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A
A
Good
evening,
everyone
welcome
to
the
August
2023
meeting
of
Pittsburgh's
lgbtqia
plus
commission
I
am
facilitating
tonight
I'm
one
of
your
co-chairs,
Sue
Kerr,
and
welcome
thanks
for
taking
time
out
of
a
very
busy
month
to
be
here.
We
need
to
start
with
a
roll
call
Billy.
Would
you
please.
B
Yes,
I'll
do
that
and
I'll
get
the
agenda
up
so
that
it's
visible
in
a
moment
also,
but
I'll
do
the
roll
call
and
then
I'll
do
that
we'll
do
the
approval
of
the
minutes
right
after
the
roll
call,
okay,
Catherine
Calhoun,
present
Denise
de
Simon.
C
B
D
B
Am
president,
yes,
you
are,
and
Bruce
Krauss
has
notified
us
that
he
will
not
be
able
to
make
it
tonight.
Maria
Montagna.
B
Sarah
Rosso
has
notified
us
she's
I'm,
not
going
to
be
here.
Derek
tynes.
B
A
All
right,
our
our
next
item
is
the
acknowledgment
of
public
comment
to
my
knowledge.
We
have
not
received
any
public
comments
prior
to
this
meeting.
A
All
right
well,
then,
we'll
move
on,
and
we.
F
A
A
F
A
Okay,
well,
in
all
seriousness,
Billy,
we
really
do
appreciate
how
much
time
and
energy
you
put
into
that
so
and
your
good
humor
about
being
ribbed
about
it.
So
we
already
discuss
public
comment.
Let's
move
on
to
reports
from
officers
and
standing
committees,
okay,
so
I'm
gonna
do
a
few
of
these
attendance
notification
and
meeting
links.
A
We
need
to
have
just
a
robust
reminder
that
sending
out
a
text
message
or
an
email,
five
minutes
before
the
meeting
or
20
minutes
after
we've
started
asking
for
the
link,
isn't
working
very
effectively
because
most
of
the
executive
committee
are
in
the
meaning,
not
checking
email.
So
Billy
has
revised
his
schedule
of
setting
out
the
link.
It
is
going
it's
in
the
calendar.
A
So
if
you
accept
that
invite
you
should
be
able
to
find
a
link
there,
and
you
know
we
really
just
suggest
that
you
open
your
email
and
search
using
the
word
heilman,
which
probably
isn't
in
there
too
many
times,
and
that
should
bring
up
some
message
with
the
link
in
it
worst
case
scenario
is,
you
know,
maybe
text
somebody
who
is
not
on
the
executive
committee
who
may
be
checking
their
messages
or
if
somebody
who's,
not
on
the
executive
committee
but
is
in
the
meeting,
can
just
monitor
the
email
that
might
help.
A
If
you
have
any
suggestions,
we're
you
know
open
to
that,
we
are
having
some
struggles
with
attendance,
and
part
of
that
is
that
you
saw
my
text
my
email
tonight.
Several
of
you
responded
is
that
people
aren't
responding
if
they're
coming
or
not.
A
So
if
you
get
that
monthly
reminder-
and
you
can
just
take
a
few
seconds
to
RSVP-
that's
very
helpful
for
the
executive
committee-
we're
also
seeing
a
a
larger
issue,
and
this
is
something
that
we
could
discuss
tonight
or
we
can
kick
down
the
road
and
have
them
allocate
some
time
in
September.
But
we
wanted
to
talk
about
the
idea
of
how
people
who
cannot
attend
the
meeting
through
no
fault
of
their
own,
maybe
their
work
schedule
or
something
can
still
engage
and
participate.
A
A
But
I'm
I
think
maybe
since
we
have
such
a
small
attendance
tonight,
we
should
really
we
could
talk
about
it
for
a
few
minutes,
but
I
think
we
should
discuss
this
at
a
larger
meeting
because
it's
it
is
serious
when
people
don't
attend
the
meeting,
they're,
not
part
of
the
conversation
and
then
we're
not
hearing
what
are
their
concerns
and
issues,
and
we
have
decided
that
we
will
in
October
we
will
have
a
conversation
about
the
meeting
schedule
for
the
next
calendar
year.
A
But
at
this
point
we
certainly
can't
change
it
for
this
year,
so
that
that's
one
step
we're
going
to
take
and
there's
no
motion
here
so
it
just.
Is
there
any
discussion.
B
Yeah
I
want
to
say
a
couple
things:
one
I'm.
B
What
I
did
the
last
couple?
Well,
particularly
this
month,
is
emblematic
of
it,
but
the
last
couple
months
also
I'm
sending
out
the
link.
I
try
to
do
the
minutes
earlier
in
the
month,
but
sometimes
it's
you
know
a
few
weeks
in
after
the
meeting,
so
I'll
try
to
get
it
within
one
week,
but
I'm
gonna
I
set
out
the
link
for
the
meeting
as
soon
as
I
get
it
I
got
it
a
little
bit
later
this
time
than
than
in
previous
months.
B
That's
why
you
didn't
get
it
till
Tuesday
of
this
week,
but
I
send
it
as
soon
as
you
know,
about
within
24
hours
after
I
receive
it
from
David
finer
and
then,
but
I
will
send
it
also
on
the
day
of
the
meeting,
just
as
this
second
time,
so
that
it's
not
so
far
lost
in
your
emails
and
and
I
will
also
send
a
calendar.
Invite
I
didn't
do
that
this
month,
but
I
did
I
had
in
the
previous
several
months.
So
I'll
try
to
do
all
those
three
things.
B
One
send
it
as
soon
as
soon
as
I
receive
it
and
send
it
on
the
day
of
so
you
don't
have
to
search
back
too
far
and
and
also
a
calendar
invite
and
I'll
and
and
Sue.
Thank
you
for
saying
that
about
RSVP,
because
I
haven't
been
writing
that
in
the
email
that
comes
with
the
link
and
so
I'll
do
that
also
because
it
is,
it
is
helpful
to
for
us
to
to
know
that
you
know
there.
B
A
Any
other
comments.
H
Or
I
have
a
question
Sue:
do
we
have
a
list
of
Commissioners
who
have
not
attended
without
telling
us
that
they
are
unable
to
do
so.
A
We
keep
in
attendance,
the
executive
committee
reviews
it
on
a
regular
basis
and
we
do
not
share
that
information.
You
could
find
it
by
looking
at
the
minutes.
I
could
put
it
that
way,
but
people
who
fall
out
of
compliance
with
our
but
with
our
bylaws
our
requirements
on
attendance.
You
know
that's
something
that
the
co-chairs
address
privately.
H
A
Well,
I
agree
with
you,
Richard
I.
I
will
remind
you,
though,
that
we
do
not
have
a
limit
on
how
many
Commissioners
we
can
have
so
at
any
point
in
time.
If
you
have
somebody
who
you
think
would
be
a
good
fit,
please
send
them.
The
engage
Pittsburgh
link
to
that
is
how
they
apply
through
that
website
that
web
page
I
guess
and
that
goes
to
the
mayor's
office,
and
so
and
that's
365..
You
know
any
to
any
time.
Someone
who
is
eligible
could
apply.
A
The
only
seats
that
are
designated
are
the
mayor's
seat,
the
city
council,
C,
chrc
and
well
then
we
have
five
issue.
We
don't
really
have
a
good
term
for
that
term
yet,
but
if
somebody's
not
attending
that,
doesn't
prevent
somebody
else
from
joining
the
from
applying
to
join
the
commission,
of
course,
that
that
has
to
go
through
a
process.
