City of Laredo, Texas Laredo Commission for Women, 19 Oct 2021

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LAREDO COMMISSSION FOR WOMEN COMMISSION 101821

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States of america.

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To the republic for which it stands, one nation.

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Under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

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Okay, anybody have any public comments.

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No further comments.

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um I hope everyone's had an opportunity to review the minutes. If not it's in today's packet and I'll, give you a few minutes to review the minutes from september. 13Th.

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Remember in the pocket of the back of the pocket.

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The minutes are in pink, they have okay.

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Okay, the next item on the agenda is appointment of the 2022 women's hall of fame selection committee.

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um I kind of took into consideration that I would like to have one member from each district represent on the selection committee, just so that we don't have two from the same district on the committee, and so with your acceptance. Here are my nominations.

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Now I only pick six right because we have to have less than 10, but I also would like the officers to rotate each night that they meet so that we can kind of know what's going on and be able to give like an unbiased opinion on whatever applications are being under review. That night, from what I recall last year, we met for about a week or two to.

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Review the applications and so.

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If the officers can rotate at one night every night, um then we could have you know under nine nine people um each night and get those out. Does anybody accept or wish to not be on this election committee? But for nothing? Can I ask one? Are there meetings so we're gonna decide today when we're.

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Start reviewing okay! So that's um the next item on the agenda. The last one.

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So if anybody has any time constraints or something that that doesn't work for them normally and we'll discuss this in the next item, um it's like the first week of january about the first week of january and they meet every night right after work until they decide on the application and that's just the selection, that's just the selection committee. Okay. I still have another committee to appoint um so yeah. That's.

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Be meeting here they have to be here, is it recorded or not recorded.

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No, those are not recorded and just to kind of clarify what amber said. The reason that you cannot have more than 10 because remember 10 is a poor okay. So no committee should be more than 10 people, so the 6 and 7 number. Is it good because the selection committee is only going to be making a recommendation to the committee as a whole. The community as a whole is the one that has the final save before it goes to the city before you.

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Presented the city council.

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To all vote on it, so this.

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Committee will meet that week and make their final decisions and then they'll come and present at our january meeting to us and then we go presented to council.

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And that's why love you and while you're talking about that amber and you're gonna, go to the next item? Who this yellow thing is? Is they're looking ahead base, because these are the dates that you're gonna write notes on, because those are the days that you need to keep in mind.

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Okay, the yellow ones are are like council meetings and those are going to be critical to you all, because that's what you're going to have to schedule your presentations to come.

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Since we don't have to meet here and it's not recorded, can we meet another place closer to our neighborhood.

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When we say no, because we are the keepers, the city secretary's office is the keeper of the nominee files and they cannot leave the building. So you know in the past, like two years ago, it was, we would reserve one of these conference rooms and we would bring out all the applications out. He would review the scoring and he would take them in and lock them up. They're still locked up. I showed miss martha today, where they're.

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So next item is discussion with possible action on setting the time frame for accepting the nominations for the 2022 women's hall of fame. So we're really running out of time because we start to have at least 60 calendar days for the nominations, and so our application needs to go live very very very soon.

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So my recommendation is that the latest is november 1st. Do you think that that's too late november 1st I.

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Think that would be ideal. I went ahead and included the new ordinance, uh it's 20 and I think I'm jumping a little bit headenberg, but that falls right in line the ordinance says that it has to be 60 days public.

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So if you go november 1st to january the 3rd, when the first day that the city secretary, the city opens back up, that would be the last day that would give the citizens at least two holiday periods.

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Very same day that we return, but maybe the day after by 5 pm, then you can start reviewing them the second week in january.

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1St is on a weekend. The city is off on january 3rd, so I would say.

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January 5th, that will give us a thursday.

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For you all to me, so what would be the.

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Opening the opening would be november 1st and the closing would be january 5th. Okay,.

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When you said making coffees, um I know that in prior times uh we.

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For three copies.

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We we asked for pretty copies jenna, but if the is going to have six people, you know we kind of last year or two years ago we tried saying okay, this group only grades this candidate and it became a fiasco. Yeah.

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You made at least just the application available and all the ads alert material was there for them to review. Okay doesn't mean that we make a copy of the whole packet, then whoever is responsible has to also make copies of the scoring sheets, and so there is a lot of prep work that goes into for you to start reviewing. It.

