City of Laredo, Texas Laredo Commission for Women, 12 Apr 2023

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LAREDO COMMISSION FOR WOMEN 041123

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In the United States of America and.

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To the Republic for.

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Which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and of justice for all.

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Dr Melissa Martin.

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We have a car, okay.

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Reading an approval of minutes uh February the 13th.

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Motions go through surgery.

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And second bye.

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Discussion of hotspot actions regarding the following items: we do have the upcoming Women's Health, which is in May.

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And last year the commission worked with the health department and we have a health fair here here at the library.

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Here I remember: yeah,.

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Dr Martin Dr, Melissa Martin get appointed or something the committee they're Committee.

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The whole May is women's Career Connections with the medical facilities, because every most of the boots were all City.

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Connection was the health department yeah.

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Don't have immunization, no, we don't. But let me let us know so that we can at least preserve the rules.

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Maybe before and before.

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Mother's Day or after Mother's Day.

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Last year was on the Friday I think it was the 13th. Last year, Friday 13th.

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On the 19th Friday night.

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Friday, the 19th: what do you all think sounds.

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Good, we can, we can look at that date and then.

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Possibly another Friday, okay.

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Possibly the night, um the 19th or whatever.

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Step First Choice is the 19th.

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The second September, the 19th, the 19th.

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18Th Thursday, we wanted on Thursday second choice: everybody's still working so.

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May 18th we'll.

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Check on the dates and and the the permission, though,.

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Is everybody okay, with the 18th.

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It is that it's thirsty I mean it doesn't matter, they're serif, writing it's just that I! Think I, don't know! Why did we do it on Friday more people were able to come because usually Fridays are they let people out to come.

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To because it's the.

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Day that I was in it.

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It was because it was everybody that was coming from the health department were working uh they're on.

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Work time, they're right, volunteering, so they're.

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Thursday or Friday.

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Because I think it was like from nine to two or something.

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December and then okay, yes, okay and it will be the chair. The Dr Martin well,.

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The chair to be in the.

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Committee I think it would be a good idea because we said that.

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It's very good I think she does feel better.

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Most correct me: if I'm incorrect I'm trying to chew my food I'm. Sorry, no.

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It's okay, I used to teach.

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Etiquette, no, no, no, no, no, the! She would get the okay.

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You know the she would get all the people that were going to participate, the vendors with common vendors and she would pass that on to you all that's what uh amber did before. What did Amber do, because I could be I could be wrong, but she doesn't control all that. That is she'll, go unsolicit and reach out to them, and then they reached out to his City for the city to make the list of food. No! No! No can.

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We do it like that, we all have no I, think everybody contributed, we can and I think Amber invited the health department and.

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Department has wigs.

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That go to who does that in the chair. The okay I think that, in all fairness, that's going to be a lot for her um because she's a doctor and I'm speaking for her, maybe she's. Okay with that, but could could the culture or the committee also help out who's a culture.

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The commission.

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You talking about her you're, the coach.

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Dr uh Marty we're looking at making a committee chair to this event.

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I'm with you with the conjunction I know you teach, but what I'm saying is have her stand? Whoever's confirming with everybody actually have one member that it goes to to keep that chart, so could that would that be you could that would that be Sandra? Who would that be I would recommend that we do it that way. Okay, because for her to do it I, don't think that that's going.

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To be time, and we might involve Amber since she's done it before yeah.

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We should just go through Amber like to see if we can just get or get from the health department.

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No, no, no yeah and.

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Then maybe through Dr Martin, she can bring in another um not necessarily from the health department, maybe from Gateway, because she's.

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Not just Gateway there's a lot of them, there's other things.

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The health department can still go through Amber and then we can involve More Boots through Dr Martin.

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Look in my experiences, okay, this is how how I don't know how it's done in the past, but since we're gonna work on a project, you assign a chairperson right, yeah, a sign of chairperson that chairperson uh uh gets three or three members in.

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Her and it takes a total of four people- that's how we did it. The last time, four of us we got together. We met.

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We do last year, we can, you know, get.

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Ideas for what was done last.

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Plus visit as the members also in an email, if you know, if you have somebody, let us know, and then that way we can say: okay, we can have 10 people in there. We have 20 people depending.

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On how many boosts yeah.

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But based on the meeting with the chairperson and the committee yeah.

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Then the committee will make decisions and then come and put them.

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Through this- and maybe it's best that she.

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That way, you know she definitely needs to be involved more than anybody else, because I know that she.