So.
H
F
A
That,
because
the
reasons
that
people
aren't
attending
are
nuanced
and
Sarah
and
I
as
the
co-chairs
with
Billy
and
Denise,
you
know
talk
about
this
frequently
and
we
would
bring
forward
if
we
thought
that
that
we
needed
to
invoke
that
again.
But
you
know
if
you're
aware
of
someone
who
is
not
attending
or
you
don't
see,
I
would
absolutely
encourage
you
to
have
a
conversation
with
them
about
it
and
perhaps
urge
them
to
speak
with
us
about.
You
know
what
any
kind
of
barriers
that
there
might
be.
A
D
Have
a
quick
comment:
sale!
This
is
Julian
in
terms
of
just
fairness.
To
the
other
Commissioners
say
we
get
some
big
agenda
topic
accomplished
and
it's
accredited
to
the
lgbtqia
commission.
D
Is
it
fair
to
the
other?
This
is
just
something
to
think
about.
Is
it
fair
to
the
other
Commissioners
that
some
people's
inputs
are
some
people's
talents?
Weren't
used
accordingly
as
much
as
others,
and
so
that's
just
my
comment
so
like
for
the
process
and
having
someone
step
down,
not
making
them
step
down,
but
maybe
the
executive
committee
can
give
them
a
prompt
or
a
warning,
or
something
like
that
too.
D
Prompt
them
to
be
more
I.
Guess
intentional
about
attending.
A
I'm
going
to
answer
this,
respond
to
the
second
part.
First
I
absolutely
agree
with
you
on
that
that
we
and
we
try
to
to
to
have
those
conversations,
encourage
people
to
participate,
remind
them
why
it's
important
one
of
the
reasons
we
decided
to
talk
about
changing
the
meeting
slot
and
having
a
full
discussion
around.
That
was
because
of
some
issues.
People
brought
up,
but
I
wanted
to
go.
The
first
part
of
your
your
comment
about
fairness,
I'm,
not
sure
I
quite
understand.
D
D
Okay,
more
so-
and
this
is
just
like
a
hypothetical
say
that
we
reached
out
to
the
University
of
Pittsburgh
and
they
made
a
major
change
because
of
our
suggestion
or
because
of
our
input
and
the
accredited
it
to
all
the
members
of
the
lgbtqia
commission,
but
some
members
have
not
given
their
input
or
given
their
talent
or
skill
set
I'm.
Just
saying
for
the
other
Commissioners
with
that.
This
is
what
I
think
about.
Sometimes
in
my
executive
committees
would
it
be
fair
to
give
them
the
same
amount
of
credit
for
input?
D
It's
not.
The
other
participants
are
giving
that's
more
so
my
perspective,
so
in
terms
of
voting
like,
of
course,
if
they're
not
attending,
they
don't
get
a
their
vote
and
that's
In
fairness
to
them.
But
as
far
as
just
like
appreciation,
I,
don't
know
how
to
turn
that
back.
I,
don't
know,
I,
don't
know
well,.
A
I
you
know,
Julian
I
can
tell
you.
After
all
these
years
of
doing
this,
you
know
we
are
acting
as
a
body,
so
it's
fair
in
a
sense
that
we're
not
receiving
individual
acknowledgment
but
I
also
very
much
see
that
people's
participation
varies
with
mileage
and
that
there
are
some
serious
issues
of
fairness
that
we
have
to
talk
about,
and
attendance
is
one
of
them
and
the
workload
sharing
the
workload
is
another
one.
A
A
I
wish
people
were
more
active
because
there's
a
lot
of
work
that
needs
to
be
done,
but
I,
don't
I,
don't
know
that
I
would
talk
about
it
in
terms
of
external
credit
unless
and
I
think
we
have
on
certain
occasions
Billy.
You
maybe
know
this
that
you
know
we
have
acknowledged
the
unique
contributions,
for
example
Kathy
Boyle,
who
has
resigned
unfortunately,
but
she
was
led
us
on
the
work
around
housing
on
promoting
city
funding
for
lgbtq
senior
housing
and
I.
Think
we
did
acknowledge
her
exemplary
work
around
that.
A
D
Right
right
and
I
wasn't
really
thinking
too
much
in
depth
about
it.
I'm
just
saying
that,
like
a
I,
don't
know
the
like
I
said
before
the
University
of
Pittsburgh,
but
thank
you
so
much
for
the
lgbtqia
commission
for
giving
their
input
and
giving
us
these
so-and-so
resources
and
this
that
and
the
other
thing.
D
But
then
we
work
hard
on
it
as
attending
Commissioners
to
accomplish
that
goal,
but
then
other
Commissioners
who
haven't
attended
so
much
and
I,
get
that
you're
saying
that
there's
some
barriers
that
we
can't
really
just
put
a
blanket
statement
over
and
say
this
is
how
much
you
should
be
attending
or
not
attending,
sometimes
but
I'm.
Just
saying
like
in
terms
of
internal
review
and
in
terms
of
us
working
together
as
a
body.
D
A
You
anyone
else,
I'm,
sorry,
I
can't
see
the
hands
so
if
you're
want
to
jump
in
I
have
a
response
here,
but
I
I
want
to
give
everyone
a
chance
to
say
something:
I
think
it.
It's
pretty
obvious
that
our
investment
levels
are
different
and
that's
true
of
every
commission
board
working
group,
all
that
sort
of
thing
but
I.
You
know
we
have
some
objective
criteria,
so
I
think
anyone
who's
interested
in
this
question.
You
please
read
the
minutes.
You
see
who's
there.
A
You
see
who's,
making,
motions
who's,
how
people
are
voting,
who's,
giving
reports,
who's
adjoining
committees
and
and
it's
right
there
and
I-
think
it's
a
fair
and
reasonable
thing
for
any
one
of
this
member
of
this
commission
or
the
public
to
take
a
look
at
that
to
see
how
they're
being
represented.
A
At
this
conversation,
the
other
thing
Julian
I
I
want
to
just
piggyback
on
you
is
that
you
know
we
brought
up
having
a
conversation
with
Pitt
after
the
horror
show
of
of
what
happened
in
in
March
and
April,
and
we
just
simply
you
know
we
wanted
to
try
to
meet
with
someone
and
you
know,
but
we
just
don't,
there's
the
executive
committee
just
can't
we
just
don't
have
any
time.
I
mean
we're
just
so
stretched,
so
that
is
literally
a
good
example.
F
A
That
you
know
we
would
need
someone
else
to
spearhead,
that
and
and
all
that
that
entails
for
it
for
it
to
happen.
So
I
I
appreciate
that
you
brought
that
up
as
an
example,
because
it's
it's
perfect
that
without
more
active
initiative
from
the
members
of
the
commission,
you
know
we
just
simply
can't
get
to
those
things.
Right
did
someone
else
have
something.
C
Yeah
I
I
I,
don't
disagree,
Julian.
What
you're
saying
I
think
our
bigger
issue
is
like
suicide.
It's
it's
just
participation
in
the
activities
that
we
need
done.
That
would
that
would
be
helpful
and
I.
Think
you're
right
I
mean
there's
a
a
select
group
of
people
doing
the
work.
C
D
Right
right,
I,
agree
and
then
like
I,
don't
have
any
problems
I'm,
just
speaking
up
for
just
in
general
terms
and
thoughts,
but
like
spinning
it
even
in
a
good
way
like
an
attendance
pizza
party,
if
you're
a
10,
10
consecutive
meetings
or
whatever
it
is,
then
you
get
a
pizza
party
or
whatever.
