WEBVTT 1 00:00:36.690 --> 00:00:38.250 Sima Kostovetsky: Jim, Can you hear me? 2 00:00:41.480 --> 00:00:43.850 jim murez: Yes, Can you hear me? 3 00:00:43.990 --> 00:00:45.390 It closes. 4 00:01:05.660 --> 00:01:10.380 Sima Kostovetsky: I don't see you. But I heard you. 5 00:01:13.430 --> 00:01:15.689 Sima Kostovetsky: I'm promoting 6 00:01:16.290 --> 00:01:19.830 Sima Kostovetsky: Angela and Christopher, 7 00:01:22.810 --> 00:01:28.700 jim murez: I'm just gonna sit here and listen. I'm not going to. Uh. I'll raise my hand if I want to participate. 8 00:01:28.850 --> 00:01:29.869 Sima Kostovetsky: Um, 9 00:01:35.230 --> 00:01:40.089 Sima Kostovetsky: Jim, I can't promote Angela. Oh, I just was okay. I just did that, 10 00:01:46.320 --> 00:01:50.140 Sima Kostovetsky: Christopher. I just promoted you so hopefully that'll 11 00:01:51.540 --> 00:01:54.359 Sima Kostovetsky: take a little bit of time. 12 00:01:56.900 --> 00:02:02.360 Sima Kostovetsky: There we go. There we go. Okay, 13 00:02:03.420 --> 00:02:05.429 Sima Kostovetsky: Everybody on. 14 00:02:17.080 --> 00:02:23.030 Sima Kostovetsky: I'm gonna shut my camera off for a minute. 15 00:02:23.700 --> 00:02:27.860 Sima Kostovetsky: Hopefully, I don't have any issues with my uh 16 00:02:30.940 --> 00:02:32.810 Sima Kostovetsky: with my reception. 17 00:02:39.060 --> 00:02:44.230 jim murez: But you'll need to call me on my cell phone. If you have problems. If you get disconnected, the meeting goes dead 18 00:02:44.890 --> 00:02:50.959 Sima Kostovetsky: so you'll have to call. 19 00:02:53.510 --> 00:02:57.350 Sima Kostovetsky: Well, I promote Hi Liz, I see you. 20 00:02:58.070 --> 00:02:59.170 Sima Kostovetsky: Oh, 21 00:03:47.300 --> 00:03:48.330 Angela McGregor: back 22 00:03:55.040 --> 00:03:56.170 Angela McGregor: the classes. 23 00:04:44.980 --> 00:04:48.710 Sima Kostovetsky: Good evening. 24 00:04:48.910 --> 00:04:51.820 Sima Kostovetsky: Hi, Vick! I see you give me one sec, 25 00:05:01.960 --> 00:05:03.769 Sima Kostovetsky: All right. I 26 00:05:03.960 --> 00:05:07.759 Sima Kostovetsky: i'm gonna test my share screen 27 00:05:30.050 --> 00:05:31.520 Sima Kostovetsky: next door. 28 00:05:35.280 --> 00:05:39.989 Sima Kostovetsky: See what I get busy with. I was just posting um the deed 29 00:05:40.130 --> 00:05:50.400 Sima Kostovetsky: we're toast actually on our website. It's an exciting thing that's coming up. It's so busy, you guys, it's so busy this time of year. 30 00:05:50.900 --> 00:05:54.159 Sima Kostovetsky: Oh, hi! Let me. 31 00:05:56.550 --> 00:05:58.179 Sima Kostovetsky: The agenda is up. 32 00:06:00.930 --> 00:06:08.870 vicki halliday: Yeah, we've got your next door page. Well, Yeah, 33 00:06:10.580 --> 00:06:13.490 Sima Kostovetsky: what about the fancy election plan? 34 00:06:14.410 --> 00:06:16.430 vicki halliday: I don't know. 35 00:06:17.500 --> 00:06:19.090 Sima Kostovetsky: All right. Let me try it again. 36 00:06:38.050 --> 00:06:39.370 Sima Kostovetsky: What about now? 37 00:06:40.280 --> 00:06:45.929 Sima Kostovetsky: You see the Bmc election plan? Okay, 38 00:06:50.380 --> 00:06:52.120 Sima Kostovetsky: Can you see the agenda? 39 00:06:52.930 --> 00:06:54.840 Angela McGregor: Yes, yeah. Okay. 40 00:06:57.070 --> 00:07:02.730 Sima Kostovetsky: Very good. Thank you. It is officially seven. I am. 41 00:07:04.440 --> 00:07:06.349 Sima Kostovetsky: Oh, going back. 42 00:07:14.260 --> 00:07:22.289 Christopher Lee: Mix Nixon, The audience. If you'd like to promote them. Yeah, I Thanks, Nick. I see you just. I don't know why it's taking some time, 43 00:07:44.410 --> 00:07:46.480 Sima Kostovetsky: Nick. You should be on 44 00:07:46.510 --> 00:07:48.689 Angela McGregor: there. He is okay. 45 00:07:50.690 --> 00:07:54.180 Sima Kostovetsky: We are just waiting for Brian 46 00:07:54.690 --> 00:08:00.529 Sima Kostovetsky: and Christina. I know Christina's gonna make it tonight. She's so close uh 47 00:08:01.080 --> 00:08:01.920 working. 48 00:08:08.500 --> 00:08:10.460 Sima Kostovetsky: Hi, everybody! 49 00:08:42.070 --> 00:08:43.029 Thank you very much. 50 00:08:43.520 --> 00:08:44.450 That's right. 51 00:08:45.480 --> 00:08:47.940 My! Uh, 52 00:08:51.890 --> 00:08:56.380 Sima Kostovetsky: there's Brian 53 00:09:08.170 --> 00:09:11.349 Sima Kostovetsky: Alright, There you go. It's just taking some time. 54 00:09:14.620 --> 00:09:15.500 Let me. 55 00:09:24.670 --> 00:09:34.249 Sima Kostovetsky: Okay, i'm gonna give it two minutes. And then, since everybody pretty much is here, and we have quorum hopefully. We'll start at seven o five. 56 00:09:36.100 --> 00:09:37.590 No, 57 00:09:42.850 --> 00:09:51.439 Sima Kostovetsky: I don't have a desk big enough. Can you guys see me? I apologize for the lighting. But i'm in my I've been relegated to my son's room 58 00:09:54.320 --> 00:09:58.410 in China. 59 00:10:21.540 --> 00:10:22.500 Oh, my God, 60 00:10:24.440 --> 00:10:25.320 Okay, 61 00:10:31.370 --> 00:10:32.499 Thank you for that. 62 00:10:48.660 --> 00:10:49.550 Okay, 63 00:10:49.920 --> 00:10:51.650 I'm: sure. 64 00:10:57.360 --> 00:10:58.259 One hundred and ninety. 65 00:11:06.770 --> 00:11:07.670 Yeah, 66 00:11:24.470 --> 00:11:32.720 Sima Kostovetsky: hey! What are we waiting for? 67 00:11:32.850 --> 00:11:39.420 Sima Kostovetsky: All right. Seven o five calling the outreach committee meeting on October twenty, six 68 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:41.170 Sima Kostovetsky: to 69 00:11:41.810 --> 00:11:45.580 Sima Kostovetsky: three days before. 70 00:11:46.190 --> 00:11:47.680 Angela McGregor: So 71 00:11:47.750 --> 00:11:50.040 Sima Kostovetsky: Good evening, everybody welcome. 72 00:11:50.530 --> 00:11:55.840 Sima Kostovetsky: Thank you for joining us, and uh, thank you for making the time, 73 00:11:56.200 --> 00:12:01.780 Sima Kostovetsky: and we have Elizabeth Wright in our audience. So thank you, Elizabeth for joining us as well. 74 00:12:02.060 --> 00:12:18.450 Sima Kostovetsky: Okay, start time is seven o five, and we're going to move right into the agenda. Number. One of her pretend is presented or amended, and I have 75 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:28.720 Sima Kostovetsky: sorry that's I'm looking at my sheet, and I was like I don't know why i'm doing that. I'm calling Roll Vicki 76 00:12:29.540 --> 00:12:31.190 Christina. 77 00:12:31.680 --> 00:12:33.460 Sima Kostovetsky: Nope, not yet, 78 00:12:35.040 --> 00:12:37.200 Angela McGregor: Angela. Here, 79 00:12:38.180 --> 00:12:40.290 Sima Kostovetsky: Nick, 80 00:12:41.450 --> 00:12:42.880 Angela McGregor: he's muted. 81 00:12:44.490 --> 00:12:48.800 Sima Kostovetsky: I see you erased his hand for the record. 82 00:12:48.940 --> 00:12:50.260 Sima Kostovetsky: Brian: 83 00:12:51.150 --> 00:12:52.030 Yeah, 84 00:12:53.970 --> 00:12:55.510 Sima Kostovetsky: Christopher 85 00:12:55.610 --> 00:12:56.640 Christopher Lee: here. 86 00:12:56.690 --> 00:12:58.050 Sima Kostovetsky: Thank you 87 00:12:58.430 --> 00:13:02.560 Sima Kostovetsky: and me. I'm here Okay, roll call is done. Moving on, 88 00:13:02.720 --> 00:13:05.129 Sima Kostovetsky: approved agenda is presented or amended. 89 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:09.010 Sima Kostovetsky: Can I have a maker? 90 00:13:09.570 --> 00:13:12.930 Sima Kostovetsky: Thank you. Vicki: I'll second it. 91 00:13:13.120 --> 00:13:14.789 Sima Kostovetsky: Thank you. Brian, 92 00:13:16.590 --> 00:13:18.259 Sima Kostovetsky: calling to roll. 93 00:13:18.670 --> 00:13:20.070 Uh, 94 00:13:21.810 --> 00:13:23.910 Angela McGregor: Angela. Yes, 95 00:13:24.540 --> 00:13:25.810 Sima Kostovetsky: thank you, 96 00:13:29.280 --> 00:13:30.579 Sima Kostovetsky: Christopher. 97 00:13:31.740 --> 00:13:32.790 Christopher Lee: Yes, 98 00:13:32.990 --> 00:13:34.130 Sima Kostovetsky: Yeah. 99 00:13:35.940 --> 00:13:37.260 Sima Kostovetsky: Thank you, 100 00:13:37.760 --> 00:13:41.749 Sima Kostovetsky: Angela. I already called you Vicki 101 00:13:42.240 --> 00:13:43.460 Sima Kostovetsky: Brian. 102 00:13:43.830 --> 00:13:44.710 Yeah, 103 00:13:44.950 --> 00:13:46.180 Sima Kostovetsky: Thank you. 104 00:13:46.570 --> 00:13:49.460 Sima Kostovetsky: Okay. And me. Yes, very good. 105 00:13:50.610 --> 00:13:58.710 Sima Kostovetsky: Um, I, for whatever reason, could not load my minutes. I don't know what is going on with the website. I was actually having trouble posting 106 00:13:58.790 --> 00:14:08.479 Sima Kostovetsky: um something on the website about Dia Della somewhere to. I don't know why i'm having issues, but it should be resolved hopefully with the next twenty four hours, 107 00:14:08.570 --> 00:14:11.650 Sima Kostovetsky: so you can't do Number two 108 00:14:11.890 --> 00:14:17.650 Sima Kostovetsky: um moving on to number three. Are there any announcements from committee members? 109 00:14:25.060 --> 00:14:26.220 Okay, 110 00:14:26.350 --> 00:14:28.380 Sima Kostovetsky: moving on? Thank you. 111 00:14:29.960 --> 00:14:33.670 Sima Kostovetsky: Is there any public comment 112 00:14:34.200 --> 00:14:39.109 Sima Kostovetsky: on items not on the agenda related to outreach. 113 00:14:43.590 --> 00:14:45.739 Sima Kostovetsky: Thank you. Oh, wait, 114 00:14:46.390 --> 00:14:48.030 Sima Kostovetsky: Elizabeth 115 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:51.840 Sima Kostovetsky: Elizabeth, This is not 116 00:14:52.130 --> 00:14:54.740 about items, not on the agenda. 117 00:14:57.700 --> 00:15:00.020 Elizabeth Wright: I just wanted to Thank you. 118 00:15:01.450 --> 00:15:09.469 Elizabeth Wright: I just wanted to thank all of you for putting together all of these programs that I see on the agenda. Thank you very much. 119 00:15:09.820 --> 00:15:16.689 Sima Kostovetsky: Thank you so much. Thank you for the compliment. It actually means a lot. Thank you. 120 00:15:25.920 --> 00:15:36.340 Sima Kostovetsky: Same with gym. 121 00:15:36.540 --> 00:15:42.459 jim murez: Um. I just wanted to let you know that I got an email from Uh Stan Muhammad. I don't know if you 122 00:15:42.470 --> 00:16:03.510 jim murez: uh saw my response to him. I copied you on it. He would like to be able to give away turkey. He's doing it with them. Our just a neighborhood council. I told him that it was an outreach issue, and that uh, because of the funding cycle. Um, I didn't see it happening this year, but he should work with you to start getting it going for now 123 00:16:03.520 --> 00:16:10.859 jim murez: I I cc you on. The 124 00:16:11.630 --> 00:16:12.690 Sima Kostovetsky: Okay, 125 00:16:12.980 --> 00:16:14.190 Sima Kostovetsky: Thanks, Jim. 126 00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:16.989 Sima Kostovetsky: All right, Moving on. 127 00:16:17.860 --> 00:16:22.229 Sima Kostovetsky: I don't really have a chair report um other than 128 00:16:22.250 --> 00:16:25.580 Sima Kostovetsky: we have. What is today? The Twenty-six. 129 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:29.089 Sima Kostovetsky: We have nine. 130 00:16:29.970 --> 00:16:38.399 Sima Kostovetsky: I can't do math. We have less than ten days. We about ten days before the election, right November the eighth. 131 00:16:38.410 --> 00:16:50.990 Sima Kostovetsky: So I urge all of you as members of outreach committee to do your part to try to please. Please get out the vote. That's it, Major Elections November eighth. Get out the vote. 132 00:16:51.010 --> 00:16:52.630 Sima Kostovetsky: That's my chair report. 133 00:16:57.870 --> 00:17:00.389 Sima Kostovetsky: I see someone's hand is up. 134 00:17:03.740 --> 00:17:04.750 Sima Kostovetsky: Okay, 135 00:17:04.810 --> 00:17:06.199 Sima Kostovetsky: I don't know why. 136 00:17:11.530 --> 00:17:13.109 Sima Kostovetsky: Yeah, there's nobody. 