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.: Okay, Michael, you're You're muted again.

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Michael Lynn: Yes, I I now I can hear you. Good. Okay.

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Michael Lynn: Okay. So what I need you to do is. Just make me host.

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Michael Lynn: Okay. So, Jim, if you're going to be here. Then you gotta change your name completely

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Michael Lynn: Well, because you you can't. I mean I I don't want your name shown on the

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Michael Lynn: on the video.

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.: Well, I won't. Listen to the meeting. Anything I tune in with it's it. It knows who. I understand that I understand that if you make me host, I can. I can conduct the meeting you, but you can't take my name away.

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Michael Lynn: You can rename yourself.

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Michael Lynn: What do you want me to call myself that. If not, Jim, just make it elections. There you go.

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Michael Lynn: change it to elections, and then just keep yourself muted.

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.: So it won't. Let me do that

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Michael Lynn: like when I run meetings. I just make it whatever the committee is.

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Michael Lynn: That's fine.

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Michael Lynn: Okay, and then mute yourself, and we'll just go from here.

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Michael Lynn: Kind of wanted to start. Ivan Ivan was going to be co-host. Is that right also?

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Michael Lynn: And then.

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Michael Lynn: yeah, you need to keep yourself muted, and

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Michael Lynn: we'll take it from there.

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Michael Lynn: We'll just leave the recording going.

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Michael Lynn: I then you can unmute yourself.

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Ivan: Okay.

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Michael Lynn: Okay. And just as a test. You can hear me. Okay.

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Michael Lynn: Okay, Good.

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Michael Lynn: Because, like, are you okay?

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Michael Lynn: And to all the candidates who are in attendance, we're going to probably wait for a few minutes after 6, 30, just to make you know. Let people come on in

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Michael Lynn: and to everybody just joining us.

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Michael Lynn: Hang tight. We are going to wait for a few more people to

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Michael Lynn: enter into the

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Michael Lynn: presentation, and then we'll start.

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Michael Lynn: and i'm sorry

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Michael Lynn: there will be no live questions, so you can put your hand down.

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Michael Lynn: We

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Michael Lynn: won't. Be answering anybody's questions that way.

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Michael Lynn: Okay, I then how many people do you want to have that in before we start the meeting.

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Ivan: We're up to 22. Right now

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let me see, where are we?

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Michael Lynn: We have 23. So a couple of minutes, or shall we go?

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Ivan: Yeah, wait wait another 2 min.

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Michael Lynn: Okay.

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Ivan: I mean, 23 was almost half of the candidate. So that's good.

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Michael Lynn: And for anyone watching this on video recorded fast forward to more minutes, and we should be at the start of the meeting.

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Michael Lynn: Okay, I think we're at a good point here.

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Michael Lynn: Hey? Welcome, everybody! Welcome candidates to the Venice Labor Council, Elections candidate, Orientation, Presentation.

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This is a presentation that will go over various instructions

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Michael Lynn: and notes from myself. I'm. Mike Lynn and I'm the Elections Administrator. Hired by the Venice Neighbor Council.

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Michael Lynn: along with the Venice Neighborhood Council, Parliamentarian.

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Michael Lynn: Ivan Spiegel. I've been been a long time member of the Venice Nc

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Michael Lynn: and it's spent decades involved in the elections throughout the neighborhood. Council system is very well knowledgeable, and versed in everything elections in Bnc.

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Michael Lynn: So with that.

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Michael Lynn: let me turn it over to Ivan

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Ivan: as soon as he takes the sit.

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Ivan: Okay.

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Michael Lynn: before I start.

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Michael Lynn: or before you, sir, I should say

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Michael Lynn: you should note down at the bottom of your screen. There's a Q. A little button down there, kind of right in the middle of the screen right next to the per participant watch. I don't think you see that only that there should be a. Q. A. Function down below

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Michael Lynn: throughout the meeting. If you want to throw in a question. Go ahead. If we have time. At the end of the meeting we'll answer some of the questions here.

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Michael Lynn: and if not, you can always email questions to us

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Michael Lynn: after the meeting.

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Michael Lynn: and all of you having been here, should have the email address to the questions.

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Michael Lynn: But if not, it's elections

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Michael Lynn: at Venice Neighborhood Council.

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Michael Lynn: I'm sorry.

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Michael Lynn: and i'll throw that in at some point into the questions and answers.

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Michael Lynn: But in the meantime, if you do have a question, feel free to post it now.

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Michael Lynn: and we will answer them as we go. And just i'm going to answer 2 quick ones

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Michael Lynn: or one quick one is that there will be no live questions, so you can hear us and see us. But but you won't. Be able to hear or see each other. We're not going to do any live answers verbally.

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Michael Lynn: So that's that. Answer

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Michael Lynn: the other questions we'll deal with at the end of the session.

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Michael Lynn: Okay, with that I then take it away.

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Ivan: Oh, okay, hello, everybody!

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Ivan: A lot of you may know me. I've been involved with the Venice Neighborhood Council for about 20 years from now

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Ivan: I've been to Parliamentarian. I've run previous elections here.

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Ivan: So the first thing I want to emphasize, and this might be actually

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Ivan: the most important thing. You pick up all night.

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Ivan: Rumors have a way of spreading in the Venice community.

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Ivan: please.

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Ivan: The only people you should be listening to for election information are

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Ivan: Michael

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Ivan: right.

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Freddy Cooper names at

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Ivan: the department of neighborhood empowerment or in power. La.

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Ivan: our city clerk representative.

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Ivan: whose name is Nyema Polium, and

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Ivan: Michael talk about her a little more later on.

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Ivan: and myself. If you hear anything

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Ivan: other than from the 4 of us, you should consider it a rumor.

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Ivan: Of course there's a good chance. It's probably just that.

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Ivan: and we've already had a couple of them floating around that we've had to spend time correcting.

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Ivan: So please

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Ivan: don't listen to what everybody says, come to the source and we'll give you. We won't. Give you information unless we know it's correct.

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Ivan: Okay.

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Ivan: Next thing

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Ivan: this is for those of you that are new.

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Ivan: We have a combination of

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Ivan: people have been on the board in the past, and some brand new people.

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Ivan: This is mostly this next section is for the new people.

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What is the Neighborhood Council?

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Ivan: So

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Ivan: the Neighborhood Council system was started

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Ivan: around 20 a little more than 20 years ago.

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Ivan: Events, neighbor Council.

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Ivan: and there's debate about this. Whether we were Number 12 or Number 13

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Ivan: we will.

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Ivan: We were

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Ivan: certified the same day as another council, so it kind of floats back and forth, which it was first. Not that it matters it in the real world, but we were early on

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Ivan: the neighborhood Council system

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Ivan: is part of the city charter. It was approved by the voters

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Ivan: approximately a little more than 20 years ago.

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Ivan: There is a City Commission

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Ivan: that sets policy for us.

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Ivan: It's called the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners.

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Ivan: in Shorthand Bunk.

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Ivan: That's our policy.

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Ivan: There's a city department, the department of neighborhood empowerment.

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Ivan: They were actually 98 of our of 99 of us sorry.

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Ivan: and there was some choices made right in the beginning, that have turned out to not necessarily be the smartest choices, but

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Ivan: they're here. We're stuck with them.

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Ivan: What we've got is is a system of 99 feudal warlord ships

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Ivan: each with our own bylaws, our own rules.

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Ivan: and it can be confusing at times.

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Ivan: So those are the organizations you need to know about in the department of neighborhood empowerment is also referred to

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Ivan: as empower. La

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Ivan: Cool.

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Ivan: That and done our rep

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Ivan: the same thing basically.

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Ivan: Alright.

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Ivan: So

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Ivan: you've all signed up to run for the board.

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Ivan: Now, what?

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Ivan: Well, this next section for me is the most fun

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Ivan: this is called. Why not to be a board member?

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Ivan: Why not to run for the board, and there are some reasons. These are the disclaimers. You should know what you're getting yourselves into

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Ivan: the V, and

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Ivan: has always been one of the flagship Councils, one of the most highly functioning councils

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Ivan: part of it it's because we've been around for a long time, and part of it is, we've had very talented people over the years

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Ivan: There's a time commitment.

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Ivan: This is not show up for a meeting once in a while.

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Ivan: You, those who believe that

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Ivan: are successful in this election

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Ivan: unpaid community volunteers

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Ivan: you you! You'll hear that Some people think we're elected officials, but we're not

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Ivan: with community volunteers. There's no money for what we do.

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Ivan: But there is a commitment of time

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Ivan: the community. People are running for community officer.

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Ivan: and that includes the community interest officer.

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Ivan: about 4 h a week

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Ivan: One of those

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Ivan: weeks is going to be in our board meeting.

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Ivan: which happens once a month.

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Ivan: and then there are other jobs and other things that people have to do

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Ivan: keep the Council functioning. So

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Ivan: executive officers that gets a little more dramatic.

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Ivan: Let's see, and i'll i'll go through. These

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Ivan: The land use chair

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Ivan: It sounds crazy, but that's the amount of time you need to put in in order to be successful at your job.

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Ivan: So you should think about that.

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Ivan: You're all required to attend our board meetings

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Ivan: and for board member

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Ivan: There were basically 12 regular meetings once every month.

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Ivan: They're usually on the third Tuesday of the month, and they go for

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Ivan: in a calendar. Well, 3 consecutive meetings period

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Ivan: or 5 meetings in a calendar year in a 12 month period.

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Ivan: if you miss more than that, you are automatically removed from the board. There's no hearings, you know. There's no administrator voting you removed from the board, so please, You're going to need to make that commitment, and you're required to stay for at least half of the meeting.

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Ivan: You will also.

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Ivan: Everybody on the board

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Ivan: needs to either chair or serve on at least one committee.

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Ivan: We have 2 kinds of committees. There are standing committees which appear in our bylaws.

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Ivan: and then we have AD hoc committees, which pop up from time to time, and those can be on different topics.

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Ivan: Those are created over the course of of the year.

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Ivan: if there's a special interest that you might have, that you want to work on. You can

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Ivan: create an AD hoc committee with the Board's approval.

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Ivan: So there's a lot of work to be done.

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Ivan: Another thing that you have to do is a board member.

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Ivan: because you are part of the city. Now we're on actually the little strong of the city government.

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Ivan: But you're required to complete a certain number of trainings

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Ivan: You have to take training in ethic.

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Ivan: in financial, because.

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Ivan: as board members who are stewards of taxpayer money.

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Ivan: So you have to take the training you have to

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Ivan: You have to know what conflicts of interest or what you can and can't do.

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Ivan: You now have to take training and land use.

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Ivan: because that's one of the most important things that we do.

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Ivan: Land juice is really important, because you're dealing

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Ivan: Somebody wants to build a new home.

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Ivan: They come to the Neighborhood Council to sign off on it.

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Ivan: and if you turn them down you've really messed up their life. I'm not saying you have to approve everything that's there. But you have to understand the importance of what you're doing.

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Ivan: So now we all have to take land use training.

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Ivan: and you'll get more about that. That'll be in the Yes, it's training.

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Ivan: So these are 2 very important things that we have to do.

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Ivan: You'll be getting training.

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Ivan: Those are on our website. If you look on the resources the latest copy of our bylaws should be posted there.