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Does anybody have any questions.

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So the next item is discussion with possible action for setting up.

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You're gonna be able to have. uh I hate this word because I can never say it: a posthumous.

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That word, that I can respond.

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Everything that dr hayes recommended.

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Was approved, okay, everything was approved again. You've had a copy of the ordinances before, but I know that you know.

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So you have to present the the.

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Very very clear that you have to present your not the nominees to the board by no later than the second council meeting in february. Right that.

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Would be like the.

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Would be the absolute latest.

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February 21st.

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Look at your calendar. What date is that.

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Okay- and so do you all have do you all have an lcw meeting before then so? Does that mean that by february by the latest february the 14th, this committee has to decide who you're going to nominate to take it to the board for approval? Okay, don't think it's a gimmick! No okay right, mr mumbo councilwoman.

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Okay, council has to thought to tell you.

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Okay, so don't get to have to stick to the application. Dr arrey has did a remarkable job with the recommendations council very overwhelmingly approved it. So all the recommendations that were made by dr reyes were approved. They separated business professional and it's just business. They open the category of other in the application.

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You cannot have less than 30 points in order to be considered a nominee and you can honor a deceased person one. Yes,.

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But I think one advantage, though, that we have. I know that before our time there were some issues, but I think one of the great advantages that we have now is that we have a very a very well-defined application, very well-defined criteria- and we didn't have problems with the glass here at all other than the dreams other than some candidates. That didn't really didn't really rise to the level that we thought was appropriate. But I think you know putting that minimum of 30 and I think we're going to do fine.

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We decide on the dates and dates and times for this.

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I would say you work backwards.

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Do you want to present to the.

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Because it says no later than the second meeting in february, he doesn't have.

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I mean, as they're coming in you know, they're coming in and we say: okay.

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And we're gonna make just an additional four copies or an additional five copies of just the application, not the whole package, just the application, which you have a copy, which is three sheets, okay, so as we're getting them hopefully or as they're getting them. I forget I'm no longer in that office, they'll be making an additional five cents.

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Well, you know the committee the application window closes on the fifth.

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There are three city council meetings after that one on january 17th, one on february, the 7th and then one on february, the 21st, which would be the ultimate deadline so somewhere in between the committee can decide when, on one of those 3 17 of january 7th of february or the 21st of february, we have three council.

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And then we need to have a meeting here.

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Won't be until.

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February 14.

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14., that has to.

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Not late, that would be.

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Yeah, because we.

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Another meeting in money.

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But I think we could end january. You know, after that, after the meeting after the meeting.

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Your recommendations you have to bring into the commission.

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Right and the only.

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The gender intended yeah.

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As it closes, but we won't have it ready for the january.

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Here so we're looking.

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At doing it in february that way, there was design on the 14th and then present to the council on.

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What I'm suggesting is to meet as soon as possible. Oh yeah, we should.

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Like the tuesday after this meeting, I.

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I would suggest that.

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Yeah right yeah, like the 11th.

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February 11.

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No, I think after january 11, oh.

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January 11th yeah. We could start meeting january 11th because we still have yeah.

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And then you would have like a week or two. So let's say um this election committee will meet january 11, yes until they make their final.

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Selection yeah does that give you enough time to prepare the package? Yes,.

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Nomination by the 21st correct, yes and lastly, we need to do the date time and place of our um hall of fame and conduction ceremony.

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Right, I just have a quick question because I didn't catch all the dates. Yes, so when is the deadline.

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The deadline is going to be january, 5th january 5th. The opening of the applications is going to be november. 1St.

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And then this we will meet on january 10th and then the selection committee will meet january 11th right until they are finished.

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They will then present at our janu present their hall of fame nominations to our meeting at february 14th and then february 21st. We will present the nominations to city council.

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Thank you just to write it correctly,.

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Know that you have been nominated.

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So don't be late, that's what happens when.

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You come in late.

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So the next item is the date and time and place of when you want to have this induction ceremony, since council is barely going to approve it february 21st. um How soon do we.

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Do a big press release, and so we need to take that into consideration, as well as giving the honorees enough time to invite their families to the event.

