2026-10-07 - KACCB

00:00Uh welcome um to the October board

00:03meeting for keep that start beautiful.

00:06Uh call this meeting to order. Um and

00:09thank you guys for all being here. Um

00:13I attached the uh September minutes uh

00:17onto the calendar invite. Um

00:20[clears throat]

00:21so I think the the first thing we have

00:22to do is uh

00:25approve or vote on the September

00:27minutes.

00:28Is there a motion to approve the

00:30September minutes?

00:32>> Motion.

00:34>> Courtney.

00:35>> Second.

00:38>> Courtney.

00:39Um, for all those in favor of approving

00:42September minutes, say I.

00:44>> I. Any against? Say nay.

00:48Uh, the September minutes are approved.

00:52Then we can move on to treasures report.

00:55Um, Chica is out.

00:57Um

00:59you can give a look at the strate

01:02report.

01:04Um

01:06take if you want to give a

01:10credit report.

01:11>> Sure. I mean just sort of just without

01:14going deep line by line you know we've

01:16been getting some money in for Rivers

01:18Live which just to remind everybody has

01:19sort of flowed through. Sorry we got I

01:23think

01:24out of some agenda. Yeah. Thank you.

01:27Um, so you'll see some money coming in

01:30for Rivers Alive. Um, we do have, um,

01:33the money that came in from Dirty Dance.

01:36Um, some cell phone stuff, some um,

01:40membership stuff,

01:43and a miscellaneous little grant, um, or

01:47really kind of, you know, like a

01:48membership sponsorship or the DAP

01:51project. Um, and then you're going to

01:54sort of see that there's some money

01:56that's going to go out that's gone out

01:58for River's Live. Um, you can see the

02:01expenditures we had for Dirty Dance. And

02:03then, um, we had the Green School's

02:06kickoff program, which we utilize some

02:08funds, which also tends to be flow

02:10through. We get money from the other

02:13organizations that we collaborate with.

02:16Um and so really down at the bottom the

02:19money s up a little bit from last year

02:22because we've we've added some funds. Um

02:25our CD is sticking to the 25,000 and um

02:31we are yeah we're up

02:34says 64,000 kind of kind of a lot. Um

02:38but some of that is coming in and go

02:40back out. So that's the flow through. So

02:45>> yeah,

02:47>> motion approvements treasury report

02:49second.

02:51>> Thank you. And then uh for all those in

02:53favor of approving the treasure report,

02:56say I.

02:57>> I.

02:58>> Any against say nay.

03:01That treasur report is approved. Uh now

03:04I can move on to safety and the

03:06executive director's report.

03:08>> Okay. So one thing we will have more

03:10money going out next month. what we have

03:12received an invoice for our nonprofit

03:15liability insurance. We pay for that

03:17every year. It is $775.

03:22Um I brought sort of the policy in case

03:24anybody's interested. Sometimes people

03:26are interested in contracts. Um but this

03:29is something that we've been doing for

03:30many years and it basically protects us

03:32when we do events. Um so that

03:37>> Yeah.

03:38Um, if anybody ha if anybody would like

03:41to look at this, I'm happy to pass it

03:44around. If not, Ezra and Chico already

03:47know about it. Um, because we have to

03:51pay it before the end of the month. So,

03:54so that's number one. Um, or actually

03:57it's number two. Number one, the dirty

03:58dance rep. I just want to throw back out

04:00there to everyone, please, if you

04:02haven't done your thank yous to the

04:03folks that you receive donations from.

04:06It's all, you know, we have the

04:08spreadsheet. We've sent you the link

04:10several times. There is a draft um thank

04:13you letter and all you have to really do

04:16is change the name of the folks. But

04:17it's really really important because

04:18we're so lucky in this community how

04:20many businesses support our event. Um

04:24and the reason we make as much money as

04:26we do is because of them. So we really

04:28want to make sure we thank them. So if

04:30you have not done so, please do so in

04:33the spreadsheet. If you're having

04:34trouble, reach out to me. I can help.

04:37Um, in the spreadsheet, it does show if

04:41you you're supposed to write down if

04:42you've sent the thank you and on what

04:44date, just so that we have some sort of

04:46record. So, please go in. Um, I also

04:50sent last week or maybe early this week,

04:53it's all ready together. Uh, is the

04:56wrap-up report. So, just so that you can

04:58see the money that we were able to raise

05:01for Dirty Dance, but also at the end of

05:03every event that we do, we usually kind

05:04of do a little wrap up suggestions for

05:07next year, things that went well, things

05:09that could be improved. Um, and so just,

05:12you know, whatever your thoughts are, go

05:13ahead. I sent you guys a link to that

05:15Google doc. if you notice something, you

05:17know, please please just write it down

05:19because every year when we come back

05:21around to this event, we pull that up

05:23and we look at it and we sort of discuss

05:24if we want to make changes, like if we

05:26need to change the DJ because he's not

05:28great.

05:30>> He's Yeah. So, uh Oh, and we did pay our

05:34DJ actually, so we could get that done.

05:37Um, let's see.

05:39I am not sure because Stacy's out of

05:42town this week at the conference, but it

05:43will go up on our socials once she gets

05:45back. Did does any has everybody heard

05:47about Caitlyn's pick six? Yeah. Okay.

05:50Because you guys have probably done it

05:51at 8.

05:52>> We might have recommended KV.

05:54>> Oh, what's that?

05:56>> We might have recommended K.

05:57>> Oh, you may have. You may or may not

05:59have. Well, thank you very much. We did

06:01a video with Caitlyn. It was super fun.

06:04Um, and she is a woman uh with a

06:09disability that does um these special

06:12sort of UG

06:14uh football hype videos to raise raise

06:16awareness for folks with disabilities,

06:19but also to raise awareness of

06:20nonprofits in town and then they post

06:23them and they try and generate funds for

06:24these different nonprofits. So, we did

06:26already see receive $100. Um, if uh I'll

06:32make sure that I'll send I I didn't

06:35because Stacy's like our social media

06:37sort of person and she's out of town. I

06:38was waiting for her to get back, but

06:40I'll try I'll go ahead and send you guys

06:41the links because you could put them up

06:44on your socials, too. They're really

06:46sweet. Um, there's a couple different

06:48videos. You saw it. Was it cute?

06:52>> You had good chemistry together on

06:53screen.

06:54>> Was it?

06:54>> You and Caitlyn had good chemistry

06:56together.

06:56>> Oh, yeah. She was good. She was great.

06:57She was great. And then we were able to

06:59get some of our staff to call the dogs

07:01doing a little barking with her. Um, and

07:04so it's really sweet. So, make sure you

07:06take a look at that. It's on a YouTube

07:08on her YouTube channel, but if you want,

07:11post them to your social. So, it's just

07:12going to help generate more money for

07:14KCCB and raise awareness. So, that

07:16happened. Um, and then Carlos did a

07:19litter class if you want to. I didn't

07:21want to steal your thunder, so I know

07:24you heard about it already. you want to

07:26just briefly share with folks what we've

07:27been working on for like a year that

07:29came to fruition. Well, it's been a work

07:31in progress for like almost a decade,

07:35but it for the last year, we've been

07:37slowly moving forward with trying to

07:39work with the the municipal court judge

07:42and the attorney, the city at or the

07:45county attorney to uh have a class for

07:48individuals who are cited with illegal

07:50dumping and or illegals uh littering and

07:54or illegal dumping related offenses. So,

07:57at the judge's discretion, she can as

08:00part of a their sentence or their

08:02punishment uh go to this class. Uh it's

08:05going to be scheduled once every two

08:07months. It's 90 minutes. Um and the

08:11first class was on September 4th. Um and

08:14there were three individuals present. Um

08:17and it went real well. I mean the the

08:22the objective is to inform them of all

08:24the resources that are available in

08:26Athens to legally dispose of uh all

08:32their stuff. So all the services like

08:33the curbside pickups, charm and things

08:36like that they may not be aware of is to

08:38give them kind of that 101. It's

08:41available to you for no charge or low

08:44low cost. you know, it's better than

08:46coming back here here being a port. So,

08:50um, yeah, it worked real well. Um, so

08:52we're pleased.

