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THAT'S ABOUT THE WAY I LIKE IT.OKAY, BUT BEFORE WE SAY THE LET'S, UH, ROLL CALL DISTRICT ONE.
DISTRICT THREE AND FOUR ARE VACANT.
WE HAVE ENOUGH MEMBERS PRESENT FOR A FORUM.
PLEASE STAND IF THERE'S NO FLAG HERE, WE'LL SALUTE DIANE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS OKAY.
IS TO SAY GOODBYE TO AN OUTGOING MEMBER OF OUR COMMISSION.
DIANE, WE ARE GOING TO MISS YOU.
WE APPRECIATED ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
IT BE, IT'D BE GREAT IF WE ACTUALLY GOT A GOOD PICTURE TOO, IF IT'S ALL RIGHT.
SO LET'S, UH, GET THAT AND THEN WE CAN ALSO, OH, WAIT.
WOULD IT BE OKAY IF MAYBE WE HAD, UH, OLD? WE CAN, WE'LL DO IT IN FRONT OF THE COMPUTER SO YOU CAN SEE THEM ON THE SCREEN TOO.
OH, I WAS JOKING, BUT THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA.
WAS IT? IS IT PUT THEM IN THERE TOO? YEAH.
YEAH, BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW IT IS IN THE MILITARY, WE HAVE TO DO IT MULTIPLE TIMES.
I'M ALWAYS TALL, SO I'M ALWAYS IN THE BACK.
IT WAS NICE TO BE PART OF THE INAUGURAL GROUP YES.
AND, UH, SERVED FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE YOU GO.
AND, UH, NOW I'M STILL WORKING WITH SOME OTHER THINGS NOW, AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE ME WRONG.
I WASN'T ABLE TO GO TO SMU THOUGH.
BUT FIRST SCOTT, YOU SAID THAT IT'S MULTIPLE TIMES THEY'RE GONNA BE MEETING.
OH, I THOUGHT YOU SAID THEY WERE ONE AS QUALITATIVE AND THREE WERE GONNA BE QUANTITATIVE.
OH, THAT'S HIS, THAT'S HIS PRO PROCESS OF, I GOTCHA.
WE, WE ALSO HAVE CERTIFICATES FOR, UM, MR. WALKER AND, UH, OUR PAST CHAIRMAN RONNIE TI.
SO, UH, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO BE HERE, SO IF THEY GET THOSE, I'LL HAVE TO CONTACT RONNIE.
ALSO, UH, WE'RE PASSING AROUND A, UH, GET WELL CARD FOR RONNIE.
HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL AS OF SATURDAY.
SO IF YOU HAVE SIGNED IT, PLEASE GET A CHANCE.
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IS TO VOTE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF OUR JUNE MEETING.SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER SHERMAN.
DO I HEAR ANY OBJECTIONS? TO ACCEPT? IS THAT A YES? WE CAN'T HEAR YOU BACKGROUND.
OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS, IS TO, UH, APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE JUNE MEETING.
AND A SECOND TO, IS EVERYBODY IN FAVOR? ALL SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
MOTION CARRIES MEETING MINUTES OR APPROVE NEW BUSINESS.
WE, UH, WE DID THAT ALREADY WITH THE LETTER OF APPRECIATION FOR DIANE, THE FRIEND WALKER.
AND RONNIE, UH, THOSE COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE NOT HERE WILL BE, UH, FORWARD THERE.
NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS, THE VETERANS, UH, INSIGHT FORM.
UM, SO WE PUT TOGETHER A LIST.
THIS IS MONNIE MCGEE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO CAN'T ME.
UM, I, UH, PUT, WE PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT WENT WELL AND AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT.
UM, AND SO WHAT WENT WELL, THAT THOSE THAT WERE THERE WERE ENGAGED AND PARTICIPATED AT A HIGH LEVEL.
EVERYONE SEEMED TO BE A GOOD SPORT AND FOLLOW DIRECTIONS, WHICH WAS, UM, VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE RESEARCH DESIGN OF THE FORUM.
UM, THE FACILITATORS ACTUALLY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF KEEPING EVERYONE ON TASK, WHICH, UM, IS IMPORTANT FOR THE RESEARCH INTEGRITY OF THE, UH, RESULTS FROM THE FORUM THAT EVERY GROUP, EVERY SMALL GROUP WAS CONDUCTED IN THE SAME WAY, USING THE SAME SORTS OF, UM, METHODS AND QUESTIONS.