It
is,
and
that's
just
like
a
metaphor
for
whatever
it
could
be,
but
that's
what
we
can
spin
it
that
way
or
whatever
it
is,
but
I
think
about
this.
D
A
D
A
I
mean
these
are
terrific
questions,
Julian
and
I
think
things
that
we've
talked
about
on
sidebar
over
the
you
know
the
last
couple
years
and
we
really
should
be
talking
as
a
as
a
full
commission,
even
something
as
simple
as
some
people
don't
like
email,
so
they
don't
check
their
email
and
they
get
overwhelmed
by
the
the
Gmail
string
and
request
that
we
text
them
or
connect
them
in
some
other
way,
and
it
is
just
an
unreasonable
demand.
A
I
understand
that
people
have
preferences
and
they
unders.
They
interpret
information
differently,
but
we
just
don't
have
enough
time
or
our
bodies
on
the
executive
committee
to
send
text
messages
to
people
about
to
say,
check
your
email
and
it's
it's
it's
it's
a
source
of
frustration
for
me,
and
one
of
the
reasons
is
because
I
know
we're
not
representative
I
mean
our
executive
committee
is
all
white
and
all
cisgender,
and
you
know
we're
it
looks
like
two
white
lesbians
are
running
this.
You
know
the
co-chairs
and
that
it's
it's.
A
That
is
not
good,
it's
not
good
as
an
appearance,
but
it's
also
not
good
because
of
who's
not
participating
in
these
conversations
and
how
we
go
to
the
mayor
and
ask
for
you
know
we
you
know:
do
we
have
bisexual
representation
on
the
commission?
Do
we
have
asexual
representation,
I
mean
I,
just
those
just
two
came
to
mind
right
now,
but-
and
you
know
we
don't
really.
A
About
each
other,
but
it's
it's
something
I
think
about
every
time
we
have
a
meeting
who's
here
and.
A
B
Well,
I
think
also
that
you
know
we're.
You
know
we're
at
the
disposal
of
the
mayor
and
city
council
and
when
we're
not
a
I
mean,
even
though
comparison
to
other
commissions
were
larger
right
now
we
have
15
members,
but
that's
not
a
very
large
group,
particularly
for
our
group,
because
our
group
is
we.
We
are
focused
on
diversity
and
and
we
and
we
do
like
to,
we-
have
a
I,
don't
I
don't
want
to
say
like
to
we.
B
We
have
a
a
strong
important
interest
in
in
diversity
and
that
decision
making
is
made
by
a
diverse
group
of
folks.
But
15
isn't
a
very
large
number
and
when,
when
appointments
are
made
and
there's
a
majority
white
people,
then
there
is
going
to
be
I
mean
it's.
There
is
going
to
sometimes
be
white
people
filling
leadership
roles,
and
while
we
do
this
or
I
I
love
our
mission
in
our
bylaws
I
love
the
language
of
our
bylaws.
B
And
if
you
haven't
read
them,
then
you
know
do
that
again
soon,
but
the
because
it
is
good
guiding
principles,
but
sometimes
it
also
puts
pressure
on
people
of
color
when
they're
fewer
in
numbers
to
do
leadership
roles
when
they
have
the
same
experience
that
we're
expressing
that
there's
so
much
there's
only
so
much
time
and
there's
only
so
much
I
can
contribute
and
I
have
other
obligations
and
so
I
think
there's
some.
B
You
know
I
think
we
have
to
just
in
this
group
if
we
can
trust
each
other,
that
we
we
all
I
mean
we're
getting
to
know
each
other
pretty
well
now
over
time
and
that
people
are
gonna
I,
hope
people
are
gonna
step
forward
when
they
are
ready
and
have
the
time
to
to
make
a
meaningful
commitment
to
to
the
role.
And
if,
if
you're
not
there,
then
then
maybe
you
shouldn't
at
that
moment,
but
our
executive
committee
meetings,
one
thing
people
could
do
is
the
executive
committee
meetings
are
not
closed.
B
So
anyone
who
wants
to
attend
the
executive
committee
meeting
can
do
that
and
you
can,
you
know,
participate
by.
You
know
sharing
that
dedicating
that
amount
of
time
you
would
be
part
of
the
thinking
and
and
consideration
of
the
issues
and
the
preparation
of
the
agenda,
if
you,
if
you
did
that
and
also
part
of
the
conversation
on
how
we
improve
engagement
on
our
commission,
which,
in
my
view,
should
be
done
through
working
groups
that
we
need
to
emphasize
actions.
You
know
Guillermo
has
said
this
multiple
times.
B
You
know
we
got
to
do
stuff.
You
know
we
have
to
do
stuff
rather
than
talk
about
stuff
and
and
I
think
that
that's
going
to
be
through
working
groups
and
committees
to
to
that.
We
need
to
identify
through
our
goals
that
we
did
a
couple
years
ago,
what
particular
projects
we're
going
to
do
to
to
meet
those
goals
and
do
that
through
working
groups.
B
But
you
know
so
I
went
in
a
couple,
different
directions
there,
but
I
think
the
main
point
I
want
to
make
in
the
in
my
little
speech
is
that
we're
getting
to
know
each
other.
We
need
to
be
I,
think
really
considerate
of
each
other
in
terms
of
understanding
that
each
of
us
have
pressures,
but
also
that
together
we
have
to
figure
out
how
to
improve
engagement,
because
we
do
have
that
issue
before
us
and
the
pace
at
which
we're
getting
worked
on.
B
We
have
to
consider
whether
we're
meeting
our
meeting
our
mission
because
of
the
pace
that
we
get
some
work
done,
and
we
have
some
obligations
to
engage
the
city
agencies
that
we
need
to
work
on
too.
Some
of
that
will
come
up
in
this
agenda,
so
I
think
we
should
pay
attention
to
that.
Thank
you.
I
J
I
was
just
gonna
kind
of
like
touch
based
on
what
you
said,
Billy
about
the
Committees,
and
that
was
something
I
guess
I
wanted
to
ask.
If,
if
we
could
Implement
committees
because
I
do
want
to,
you
know,
be
more
active
and
be
a
part,
it's
just
I'm,
not
sure
if
I'm
ready
to
step
up
to
be
a
chair
of
something
yet
or
you
know
another
executive
role,
but
in
a
committee
I
feel
like
I
can
still
help
in
ways.
J
You
know
just
still
help
without
being
the
chair
of
something.
Does
that
make
sense?
So
if
we
could
Implement
committees,
I
think
that
would
be
pretty
awesome.
A
That's
fantastic
to
hear
we,
we
use
the
word
committee,
but
we
actually
tend
to
use
more
of
a
working
group
model
and
we
have
a
couple
on
the
agenda,
but
we
can
make
sure
that
those
are
regularly
shared
with
the
entire
group.
What
what
active
working
groups
we
have
something
we're
going
to
be
doing
starting
tomorrow,
actually
is
meeting
with
the
people
who
I
don't
know
what
the
phrase
is
Lenny,
who
has
a
seat
that
is
designated
to
represent
education?
A
A
That
is
in
process
of
being
filled,
but
it
hasn't
been
so
one
thing
we
were
talking
about,
the
executive
committee
is
meeting
with
each
of
those
people
and
discussing
how
we
could
more
actively
engage
them
in
the
agenda
so
that
we
are
addressing
concerns
up
one
example:
last
month,
I
just
asked
Lenny
kind
of
flippantly
really
because
we
had
some
extra
time,
hey,
what's
going
on
with
Pittsburgh
Public
Schools
and
he
brought
up
a
really
important
point
about
curricula
for
pro
primary
schools.