08:54>> We're really excited about it. It's

08:55something we've talked about for really

08:57like as long as I've been around, but

08:59because it's sometimes really hard to

09:01engage some of the judges andor the

09:03court system. Um, and so just to just

09:07piggyback on what Carlos said, it's just

09:09a great way to educate folks who got

09:11busted littering, right? So yeah, you

09:14got you got caught. You might get a

09:15fine, but you're also you're going to

09:17have to go to this class. And this class

09:20talks about keeps Clark County

09:21beautiful. There's a slideshow, lots of

09:23pictures of what is illegal dumping,

09:25what you know. Um and and then also like

09:29Carlos said, all the resources like like

09:31the bulky waste program that it's free.

09:33Like why would you go and illegally dump

09:35when all you had to do was call this

09:36number? And a lot of times people just

09:38don't know those things. No matter how

09:39much PR and outreach, you know, the

09:41solid waste department does, people are

09:43still like, you know, have no idea. Um,

09:46it can be your water bell, it can be on

09:48the radio, it can be posters, and they

09:50still nobody's paying attention. I don't

09:51know what's going on. But, uh, but this

09:54is a more personalized opportunity to

09:55say, "Hey, okay, so you got caught

09:57littering. We don't want you to litter."

09:59It's not necessarily a shaming class.

10:01It's an education class of here's, you

10:04know, here's what you need to do. So,

10:06um, we're really excited. Other

10:08communities have have had this for a

10:10long time, and it has been a bear to get

10:12this done in our community, but we

10:14finally got a judge that was super on

10:16board and made it happen. Really,

10:18without her, I'm not sure we would have

10:20made it happen. I mean, so anyways, any

10:23questions about that? Ezra heard about

10:25it. Who else? Your husband was at the

10:28literative steering committee.

10:30>> Yeah, I thought it was really

10:31interesting. I guess like uh Ross, can

10:33you share like um like what they were

10:36cited for again? I feel like you

10:37mentioned like what

10:39>> what type of litter they were.

10:40>> One person was a tire dumper. The other

10:43person was illegally dumping material at

10:45a recycling drop off and the other one

10:48had like

10:50materials on their property. I don't

10:51know what that is or what that was.

10:56They were all code enforcement

10:58violations.

11:00Who was the judge like Stephanie

11:03Thompson?

11:05>> She's amazing. And she came from

11:07Gainesville a couple years ago. And in

11:09Gainesville, they just they have a a

11:12very robust program where not only do

11:14they do a class, but they also when

11:16folks when folks um get caught

11:20littering, they have to do

11:24service and they have a bus that they

11:27make them all get on. and go and do

11:30litter cleanups. Yeah. So, I think

11:32>> I know. I know. So, we we even explored

11:35that when she came to Athens Athens

11:37Clark County. We were so excited. She

11:40was so interested and she was so willing

11:41to share what what she um had

11:44experienced in uh her previous

11:47community. Um so, we we did start to

11:50sort of explore that idea of like a bus,

11:52a van, how could we pull this off? But

11:54um here in Clark County, we have some

11:56challenges when it comes to like you

11:58know uh volunteers who are doing

12:00community service and so it becomes sort

12:02of a staffing issue for us. So um but it

12:06doesn't mean it's off the table. We get

12:07to keep this is very exciting. Carlos

12:10did the first one. And so I think

12:12everybody's just feeling excited to to,

12:15you know, grow that, to improve upon it,

12:18and to just make this something that

12:21everyone who, you know, gets caught must

12:24do, right?

12:27>> So, so yeah. So, that's another update.

12:30And then, um,

12:32we can talk a little bit more about the

12:33retreat because I saw it on the other

12:35side of the agenda, but you can see the

12:36revenue right there. Um, look at the

12:40$420 from Flender Scott.

12:44>> Okay,

12:45>> I know, right? Yeah.

12:47>> Um,

12:56>> yeah.

13:00[laughter]

13:00>> It's a I'm sorry. It's a type of

13:03jewelry, right? and they have a store in

13:05the Beachwood Shopping Center and they

13:08had agreed to do a percentage day for

13:10us. Please like add in I'll let you

13:13talk. Go for it because you know you set

13:14it up.

13:15>> Yeah. Stacy and I went for like two

13:17hours on a Saturday and somehow we made

13:19$420.

13:21Um we got 20% of all the sales that came

13:23in.

13:25>> Just over the two hours.

13:29>> They are very popular though.

13:31>> They are popular for sure. Did it um

13:34expenses. So,

13:36>> yeah. Um, it didn't seem that busy, but

13:38it must have been graduated.

13:40>> What's like a break?

13:42>> 80 bucks.

13:43>> It Yeah, on the low end.

13:45>> Yeah,

13:45>> that's the lowest because I looked

13:46around. I'm like, "Oh, they have

13:47something for 30."

13:48>> Yeah, they did. [laughter]

13:50>> Which I will say that was our second

13:51percentage night with them. And the

13:53first one we did, they had a deal going

13:55because it was like the Beachoy

13:56Christmas market and things were two for

13:5875 or something. So I think things just

14:00cost more this time than they did two

14:02years ago or whatever that was on the

14:04first

14:05>> under 200

14:06>> I think. So yeah somewhere around 200.

14:08Yeah. Um and just to follow up on what

14:12Joseph asked. So we only got a

14:14percentage of what occurred during those

14:16two hours or the whole day?

14:18>> Just

14:21the whole day.

14:22>> Yeah.

14:22>> Like a normal like food percentage

14:24night's like 150 to 200. So that in two

14:26hours like is worth noting and awesome.

14:29>> Yeah.

14:30>> Yeah. So thank you for setting that up

14:32and hopefully

14:33>> maybe they'll want to do it again.

14:35>> Yeah.

14:37>> So yes, so that's some of our revenue.

14:39Um Oh, and we got the old pal check from

14:43our daffodil disco event. Um and that

14:48percentage 285 was kind of high to me

14:50too because they were just giving us a

14:52certain amount on the the drinks. the

14:55daffodil drink they were making.

14:56>> Good drinkers.

14:58>> Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Um, and you can see

15:02there, $81 from Little Kings. That's

15:04from the drinks that we uh the drinks

15:08that they made up for us for the Dirty

15:09Dance party. All right. And then there's

15:12some of our expenditures.

15:15Um

15:17really, you know, again, some of that

15:19like Rivers Alive stuff is is flow

15:21through. Um, we did have a green school

15:25grant

15:27to put up the window decals for birds.

15:30We actually had them installed at our

15:32office. They're kind of like little dots

15:33if you haven't seen them. So, that was

15:35kind of a cool green school grant. I

15:37just met with some folks this morning

15:38that are are are going to probably this

15:41week write out a Love Where You Live

15:43grant for the Taniard Creek um

15:45neighborhood community center. Um, so I

15:48was over there with them this morning.