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Ivan: Everybody needs to read the bylaws.

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Ivan: So you really want to know what you're getting into.

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Ivan: So if any of these are problems for you, and you think you can't live with them, we understand that

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Ivan: and hopefully, I haven't this this doesn't mean to to discourage you. But you do need to know what you're getting yourself into.

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Michael Lynn: Thank you.

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Michael Lynn: So first we'll deal with the election process, and where to find

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Michael Lynn: I pulled away from the computer there. Sorry about that. The first thing that we're gonna do is focus on the

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Michael Lynn: and that can all be found on our Venice Neighborhood Council Elections page on the website.

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Michael Lynn: and that will take you to an updated page.

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Michael Lynn: and we'll be updating it probably every couple of weeks or so. Or as we enter a new phase right now, the focus on that page is voter application

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Michael Lynn: Once the voter application period is closed, we'll then focus to the actual voting.

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Michael Lynn: The elections are administered, administrated by the city clerk.

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Michael Lynn: They have the final say over everything that happens with the elections

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Michael Lynn: Basically, this is handling the the

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Michael Lynn: I don't think authority over them.

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Michael Lynn: I am just here to help out Venice and represent Venice.

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Michael Lynn: It's actually your main purpose to get people to vote for you.

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Michael Lynn: Okay, we can bring them to the polls. We can get them to register to our apply for an application. But the only way that they're going to check off. Your name is, if you campaign.

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Michael Lynn: which Ivan will be explaining much more about shortly.

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Michael Lynn: We have a social media campaign that's currently focusing mainly on Instagram and Facebook. You'll see a lot of posts.

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Michael Lynn: And it also doesn't mean you're limited to just those social media you can absolutely use tik, tok, or next door, or any of the other social media outlets to get your candidacy message out and get people to vote for you.

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Michael Lynn: These actually will be printed and mailed to every Venice address.

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Michael Lynn: But please get those in, because our deadline is

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Michael Lynn: Okay, events that we'll be doing.

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Michael Lynn: But you must apply for a ballot no later than March Seventh.

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Michael Lynn: It'd be a great idea if you copied and pasted those so that you can share those with your

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Michael Lynn: Our election day polling place is going to be at at the Oakwood Recreational Center Recreation Center on Sunday, March 20 sixth.

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Michael Lynn: As of right now. We have till 4 Pm. But we're trying to get a couple of hours added on to that to accommodate people. We're not sure if we're going to get it. So, for right now

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Michael Lynn: we're going with public publicizing the election from 10 to 4, and hopefully, we'll have it to 10 to 6. But that's what we have right now.

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Michael Lynn: Basically They just need to say where they sleep.

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Michael Lynn: I think I covered everything there.

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Ivan: and i'll just repeat it for Ivan. So he knows that I said.

450
00:39:53.170 --> 00:39:54.709
Ivan: Yeah, the city clerk.

451
00:39:55.320 --> 00:40:01.440
Michael Lynn: The office of the city clerk is running the election, both vote by mail as well as in person.

452
00:40:02.230 --> 00:40:05.330
Michael Lynn: Oh, oh, I know the one last thing I wanted to say.

453
00:40:05.700 --> 00:40:07.660
Michael Lynn: If you miss the cut off

454
00:40:07.690 --> 00:40:16.850
Michael Lynn: the vote to vote by mail. When you get your application you can mail it up until the election. Our election falls on a Sunday.

455
00:40:17.060 --> 00:40:19.149
Michael Lynn: so to air on the side of caution.

456
00:40:19.240 --> 00:40:24.289
Michael Lynn: I would make sure that anyone who is going to be voting by mail mails in their ballot.

457
00:40:24.430 --> 00:40:27.100
Michael Lynn: either Friday or Saturday.

458
00:40:27.350 --> 00:40:30.629
Michael Lynn: to make sure that it's postmarked and mailed by that date.

459
00:40:31.070 --> 00:40:37.700
Michael Lynn: If for some reason somebody doesn't mail in their ballot they can drop off their ballot

460
00:40:37.780 --> 00:40:39.739
Michael Lynn: at the polling location.

461
00:40:40.200 --> 00:40:45.240
Michael Lynn: so that's another option for somebody who isn't able to, or forgets to mail.

462
00:40:46.270 --> 00:40:52.880
Michael Lynn: and if they mail it in and they vote in person, the city clerk will catch that.

463
00:40:53.090 --> 00:40:55.539
Michael Lynn: and they only count one ballot.

464
00:40:56.250 --> 00:40:58.139
Michael Lynn: They will not count both ballots.

465
00:40:58.420 --> 00:41:00.429
Michael Lynn: Okay, now, I think I got everything.

466
00:41:00.890 --> 00:41:05.479
Ivan: And so with that I'm going to turn over about the Handbook.

467
00:41:07.410 --> 00:41:11.470
Michael Lynn: Well, okay, so there's a lot of where people can get the handbook.

468
00:41:11.890 --> 00:41:15.869
Michael Lynn: Sure, I can do that. So on the on our

469
00:41:16.280 --> 00:41:20.640
Michael Lynn: web page, which i'm going to pull up in a second Here

470
00:41:31.710 --> 00:41:32.979
you need to go to.

471
00:41:46.860 --> 00:41:48.239
Michael Lynn: Okay, now I can share.

472
00:41:53.690 --> 00:41:58.589
Michael Lynn: I apologize for my clunkiness, but I have a mouse. That's kind of temperamental here

473
00:42:01.380 --> 00:42:02.810
where it out.

474
00:42:04.940 --> 00:42:08.829
Michael Lynn: Okay, so this is what the web page looks like for elections.

475
00:42:12.790 --> 00:42:15.009
Michael Lynn: and here we'll have all of the

476
00:42:16.550 --> 00:42:18.040
Michael Lynn: instructions.

477
00:42:18.800 --> 00:42:24.419
Michael Lynn: Again, they have to create a Angelina count as well and follow the voter prompts same thing.

478
00:42:26.840 --> 00:42:30.050
Michael Lynn: We have definitions on what a stakeholder is.

479
00:42:30.690 --> 00:42:31.939
Michael Lynn: Boundary map.

480
00:42:35.410 --> 00:42:42.200
Michael Lynn: Okay, this will be changed down at the bottom, because that's new information that has not been updated yet about the

481
00:42:44.470 --> 00:42:48.300
Michael Lynn: vaccine and information being required. So that's going to be changed.

482
00:42:50.070 --> 00:42:54.289
Michael Lynn: And then here, down at the bottom. We're going to have links to resources.

483
00:42:54.360 --> 00:42:57.299
Michael Lynn: So right down here we have the election handbook.

484
00:42:58.530 --> 00:42:59.229
Michael Lynn: Okay.

485
00:42:59.250 --> 00:43:04.629
Michael Lynn: I'll also have. I'll put links for a candidate handbook.

486
00:43:05.230 --> 00:43:07.649
Michael Lynn: and we'll also have links for

487
00:43:08.970 --> 00:43:13.850
Michael Lynn: this meeting as well hopefully cross fingers that everything works okay, technologically.

488
00:43:14.220 --> 00:43:17.359
Michael Lynn: but that's the plan. So we'll have links down at the bottom

489
00:43:17.460 --> 00:43:20.699
Michael Lynn: for resources, including the elections handbook.

490
00:43:25.230 --> 00:43:27.310
Michael Lynn: Okay, now I think I got everything.

491
00:43:27.690 --> 00:43:28.649
Ivan: Okay.

492
00:43:29.140 --> 00:43:35.149
Michael Lynn: And with that i'm going to turn it back to Ivan to describe the various events that we're going to be having.

493
00:43:35.580 --> 00:43:36.629
Ivan: Yeah.

494
00:43:36.930 --> 00:43:40.199
Ivan: Okay. So thank you, Michael.

495
00:43:42.250 --> 00:43:49.510
Ivan: We did all that. Okay, so running an election is really a big job.

496
00:43:51.460 --> 00:43:52.410
Ivan: and

497
00:43:52.980 --> 00:43:56.510
Ivan: we're dividing up the responsibilities

498
00:43:56.770 --> 00:44:03.880
Ivan: here because it it. Michael, can't do this all by himself. No, no one person can.

499
00:44:04.540 --> 00:44:08.949
Ivan: So i'm going to be focusing mostly on events

500
00:44:09.250 --> 00:44:10.880
Ivan: that we're going to be planning.

501
00:44:11.260 --> 00:44:12.439
Ivan: And on

502
00:44:12.480 --> 00:44:14.879
Ivan: communicating with the candidates.

503
00:44:15.850 --> 00:44:18.369
Ivan: Our philosophy is.

504
00:44:19.260 --> 00:44:22.539
Ivan: you guys are going to be doing our outreach for us.

505
00:44:23.040 --> 00:44:24.439
Ivan: and i'll explain it.

506
00:44:26.510 --> 00:44:32.360
Ivan: You all have a vested interest here. You want to get yourselves elected, and that's great.

507
00:44:34.530 --> 00:44:36.939
Ivan: Everything that you put out

508
00:44:37.390 --> 00:44:39.100
Ivan: is going to have

509
00:44:39.410 --> 00:44:42.840
Ivan: the election information on, because you're not just going to say.

510
00:44:42.920 --> 00:44:44.179
Ivan: Vote for me

511
00:44:44.440 --> 00:44:48.709
Ivan: if you put out a fly or do a mailing, whatever it is that you're gonna do.

512
00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:50.150
Ivan: You're gonna have

513
00:44:50.180 --> 00:44:52.099
Ivan: the date of the election.

514
00:44:52.130 --> 00:44:55.339
Ivan: the place where you can come to and vote.

515
00:44:55.560 --> 00:44:59.509
Ivan: and If some of you get stuff out early you might even

516
00:44:59.890 --> 00:45:04.269
Ivan: have links to your website where you talked about how to get.

517
00:45:04.710 --> 00:45:06.370
Ivan: You know how to get a ballot.

518
00:45:08.860 --> 00:45:12.539
Ivan: The more outreach you do, the better the turnout we have.

519
00:45:12.930 --> 00:45:15.639
because we can't possibly

520
00:45:15.920 --> 00:45:17.619
Ivan: do it all again.

521
00:45:17.910 --> 00:45:20.020
Okay, so

522
00:45:20.660 --> 00:45:22.749
Ivan: we're going to be putting together

523
00:45:23.280 --> 00:45:25.249
Ivan: communications for you.

524
00:45:25.490 --> 00:45:30.989
Ivan: We want to take care of you. We don't want you out there by your cell phone. What do I do now?

525
00:45:31.170 --> 00:45:36.249
Ivan: So we're going to be giving you suggestions where you can campaign

526
00:45:36.380 --> 00:45:40.819
Ivan: events that you can go to. Some of them will be ours. Some of them will. Will.

527
00:45:40.840 --> 00:45:42.660
Ivan: The other public events

528
00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:47.649
on people who in the community make

529
00:45:47.940 --> 00:45:49.789
Ivan: certain places available.

530
00:45:49.920 --> 00:45:57.549
Ivan: and i'll get into a little bit of that, so you'll be getting regular bulletins probably every week to 10 days.