137 00:17:13.450 --> 00:17:16.439 Sima Kostovetsky: Oh, no, It just went down. Okay, Very good. 138 00:17:16.780 --> 00:17:18.220 Sima Kostovetsky: Next 139 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:27.990 Sima Kostovetsky: moving on. To item six. Item for discussion and possible action. The Eleventh Annual. Venice. How are they sign lighting? On twelve-three, 140 00:17:28.030 --> 00:17:32.959 Sima Kostovetsky: Sima, Could you scroll the agenda down. Yes, i'm sorry. Sorry. Thank you for reminding me. 141 00:17:33.710 --> 00:17:36.319 vicki halliday: There we go. 142 00:17:37.300 --> 00:17:39.120 Sima Kostovetsky: Um! So 143 00:17:39.810 --> 00:17:42.459 Sima Kostovetsky: thank you so much, 144 00:17:45.820 --> 00:17:48.740 Sima Kostovetsky: guys. I'm so sorry I have the wrong 145 00:17:49.260 --> 00:17:58.609 Angela McGregor: agenda up. This is the craziest thing. Bear with me. It says August. No, it's it. No, I know, but it's the wrong version. Give me one sec. 146 00:17:59.470 --> 00:18:00.330 Okay, 147 00:18:01.240 --> 00:18:22.920 Sima Kostovetsky: no, it everything was correct. It's just that. Um. I changed some things when I posted in Pdf: So uh under the holiday sign lighting item A is Vmc. Committee members participation and sign up. You guys all got the correct version when I emailed it to you. 148 00:18:23.030 --> 00:18:25.499 Sima Kostovetsky: No, no, it's it's all the same. 149 00:18:26.250 --> 00:18:31.400 Sima Kostovetsky: Sorry it's December third that let me pull up the right motion. I don't know why that was not up. 150 00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:37.240 Angela McGregor: Oh, I see. Yeah, you're right. It's different. 151 00:18:45.950 --> 00:18:49.400 Sima Kostovetsky: I'm. Calling out the correct one, 152 00:18:58.280 --> 00:18:59.990 Sima Kostovetsky: There we go. Okay, 153 00:19:16.470 --> 00:19:17.490 Thank you. 154 00:19:19.390 --> 00:19:29.599 Sima Kostovetsky: This is the correct agenda. Do you see It's. Item: for discussion. Eleventh Annual, Venice Holiday sign lighting twelve, three, twenty-two, V and C. And committee members participation, slash, sign up 155 00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:38.799 Sima Kostovetsky: B and c. Brand the promotional items and promotion of our own art flower to include the start of the and the election candidate filing. 156 00:19:38.910 --> 00:19:55.999 Sima Kostovetsky: So that's the item for discussion. First of all, thank you for approving our participation. The board approved it as well, and we got our budget approved. So yay so. Um! I have thirty eight hundred dollars to spend 157 00:19:56.100 --> 00:20:03.599 Sima Kostovetsky: on uh giveaways on uh the Santa photo booth. 158 00:20:04.340 --> 00:20:06.000 Sima Kostovetsky: So yeah, 159 00:20:06.280 --> 00:20:07.490 Sima Kostovetsky: um. 160 00:20:08.140 --> 00:20:16.900 Sima Kostovetsky: Let's talk about V. And seeing Committee member participation sign up. I will be putting out a Google spreadsheet like I've done in years past asking for participation. 161 00:20:16.930 --> 00:20:22.549 Sima Kostovetsky: If you guys have a suggestion as to how to do it better, i'm open to it. But 162 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:37.370 Sima Kostovetsky: thank you for everybody that's volunteered in years past. So we hope to continue, and I made a point of asking the Vmc. Board to participate this year at our last board meeting, and I will continue to do that in November as well. 163 00:20:37.860 --> 00:20:50.679 Sima Kostovetsky: But um, yeah, I mean, we're just basically gonna ask for committee and Vnc. Participation. And the board needs to be reminded that they need to be out there for constituent and stakeholder interaction 164 00:20:53.330 --> 00:20:58.390 Sima Kostovetsky: uh committee anything from the committee. There's no motion. So we're just discussing 165 00:20:58.760 --> 00:21:01.310 Christopher Lee: what kind of items do we have? 166 00:21:01.520 --> 00:21:18.250 Sima Kostovetsky: Oh, so this year? Um! So I still like my bike uh light idea. But if we wanted to branch out slightly, moving on to the Nc. Promotional items. Um, I actually have a quote which is very similar to the bike lights for water bottles, 167 00:21:18.650 --> 00:21:32.300 Sima Kostovetsky: and uh the water bottles are would be um, you know, obviously reusable, and they would have our Vmc. Logo on it. And um right now i'm looking at. Uh! 168 00:21:32.460 --> 00:21:37.229 Sima Kostovetsky: Oh, my gosh! What is that new material? They're like metal, but it's not bad for you. 169 00:21:37.760 --> 00:21:43.140 Angela McGregor: So, anyway. Reusable water bottles with the with the 170 00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:48.380 Sima Kostovetsky: um I have to stick within budget. So I try to stick with something. That's 171 00:21:48.530 --> 00:21:59.440 Sima Kostovetsky: three dollars and fifty cents. So that's what's affordable. That's not necessarily terrible. So again open to other things. 172 00:21:59.550 --> 00:22:01.650 Sima Kostovetsky: But that's where I landed. 173 00:22:04.790 --> 00:22:15.540 Sima Kostovetsky: I love that. I will obviously send you the design once we finish with it. But It's pretty simple. It would be a metal water bottle. It might be white. 174 00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:22.119 Sima Kostovetsky: Um, and it would be reusable, and we would be giving that out. And um I haven't talked to uh 175 00:22:22.580 --> 00:22:26.620 Sima Kostovetsky: la Pd. Yet in terms of, because usually we're across each other. 176 00:22:26.700 --> 00:22:31.920 Sima Kostovetsky: I don't know our placement yet, cause still a bit early. But um yeah, 177 00:22:32.280 --> 00:22:34.310 Sima Kostovetsky: Christopher, I see you. 178 00:22:35.260 --> 00:22:41.620 Christopher Lee: Um, for these giveaways. Are we driving any information capture of the people who are? 179 00:22:41.650 --> 00:22:43.130 Christopher Lee: Hang them up? 180 00:22:43.420 --> 00:22:44.559 Sima Kostovetsky: I'm: sorry. 181 00:22:44.610 --> 00:23:02.790 Sima Kostovetsky: Are we capturing emails, phone numbers, any method of connecting? 182 00:23:02.800 --> 00:23:07.200 Sima Kostovetsky: I mean, you know, the ideas you attract and then you their info. 183 00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:11.719 Christopher Lee: Yeah. Last year I just didn't get to see it, because I was running the live stream. So 184 00:23:12.060 --> 00:23:15.009 Christopher Lee: um just wanted to check that we have that in place. 185 00:23:15.670 --> 00:23:16.970 Sima Kostovetsky: Thank you. 186 00:23:19.470 --> 00:23:20.670 Sima Kostovetsky: Anyone else. 187 00:23:23.320 --> 00:23:24.500 Thank you, 188 00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.870 Sima Kostovetsky: Um 189 00:23:26.030 --> 00:23:29.450 Sima Kostovetsky: Brian, If I can ask you um, 190 00:23:30.260 --> 00:23:32.899 Sima Kostovetsky: we have to be careful 191 00:23:32.930 --> 00:23:36.480 Sima Kostovetsky: not to necessarily use the 192 00:23:36.900 --> 00:23:38.840 Sima Kostovetsky: Chambers flyer. 193 00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:43.540 Sima Kostovetsky: So that's why I wanted to talk about doing our own flyer, 194 00:23:44.210 --> 00:23:47.519 especially if we're going to be mentioning that. 195 00:23:47.560 --> 00:23:56.099 Sima Kostovetsky: Uh, it will be, you know, part of the kickoff for the Vmc. Elections. 196 00:23:56.170 --> 00:24:00.539 Sima Kostovetsky: We did our own last year, I believe. Yeah, yeah. So just wanted to reiterate. 197 00:24:01.140 --> 00:24:03.230 Brian Averill: Uh: yeah, 198 00:24:03.860 --> 00:24:23.410 Sima Kostovetsky: Thank you. Thank you. Um. And then um, I i'm not sure if you guys were in the Vmc. Meeting. But one of the criticisms was, Why am I ordering all these things from Amazon? So uh, obviously the the water bottles. They're actually from a local company outside of La, like they're here. 199 00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:42.870 Sima Kostovetsky: So that's good. They're not in Cd. Eleven, because I couldn't find the Water Company that I could. You know that I could do that with. But, however, we are going to be working with a Venice vendor for our treats and our suites, so that i'm sorry. How many water bottles are you getting? 200 00:24:42.900 --> 00:24:44.180 Sima Kostovetsky: Three hundred? 201 00:24:44.320 --> 00:24:47.999 Brian Averill: Okay, that's going to take up a lot of space. So I 202 00:24:48.550 --> 00:24:55.540 Sima Kostovetsky: it's not like. I could also split it up. I could also do. I'm sorry, Brian. I'm having such trouble hearing you. Can you say that again? 203 00:24:55.620 --> 00:25:12.799 Brian Averill: I'm saying, it's It's different from something like bike lights where you can just have a giant box of light. Those are. They take up a lot of space, so three hundred is going to be. We could also split them up. We could do one hundred and fifty of the bike lights and one hundred and fifty, or however, we would, you know, see it. But 204 00:25:12.810 --> 00:25:22.229 Sima Kostovetsky: so, since I'm usually the one that brings all this stuff, we could keep the what I mean. Yes, it's a lot, but I bring a lot, anyway. But 205 00:25:22.380 --> 00:25:29.729 Sima Kostovetsky: you know we could also do as many or as little as we wanted to. I just came up with that idea, because I thought that it would be useful. 206 00:25:30.650 --> 00:25:50.660 Sima Kostovetsky: Gotcha. Yeah, I'm only talking about the space that's going to take up. Well, just so, you know. Usually I have my stuff underneath because we only have my table. So I pull out as we run out, whether that's treats lights for the kids, or, you know, in this case or giveaways. 207 00:25:54.410 --> 00:26:00.449 Sima Kostovetsky: Okay, I thank you. It is something something to to be considered, you know, to consider 208 00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:14.540 Sima Kostovetsky: again a happy to get your input. If you don't want to spend any more time, just reach out to me via email and we can discuss it. And then, once. I have the actual design both of forward to you guys that 209 00:26:14.560 --> 00:26:16.160 bike lights 210 00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:19.009 Sima Kostovetsky: are very, very popular, 211 00:26:19.170 --> 00:26:23.840 Sima Kostovetsky: so we could stick to those I still have mine 212 00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:28.309 Sima Kostovetsky: from last year and the year before, and they still work so 213 00:26:31.410 --> 00:26:37.409 vicki halliday: got it. My only point is, three hundred water bottles will probably not fit in your. 214 00:26:38.830 --> 00:26:39.759 Where are they? 215 00:26:41.780 --> 00:26:46.429 Sima Kostovetsky: Open to whatever you see or they shape like this? 216 00:26:47.270 --> 00:26:48.280 Sima Kostovetsky: Yes, 217 00:26:48.760 --> 00:26:58.739 vicki halliday: okay, let me actually under aluminum bird. Yes, thank you. I could think of the name of the met of the metal. 218 00:26:58.890 --> 00:27:01.589 vicki halliday: What I like to do is put coffee in it. 219 00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:03.549 vicki halliday: Thanks for coffee. 220 00:27:03.910 --> 00:27:09.869 vicki halliday: Um! It's too heavy for a water bottle. It's an interesting concept, 221 00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:14.350 vicki halliday: but I find I don't use it as much as I would like to, 222 00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:16.560 vicki halliday: because it it 223 00:27:16.730 --> 00:27:22.310 vicki halliday: the aluminum. It's the lip. You can't, you know drinking coffee out of That's impossible. 224 00:27:22.510 --> 00:27:31.419 Sima Kostovetsky: Well, and if I didn't be I if I did any kind of uh, not even plastic, but that you know you wouldn't be able to put a hot beverage in that as well. 225 00:27:32.170 --> 00:27:35.689 Brian Averill: Don't do plastic, please. 