15:49It's just an awesome opportunity.

15:51There's so much they could do there. So,

15:53that'll be a love where you live grant

15:55coming in, I'm sure. And then coming up,

15:59uh, the request for funds, of course,

16:00the liability insurance is $775. Then

16:04also, I it does not cost us much. It

16:06does not cost $400 for chipper, but we

16:09don't know yet if we have to buy trees.

16:11I think last year we ended up not having

16:12to buy trees. The year before we did.

16:15Um, and then we always buy snacks for

16:17whichever sites we have for the

16:18Christmas tree recycling again. So for

16:20new new folks after Christmas we um help

16:24set up volunteers at you know five or

16:27six or seven depending on the year um

16:30drop off sites where people can bring

16:32their Christmas trees and if they bring

16:34their Christmas trees then they get a

16:35tree seedling in return that they can

16:37plant as well as as well as some uh seed

16:40packets that they'd like that we get

16:43donated from like Lowe's and Walmart.

16:45So, um, so I just said $400 to just

16:49cover it in case we end up finding out

16:51with between now and the next board

16:53meeting that we need to buy the trees.

16:55So, those are the two requests for

16:57funds.

17:03>> All right. Um, well, yeah, we'll need a

17:06motion to approve the uh director report

17:09and then we'll follow Bob.

17:12>> Motion to approve.

17:13>> Oh, second. All in favor of approving

17:16the executive director report say I.

17:20>> Any against say nay.

17:22>> All right. The executive executive

17:24director report is approved. Um and then

17:28you have two motions for is there a

17:32motion to approve $400 for bring one for

17:35the chipper supplies?

17:38>> Second.

17:41>> Joe. Uh for all those in favor say I.

17:44All right. Any can say nay.

17:47>> Um and then for liability insurance, is

17:50there a motion to approve spending $735

17:54on that?

17:55>> Motion to approve liability insurance

17:57775.

17:58>> I'll second it.

17:59>> Cool.

18:00>> You guys are on fire over there.

18:02>> For all those in favor, say I.

18:04>> I.

18:05>> Any against?

18:07All right.

18:08>> Can I throw one more thing in before I

18:09close it out? So, when I say make sure

18:13you go in and um to the Dirty Dance

18:16Wrapup Report and offer suggestions, I

18:19wanted to just share with you a

18:21suggestion that Allison gave to me the

18:22other day. She was at the Lynen house

18:25and they were doing printing of our

18:28daffodils

18:30where it says the classic city. This is

18:32just the one version, the black and

18:33white, but then they layered them with

18:35different colors. Um, and so she had the

18:38idea that maybe we could talk to those

18:40folks and have them have a station at

18:42the Dirty Dance Party

18:44>> where kids could make cards like this,

18:46do like the printed thing. So those are

18:49kind of the kind of ideas or suggestions

18:52that we would love to see in the wrapup

18:55report.

18:59>> Ben, I think we're good to go on to a

19:01committee meeting. Uh, that might add

19:04one section. Uh I should have emailed

19:07you directly but uh I think I don't have

19:10I don't think we have access to the

19:11duration report. I think it's like uh

19:16>> but but because I requested it to the

19:19KCCB Gmail account so nobody

19:21>> saw nobody saw

19:24my bad.

19:24>> No no that's okay.

19:26>> Um if you can share give everyone access

19:29then then we can Okay.

19:32do that tomorrow.

19:34>> See? All right. Now we can go to

19:36business and industry. Uh

19:40>> it's me. Um we've had a busy little

19:44month with the business committee. Um so

19:48we had our business committee meeting at

19:51Novea last month and um a bulk of that

19:55was just kind of trying to figure out

19:56like what we wanted to continue on with

19:58this year and working on. Um, and Stacy

20:02and I got a chance to chat about the

20:04vape recycling and battery recycling

20:06projects and initiatives that we've got

20:08going on. I currently have two buckets.

20:10I should have brought one of the battery

20:11buckets in with me and I forgot to. Um,

20:14I currently two of them which have

20:15actually I' I've been using them at my

20:18office by taking them to houses that we

20:20are listing because I end up finding a

20:23bunch of batteries at these people's

20:24houses and I'm just like, can I take

20:26those for you, sir? Um, but if you have

20:30any needs for if you think of a business

20:32that goes through a lot of batteries,

20:34um, I do have another bucket that I'm

20:36happy to find of you need a bucket. I'll

20:38give you a bucket for your

20:39>> They're smaller, by the way.

20:41>> Stuff like that. They're smaller.

20:42>> They're small and round.

20:44>> They're small and round. They're like a

20:46little like trick-or- treat bucket,

20:47almost tiny. Um,

20:49>> the other thing that was really exciting

20:50was that we we kind of went forward with

20:53what we're referring to kind of as a

20:54pilot program right now. We're testing

20:56it out to see how it works. I got Old

20:59Pow Roadhouse and Dukes and Dodies on

21:02board with being part of our little

21:04pilot program for our vape recycling.

21:07This is the wonderful little container

21:10that Stacy and Solid Waste got shook out

21:14for us. And

21:15>> yeah, I mean, just so you guys know, so

21:17the the the

21:19batteries go boom. Have you guys seen

21:21this on the side of the truck? Right.

21:23Because we've had all these fires at the

21:24landfill and in garbage trucks because

21:26people are throwing their batteries and

21:29their vapes into the garbage. When they

21:31do that and the garbage truck comes

21:33along and compacts, batteries go boom.

21:36Same thing happens at the landfill when

21:38the heavy machinery goes over uh uh you

21:42know trash that has come in on the daily

21:45and we it's a very dangerous situation

21:47for our employees but just uh also very

21:50toxic. You can imagine what happens when

21:53a garbage truck sets on fire.

21:56>> Uh and also they have to dump everything

21:59out and they have to do it stretching a

22:01lot. Could be a road becomes a hazardous

22:03waste situation. So anyways, we're doing

22:06the the when I say we, KCCB is trying to

22:09help the recycling division. This is a

22:11recycling division project, but I've

22:13been I wrote I think I helped write them

22:15two different grants so they could get

22:17money for the batteries go boom project

22:20so that we could have money for PR, so

22:22that we could have money for buckets, so

22:23that we could have money for pickup.

22:26What Kila's talking about is the

22:29batteries go boom, the buckets that the

22:31recycling division has out, they have

22:32them in vape stores. Um they have them

22:35they have them in kind of bigger stores.

22:37Right.

22:38>> Right. Kila had come and said, "What

22:40about some bars? What could we do?" And

22:42so I went back to them and said, "Hey,

22:44our beautiful business committee is

22:46interested in trying to help out." And

22:47they were like, "Okay." So I went ahead

22:50and I didn't think the bigger buckets

22:52that they have would work really in a

22:55bar. So I just went ahead and purchased

22:57something I thought might work in a bar

23:01because you can open it here.

23:04>> It's got a handle.

23:06>> Yeah. uh you can either take it once

23:08it's full or one of us will come pick it

23:11up and dis dispose of it. But

23:13interestingly now the the recycling

23:16division we have to I wrote a a smaller

23:19grant for $2,500 and we're like what are

23:22we going to do with that money for

23:23batteries go boom and now we're talking

23:24about actually getting purchasing these

23:26bins because they're not cheap.

23:27>> Yeah.