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There is, I don't think it's in the bylaws that you have to have it in march. Okay, I mean I, let me look at the bylaws again really closely. I think that you all have kind of decided on march, because this is the women's.

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Month or whatever.

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I mean why drive yourselves crazy.

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But but I think we could do it if we we don't have to select the people before knowing where it's going to be. We can, you know, select the place and then the people what's wrong with that. I think the only.

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The only concern would be giving the marines timing now to invite.

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Be february and it's two weeks two weeks.

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Is that march is women's march 8th, it's international women and we as a commission, should celebrate that day or close to it. There's another.

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Issue- and I think so we already raised it- I think you- I think the committee and the commission could prepare and have everything ready, but there's a big, huge piece of the program and that's the video taking I being able get. We don't know how many women end up selecting this time and then it was a question of getting those honorees.

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Of a catch because we needed to work around their schedules, it was a big.

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A lot of the time and again.

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It was uh yeah who had a great deal to do with.

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I just want to remind them. They had already talked about a celebration on march 8th, and so that would bring attention not only to the commission but women's issues and we could expand the hall of fame either to april or even may 10 to expand.

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I don't know promotional things you know to not only include the month of women's but also a little bit longer so people get.

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Annoyed with us.

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And I think another item.

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To take into account is the city's annual trip to washington. I think one year, um the mayor and uh you know, obviously um the mayor and the council members were not able to attend the the event and.

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I think it's about the first and second.

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Week in march,.

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Yeah, what we had just kind of said to each other is maybe the last sunday in march, because maybe like march 1st, we can do our press conference where we invite them and take.

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All those pictures march.

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1St and kick off women's month, we'll still have an event planned for international women's day, where we go, do the bridge thing and then we'll do a panel of speakers like we did the previous years and then get ready for our big grand hall of fame. The last sunday.

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March 37th.

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uh If I made manager, uh if I'm.

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Not mistaken, didn't the city council mention that they wanted to be recognized at the city council meeting. So maybe we could do it march. The 14th well yeah on march the 7th because uh well that's.

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Like that day,.

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Recognition of the ladies.

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Numb it I mean like to be recognized at the beginning before the meeting.

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Just like they did this past meeting that I attended, you know all the police officers and then.

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Yes, just like that's what she did, the only difference being that those meetings are very crowded. There's a lot.

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Of people, it cannot be the president.

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And and what happened when we did the special in front of city council, it was just stan. We had a little reception afterwards there were lots of photographs being taken, and so it was very special just for them if we include them in a city council, it's going to be insane and so there's no real opportunity to give them the attention that they want and they're excited they're honored they're with their families. So it's really sweet and.

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Well, we give them an opportunity to say something, because that is the very first time that they are presented. Really, it's not a presentation. It's like a coming out party they're coming out to the media. Okay, the laredo morning times is their kgns.

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If we do it before a council council is going to want us in and out in five minutes.

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Yeah, you could do it like a marshmallow.

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For it like, we did the last time, yeah.

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Marshall first, but we can do it like early like uh it was like it was at five or six, but it was just private.

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The women's month celebration yeah.

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It's really hard to coordinate the mayor's agenda with everything else and proclamations, especially in the month of march, because that's what they're they do, their legislative trips to washington dc. I.

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I just want to say something with my. I can't believe you're leaving us, because you are so full of you know and great.

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Why I can give her the knowledge.

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um But I just want to make something clear. I don't agree with. I am agreeing with you and I don't agree. We need to line up with the politicians. Okay, I I I am all up for that. I am just giving options because they seem insistent on doing that, but but I'm gonna voice it the way. You're saying it. I don't think we should align with the politicians. You are correct.

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The city council.

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Accounts we can invite.

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Them and whoever's.

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I'm not sure that we would look at them as politicians. You need to remember that all of us here have been appointed by the council member and so it's a courtesy that we offer them to be in, but this is the big event that this commission was created.

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And so it's simply a courtesy, and it's a really, I think smart courtesy to include that we don't work around them, but we do want to make sure that they're invited.

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You and I represent- we represent the community that they represent them, so I think it's important that we offer them that currency and last time last year. What happened is that they were all in washington and so and I know something didn't go, but they were.

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Found before we used to be hosted by the ibc, we had the media press release.

