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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-17-2004 MAYOR'S YOUTH MINUTES . � � Ma ors Youth Advisory Council Y November 17 2004 Attendance: Danielle Taylor, Mollie Baxter, Scott Hutton, Xanthy Howard, Mattie Gilmore, Kevin Tucker, Alex Anderson, Regan Heath, Catalina Gorla, Sibylle Gorla, Brittany Parker, Kelly Grady, Jeremy Beckwith, Bailey Wilson, Lois Symms, Amanda McEldowney, Leysa Prokopenko, John Monolbaev, Kathleen Momont, Kristin Favillo, Michelle Elizondo, Savannah Grajeda, Tony Evans, Keith Evans, Brad Burbank. Guests: Alex Johnson, Mrs. Patricia Gibson, Michael Gibson, Eric Dammrose. Items of Business: • Approval of November 3� minutes • Committee Reports: • Bylaws • Service Projects • Community of Promise Wed Site • Depot Interpretive Center • Finance Committee • Member Reports -Chamber of Commerce Report (Bailey) -Western Canyon Youth & Family Coalition (Xanthy) • Scrap Book (Pictures and Survey) • • Hope's Door Training • Kuna Training • San Jose Recap • Christmas Parade • Ukraine Pen-Pals • Other Business • Adjourn This weeks meeting got started at 6:04pm with the approval of the minutes by Mollie and a second motion by Bailey. The Bylaws committee briefly spoke about the possible changes that they want to be made to the Bylaws. Instead of having 3 alternate members, the number will be increased to 5. People from other schools may attended who are not on the council, meaning the meeting will be open to the public. These changes were accepted with a motion from Lois and a second from Kristin. The next Committee discussion was the Service Project Committee. The slipper project has currently been held up due to Target and Wal-Mart donations. Cleaning the Dog Kennels has been moved to the last weekend in November, in the morning. A possible December service project is decorating stockings. And the final item was the Salvation Army. Kevin talked to the Salvation Army and they said that any 1 Saturday the council could help, would be greatly '� appreciated. The next item brought forth was the Community of Promise Website. Mattie has been in contact with the members but no real progress has been made. • w � Mattie next discussed the Scarp Book, Pictures and Surveys. We need to get the book done soon so please turn in your items as soon as you can. Jeremy soon spoke about the Depot Interpretive Center. At the Christmas Bizarre, over $600 dollars in merchandise was sold. The next item the committee is working on is an Elementary wide Spelling Bee. The committee will bring more information at the next meeting. The Finance committee will meet sometime before the first MYAC meeting in December. The council then devoted their attention to Member Reports. Bailey attended the I Chamber of Commerce meeting and said that no real progress was made. The bylaws were accepted and the new members were welcomed. Xanthy attended the Western Canyon Youth and Family Coalition meeting. The items of discussion included the Nampa GRASP Program, the Youth Club and the Community Theatre. The YMCA Steering Committee met the day after the MYAC meeting (November 4 so there was no new news to report. • Promptly after the member reports, the council focused on the Hopes Door Training. The first training session went well and the attendees seemed to enjoy it. The next meeting will be held Tuesday November 31 St at 5-8pm in the McCain Student Center at ACI. As the council spoke of training, the Kuna Training Session was brought up. Cassie and Luke had emailed Tom and stated that they are interested but have not found a practical date yet, but will continue to look. A warm Welcome Home was given to the council members who attended the San Jose trip. They found many ideas that could be used in our community such as the "Silence the Violence", Grants and more Middle Schoo{ Involvement. The trip was fun and very informative. Thanks to those members who attended this Conference to better our Council. Moving on to the next item, which was the Christmas Parade. The Parade is December 4 and the "Walk-off' starts at 5:30pm. A float was decided not to be made, so the members decided to dress up. The theme of the Parade is "Idaho Cowboy Christmas". If you attend wear cow bo�rish attire and meet at the O'Connor-Field House at 5:OOpm, December 4. The last item of discussion was the Ukraine Pen-Pals. The Mayor hasn't heard � from Marina since Halloween, so nothing further has been discussed. The Meeting was adjourned at 6:57 with a motion from Xanthy and a second from Sibylle.