And
it's
something
that
we
you
know.
A
We
should
absolutely
pay
more
attention
to,
and
that's
what
gave
me
the
idea
that
we
may
need
to
so
that
would
be
five
committee,
five
working
groups
or
committees.
If,
if
we
did
that
and
they
would
have
varying
degrees
of
activity,
I'm
sure
but
I
think
that's
in
line
with
what
you're
you're
saying
CeCe
that
you
know
looking
at
that
that
kind
of
structure
to
engage
people
yeah.
J
For
sure,
like
when
I
think
of
myself,
you
know
education,
Community
engagement,
those
are
two
things
I'm
passionate
about
and
would
love
to
donate
my
time
or
resources
to
specific
things,
that
kind
of
focus
on
that
so
I.
If
those
are
already
in
existence,
I
would
love
to
be
a
part
of
those
conversations
and
those
other.
You
know
those
outside
meetings
outside
of
the
board
meeting
or.
A
Well,
I
want
to
be
mindful
of
time,
but
is
there
any
other
thought
on
this
since
I'm
meeting
with
Lenny
tomorrow
and
then,
hopefully
everybody
else
soon
after
that,
we
can
come
back
in
September
with
some
feedback
on
what
that
could
look
like
and
I.
Don't
want
to
speak
for
Lenny,
but
I
know
that
he
always
welcomes
people
participating
and
being
engaged
and.
A
K
A
And
I,
you
know
we
also
work
on
a
Model
where
people
want
to
propose
a
working
group
to
address
something.
That's
the
Pirates
working
group.
You
see
that
came
up
that
just
came
up
because
of
a
one-off
conversation.
It's
led
to
a
sustaining
group
that
that
exists.
A
A
Okay,
it
looks
like
we're
good
all
right,
so
we're
going
to
move
on
to
get
us
out
of
here
in
time.
Unfortunately,
Calvin
was
not
able
to
be
here
tonight
because
of
a
last-minute
emergency,
so
we
will
have
to
meet
them
in
September,
but
they
are
in
communication,
and
you
know
talking
about
different
ways
to
be
invested.
So.
A
Just
because
they're
not
here,
they
are
certainly
very
interested
in
what
we're
doing
and
the
mayor's
office
Maria.
Could
you
please
update
us
on
the
hiring
status.
E
Yes,
so
we
had
made
an
offer
to
someone
for
the
position.
However,
they
had
to
deny
the
offer
they
had
a
change
in
status
and
would
not
be
able
to
make
I
believe
it
wasn't
able
to
make
residency
requirements
because
of
that,
so
we're
we're
going
to
be
moving
to
I
believe
extended
invitation
to
somebody
else
for
the
position,
and
hopefully
we'll
have
some
more
information
for
that
with
you
for
you
all
to
share
in
the
next
couple
of
weeks.
A
Well,
it's
good
to
see
that
forward
momentum
on
that.
So,
let's
move
into
the
treasures
report.
C
Let's
just
do
the
brochure
first
I
I
just
need
pronouns
for
two
Commissioners
I'll.
Send
those
I'll
send
an
email
after
the
meeting
and
then
I
think
we
can
print
I.
Don't
remember
if
you
had
any
luck
with
getting
it
translated
into
Spanish,
but.
C
Yeah,
so
what
I'll
do
is
once
I
get
those
pronouns
I'll,
send
you
over
the
revision,
your
revised
copy,
and
then
you
can
take
it
from
there
and.
E
After
we
get
the
the
final
copy,
I'll
move
the
English
version
to
the
print
shop
to
get
an
order
of
those
done
and
available
for
commission
members
to
use.
While
we
wait,
the
finalization
of
the
translated
version
and
I'll
move
those
to
print
this
from
satisfying.
E
You
about
how
many
copies
of
the
of
the
versions
would
we
like
to
see.
C
I
think
we
had
talked
about
last
time,
I
printed
them
here,
I
printed
150,
and
that
wasn't
enough.
So
I
think
you
know
500
would
be
great,
sounds.
E
A
Maria,
are
there
any
appointments
on
the
horizon
that
you
and
I
only
asked
that
so
that
we
would
then
have
to
update
the
brochure?
A
Are
you
aware
of
any
appointments
that
might
happen
in
the
very
near
future?
I.
E
Know
that
I
believe
there's
currently
two
and
now
three
with
Kathy
recent
decision
to
step
down
but
I,
don't
believe
that
there's
any
imminently
so
but
we're
working
to
get
this
filled.
We
shouldn't
hold
up
the
the
brochure
over
those
future
appointments.
We
should
just
move
forward
with
it.
Okay,.
C
C
Yeah
there
it
is-
and
we
sent
it
out
after
the
last
meeting
and
I'd
really
like
to
discuss
this
with
Patrick,
so
I'd
like
to,
if
possible,
get
this
approved
today,
Billy
am
I
doing
that
right.
A
F
B
Discuss
yeah
I'll
make
a
motion
to
approve
the
budget
submitted
by
the
treasurer.
If
there's
a
second,
we
can
discuss
it.
F
C
So
so
I'll
just
start
I
I
put
in
here
just
basic,
reasonable
expenses
and
there's
you
know
three
sections.
C
C
C
You
know
a
way
to
send
out
information,
so
you
know
generic
business
cards.
I.
Think
is
important,
so
you
know
when
we
start
attending
these
events,
there's
something
that
will
direct
people
to
not
just
the
email
address,
but
also
to
the
Facebook
page
and
the
form.
A
Step
in
for
a
second
sure,
we
have
some
new,
Commissioners
and
and
I
just
wanted
to
give
you
a
little
bit
of
background
about
why
we're
looking
at
a
budget
for
a
commission,
because
that's
not
a
typical
way
of
governance.
But
we
have
been
part
of
three
different
operating
budgets
for
the
city
and
each
time
we've
had
confusion.
A
Misinformation
about
the
money
that
was
allotted
for
us
and
each
explanation
we
get
is
slightly
different
than
the
one
we
got
before.
So
what
we
decide
and
we
were
informed
that
it
was
important
for
us
to
be
part
of
the
official
budget
planning
process
by
going
to
the
meetings
and
getting
our
you
know
our
priorities
and
and
that's
a
reasonable
thing
to
do.
But
we
decided
to
take
a
step
further
because
we
really
need
to
get
some
clarity
on
this.
A
People
are
literally
asking
us
that
they
see
our
line
items
in
previous
years
budgets,
and
yet
we
don't
have
anything
to
show
for
it
and
that's
because
we
never
received
the
money.
We
never
had
access
to
the
money.
So
what
we
decided
to
do
this
year
was
to
put
together
a
budget
that
would
cover
all
the
things
that
we've
done
like,
for
example,
we
have
privately
printed
our
brochures
because
we
couldn't
get
them
completed
through
the
city
and
then
present
that
and
say
this
is
what
we
believe.
A
After
almost
three
years
of
commissioning,
we
need
to
function
and
we
want
a
vote
and
then
we
want
to
send
it
to
the
mayor.
We
want
to
ask
the
mayor
to
respond,
so
Denise
has
done
the
hard
work
of
putting
the
budget
together,
but
we
have
to
do
the
hard
work
of
having
this
conversation
around
a
very
difficult
and
issue
stretching
back
to
the
previous
administration,
so
I
I
think
it's
important
that
we
and
I
don't
want
to
put
this
all
on
Maria.
A
D
C
H
Denise,
can
you
explain
the
item
about
the
temporary
office?