531
00:45:57.620 --> 00:46:03.080
Ivan: You'll be getting a communication between now and the election of what's going on and

532
00:46:03.980 --> 00:46:05.999
Ivan: get out there and get the vote.

533
00:46:06.470 --> 00:46:08.100
Ivan: Okay. So

534
00:46:08.750 --> 00:46:11.159
Ivan: the first thing that's coming up

535
00:46:11.570 --> 00:46:13.879
Ivan: is there a board meeting

536
00:46:14.640 --> 00:46:19.500
Ivan: on? I think it's a week from Tuesday. It's our next board meeting.

537
00:46:19.640 --> 00:46:23.140
Ivan: I haven't talked to Jim yet about this, but

538
00:46:23.210 --> 00:46:26.899
Ivan: we usually allow the candidates, if they show up

539
00:46:26.970 --> 00:46:30.290
Ivan: to just be able to raise their hand and introduce them. So

540
00:46:30.510 --> 00:46:36.200
Ivan: you don't have to make a statement. All you need is your name, and what office you're running for.

541
00:46:37.040 --> 00:46:39.560
Ivan: So i'll try to get that to happen for you

542
00:46:39.690 --> 00:46:42.499
to the stakeholders. Continue

543
00:46:44.890 --> 00:46:45.970
Ivan: we have

544
00:46:46.230 --> 00:46:48.009
Ivan: candidate for.

545
00:46:48.570 --> 00:46:50.180
Ivan: and

546
00:46:50.520 --> 00:46:57.479
Ivan: where we get you to get up in front of. You know, we invite audience that we'd like stakehold to come.

547
00:46:57.720 --> 00:47:01.349
Ivan: and we have a moderator who

548
00:47:01.450 --> 00:47:03.220
Ivan: it's usually been me.

549
00:47:04.050 --> 00:47:05.779
Ivan: And we ask you questions.

550
00:47:06.710 --> 00:47:08.290
Ivan: There's no gotcha.

551
00:47:08.380 --> 00:47:11.759
Ivan: This is to try to make you Look, good, and show everybody

552
00:47:11.790 --> 00:47:15.129
Ivan: who you are, and why they should be voting for you

553
00:47:16.140 --> 00:47:19.959
Ivan: as well. Now I think Michael is scheduled for the

554
00:47:20.350 --> 00:47:27.120
Michael Lynn: 20 s and twenty-th of March.

555
00:47:27.340 --> 00:47:29.100
Ivan: Yeah, cause and

556
00:47:29.160 --> 00:47:32.849
Ivan: and we will figure it out. We'll let you know what's going on

557
00:47:33.060 --> 00:47:42.340
Ivan: and that will be advertised in the voted guide that Michael showed that that's usually on the front page of the Border Guide. Come to the candidate forum

558
00:47:42.460 --> 00:47:48.010
Ivan: the way we're going to structure it this year, because there are 53 of you.

559
00:47:49.830 --> 00:47:54.569
Ivan: We will probably divide the executive officers, and i'll explain

560
00:47:54.870 --> 00:47:57.370
Ivan: who they are.

561
00:47:59.070 --> 00:48:02.310
We'll do half the executive officers

562
00:48:02.390 --> 00:48:05.499
Ivan: and half of the community officers one night.

563
00:48:05.540 --> 00:48:12.260
Ivan: and then we'll do the other half of the executive offices and the other half of the community offices the the other night.

564
00:48:12.290 --> 00:48:13.069
Ivan: Okay.

565
00:48:15.230 --> 00:48:17.939
Ivan: we want to get you out there that we want

566
00:48:17.970 --> 00:48:23.249
Ivan: the public to see who you are. So please put that on your calendar.

567
00:48:24.580 --> 00:48:31.879
Ivan: We were are also going to try to set up, and there are restrictions now, unfortunately, but

568
00:48:32.190 --> 00:48:35.519
Ivan: we've usually had at least one meet and greet.

569
00:48:35.930 --> 00:48:37.960
Ivan: Well, we have it in a restaurant.

570
00:48:38.090 --> 00:48:44.139
Ivan: and people can come out of the candidates there. Whoever wants to participate

571
00:48:44.330 --> 00:48:48.340
Ivan: that they get to meet you, and they get to talk to you.

572
00:48:48.420 --> 00:48:51.059
Ivan: and there'll be a cash bar. Hopefully.

573
00:48:52.810 --> 00:48:54.109
Ivan: people can. I have a drink?

574
00:48:55.460 --> 00:48:56.560
Ivan: Have a good time.

575
00:48:56.690 --> 00:49:01.860
Ivan: alright. There are other things that we're planning last election

576
00:49:02.170 --> 00:49:03.799
Ivan: the candidates

577
00:49:04.850 --> 00:49:08.589
Ivan: on a meeting greed on the road. In addition to what we do.

578
00:49:08.950 --> 00:49:13.209
Ivan: You certainly welcome to do that. If you want to talk to me.

579
00:49:13.520 --> 00:49:17.540
Ivan: I can explain. I can give you some hint from what to do and where to go.

580
00:49:19.070 --> 00:49:23.339
Ivan: and you can. If you have mailing lists, whatever you can write, people will come out and

581
00:49:23.440 --> 00:49:25.969
Ivan: meet you and talk to you about what you want to do.

582
00:49:27.210 --> 00:49:28.899
Ivan: All right.

583
00:49:29.210 --> 00:49:35.830
Ivan: and other things will come up. The the Jim who is our current president.

584
00:49:36.030 --> 00:49:38.680
Ivan: runs the Venice farmers market.

585
00:49:39.150 --> 00:49:45.080
Ivan: and in the past he's allowed candidates to come there. You can't campaign within the market.

586
00:49:45.120 --> 00:49:47.580
Ivan: but he he'll allow people

587
00:49:47.820 --> 00:49:51.600
Ivan: to campaign outside like in the parking lot

588
00:49:51.910 --> 00:49:59.419
Ivan: outside of the market in general, and that's a good place to meet people, because it's mostly been been a stakeholders for the go there.

589
00:50:00.950 --> 00:50:07.159
Ivan: All right, a little bit now about election day and the polls, and how they're going to operate.

590
00:50:08.870 --> 00:50:15.720
Ivan: So first thing is the ballot. The city clerk right now is in the process

591
00:50:15.820 --> 00:50:18.169
Ivan: of putting together the ballot

592
00:50:18.620 --> 00:50:20.829
Ivan: The way they do it is

593
00:50:21.250 --> 00:50:22.930
Ivan: they put.

594
00:50:23.460 --> 00:50:26.720
Ivan: and it's for each office.

595
00:50:26.980 --> 00:50:33.819
Ivan: They put the names in a hat and or or give. They give you a number. They pick the numbers out of the hat.

596
00:50:33.920 --> 00:50:36.879
Ivan: and that's the order that you will appear in

597
00:50:36.990 --> 00:50:38.850
Ivan: on the actual ballot.

598
00:50:38.890 --> 00:50:42.999
Ivan: It's not by alphabetical order. It's like selection.

599
00:50:43.080 --> 00:50:50.009
Ivan: and I pretty sure they do that publicly. If you want to go down to downtown and watch them do it, you can do that.

600
00:50:52.750 --> 00:50:57.289
Ivan: So it's. A random order by selection is how you'll appear on the ballot.

601
00:50:58.460 --> 00:51:01.550
Ivan: Now let's talk a little bit about who gets to vote.

602
00:51:02.500 --> 00:51:06.129
Ivan: So anybody who is a Venice stakeholder

603
00:51:06.700 --> 00:51:08.149
Ivan: get to vote.

604
00:51:08.500 --> 00:51:10.519
Ivan: What is the very stakeholder.

605
00:51:10.940 --> 00:51:13.049
Ivan: You have to either live

606
00:51:14.140 --> 00:51:15.080
Ivan: work

607
00:51:16.010 --> 00:51:18.279
Ivan: or own real property.

608
00:51:18.300 --> 00:51:22.910
Ivan: If you want to store space somewhere that doesn't count, you have to own a house.

609
00:51:23.140 --> 00:51:24.399
Ivan: real property.

610
00:51:25.510 --> 00:51:29.240
Ivan: live work on property, and then you get to be well.

611
00:51:29.920 --> 00:51:35.089
Ivan: What happened? I

612
00:51:35.270 --> 00:51:37.890
Ivan: live work or on property, right? Thank you.

613
00:51:41.930 --> 00:51:43.239
Ivan: Then you can vote

614
00:51:43.660 --> 00:51:44.879
Ivan: in our election.

615
00:51:45.750 --> 00:51:57.509
Ivan: As Michael said, homeless people can also vote. All they have to do is say that they are sleeping somewhere in Venice. It's a State law, they automatically get a ballot.

616
00:52:00.930 --> 00:52:02.319
Ivan: the offices.

617
00:52:02.460 --> 00:52:04.000
Ivan: Now.

618
00:52:06.290 --> 00:52:12.440
Ivan: what will happen is the way we're broken down. We have 7 executive officers.

619
00:52:13.110 --> 00:52:17.040
Ivan: president, vice president, secretary, treasurer.

620
00:52:17.120 --> 00:52:21.109
Ivan: outreach communications and chair of land use

621
00:52:22.210 --> 00:52:23.689
by now you

622
00:52:24.120 --> 00:52:27.649
Ivan: you signed up for one of them, so you should know what it is.

623
00:52:27.780 --> 00:52:30.900
Ivan: It's a little convoluted. So i'm going to explain it.

624
00:52:31.600 --> 00:52:33.830
Ivan: Everybody, the vote.

625
00:52:36.020 --> 00:52:39.810
Ivan: all of our regular stakeholders, live work our own property.

626
00:52:39.890 --> 00:52:44.229
Ivan: get to vote for each of the executive officers.

627
00:52:44.500 --> 00:52:48.999
Ivan: Right now. 5 of the offices are contexted. We have

628
00:52:49.390 --> 00:52:53.120
Ivan: 2 offices that only one candidate is running for.

629
00:52:53.340 --> 00:52:55.710
They'll still appear on the ballot.

630
00:52:57.560 --> 00:52:58.169
Ivan: but

631
00:52:58.570 --> 00:53:01.800
Ivan: if they get one vote they're automatically elected. So

632
00:53:06.020 --> 00:53:08.610
Ivan: everybody gets to vote for those people.

633
00:53:10.200 --> 00:53:12.710
Ivan: Then we have the community officer.

634
00:53:13.230 --> 00:53:16.069
Ivan: and that's where the majority of you are

635
00:53:18.190 --> 00:53:23.649
Ivan: in order to vote for for a community office or a regular community officer

636
00:53:24.040 --> 00:53:27.909
Ivan: what it's called an at at large community officer.

637
00:53:28.070 --> 00:53:30.740
You have to be a minute stakeholder.

638
00:53:31.540 --> 00:53:33.560
Ivan: but you're limited to.

639
00:53:33.690 --> 00:53:35.579
Ivan: There were 13 seats.

640
00:53:35.630 --> 00:53:37.839
Ivan: 13 community offices.

641
00:53:38.230 --> 00:53:41.720
Ivan: You get one vote for the 13 officers.

642
00:53:43.020 --> 00:53:45.199
Ivan: so you only get to vote one.