226 00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:47.309 Sima Kostovetsky: No, i'm you were. I looked into doing other materials. I'm a explaining that if we even looked into other materials, it's too expensive, and be they would melt 227 00:27:47.630 --> 00:27:53.040 vicki halliday: so i'm not. I'm not for plastic. I'm with 228 00:27:54.360 --> 00:27:55.520 Brian Averill: no plastic, 229 00:27:56.120 --> 00:27:58.429 Sima Kostovetsky: do you? Um 230 00:27:58.770 --> 00:28:05.120 Brian Averill: see, I think it's a great idea. I just want to make sure you have like a van or something, because That's it. 231 00:28:05.170 --> 00:28:23.029 Angela McGregor: I am not dissuading you from it. I think it's a great idea. Would this be something that could fit into a bicycle uh water bottle? Cage. Yeah. So I think I you could. You could definitely, I think we could divide it. We could do both because they would both be bicycle items. 232 00:28:23.120 --> 00:28:41.949 Brian Averill: We would just have to be careful. I'm sorry, Brian, what you say. Just call the company and ask how big the boxes are. Say, there's twelve in a box. Just find out how big they are and how much space it's going to take. I'm not concerned honestly about the size, because I end up bringing most of it, anyway. So 233 00:28:43.620 --> 00:28:44.560 yeah, 234 00:28:44.790 --> 00:28:47.440 Brian Averill: moving on then. 235 00:28:47.950 --> 00:28:52.239 Sima Kostovetsky: But but you guys approved the idea, even though we can't put coffee in it. 236 00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:55.830 vicki halliday: Oh, absolutely yeah, I mean whatever. 237 00:29:00.310 --> 00:29:15.470 vicki halliday: No, I've got them from every event for the last five years, and none of them are strong enough, so I bought good ones, so I've got everything I've ever been given, and I think it's a great idea of people. Don't have them, 238 00:29:15.890 --> 00:29:21.069 vicki halliday: you know. I I think it's It's it's good people, you know. We'll always have them around. 239 00:29:21.860 --> 00:29:25.009 Sima Kostovetsky: Thank you. I put them on the back so it's flashing. 240 00:29:25.550 --> 00:29:32.620 Christopher Lee: Thank you. It's a personal request with our vendor. If we can minimize unnecessary packaging as well, 241 00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:34.760 Sima Kostovetsky: I go and I pick it up. 242 00:29:35.050 --> 00:29:51.600 Sima Kostovetsky: Yeah, but if it's like, each bottle is individually wrapped, and then it's put inside it Doesn't work like that, like when we did the bike lights, they just stick in the box, and that's it right. They're not. Then they The the only thing about the bike lights is they're all in individual level plastic. 243 00:29:51.610 --> 00:30:08.170 Christopher Lee: Yeah, if we can minimize that, That' be amazing. But that's my request from my trash. Pick up Thank you. Somebody that does the trash pick up after the event. I know I know what you mean. 244 00:30:08.190 --> 00:30:10.579 Okay, Um. 245 00:30:11.300 --> 00:30:12.390 So 246 00:30:13.990 --> 00:30:15.620 Sima Kostovetsky: there's no motion 247 00:30:15.990 --> 00:30:17.290 Sima Kostovetsky: moving on. 248 00:30:20.080 --> 00:30:30.960 Sima Kostovetsky: And I hope you guys the breast of uh, any kind of final design, or what we end up with. I'll send you both. 249 00:30:31.580 --> 00:30:32.630 Sima Kostovetsky: Thank you. 250 00:30:33.280 --> 00:30:37.089 Sima Kostovetsky: Okay, moving on to Item Number Seven. 251 00:30:37.570 --> 00:30:44.280 Sima Kostovetsky: So I wanted to list all the things that are happening in the next 252 00:30:44.320 --> 00:30:46.310 Sima Kostovetsky: week. Basically 253 00:30:46.700 --> 00:31:02.539 Sima Kostovetsky: Um, some of this we've already posted and started working on um trunk. Retreat is a Halloween event put on by Department of Rex and Works. It's already up on our social and being promoted. 254 00:31:02.690 --> 00:31:05.370 Um, it is also up on our website. 255 00:31:07.130 --> 00:31:13.460 Sima Kostovetsky: Um. We have also been asked to 256 00:31:14.630 --> 00:31:21.340 Sima Kostovetsky: promote Item B, or to put it up on our website. This is the Dia Dellos mortose celebration at Spark. 257 00:31:21.760 --> 00:31:26.529 Sima Kostovetsky: Um, I just put that up on our uh website as well. 258 00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:31.179 Sima Kostovetsky: It's a beautiful beautiful event. And uh, 259 00:31:32.590 --> 00:31:48.410 Sima Kostovetsky: yeah, uh, we spoke about it at the So I think it's important to support. Okay, La Zoom Youth Council for Conservation. That was something that Freddie mentioned at the Vnc. Meeting. So I just wanted you to be aware of 260 00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:54.999 Sima Kostovetsky: something that we should promote right. It's a city program. I think it would be interesting, and it would hopefully young people involved. 261 00:31:57.430 --> 00:32:02.129 Sima Kostovetsky: Uh, last, but not least, as is, 262 00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:13.719 Sima Kostovetsky: which is the jazz fast local Venice justice partner with Venice heritage. Um! That was something that was promoted by Uh Councilman 263 00:32:14.470 --> 00:32:24.850 Sima Kostovetsky: Bonn's office at the Vnc. Meeting. So we're going to help promote that as well, especially since It's so Venice centric, and so on a specific. And uh, 264 00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:34.059 Brian Averill: yeah, that's also that's organized by your very own Jason Sugars. And yes, thank you. I That was my next line. 265 00:32:34.610 --> 00:32:42.830 Sima Kostovetsky: So Jason, who is a long time Venice resident, and uh, very much involved in this, is putting this together. So. Um! 266 00:32:43.330 --> 00:32:49.579 Sima Kostovetsky: We are going to be speaking and making sure that it is all part and parcel of 267 00:32:49.650 --> 00:32:51.130 where we're going with this, 268 00:32:52.010 --> 00:32:54.790 and I see Christopher has his hand up. Go ahead. 269 00:32:56.710 --> 00:33:13.720 Christopher Lee: Um! So this question keeps getting brought up during our meetings about what's appropriate to promote or not these all sound like great things to promote? And are we technically allowed to promote them? Are they governmental agency and events? 270 00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:18.650 Christopher Lee: Specifically, I'm. Calling out Spark! And as is jazz fest, the rest look like 271 00:33:18.830 --> 00:33:30.119 Sima Kostovetsky: as is, was as is being promoted by Cd. Eleven, so we can jump on that. Um it it isn't a government event. 272 00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:45.769 vicki halliday: Jason's doing it. So it's a community sponsorship. I mean It's not. We're not sponsoring. We're not putting any money out by the way. So we're not putting anything out. We're just blasting it to our community, 273 00:33:45.860 --> 00:33:49.129 Sima Kostovetsky: and the account that we hold 274 00:33:49.290 --> 00:33:54.619 Sima Kostovetsky: under Facebook is my account like that. I've been vetted on. So 275 00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:58.320 Angela McGregor: we're not spending any money. We're just 276 00:33:58.440 --> 00:34:03.779 Sima Kostovetsky: and again I point out to the fact that this was something that was brought up at the Venice Neighborhood Council meeting, 277 00:34:03.970 --> 00:34:09.809 Sima Kostovetsky: and it was supported by Cd. Eleven, and we can jump on anything that is, by Cd. Eleven 278 00:34:09.860 --> 00:34:15.739 Sima Kostovetsky: in terms of spark. I was specifically asked to put that up 279 00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:29.829 Sima Kostovetsky: by one of our Board members, so I will double check, and if it's not, if it's an issue, I will take it down. But I was not led to believe that it should be an issue. 280 00:34:29.929 --> 00:34:32.530 Sima Kostovetsky: Um, because I believe 281 00:34:32.670 --> 00:34:44.979 Sima Kostovetsky: it's not Rex and Parks, who's sponsoring it? But I actually believe that Cd. Eleven is sponsoring it. And if you look at what we've put up, it's a wonderful wonderful uh event for the community. 282 00:34:45.650 --> 00:34:46.980 Christopher Lee: Yeah, i'm not 283 00:34:47.020 --> 00:35:06.419 Sima Kostovetsky: doubting like the value of it. It's just getting clear on what our promotional guidelines are, since we've tried to promote 284 00:35:06.430 --> 00:35:10.389 Sima Kostovetsky: uh one of the things that's been clear is that if 285 00:35:10.450 --> 00:35:11.919 Sima Kostovetsky: it is not 286 00:35:11.990 --> 00:35:30.859 Sima Kostovetsky: sponsored by a city organization, a county organization, or a government organization period like It's they're participating. We can latch on. I know that there's been issues. For example, when I brought up the Venice Light Parade. But that's different. That goes to to a board vote. We could always ask 287 00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:36.979 Sima Kostovetsky: to promote from the board, and as long as the Board gives us permission that's fine, 288 00:35:38.060 --> 00:35:40.560 Sima Kostovetsky: we just have to bring it to the board. 289 00:35:41.620 --> 00:36:01.570 Christopher Lee: Does that clarify Christopher uh a little bit, and it'd be great if we could put like an infographic together. No pressure, Brian, that we put in front of our community on social being like, hey? If you have a great community event, this is how you get it promoted through the Vnc. Uh. So that it's codified for our our our stakeholders to know. 290 00:36:01.580 --> 00:36:20.899 Christopher Lee: Uh, because i'm sure there are a ton of things that would like to get promoted as well, being like one of them These other events, and having them know before they get us mired in the back and forth. Conversations we've had repeatedly would be a great way to stay ahead of it, and just to put information out there for our stakeholders. So 291 00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:34.480 Sima Kostovetsky: right Well, clearly, the trunk and treat Halloween event is not an issue. And again, because of Councilman Bonnan's office. I can't imagine that as is is going to be an issue 292 00:36:34.490 --> 00:36:51.660 Sima Kostovetsky: uh like, I said the only thing, and we haven't done any promotion yet for the La Zoom Youth Council for conservation, and that is sponsored by the city and done so. We can promote that. So really the question at hand is more about the 293 00:36:51.670 --> 00:37:05.669 Christopher Lee: it'd be great to have like a little infographic, and just be like something we announced every so often to our stakeholders. Hey, if you got an interesting Venice event. Here's the guidelines for how you can get it promoted through the Vnc. And point them to like 294 00:37:05.680 --> 00:37:12.030 Christopher Lee: that infographic. So just in the line of our like. How to's that we want to build out one day. 295 00:37:13.060 --> 00:37:17.250 Sima Kostovetsky: And um I mean frankly in the uh 296 00:37:18.330 --> 00:37:19.959 in the uh 297 00:37:21.120 --> 00:37:23.719 Sima Kostovetsky: promotion, like most 298 00:37:24.550 --> 00:37:40.009 Sima Kostovetsky: some of the stuff I learned first hand myself right like at the Vmc. Meeting. So some of this stuff gets announced by our representatives from the Government. So that's so. I feel like we already have that announcement at our Vmc. Meetings. And uh, 299 00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:43.310 Sima Kostovetsky: we can go from there. It's a good start. 300 00:37:43.690 --> 00:37:48.269 Sima Kostovetsky: Okay, uh, there is no motion. And, 301 00:37:48.600 --> 00:37:51.559 Sima Kostovetsky: Lisa, I see your hand, but there's no motion. 