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Knows yes, definitely I mean.

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I mean connections.

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Good afternoon I think you're right, that's how I was doing the chair.

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Maybe a point they can still say: no, because.

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Then we would have to leave.

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Sometimes yes,.

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That's part, like the committee for the the international women's: yes.

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It was done and it happened, and you know we were running fast, though, on time, because we were running out of time for that, because we were so close to the event. But now that we have time we can, you can call a meeting, uh invite to send an email out and invite the kids to the four people volunteer.

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Know uh one thing that I thought I did reach out to Amber um a couple about a week or so ago, as she did suggest that if we can maybe co-host with the county.

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You know within the month so I'm not sure who our contact or how we would be able to.

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uh What do you mean, I'm, sorry, are.

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Health girl, they.

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Had their own last year,.

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Where the company just.

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Cheat us through suggested that maybe we can co-host with the.

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Count because I know that I used to work for the county I used to have the somebody organized.

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It wasn't open to the public, it was. We had a bunch of employees, we have over a thousand right, so we were asked to you, know, go nosotos, is prevention, and but we've had it all the time, I think of risk management right. Okay, we do take care of that. It was James Wendy at the time and it was very successful.

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Nothing, we don't accept anybody, but but we have so much so many employees. You know that and we were required to go because it is prevention and they would have all kinds of dentists and they have their health foods, and then they would have a blood pressure right. I will tell you because they did it at my office where I had a jury, room would take everything out and we would put all the people there and they would check your heart and they would check yours.

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A Helper and then they had more prices. It was a big event.

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The county that took care of it.

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And the city- uh that is something that we do as a city entity, so I highly recommend.

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That, well, it is in the in our.

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So Mr Romero.

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Remember yourself, myself.

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And can we use the the conference room for your meeting this.

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One here call us when and yes so that we can return.

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For the evening and the other.

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One we're gonna look at which things.

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Should be okay because the summer hasn't started yet that's.

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It's not available. When do you want to have that meeting.

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Because I'm testing, uh we start start testing and I don't get out until about after.

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Maybe you want to have it on on a Saturday or even a Sunday, we're open. You just need to put it in my town, okay,.

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We need to start cleaning people and because, if it's already in the month, uh-huh.

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Done either this week or next week.

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Are you available this Saturday I'm.

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Out of talent but don't hold back on me, you know, go, go forward with it and just keep me posted okay,.

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It's very likely that this is available on Saturdays.

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Saturday I can.

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And some dates: yeah I can get it, but now, let's let's get the book so that we can.

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When you can't yeah, when.

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Are you testing all the weights has put 20 we're testing the 24 through the 26 and then I'm out of town to 20 through the 22nd, but my daughter gradually. So it has to be this weekend.

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For the public and it's gonna be and.

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How about Monday, the 17th at.

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Traffic, oh I, don't make it to the highway until about four bye bye! No! No about four about four four: five: what about four Thirty.

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For uh April.

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I'll, be driving in so I'll, be here for a five five to be here before dark, so I'll be.

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Careful come on.

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I don't know yeah.

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The 25th is that, okay with everybody or the 24th.

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Because we were going by last year and I think that it was pulled together. A lot.

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With a lot less time,.

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Think last time we had lessons.

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Business and the 25th yes.

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But after school after school, as soon as you get out, let us know we can be here. Friday yeah,.

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Instead of the 17th okay, this Friday, the 14th okay,.

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So as soon as possible, and if that fire is ready to invite them to.

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Actually Amber.

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Has did it last time right, but but Amber's not here, are you saying that she could have the Flyers? Yes, if she, if she.

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Did it last year.

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She told me today.

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She has to, we could start sending that to the vendors that we're thinking of, like somebody mentioned Gateway I know that they need to know it way in advance, because I would deal with them and they need to know way in advance. So this would be good timing.

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Let me just: can we invite a businessmen? I mean vendors, like emergency rooms uh like like.

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Stat emergency doctors see it a dentist. Oh.

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They had to be free, we had some of the dental places come in and they give out toothbrushes and stuff.

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Like that and that's okay yeah, that's okay!.

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Over there, so we.

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We have uh Amber's supplier last from last year, so she's going to send it to you and just to change the date and then get it and everybody could start shooting for the vendors already okay like if who wants to take care of Gateway or may I take.

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It to Mr Lopez.

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Like to claim Laredo emergency I mean the one here.

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I'm, a regular emergency, that's right there across uh Burger, King and right here, online.