UM, SO WE WERE VERY PLEASED WITH OUR FACILITATION EFFORTS, OR THE FACILITATOR'S EFFORTS, I SHOULD SAY.
UM, SO THAT MEANS THAT THE, THE, THE RESEARCH DESIGN IS REPLICABLE.
'CAUSE IT MAKES, WE COULD, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, UH, IT'S, UM, WE DEMONSTRATED THE FEASIBILITY OF DOING THIS RESEARCH IN CAN MODEL IT FOR FUTURE PHASES.
UM, AND, UH, WE ALSO SENT A FEEDBACK FORM TO PARTICIPANTS.
UM, THE FEEDBACK FORM WAS SENT ON JULY 14TH TO CAPTURE ADDITIONAL INSIGHTS JUST IN CASE WE MISSED ANYTHING.
UM, WE ALSO, UH, RECEIVED SOME POSITIVE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
UM, I JUST WANNA READ THIS ONE, UH, EMAIL THAT WAS SENT TO LAURA ROBINSON DOYLE SAYS, I HOPE THIS MESSAGE FINDS YOU WELL.
I WANTED TO EXTEND MY SINCERE THANKS FOR THE EVENT ON SATURDAY.
IT WAS A PLEASURE TO PARTICIPATE ALONGSIDE YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
I TRULY APPRECIATED THE COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
IT WAS INSPIRING TO SEE HOW EVERYONE CAME TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS AND CHALLENGES FACED BY VETERANS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE FOCUS ON ENHANCING SUPPORT FOR VETERANS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS AND YOUR INSTITUTION WAS BOTH MEANINGFUL AND IMPACTFUL.
SO I THINK THAT KIND OF SUMS IT UP AS FAR AS THE SENTIMENT THAT WE WERE, UH, THAT WE ALL JENNIFER, UH, MYSELF AND LAURA ALL RECEIVED, UM, DURING AND AFTER THE EVENT.
UM, AMONG AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT, WE HAD A ATTENDANCE DISCREPANCY.
WE HAD 85 INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE RSVP'D AND FIVE ACTUALLY FORMALLY DECLINED IN THE WEEK LEADING UP TO THE EVENT, LEAVING US WITH 80 THAT WE KNEW WERE COMING.
OF THOSE 80, ONLY 38 ATTENDED.
THAT ACTUALLY CAME TO THE, UM, TO THE EVENT.
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WERE 42 NO SHOWS.WE DID SEND AN EMAIL TO THAT EMAIL THAT WE SENT ON JULY 14TH.
WENT TO EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP.
SO HOPEFULLY THE PEOPLE WHO DID NOT COME WILL, UH, RESPOND AND GIVE US A REASON.
WE KNOW A FEW, LIKE OBVIOUSLY I JUST HEARD THAT, UH, RONNIE MISTRESS WAS IN THE, WAS IN THE HOSPITAL AND DIANE HAD TO WORK.
SO THERE ARE GOOD REASONS THAT PEOPLE POTENTIALLY COULD NOT COME.
UM, AMONG THE ATTENDEES WE HAD 21 VETERANS, UH, SIX ARMY, SIX NAVY, FIVE AIR FORCE, THREE MARINES, AND ONE COAST GUARD.
SO THAT'S ALL FOR THE STATISTICS PART OF THAT.
AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, UH, LOOKED AT WAS THE, UM, CONTEXTUALIZING THE DATA GAPS.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, SAT, THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED SATURATION THAT OCCURS WHEN CONSISTENT THEMES EMERGE ACROSS PARTICIPANT INPUT, WHICH SUGGESTS A COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE SUBJECT.
SO INITIAL INDICATORS POINT TOWARD DATA SATURATION.
UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMAIN CAUTIOUS.
SO WE ALL KIND OF CAME TO A CONCLUSION ABOUT THE HUB MODEL THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO DO FOR FUTURE REFERENCES.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE NOT EVEN HAD A CHANCE TO START CODING THE DATA.