That's
confusing
the
12
500.
C
You
know
we're
we're
under
the
assumption
as
it
stands
right
now
that
you
know
we
need
some
help.
So,
whether
it's
you
know
somebody
that
will
help
us
send
some
emails
out,
somebody
that
will
help
us
get
the
technology
set
up
to
where
we
can
have
off-site
meetings.
So
that's
that's
purely
as
an
outsourced
temporary
help
for
us,
because.
F
E
I
believe
those
are
all
functions
slated
for
the
budgeted
part-time
staff
person
through
the
office.
Okay,.
C
C
F
C
H
Even
the
the
cost
of
like
printing
of
1800,
we
need
that
done.
If
the
city
could
do
that
as
an
in-kind
service,
then
we
could
eliminate
that
cost.
Correct
right.
C
A
And
Richard
I
want
to
respond
to
what
you
said
about
taking
it
out.
I
I,
don't
think
we
should
I
think
what
we
need
to
do
is
reflect.
What
is
the
real
cost
of
print
needs
for
this
commission
and
whether
they're
covered
by
a
lot
of
offices
have
moved
under
the
mayor
and
are
no
longer
independent
offices
in
the
city
system.
So
it's
it's
a
little
confusing
to
even
figure
that
out
sometimes.
H
A
What
our
actual
expenses
are,
our
costs
are
and
how
they
get
filled
is
a
separate
issue,
but
you
know
you
remember
Richard
too,
that
we
in
the
past
have
had
line
items
and
we
were
told
in
some
cases
they
were
used
for
staff
and,
in
other
cases
named
her
operation.
This
way
will
be
real
clear
about
what
we
know
that
the
lgbtqia
community
needs,
at
least
as
a
base.
H
I,
I
guess
the
misunderstanding:
is
that
keep
this
here,
but
if
the
city
comes
back
and
say
we
can
fulfill
that
cost,
we
can
take
that
cost
and
take
it
in-house.
Then
that
would
be
part
of
the
budget
that
would
be
paid
through
the
city.
Correct.
H
We
definitely
need
printing.
We
definitely
need
this
to
happen
because
it's
part
of
our
communication
to
our
the
residents
and
people
in
Pittsburgh,
so.
E
Yeah
and
just
to
push
a
little
bit
there
like
we
have
printed
brochures
in
the
past.
We
cover
the
cost
of
printing
brochures
as
the
city
when
netroots
was
here.
We
we
printed
a
considerable
amount
of
brochures
for
the
commission,
then
we
will
print
these
brochures
once
they're
they're
finalized
and
done
we're
committed
to
that,
and
we
will
do
that
and
and
I
think
again.
E
I
think
you
know,
maybe
it
would
be
helpful
for
the
the
Office
of
Management
and
budget
of
Representative
come
and
speak
to
the
full
commission
about
the
city's
budgeting
process,
because
there's
something
seeing
them
here
like
if
you're
going
to
want
to
hire
a
temporary
office
person
there's
a
whole
like
City
procurement
process
and
rolls
around
that
that
that
has
to
be
followed
and
done
so
so
some
of
these
things
are
are
much
more
Technical
and
specific,
and-
and
a
lot
of
it
unfortunately
is
you
know,
folks
will
have
to
be.
E
You
know,
do
things
like
generate
invoices
and
get
reimbursed
and
paid
through.
You
know
the
city's,
the
city
controller's
office,
it
it's
it's
not
as
simple
as
you
have
a
budget.
Here's
fifty
thousand
dollars
go,
do
what
you
wish
with
it
like,
like
there's
a
lot
of
of
budgetary
mechanisms
in
place
in
terms
of
how
how
things
get
paid
for
for
various
items.
So
so
it
could
be
beneficial
for
somebody
from
OMB
to
sort
of
walk
through
if
the
commission
were
to
get
a
budget
sort
of
how
to
access
those
funds.
E
A
And
with
all
due
respect,
Maria
because
I
know
you
can't
control
Patrick
in
that
office,
but
Denise
has
been
trying
to
get
a
secure,
meaning
with
that
office
for
months
and
months
and
months,
so
I'm
fine
pursuing
that,
but
I
want
still
want
to
move
ahead.
Where
we're
you
know,
we
are
being
really
clear
with
our
community
what
the
expenses
are
for
their
Commission
and
then
the
conversation
about
how
we
fill
things
and
adjust
things,
and
you
know
that's
important,
but
first
we
have
to
start
with
what
does
it
cost
to
have
this
Commission.
C
Yeah
and
and
Patrick's
defense
I
mean
it
took
me
a
while
to
get
a
phone
call
for
sure,
and
that
was
regarding
the
last
budget,
which
was
Zero
so
I
want
to
submit
I
want
to
email
him
this
budget
and
say:
can
we
get
a
meeting
face
to
face
or
can
we
get
on
a
zoom
face
to
face
and
go
over
it?
I
do
think
Maria.
C
That's
a
good
idea
that
somebody
comes
because
I
think
it's
important
for
us
to
even
understand
I
mean
I,
don't
think
anybody
I
mean
I've
dealt
with
you
know
the
city
in
in
my
past,
career
life
and
I
do
know.
There's
a
lot
of
process
to
get
reimbursed.
C
So
I
think
it
would
be
good
for
other
people
besides
made
it
kind
of
here
with
that.
What
that
looks
like.
E
Yeah
so,
like
things
like-
and
you
know
into
to
to
you
know
we
we
joke
about
that
a
little
bit
there,
but
like
things
like
reimbursement
for
food,
at
meetings
is
actually
one
of
the
trickier
things
to
get
reimbursed
for
so
having
a
specific
line.
Item
for
explicitly
for
just
to
be
used
for
food
is
important.
E
So
if
that's
something
that
folks
are
are
seriously
considering
like
that
would
have
to
be
part
of
part
of
the
the
line
item
budget
is
once
something
so
so
there's
some
various
things
in
here
like
miscellaneous,
like
that
is
just
something
that
would
immediately
be
kicked
out,
because
the
city
doesn't
like
miscellaneous.
E
It's
just
out
of
a
transparency
to
taxpayers
that,
like
that's,
that's
not
something
that
would
happen
and,
like
I
said
in
terms
of
things
like
consultant
position,
because
that's
what
that
would
be
in
terms
of
a
temporary
office
person
like
that
is
something
that
we
would
have
to
go
through.
A
formal
request
for
proposals
in
a
formal
bid
like
Professional
Services
bidding
process.
So
there
would
be
a
whole
formal
thing
there
that
that
would
have
to
go
through
and
and
could
result
in.
E
You
know,
taking
a
considerable
amount,
considerable
amount
of
time
and
energy
to
to
move
forward.
So,
even
if,
if
the
the
money
was
there,
that
doesn't
necessarily
mean
like
on
January
1
that
you'd
be
able
to
hire
a
consultant
into
that
space
for
our
Professional
Services
contract.
So
you
know,
there's
a
there's
a
variety
of
things
that
I
think
would
be
good
in
terms
of
what
you've
laid
out
here
to
sort
of
have
someone
from
OMB
on
to
sort
of
talk
through
like
what
that
looks
like
and
then
again.
E
This
is
a
sort
of
unique
position
in
terms
of
the
formal
budgetary
process
for
for
the
city,
so
we've
been
over
the
past
several
months,
we've
been
engaging
with
the
the
community
as
a
whole
through
the
the
budgetary
engagement
process.