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Also, we need to think about the space, because um the healthcare will.

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Tables and chairs, not tents, and all that.

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Information, yes,.

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I was here last time and it looked already, you know pretty spaced out like nobody was cramped up. It was nice, but now you're involving more.

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But what is this? Basically, what's mostly the where's the space capacity, even though it looks like the table and the chair.

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No, no, if not, it gets pretty crowded toys.

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That's what I'm thinking like.

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If we're inviting more people than you endless, if you're taking more space and.

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Just come and go and go around the rooms.

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Think of somebody- and we already have like a good little group like Esther, already- has a.

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Emergency would you would you be able to get somebody for it and then maybe you will.

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Still happening yeah, how do I do it? I just go to the main. Well, we have the flyer and you can take on the flyer or something.

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You should go there they're going to want their because we're having our own Healthcare there.

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And then parking lot so I'm sure they're going to want to participate. I wish I could be in town.

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Yeah we're moving into a condo, so we're taking over there in Houston with.

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You'll think of another.

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Always ready yeah.

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Imagine right imagine there's lots of teens. Imagine that.

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They always come I'll.

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Get it I'll get a dental place. Oh.

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More, the merrier, no I, think the one Carpenter is.

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The city provided Nutrition department, the Nutrition department was here. There were some educational, they were fantastic.

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And they were doing blood the blood, glucose and.

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The vaccines and the vaccines.

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So, are we going to do any of that or whatever.

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Is available yeah? Whoever Gateway decides what they, what they can do, yeah well.

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Gabriel's going to tell us: what do you need from.

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um You know like they just kind of screening,.

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Or they're very good.

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Blood pressure, yeah yeah, it's just the basic little thing.

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But the city also does that the thing is we want to. Let the public know that this is for those that use the city.

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Right I mean we don't go to the city clinics, I, don't go to the city, clinics and I like to uh like. There was the dental.

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Yeah you're working here trying to hit.

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People too, yeah.

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Don't have them and.

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Then, who comes okay, but we send.

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But remember it's during the time that the kids are in school right. We're.

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Going to school, so that's why we had a good Turner, but it wasn't like you know: 100 right.

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Today, yeah, that's probably.

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I was here for an hour in I, mean.

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See a lot of cities.

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They just you know, say that, because.

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Then maybe we could extend the hours until six when people get out of work.

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Well, I mean they were coming in and out. It was a very good turnout and you.

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We saw a lot of City influences, they.

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Were coming in for the over the cover, shots and.

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And maybe we did I was there and I remember what I saw it. I was hoping we had more yeah.

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Inside but even if it's here they have parking, you know this.

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That can the city did we invite the city employees to this event, I? Don't.

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Know if it was, it was sent out I think by the Pio yeah.

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Probably why they came for their shop.

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You know we're taking time and money how many people are going to show and.

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You never know hit.

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All this fighting.

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Exposure, so if you're gonna expose it, let's say we're: gonna do a PSA, maybe.

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There's a door counter there on the side. If.

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They go in through.

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I'm saying when you advertise, you get a percentage. Okay, this is what we're gonna get from the radio.

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This percentage.

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Those people come instead of doing it like well.

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It'll be in the newspaper, it'll, be.

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In the newspaper, okay,.

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What about doing a PSA there has to be a lot of advertising leads because I know a victory.

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I mean somebody can go to the morning show or they do that. Yes, at kgs.

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You can do in the newspaper.

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Just like this mirror, let me tell you like I read the newspaper. Dr Keck is having an event right now at Tammy.

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Kirk, yes at Tammy you because it's a session.

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International women's day, I sent it to Miss Melissa cigarroa and she put it on her Instagram and her social media.

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Also, maybe each.

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A lot of events.

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Yes, there's so we need to like I guess, make it a little bit more unique and more like targeted like more to women.

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People that don't work.

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We will have to get like a for example, when you give uh dispensas, like you know, for the first 20 families to arrive or like the 21st to 120 women to come.

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Where they get like, you know, you know what oh.

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No I can't donate.

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Because that's what they're doing now for almost of the health first or like any event that before they end.

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I went over there not too long ago.

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They're, just students.

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A women's event, and they had haircuts and free haircuts makeup when she was in.

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Numbers never had.

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A lot of Bender they had the big.

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They were all types, I mean I'm, just being honest and guys that's the way I saw it yeah.

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Suggestions as to what decision field do we target for women I mean because look.

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On Friday right: well, we have the meetings.