302 00:37:51.730 --> 00:37:53.209 Sima Kostovetsky: So 303 00:37:55.430 --> 00:38:05.960 Sima Kostovetsky: hey, see i'm i'm looking at the spark flyer. There's there's no city stamp or anything like that. So I don't I don't see the city or i'm so sorry. Can you repeat that? 304 00:38:06.620 --> 00:38:18.340 Brian Averill: Yeah, I don't think spark is city sponsored. I'm. Looking at the flyer that you sent me There's no city, seal or c. The eleven seal the parks all right, so I can take that off momentarily. 305 00:38:26.250 --> 00:38:30.410 Sima Kostovetsky: Okay. I can't do that in the middle of a meeting and sharing screens, but it will be taken off 306 00:38:30.660 --> 00:38:33.199 Sima Kostovetsky: as soon as that the meeting is done. 307 00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:35.000 Sima Kostovetsky: Okay, 308 00:38:35.810 --> 00:38:37.250 Sima Kostovetsky: Um, 309 00:38:41.450 --> 00:38:44.529 Sima Kostovetsky: Lisa, you have a minute. 310 00:38:45.910 --> 00:38:51.219 Sima Kostovetsky: Is this on item Number Seven on any of the items on Number Seven? 311 00:38:53.520 --> 00:39:10.139 Lisa Redmond - Venice Catholic Worker: Why, yes, it is on items on Number Seven, and thank you for allowing me to talk, even though there's not a motion, because it's an agenda is item. You have to allow public comment, because the only other opportunity was, 312 00:39:10.150 --> 00:39:40.139 Lisa Redmond - Venice Catholic Worker: The question is pretty much answered, if did where it was Meritos, and there are many wonderful events that are community events. But we can't. You only can produce city events, because otherwise, then you get mired into that whose event is better than another person's event to promote, and that's why the city has that rule. My big concern is that a lot of these are just right now, and everything is so last minute. Why, Aren't, we looking at items to promote that are in January and in February, so you can do some 313 00:39:40.150 --> 00:39:47.820 Lisa Redmond - Venice Catholic Worker: advance planning instead of everything being so last minute. That's just a suggestion. Thank you. 314 00:39:49.130 --> 00:39:56.400 Sima Kostovetsky: I thanks, Lisa. I'm going to cut you off. But I do want to actually address something, because I think it's important 315 00:39:56.570 --> 00:40:10.950 Sima Kostovetsky: um lighting off, I mean I'm going to mute you again. Um, But I just want you to be aware, like I got another notice today right from a committee that said, Hey, did you ever find out about this? 316 00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:29.289 Sima Kostovetsky: And this is on the thirty first. Can we promote it? Right? Today's the twenty-six. Sometimes things come up in my email or on my desk, because people remember to send it to me. I can only remind city agencies to email me important things 317 00:40:29.300 --> 00:40:38.510 Sima Kostovetsky: only so much until they get sick of me. So a lot of times I get things late. That's number one, not late, but 318 00:40:38.840 --> 00:40:48.359 Sima Kostovetsky: in time, Let's say maybe not two months in advance, maybe sometimes not even a week in advance, but two days in advance, and we do our best. That's number one Number two 319 00:40:49.780 --> 00:40:51.680 Sima Kostovetsky: kind of related to that. 320 00:40:51.820 --> 00:40:57.800 Sima Kostovetsky: We're promoting something, especially on social media. There is a plan, 321 00:40:57.890 --> 00:41:04.949 Sima Kostovetsky: and social media does not get to put put out months in advance. People don't remember 322 00:41:05.190 --> 00:41:20.949 Sima Kostovetsky: where i'm happy to post things a little bit further out on our website. But again, that is dependent on when I find out about things. And when people come to me, for example, burden Venice I've had up for two weeks, 323 00:41:21.260 --> 00:41:24.500 Sima Kostovetsky: and their event isn't coming up until November fifth. 324 00:41:24.710 --> 00:41:27.849 Sima Kostovetsky: So they gave me enough notice, right? 325 00:41:27.910 --> 00:41:30.609 Sima Kostovetsky: So just using that as an example. 326 00:41:31.110 --> 00:41:32.120 Sima Kostovetsky: Thank you. 327 00:41:32.750 --> 00:41:33.740 Sima Kostovetsky: Okay, 328 00:41:34.300 --> 00:41:35.660 Sima Kostovetsky: moving on. 329 00:41:40.250 --> 00:41:43.690 Sima Kostovetsky: Does the committee have anything to say, before we move on to Number Eight 330 00:41:45.260 --> 00:41:51.149 Christopher Lee: coming in to support the timeliness of those requests, like the infographic. 331 00:41:51.670 --> 00:41:56.080 Christopher Lee: Just be like, hey? Some of this three weeks in advance, so we have it 332 00:41:56.870 --> 00:42:00.910 Christopher Lee: when we're informing our stakeholders about anything that they'd like to announce. 333 00:42:02.860 --> 00:42:05.370 Sima Kostovetsky: I'm making a note. 334 00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:17.600 Sima Kostovetsky: Oh, shoot. I'm sorry hold on. I just got a text. Oh, okay, Eric is on. Thanks, Eric. I just saw your text. It's hard for me to look at my phone when i'm running a meeting 335 00:42:17.640 --> 00:42:19.940 Sima Kostovetsky: just as an Fyi: Thank you. 336 00:42:20.000 --> 00:42:21.160 Sima Kostovetsky: Um. 337 00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:29.030 Sima Kostovetsky: Okay. Moving on to Item Number eight. 338 00:42:39.170 --> 00:42:41.019 Sima Kostovetsky: Does anybody want to read the motion? 339 00:42:41.580 --> 00:42:42.520 Hmm. 340 00:42:43.240 --> 00:42:49.100 Brian Averill: I'll read it. 341 00:42:49.570 --> 00:42:58.900 Brian Averill: Okay. Item Number eight. 342 00:42:59.900 --> 00:43:16.200 Brian Averill: The outreach Committee moves to send the election plan to the General Board to review the plan and take necessary action as to how to proceed with the election, and either hire an election with administrator or form an election committee in order to implement said Plan Two, 343 00:43:16.840 --> 00:43:17.720 Hmm. 344 00:43:17.900 --> 00:43:19.359 Brian Averill: Do I have a second 345 00:43:19.500 --> 00:43:20.640 Angela McGregor: second. 346 00:43:21.140 --> 00:43:22.900 Thank you, Angela. 347 00:43:23.680 --> 00:43:39.439 Sima Kostovetsky: Thank you. I'll pass it. Pass the gavel back to you. Thank you. Thank you for for doing such an excellent job. Um, And I would like to thank Christopher for putting this together. Yeah. Nice work, Chris 348 00:43:39.890 --> 00:43:46.770 Sima Kostovetsky: and I. I don't know who else was involved. But i'd like to think whoever else was involved along with Christopher. 349 00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:49.180 Sima Kostovetsky: And uh, 350 00:43:49.240 --> 00:43:51.059 Sima Kostovetsky: let me 351 00:43:52.250 --> 00:43:56.290 Sima Kostovetsky: post stop the screen share. And uh, 352 00:44:01.390 --> 00:44:04.569 Sima Kostovetsky: do we have and let me go to public comment. 353 00:44:12.560 --> 00:44:16.119 Nick Antonicello: Why, don't you make the presentation before you have public comment? 354 00:44:18.580 --> 00:44:19.680 Sima Kostovetsky: I was 355 00:44:19.960 --> 00:44:21.929 Sima Kostovetsky: trying to stop my share 356 00:44:22.240 --> 00:44:24.890 Sima Kostovetsky: so that I could post this. 357 00:44:35.980 --> 00:44:39.650 Angela McGregor: Can you guys see it? Yeah. Yes. 358 00:44:44.430 --> 00:44:45.430 Sima Kostovetsky: Um. 359 00:44:45.450 --> 00:44:47.910 Sima Kostovetsky: I would like to once again 360 00:44:49.000 --> 00:44:54.130 Sima Kostovetsky: remind everybody that the motion on the floor is very specific. 361 00:44:54.340 --> 00:45:00.149 Sima Kostovetsky: It's not about debating the merits of the V and C. Election plan. 362 00:45:00.740 --> 00:45:07.090 Sima Kostovetsky: It is posted on my agenda, and the hope is that it over to the Board for the vote. 363 00:45:07.380 --> 00:45:10.440 Sima Kostovetsky: Um! I cannot go through. 364 00:45:12.040 --> 00:45:14.219 Nick Antonicello: Can you have Chris go through it? 365 00:45:15.450 --> 00:45:27.920 Sima Kostovetsky: I mean, if you wanted to do a presentation, you're welcome to do a presentation. But again, i'd like to remind everybody we're not voting on whether this is 366 00:45:28.240 --> 00:45:34.549 Sima Kostovetsky: that good, ugly, approving it or not, we are sending it straight to the board. 367 00:45:34.940 --> 00:45:41.140 Sima Kostovetsky: So, Chris, if you want to go through it, or at least pick out some important things to go through, please. 368 00:45:42.650 --> 00:45:56.909 Christopher Lee: Uh, sure. Um. So this outlines a strategy based on the fact that we were intending to start this in October uh the slide that you're on is the key deadlines for this election, 369 00:45:56.920 --> 00:46:15.870 Christopher Lee: as you can see, candidate filing will start right around Thanksgiving and go until January tenth. So the timing with the Vnc. Sign or the Venice signlighting works really well for the announcement of the candidate filing. It will be about a week after it starts, but still with sufficient time for people to submit their candidate Filings 370 00:46:15.880 --> 00:46:32.050 Christopher Lee: uh vote by mail applications. Start on January twenty, fifth, and on March seventh, election day is March. Twenty, six uh postmarks have to be finished by April fifth, and then official results are released shortly thereafter. If you go to the next couple of slides 371 00:46:32.060 --> 00:46:48.180 Christopher Lee: uh, that's just the official timeline with all the granular detail from the city clerk. Um, in terms of communications. If you go to slide eight uh, we will be leading primarily in digital. So if you go ahead to the next slide. 372 00:46:48.190 --> 00:47:04.430 Christopher Lee: Um, You're missing one slide that I just updated. But basically I've taken the messaging from October and moved it into November, and doubled up the messaging for December to include not only the filing information, but a request, a call to action for, uh, the candidate filing one hundred and fifty. 373 00:47:04.440 --> 00:47:22.509 Christopher Lee: Um. The intention here is to build the narrative about why people should get involved into the Vnc before we demand their participation. So I really do want to look for successes of the Vnc. Over the last couple of years. That point to why the Vnc. Is a vital body for people to participate in. Kind of. 374 00:47:23.280 --> 00:47:39.190 Christopher Lee: We build that interest in the the local stakeholder participation before we start saying, Hey, just file for candidacy. So uh, I think That's a very critical part of this narrative. As we build out our messaging, so that's been shifted into November. So 375 00:47:39.200 --> 00:47:47.970 Christopher Lee: once we get approval for that, we can move forward with that um, and put that messaging in before we start requesting candidate filing. Then 376 00:47:47.980 --> 00:48:17.399 Christopher Lee: present the V by mail information. As you see in this communication schedule we will be leaning on press releases to do key information. Social media constantly emails almost constantly once a month, and then the mailer is going to be one key mailer in February, right before the voting deadline. Now the aversion here is the printing cost and the distribution costs. Every time we do a mail campaign, it'll run us four thousand dollars to distribute that mail in addition to the design, and the print cost. 377 00:48:17.410 --> 00:48:43.520 Christopher Lee: So if we're doing a Voter guide, for example, which was brought to me by one of our stakeholders as a request, printing a multi page voter guide, and handing it out to all the addresses in uh Venice is prohibitively expensive. It's four thousand dollars just to distribute, let alone print and design that. So the intention here is to create a a post card, a five by seven postcard that directs people to the website via Qr code and short link 378 00:48:43.530 --> 00:48:58.710 Christopher Lee: that then they can get that full voter guide. Um! So again, just the timing of that postcard is going to be essential uh continuing on, you'll see that we have. Uh, I think it's like ten, for you 379 00:49:00.050 --> 00:49:09.909 Christopher Lee: might be slide alone. Yes, so select press, and we're always open to more press options here. These are just kind of the biggest ones that are in 380 00:49:09.920 --> 00:49:35.359 Christopher Lee: that is not taking into account their political leanings. It's simply for the broadest coverage. So if there are other uh publications that should be contacted. We, of course, will send their press release to them. Um! The press release will be, for surely, as a press release purely informational, just announcing the dates and deadlines, and what to do for ten to the filing vote by mail applications and voting in person. 