23:28>> What do they cost for

23:29>> these ones? I think these ones

23:33I feel like for four of them it was it

23:36was under $100. But it wasn't like these

23:39weren't like $10. Do you know what I

23:41mean? Like

23:42>> like a special material.

23:45>> No, but some of the other ones look kind

23:46of flimsy. These ones really kind of

23:48locked down. And uh I liked how they had

23:51this. And if one of the on the verbiage

23:53on the side there, it tells you like if

23:55you want one of our collection folks to

23:56come pick it up, you can. got a handle,

23:59you know. I don't know. I was because it

24:02was us and it we're calling it a pilot

24:04project. I was just like, I'm gonna

24:07get a nice one. And then they had all

24:10these stickers already printed in the

24:12recycling division. So, I asked them for

24:13a bunch of stickers and so far it's been

24:17very wellreceived. Um, Old Pal has

24:19theirs. They Rachel is actually working

24:22tonight, so she's gonna kind of chat

24:24with the people who work there just to

24:26make sure everybody's aware of I mean

24:28they're very straightforward. There's

24:30not like a lot of training or anything

24:31like that that needs to go into them.

24:33Dukes and Dodies has already reached out

24:35asking for a second one. Um they have

24:38after almost every Thursday, Friday,

24:40Saturday night, their staff does a big

24:42sweep of the floor and they find 40 to

24:4550 vapes a night is what she was telling

24:47me. So, they were asking if they could

24:50get a second bucket because they think

24:51that they're going to after one weekend

24:53fill theirs up pretty quickly. Um,

24:56Roadhouse is going to take a bucket. I'm

24:58going to take it to them today, but they

25:00are still trying to figure out Roadhouse

25:02is a little bit like the Wild West. Um,

25:03they're trying to figure out where the

25:05best place is going to be for this to

25:07live because they have um very limited

25:11bar space and it gets a little uh rowdy

25:14in there. So there's not really a spot

25:15for it to just live out in the wild. So

25:17they're trying to figure out if this is

25:19going to be something where they're they

25:20keep it behind the bar and their

25:22bartenders collect at the end of the

25:24night as well, whatever they find. But

25:25that doesn't help in people throwing

25:27them away before it gets to that. So

25:29they're they're kind of talking amongst

25:30themselves to see what's going to work

25:31best for that.

25:33>> But either way, so far they've been real

25:35pretty well received. I'm excited to see

25:37Dukes and Dott is going to send me a

25:38picture of what they collect after this

25:40weekend since they have a couple of

25:42things going on. and they expected to be

25:44kind of busy. Um, so excited to see what

25:46that looks like. Um, I am passing around

25:51the beautiful business of the month

25:53flyer. Um, we got it set up. So, I'm

25:56getting the nomination uh forms sent

25:59directly to me, which is nice. So, I got

26:01I think yes, I got yours. Um, and I've

26:05been making sure that those are being

26:06tossed into the pool. Um, I need to get

26:08ACCA. They're rough. I told you I meant

26:11to pop by yesterday. Hey, it's been a

26:13while.

26:13>> We actually have a

26:15>> You have a rock.

26:15>> We have a rock that we dislike. We have

26:19a rock.

26:20>> Oh, sweet. Okay.

26:21>> Uh I think we can hold off on that.

26:23>> So, we don't need two rocks.

26:24>> Yeah. We can save another rock for us.

26:27At some point, a rock appeared to my

26:28desk and said, "Esmond, this is for

26:30you." And this was just a year and a

26:32half ago.

26:35>> Yes. And now it's here. And I will we

26:37can present it to

26:39our team.

26:40>> Will you show folks? So, for folks that

26:42don't know, cuz we have new folks in the

26:44room. Um, you know, pass this around.

26:46>> No, I was going to say because you were

26:47talking about a beautiful business.

26:49Okay.

26:49>> Like what I just brought you folders so

26:52you could show folks what

26:54>> Well, that one's a literate. Yeah, this

26:56one that more, but when somebody wins a

26:59beautiful business of the month, they

27:01get a rock that says

27:04your beautiful business of the month. um

27:06and that they get to display outside or

27:09on their counter, but then they also get

27:10a folder full of stuff of ours to get

27:14them more involved, get them get more

27:16information about it. Puma use was

27:17really excited about winning um last

27:20month that took them their rock and they

27:22they've got it sitting up near their

27:23door right now.

27:27>> Yes.

27:28>> Where you flag.

27:30>> Yeah. Uh, so that's going pretty well.

27:34And we do have we, like I said, I mean,

27:36you could always nominate more people.

27:38We've got quite a few nominations. But

27:39if you ever are driving past something,

27:42by all means, snap a photo. Or if you

27:44don't have time to snap a photo, just

27:47fill out the form. Or even if you just

27:49want to email me directly and let me

27:50know that you saw another business that

27:52looks nice, I can uh get them on get

27:55them in that nomination pool. Um, other

27:57than that, we are gonna probably we've

28:00gonna start doing our business uh

28:02committee meetings on the last Thursday

28:04of every month again. Um, I like Nove. I

28:07like sitting on that couch area. Um,

28:11right now for me, unfortunately, the

28:13only time I can, but that will change

28:15after the new year. I'll have more

28:16flexibility in my time that I can meet,

28:18but right now it's just it's hard for me

28:20to get out of there before 5:00. So

28:22right now our next committee meeting

28:24will be on October 29th at 5:00 at Nove.

28:32>> Did you like uh did you know folks that

28:34do values before? I did not I what I

28:38actually did was I saw so about a month

28:41and a half ago a friend of mine Aaron

28:42posted that she had gone like wine

28:44dancing there and I was like I really

28:46want to get them involved in this idea

28:49that we have through keep Athens Clark

28:51County beautiful with a big recycling

28:53program and she was like I love the

28:55people there if you need a contact let

28:57me know and so I reached out to them

28:58directly first and didn't really get any

29:00response and then Aaron I reached out to

29:03her last week and was like hey do you

29:05mind like connecting does if you do have

29:07a a solid connection and she got me

29:09connected with their GM who was very

29:12excited about participating and so got

29:16to also make a new connection there

29:18which is pretty nice.

29:21>> They do they have they have insane

29:22social media following so we'll see. I

29:26told I asked Rachel if she would take a

29:27cute photo for us at Old Powell with the

29:29the event and she said she would try her

29:31best. Sir,

29:32>> I I I would love to also suggest um that

29:36I know that all of the schools now have

29:38the battery collection bucket,

29:41>> but our new vice principal used to be

29:43the vice principal at Clark Middle and

29:45she was saying when she left, one of the

29:46things she left for the vice principal

29:48moving into our office with a drawer

29:50filled with vapes.

29:52>> And that I wonder that's, you know,

29:54specifically for vapes at our middle

29:56school office like

30:02Maybe a little bit of a warped

30:04perception. I think that people are

30:05gravely underestimating how many vapes

30:08are actually out there and how many

30:10people of rate from 16 of free use vapes

30:13and like the distinction between you

30:15know I don't again like realizing oh

30:18yeah vape has a battery

30:20>> the battery like I feel feel like the

30:22battery bucket is targeted toward

30:23teachers and things that your teachers

30:25your office are using but according to

30:28>> lots of

30:30debates at schools that

30:33>> I'll make sure I Awesome folks. Yeah.

30:45>> I have another question about like when

30:46the trucks are taken down like does is

30:48that taken offline the whole day like

30:50how like

30:51>> Oh yeah. When when a truck

30:53>> sets fire.

30:54>> Yeah.