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What I'm talking about here is aligning our events to their schedule. That's what we're talking about accuracy is always extended and regardless of us being appointed, we were appointed with the hope of bringing the voice of women so wearing my hat as a citizen.

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I am just voicing that we don't have to align the events which is different of what whatever may happen in this interview. I don't.

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Think we're talking about aligning the event with them. How are we I mean because.

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Saying is okay, you all need to schedule your events and.

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Available extend.

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And so I talked to priscilla a little bit before um I let her know last time. I think that esther's going to continue to be chair of the actual hosting of the event um or organized organizing it. She did a really great job last time, and so she has her connections with la posada. If that's where we want to go, we still have to get bids on all the little places, but I've asked um priscilla and esther to keep up the great work and.

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Is going up, ladies, but your budget is not yes,.

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Your budget is still ten.

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Thousand dollars that includes their videos, everything everything I think work with this. Yes, I think they did the last.

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Time very well.

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Yes and and I love them.

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A lot of weddings have been rescheduled.

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So we need to make sure we have a venue.

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I would just double check. You need three hundreds.

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For purchasing.

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If you get a posada, you might want to try paseo real.

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And it's all-inclusive, you know, and it's usually a sunday brunch.

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Sunday, sunday.

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And um how many people are we looking to invite.

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You can be, I mean because that's gonna be so esther would probably know that answer, because I don't remember what she had part of him.

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Part of the answer to depend on how many honors.

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Yeah, the reason why I'm saying is like.

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We go in and ask for more.

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Listeners they're gonna, ask the first question is how many yeah.

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Two hundred okay.

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Okay, 150 to 250 and.

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As far as the budget.

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We have 10 000. How much would you want to use for like the hall and the end dinner, I guess so.

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That we can kind of so esther has it and she probably have I have our old hall of famer for it. If you want to borrow um last time we we did 150 people um la.

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6195 and then the center pieces.

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And then we got these recognition, revolves trophies plaques and what else flowers.

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Have a guest speaker last year that we paid 2500 for, but that's like you, don't necessarily have to do that. That'll give us like a wiggle room, basically 2500, but the total cost with all of that was ten thousand seven hundred and fifty we went over budget by seven hundred dollars.

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There was a few other little things that made the whole event eleven thousand two, oh one, but.

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And the principal of the program is done.

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And do you all.

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Each and then, of course it was the commission and then it was camp and we had elected officials.

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Just really quick for purchasing out what do you need from the uh just a boat just.

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A quarter yeah.

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I'll give you all my notes that I have to remember.

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And you can just uh email them to both of us. Just you can just email them all right.

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And we said some days right, yes,.

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Okay, wait sunday monday morning.

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March 27th! Oh, that for the.

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Does anybody have any other further questions or concerns regarding the women's hall of fame.

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The for the press release there will be contacting.

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There this year we did it in council chambers last time yeah. So I think it's.

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For march the first, if everyone agrees unless you.

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So because you're not going to be meeting before november, the 1st, so the very first thing that you need to go live with the application on november, the 1st. So the application is right. There you have it in your packet.

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I will get together with martha and isabel from our public information office in oregon to go, live on the city web page. Okay, remember no, facebook, no whatsapp, no tick! Tock! You know anything else, okay, so it's just gonna be in the city of laredo website, okay, uh and it will probably be saying to contact the city secretary's office and there may be a link to if we could identify a chairperson.

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It could be very new, madam chairperson, or one person from the selection committee in case they want to call for questions or if anybody calls any of you for questions, refer them either to the city secretary's office or to one.

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I think that's something that the committee ought to look at very seriously.

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There's been a problem before it's been, then we didn't get enough applications, and so the answer to that is make it really really visible and media, whether it be social media. I don't know how to work on that. I don't know we have to be careful with social media, but that you definitely that's definitely a priority to make sure that we really promote it, that it's very.

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Visible, we can also consider.

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uh The city of laredo has a facebook page where they do psas. They can do it through their facebook page. They can do it to the city of laredo website. Okay, as long as they do it. So I may say: okay, priscilla, do you want to? Can you come in to videotape a psa for for the whole thing? I may say, mr lumber, we could schedule several of you different at different times in in some of you can do it in spanish.