381 00:49:35.370 --> 00:49:51.810 Christopher Lee: Um, next is our social media strategy. So uh, if approved Brian, I believe uh you, me, and whoever is running the election committee will be deeply involved in shaping this messaging. Uh. So if you want to advance in the next slide. Uh 382 00:49:52.660 --> 00:50:20.770 Christopher Lee: Chris I'm. I'm happy to help. I am, however, not on the election committee. Just want to point that out the election committee doesn't exist yet. So so this is kind of just outlining what the narrative framework for each month should be, uh with some key bullet points on things that we can create posts about. So accelerating forward, it goes into the candidate filing information, vote by mail information 383 00:50:20.780 --> 00:50:40.360 Christopher Lee: um in person, voting information and the Voter guide, finally a reminder in March, and then, finally, just the announcement of results. So that's the next couple of slides. I I do the same thing for the email. So anybody reading this plan again, it's a narrative that goes out with every email with the uh bullet points 384 00:50:40.370 --> 00:50:57.200 Christopher Lee: uh on what we're looking at for each email. So it gives us plenty of material to work from. Um. Next is our mailers, as I stated, that is specifically a five by seven postcard, not with no intention to do more, simply because it's cost prohibitive to 385 00:50:57.520 --> 00:51:05.329 Sima Kostovetsky: Christopher. If I can interject, you got to include nine hundred and two hundred and two. That's part of that. You got to include that as part of the plan, 386 00:51:05.460 --> 00:51:08.270 Angela McGregor: part of it, the Oxford triangle 387 00:51:08.410 --> 00:51:25.490 Christopher Lee: and the Peninsula are both Venice, and they're both nine thousand two hundred and two 388 00:51:25.500 --> 00:51:41.199 Christopher Lee: uh. So this map can be revised. Fortunately the Post Office does make it pretty simple to put this together. Uh, and the request is for something like this. We have to bring the materials to the post office in the appropriate size batches uh for them to distribute 389 00:51:41.250 --> 00:51:45.389 Christopher Lee: in terms of targeting. So if you events two more slides, 390 00:51:45.550 --> 00:52:00.859 Christopher Lee: I've broken it down into four demographics. We have our community interest in businesses. We have homeowners, renters, and the Un. House. Each of these is given a specific strategy. So if you advance to the next slide, for example, uh, each one of these is given a 391 00:52:00.870 --> 00:52:23.189 Christopher Lee: form of physical, outreach, digital, outreach, and some form of partner, organization, and community outreach. The example here for community interest is looking at physical outreach of having a small street team go out and engage the businesses on Ab. A kidney on ocean front, walk on Lincoln um, and requesting leaving posters and engaging our stakeholders that are not 392 00:52:23.200 --> 00:52:48.179 Christopher Lee: living here, but working here, since that that does call the stakeholder digital outreach would be done with connecting with partner organizations such as the Venice Chamber of Venice Beach Bid and the Uh. A Kitty Merchant Association, and leading into their email reach. So beyond the five thousand wait we have for the Vnc. Emails, leaning into each of these organizations for their email reach. And getting this, you know further out. Um. 393 00:52:48.190 --> 00:52:57.239 Christopher Lee: And then with any businesses that do choose to engage with us, having them email their employees and just making these people's voices hurt as well. Um. 394 00:52:57.310 --> 00:53:26.479 Christopher Lee: Going forward for homeowners, we can again go into a door knocking campaign and have that backed up with the mail postcard. Digital outreach would be targeted social media for people living in the appropriate zip codes, and not just nine thousand two hundred and ninety-one but nine o and nine two as well, and we, posting a digital content on the next door, app it would have to come in through individuals, and i'm partnering with organizations such as Evna and the Venice canals 395 00:53:26.580 --> 00:53:49.380 Christopher Lee: uh Physical outreach for Renters follows pretty much the same route, and then there's going to be the outreach for the Un. House. Now the Un house since they are moving target. Uh, I would lean very heavily into our partner organizations of safe place for youth and his family clinic, St. Joseph's bridge home and path, and ensure that they're providing 396 00:53:49.390 --> 00:53:55.239 Christopher Lee: voter outreach is one of the many services to the unhouse population 397 00:53:55.250 --> 00:54:10.620 Christopher Lee: going forward from there resources, we build out a web page. Now we're looking for the latest, if possible. So whenever possible, I would point straight to the city clerk's website uh and simply have our website be just a little more flash uh 398 00:54:10.960 --> 00:54:27.969 Christopher Lee: to just frame it well within our Vnc branding uh posters. I do want to create as well, and it just seems like another opportunity to engage the community by reaching out and seeing what Venice artists want to support this voting effort by creating posters for us, 399 00:54:27.980 --> 00:54:39.299 Christopher Lee: uh, and then weaving in that nice little hashtag that Christina uh suggested a couple of meetings ago. Hashtag Venice votes into our social media messaging our postcards, our posters. 400 00:54:39.310 --> 00:55:03.490 Christopher Lee: Um In terms of events. We'll be driving that with candidate filing invitations both by mail ballot request drives a candid forum and in-person voting on election day. Now, though, that's a pretty ambitious event schedule. So the only really critical ones are obviously the in person voting on election day, and the candidate Forum. The request drives and the filing limitations can be 401 00:55:03.500 --> 00:55:22.120 Sima Kostovetsky: I I I don't mean to be rude or cut you off. I just. I just kind of want to summarize this because it's not. We're gonna send this to the board, and we're going to make this available on Adc. So people can spend time on this as well. So is there like another big high point. 402 00:55:22.130 --> 00:55:41.530 Christopher Lee: Yeah. So I've included measures of success, and then, finally, our budget comes in with my approximations at about eleven thousand. So I believe we have the funds allocated. You see a line, my line budget towards the end, uh marking what this would all be allocated to. I think that's going to be key in the discussion for Adcom and Budget and the board, 403 00:55:41.540 --> 00:56:01.269 Christopher Lee: so it's pretty exhaustive. I've gotten a lot of opinions from other people in the community, and I'm. Constantly open to more feedback on how to revise and improve this. I think it touches on just about every form of stakeholder that we have in Venice, and form some strategy to reach them. 404 00:56:01.280 --> 00:56:18.789 Christopher Lee: Um! And puts a majority of the work outside of our hands. It's really enrolling the community organizations and the partner organizations that exist which I think will be key to developing just relationships for the outreach committee as well as for this election. Uh. So that's it. 405 00:56:20.850 --> 00:56:24.769 Sima Kostovetsky: Thank you very much. As you can see. This is a lot of work. 406 00:56:24.960 --> 00:56:32.030 Sima Kostovetsky: That's why uh outreach and elections have been separate. And uh, in the past. I've also had 407 00:56:32.240 --> 00:56:41.740 Sima Kostovetsky: uh an elections assistant that has done so much of this work for us, and it's not all about volunteers. So, 408 00:56:42.450 --> 00:56:45.110 Sima Kostovetsky: and that is where we are. 409 00:56:45.150 --> 00:56:56.610 Sima Kostovetsky: Okay, Thank you so much. Um: Obviously, this is linked in my agenda. We're gonna uh hopefully approve our motion and uh send it to the board. 410 00:56:58.220 --> 00:56:59.439 Brian Averill: Public comment. 411 00:56:59.630 --> 00:57:05.199 Sima Kostovetsky: Let me stop the share for a second 412 00:57:06.670 --> 00:57:09.560 Sima Kostovetsky: and uh, let's go to public comment, 413 00:57:10.580 --> 00:57:12.110 Sima Kostovetsky: if we have any. 414 00:57:15.220 --> 00:57:17.539 Sima Kostovetsky: I see I am 415 00:57:21.920 --> 00:57:25.330 Elizabeth Wright: okay, Liz. I Miss Elizabeth right 416 00:57:32.590 --> 00:57:37.969 Elizabeth Wright: area with extensive experience in neighborhood council elections, 417 00:57:38.430 --> 00:57:39.479 Elizabeth Wright: and 418 00:57:39.660 --> 00:57:43.110 Elizabeth Wright: when I tried to download This I found I could not, 419 00:57:43.680 --> 00:57:45.680 Elizabeth Wright: so I would appreciate. 420 00:57:45.980 --> 00:57:47.549 Elizabeth Wright: Maybe tomorrow 421 00:57:47.890 --> 00:57:50.699 Elizabeth Wright: it's getting a downloadable Pdf. 422 00:57:50.980 --> 00:57:52.439 Elizabeth Wright: Word 423 00:57:52.530 --> 00:57:55.100 Elizabeth Wright: word perfect text, 424 00:57:55.280 --> 00:57:57.420 Elizabeth Wright: any kind of format you would like 425 00:57:58.230 --> 00:58:08.430 Elizabeth Wright: um, so that I can do. An in-depth review uh a lot of work has gone into this really a lot and I appreciate everything that 426 00:58:08.480 --> 00:58:10.260 Elizabeth Wright: you guys have been doing, 427 00:58:11.180 --> 00:58:13.419 Sima Kostovetsky: Liz. Thank you. And Ned 428 00:58:13.970 --> 00:58:17.579 Elizabeth Wright: and one one other thing about the um, 429 00:58:18.790 --> 00:58:20.599 Elizabeth Wright: the motion itself. 430 00:58:22.430 --> 00:58:24.669 Elizabeth Wright: Uh, there is no general board. 431 00:58:25.640 --> 00:58:27.570 Elizabeth Wright: It's board of officers. 432 00:58:30.100 --> 00:58:32.350 Thank you for the clarification. 433 00:58:33.370 --> 00:58:34.560 Okay. 434 00:58:34.590 --> 00:58:41.249 Sima Kostovetsky: Next, we have Elizabeth. Right? I'm. Muting you. And 435 00:58:43.470 --> 00:58:47.569 Sima Kostovetsky: okay, there we go next. We have Lisa. 436 00:58:51.640 --> 00:59:04.039 Lisa Redmond - Venice Catholic Worker: Um, Yeah, uh, I think you're wrong. This is the place where we can discuss the merits of it, because you can't do that at Adcom. And committees are where people get to discuss items. Um! 437 00:59:04.510 --> 00:59:07.400 Lisa Redmond - Venice Catholic Worker: The point was brought up about, including the 438 00:59:07.640 --> 00:59:26.060 Lisa Redmond - Venice Catholic Worker: Oxford triangle and the Marina Peninsula. So I just wanted to reiterate that, and I think that this is wonderful. I think Christopher did a shit ton of work on it, and it really shows um, and I really appreciate his dedication to this uh, and then 439 00:59:26.070 --> 00:59:43.910 Lisa Redmond - Venice Catholic Worker: uh Chris, for I'm really i'm not happy with the artwork that goes with the homelessness. Um! And in outreach there. But we can talk about that. I would. I think that that piece of art is a little derogatory. But um, we can talk about that after the fact. Thanks. 