30:55>> It depends on how egregious the fire is.

30:58You know, we have had Carus maybe help

31:00me out. We've had one where like uh

31:03recently where the driver was able to

31:06use a fire extinguisher to extinguish.

31:09Then we had one earlier this year that

31:12was a a real challenge and they had to

31:15dump the whole load on the street and

31:17then then they had to call in it was

31:19super expensive. They had to call in

31:21hazardous waste folks because it becomes

31:23hazardous waste. So and then so it

31:27depends. It really depends on the

31:29trucks. Um but um you know all the

31:33drivers are equipped with fire

31:35extinguishers so that if something

31:36happens but it's just become it's not

31:38just here by the way it's across the

31:39country um across the country in solid

31:42waste departments across the country in

31:44landfills as well. If you think about it

31:46more and more things have lithium ion

31:49batteries. Think people who have kids

31:51they all their toys have you know all

31:53the little things that ding and go ring

31:55and blah blah tree house would be a good

31:57spot to take one of those buckets with

31:59you. Well, the thing is a lot of those

32:02items like kids toy items like sometimes

32:04people don't even realize like where the

32:06battery is in it, you know, those are

32:09the light up.

32:10>> Yeah. All the light up things, right?

32:13>> That if they get discarded and make it

32:15to the landfill, that's a Now, the

32:17landfill has a lot of challenges, too,

32:19because it's just non-stop. They're

32:22compacting every day. Um, but it's, you

32:27know, to answer your question, it

32:28depends on how quickly they catch it and

32:32you know how big it is.

32:33>> I was also recommended like any theater

32:35on campus is using wireless battery

32:37packs. Like I know the pack cuts and all

32:39like they redo their batteries every

32:41show. They're going through a ton of

32:42batteries every week. So

32:44>> yeah. And the recycling division is

32:45really trying hard. They're working with

32:46UG too. It's really a lot of messaging

32:49first and foremost. It's not just about

32:50this. It's like people get people to

32:52recognize that like vapes have

32:54batteries. Like it's like they're buying

32:56these things and they have no idea

32:58what's going on, you know? Um I mean

33:01kids toys again like people aren't

33:04thinking about it and they don't realize

33:06that these batteries are really

33:08flammable. Um and so it's become a a

33:11real problem across the country.

33:13with all the like explosives,

33:15right? Wasn't there like the time where

33:16they were all exploding?

33:18>> Oh yeah. And there's literally stickers

33:20all over them.

33:20>> Yeah,

33:21>> that was a peace type.

33:23>> Yeah,

33:24>> plates.

33:25>> But you know when people throw things

33:26away, they think it magically like

33:28disappears and it's like, you know, we

33:31are always there to tell people no

33:32that's not so. So for us and for the

33:35recycling division and salt waste

33:36department as a whole, it's just a lot

33:38of PR and messaging going out right now

33:40just trying to educate educate wherever

33:42we can. Um because we want to take care

33:45of our people. We don't want anything to

33:47happen to any of our colleagues. And

33:49that's, you know, that's very scary when

33:51your truck catches on fire or you're in

33:53a heavy piece of equipment that's run by

33:55diesel fuel and all of a sudden you

33:57notice that you've run over some stuff

33:59that started on fire. You know, it's

34:01like very, very scary. So, so that's,

34:04you know, just we're trying to help out

34:06in cycling division by doing this and

34:08they're really excited that Kila's doing

34:10this. So, so we're gonna call it a pilot

34:12project.

34:12>> I love it. Um, and we've gotten like

34:15like I said, the the bars and

34:17restaurants or the bars, they're mostly

34:19horse that I've reached out to have been

34:20pretty pretty excited to try it because

34:22they also a lot of their staff at the

34:24end of the night is like, I don't know

34:26what to do with this. So, now that they

34:28have a container that they can just toss

34:30it into and then collect them and then

34:34get rid of them the proper way, they

34:36seem to seems like we've kind of

34:38provided a solution to a problem that

34:39they weren't quite sure how to solve

34:41themselves.

34:43But that's something the business could

34:44leave.

34:45>> Brandon,

34:46>> a followup question. So if I I'm a

34:48business and I have this bucket and I

34:50put dates and batteries in that or is it

34:53>> should be It's all going to the same

34:55place.

34:56>> Yeah.

34:56>> Yep.

34:57>> Okay. And then once it gets

34:58>> full,

34:59>> I can do what with it?

35:00>> You can either take it to one of the

35:02spots. So you if you pass that bucket,

35:04the one that's actually got all the

35:05stickers on it, it says on there exactly

35:07what you're supposed to do when it's

35:09full.

35:10>> Yeah. So you can either call and we'll

35:12and solid waste will pick it up or

35:13there's a couple of drop off places for

35:15it.

35:15>> Got it.

35:16>> And for Dukes and Dies in particular

35:18since they're kind of flying with this.

35:21I even was like if you're getting into

35:23it like if you have any questions or

35:25anything like that, reach out to me and

35:27let me know and if there's like if

35:28you're getting stuck somewhere or

35:29something weird is happening like I'll I

35:31can troubleshoot that. So just let me

35:33know. But they I mean I think that the

35:36stickers that they gave us for these are

35:37great because it really does I mean

35:39there's everything you need to know is

35:41on that container.

35:42>> It might be Dukes and Daddy's needs one

35:44of the bigger

35:45>> they might. I want to see how it

35:47actually goes after this weekend to see

35:50what they really end up collecting. Um

35:53>> I don't doubt that they'll fill them up.

35:55I have plenty of friends that vape that

35:57have two or three little vapes on them

35:59at any given time. I'm sure that because

36:02it's not just tobacco.

36:04>> It's like

36:05>> that's the other thing is it's not just

36:07tobacco. And so like there definitely

36:09especially at Dukes and Doddies a lot of

36:11people that have these vapes that are

36:12like having two or three of them at a

36:15time and then if they're bed they just

36:16toss them on the ground.

36:18>> I'm just think so similar to the school

36:20systems hotels we'll find them left over

36:23in hotel rooms. you'll find them in

36:26their trash cans, which if you have to

36:29get your housekeeping staff to actually

36:31pay attention to it, but then they end

36:34up putting in the trash because it's too

36:36hard for them to go somewhere.

36:38>> And I think the next step if I really

36:40want if we want to really get more

36:41involved with it with Dukes and Dies in

36:43particular since they seem to be very

36:44enthusiastic about it and maybe the ones

36:46that have the most to

36:49dispose of. Um, like we were saying

36:52earlier, they have a really really great

36:54like very robust social media presence.

36:56I would love for them to like

36:58collaborate on a post with us so that

37:00our audience is reaching their audience

37:03is reaching our audience and vice versa

37:05and they can see that this is something

37:07that is an option because like Stacy was

37:10saying, the issue is getting people to

37:13know that that's an option before they

37:14just find a trash can and toss it. Yeah.

37:16And we can't expect bartenders to be

37:19chasing people down being like, "No, no,

37:20no. Don't throw that in the trash can."

37:22Like, they're going to have to be able

37:23to figure out some way for students and

37:26counties to see those containers and

37:28know to put them in there. Obviously,

37:30just drop it on the floor.

37:31>> They do. That's exactly that's why

37:32that's I think that's why she was like,

37:33"This is great." Because they do. They

37:35just throw everything on the floor.

37:37>> Just numerical curves, Dukes has

37:3921.8,000 followers. Their average post

37:42is going 500 to a,000 likes. So like

37:49>> yeah [laughter]

37:51a magnet that just goes down pulls

37:53everything up.