643
00:53:45.970 --> 00:53:47.590
Ivan: And this this is

644
00:53:47.620 --> 00:53:50.010
Ivan: where I'm going to talk about how to

645
00:53:50.670 --> 00:53:52.670
Ivan: how to strategize yourself.

646
00:53:52.780 --> 00:53:57.450
Ivan: That was done for reason. It sounds crazy. It sounds undemocratic.

647
00:53:57.650 --> 00:54:00.529
Ivan: but we used to have sleep.

648
00:54:01.290 --> 00:54:08.229
Ivan: and if you weren't on one of the 2 slates that we had, that that the voters formed

649
00:54:08.600 --> 00:54:10.060
Ivan: you didn't get elected.

650
00:54:10.490 --> 00:54:18.380
Ivan: You have maybe one or 2% chance of being elected. So you had to affiliate yourself with somebody in order to get in.

651
00:54:23.440 --> 00:54:24.180
Ivan: So

652
00:54:26.910 --> 00:54:34.849
Ivan: the executive officers are running on their own. They're each running individually for the one specific office.

653
00:54:36.030 --> 00:54:39.140
Ivan: The community officers are all running

654
00:54:39.700 --> 00:54:45.760
Ivan: against every other community officer, and there is something like 40 of you. Do you remember the Count Michael?

655
00:54:45.960 --> 00:54:47.520
Ivan: I think they are like 40.

656
00:54:48.020 --> 00:54:53.890
Ivan: I we don't have that in front of me, but it's it's approximately 40 of you

657
00:54:54.120 --> 00:54:56.550
Ivan: are all running against each other.

658
00:54:56.840 --> 00:54:58.759
Ivan: So the secret to that

659
00:54:59.360 --> 00:55:01.629
Ivan: You need to have a lot of friends

660
00:55:01.850 --> 00:55:05.429
Ivan: because you want to get people in that, know you

661
00:55:05.750 --> 00:55:10.700
Ivan: and are just going to vote for you along with the executive officers.

662
00:55:11.810 --> 00:55:12.509
Ivan: Okay.

663
00:55:13.600 --> 00:55:15.270
Ivan: a lot of times people

664
00:55:15.830 --> 00:55:17.389
Ivan: trade off on this.

665
00:55:18.200 --> 00:55:20.819
Ivan: So for an executive officer.

666
00:55:21.110 --> 00:55:26.200
Ivan: you want to try to get as many as the community officers to support you

667
00:55:26.370 --> 00:55:30.730
Ivan: and tell their friends to come out and vote for them, too.

668
00:55:32.100 --> 00:55:32.939
Ivan: All right.

669
00:55:37.180 --> 00:55:38.549
Ivan: Yeah. Okay.

670
00:55:42.110 --> 00:55:54.749
Ivan: So it's time to start talking and try to align with other off other people. You don't have to align politically. You don't have to align philosophically. You just have to try to get your friends to vote for them, too.

671
00:55:55.290 --> 00:55:58.820
Ivan: You have to remember. Venice is a small community.

672
00:55:59.100 --> 00:56:02.379
Ivan: and we all a lot of us know a lot of people

673
00:56:03.250 --> 00:56:12.240
Ivan: all right, and it's really hard. Sometimes you get one vote, and you have 10 people running that you know that you want to vote for, and you gotta pick one.

674
00:56:13.310 --> 00:56:15.549
Ivan: all right. So you got homework to do.

675
00:56:16.600 --> 00:56:19.960
Ivan: We also have one more office.

676
00:56:21.430 --> 00:56:24.080
Ivan: We are required by the city

677
00:56:25.370 --> 00:56:28.950
Ivan: to allow a minimum of one seat

678
00:56:29.700 --> 00:56:34.349
Ivan: for people that do not live work our own property and Venice.

679
00:56:34.560 --> 00:56:37.079
Ivan: and that's called community interest.

680
00:56:37.320 --> 00:56:42.210
Ivan: They're vetted. They have to be involved in a community organization.

681
00:56:42.400 --> 00:56:43.040
Ivan: They

682
00:56:43.130 --> 00:56:47.090
Ivan: been vetted by the city clerk, and that's all

683
00:56:47.380 --> 00:56:48.570
Ivan: been done already.

684
00:56:51.240 --> 00:56:53.520
Ivan: so they're running separately.

685
00:56:56.060 --> 00:56:59.029
Ivan: The only people that can vote for them.

686
00:57:00.380 --> 00:57:03.850
Ivan: I don't remember. No, they changed it now. Can they can. They

687
00:57:04.040 --> 00:57:08.629
Ivan: can. The non-community, and people vote for the community interest. To yeah, I think they can.

688
00:57:11.380 --> 00:57:13.419
Ivan: Is it up there, Michael? Just say

689
00:57:13.850 --> 00:57:16.219
Michael Lynn: that's in your bylaws?

690
00:57:17.430 --> 00:57:22.329
Ivan: No, it would be it? Would it be in the yeah, it would be in our bylaws. Sorry.

691
00:57:24.430 --> 00:57:25.459
Michael Lynn: Hang on.

692
00:57:27.390 --> 00:57:28.990
Michael Lynn: pull up your bylaws.

693
00:57:30.230 --> 00:57:36.169
Ivan: by bylaws, bylaws. So community interest voters people

694
00:57:36.240 --> 00:57:40.849
Ivan: who are voting that don't live or work our own property in Venice?

695
00:57:41.190 --> 00:57:45.439
Ivan: Can. They can only vote for the community interest officers.

696
00:57:45.670 --> 00:57:48.869
Ivan: They can't folks for anybody else on the ballot.

697
00:57:48.910 --> 00:57:51.709
Ivan: only for the community and for

698
00:57:52.850 --> 00:57:55.449
Ivan: regular stakeholders.

699
00:57:55.640 --> 00:57:59.749
Ivan: Well, it'll say on the ballot, Michael. They haven't given us the ballots yet.

700
00:57:59.860 --> 00:58:02.329
Ivan: Right? See if you can find it.

701
00:58:02.490 --> 00:58:03.859
Ivan: I'll come back to that.

702
00:58:04.290 --> 00:58:05.100
Ivan: Okay.

703
00:58:05.530 --> 00:58:11.000
Ivan: all right. As for Michael, said, Venice is a documentation Council.

704
00:58:11.290 --> 00:58:16.469
Ivan: meaning in order to vote in Venice you have to show documentation

705
00:58:16.920 --> 00:58:19.059
Ivan: that you live, work

706
00:58:19.100 --> 00:58:21.299
Ivan: our own property in Venice.

707
00:58:22.570 --> 00:58:28.300
Ivan: and there's a whole list of what acceptable documentation is. Generally

708
00:58:28.770 --> 00:58:34.030
Ivan: you. You have to show 2 things. You have to show something with your picture

709
00:58:34.070 --> 00:58:35.990
Ivan: that prove who you are.

710
00:58:36.040 --> 00:58:38.419
Ivan: that you're the person you say you are.

711
00:58:39.140 --> 00:58:43.490
Ivan: and then you have to have something that shows how you qualify.

712
00:58:44.070 --> 00:58:50.470
Ivan: If you live here. If you have a driver's license with a Venice address, it takes care of the whole thing.

713
00:58:52.080 --> 00:58:53.709
Ivan: If you work here.

714
00:58:54.130 --> 00:58:56.690
Ivan: you can come with a business card.

715
00:58:56.960 --> 00:58:59.839
Ivan: a letter from your employer.

716
00:59:04.880 --> 00:59:06.889
Ivan: Those those are the main things

717
00:59:07.040 --> 00:59:12.670
Ivan: to show that your own property Here you can come with a mortgage statement.

718
00:59:13.120 --> 00:59:19.560
Ivan: We don't see the amount, but we just need to see your name on the mortgage or deed to your property.

719
00:59:20.510 --> 00:59:26.859
Ivan: and there are a lot more of these. Those are the the the most common ones, and all that is in the handbook

720
00:59:27.100 --> 00:59:27.669
Ivan: that

721
00:59:27.920 --> 00:59:29.350
Ivan: Michael told you about.

722
00:59:30.030 --> 00:59:31.999
Ivan: If you don't. Huh!

723
00:59:32.150 --> 00:59:35.369
Michael Lynn: I've been real quickly. So here's the

724
00:59:36.720 --> 00:59:45.140
Ivan: Here's that section. So i'm not sure how to interpret this, since you are the

725
00:59:45.180 --> 00:59:46.160
Ivan: So yes.

726
00:59:49.370 --> 00:59:52.649
Ivan: for either a community

727
00:59:53.070 --> 00:59:55.840
Ivan: or a community interest officer.

728
00:59:56.570 --> 00:59:58.100
Ivan: one or the other.

729
01:00:00.420 --> 01:00:04.340
Ivan: Okay, people that are community interest voters

730
01:00:04.910 --> 01:00:09.010
Ivan: can only vote for a community. The Community interest Officer.

731
01:00:10.180 --> 01:00:16.060
Ivan: Alright, I hope that's clear. If you have questions, send us this thing and we'll try to explain it in more detail.

732
01:00:16.400 --> 01:00:17.930
Ivan: All right.

733
01:00:19.570 --> 01:00:21.989
Ivan: Anybody that shows up the poll

734
01:00:22.640 --> 01:00:24.669
Ivan: without documentation.

735
01:00:25.750 --> 01:00:29.050
Ivan: They'll be allowed to vote. We don't turn anyone away.

736
01:00:29.230 --> 01:00:31.530
Ivan: but they'll have to vote provisionally.

737
01:00:31.750 --> 01:00:38.989
Ivan: which means it's a separate envelope. It'll go down to the City clerk's office and they will look to to verify

738
01:00:39.150 --> 01:00:42.539
Ivan: that you've provided documentation somewhere.

739
01:00:42.700 --> 01:00:45.320
Ivan: You can send it in electronically

740
01:00:46.760 --> 01:00:50.530
Ivan: after the election. I think you have 5 days or something

741
01:00:50.620 --> 01:01:00.690
Ivan: to send it in 2, 3 days. Sorry. Yeah, you'll get a piece of paper to explain to you what to do. If you If you come without documentation, it's always better if you bring it

742
01:01:00.840 --> 01:01:04.379
Ivan: so, tell your friends whoever is going to come and vote.

743
01:01:04.490 --> 01:01:07.310
Ivan: They need to bring documentation with them.

744
01:01:08.030 --> 01:01:08.779
Ivan: Okay.

745
01:01:10.640 --> 01:01:12.280
Ivan: Now the

746
01:01:13.990 --> 01:01:16.170
Ivan: in terms of taking office.

747
01:01:16.910 --> 01:01:20.879
Ivan: the new board. This is a new procedure now in the city.

748
01:01:21.240 --> 01:01:23.240
Ivan: Our election is in March.

749
01:01:23.420 --> 01:01:25.160
Ivan: The new board.

750
01:01:25.480 --> 01:01:27.320
Ivan: the newly elected board.

751
01:01:27.570 --> 01:01:31.009
Ivan: will take office on July first.

752
01:01:31.780 --> 01:01:37.890
Ivan: You won't be sworn in until our first meeting in July, but you will actually be in office

753
01:01:38.840 --> 01:01:40.569
Ivan: as of July first.

754
01:01:41.520 --> 01:01:43.740
Ivan: Okay.

755
01:01:43.890 --> 01:01:45.510
no, okay.