440 00:59:44.280 --> 00:59:46.300 Sima Kostovetsky: Thank you, Lisa. 441 00:59:52.210 --> 00:59:55.559 Sima Kostovetsky: Okay, Erica more. 442 00:59:57.040 --> 01:00:10.239 Erica Moore: Hey, you guys, I'm: so excited i'm actually able to be at this meeting, 443 01:00:10.250 --> 01:00:28.390 Erica Moore: not allowing me on this on an android to uh click the link directly. I'm really hoping that can get sorted out some day, but that aside i'm thrilled to see all this work that Christopher has put together. Um, I just know from my interactions with him. He's so detailed, and so he cares so much, 444 01:00:28.400 --> 01:00:44.500 Erica Moore: and he really goes the extra mile to try to make sure that every you know I is dotted, and every t is crossed, and I really thank him for that, because I know that There's been some issues trying to get people to to get involved in having a committee for um the election, 445 01:00:45.020 --> 01:01:01.909 Erica Moore: you know, for this time around. So um thank you so much for that and anybody else who participated. I'm sorry, but I was late to the meeting, and I can't access the agenda to read anything about anything, so I might be saying something that's not exactly in sync because of that. 446 01:01:01.920 --> 01:01:13.330 Erica Moore: But I um also just wanted to say that. Um, of course, Christopher, you know that being where I'm located, I'm happy to put displays up on my business for the election. 447 01:01:13.340 --> 01:01:29.750 Sima Kostovetsky: And um, okay, Thanks so much. You guys, whatever. Thank you. And um, I I We will try to look into that. So we will, you know. We will try to rest any kind of android issues. I'm not aware of that, because I have android myself. But thank you for bringing that to our attention. 448 01:01:30.300 --> 01:01:31.679 Erica Moore: No problem. 449 01:01:33.620 --> 01:01:38.610 Sima Kostovetsky: Okay. And we have Jim me at 450 01:01:42.410 --> 01:01:43.759 Angela McGregor: It's muted 451 01:01:45.060 --> 01:01:46.370 Brian Averill: Jamie. I muted. 452 01:01:46.950 --> 01:01:52.339 Sima Kostovetsky: I'm trying. I've I've asked him to unmute, Jim. Can you unmute? 453 01:01:52.590 --> 01:02:09.999 jim murez: Yeah, i'm unmuted. Now Can you hear me? You you muted. Thank you. I'm going to need a little bit more than a minute, and i'll try and make it quick. Um! But but you need to hear me out Um. In previous years the Board had an election committee because the Board conducted the election. 454 01:02:10.010 --> 01:02:22.840 jim murez: The Board no longer conducts the election. The city clerk conducts the election. We have nothing to do with the day of voting. They've made that very clear. No one on the board is allowed to participate in that. 455 01:02:22.850 --> 01:02:39.469 jim murez: So what we have to do as a board is the outreach to get people involved in in coming to apply to be candidates, and we have to do the outreach to get people to come and vote. Now the candidate forum is a different issue, 456 01:02:39.480 --> 01:02:53.820 jim murez: but as far as the day of voting we don't get involved in that. I want to make that very clear, because that came up in the presentation. So really, what we do need from this committee is to discuss the merits of the 457 01:02:53.830 --> 01:03:10.000 jim murez: plan. Does the plan cover the outreach that we want to do to get candidates to file, and does it cover the outreach that we want to do to get voters to come and participate on the day of voting. 458 01:03:10.200 --> 01:03:20.270 jim murez: That's really what we need. We need that motion to go forward to the as a recommendation that the plan covers that, 459 01:03:20.280 --> 01:03:39.160 jim murez: and then that recommendation will hopefully get approved by Adcom, and the budget will get approved by the Budget Committee and put a push forward to Addcom, and that then those two motions for Madcom will go to the board as two separate motions, and those two motions will then be approved or denied by the Board. 460 01:03:39.170 --> 01:03:41.509 jim murez: So really the work tonight 461 01:03:41.820 --> 01:03:51.209 jim murez: is to get everybody's opinion, both the committee and the general public. And maybe this means you have to ask the question of the general public again. 462 01:03:51.220 --> 01:04:18.559 jim murez: But does the plan address getting people involved that we want to get involved. I think it does personally, and I want to thank Christopher for doing such a great job. He really took the ball and and ran with it, and and he needs to to be padded on the back. This is a working document that I think this committee should be very proud of, and it should be able to to put down on the website. As this is the game plan for this year and many years to come, 463 01:04:18.570 --> 01:04:30.989 jim murez: and and I think that that will be the legacy of of how the elections are to be held in the future. Um, I don't think we will ever have an election committee again, because I don't think we will ever run elections again. 464 01:04:31.290 --> 01:04:59.529 jim murez: So that concludes my my statement. Except for one last thing, Christopher, Just so, you know the Vnc. Has, and Vicki can probably find it for you. If you can't find it. Um! What's known as a region map, it's actually the approved map of done, and that shows the actual outlying area that goes all the way to Venice High School, and and covers a small portion of what some people think is Marina del Ray, but it's actually not. Um. So with that I will conclude, 465 01:04:59.540 --> 01:05:03.779 jim murez: and and I will let you continue to 466 01:05:05.230 --> 01:05:07.829 Elizabeth Wright: Okay, committee comment. 467 01:05:08.550 --> 01:05:10.149 Elizabeth Wright: I know first. 468 01:05:10.830 --> 01:05:14.279 Sima Kostovetsky: Oh, no, I'm sorry, Elizabeth. Uh. So uh, 469 01:05:14.880 --> 01:05:22.689 Elizabeth Wright: because participant comment on this agenda is very clear that the items will not be discussed. 470 01:05:23.780 --> 01:05:29.820 Sima Kostovetsky: Uh oh, say, thank you for clarifying that. So I let me try to mute you. You don't get to discuss it. 471 01:05:32.840 --> 01:05:40.370 Sima Kostovetsky: I am trying to mute. Okay, Got it. Thank you, Elizabeth. So, Jim, I respectfully disagree. 472 01:05:41.660 --> 01:05:48.609 Sima Kostovetsky: I have made it very, very clear that, given the complex work that went into this 473 01:05:48.640 --> 01:05:51.160 Sima Kostovetsky: with Christopher 474 01:05:51.660 --> 01:06:09.330 Sima Kostovetsky: and the other people that were involved. It is not outreach this job to do the Vnc. Elections. I've been very clear. We have supported the Nc. Elections in the past, as outreach has done. We have worked together with 475 01:06:09.340 --> 01:06:14.919 Sima Kostovetsky: the prior elections, Committee and Elections administrator in the past, 476 01:06:15.030 --> 01:06:26.310 Sima Kostovetsky: but Outreach has never done elections. It has always been separate, and I will continue to fight that, and I will go to my grave to fight for that. 477 01:06:26.630 --> 01:06:36.419 Sima Kostovetsky: That is why the motion tonight is not about the merits or to vet this presentation. It is not outreach's job to do that. 478 01:06:36.590 --> 01:06:41.670 Sima Kostovetsky: The Board needs to approve the election plan as presented. 479 01:06:42.870 --> 01:06:45.190 Sima Kostovetsky: That is what the Board needs to do. 480 01:06:45.250 --> 01:06:55.719 Sima Kostovetsky: We, as the outreach committee, are pushing and allowing the Board to review the election and and make adjustments. 481 01:06:56.190 --> 01:07:01.209 Sima Kostovetsky: The reason why outreach has always been separate, 482 01:07:02.090 --> 01:07:03.669 and has always 483 01:07:03.960 --> 01:07:08.470 Sima Kostovetsky: from elections. We have also had our own budget. 484 01:07:09.450 --> 01:07:17.309 Sima Kostovetsky: I'm sorry uh elections has always had their own budget outside of outreach that we have had nothing to do with. 485 01:07:17.760 --> 01:07:25.220 Sima Kostovetsky: There's a reason why these things are separate, and I to Jim's point about the city. The city said that the last time, 486 01:07:25.460 --> 01:07:37.629 Sima Kostovetsky: and, in fact, at the Vnc meeting I, Freddie, talked about actually having a meeting with an election administrator from the city at some point in November. 487 01:07:38.600 --> 01:07:39.830 Sima Kostovetsky: So 488 01:07:40.540 --> 01:07:43.739 Sima Kostovetsky: the city has to give us more guidance, 489 01:07:44.040 --> 01:07:55.009 Sima Kostovetsky: and once again, that is not something that outreach should be doing. That is why the motion stands, and that is what i'm fighting for. 490 01:07:55.090 --> 01:07:57.129 We have a motion on 491 01:07:57.210 --> 01:07:58.490 Sima Kostovetsky: the floor. 492 01:07:58.860 --> 01:08:01.259 Sima Kostovetsky: Is there any committee comments? 493 01:08:02.970 --> 01:08:05.420 Nick Antonicello: What Is it promotion? And who seconded 494 01:08:06.400 --> 01:08:09.390 Sima Kostovetsky: Nick? I cannot hear you. Can you please? 495 01:08:09.440 --> 01:08:17.200 Nick Antonicello: Who made the motion, and who Ryan made the motion? Am I correct? 496 01:08:17.390 --> 01:08:22.750 Sima Kostovetsky: And I I believe that Angela you second it. 497 01:08:26.189 --> 01:08:28.819 Brian Averill: Um, I'm just gonna pipe in here. 498 01:08:29.189 --> 01:08:48.080 Brian Averill: This is great. Chris did great work. This is far more of a plan than the Vnc. Has ever had. I'm willing to bet my bank account on that. It's great. All the steps are there. We can quibble about fixing little things, but that that seems crazy like this is as good as it's been for the V, and so 499 01:08:48.090 --> 01:08:51.610 Brian Averill: throw it up to the board and vote on it and get cracking. 500 01:08:52.189 --> 01:08:55.400 Angela McGregor: I don't. Can I just say i'm not clear 501 01:08:55.580 --> 01:09:01.879 Angela McGregor: when Jim says that the city is going to act in the same capacity. That election. 502 01:09:01.920 --> 01:09:07.089 Angela McGregor: Is that what I'm hearing that they're going to step in and be like Ivan and 503 01:09:07.130 --> 01:09:11.069 Angela McGregor: Elizabeth. For in the past, or I mean because 504 01:09:12.180 --> 01:09:21.080 Angela McGregor: that seems to be the implication here that we don't need an election committee because they are going to be doing it instead, 505 01:09:21.290 --> 01:09:26.539 Angela McGregor: and I I totally agree with you. The outreach is always been sort of the promotional, 506 01:09:26.970 --> 01:09:36.139 Angela McGregor: and of the day it like they. We handle the outreach and the promotion, which is a big part of it. Don't get me wrong here, but there's always been 507 01:09:36.310 --> 01:09:47.710 Angela McGregor: uh committee, and it was, you know, Ivan and was, and they had somebody working with them um to deal with all of the stuff that really isn't just about outreach. 508 01:09:47.899 --> 01:09:51.750 Elizabeth Wright: The city administers the election 509 01:09:52.490 --> 01:10:11.029 Angela McGregor: right. They administer the election, but they don't take. I guess what i'm saying is, they wouldn't take the place of what you guys did in the past. Exactly. Thank you for bringing that out, and um to that point, Angela. The city promised us last year 510 01:10:11.170 --> 01:10:13.480 Angela McGregor: to help us. Yeah, 511 01:10:13.890 --> 01:10:15.620 Sima Kostovetsky: And you know 512 01:10:16.230 --> 01:10:17.230 Sima Kostovetsky: things 513 01:10:17.380 --> 01:10:35.229 Angela McGregor: don't necessarily go as planned. I mean, I i'm looking at this plan, and it's It's really I mean, it is amazing and amazing. It's great. It accomplish what it's set up, and the committee we can absolutely. We've already decided about what we're gonna do for the Christmas lighting. 