37:54>> Yeah.

37:55>> Is she ready?

37:56>> Okay.

37:57>> I think it's you.

37:58>> All right. Over into events committee.

38:01Um Stacy went over a lot of things in

38:03her executive records, but um we

38:07basically met, talked through a few um

38:10things from Dirty Dance, uh and then

38:13brainstorm on some like future events

38:15that we could have coming up. Um one

38:17idea was to uh uh fund raise with some

38:22uh KC swag and other things over at some

38:25of the like holiday markets that are

38:27coming up soon. So, we've got a couple

38:29of few of those that we're um submitting

38:33to join. One is the act farmers market.

38:37The other is Arena does one at Little

38:40Kings.

38:41>> Well, that would play into So, I looked

38:43into that. Well, there's We'd have to

38:45pay an application fee. So, I don't know

38:47if we need to do

38:48>> for the for funds to apply for it if

38:51we're interested in the different ones.

38:53I have those written down whenever

38:54you're ready.

38:55>> Okay.

38:56um a uh looking at doing possibly

38:59another like an event in February around

39:03Valentine's weekend um to just kind of

39:06like a fun date night pants party

39:09karaoke event to raise money um and so

39:13we're going to reach out to a couple of

39:14the muse uh that um

39:17>> you just made it sound super sweet but

39:19we said we were going to call it the

39:20super dirty dance All right. Dirty

39:22party.

39:27>> Yeah. So,

39:31>> slow dancing yacht rock.

39:34That's what we talked about.

39:36>> No. And then we talked about doing a

39:38second like extra dirty dance party. So,

39:40this one will be more of like a late

39:42night

39:43>> adult

39:43>> adult party. Um, and uh nothing dirty.

39:48Sit down.

39:51extra dirty thinking about bartinis and

39:53cocktail cocktail dresses and stuff like

39:55that. Um and then uh we do have a date

39:59for our truck a puck. Um so uh we they

40:03sent us a link already for the tickets

40:05so we'll send that out to everybody. Um

40:07so it's January 10th that is a

40:11>> today at 7.

40:13>> Yes.

40:15>> Um so that's a 4M. So, um, we have a

40:19link already. Um, so we'll send that

40:21out. Uh, so feel free to send it out to

40:23people that may be interested in going

40:25joining a hockey game. Obviously,

40:26joining us to help us, uh, uh, put at

40:30the hockey game. Um, the, uh, we and we

40:33discussed, you know, doing some promo to

40:37potentially like we did last year, like

40:39maybe encourage people to buy tickets as

40:42a Christmas gift or something like that

40:44for folks. So, um, we'll plan to do some

40:47promo for that. Um,

40:51and yeah, I think that's most of what we

40:54have for now.

40:54>> Is that $5 of every ticket we get?

40:57>> Uh, is that the detail still?

40:58>> It is. I think we have to sell 50

41:01tickets. And

41:03>> what's that?

41:04>> Raise it on. It was like 25.

41:07>> No, I think it was 35.

41:09>> It was like 30 30 something.

41:10>> Yeah, it was 50.

41:11>> Okay. caught my

41:14I was like getting nervous. I'm like, do

41:16we sell enough goodness? But for this

41:18board and for friends, like once we do

41:20the promo, I don't know. Are you guys

41:22talking about doing a video again like

41:23you did or no? Or just recycling that

41:25video.

41:27>> They did um Hila dressed up as a

41:29lobster. Rock Lobster.

41:32>> The Rock Lobsters. Uh

41:34>> a bunch of people watching us. It was

41:35good. But one of the things we were

41:37trying to do is sell some of the tickets

41:40at maybe like like the farmers market or

41:43whatever the other tableling events

41:45were. But for everybody here, it's a

41:48great gift as you know you start to feel

41:51like you don't know what to buy someone.

41:53An experience is a great gift and that's

41:56what I did last year for my parents and

41:58so it helped out the organization but

41:59then also they have evolved.

42:02>> Yeah.

42:03So um yeah, so the ticket sales they uh

42:06you know once we reach the threshold

42:08they they usually uh provide us with $5

42:10per ticket but the event itself u we'll

42:14have a table or two last time we had two

42:17two tables on each side uh to basically

42:21raise money by selling the pucks for the

42:23the for the the toss for prizes that

42:27second period. So that's where we make

42:29the bulk of the the money. There is like

42:31for every puck we sell, I forgot how

42:34much we get, but you know, we've made

42:36like $1,500, $2,000 off

42:43>> and it's fun.

42:44>> Yeah, it's a fun time.

42:46>> You go to ice.

42:52>> I can't remember how much. I was I was

42:53trying to think because there's the $15.

42:55There's the bag. So, two bag sizes,

42:57right?

42:58>> So, it depends. I think it's it varies

43:01on how much you get per bag.

43:04>> Yeah. I think it was like three bucks or

43:05$5,

43:07>> 10 bucks for

43:10>> but

43:11>> my math. But um but yeah, so we'll we'll

43:15send out that link um for those uh

43:17ticket sales and then we'll uh start

43:20getting promo stuff together and update

43:22you about dates for other things. Um

43:26that's it for me.

43:29>> Um yeah, now for outreach. Um, we had a

43:32nice uh literally clean up at the

43:35library a couple weekends ago.

43:38Um, Johnny was there

43:42myself.

43:43>> Yeah, was there? Yeah.

43:44>> Also, you know who else was there?

43:45Caitlyn, who did the pick six video we

43:48did with Kaitlin was there.

43:50>> I clean up.

43:51>> Yeah, she came and cleaned up. She was

43:53there.

43:53>> Oh, wow. We missed it.

43:55>> Yeah.

43:56>> Um

43:57Um, but yeah, we had like 15 folks. Um,

44:01and yeah, in any it's a great it's a

44:06great combo with the library book sale.

44:08Lots of beer on there. It was it was

44:10fun. It was good day for it. We picked

44:12up lots of trash.

44:15>> Yeah,

44:16>> we had like a good mix of adults and

44:17some some kiddos and we got like 12 15

44:21bags of trash. Um, we don't have the

44:24next one scheduled yet. Um, but if you

44:28have an idea for a location, we try to

44:30do one every other month. So, probably

44:33look for November, pre Thanksgiving, I

44:36imagine. Um, we do run into like light

44:39issues during the weekday. So, we'll

44:40probably have to do another week end up

44:44um Saturday or Sunday. Um and yeah, I

44:48guess we'll have a love where you live

44:50maybe coming down the pipeline uh to

44:52vote on and then we are determining our

44:56regular meetings at the board retreat.

44:59So that's what we're going to devote

45:00some of our time to figure out a good

45:02time to meet um for everyone or a big

45:05chunk of us. Um

45:08yeah, anything else outreach folks? Um I

45:11guess I'll plug one thing is that uh MLK

45:14day of service is coming up sooner

45:16rather than later. So we might have an

45:18opportunity to pair MLK day with some

45:21level of grant funds for like big

45:23outdoor beautifification projects. So if

45:26you or someone you know works at a

45:27nonprofit or a site that's doing MLK

45:30day, you can also apply for love and

45:33grant funds to boost

45:37boost what's available. So cool. Um, all

45:41right. Then we can go to old business.

45:42We don't need any votes on the meetings.