We
did
surveys
and
Community
meetings
and
I
really
hope
everyone
on
this
call
and
in
our
commission,
participated
in
a
meeting
and
submitted
a
formal
budget
survey
that
included
the
need
to
fund
the
lgbtqi
plus
commission,
because
that
is
one
of
the
the
scoring
mechanisms
for
things
like
this
is.
E
Did
residents
ask
for
this
right?
So
if
we
didn't
do
our
due
diligence
in
in
doing
that,
then
it
would
be
scored
which
makes
it
harder
to
get
a
budget
for
it
and
then.
Secondly,
the
the
mayor's
office
is
required
by
city
code
to
submit
the
draft
budget
by
September
30th,
which
then
will
kick
off
another
round
of
community
engagement
around
the
budget
says:
hey
we
met
with
you,
you
did
surveys.
E
This
is
what
we've
put
together.
Give
us
feedback.
Did
we
hit
what
you
were
looking
for?
That
also
includes
all
of
the
big
like
capital
projects,
for
parks
and
and
that
sort
of
stuff
give
us
additional
feedback.
And
then
we
take
that
feedback
and
pull
it
all
together
before
the
formal
mayor
state
of
the
city
address
where
he
delivers
his
final
budget
to
Pittsburgh
City
Council,
which
then
at
that
point
Council
will
have
a
series
of
public
hearings
on
the
budget
for
all
of
the
Departments
and
the
mayor's
office.
E
So
that's
that's,
then,
when
Council
would
go
through
there,
they
can
make
changes
at
that
point
to
the
city
budget
before
voting
to
make
it
final
and
then
finally
getting
the
mayor's
signature
before
the
end
of
2023
for
the
2024
capital
and
operating
budget.
So
that's
sort
of
the
the
sort
of
General
Strokes
guidelines
of
like
City
budget
101.
C
C
I
just
you
know,
I
feel
like
we're
getting
to
a
situation
again
that
you
know
we
didn't
hold
our
pencil
right
and
there's
going
to
be
a
no
money
and
no
budget
for
us.
That's
how
I
feel
so.
E
B
Well,
I
want
to
I
want
to
speak
to
this.
The
motion
that
there's
a
motion
on
the
floor
to
adopt
this
budget
as
a
recommendation
and
send
it
off
to
the
city
government
that
this
commission
is
saying
we
need
this
type
of
support
in
order
to
operate.
That's
our
message
by
doing
this,
whether
we
are
well
versed
in
the
city
process
or
not.
B
The
fact
of
the
matter
is,
is
we've
been
told,
we've
had
a
budget
for
three
years
and
we've,
as
Sue
has
explained,
we
haven't,
we
haven't,
had
access
to
it
and-
and
we
shouldn't
have
to
run
to
meetings
that
are
General
meetings
for
the
city
budget
process
in
order
to
acquire
that
we
should
have
some
support
in
this,
our
Treasurer,
our
former
Treasurer
Guillermo
Velazquez,
and
our
current
Treasurer
Denise
Simona
bin.
You
know
clawing
at
trying
to
get
some
attention
from
someone
who
is
in
a
financial
role
with
the
city.
B
To
do
this,
we
shouldn't
have
to
run
to
meetings
as
a
citizen
in
order
to
in
order
to
get
the
type
of
support
we
haven't,
had
staff
support
for
this
commission
and
this.
This
financial
support
for
our
work
has
been
non-existent.
We've
been
told,
separate
things
from
City
councils
we
have
from
the
mayor's
office,
we've
been
told,
different
amount
of
money,
we've
been,
and
it's
it's
that's
that's
what
we've
been
doing
and
that's
why
it's
so
frustrating
I
am
think
thinking
that
we
should
vote
in
favor
of
this
budget
and
send
it
over.
B
It
is
a
message
to
the
city
that
we
need
support
and
that
we're
not
getting
it
and
that
if
there
is
a
process
to
fund
this,
that
is
more
appropriate
than
somebody
from
the
city
needs
to
step
up
and
support.
Us
I
mean
we're
being
viewed
by
the
the
community
that
we're
not
doing
our
job
in
some
ways
when
this
is
a
big
part
of
why
so
we
have
our.
We
have
our
own
issues
on
our
working
group,
type
structure
and,
and
our
you
know
doing
particular
things.
B
A
lot
of
things
we
have
accomplished
and
with
nothing
and
and
now
we
need
to
accomplish
more
with
something
and
so
I
encourage
people
to
vote
Yes
on
this
and
send
it
over.
And
if
there's
another
process,
then
that
process
should
find
us,
because
we
certainly
have
made
ourselves
available
and
expressed
our
need
to
city
government,
both
city
council
and
the
mayor's
office.
A
We
have
a
motion
and
a
second,
let's
take
a
vote
all
in
favor.
F
I
A
And
again
for
our
new
members,
just
so
that
you
realize
Maria
traditionally
does
abstain
from
most
of
the
votes.
It's
not
pertaining
necessarily
to
the
topic
at
hand.
Well,
it
looks
like
we
have
a
pass.
This
measure
Denise,
please
prepared
us
and
to
be
submitted
to
the
mayor's
office,
and
let
us
know
when
that
happens.
I
F
A
I
A
That's
good
practice
anytime.
We
contact
the
mayor's
office
formally,
we
tend
to
CC
Maria,
so,
okay,
we're
gonna
move
on
to
the
secretary's
report.
I
want
to
remind
you
that
we
about
25
minutes
left.
We
have
a
bit
of
business
to
do
so
where
we
can
move
along.
Let's
do
the
best
that
we
can
Billy.
B
Well,
so
this
election
of
co-chair
and
Outreach
coordinator,
so
we're
gonna,
we're
gonna,
take
a
run
that
one
again
Lenny
and
Maria
I
didn't
contact
you
in
advance,
but
I
think
you
know
the
routine
and-
and
so
you
know,
Millennial
will
take
the
the
gavel
and
and
and
open
up
the
floor
for
nominations
for
each
of
these
two
and
again,
if
there
are
nominees,
will
if,
if
we
have
more
than
one
we'll
do
a
selection
process,
if,
if
not,
then
it
will
defer
to
the
the
following
month,
but
we're
we're
gonna.
B
Do
this
not
to
you
know
not
not
for
any
other
reason,
then
it's
Our
obligation
to
do
this
each
month
until
it's
filled,
that's
what
our
bylaws
say
so
I'm
handing
it
over
to
to
Lenny
if
you're
still
here,
I
can't
see
all
the
participants
I.
A
Feel
the
need
to
entertain
so
we
have
two
co-chairs
right
now.
One
of
those
co-chairs
who
is
not
me
is
really
needing
to
not
be
a
co-chair,
so
there
is
some
urgency
to
filling
some
of
these
seats
even
temporarily
end
embracing
all
the
work
that
comes
with
that
I.
Don't
want
to
I.
Just
don't
want
to
soft
pedal
that,
because,
if
that
other,
if
Sarah
isn't
able
to
continue
I,
don't
I,
don't
know
what
we're
gonna
do
so
for
those
of
you
who've
been
around
for
a
long
time.
G
B
G
All
right,
so
the
process
is,
as
it
has
been
you
any
member
can
nominate
any
other
member
for
either
the
position
of
co-chair
or
the
Outreach
coordinator.
G
You
are
also
welcome
to
self-nominate,
and
then
we
will
hold
voting
assuming
we
have
nominated
candidates,
so
we'll
go
one
position
at
a
time.
We'll
start
with
the
co-chair.
Do
we
have
any
nominations
for
the
position
of
co-chair.
I
A
It's
a
lot.
The
co-chairs
are
responsible
for,
of
course,
facilitating
the
meetings
monitoring
all
the
working
groups
and
committees
that
we
have
staying
on
top
of
attendance.