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If one of you wants to address uh the fine arts, you know whatever. Okay, we can get all of you to do a psa and they can be aired at different times. So you all can be a voice.

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Can we then pick up that facebook posting on the city's facebook post.

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And share it on youtube.

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Yes, because that's a good way.

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Yes, it's just like you would share the code information that comes up in this video laredo facebook page. Yes,.

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I I just wanted to bring up what miriam had suggested, the last time to make presentations at the different or organization meetings. I think that'll help you know to bring in the nominations as the different groups are going to want to. We have.

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That, if you go in, I mean.

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I know how it is. You know I mean we have been short of getting an x number to come in to bring on their own, so we're scrambling. We.

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Didn't go and would it be possible cinema for the cities of the information office to create a short little video that is kind of a recap, kind of a little historic recap that has that show.

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Know we can go up there, a rotary or whatever, but if you have a video to show it make it much more. Is that possible.

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I will have to check uh you want an actual video video. I don't. I.

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Mean it could be a three minute or five minute, video.

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Like a little synopsis, slides.

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Of different women, maybe a tiny little history of what a little.

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I will I will have to check if they can put that together, because I think the ones we have two different entities. We have the public information office, which is right here, which is, uh and then we have public access channel, which is pac, which are the ones that did the video tape and they're over there on garden street, where the old civic center used to be those are two different departments and different offices.

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Okay, so no nida doesn't necessarily have access to all those videos that public access does so uh but I'll double check. I'll talk to jerry in her pack.

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And then you know just have it approved.

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Or even just through the kellogg.

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Organizations, and so if you can, as.

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A commission member you can present.

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To your organizations, the applications and what we're looking for, and you know suggest who you know nominate in their in.

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Initiative and contact um the history department, the expert on women's history and also two organizations and women.

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Action plan committee um again, I try to kind of divide um the commission basically into so each um each district has their own representative um also taking into consideration that we have other um boards and commissions to be on once they're on this. So this is just on our action plan and decide. Who's gonna um sit on those knee chairs of whatever, and so I'm nominating sophie rooney miriam castillo maria, dr maria reyes, maxine and jessica.

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For the action plan committee and if we could meet within these next two weeks before the next council meeting, if we can get on the next council meeting so that we can present the action plan um if they can squeeze us into the next.

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That would be wonderful.

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So my question is: let's say I have a particular plan that I would like for our you know.

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Yeah, he would suggest it to us and then we can finalize the plan and then bring it back um for discussion.

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He gets excited when he hears this.

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And then anybody has any things that they want to add. These are the people.

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That you would never have any kind of an action plan that they want to present. Also correct.

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Or like uh initiative, so we had talked about. um We talk about like the health initiative and all that like how are we gonna tie those in to our action plan. Calendar.

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Our calendar and, ladies uh again, I wanna remind you that there's only right now, you're only looking at 11 months left in this year, okay, because this is only really from october 1 to september the 30th and for the next one, two three four five six months, you're going to be working on hall of fame, so don't over, extend yourselves.

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Okay again, I know where your heart is, and I know where your passion is: okay, the year that you have a hall of fame, I'm gonna be honest with you. The hall of fame drives everything the following year. You have 12 months to do anything else. You want now.

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Before you leave.

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This is the reality that is, from my perspective, on very sad reality, but how can we encourage, or what steps do we need to take as a commission, to encourage the city council to support other priorities as strong as they do their hall of fame, because it could be an action plan that is biannual? I I totally agree.

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And so that is not the issue. The issue is that that's the only item that has money in the budget. We don't have money or support or resources for anything else.

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And I'm going to be very honest with you: none of the other commissions or boards have money, we're the only commissioner board that has money. Many of you have said on the planning and zoning commission or on the.

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Board, none of them have been. In fact, we were criticizing what year the research board commissioned.

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Support can be done in other forms right.

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Because researchers, volunteers, all of those.

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Okay, so that is where you start planting the seed as city employees. There is not a whole lot to do. Okay, but you as a citizen and as a representative for your council member or you know the officer.

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We could do a lot more if we had some more.

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Support: okay, but do we get together, create this plan.

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It has to be very.

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Organized and very well thought out, I think, once we have and we get together the funny comedian. We identify, you know whatever programs or projects we want to present, or you know, conduct for the next year or two. Maybe.

