,000 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES.
AND AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST FOR NATURAL DISASTERS, OTHER PART OF THE WORLD.
AND IT WOULD CERTAINLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF WE WOULD CONSIDER MAKE A DONATION TO OR THE ORGANIZATION THAT IS CURRENTLY ON THE GROUND STILL WORKING.
SO IN, IN OUR EMAIL AS MISS LAFLEUR TO ASK FOR SOME RECOMMENDATION IF YOU GUYS HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK UP A COUPLE OF ORGANIZATIONS, CERTAINLY.
THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, SHOULD WE DECIDE TO GO WITH MORE THAN ONE? ANY IDEA, ANY THOUGHT IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH AND WHO YOU CONSIDER IS STILL THE SAME SAMARITAN'S PURSE? BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT REPUTATIONS AS WELL, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT.
I MEAN, I LOOK AT IT IN THE SENSE OF MAKING SURE THESE COMPANIES HAVE RELIABLE REPUTATIONS.
WE'RE GOING TO SEND ANY FINANCES TO THEM, WHICH WE ARE.
SO IF WE KNOW BEFORE WE ENGAGE INTO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
WHAT? I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION, AND WE CAN WE CAN ENGAGE IN MORE DISCUSSION.
THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, HI. HI.
I AGREE. SAMARITAN'S PURSE AND RED CROSS.
I I'M NOT SURE IF SAMARITAN'S PURSE CURRENTLY UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT THEY ARE USUALLY WHEREVER THERE'S A DISASTER.
WHAT I DID DO, I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH.
THERE'S THREE ORGANIZATIONS NOW.
I JUST DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNEW.
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IF YOU KNOW FOR A FACT THEY ARE.RIGHT. IT'S NOT GOING TO THEIR GENERAL FUND FOR DISASTER AROUND THE WORLD.
SO IF THAT'S WHAT WE ASSIGN THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, THEY DO WORK.
YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? MR. BACKUS, I DO UNDERSTAND.
THERE'S YOU KNOW, IF YOU KNOW FOR SURE THEY ARE THAT THAT THAT PART IS NUTS AND BOLTS BEING SPECIFIC, I'M NOT SURE.
JEWISH PRAYER TEAM, WHICH I KNOW THAT THEY ARE DOING SPECIFIC WORK TO THE UKRAINE.
HE'S GOING THERE SPECIFICALLY.
SO I WAS LOOKING AT I DID LOOK AT A COUPLE OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR ALREADY THEY'VE ACTUALLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND.
FORBES ADVISOR IS THE SYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION.
THEY RATED 100% FOR THE SYRIAN, THE SYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION. THEY RATED 100% BY FORBES.
THE SECOND ONE IS CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY.
FORBES. NOW, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, SAMARITAN'S PURSE IS A WE ALREADY VETTED THEM.
THAT IS CERTAINLY I WOULD SUPPORT THEM, BUT I DID DO A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THOSE TWO ORGANIZATIONS.
THEY'RE STILL PROVIDING ONE, PROVIDING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, AND ALSO THE CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY. THEY NOT ONLY DO DURING, BUT THE THE LONG TERM, MORE OF A RESILIENCY KIND OF ASSIST THE PEOPLE AFTER THE FACT. SO EITHER, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GUYS ARE OKAY WITH THAT THIS WOULD BE THE DIRECTION WE WOULD GIVE STAFF TO LOOK INTO THOSE THREE ORGANIZATIONS AND AND CERTAINLY BRING IT BACK TO, TO US FOR FINAL ACTUALLY GOES BEFORE THE THE DISASTER, THE BMF.
DID WE PUT A NUMBER ON IT? DID WE AGREE ON. A MOTION INCLUDE WAS IT A THOUSAND? WE DID TALK ABOUT IT LAST.
WE DID A WE DID 1500 THOUSAND TO 1500.
CHAIRMAN. YOU HAD A MOTION AND YOU ACTUALLY PASSED THAT MOTION ON THE ON THIS ITEM.