45:46Um,

45:48we we we uh we confirmed a date for the

45:52board retreat because we can't do it on

45:54the the first Wednesday that we usually

45:57do board meetings. Um, so thank you guys

45:59for all filling out the poll the form

46:01that I sent out a while back. Um, so we

46:03landed on Tuesday, November 17th um from

46:074 to 7. um which not everybody can

46:12attend but a good chunk of us get about

46:1414 first open people. So that's a good

46:17amount a good forum and if you are if

46:20you aren't able to make it um we will

46:22miss you dearly. Um and we'll see you at

46:26the next board meeting. Um

46:27>> and if you can only if you can only come

46:29for a portion of it you should come

46:31because it's really great for new board

46:33members. So, a lot of um uh trying to

46:37understand the organization better.

46:39>> Yeah. So, yeah, we'll give like a nice

46:40little overview of everything that KCCB

46:43KCCB does and then uh we'll break into

46:48um our committee and devote a lot of

46:50time to kind of committee planning and

46:53just like talking about um what we hope

46:56to do within the next year. Um and it

46:59should be a good time. Uh we decided to

47:01do it at the solid waste building at at

47:03KCCV's office because they have a nice

47:04meeting space. Um and I hadn't been

47:07there uh until recently. Um and it's a

47:11it's a cool it's a cool space and it's

47:13also nice to know where uh you can find

47:15Stacy and Carlos um and and Stacy. Um

47:18and the coolest thing is that we're

47:20going to do an optional uh tour of the

47:23recycling facility before the meeting.

47:26So, if you if you happen to be available

47:28at 2:30, um that's when we are going to

47:32do a a tour of the recycling facility,

47:34which is awesome. I've done it once. Um

47:37and it's, you know, it's it's in the

47:39recycling division, but uh we're all

47:42about diverting stuff from the landfill.

47:44So, super interesting. It's great to

47:46hear from other Chinese employees about

47:48everything they do. So,

47:49>> I mean, uh, like show of hands maybe who

47:52would maybe be interested because we're

47:54I mean, we're willing to do it if folks

47:55are interested.

47:57>> I can't make 2:30 work.

48:00>> It's kind of hard, but I understand. I

48:02mean, you can, you know, try and go

48:04another time. They do tours all the

48:05time. But that was part of the reason we

48:07decided to do the actual retreat at the

48:09office is because Ezra was saying how

48:12cool it is and how so many people have

48:14never gotten that tour that are on our

48:16board and it's just kind of eye opening

48:19to see what happens to your recycling

48:20after you put it in the bin. Right. So I

48:24asked the recycling staff and they check

48:26their schedules and so they've blocked

48:28us in. It takes about an hour. That's

48:30why it's like 2:30 because you know if

48:33people start asking a lot of questions

48:35then I will run into our four o'clock

48:37start time. So we thought 2:30. So

48:40>> but yeah it's like no pressure if you

48:43can't make it because it is a wonky time

48:45but if you happen to to kill kill some

48:48office time come join us and then if not

48:51we'll see at 4. Um, and then we'll we'll

48:54have dinner and then uh talk and work

48:57until 7:00 and then we'll head out right

48:59at 7. Um, I'll send out a note now so

49:03you don't have to speak now but um like

49:06dietary restrictions or preferences

49:08things like that. So um yeah, any

49:11questions on that front?

49:13>> I've said this already. Will we still

49:15meet at the beginning of or is this in

49:17place?

49:18>> Yep.

49:19>> Yeah,

49:19>> I'm out of town the beginning that Yeah.

49:22for a keep George beautiful sit thing.

49:24So

49:26>> So that'll be our November meeting and

49:27then December

49:29we'll have our December meeting. I

49:31imagine pair it paired with like a white

49:34elephant

49:36>> situation or we'll do that in January.

49:38We'll kind of

49:39>> Yeah, we'll we have we have some

49:40decisions to make on that.

49:41>> Did we do it in January last year, you

49:43guys? Did we do it after? Did you guys

49:44like that better than the December one?

49:46>> It felt more laidback.

49:48>> Oh, did it?

49:49>> Relax.

49:49>> Okay. immediately.

49:54[laughter]

49:58You're like, "Yes, I have a gift for the

50:00white elephant."

50:01>> I have a closet.

50:02>> Yeah. Like at Christmas, you open it up,

50:04you're like, I don't want this. Yeah. I

50:06I to be fair, I gather things all year

50:08for that. By the way, you guys, I'm like

50:11>> I mean, my stepdad sends me something

50:12every year that goes straight. So, yeah.

50:15Yeah. Oh, I hope Alan [laughter]

50:19stick to the wish list.

50:24>> Um, and for new folks, we just our

50:26December meeting, but maybe January is

50:29our white elephant sort of Christmas

50:30gathering and it's always a lot of fun.

50:32Um, so we hope everybody will

50:36participate in that.

50:38>> All right.

50:40>> Um, I think that that's it for old

50:42business. Uh, new business, digital

50:46presenters, go ahead. Oh, that might

50:48have been me. Sorry. I am I am noodling

50:51on some ideas for prescription.

50:53>> Cool.

50:54>> And then we covered glide insurance. Um,

50:57newish business. Chloe's here in person.

51:00So,

51:02>> finally, you guys, happy new year.

51:04>> Chloe, we just share a little bit about

51:06yourself. So, I have been an athlete for

51:08about five years. I moved here to get my

51:10MPA in 2021. Um, graduate graduated in

51:142023. and I've been in the office of

51:16government relations on campus since

51:17then. I do all of their communications

51:19work. Um, and I'm very involved in

51:22community. I'm part of the Athens Junior

51:24League. I'm currently going through lead

51:26Athens support me and now I have this

51:30>> and also I met Courtney sort or Chloe um

51:34through uh Beyond the Arches events.

51:36Yes.

51:37>> North of the Arches, excuse me.

51:40>> Which I don't know if you want to share

51:41with them.

51:41>> Yeah. So, North the Arch um is an annual

51:43event that um my office puts on

51:46specifically within community relations.

51:48We're trying to introduce first year

51:52transfer students to the community

51:54early. Um and it's been great to partner

51:56with you all on, you know,

51:59recycling, how to sign up for your trash

52:03pickup, stuff like that. Um but this

52:06past year, we had a little less come,

52:09about 300. But in the past, we've had

52:11over 700 students come out.

52:17>> Welcome in person.

52:18>> Yeah.

52:18>> Yeah.

52:19>> Um,

52:20>> and folks, you guys, folks that are new,

52:22Stacy has ordered you guys name tags.

52:24And when we do the retreat, we'll make

52:26sure everybody has a name tag because

52:27it's always hard when new folks come in,

52:30they don't know everybody. Everybody,

52:31you know, it we we understand. So, and

52:33that's part of the reason we do the

52:35retreat in November is for you to be

52:37able to come to one or two meetings and

52:40start to kind of get a little bit of a

52:41feel, but then in November, you'll

52:43really it'll be much less formal and uh

52:47you know, we try and answer lots of

52:48questions and we do a little slideshow

52:50of like all the things we do and get to

52:52know each other a little bit better. So,

52:54it's really important to come to that if

52:55you can. And we also spend a lot of time

52:58being like, "What's your superpower?

53:00What committee do you think you'd like

53:01to be on? Do you have any brilliant

53:03ideas? Because each year during our

53:06retreat, the committees kind of sit

53:07together and go, "Okay, what do we want

53:09to do this year?" And and maybe you just

53:11want to improve on things you're already

53:13doing. But it's a great opportunity for

53:15folks to to connect.