Staying
on,
we
have
our
executive
committee
meeting
at
the
beginning
of
the
month.
On
the
first
Thursday
from
six
to
seven,
we
have
an
average
of
two
to
three
other
meetings.
Each
month,
a
lot
of
them
are
Zoom.
A
A
It
is
not
something
where
someone
can
join
to
say:
I,
don't
have
time
to
do
all
this
I'm
lucky
that
in
the
sense
I'm
being
a
disabled
person,
I
have
a
lot
of
time
on
my
hands
and
I
can
do
a
lot
of
the
work,
but
hopefully
when
we
have
a
staff
person,
who's
on
boarded
and
working,
and
hopefully
50
ours.
Well,
some
of
that
we'll
shift
to
their
shoulders,
but
that
won't
be
until
after
the
New,
Year
I'm
sure
so
so
I
would
say:
checking
your
email
every
day.
A
I
I
A
F
I
A
leadership
meeting
at
seven
o'clock
on
that
on
the
first
Thursday
every
month
that
would
be
my
meeting
is
you
did
the
meetings
from
six
to
seven
or
six
to
seven
thirties
yeah?
That
would
be
my
only
conflict.
I
do
have
a
standing
meeting
every
month
at
seven
on
the
first
Thursday
well,.
G
Derek
all
right,
so
we
have
one
one
nominee.
Is
there
any
other
nominations
for
the
seat
of
co-chair.
J
G
I
G
We'll
talk
soon,
all
right
so
having
one
nominee
at
the
moment,
were
you
prepared
to
vote.
K
Sure
what
would
you
like
me
to
do
for
you
set.
K
Enough
do
I
have
Lenny.
What's
your
email.
K
Okay
and
then
this
is
for
and
I
Maria's
email,
so
this
is
for
Derek
for
nomination
for
co-chair,
correct,
correct
all
right.
Give
me
one
moment.
Thank.
F
G
All
right
only
quickly
saw
the
results,
but
it
was
70
to
30
to
30
abstention,
which
was
me
and
Derek
is
unanimously
elected.
Thank
you.
Derek.
A
A
Don't
know
what
we
could
do
in
person
we
could
like
applaud
or
something
but
Derek
I'll
finish
this
meeting
out.
Maybe
we'll
get
you
ready
for
facilitating
in
September.
I
G
Right
so
now
same
process
for
the
position
of
Outreach
coordinator
to
nominate
any
member
as
well
as
yourself.
So
if
there
are
any
nominations,
please
voice
them
now.
G
Sure,
of
course,
so
do
you
want
to
speak
to
that
one.
C
Yeah,
you
know,
essentially
you
know,
keeping
up
with
Facebook
doing
you
know
social
posts
reviewing
any
submissions
that
come
in.
C
We're
Billy
and
I
are
making
changes
they're
going
to
make
changes
to
the
website.
That
would
also
be
part
of
it.
A
We
also
have
this
need,
at
some
point
to
move
into
reaching
out
to
City
admin
offices
and
departments
and
agencies
and
then
also
reaching
out
to
the
community,
whether
that's
to
organizations
creating
email
lists.
Someone
suggested
that
those
are
the
kinds
of
tasks
that
would
we
haven't
done
them
yet.
A
So
some
of
this
is
a
blank
slate
to
create
what
the
next
level
of
Engagement
would
be
like.
Is
that
fair,
Denise,
yep,
yeah.
J
Well,
thank
you
for
that
explanation,
and
this
will
be
for
until
the
end
of
the
year
for
this
term.
Right,
yes,.
J
I
G
G
G
Right
so
let's
I
don't
hear
any
other
nominees,
so
we
have
a
book.
We
have
a
poll
for
Outreach
coordinator
for
cc.
Please.
G
K
Lenny
you
and
Maria.
The
results
should
be
hitting
your
email
momentarily.
G
J
A
A
Out
to
CC,
and
but
we
just
want
to
keep
the
calendar
updated
with
all
all
kinds
of
events.
Is
there
anything
else
to
say
on
that?
Or
can
we
just
move
on?
That's.
C
A
Great
okay,
we're
going
to
do
an
update
on
the
working
group
on
city
council
relationships.
As
you
know,
we
are
meeting
attempting
to
meet
with
each
member
of
council
to
talk
about
the
commission,
how
to
work
together
and
as
well
as
their
priorities
within
their
district
and
all
of
those
kinds
of
things.
A
Denise
and
I
met
with
a
counselor
Deb
gross
in
July
right
before
the
they
went
into
recess.
So
we
were
able
to
get
that
in
and
at
a
very
productive
conversation.
I,
don't
know
that
we're
going
to
necessarily
break
them
up
one
by
one.
So
much
as
that.
The
end
of
time,
no,
not
the
end
of
time
when
we
finish
all
of
them
that
we
would
present
a
our
feedback.
A
A
I
found
the
meeting
with
Deb
to
be
incredible.
Her
chief
of
staff
took
us
through
this
whole
thing
about
the
agendas
and
how
they
meet
and
everything,
and
we
actually
thought
that
we
would
invite
him
to
talk
to
all
of
us
and
make
that
presentation.
So
we
would
understand
how
city
council
like
functions.
A
C
I
I
agree:
I
I
thought
it
was
a
great
meeting
and
I
think
we
definitely
reach
out
and
have
another
one,
or
at
least
you
know,
you
know
the
one
thing
I
didn't
that
we
didn't
ask
her
Sue
and
I
thought
about
it.
Since
was
maybe
her
suggestion
on
who's
next
for
us
to
meet.
C
F
F
A
One
thing
that
she
told
us
when
we
were
asking
like
how
do
we
stay
on
top
of
city
council
like
what's
going
on
and
and
she
walked
us
through
their
agenda
and
how
useful
a
tool
that
is,
that
you
don't
have
to
read
all
the
minutes
or
watch
them.
The
whole
video
understand
the
priorities
and
the
topics
and
what's
not
at
the
table,
so
that
was
a
really
useful
piece
of
information.
A
We
also
are
planning
to
have
a
post
agenda
meeting
with
City
Council
in
October.
That's
scheduled,
it's
it's
been
approved
and
we
will
need
to
put
our
agenda
together
at
in
our
September
meeting,
just
like
we
did
last
year
earlier
this
year,
and
this
is
actually
an
area
where
Deb
gave
us
some
good
feedback.
She
told
us
that
to
hold
a
post
agenda,
you
have
to
get
the
approval
of
the
president,
but
they
can
also
schedule
a
briefing
it
which
could
be
attended
by
staff
and
those
are
some
of
those
like
functional
pieces.
A
That
would
be
helpful
for
us
to
know
as
as
we
move
forward,
but
for
now
we're
good
with
the
post
agenda
and
we
have
to
create
our
agenda
I.
Ask
everyone
here
to
please
come
to
our
September
meeting
and
have
something
to
put
on
that
agenda.
Everybody
should
have
something
whether
that's
an
issue
that
we
discussed
in
our
previous
meeting
or
something
that's
come
up
new
since
then.
A
A
Okay,
so
I'm
gonna,
look
and
I
am
going
to
come
to
each
of
you
privately
between
now
and
September,
to
ask
you
what
you
want
to
put
on
that
agenda,
so,
okay,
commission
and
the
Pirates
working
group.
Unfortunately,
we
haven't
made
a
lot
of
progress
where
we
left
it
was
that
Pride
night
didn't
go
perhaps
as
well
as
we
would
have
liked
to
there
were
concerns
expressed.