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We can then identify.

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One or two that are that makes sense to have funding whether it's a healthcare. You know something, that's gonna have an impact in the community, but I agree. We're gonna have to sell it, and we're really gonna have to show what the you know the impact, because maybe I think that the funding process will come once we put together the plan and we identify one or two programs.

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You know, and I want to commend mrs and amber even though she barely couldn't make it. She missed where dr leia sat with me at one council meeting for about five hours, and everybody goes up there asking for stuff. You know and for the point where all honesty they stopped listening, oh yeah, I was so angry. It was very odd. They stopped listening good, but if you put yourself in their shoes.

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No, no that's fine and dandy, but with me with your approach, yeah.

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Whoever appointed.

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I just wanted to make sure there weren't any like uh no there's no sexual steps, no having some changes in support. No.

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Contacting our way- and I wanted everyone.

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I know that I think you remember, and we were told that our only.

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Thing here is the hall of fame period that that was what it was established for because they have the texas hall of fame.

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Once a year also, which we're invited.

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Because we've got.

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To do this, but that is the only function of this particular committee to my knowledge, because they took away the.

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Action plan- and we did excuse me- we did say okay and then we came back and that thing was mr badessa said, give.

G

Me a wishlist one of us said this and you said another thing and they put it down for whatever reason, because they didn't take money, but nonetheless.

G

They took away.

G

We have been told already time.

C

Again, we had council come over and talk to us.

C

Is a strong group of um female leaders that I don't think we should just I mean not that I don't think and that it matters, but I think there's potential for programs that.

G

There's a lot of time. Ladies there's a lot of potential.

C

For this- and I understand I was in your shoes at one time.

G

Thinking the same way we tried- maybe we just didn't succeed because.

C

We didn't go far enough.

A

C

We were told that this was the only.

G

And I remember remember one thing: this committee is only.

C

You pick women in their fields that are excelling and show.

G

Other women, how they can do it but, like I said, then they come back and they say give us a wish list.

C

And we only had two people that said wish list. I had one italian, what's in you ever that was anyway something to win and.

G

That was it and they said. Yes, I had the voter registration drive and they said.

C

Yes to that and the other one yeah they.

G

F

Was it nobody else? I don't think it hurts for us to go and speak to our counselors.

C

It doesn't hurt, you know that.

K

We have gone through this before very important to realize that commissions are created.

K

This is the only thing you can do is.

K

Okay- and I don't think.

E

It states that that's why we present an action plan that has other things.

K

But yeah everybody actually yeah, okay, but you're telling me you are telling me and you're not your head, that that is what you were told.

C

K

Was saying that no.

B

A

With you, okay,.

K

Okay, that is a violation of the vitals. They cannot do that. They cannot hide our hands them. Telling you give me a wish list is how they're washing their hands?

K

Okay, we cannot allow them to do that, because we're here to make them accountable to make sure they include the voice of women in the city council in the city law, in the city planning in the sea. That is our job.

K

Yes, we are appointed by city council members and we serve at the pleasure of that appointment, but our voice is for women and that's something we need to embrace and fight for to make sure this commission does what is intended to do now. We might not be successful.

C

No, but we can always try. I mean okay and I understand that, but.

G

The commission for women hall of fame focuses in women's issues.

C

Not women but the women that excel and yes.

G

And I understand that you can comment, you can say you know what this is. What and we can fight for it and maybe we'll be successful and we can try. That's all I'm saying, ladies, but I just wanted you all to know that new ones that have never been here for a long time like we have. I.

C

Know diana and myself we have tried.

G

Before and then we all had to wish, we had our plans and everything everybody had every month. We did something: okay, aside from the coming from the hall of fame and then just they stopped everything for us and said this is not your job and that's what happened. We were even having fundraisers.

C

K

Okay, I just want to say this: I.

C

J

K

Commissions commissions on their lawmakers are advisory boards. I that in itself the fact that we just advice takes away power. So I understand, when someone tells you you don't supposed to be in the rainbow.

K

What we supposed to be doing is telling city council- and that is very much clearly stated in the vitals, because that's the role of commissions.

C

K

Hey by the way, this is an issue that the regulations at the local level the laws supposed to be addressing to help those issues in our local level, but we're just advising.