756
01:01:46.840 --> 01:01:48.969
Ivan: The old board is still in effect

757
01:01:49.270 --> 01:01:50.100
Ivan: for

758
01:01:50.490 --> 01:01:53.740
Ivan: March, April, May and June.

759
01:01:56.220 --> 01:02:01.640
Ivan: All right. Okay, let's go to

760
01:02:02.150 --> 01:02:04.110
Ivan: the candidate guidelines.

761
01:02:04.550 --> 01:02:06.620
Ivan: Michael. Can you sure that?

762
01:02:10.090 --> 01:02:15.929
Ivan: Okay. So these are by this put up by the city clerk. They're in the handbook.

763
01:02:18.350 --> 01:02:21.570
Ivan: These are things we strongly recommend.

764
01:02:21.950 --> 01:02:28.629
Ivan: You don't violate because you can be disqualified as a candidate for doing these things

765
01:02:28.970 --> 01:02:30.920
Ivan: All right. So i'm going to go through them

766
01:02:32.260 --> 01:02:33.229
Ivan: first thing

767
01:02:33.360 --> 01:02:37.119
Ivan: candidates. But here to these procedures.

768
01:02:37.310 --> 01:02:39.139
Ivan: and what's in the Handbook?

769
01:02:40.690 --> 01:02:42.330
Ivan: Let me see if I can blow this up.

770
01:02:42.710 --> 01:02:43.299
Good.

771
01:02:43.440 --> 01:02:44.610
Ivan: can I? No.

772
01:02:44.940 --> 01:02:46.810
Ivan: All right.

773
01:02:47.740 --> 01:02:49.899
Ivan: Oh, there you go. Thank you.

774
01:02:51.170 --> 01:02:52.209
Ivan: Okay.

775
01:02:52.750 --> 01:02:59.280
Ivan: Candidate to the guidelines and any other election policy established by empower. La

776
01:02:59.640 --> 01:03:04.770
Ivan: candidates. May not you, city or neighborhood council, controlled

777
01:03:05.460 --> 01:03:06.660
Ivan: buildings.

778
01:03:07.610 --> 01:03:13.870
Ivan: equipment, supplies, funds, or other taxpayer resources for campaigning?

779
01:03:14.780 --> 01:03:15.569
Ivan: All right.

780
01:03:16.160 --> 01:03:19.639
Ivan: Those of you that are currently incumbent.

781
01:03:19.670 --> 01:03:23.700
You may not use your Neighborhood Council email address.

782
01:03:24.630 --> 01:03:31.120
Ivan: which is your name at Venezuela Org. You have to use a separate email address.

783
01:03:34.320 --> 01:03:41.349
Ivan: and anything else that comes from the neighborhood council or from the city. You might not use that for campaigning.

784
01:03:43.010 --> 01:03:46.459
Ivan: Candidates might not be the city of Los Angeles.

785
01:03:46.680 --> 01:03:48.160
Ivan: or

786
01:03:48.600 --> 01:03:50.180
Ivan: they the

787
01:03:50.230 --> 01:03:51.240
Ivan: the steel.

788
01:03:51.610 --> 01:03:56.209
Ivan: Most of our stationary, and everything has little. The city of the lake Seal

789
01:03:56.890 --> 01:04:02.729
Ivan: our letter head, the empower, La Logo. It should be Clerk Logo.

790
01:04:02.770 --> 01:04:06.509
Ivan: or any other official, and the designation.

791
01:04:08.540 --> 01:04:11.579
Ivan: You can't have it in your campaign material.

792
01:04:11.720 --> 01:04:15.009
Ivan: so you can take a picture of yourself

793
01:04:15.060 --> 01:04:16.760
Ivan: in front of a banner

794
01:04:17.280 --> 01:04:19.930
Ivan: that has the Neighborhood Council logo on it.

795
01:04:21.690 --> 01:04:26.009
Ivan: You cannot in any way imply that you're being endorsed

796
01:04:26.300 --> 01:04:28.240
Ivan: by the Neighborhood Council.

797
01:04:28.800 --> 01:04:31.370
Ivan: Anything we send out was

798
01:04:31.620 --> 01:04:32.799
Ivan: candidates

799
01:04:32.840 --> 01:04:36.920
Ivan: information on it, or pictures will have everybody on it.

800
01:04:38.870 --> 01:04:45.989
Ivan: Okay, that will be official from us.

801
01:04:46.570 --> 01:04:48.970
Ivan: Yeah, okay.

802
01:04:51.430 --> 01:04:57.370
Ivan: You may not request or receive endorsement from the Venice Neighborhood and Council Board.

803
01:04:58.300 --> 01:04:59.689
Ivan: You may

804
01:05:00.590 --> 01:05:04.089
Ivan: receive endorsements from other candidates.

805
01:05:04.700 --> 01:05:05.370
Ivan: but

806
01:05:05.510 --> 01:05:13.620
Ivan: if they are other board members, they must say that they're doing this as an individual, not as a board member.

807
01:05:14.160 --> 01:05:20.949
Ivan: Okay. So the Board cannot officially endorse any other candidate.

808
01:05:22.170 --> 01:05:23.020
Ivan: All right.

809
01:05:25.700 --> 01:05:27.339
Ivan: Oh, this thing Where?

810
01:05:27.360 --> 01:05:30.950
Ivan: Oh, the things not in here about. Okay, electioneering.

811
01:05:31.050 --> 01:05:35.330
Ivan: Oh, that yeah. Okay, All right. Skip a couple of things.

812
01:05:36.430 --> 01:05:40.089
Ivan: You may not post hand bills.

813
01:05:40.640 --> 01:05:46.370
Ivan: flyers, any kind of advertising on city property.

814
01:05:47.000 --> 01:05:58.970
Ivan: It includes light polls, telephone polls, even though they belong to, you know G. To here, or whatever you may not post so much any public polls.

815
01:05:59.840 --> 01:06:02.849
Ivan: And now, here's the tricky thing. These are things

816
01:06:03.200 --> 01:06:04.000
that

817
01:06:04.310 --> 01:06:05.859
people do report.

818
01:06:07.340 --> 01:06:09.549
Ivan: and if they come out and look at it.

819
01:06:09.700 --> 01:06:11.639
Ivan: this what's on the flyer

820
01:06:11.760 --> 01:06:13.129
Ivan: that you put up

821
01:06:13.540 --> 01:06:14.849
Ivan: vote for.

822
01:06:15.240 --> 01:06:17.300
Ivan: and there's your name and big letters.

823
01:06:17.540 --> 01:06:19.330
Ivan: and if you were really smart.

824
01:06:19.460 --> 01:06:25.359
Ivan: there is your name and your picture in big letters, so they know right where to find you and who you are.

825
01:06:25.600 --> 01:06:31.789
Ivan: People don't do it. It's a sure way to get caught, and you can get disqualified for that.

826
01:06:35.050 --> 01:06:37.679
just like you may run as a slate.

827
01:06:37.700 --> 01:06:40.840
Ivan: which means a group of you running together

828
01:06:41.100 --> 01:06:43.809
Ivan: and putting out joint advertising

829
01:06:46.090 --> 01:06:47.850
Ivan: campaigning together.

830
01:06:48.860 --> 01:06:51.240
But if you do.

831
01:06:51.640 --> 01:06:53.720
Ivan: you must have a letter

832
01:06:53.980 --> 01:06:55.899
Ivan: or somebody on the slate

833
01:06:56.050 --> 01:07:00.310
Ivan: must have a letter with everybody's signature on it.

834
01:07:00.370 --> 01:07:02.069
Ivan: That's on the straight

835
01:07:02.330 --> 01:07:04.810
Ivan: agreeing to be part of the slate.

836
01:07:04.990 --> 01:07:07.649
Ivan: You can't just put people's names on it.

837
01:07:08.240 --> 01:07:11.290
Ivan: They have to agree to be part of your slate.

838
01:07:11.500 --> 01:07:12.930
Ivan: No, we actually had a

839
01:07:13.130 --> 01:07:18.430
Ivan: interesting thing. A few elections to go where the President was running for reelection.

840
01:07:18.450 --> 01:07:23.069
Ivan: and there were 2 big slates, and they both put him on their slate

841
01:07:23.500 --> 01:07:29.240
Ivan: because none of them were running for President. He was running for reelection, and he didn't even know that was happen.

842
01:07:29.760 --> 01:07:30.620
Ivan: Okay.

843
01:07:30.640 --> 01:07:31.399
Ivan: so

844
01:07:31.660 --> 01:07:33.049
Ivan: please don't do that.

845
01:07:33.440 --> 01:07:35.449
Ivan: You have to get written consent

846
01:07:36.800 --> 01:07:39.210
Ivan: electioneering. What is electioneering

847
01:07:40.970 --> 01:07:43.040
Ivan: on the day of the election?

848
01:07:43.420 --> 01:07:44.340
The poll?

849
01:07:45.230 --> 01:07:47.940
Ivan: There may not be any campaigning

850
01:07:47.970 --> 01:07:51.640
Ivan: within 100 feet of the entrance

851
01:07:51.670 --> 01:07:52.840
Ivan: to the pole

852
01:07:54.160 --> 01:07:58.139
Ivan: within 100 feet of the entrance to the pole.

853
01:07:58.280 --> 01:08:00.760
Ivan: there will be signs posted

854
01:08:01.040 --> 01:08:02.849
Ivan: in every direction

855
01:08:02.970 --> 01:08:04.770
Ivan: from the entrance.

856
01:08:05.340 --> 01:08:07.610
Ivan: where the 100 foot limit is.

857
01:08:07.740 --> 01:08:12.890
Ivan: It's usually a a yellow side, and it says, do not campaign beyond this point.

858
01:08:13.800 --> 01:08:16.800
Ivan: That's another sure way to to get caught.

859
01:08:16.840 --> 01:08:19.199
Ivan: You will get reported.

860
01:08:20.080 --> 01:08:22.419
Ivan: Candidates know about this.

861
01:08:22.700 --> 01:08:26.549
Ivan: and they will report other candidates who do that.

862
01:08:28.220 --> 01:08:29.640
Ivan: Don't do it, folks.

863
01:08:29.910 --> 01:08:35.690
Ivan: You also can't stand right across the street from the poll with a bull horn

864
01:08:35.819 --> 01:08:40.150
Ivan: shouting into the entrance to the poll. Vote for George

865
01:08:40.560 --> 01:08:47.809
Ivan: George. So one to get it. You can't in any way influence

866
01:08:48.060 --> 01:08:50.659
Ivan: people that are inside the poll

867
01:08:51.569 --> 01:08:56.639
Ivan: now, voters actually, and this applies to everybody. It's not just candidates.

868
01:08:57.170 --> 01:08:59.230
Ivan: If you walk into a poll

869
01:08:59.310 --> 01:09:01.870
Ivan: with a vote for George T-shirt.

870
01:09:02.800 --> 01:09:07.620
Ivan: you will probably ask to go into the bathroom and turn it inside out.

871
01:09:07.760 --> 01:09:11.759
Ivan: Or do you have a sweater or something you can put on top of it.

872
01:09:12.450 --> 01:09:14.420
Ivan: You can't come in with a button.