A
We
used
our
roles,
the
commission,
to
ask
the
Pirates
to
have
a
meaning,
like
a
post,
Pride
night
meeting
with
the
community
to
listen
to
what
they
have
to
say
directly
and
we've
been
trying
to
meet
with
the
Pirates
just
to
get
that
planned
and
that
hasn't
worked
out
so
well,
so
we're
going
to
continue.
It
is
an
absolute
priority.
We
don't
want
it
to
go
into
September
I.
Don't
think
the
full
meeting
will
happen
in
August
at
this
point,
but
we'll
do
our
very
best.
A
A
We're
not
going
to
have
any
say
on
the
batting
lineup,
but
we
may
still
be
able
to
get
that
cow
out
of
there
I'm
talking
about
the
Chick-fil-A
couches
for
those
who
don't
know,
but
okay
legislative
policy
updates
Billy
sent
out
some
letters.
B
They
are
it's
three
letters
that
are
regarding
and
I,
think
I
have
one
of
the
bills
wrong
in
our
agenda
here.
Numbers
I
think
it's
319,
not
318,
but
aside
from
that,
the
you
know,
please
read
the
three
letters
one
you
saw
before
regarding
trans
athletes,
but
there's
two
others
regarding
the
gender
affirming
care
bill
that
is
sitting
in
the
Judiciary
Committee
on
the
and
and
don't
say
lgbtqia
bills,
similar
to
the
Florida
bill.
That
is
in
the
education
committee.
B
At
this
time
there
they
probably
won't
move
out
of
committee
but
they're,
but
when
you
read
the
letters
you'll
get
the
I
think
you
get
the
sense
of
why
I
think
our
commission
should
send
these
letters
they
would
be.
My
view
is
that
the
letters
are
signed
by
the
co-chairs
on
behalf
of
the
commission
and
that
we've
we
we
already
voted
to
a
to
send
the
letters.
B
There
was
a
motion
and
a
and
a
second
in
adoption
of
sending
the
letters.
My
view
is,
and
we
could
adjust
this.
My
view
is
that
they're
signed
by
the
co-chairs
that
makes
it
simpler
for
signing
for
one
thing:
our
it's
on
letterhead.
All
our
names
are
on
it.
If,
if
anyone
but
I'll
look
at
the
vote,
I
don't
know
that
there
was
any
abstentions.
I
can't
remember
right
now,
but
what,
since
you
haven't,
had
a
chance
to
read
them
and
give
feedback?
B
My
thought,
I
put
it
in
the
email
to
you
is
that
you
have
the
opportunity
between
now
and
September
7th
to
do
feedback
and
that
the
executive
committee
would
finalize
them
at
the
executive
committee
meeting
on
September
7th
and
then
send
them
and
that
they
would
go
to
the
sponsors,
the
prime
sponsor
and
all
the
sponsors
of
the
bills,
as
well
as
to
the
leadership
of
the
house,
the
Senate
and
the
and
the
governor.
B
And
then
we
still
owe
you
one
letter
regarding
the
Fairness
Act,
which
will
be
a
little
bit
easier
to
write,
but
just
to
give
support,
although
I
got
to
tell
you
I
think
that
I
think
that
the
that
the
legislators
are
missing
an
opportunity
to
maybe
get
this
pushed
through
the
Senate,
the
Fairness
Act,
it's
kind
of
close
and
so
I
think
that
you
know
a
little
bit
of
disruption.
There
might
be
the
right
thing
to
do
too,
but
read
the
letters.
B
Do
feedback
to
you
know,
send
feedback
to
us
and
well
I
think
we
finished
them
up.
My
expectation
is
that
you'll
like
them
and
that
you'll
want
to
you'll
want
us
to
send
them,
and
we.
A
B
I
still
owe
you
the
Fairness
Act
letter.
These
three
are
the
for
the
three
anti-bills
so
far
that
you
got
so
you're
getting
one
more
okay
by
Monday.
But
yes,.
B
A
Everyone
to
affirmatively,
yay
or
nay,
I,
guess
on
email,
not
that
you're
voting
on
it,
but
that
I
want
I
would
really
like
everyone
to
say
by
email.
Yes,
I
read
this
and
I
agree
or
I
had
enough
time
to
read
it,
but
I
trust
you
Billy
or
whatever.
It
is
that
your
response
is,
but
let's
have
a
real,
a
proactive
response
by
email.
Please.
A
I
want
to
tell
you
all:
I
was
in
at
a
rural
Pennsylvania
political
thing
this
weekend
up
in
Jefferson
County,
and
we
were
representing
the
protect
trans,
kids
project
and
the
people
coming
up
to
me.
It
was
just
absolutely
amazing,
you
know
just
I
did
not
expect
it
at
all
like
how
many
people
wanted.
A
You
know
they
wanted
signs
and
things,
but
just
telling
me
story
after
story
after
story
from
Crawford
County
in
Clearfield
County,
and
all
these
different
places-
and
you
know
the
work
that
we're
doing
here,
is
having
a
ripple
effect
in
areas
that
don't
have
anything
remotely
resembling
this
kind
of
a
body
so
kudos
to
all
of
you.
For
that.
I
I
wanted
to
suggest
that
that
we
at
some
point
start
meeting
in
person.
A
A
Because
of
the
Staffing
in
the
Imp
department
and
and
it's
across
the
board
for
a
lot
of
commissions
and
city,
council
and
I,
know
the
mayor's
office
they're
trying
to
make
fix
that
they
need
more
Staffing
for
that
to
happen.
But
we
just
we
just
simply:
there's
it's
just
not
possible.
We
can
meet
in
person
like
we
did
at
the
Nikki's,
Thai
Kitchen
or
other
things
like
that
together.
But
we
can't
have
a
commission
meeting.
I
Up
between
people
in
person
and
having
that
same
people
in
person
and
having
that
one-on-one
was
just
so
so
refreshing
for
this
should.
I
I
would
say
October,
but
soon,
hopefully
oh.
A
October's
a
good
idea,
history
LGBT
history
month,
so,
but
they
were
bringing
that
up,
opening
that
we
I
do
want
to
emphasize,
though
we
do
need
to
always
have
hybrid
meetings.
We
have
members
of
our
commission
who've
expressed
that
they
cannot
attend
in
person
because
of
their
health
and.
I
I
A
That's
not
the
barrier,
so,
okay,
any
other.
A
New
business,
do
we
need
to
talk
about
that
Elementary,
School
legislation,
policy,
Lenny,
or
is
that
something
we
could
talk
about
next
month
or.
G
Money
no
I'm
here,
let's
talk
about
it
when,
when
you
and
I
have
our
conversation,
because
there
are
some
things
we
should
discuss.
First,
okay,.
A
A
A
If
you
live
in
that
District.
Well,
you
don't
because
well,
some
of
the
city
seats
are
in
there,
but
please,
you
know
remind
people,
please
take
a
moment,
maybe
share
that
on
your
socials,
so
that
people
know
about
it
and
are
paying
attention
to
democracy
all
right.
Well,
do
we
have
a
motion
to
adjourn.
I
Can
I
just
say
one
thing
real,
quick,
and
that
is
that,
if,
if
anybody
knows
who
Rick
Worthy
is,
he
was
he's
an
out
black
gay
man
who
was
appointed
as
the
as
a
as
a
city
councilman
in
the
city
of
Braddock
yesterday,
so
I
wanted
just
to
make
us
make
us
aware
of.
We
have
a
new
black
politician
and
Braddock.
His
name
is
Rick
Worthy.