SO I WOULD RECOMMEND AT THIS POINT, YOU'D MAYBE AMEND THE MOTION.
SO WHOEVER MAKES THE MOTION, JUST AMEND THE ORIGINAL MOTION, OKAY.
WHOEVER MADE THE SECOND PULL THE SECOND.
MISTER, BACK. JUST SO I'M CLEAR, THE MOTION IS SO THAT IT'S NOT JUST 1000 TO 1500.
THE MOTION IS THAT IT'S STILL THAT IT IS 1500, CORRECT? ALSO THE AGENCIES.
THE AGENCIES. I'M SORRY. THAT SHOULD BE A COMPLETE.
SAYING IN REGARDS TO THE WHAT FORBES IS SAYING ABOUT BOTH OF THESE COMPANIES.
I THINK IT WOULD BE. HOLDING YOUR SECOND SO WE CAN RE REPHRASE THE WHOLE MOTION AS YOU'RE HOLDING YOUR SECOND.
THAT PULLING MY SECOND MOTION.
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SO WE ARE WE ARE WHAT? YOU'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO STICK WITH THEM.I KNOW THE ONES YOU JUST GAVE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO STICK WITH THE 1500 PURSE.
SYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION.
SYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL FOUNDATION WOULD BE MY MOTION FOR THAT.
SECOND. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR.
DO YOU HAVE THE THREE ORGANIZATIONS OR IS IT JUST THE TWO? BECAUSE I HAVE THE SAMARITAN'S PURSE, SYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION.
AND I THOUGHT AT ONE POINT YOU HAD MENTIONED THE CENTER FOR DISASTER.
OKAY. AND IS THAT 1500 IN TOTAL FOR THE THREE OR ARE YOU DOING SEPARATE DONATIONS FOR EACH ORGANIZATION? 500 EACH SECOND.
SO WE HAVE 500 EACH FOR EACH OF THE THREE.
I WILL DEFER TO MISS MISS LAFLEUR.
HIS NAME SHALL BE REMOVED FROM THIS ITEM AS IT WAS INADVERTENTLY INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. SO I'D LIKE TO.
THIS IS EXCITING. I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MR. HAYES FOR HIS ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
SIR, I WILL TRY TO HAND THAT TO YOU AND CERTAINLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.
AND I CAN SAY THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE IS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU, AND YOU'RE CERTAINLY AN ASSET. THANK YOU SO.
ALRIGHT. DISCUSSION OF COMMITTEE MEETING SCHEDULE.
NEXT MAKE SCHEDULE. MISS LAFLEUR? YES. THANK YOU. THIS ITEM CAME UP SINCE THE DRC HAS COMPLETED THE DESIGN OF THE WEB PAGE, THE MARKETING FLIER, BUSINESS CARD, AS WELL AS ESTABLISHED SOME ADDITIONAL CRITERIA FOR THE BYLAWS.
AND THAT'S, OF COURSE, WITH THE OPTION TO SCHEDULE SPECIAL MEETINGS AS NEEDED.
AND IF DRC IS INTERESTED IN THIS OPTION, A CHANGE IN THE MEETING DATE AND MONTHS WOULD BE SUGGESTED, AND THAT WOULD BE IN ORDER TO BETTER COORDINATE WITH COUNCIL MEETINGS AND STAFF SCHEDULES. I DO KNOW THAT WITH THE PAST ELECTION, THEY DID VOTE TO HAVE NO COUNCIL MEETINGS IN THE MONTH OF JUNE.
AND I KNOW THAT THE DRC REGULAR SCHEDULE DID INCLUDE JUNE, SO KIND OF TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
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AND OF COURSE, BASED UPON THE DRC'S DECISION THIS EVENING THAT WOULD REVISE THE ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION ONE OF THE BYLAWS.AND THAT'S AND THAT'S UP FOR DISCUSSION FOR THE BOARD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. LAFLEUR.
CONSIDERING, AS SHE SAID, SOMETHING DEFINITELY NEED TO CONSIDER.