K

We cannot force them to do anything, but they cannot shut us down to that advising voice. That's it. So we are powerless from our perspective, but from another perspective they should let us at least have resources to gather the information to advise them.

K

G

Party advice would be is that the council is going to listen to any argument that is well prepared.

G

You cannot go into council speaking just with the heart. You're gonna have to have facts. You're gonna have to have data you're going to have to identify the needs, specifically numbers and data. Okay, you cannot say you know you know, but this are the need.

G

This is what the statistics show and I would say also be very, very, very clear, be very specific as to what you need from them and what it is that you're going the goal, the ultimate goal: okay, the ultimate goal- and how it is going to affect the city of laredo as a whole, not just one district as a whole. The women.

G

But you have to be very clear: you have to be to the point and you're gonna go in and just talk for the sake of talking right away, they're going to shut you down because they're they're they're going to say ah we're moving on three minutes are up and that's it they are.

G

I it may be a good idea. Recommendation is instead of you going to them. Have them come to you, invite two council members to a meeting and you'll present to them on your turf, just throwing it out there. So the group has to approve it. No, if we're going to want to change anything or do anything or do we all have.

I

Who has to approve what.

G

Well, let's say she has a project she wants to whatever committee as a committee we have to do it.

G

But because if none of us approve it or it doesn't go through whatever, then we can't allow that right.

A

So I'm just saying.

K

There's no personal.

A

G

And I'm just yeah, I'm just saying, because I can't go to my council member and say.

G

You know this is what I want to do for.

C

Women in my days in your district, I can't do that.

G

No, it has to be here you guys. What do you all think I'm going to do.

D

Do you all agree.

C

With me that I take you to city council or whatever, that's.

E

Every city council, together as a package deal this.

C

E

For the year this.

A

C

A

E

Like to accomplish in this next year,.

C

That's it. I don't think.

H

C

Gonna have that anymore, because that was their plan just a hall of fame. You know.

E

D

E

Asking problems we have other items on there and we had. um We had the yes, I will go yeah, but that would be.

G

That voter is okay to put in a wishlist.

E

And we've got approved so we will continue to play.

G

If you look at your release, it does call for a kind of an action plan.

F

So then, before we present this action plan, maybe we can invite members of the council to one of the commission. Meetings have been expressed. You.

I

F

Yes, concerns uh regarding the.

A

Responsibility.

F

And what of the commission and what we hope to accomplish? Is there all the.

E

Things yes, and also.

A

E

Council person right because we have to get our action plan approved by november 1st.

C

E

G

No, no, I wouldn't even november.

E

By november, because then you have one here.

G

C

E

G

Well, I mean, I don't think, there's a a real hard deadline, but realistically it's going to be an action plan from october 1st to september the 30th.

G

The sooner, if you say, they've got more time to have to work on it april. Then you only have may june july and august and september yeah. So, okay, there's no steadfast.

C

Does the planning committee meet here.

G

E

Matter, no, I don't think so. I think we're small enough that we don't have to be here. Okay, so.

E

I will reach out individually upon when you can meet before.

F

Does anybody have anything else for the action plan? If there's you know things that that we would like to um recommend to the community? When would we do that before you all meet or.

E

Yeah, so if you have an item that you want to, um you would approach somebody on that on this on the committee and let them know as soon as possible. What your time is is.

C

There a chair for the committee or is that informal.

A

If you think it's informal, okay.

C

A

I was gonna.

C

Say one committee member can receive all suggestions that way. People are not sending them to different people and we cannot send it to the entire group because that's considered you know so.

G

You know all of us, it was that's what was done.

C

It was an action plan. We.

G

Got together at the library and everybody would say, yo este plan is what I would like well. Can we.

A

C

A

G

The national recommendation, and then brazil, and then we would put it for different months, and then that was it. It was like that that was what would be presented all the plans.

G

Everybody would have their own.

C

Project you know that.

G

Pet project that they wanted and then they would approve.

C

What I can do, can I just send everyone a link or you can upload them, and that way I have everything in one. Yes,.

E

C

Would be one phone? Yes, okay, I'll, send everyone a name that way you can just upload your document and then open everything by the time you upload their proposals. Yes,.

K

Why should I call your channel.

E

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