873
01:09:15.710 --> 01:09:18.340
Ivan: You can't do anything that

874
01:09:18.410 --> 01:09:22.610
Ivan: tells people how they should vote inside the poll.

875
01:09:23.000 --> 01:09:27.569
Ivan: and again walking in with that. It's city clerks, people. They don't catch you

876
01:09:28.069 --> 01:09:29.750
Ivan: so they're all aware of it.

877
01:09:30.250 --> 01:09:30.899
Ivan: Okay.

878
01:09:31.180 --> 01:09:32.839
Ivan: please be careful.

879
01:09:33.100 --> 01:09:37.650
Ivan: You also can't and and trust me. We've seen every trick in the book.

880
01:09:38.000 --> 01:09:40.520
Ivan: You can't be walking in this

881
01:09:40.630 --> 01:09:41.439
Ivan: 3,

882
01:09:41.770 --> 01:09:56.759
Ivan: starting at the 100 foot thing going well for me. Vote for me, load for me, and you walk past, and you walk past the entrance and you keep on going. I was just walking down the street. I wasn't doing that selectioneering people.

883
01:09:57.910 --> 01:10:01.899
Ivan: You can't do it. I I I can't extract it strongly enough.

884
01:10:01.980 --> 01:10:03.879
Ivan: You will get disqualified.

885
01:10:04.760 --> 01:10:05.529
Ivan: All right.

886
01:10:07.250 --> 01:10:11.879
Ivan: Candidates report any violation of these rules to the city clerk.

887
01:10:12.450 --> 01:10:13.120
Ivan: Don't

888
01:10:13.160 --> 01:10:19.690
Ivan: send them to Michael, and I don't send them to elections. We can't do anything about that.

889
01:10:20.500 --> 01:10:32.479
Ivan: Okay. Those go directly to the city clerk, and as Michael mentioned before. There are going to be questions. Come up in the next 6 weeks, whatever, and the answer

890
01:10:32.620 --> 01:10:34.569
Ivan: we may give you with.

891
01:10:34.680 --> 01:10:36.689
Ivan: Send it to the city clerk.

892
01:10:37.810 --> 01:10:42.789
Ivan: Okay, they will give you an answer, and then they're on the hook. Whatever answer they give you.

893
01:10:42.900 --> 01:10:46.049
Ivan: you know, if we tell you something that we shouldn't.

894
01:10:46.350 --> 01:10:48.219
Ivan: We're in trouble. So

895
01:10:48.280 --> 01:10:51.089
Ivan: we try very hard not to do that.

896
01:10:51.580 --> 01:10:52.510
Ivan: Okay.

897
01:10:54.410 --> 01:10:57.229
Ivan: you must notify the city clerk.

898
01:10:57.870 --> 01:10:59.280
Ivan: Well.

899
01:10:59.470 --> 01:11:01.149
Ivan: what is that? I will?

900
01:11:02.010 --> 01:11:05.010
Ivan: Oh, yeah, if your stat exchanger.

901
01:11:06.210 --> 01:11:09.210
Ivan: you must notify the city clerk.

902
01:11:10.180 --> 01:11:17.439
Ivan: So, in other words, your stakeholder, your registers candidate, they qualified you.

903
01:11:17.600 --> 01:11:19.299
Ivan: And now you've moved

904
01:11:19.450 --> 01:11:22.550
Ivan: 2 springs over. But you're in Santa Monica.

905
01:11:23.650 --> 01:11:28.250
Ivan: You must notify the city clerk that you are now living outside the border.

906
01:11:28.410 --> 01:11:32.039
Michael Lynn: and us when we say and the Nc. We mean

907
01:11:32.280 --> 01:11:35.010
Michael Lynn: the elections at Venezuela.

908
01:11:35.210 --> 01:11:37.210
Michael Lynn: because we need to know that.

909
01:11:37.500 --> 01:11:39.090
Ivan: Right? Okay.

910
01:11:39.230 --> 01:11:40.660
Ivan: So

911
01:11:40.780 --> 01:11:44.970
Ivan: you must let them know now, the deadline

912
01:11:45.920 --> 01:11:46.900
Ivan: for

913
01:11:47.010 --> 01:11:50.359
Ivan: with drawings a candidate has passed.

914
01:11:51.500 --> 01:12:03.239
Ivan: So you are now going to officially be on the ballot. If you send us a thing tomorrow, or send the cler to think tomorrow I want to withdraw. You're still gonna be on the ballot.

915
01:12:04.740 --> 01:12:09.360
Ivan: Okay, and there's nothing we can do or nothing they can do because they're already

916
01:12:09.700 --> 01:12:11.200
Ivan: setting up the ballot.

917
01:12:11.380 --> 01:12:14.880
Ivan: So you're stuck there. You can tell people not to vote for you.

918
01:12:15.320 --> 01:12:16.179
but

919
01:12:16.530 --> 01:12:19.209
Ivan: and in the voter guide what we will do.

920
01:12:19.450 --> 01:12:29.769
Michael Lynn: Well, no, we can't do anything.

921
01:12:29.810 --> 01:12:36.329
Michael Lynn: or a photo is going to be listed at the bottom, as having not done so. So. If you're going to withdraw.

922
01:12:36.700 --> 01:12:40.509
Michael Lynn: then you can just pull back your photo and statement.

923
01:12:40.680 --> 01:12:41.670
Michael Lynn: and there you go

924
01:12:41.800 --> 01:12:42.570
Ivan: right.

925
01:12:42.850 --> 01:12:53.959
Michael Lynn: You'll just not have your photo and statement, or if you want to have your photo and have the word withdraw. That's fine. But being that we're trying to save as much space as possible.

926
01:12:54.100 --> 01:12:57.389
we prefer that if you are going to withdraw

927
01:12:58.100 --> 01:13:00.320
that you

928
01:13:00.360 --> 01:13:08.249
Michael Lynn: put or not. Submit your photo and statement, and then then you can just be listed. It will save a lot of space.

929
01:13:08.960 --> 01:13:09.679
Ivan: Right?

930
01:13:09.800 --> 01:13:11.200
Ivan: Okay? So

931
01:13:11.460 --> 01:13:15.329
Ivan: i'm going to emphasize something here because it's something we've started

932
01:13:15.940 --> 01:13:18.900
Ivan: about 4 elections back, 5 election to back.

933
01:13:19.610 --> 01:13:21.179
Ivan: The Voter guide

934
01:13:21.880 --> 01:13:26.189
Ivan: is the most valuable tool that you can have

935
01:13:26.740 --> 01:13:28.759
Ivan: to getting people into vote

936
01:13:30.910 --> 01:13:32.360
Ivan: at the polls.

937
01:13:33.040 --> 01:13:38.950
Ivan: I would say a third to a half of the people that come to the polls to vote in person.

938
01:13:39.110 --> 01:13:43.470
Ivan: Have the voter guide tucked under their arm with candidates circled.

939
01:13:44.990 --> 01:13:46.540
Ivan: who they want to vote for.

940
01:13:46.970 --> 01:13:51.000
Ivan: They bring them to the candidate forum and make notes on them.

941
01:13:51.580 --> 01:14:03.269
Ivan: You know who to vote for it's the single most effective tool that I've seen to in neighborhood council elections, and I've run elections, and

942
01:14:03.360 --> 01:14:06.179
Ivan: almost two-thirds of the neighborhood. Count.

943
01:14:06.600 --> 01:14:09.109
Michael Lynn: By the way, are we done with the

944
01:14:09.370 --> 01:14:12.160
Ivan: Oh, almost okay.

945
01:14:12.460 --> 01:14:13.170
Ivan: What

946
01:14:13.310 --> 01:14:15.399
Michael Lynn: But we don't want the candidate guideline? Here.

947
01:14:16.010 --> 01:14:20.800
Ivan: Yeah, I'm: I'm getting there.

948
01:14:21.120 --> 01:14:24.529
Ivan: Okay, okay.

949
01:14:26.220 --> 01:14:32.749
Ivan: like, Michael said, the Border Guard is going to go out. We'll get a mail it out to every household in Venice.

950
01:14:33.550 --> 01:14:42.019
Ivan: Now there are times when the post Office doesn't deliver everything. We've had that problem in the past, but that's who we've chosen to go with this time.

951
01:14:42.510 --> 01:14:43.269
Ivan: so

952
01:14:43.470 --> 01:14:47.470
Ivan: we will have it posted online on on our web page.

953
01:14:48.060 --> 01:14:53.710
Ivan: and there will probably be hundreds of extra copies that we will distribute in

954
01:14:53.780 --> 01:14:59.519
Ivan: certain places around Venice, and we'll let you know where they are if you want to pick up some. And

955
01:15:00.010 --> 01:15:03.750
Ivan: you know, in the map to your friends. Okay, campaigning.

956
01:15:03.820 --> 01:15:05.330
Ivan: This is the fun stuff.

957
01:15:06.090 --> 01:15:10.570
Ivan: Those are the things you can't do. What can you do? Make up flyers.

958
01:15:12.690 --> 01:15:15.169
Ivan: Talk about who you are, what you want to do.

959
01:15:16.530 --> 01:15:19.210
Ivan: be sure to put down the day of the election.

960
01:15:20.280 --> 01:15:29.350
Ivan: Be sure to put down for more information and the link to our website. So people know how to get a ballot. There's a lot of information you probably don't want to put on your flyer.

961
01:15:29.430 --> 01:15:32.610
Ivan: so send them over there. We'll try to keep that up to date

962
01:15:33.440 --> 01:15:34.429
Ivan: Parties

963
01:15:34.770 --> 01:15:37.969
Ivan: parties are a great way to get votes.

964
01:15:39.500 --> 01:15:45.750
Ivan: Have a party. You got a backyard? You have a friend that has a backyard. You know somebody that that owns a

965
01:15:45.790 --> 01:15:49.379
Ivan: You know some place where they have a meeting room.

966
01:15:50.740 --> 01:15:57.869
Ivan: you know. One of our board members in the past is is the owner of the All house down on the boardwalk.

967
01:15:58.000 --> 01:16:02.870
Ivan: You know. It's a back room with a lot of you know. He had parties in there.

968
01:16:03.570 --> 01:16:04.440
Ivan: Okay.

969
01:16:04.510 --> 01:16:07.360
Ivan: It's a great way to get people in. Have fun.

970
01:16:09.100 --> 01:16:11.080
Ivan: slate. I told you about that.

971
01:16:11.620 --> 01:16:12.440
Ivan: Okay.

972
01:16:12.960 --> 01:16:18.690
Ivan: Another really effective way to get votes. And i'll tell you a little story about this.

973
01:16:19.060 --> 01:16:26.390
Ivan: So, like I said, I, 2 elections go back in. You know what we said. 2019. I guess

974
01:16:27.360 --> 01:16:29.850
Ivan: I did these workshops on on

975
01:16:30.180 --> 01:16:31.910
Ivan: what i'm doing here today

976
01:16:32.060 --> 01:16:34.639
Ivan: in 9 of the 12 regions.

977
01:16:35.110 --> 01:16:39.379
Ivan: These are people that I didn't know for the most part.

978
01:16:40.400 --> 01:16:43.110
Ivan: and I did one in South La.