514 01:10:35.240 --> 01:10:43.789 Angela McGregor: I think it's imperative that we do a lot of election outreach at the Christmas lighting because of the timing. So we need to be ready to go 515 01:10:43.920 --> 01:10:52.550 Angela McGregor: by December third with election materials, which means we need somebody driving the bus 516 01:10:52.630 --> 01:10:59.310 Angela McGregor: in order to get where we need to be going, and I think that's what you're essentially saying is, there needs to be someone 517 01:10:59.650 --> 01:11:05.480 Angela McGregor: uh someone on the board or some somebody an election committee person, 518 01:11:05.640 --> 01:11:09.679 Sima Kostovetsky: And by the way, the the that 519 01:11:09.690 --> 01:11:32.910 Sima Kostovetsky: you know to your point about December third it's general outreach we're announcing Canada filing on November twenty-six. It's not specific. It's everything that we've done before. It's a I think it's just a really good opportunity. That's Why, I think yeah, No, I mean that's you know. A week after that we're going to be sitting at a booth with the entire community, 520 01:11:32.920 --> 01:11:40.710 Angela McGregor: and we absolutely need to be ready to go. Uh with candidate. We you know all the materials that Christopher's described. 521 01:11:40.720 --> 01:11:56.580 Angela McGregor: Um, not all the materials by December third, anything to do with recruiting candidates and and uh, educating people about the you know what how it works, kind of thing something something's got to be on that table. On the third 522 01:11:57.250 --> 01:12:03.479 Brian Averill: Is there an election committee or an election person from the Vnc. I'm. Not clear on that. 523 01:12:04.680 --> 01:12:09.799 Brian Averill: Is there an election committee or an election administrator? 524 01:12:09.950 --> 01:12:15.279 Sima Kostovetsky: There has nothing's been formed. That's the whole point of this motion. Nothing's been formed. 525 01:12:15.300 --> 01:12:17.259 Sima Kostovetsky: It has to go to adcom. 526 01:12:17.300 --> 01:12:22.499 Brian Averill: Will there be anybody from the Vnc who's sort of the liaison with the city. 527 01:12:24.940 --> 01:12:27.620 Sima Kostovetsky: I mean hopefully that 528 01:12:27.730 --> 01:12:37.719 Sima Kostovetsky: uh, you know, in the 529 01:12:37.860 --> 01:12:39.840 vicki halliday: it would be. 530 01:12:40.190 --> 01:12:45.230 Sima Kostovetsky: Wait I I just. I want to finish my thought uh what it Oh, 531 01:12:45.950 --> 01:12:47.460 Sima Kostovetsky: what did you say? 532 01:12:48.000 --> 01:12:53.789 Sima Kostovetsky: I'm sorry I I got disconnected. Never mind, i'm muting. I'm By 533 01:12:59.010 --> 01:13:08.179 Sima Kostovetsky: Jim! I don't see Jim's hand. Oh, there we go. Let Let let let Christopher speak because Christopher Hasn't spoken yet. 534 01:13:08.700 --> 01:13:20.989 Christopher Lee: Uh well, I'd like clarification from Jim. How the interaction with the city clerk's office is gonna work. Uh, I just did want to acknowledge both uh Lisa and Elizabeth's. Input 535 01:13:21.000 --> 01:13:45.239 Christopher Lee: I've sent the outreach committee the Pdf. Of this so that we can get that posted so that it can be reviewed in an easier format than that link. Elizabeth and Lisa. Uh. As soon as that graphic hit the screen. I knew I made the wrong decision on the On House representation, so I corrected that as well. Um, So I appreciate both of your input And then, Jim, if you can provide clarity on how our interactions are going to work with the city clerk's office. 536 01:13:45.250 --> 01:13:56.540 Christopher Lee: That would be great. Um! If it does come down to us forming a committee uh I'm. Glad to spearhead the effort for as long as I can, until I put in my own candidacy for uh 537 01:13:56.570 --> 01:13:58.660 Christopher Lee: for a community officer. So 538 01:14:00.350 --> 01:14:02.670 Sima Kostovetsky: okay, Thank you, Christopher. 539 01:14:03.630 --> 01:14:05.000 Sima Kostovetsky: All right, Jim. 540 01:14:07.770 --> 01:14:09.869 jim murez: Um. So. Um. 541 01:14:09.880 --> 01:14:39.740 jim murez: I want to answer Brian's question because I think he answer a very clear question: Is there going to be, or is there an election committee? At this point? There is no election committee For two months I asked anybody that wanted to participate in putting something together um to propose something, and although we have a lot of complaints during the last election cycle from various people in the committee in in the community about how the election committee was being run. Um! Nobody stepped up to wanting to do anything, 542 01:14:39.920 --> 01:14:59.320 jim murez: so um. I had a discussion with our Vice President Daffodil. We wanted to have it be a discussion with our executive committee, but we couldn't get together to have a meeting. We decided that the various uh uh committees would handle the portion of the election that has to be handled. 543 01:14:59.330 --> 01:15:06.470 jim murez: Um, as far as who will be interacting with the city to answer Chris Uh Christopher's question. 544 01:15:06.490 --> 01:15:25.299 jim murez: Um! At this point i'm. Assuming it will be myself and daffodil who will be uh talking to whoever it is in the city clerk's office. Um! I will tell you that I am still writing back and forth with um the department of Neighborhood empowerment, and with Um! 545 01:15:25.310 --> 01:15:44.429 jim murez: What's her name? Wilcox, the the woman in charge of the city clerk's office, to see if we can't get our three months back? Um, for those of you that are not aware of it. This is the first year that the city has ever had us be the first election to take place, and we weren't notified of it until about three months ago. 546 01:15:44.440 --> 01:15:50.280 jim murez: And so, as a result, we had very little time whatsoever to prepare anything, 547 01:15:50.290 --> 01:16:10.429 jim murez: and and it's all just coming down to the wire. So I think that that answers as much as we know at this point seem it did. The Uh. Mentioned that the the The city clerk's office is going to have an election person that's going to be handling the election on the city side Meet with us to tell us exactly how that works for us. 548 01:16:10.440 --> 01:16:19.510 jim murez: Um. But as far as us having an individually uh one person assigned to interacting with the city at this point. I don't know of any such person. 549 01:16:19.520 --> 01:16:37.139 jim murez: Um, and as far as as Christopher you, you not being able to participate, I want to make it very clear that that none of the proposal that uh Christopher has put together at this point describes anything that would be in conflict with him being able to run, 550 01:16:37.150 --> 01:16:58.180 jim murez: and and that needs to be very clear. And and Brian for you as well. If you decide you want to run, or anybody else, for that matter. Um, you know this is all supposed to just be very nuts and bolts stuff. This is dates, and this is forms that have to be filled out, and here are the steps that you have to go to to participate, and we're not talking about anything that uh 551 01:16:58.190 --> 01:17:14.159 jim murez: it. It would cause anyone any conflict of interest. Um at any level of of uh the election process. So uh, if I decide to run, or anybody else decides to run, they should feel like this is absolutely okay. And and if there's any question about it, 552 01:17:14.170 --> 01:17:38.089 jim murez: uh, we want to be very clear about that. That. We need to go to uh the city attorney and to the department of neighborhood empowerment, and make sure that we're. We're staying clean like squeaky clean on the on the issues of anything that might cause a conflict, or might cause someone to claim that that there was some kind of electioneering or something else going on. And, Jim, Thank you so much for the clarification. Thank you. 553 01:17:38.100 --> 01:17:51.059 Sima Kostovetsky: Um. So I just would like to reiterate that we have a motion on the table, and we should call the role. Thank you. 554 01:17:51.210 --> 01:17:56.439 Sima Kostovetsky: Call on a roll, Brian, Since you made the motion, Yes or no. 555 01:18:01.050 --> 01:18:07.910 Angela McGregor: Where did Brian disappear To 556 01:18:08.630 --> 01:18:14.160 Sima Kostovetsky: Brian? Yes or no Motion in him. 557 01:18:14.900 --> 01:18:20.170 Angela McGregor: Thank you, Angela. I'm going because you seconded it. Yes or no. 558 01:18:20.680 --> 01:18:22.019 Thank you. 559 01:18:22.640 --> 01:18:28.340 Sima Kostovetsky: Uh Nick and Tony cello. I'm going a little out of where these days. 560 01:18:28.600 --> 01:18:30.139 Angela McGregor: He said. Yes, 561 01:18:31.270 --> 01:18:32.699 Sima Kostovetsky: thank you, 562 01:18:33.290 --> 01:18:35.469 Vicki 563 01:18:36.660 --> 01:18:38.949 vicki halliday: Yay, I said, Yes, 564 01:18:39.340 --> 01:18:40.840 thank you. 565 01:18:42.140 --> 01:18:47.550 Christopher Lee: Okay. And Christopher last, but not least. 566 01:18:48.000 --> 01:19:00.410 Sima Kostovetsky: Thank you so much, Christopher. Thank you again. It was a herculean task, and i'm glad that you were able to involve some of our stakeholders which has been one of our biggest credit systems. 567 01:19:00.430 --> 01:19:05.040 Sima Kostovetsky: So thank you. Moving on. Your plan will go to outcome, and then we'll go from there. 568 01:19:05.250 --> 01:19:06.979 Sima Kostovetsky: Thank you. Everybody. 569 01:19:07.180 --> 01:19:10.379 Sima Kostovetsky: Okay. Item Number nine. 570 01:19:11.640 --> 01:19:22.690 Sima Kostovetsky: I already talked about it as my chair. We got to get at the vote for November eighth, so we're not spending any money to promote the vote, but we should just get that out there 571 01:19:25.210 --> 01:19:26.320 Sima Kostovetsky: all right, 572 01:19:26.760 --> 01:19:36.179 Brian Averill: that we can't promote that, anyway. So again we can't promote on social media. Anyway, it won't, let us. 573 01:19:36.930 --> 01:19:51.540 Sima Kostovetsky: But yeah, I mean we'll just be um to Jim's point at the Vnc. And I did put that up in Item Number seven um under item seven d. The General election. November eighth. Let me actually share my screen, so I can pull up my uh the agenda again. 574 01:19:51.640 --> 01:20:03.110 Sima Kostovetsky: Uh, so they We will have a pulling place here in Venice, where you can go in person, and one of them is going to be at the farmers market on the the fourth of November. So Thank you. 575 01:20:04.190 --> 01:20:06.539 Sima Kostovetsky: Okay, Let me pull up 576 01:20:06.590 --> 01:20:08.310 the agenda. Actually, 577 01:20:20.220 --> 01:20:22.499 Angela McGregor: can you guys see? 578 01:20:22.840 --> 01:20:23.800 Okay, 579 01:20:24.710 --> 01:20:26.040 Sima Kostovetsky: Thank you. 580 01:20:26.070 --> 01:20:34.160 Sima Kostovetsky: Okay, Uh: moving on to Number Ten spotlight on Hiling B and C committees in our community. 581 01:20:34.240 --> 01:20:38.509 Sima Kostovetsky: Um. Any suggestions on who we should 582 01:20:38.950 --> 01:20:42.670 Sima Kostovetsky: talk to first? No, I've had no volunteers, by the way. 583 01:20:45.110 --> 01:20:48.109 Angela McGregor: Oh, there's some good choices, 584 01:20:49.270 --> 01:21:00.090 Sima Kostovetsky: and I will be sending, I know right. I will be sending out uh an e-blast and i've lost an email to the board. Just kind of saying, Hey, like we want to promote you. 585 01:21:00.180 --> 01:21:02.339 Angela McGregor: Mhm Let us know 586 01:21:03.150 --> 01:21:11.599 Brian Averill: Why don't we go over to our arbor? Someone that people 587 01:21:12.310 --> 01:21:24.590 Angela McGregor: let's see who Who else is out there. The Homelessness Committee does, 588 01:21:24.610 --> 01:21:34.860 Sima Kostovetsky: you know Board walk? 589 01:21:35.300 --> 01:21:51.410 Sima Kostovetsky: He doesn't need your help. Well, I work at the best of the chairs. So you know, if the the chairs, whatever the chairs want to do, not whatever it you know, we try to work with them. 590 01:21:51.670 --> 01:21:52.780 Um! 591 01:21:56.070 --> 01:21:59.630 Christopher Lee: Why, don't we start even closer. 