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Then let's talk about it: what branch is out of there and at that time we can discuss all of this stuff. All right, I think that.

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The meeting is Friday at 4.

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Next on the agenda is to say that the women's surveyed.

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Was hoping that she was going to send out an email with.

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A flyer or some information, oh.

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The meeting because she couldn't make it.

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But the kickoff was on March the 9th, but it was not set right. I, don't think.

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After this event in May, what else is next.

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Campaign after this, we do one.

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Yes, I will vote campaign.

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Yeah, so just to let you know about that, but it's already a big organ.

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Been involved in it, it used to be Southwest voter registration, education project. That project is now in 10 states.

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Bill Green decided and we all decided we're going to take it up. We came up with that, but it's kind of.

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Oh yeah is that the one that we had the luncheon at the IBC? Yes, okay,.

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That was kind of different. It was targeted towards businesses.

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Everybody wanted to get the whole town involved in getting their students out and they're important, and that was done by the.

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Brought it here at our level and we.

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It was a coalition of every business in town and schools and whatever so that we could all get our people up to the polls. The idea was to raise.

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Naturalization ceremony, 32 3 months I've been doing that for 40 years. Also pero, that's uh every there's, 150 new voters.

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That's a very good point: it's an election year this year. Well, it's a mark, but oh you have to do it before. Okay, let's.

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Start something I don't know it was that one, that's a good one. Let me just say.

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I think that we should go as a commission.

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But we do a lot of good, registering people, the students in the businesses and everybody.

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And it's very hard, it's very hard. Ladies excuse me, I really think we should stick to women issues.

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Get their way, let them take care of that because that's too much for us to handle really and truly- and it's already I'm still doing that too. But you know we have already discussed it with the principles and the superintendents and everything.

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Because in our group was fine but I think we have a lot in our plate already and I think we should say, because we do. Our main business here is a Hall of Fame, really yeah.

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And I agree: we should start looking into it.

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And start considering, you know just every day.

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Oh as much as I would like to do it to me, but there are groups already doing it and the political groups, the Republican part of the democratic.

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I long for them to get registered, but we just helped them out, but then they would get out the vote campaign if, if this never take off, because nobody wants to do this, it's very hard you've got to call the people you got to get them out.

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New business, what's what was what's a.

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New business: well, then we're trying to go back into what can we do between now and and October when we have elections.

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People that don't have the time, especially like you know the.

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At home- and you know, they probably won't register and they won't vote like how can we make it well.

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We can yeah, we can look into it.

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It's fine and we became more women to wrap around.

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So so, basically, that's something that we're going to work on between now and October, I.

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Mean after the.

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Because that would be the next time a lot of action. So it's and.

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Everything is like I, said, going back to what we were told. We remember, we were there or I. Don't know it was because, but that's what they that's. What that uh admonished us.

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Amen, and they told us, ladies remember in your only job here- is your Hall of Fame, and each of the honorees represent different.

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And that's how you promote it I think- and this is only the way, I look at it- that we as a commissioned for women.

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Go to a place to register you're not going to tell them because you're, not a woman, I can't register them. But it's.

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Going and just passing out information- and you know the different places where they can go out and vote and stuff, but um it had nothing to do with like registering to vote.

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And when you just give them information as to.

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Wherever the thing is that it was sort of discarded, because they.

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When they're, like 15 or 16 years old, that's.

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Why they're doing it through school districts have? Yes, they have to their mandated, and also our local elections. Administrator office has to be promoting the dates at times the places all.

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Think is a good point. Is that there's so many organizations.

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Post-Selection sites are going to post election dates, the Republican Party.

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Candidates running so I I get what you're, saying and and I I wish. We could do some more for the women and I wish. We could.

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Because you know we don't have that many, but right now I mean we have it like in the city council. It does say that.

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Encourage women to run for all just political office in our missions.

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And then we discuss that and then let's.

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From like two years ago or from last year, so we can start seeing.

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Like the Hall of Fame, okay,.

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So that we could see who has.

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Prior times uh they did have all the all.

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The nominees or the yeah.

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One to come and talk to us about how they got started: what did they do? What did they encounter? How who.

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That one and it just fizzled out after a while I, don't know what happened, but we used to get different women already in a month. Yeah.

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I'd like to come here.

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They start, how did they do it? You know women were not in politics and a lot here until the age early 80s, but now it was that's one other thing we could do.

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Just before real quick I just want to reiterate the committee meeting, it's on Friday.

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To be here and bring ideas for people.

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