979
01:16:44.430 --> 01:16:47.150
About 6 months later

980
01:16:47.720 --> 01:16:53.560
Ivan: I was sitting at a. I might have probably worked at the Congress. I I was sitting at

981
01:16:53.970 --> 01:16:59.850
Ivan: all the neighborhood councils get together once a year. It's gonna be. It's called the neighboring Council Congress.

982
01:17:00.060 --> 01:17:02.100
Ivan: and I was going to get a table

983
01:17:02.330 --> 01:17:07.580
Ivan: and someone we're sitting there talking to someone else from another account. So

984
01:17:07.830 --> 01:17:11.559
Ivan: and it was saying, Well, how did you get elected? What what did you do?

985
01:17:11.800 --> 01:17:13.440
Ivan: You should you know

986
01:17:14.850 --> 01:17:17.669
Ivan: some guy she didn't recognize me.

987
01:17:17.950 --> 01:17:19.179
Ivan: Some guy.

988
01:17:19.560 --> 01:17:20.860
Ivan: King. 2 are

989
01:17:21.410 --> 01:17:26.149
Ivan: area and do a workshop and talked about knocking on doors.

990
01:17:26.800 --> 01:17:29.629
Ivan: And I said, Wow, that's a great way to meet people.

991
01:17:30.120 --> 01:17:33.460
Ivan: and I went, and I won by hundreds of votes

992
01:17:35.190 --> 01:17:42.030
Ivan: started laughing, you know, because it's exactly what I told them to do so. I'm going to tell you.

993
01:17:42.240 --> 01:17:43.760
Ivan: Go out and meet people.

994
01:17:44.530 --> 01:17:46.160
Ivan: people, you know.

995
01:17:46.480 --> 01:17:48.220
Ivan: People want to talk to you.

996
01:17:48.970 --> 01:17:50.940
Ivan: They want to know what you're thinking.

997
01:17:51.420 --> 01:17:59.349
Ivan: especially if you're one of the 40 people running for community officer and people. Don't know who you are, that they can't tell you what part.

998
01:18:00.050 --> 01:18:02.489
Ivan: It makes a huge difference

999
01:18:02.630 --> 01:18:06.849
Ivan: that somebody came around and wanted to talk to me

1000
01:18:07.290 --> 01:18:09.909
Ivan: in person and tell me about themselves.

1001
01:18:10.770 --> 01:18:17.650
Ivan: Do it on the weekend, do it early evenings. Well, no, it will still be dark. We used to do it in the summer, but

1002
01:18:18.860 --> 01:18:20.319
Ivan: go out and meet people.

1003
01:18:20.790 --> 01:18:25.979
Ivan: If you want to get a door. Hanger, go to a print and get it. Get a couple of 100 door hangers.

1004
01:18:26.090 --> 01:18:31.529
Ivan: knock on the door, give them a doorhanger, and give them a business card. Those are cheaper. Give them a flyer.

1005
01:18:32.330 --> 01:18:35.259
Ivan: all right. It's very, very effective.

1006
01:18:37.840 --> 01:18:38.990
Ivan: The press.

1007
01:18:39.840 --> 01:18:40.650
Ivan: So

1008
01:18:42.500 --> 01:18:47.540
Ivan: my guess is a lot of you have never dealt with the press before

1009
01:18:48.760 --> 01:18:52.109
Ivan: we have a bunch of local papers.

1010
01:18:53.010 --> 01:18:55.769
Ivan: Some of them are online papers.

1011
01:18:57.740 --> 01:19:02.660
Ivan: and some of them want to interview you as candidates.

1012
01:19:04.220 --> 01:19:07.600
Ivan: But you. I'm not saying don't do it. It's up to you.

1013
01:19:07.680 --> 01:19:10.469
Ivan: You need to be very careful

1014
01:19:10.530 --> 01:19:12.389
Ivan: talking to the press.

1015
01:19:12.780 --> 01:19:14.770
Ivan: Everything you say

1016
01:19:14.940 --> 01:19:19.490
Ivan: you have to imagine might appear on the front page of the La Time.

1017
01:19:22.490 --> 01:19:28.479
Ivan: Be very, very careful what you tell people. They are looking for controversy.

1018
01:19:29.360 --> 01:19:33.820
Ivan: and anything they find anything you tell them is going to be up there.

1019
01:19:34.160 --> 01:19:36.499
Ivan: and once it's up there you can't do anything

1020
01:19:36.680 --> 01:19:38.089
Ivan: you can't take it back.

1021
01:19:38.200 --> 01:19:39.120
Ivan: Okay.

1022
01:19:39.310 --> 01:19:41.579
Ivan: Please be very careful.

1023
01:19:41.820 --> 01:19:46.590
Ivan: You do not have to do interviews. If you don't feel comfortable doing that

1024
01:19:47.000 --> 01:19:51.339
Ivan: in some cases it may help you get some voters. In some cases.

1025
01:19:51.510 --> 01:19:55.179
Ivan: if somebody is intending to do a hit piece on you

1026
01:19:55.370 --> 01:19:56.690
Ivan: which happens

1027
01:19:57.910 --> 01:19:59.679
Ivan: it's not going to help you at all.

1028
01:20:00.700 --> 01:20:03.629
Ivan: So please please be careful.

1029
01:20:04.170 --> 01:20:07.039
Ivan: all right. I can't tell you which papers talk to. But

1030
01:20:07.080 --> 01:20:08.099
Ivan: be careful.

1031
01:20:09.490 --> 01:20:10.349
Ivan: Okay.

1032
01:20:10.380 --> 01:20:12.049
Ivan: What do you do out there?

1033
01:20:13.390 --> 01:20:14.250
Ivan: So

1034
01:20:15.790 --> 01:20:22.970
Ivan: it's really important. And and the last campaign started to get really ugly 2 years ago.

1035
01:20:23.820 --> 01:20:26.430
Ivan: and I should preface this by saying.

1036
01:20:26.960 --> 01:20:28.889
Ivan: This is my personal

1037
01:20:28.950 --> 01:20:30.219
Ivan: opinion here.

1038
01:20:30.740 --> 01:20:31.570
Ivan: Okay.

1039
01:20:31.660 --> 01:20:33.300
Ivan: run on your merits.

1040
01:20:34.160 --> 01:20:36.729
Ivan: Don't run to take other people down

1041
01:20:37.150 --> 01:20:41.189
Ivan: the campaigns in the past. Some of them have gotten very ugly.

1042
01:20:42.050 --> 01:20:43.800
Ivan: We've had

1043
01:20:44.660 --> 01:20:46.449
Ivan: potential lawsuits

1044
01:20:47.100 --> 01:20:49.890
Ivan: not to get us, but against each other.

1045
01:20:50.730 --> 01:20:56.820
Ivan: These are your neighbors? Well, you're i'm sound like by now. These are your neighbors.

1046
01:20:59.510 --> 01:21:01.150
Ivan: You're gonna run into them.

1047
01:21:01.420 --> 01:21:04.010
Ivan: They live 2 houses down from you

1048
01:21:04.160 --> 01:21:05.940
Ivan: or across the street.

1049
01:21:06.180 --> 01:21:10.159
Ivan: You're gonna see them in the supermarket in the dry cleaners

1050
01:21:10.250 --> 01:21:11.920
Ivan: in the gas station

1051
01:21:12.500 --> 01:21:18.589
Ivan: on the board walk at the performance market. Wherever else you go. You're gonna run into these people.

1052
01:21:19.890 --> 01:21:20.760
Ivan: Okay.

1053
01:21:21.190 --> 01:21:22.019
Ivan: guys

1054
01:21:22.220 --> 01:21:29.709
Ivan: run a positive campaign. We need to show we we we're right now, and the pandemic didn't help this

1055
01:21:29.890 --> 01:21:35.270
Ivan: where people will stop coming to a lot of wrong meetings, because all they see is people fighting.

1056
01:21:36.000 --> 01:21:38.760
Ivan: You see, people are doing about procedure.

1057
01:21:39.120 --> 01:21:51.320
Ivan: You know. I I teach classes and parliamentary procedure. My opening line is how many of you ran for office, so you could spend 2 to 3 h a month arguing about parliamentary procedure

1058
01:21:52.120 --> 01:21:54.430
Ivan: instead of what's good for your community.

1059
01:21:55.470 --> 01:22:03.659
Ivan: You don't need to do that. Think of positive ways. You can impact your community things, your dreams, things you'd like to see happen.

1060
01:22:03.920 --> 01:22:07.560
Ivan: We need to get people to start talking to each other again.

1061
01:22:08.230 --> 01:22:16.699
Ivan: It's okay. I I disagree with people about all kinds of things. You know what people don't hate me for it, Michael and I don't talk politics.

1062
01:22:17.370 --> 01:22:21.369
Ivan: I've done Michael. Now for a while. We can. We just are.

1063
01:22:23.550 --> 01:22:27.679
Ivan: I don't want to say night and day, but day, you know, whatever we we're

1064
01:22:27.830 --> 01:22:31.699
Ivan: totally on the other opposite of the scale. Okay.

1065
01:22:32.410 --> 01:22:37.730
Ivan: and we start talking politics. I go Stop! Stop! No, no, we have to work together.

1066
01:22:37.770 --> 01:22:39.900
Ivan: you know. That was still French.

1067
01:22:39.920 --> 01:22:40.630
so

1068
01:22:40.860 --> 01:22:41.679
Ivan: you know

1069
01:22:42.160 --> 01:22:44.799
I can't expect this enough.

1070
01:22:45.010 --> 01:22:53.130
Ivan: Let's make this back to the best counsel in in the city we used to be, and now it's starting to fall down a little bit.

1071
01:22:53.230 --> 01:22:55.759
Ivan: It's not any one person's fault.

1072
01:22:57.900 --> 01:23:05.130
Ivan: All right, please. I wish I could get you to take a place to do positive campaigning, but it's so so important.

1073
01:23:05.400 --> 01:23:06.209
Ivan: you know.

1074
01:23:06.280 --> 01:23:08.910
Ivan: or else. You'll be on the board. You will win.

1075
01:23:08.940 --> 01:23:11.009
Ivan: and nobody will come to the meeting.

1076
01:23:11.230 --> 01:23:13.070
Ivan: And now what have you accomplished?

1077
01:23:15.940 --> 01:23:17.440
Ivan: Thank you.

1078
01:23:17.580 --> 01:23:19.450
Ivan: Okay, All right.

1079
01:23:19.660 --> 01:23:30.230
Ivan: That's it we got maybe 10 min left, Michael. We'll be answering some questions that were posted in the questions and answering, If you have a question

1080
01:23:30.250 --> 01:23:39.700
Michael Lynn: now would be a good time to put it in. We already have 8 that I've already typed in the answers on I'll just read through them really quick, and then we'll get some other questions.

1081
01:23:39.720 --> 01:23:45.359
Ivan: Okay, you need to be louder, Michael. It's hard to. I'll move a little closer.

1082
01:23:45.550 --> 01:23:47.099
Michael Lynn: Yeah, I'm: projecting.

1083
01:23:47.150 --> 01:23:51.019
Ivan: Okay, so i'm going to read some questions really quickly.

1084
01:23:51.060 --> 01:23:53.310
Michael Lynn: that have already been answered in

1085
01:23:53.370 --> 01:23:59.319
Michael Lynn: in the questions and answers you can see that there they should be posted. You should be able to see them.