592 01:22:00.310 --> 01:22:10.539 Christopher Lee: I just start with the members of this committee, I mean, uh, like we could spend all our talk about outreach. 593 01:22:10.570 --> 01:22:18.830 Christopher Lee: I mean, the outreach is starting with us, and just saying why we've decided to volunteer for the outreach committee like 594 01:22:19.540 --> 01:22:20.460 Christopher Lee: It's 595 01:22:20.700 --> 01:22:28.069 Christopher Lee: going to guarantee results because we're all here right, and presumably we're doing outreach for a reason, and then 596 01:22:28.540 --> 01:22:42.970 Christopher Lee: setting the example, for like a ninety second clip for the other committees as we reach out to them, so they don't feel the pressure of like, What are we doing? It's just like here. Watch this quick clip on Brian. Nope, No pressure bride. 597 01:22:43.000 --> 01:22:51.399 Christopher Lee: Why, I mean that's where I would go with it because it'd be shooting fish in a barrel. Otherwise, we're going to keep asking and getting no response. And 598 01:22:52.750 --> 01:22:55.270 Sima Kostovetsky: all right, Christopher, that's on you. 599 01:22:55.640 --> 01:23:01.070 Sima Kostovetsky: Okay, So I've I've lost my beautiful uh 600 01:23:01.100 --> 01:23:03.910 Sima Kostovetsky: talking head. So Um. 601 01:23:05.590 --> 01:23:09.099 Sima Kostovetsky: Um, yeah, no. I think that would be great if 602 01:23:09.150 --> 01:23:26.850 Sima Kostovetsky: it in terms of our committee. But I get what you're saying. I like this idea because we started. I I don't know if you guys remember. But when we first started this idea about it not just committees, but us in general. How do we promote the Vmc. We talked about this. We talked about, like, 603 01:23:26.860 --> 01:23:31.549 Sima Kostovetsky: you know, doing little blurbs about who you are, Why, we got involved. Who's the Vnc. 604 01:23:31.710 --> 01:23:46.479 Sima Kostovetsky: So I I think it's a good continuation on that. We just have to move move on it, and I do not have the knowledge base in terms of production to put that out there. But you know more more work for you, Christopher. 605 01:23:47.120 --> 01:23:51.330 Christopher Lee: Uh, when do you want this clip by? Then i'll put something together 606 01:23:51.780 --> 01:24:15.059 Christopher Lee: as long as i'm? Not, I mean, who wants to participate? Let's start with that Who wants to participate? Who wants to be on in the video? 607 01:24:15.240 --> 01:24:19.480 Sima Kostovetsky: Okay, you know, just just to kind of yeah, 608 01:24:19.730 --> 01:24:31.030 Sima Kostovetsky: Okay, give me a week and I'll have that on your desk. 609 01:24:31.160 --> 01:24:39.849 Sima Kostovetsky: And then you, you tell me a time when you think that you know we might get around to doing it, and if you want to send out a script or any of these suggestions. 610 01:24:40.110 --> 01:24:54.150 Sima Kostovetsky: But yeah, if you guys as outreach for the time being, since we're gonna be the first ones. Please email all of us and let us, I mean, unless you just want to let me know. But you know, why did you want to be a part of outreach. 611 01:24:54.580 --> 01:25:04.289 Angela McGregor: I'm wondering if we can't if we can't sort of dovetail this into promotion for the election, because we are, after all, trying to encourage people to get involved. 612 01:25:04.410 --> 01:25:10.379 Angela McGregor: And so I think this sounds like a really good way to 613 01:25:10.570 --> 01:25:19.450 Angela McGregor: inspire people, to to get involved with the V. And C is is to talk to people who are involved about. You know why they wanted 614 01:25:19.870 --> 01:25:27.559 Angela McGregor: wanted to be in, or what what they do, and why they? I I think the two are kind of hand and glove. Actually. 615 01:25:27.660 --> 01:25:32.190 Christopher Lee: Yeah, I really like that thinking, Angela so 616 01:25:33.480 --> 01:25:39.020 Christopher Lee: cool, i'll, I'll do a quick day. Clip and punt it to you by end of day. Saturday. So 617 01:25:39.070 --> 01:25:51.239 Sima Kostovetsky: yeah, I mean, Christopher, I I know that you have a lot on your plate also. So you know. What can we be realistic about deadlines, do you? I I cannot respond to you. 618 01:25:51.250 --> 01:26:07.189 Sima Kostovetsky: I I I've blocked it off on my calendar. I don't think it needs to be super complicated. It's literally gonna be. But do you think that it's? Do you think that it's fair that within two weeks we have some sort of 619 01:26:07.450 --> 01:26:13.729 Sima Kostovetsky: outline of what we want to say, and where we want to go with this between two and three weeks. Do you think it's accurate. 620 01:26:13.740 --> 01:26:30.679 Christopher Lee: Yeah, I think that's accurate. I think it we're. We may be complicating it a little bit. The question really is, why do we volunteer for the outreach. We're We're even like, you know. And And I think it's part and parcel of why we're involved with the Vmc: 621 01:26:31.770 --> 01:26:35.920 Sima Kostovetsky: Thank you. Okay. So out which is first 622 01:26:36.440 --> 01:26:43.940 Sima Kostovetsky: Okay, moving on um. Unless we have any other committee comments, I don't see anything. I don't see anybody's hand. 623 01:26:44.160 --> 01:26:45.120 Okay, 624 01:26:45.300 --> 01:27:00.519 Sima Kostovetsky: moving on to Number eleven. I want to clarify under old business. We can do shirts, hats, fleece hoodies, whatever we decide as the Vmc. For promotional 625 01:27:01.420 --> 01:27:06.759 Sima Kostovetsky: outreach work we can. We can spend money. We've done that before when we've had 626 01:27:06.820 --> 01:27:07.969 I 627 01:27:08.440 --> 01:27:10.139 Sima Kostovetsky: uh retreats 628 01:27:10.250 --> 01:27:13.359 Sima Kostovetsky: and uh, yeah, the 629 01:27:13.440 --> 01:27:14.620 Sima Kostovetsky: So 630 01:27:15.780 --> 01:27:18.419 Sima Kostovetsky: I just wanted to clarify that 631 01:27:19.640 --> 01:27:27.129 Sima Kostovetsky: and new business. Um, I like to talk about our next meeting date, 632 01:27:27.320 --> 01:27:35.790 Sima Kostovetsky: so just so, you know. Um, Can you guys just pull up your calendars So our regular meeting dates the thirtieth. 633 01:27:35.880 --> 01:27:48.760 Sima Kostovetsky: I'm a little bit worried about doing it on the thirtieth, because then we have only three days before uh how they sign lighting, and also it's, you know, part of the end of Thanksgiving holiday. 634 01:27:48.900 --> 01:27:54.190 Sima Kostovetsky: So if we did the meeting on the sixteenth, would you be okay? With that? 635 01:27:55.960 --> 01:28:02.129 Sima Kostovetsky: Well, I mean just I vicki I know so um because that's the day after our Vmc. Meeting. 636 01:28:03.190 --> 01:28:08.540 Angela McGregor: Oh, i'm Can't do it on this I had the twenty-threerd 637 01:28:09.080 --> 01:28:10.900 Oh, That's Thanksgiving Week. 638 01:28:11.190 --> 01:28:15.440 Angela McGregor: That's the day before Thanksgiving. Yeah, it's the day before Thanksgiving. 639 01:28:16.840 --> 01:28:19.160 Sima Kostovetsky: Um and uh, 640 01:28:20.230 --> 01:28:28.840 Sima Kostovetsky: I personally am not available that week. So Um, that's why I was trying to buffer it on either end. 641 01:28:31.030 --> 01:28:32.550 Sima Kostovetsky: Go ahead, Christopher. 642 01:28:33.640 --> 01:28:39.120 Christopher Lee: I love the uh whole rating. 643 01:28:39.130 --> 01:28:55.239 Christopher Lee: I I love the whole raising hands thing so. Um i'm! I'm all for the sixteenth um. In my opinion, the time consideration between the thirtieth and the third, we want to have some time to prepare any material going out for the third, 644 01:28:55.250 --> 01:29:02.500 Christopher Lee: and with the Board meeting scheduled for the fifteenth, we'll have a year or nay on that election plan. 645 01:29:02.710 --> 01:29:11.509 Christopher Lee: It would be a good meeting to just start discussing the assets how we need to make for the third and get those in motion right away. 646 01:29:11.810 --> 01:29:15.110 Christopher Lee: Yeah. So I I would say for the sixteenth, if possible. 647 01:29:15.970 --> 01:29:27.739 Sima Kostovetsky: Okay, that would be my number one choice as well. Um. And then what I what i'm thinking is that if we need to have another meeting. That gives us a little bit of time. 648 01:29:29.730 --> 01:29:44.779 Sima Kostovetsky: And um uh vicki! I know that you have a meeting, possibly on that Wednesday. So obviously. You're a very valuable member of this committee, but whenever you can make it you can make it. If you can't, you can't. What meeting do I have. I don't know about. 649 01:29:44.830 --> 01:29:47.789 Sima Kostovetsky: Oh, the sixteenth isn't that Cp. 650 01:29:48.570 --> 01:29:58.459 Sima Kostovetsky: It would be but that's it from six to seven, so I just doubled up on them many times, 651 01:29:59.160 --> 01:30:01.859 so everybody in agreement with the sixteenth 652 01:30:02.040 --> 01:30:07.709 Angela McGregor: I won't. Be able to be here. But that's okay. Go ahead. I'm sorry. Sorry. 653 01:30:08.140 --> 01:30:19.200 Sima Kostovetsky: Um. But well, you know. Please send anything that you would like to discuss, or, you know, put in, or whatever. But we'll miss you. Thank you. 654 01:30:19.260 --> 01:30:25.499 Sima Kostovetsky: Uh, moving on to item thirteen. Do we have any committee comments 655 01:30:25.520 --> 01:30:29.410 Sima Kostovetsky: on subject matters? Not on the agenda, but 656 01:30:29.470 --> 01:30:39.109 Brian Averill: uh this sort of popped into my head during this meeting. I think most of. You know we had a big surf contest last weekend at the breakwater. 657 01:30:39.190 --> 01:30:58.600 Brian Averill: Uh it went really well. There are probably three hundred people there at the the apex. So if the Vnc wanted to throw a tent at the next one and do outreach, there were a ton of families, sort of newer arrivals to Venice, Lots of kids, lots of families, and it was super fun. So 658 01:30:58.610 --> 01:31:04.280 Brian Averill: it would just be a It would be a different sort of outreach scenario, so it's totally an option. 659 01:31:04.520 --> 01:31:06.170 Uh, if we want to do that, 660 01:31:06.540 --> 01:31:10.019 I just I want to throw a shout out because I happen to 661 01:31:10.120 --> 01:31:26.059 Sima Kostovetsky: go there and support. And it was an amazing, amazing event. So thank you for doing that. I can't believe that it took so many years for Venice to have a surf Association and Brian, I believe that Rex and Parks right was a part of that. So 662 01:31:26.660 --> 01:31:28.850 Brian Averill: Not necessarily. 663 01:31:29.440 --> 01:31:30.610 I'm sorry 664 01:31:30.700 --> 01:31:31.729 Brian Averill: they were not. 665 01:31:32.160 --> 01:31:36.750 Sima Kostovetsky: Oh, they were not okay. I'm: sorry I I made a mistake. But yeah, we let's. 666 01:31:36.830 --> 01:31:40.330 Sima Kostovetsky: But you know, here's a perfect example of 667 01:31:41.300 --> 01:31:51.059 Sima Kostovetsky: a wonderful event for our community. And yes, maybe we need a little bit more clarification. But thank you for doing it. 668 01:31:52.340 --> 01:31:53.689 Sima Kostovetsky: Let us know. 669 01:31:53.750 --> 01:31:56.870 Brian Averill: Yeah, for sure. We're going to do three or four year. So 670 01:31:57.160 --> 01:31:59.389 think about it something to consider. 671 01:32:01.650 --> 01:32:05.969 Sima Kostovetsky: Wait, Erica. I see your hand, but we're down to many comments. 672 01:32:11.630 --> 01:32:14.280 Sima Kostovetsky: Okay, any other committee comments. 673 01:32:20.160 --> 01:32:36.489 Sima Kostovetsky: Thank you so much Everybody so appreciate this. This is such a productive meeting. It is eight, twenty-five, and I am adjourning our meeting Thank you so much. 674 01:32:36.500 --> 01:32:41.110 Christopher Lee: Thanks. Everyone.