UM, AND, UH, SO WE ARE STILL, UH, THERE, THERE WILL BE PROBABLY QUITE A LONG DATA ENTRY PHASE AND ANALYSIS PHASE BEFORE WE CAN GET TO FULL CONCLUSIONS.
SO OUR NEXT STEPS ARE RECEIPTS AND REIMBURSEMENTS.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT THIS WEEK.
UM, WE ARE, WE, UH, I DON'T THINK WE'VE STARTED PROCESSING THE QUALITATIVE DATA YET.
PART OF THAT INVOLVES GETTING THE BUDGET, UM, PUT TOGETHER SO THAT WE KNOW HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS WE CAN, UH, BRING ON TO HELP US PROCESS THE QUALITATIVE DATA.
WE ANTICIPATE REGULAR UPDATES OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
UM, AND THEN, UH, DYLAN IS WORKING ON SCANNING AND CODING THE MAPS THAT EACH OF YOU SAW ON YOUR TABLES AND WHEN YOU ENTERED THE, UM, THE, THE VENUE.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY THAT WILL PROVIDE A CONTEXT FOR TRIANGULATING FINDINGS AND ALSO THE SOCIAL MEDIA ANALYSIS, WHICH IS WHAT I'M DOING.
THAT'S ONE OF THE QUANTITATIVE PARTS OF THIS.
WE ARE PRESENTING OUR RESULTS, UH, NEXT WEEK IN A, UH, THREE MINUTE THESIS FORUM.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S JUST ONE, WE'RE ONLY LOOKING, WE ONLY HAD TIME TO LOOK AT ONE PLATFORM OR WE ONLY REALLY GOT PERMISSION TO LOOK AT ONE PLATFORM AND THAT WAS REDDIT.
SO IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THERE ARE OTHER PLATFORMS OUT THERE THAT WILL, UM, YIELD DIFFERENT RESULTS.
BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT TRYING TO IDENTIFY THEMES FROM THE SOCIAL MEDIA POST, UM, THAT ARE ABOUT VETERANS IN DALLAS.
I DON'T KNOW IF SHE HAS ANYTHING TO ADD.
SO, UM, I GUESS WITH THAT, UH, WE CAN OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS OR, UM, ANY OTHER, UH, IMPRESSIONS? I DON'T RECALL GETTING THAT FEEDBACK.
ANYBODY ELSE GET IT? I, I PART, BUT, BUT I, SO CATCHING UP.
IF, IF I DIDN'T GET IT, I'LL EMAIL THEN.
I THINK DR. MCGEE, UH, COMMISSIONER COLE.
I, I THINK THAT SOME, SOME OF US ON THE COMMISSION DON'T KNOW IF THEY ACTUALLY GOT THE FEEDBACK EMAIL, SO I DID.
YOU DID? NO, AND I, I KNOW THE CHAIR DIDN'T, UH, I DIDN'T, UH, SCOTT MAY NOT HAVE GOTTEN IT EITHER.
SO, UM, I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS WE PROBABLY NEED TO FOLLOW UP ON, AT LEAST FROM, FROM THE COMMISSION STANDPOINT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT FEEDBACK.
BECAUSE I THINK THE FEEDBACK IS GOING TO BE GOOD.
'CAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY ON THE COMMISSION THAT WENT SEEMED TO ENJOY AND TO, TO, TO MARVEL AT A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT, UH, THAT YOU GUYS WERE DOING.
UH, I ALSO THINK THAT, UH, SOMEBODY NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE PARTICIPANTS THAT DID THE 38TH FOLKS THAT DID SHOW UP, I, I THINK IN TALKING TO THE CHAIR, I THINK IT'D BE NICE IF, IF THE COMMISSION SENT THEM A NICE LITTLE NOTE, SAID, HEY, THANKS FOR, YOU KNOW, SHOWING UP JUST AS A, AS A REINFORCEMENT SO THAT LATER DOWN THE ROAD, IF YOU NEED TO REACH BACK OUT TO THAT SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT THERE'S A, THERE'S A BOND THAT, THAT WE CAN CREATE FOR YOU.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA FOR YOU TO REACH OUT TO THOSE WHO CAME AND, AND EXPRESS YOUR APPRECIATION FOR
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THAT.UM, PART OF THE EMAIL WAS ALSO EXPRESSING, EXPRESSING APPRECIATION, UM, FOR PEOPLE WHO CAME, UM, TO THE, TO THE EVENT.