53:17>> Y um you guys have a business, you guys

53:20have a business committee meeting.

53:22That's what you said.

53:23>> Yes. Starting October 29th.

53:25>> Cool. So, if any new folks want to join

53:27that, uh, maybe just send an email just

53:30to confirm because I outreach doesn't

53:32have an official meeting before the

53:34board meeting for the board retreat.

53:38>> 27.

53:39>> You guys are doing one, too. Okay, cool.

53:41Maybe I'll just ask you guys directly

53:43and I'll send out one email that

53:44includes both.

53:46>> But the events committee, we tend to do

53:48it over Zoom.

53:50>> Yeah.

53:51>> Can we do the last one over Zoom?

53:52>> Yeah.

53:53>> Yeah.

53:53>> Nice. And then the business committee

53:55tends to go to that person. You guys can

53:57duke it out for like which is the better

54:00>> you guys.

54:03[laughter]

54:04>> I think too it just gets to the point

54:05where I'm like, "Oh, you forgot to plan

54:07anything."

54:08>> Yeah. I'm too easily distracted to be

54:10sitting on Zoom. So yeah.

54:13>> Uh yeah, we do have some upcoming

54:15events. Uh Rivers Alive. Uh if you want

54:18to volunteer, I think um sign up pretty

54:21tight, I imagine, but they can probably

54:24the door. I uh maybe um

54:26>> are they on this call?

54:28>> I don't know. I just Oh, cool. There's

54:30lots of fun. I did it last year for the

54:32first time. It was awesome. Planting is

54:34coming up on November. They're sending

54:36more details out when we get closer to

54:37that. And then step in the new year.

54:42>> And that is that is it.

54:45go. Yeah.

54:46>> Um the J I'm sorry, the December adopt

54:49the highway litter cleanup for the board

54:51is is usually holiday themed. Uh this

54:54one will be on a weekday. I know between

54:57now and then it's going to be chaotic

54:59with the holidays. So I'm going to send

55:01out the date uh kind of identification

55:06sooner rather than later so we can hone

55:08in on that. Hopefully we can invite

55:10Santa participate. Uh, but it is holiday

55:13themed. So, if you have anything red,

55:16green, festive, or whatever it is that

55:18you have you're feeling, uh, we do do

55:20the clean up in December. So, I'll I'll

55:23send that out. It's usually 3 to 4 p.m.

55:26Yeah, 3 to 4:00 p.m. Um, so I'll send

55:29that out to be on the lookout.

55:33>> It's the time for the daffodil planting.

55:34That's usually in the morning.

55:35>> So, the daffodil planting is always the

55:37Friday before the week of Thanksgiving.

55:41Um, and a lot of folks in this room have

55:44been in the past. It's, you know, one of

55:46our signature sort of events. Um, and

55:49for those that aren't aware, the week

55:53before the inmates drill all the holes.

55:56Um, and the volunteers, there's two

55:59different shifts. They're only two hours

56:01each. It's like a morning shift. It's

56:03like 10 to 12, 12 to 2. And the

56:05volunteers are dropping the bulbs into

56:08those holes and covering them with dirt.

56:10Um

56:12it's really a lot of fun. The reason

56:14it's a lot of fun is because I think

56:17because um it's really it's not students

56:20so much. It's it's a day of service for

56:22UG staff. So they get to choose what

56:27service organization they'd like to do

56:29some work with on that day. So we often

56:31have a lot of UJ staff folks, but then

56:32our board and some garden clubs. So it

56:35tends to be adults. Um, but it's really

56:38nice because you plant those bulbs and

56:40then like two months later you get to

56:41see the fruits of your labor. So, uh, we

56:45have lots of re repeat folks that come

56:47every year. They just really feel like

56:49it's something they get to see an impact

56:51they've made on their community year

56:53after year. This year, um, the ramp is

56:56College Station ramp, so which will be

57:00nice because there's like parking around

57:02there and nice big space. So,

57:06um, and so we've ordered the daffodils

57:08and we'll be starting to plan that out.

57:10But that's, like I said, always the

57:11Friday before Thanksgiving week. So,

57:14we'll send lots of information out to

57:16you guys. But, um, definitely should

57:18come if you can. It's fun.

57:21>> As long as it's not like snowing or

57:23something, you know,

57:24>> still fun.

57:26[laughter]

57:27>> It's hard to imagine it being that cold.

57:30>> I know. Well, you know, just

57:31historically, you know, when we first

57:32started doing the daffodil planting, we

57:34did it for ML, we started out at MLK day

57:37because we knew we had like a guaranteed

57:39number of volunteers. We had so many

57:42volunteers. The problem, we did it for

57:44several years on MLK day. The problem

57:46was the weather. I mean, you know, one

57:48year we dug all the holes earlier in the

57:50week and then by the time, you know,

57:52that Monday came, the ground was frozen.

57:55>> Yep.

57:55>> And what that meant is all the dirt

57:56around the holes was frozen. And so it

57:59was just super challenging. So we uh

58:02after a couple of years of of how do you

58:04deal with that, we decided we were going

58:05to kick it back a little bit. So

58:08hopefully it'll be nice.

58:11How many volunteer slots are there

58:12usually open for? So we I mean honestly

58:19we it's really kind it's a little

58:21interesting because it's really supposed

58:23to be like a UG day of service and so

58:25but they UG staff um they get to choose

58:29where they want to go. So we sort of

58:30never know until like two weeks before.

58:33Have you ever participated in the past

58:35as well?

58:36>> Oh my gosh.

58:37Um and so and so what we started doing

58:40it started out just UG's day and then we

58:43realized we really need some more

58:44volunteers. we started opening up to

58:45like some garden clubs or like if

58:47there's a business or something where a

58:48lot of folks want to come, you know,

58:50we'll the more the more hands make light

58:53work, right?

58:54>> So, and it's 20,000 bulbs. I mean, it's

58:56a lot of bulbs. You know, usually what

58:59happens is last year what happened, who

59:02was there towards the bitter end, we

59:04didn't end after our two hours because

59:06we were desperate to get it done. So, we

59:08all stayed like an extra, you know, 45

59:10minutes because we wanted to get it

59:11done. Um, but we have had years in the

59:15past where we didn't feel like we had

59:16enough volunteers and then we've had to

59:19go back as staff like the following week

59:21and finish the planting. We don't like

59:23doing that. I It's more fun to get. So,

59:25the answer is there's not a set number.

59:29We usually try and have, you know,

59:30anywhere between, you know, 25 and 50

59:33volunteers per shift.

59:34>> Okay.

59:35>> So, yeah, but it's a it's a it's a great

59:38you're on your knees

59:40a a good bit. And uh but

59:43>> watch out for the ants.

59:45>> Yeah. Hopefully

59:48>> don't underell it.

59:50>> Thanks. [laughter]

59:52>> Basey knows what plants will heal your

59:54fight.

59:55>> That's right. That's right. That's

59:57right. Bring extra an extra first aid

1:00:00kit for Learius every year and now

1:00:06>> anything else?

1:00:09Cool. Uh all right. Is there a motion to

1:00:13I guess we need a motion to adjourn or

1:00:15do

1:00:15>> I have a motion to second?

1:00:18>> Uh all those in favor of adjourning the

1:00:21meeting say I

1:00:22>> I say n.

1:00:25>> I

1:00:28meeting is adjourned. Thank you guys for

1:00:29attending. We're

1:00:30>> only five minutes over. We try so hard.

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