AND CERTAINLY WOULD BE WITH THE SPECIAL MEETINGS.
EMERGENCY MEETINGS WILL ALWAYS BE AN OPTION.
BUT I'D LIKE TO ADD IN LIEU OF THESE FUNDRAISERS.
AND IF OUR CONVERSATIONS ARE SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE BECAUSE OF THE SUNSHINE, WE HAVE THREE STRONG CONSIDERATIONS HERE FOR NOT NOT NOT EVEN MENTIONING THE PARKING ONE TO MEET SEMIANNUALLY TO DISCUSS THIS, UNLESS WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING, THAT MAKES IT KIND OF DIFFICULT.
THESE ARE THESE ARE THESE THESE EVENTS ARE GOING TO REQUIRE SOME PLANNING.
THE PLANNING THAT THEY NOT THEY DON'T FALL ON US ONCE WE GIVE DIRECTION TO STAFF.
THEY MAY HAVE, YOU KNOW, BRING THINGS TO OUR ATTENTION FROM TIME TO TIME.
WHICH, YOU KNOW, THESE THESE GUYS ARE PROFESSIONALS.
THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. THEY EVENT PLANNERS.
THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. SO IF THEY NEED OUR INPUT OR SOMETHING.
DANIEL CAN ALWAYS SIGNAL US AND THROUGH THROUGH A PROPER CHANNEL WE'LL CALL A MEETING.
IF THERE'S TRULY SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON AS A BOARD.
BUT TYPICALLY WE'RE NOT THE ONES, YOU KNOW, WE JUST GET TO, YOU KNOW, DELEGATE.
THEY DON'T REALLY THAT MAKES THE WORLD GO GOES AROUND.
RIGHT. OR IN OUR CASE, THE CITY.
SO WE OFFICIALLY ADOPT THESE THREE EVENTS.
AS FOR THEM TO CONSIDER IN PLANNING, WE HAVE.
OKAY, GREAT. OKAY, SO IF I MAY HAVE A MOTION SO WE CAN CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSION, SHOULD WE NEED ANY MORE MOTION TO. I SECOND THAT MOTION TO REDUCE.
DID YOU MAKE THE MOTION? I HAD TO MAKE THE MOTION.
OKAY. WE'RE MAKING A MOTION TO REDUCE OUR MEETINGS FROM QUARTERLY TO SEMIANNUALLY.
AND, CHAIRMAN, I WILL GO AHEAD AND UPDATE THE BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE SENT OUT CALENDAR INVITES.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND UPDATE THOSE AND REMOVE THE ONES THAT ARE UNNECESSARY FOR THE BOARD.
FOR THE COMMITTEE. JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, WHEN WOULD IT BE? MONTH? WOULD IT BE? YOU SAID.
YOU SAID THAT HE WOULD SAY YES.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO ALWAYS CHANGE THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE WERE SUGGESTING TUESDAY THE SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE SECOND TUESDAY OF FEBRUARY AND THE SECOND TUESDAY OF AUGUST.
WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT THROUGH EMAIL, RIGHT? YES, I WILL SEND UPDATED MEETING NOTICES.
SO I SO I WILL JUST LET YOU KNOW FOR THE RECORD, WE'LL PUT IT ON RECORD.
THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 8TH, 2023, AND WE'LL LEAVE THAT FOR 6 P.M..
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IT HAVE WE? DO WE HAVE A DATE FOR JULY 4TH CELEBRATION THIS YEAR? DANIEL WILL HAVE VIP PASSES FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AS USUAL.THANK YOU. GENTLEMEN, UNLESS WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD.
MOST OF OUR EVENTS, THE ONES THAT WE DISCUSS, ARE FOR NEXT YEAR.
THIS IS WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S GOING TO BE ALL THREE EVENTS OR IF IT WAS JUST ONE.
I WAS JUST ASKED TO PROVIDE THREE RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU GUYS, SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT GOES.
YEAH. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE GOOD OF THE GROUP? SEEING NONE. HEARING NONE.
THANK YOU.
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