1086
01:23:59.480 --> 01:24:06.089
Michael Lynn: What are the dates for the Vnc candidate Forums March 20 s and twenty-threerd.

1087
01:24:06.930 --> 01:24:12.170
I posted contact info if you can always refer to the website

1088
01:24:12.330 --> 01:24:13.120
Michael Lynn: at

1089
01:24:13.420 --> 01:24:17.469
venison, c.org slash. Elections

1090
01:24:18.560 --> 01:24:23.720
Michael Lynn: in person. Voting will be at Oakwood, a recreation center.

1091
01:24:23.860 --> 01:24:30.160
Michael Lynn: and there will not be the need for any proof of negative Covid test or vaccination

1092
01:24:30.980 --> 01:24:33.690
Will the by Voter guide be online?

1093
01:24:33.930 --> 01:24:40.789
Michael Lynn: Hopefully, Yes, no, it will be online. Yeah, we'll post it. There will be a Pdf version online.

1094
01:24:43.520 --> 01:24:55.010
Michael Lynn: However, the voter guide from 2,021. We're not going to post online I already showed you a little snippet of that let's see. So the next

1095
01:24:55.120 --> 01:24:56.639
Ivan: about the Voter guide

1096
01:24:56.980 --> 01:24:58.749
Ivan: We're asking you.

1097
01:24:59.400 --> 01:25:05.680
Ivan: We want it to look professional. Those who use the whole thing. We'll see what it looks really professional.

1098
01:25:05.910 --> 01:25:10.009
Ivan: and that's mostly thanks to Michael, because he puts it together.

1099
01:25:11.830 --> 01:25:14.019
Ivan: We want you to have a headshot

1100
01:25:14.290 --> 01:25:18.169
Ivan: We don't want to picture with your dog or your You know

1101
01:25:18.480 --> 01:25:23.209
Ivan: what, whatever else that that you're doing All right. We just want to head shop

1102
01:25:23.800 --> 01:25:24.519
Ivan: all right

1103
01:25:25.870 --> 01:25:27.490
Ivan: and

1104
01:25:28.510 --> 01:25:30.840
Ivan: did. And they said that I

1105
01:25:30.930 --> 01:25:32.870
Ivan: lemon on how many

1106
01:25:33.440 --> 01:25:34.739
Ivan: words you can.

1107
01:25:35.050 --> 01:25:39.379
Ivan: You know you put in your statement again. Try to come up with something original

1108
01:25:40.220 --> 01:25:42.030
Ivan: and something positive.

1109
01:25:43.120 --> 01:25:43.880
Ivan: All right?

1110
01:25:44.700 --> 01:25:50.129
Michael Lynn: Okay, we'll we'll. We'll have a lot more on that over the course of the next couple of weeks.

1111
01:25:50.270 --> 01:25:53.219
Michael Lynn: So other questions that we've had.

1112
01:25:53.360 --> 01:26:06.920
Michael Lynn: I want to eliminate any confusion about the mail-in ballots. The voter guides going out after the date of sending the mail adults. No, the voter guides are going out after the application

1113
01:26:07.180 --> 01:26:17.230
Michael Lynn: for a about a vote by mail ballot, it closes, but absolutely Voting goes all the way through right to the election.

1114
01:26:17.400 --> 01:26:23.910
Michael Lynn: so you'll have the vote. If you're undecided, hang on your ballot, and you'll be able to get the voter guide in the mail.

1115
01:26:25.830 --> 01:26:34.719
Michael Lynn: The confirmations for the Cannon Forum will be probably solidified within the next week or so. Hopefully cross fingers.

1116
01:26:35.890 --> 01:26:39.300
Michael Lynn: So we will have that in the candidate bulletins

1117
01:26:39.420 --> 01:26:41.879
Michael Lynn: in-person voting again, is it oak wood?

1118
01:26:42.270 --> 01:26:44.889
Michael Lynn: Let's see next one.

1119
01:26:47.060 --> 01:26:52.279
Ivan: Oh, you know, and about the Forum, I mean again, we'll send out more instructions.

1120
01:26:52.330 --> 01:26:54.889
Ivan: but only half of you will be on

1121
01:26:55.620 --> 01:26:56.519
Ivan: per night

1122
01:26:56.840 --> 01:27:05.499
Ivan: the other half can set up. Well, actually, all of you. We can try to set up tables around the room except for school, and you can all be there.

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Ivan: you know, talking to voters

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Ivan: being there both nights.

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Michael Lynn: Okay, keeping going with questions again. The deadline to mail in your ballot is March 2020 fifth, the day before the election.

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Michael Lynn: so

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Michael Lynn: if you can mail it by March 20 fifth.

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Michael Lynn: you have a postmarked. You're good, if not

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Michael Lynn: your best device to drop off the ballot at the

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Michael Lynn: Yeah. Oh, quick.

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Michael Lynn: Okay. So here's some great questions on how

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Michael Lynn: our homeless and houseless friends can

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Michael Lynn: do. Participate in the vote by mail process.

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Michael Lynn: It's a real good question that I've asked the city clerk, and have not really gotten a very functional Answer.

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Michael Lynn: I mean, essentially, they have to in order to vote by mail, have an address that they can be. Have a ballot sent to.

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Michael Lynn: and that seems to be the big sticking point.

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So if there is a service provider that can accept the ballot on their behalf.

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Michael Lynn: you can do that.

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But the best advice for any houseless person homeless person

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Michael Lynn: is to actually call the city clerk

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Michael Lynn: and get instructions from them, because they, you know they're trying to weigh their way through this as well, and they really might be kind of adjusting on the fly a little bit as well.

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Michael Lynn: So calling Valley City Clerk will be the best way to answer any of those questions.

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Ivan: Yeah. And and for those who do you want to write it down? The phone number for the city clerk?

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Ivan: There's 2, 1, 3,

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Ivan: 9, 7, 8,

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Ivan: 0, 4, 4, 4,

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Ivan: and our representative, our city clerk person is Nyema.

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Ivan: They just call up and you ask for Nyema.

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Michael Lynn: Okay, let's see a lot of these, we already answered.

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Michael Lynn: Okay, there's a question about. Can we pick up the ballots from the houses and bring

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Michael Lynn: bring them in ahead of time.

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Ivan: No, no.

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Michael Lynn: But but that's gonna be a question, really, for the city clerk. But i'm gonna i'm gonna say, Probably not.

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Ivan: Okay. You can

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Ivan: get

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Ivan: You can make copies.

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Michael Lynn: No, no, that wasn't what he was asking that wasn't he was asking. Yeah, he wasn't asking about filling out

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the ballot. He was providing the ballot.

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Ivan: No, you can provide an application for the ballot

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Ivan: that I'm: I'm: sorry I missed that correct. Okay, yeah. So you can make copies of the application

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Ivan: and hand them out.

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Ivan: You can't throw them out for people

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Michael Lynn: right? And as far as an address for a homeless person to get the ballot up again. That's going to be an L. A city clerk. Question.

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Michael Lynn: And again, that's the application. I want to be clear about that. Not the ballot itself.

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Michael Lynn: because they they will mail the ballot to them.

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Michael Lynn: Okay, let's see.

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Michael Lynn: Okay, where can we find a copy of these guidelines? Okay. So the

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Michael Lynn: page that I

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Michael Lynn: I created was an excerpt from the guidelines that are in the election handbook.

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Michael Lynn: But I will post the document that I just showed on the website, so that'll be there as a quick reference material.

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Michael Lynn: Yes, I should have asked for more money.

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Michael Lynn: That's a definite hard. Yes.

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Michael Lynn: okay.

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Michael Lynn: Signs. Can they be placed on the section between the sidewalk and the street, which is also known as a parkway.

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Michael Lynn: Okay, so

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Michael Lynn: that can you? That's going to be a kind of a very technical question to this specific parkway that we're describing.

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If it's

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Michael Lynn: private Property Parkway.

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Michael Lynn: and you have permission from that owner.

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Michael Lynn: I

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Michael Lynn: I don't think that there is any problem with that. If it's a public

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Michael Lynn: parkway

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Michael Lynn: that's going to be a question for the

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Michael Lynn: for the city clerk as far as whether that's allowed or not.

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Michael Lynn: I am not a 100% certain.

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Michael Lynn: Let's see.

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Michael Lynn: Okay, we did that. We did that.

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Michael Lynn: Oh, why is the form being held just before the in person voting anyone that is voting by mail will have mailed in their ballots.

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Michael Lynn: Well, actually probably not anyone who is undecided.

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Michael Lynn: I mean anyone who's decided who they're already voting for. Yeah, they'll have mailed it in, and they probably don't care about the forum anyways.

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or or getting the

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Michael Lynn: you know, or the

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voter guide.

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Michael Lynn: but the ones who do care the ones who want to make up their minds. This is the resource for them, and by getting the

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Michael Lynn: by getting having the forums just before the elections it that way. It's fresh in everyone's minds, and that's why we put it there also. The other reason is putting the Voter Guide and the forums together is a monumentous task, takes a lot of time.

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Michael Lynn: and I don't think we probably could put it together any sooner than it is.

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Michael Lynn: Oh, will the candidate forms be hybrid so that people can be in person and watch on Zoom live.

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Ivan: I didn't you want to answer that.

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Ivan: Yeah, it's a good question. We don't know

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Ivan: right right now.

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Ivan: The the city has no provisions for running hybrid meetings.

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Ivan: They're trying to work it out. They're going to have to amend the brown act in order to do it

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Ivan: so

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Ivan: if we can, and if we have the equipment, we certainly want to make it

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Ivan: accessible as possible, and if nothing else it'll be recorded, and it'll be

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Ivan: posted by the next day.

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Ivan: Okay.

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Michael Lynn: yeah, Our intent is to make it as public and viewing friendly as possible.

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so they can reach as many people as possible, many Venusians as possible.

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Michael Lynn: So

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Ivan: now that's basically it.

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Michael Lynn: Oh, and the city. Okay? So the forums are actually going to be a meeting.

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Michael Lynn: not a presentation.

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Michael Lynn: Okay. So for meeting, we have to have quorum and we have to have a. The question was, let me finish, because I want to end this right at 80'clock, so just to end it. The

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Michael Lynn: The question was that If the city still allows Zoom Meetings, why not hold the forms on zoom to increase participation?

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Michael Lynn: We get a better.

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Michael Lynn: for if we do it live.

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Michael Lynn: it's just a much, much, much better.

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Michael Lynn: But to do it hybrid would be the ultimate goal. In that case.

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Michael Lynn: Okay, with that final word Ivan.

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Ivan: get out there and get some voters

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Ivan: start campaigning. That's how you win.

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Michael Lynn: And thank you. Everybody for everyone who showed up and and and received the information again. If you need further information email us

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Michael Lynn: at elections.

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Michael Lynn: Elections.

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Michael Lynn: Got it for you@venicenc.org. Or you can reply to any of the emails that i'm sending you. I'll get them, and can forward them appropriately.

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Michael Lynn: And with that, Thank you. Everybody

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Michael Lynn: have a great evening and have a great campaign

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Ivan: Bye, bye.

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Oh, oh.

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the

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Ivan: we did good.