I GUESS MY CURRENT ADVICE RIGHT NOW IS TO CHECK YOUR JUNK EMAIL AND
MAYBE IT WENT THERE AND ALSO I THINK IT CAME FROM, MAYBE JENNIFER CAN TELL ME, I THINK IT CAME FROM THE, UM, AN EMAIL ADDRESS THAT'S VETERANS WELLNESS AT SMU.
IS THAT THE ONE? SHE'S NOT? THAT IS CORRECT.
IT STILL MAYBE THAT WENT TO YOUR JUNK EMAIL.
YEAH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND I'LL DO A, DO A SPOT CHECK, UM, WITH THREE OF YOU ALL TO SEE IF IT WENT OUT.
AND I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU, UM, FROM MY EMAIL.
BUT YEAH, IT IS COMING FROM THE VETERANS, UM, WELLNESS AT SMU EMAIL, SO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THAT.
IT'S NOT COMING FROM DR. MCGEE OR MYSELF OR KELLY CHANAL.
AND THIS IS COMMISSIONER, UH, ORTEGA, JUST BECAUSE SEVEN, I'M CONFIRMING THAT I DO HAVE IT IN MY INBOX.
I JUST HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO IT YET.
SO WE, YOU'LL BE RUNNING THE LAPS LATER RUNNING.
REAL QUICK, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO AS A COMMISSION CAN DO TO HELP WITH THOSE THAT DID NOT SHOW OF THE 42 THAT SEEMED TO HAVE LIGHTED THE WHOLE AT THE RSPP IN MY, WELL, WE DO HAVE A LIST.
WE ARE HAPPY TO SEND THE LIST TO YOU.
I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GOING TO REACH OUT TO THE FOLKS THAT DID ATTEND AND YOU, UH, WE COULD SET EAS AS EASY AS WE COULD SEND THAT LIST TO YOU, WE COULD SEND THE LIST OF PEOPLE WHO DID NOT ATTEND.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE FULL LIST, UM, I, I SEE IT'S NO PROBLEM AT ALL TO, TO SEND IT TO YOU ALL.
UM, UH, IS THERE ONE OF YOU THAT I MIGHT SEND IT TO DIRECTLY SO IT DOESN'T GET LOST IN THE SHUFFLE? YOU CAN SEND IT TO ME, STEVE LER.
I, I, AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WRITING.
JUST A NOTE OF, OF, OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE THAT SHOWED UP.
SO EVERYBODY DID SHOW UP, BUT I ALSO WILL WRITE A NOTE OF, UH, IT WON'T BE CHASTISED, IT'S JUST THAT WE MISSED YOU AND, UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF INPUT, YOU KNOW, CONTACT, CONTACT US BACK AND THEN, SO I SHOULD SEND THEM BACK INTO YOU GUYS IF, IF THEY DECIDE THAT THEY DO AT A LATER TIME.
DO YOU WANNA HAVE SOME INPUT? IS THERE SOME FORM OR SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HAVE A A, A BANK QUESTIONS JUST FOR, TO ANSWER? YEAH.
YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT WOULDN'T BE A, THAT WOULDN'T BE A HARD LIFT.
UM, IT, I, MAYBE I'LL DO A SAMPLER SO THAT MAYBE IT'S DIFFERENT QUESTIONS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND IT CAN CONTRIBUTE TO ABSOLUTELY, UH, SOME OF THE CURRENT DATA THAT WE HAVE.
BUT LET ME THINK THAT THROUGH SO THAT IT'S NOT OVERWHELMING, BUT RIGHT.
MIGHT ENHANCE SOME, ENHANCE THINGS ALONG.
YEAH, IF YOU CAN GET IT WHERE IT'S, I MEAN, I THINK, I THINK YOUR SAMPLING GROUP, SO YOU WON'T HAVE ANY SAMPLING ERRORS ON THE BACKSIDE WOULD BE REALLY NICE IF, IF, IF OF ALL OF IT, THERE'S A, IT'S A RANDOMNESS OF FIVE QUESTIONS MAX.
AND THEN IF WE CAN GET, WE CAN GET HALF OF THOSE PEOPLE TO RESPOND, THEN I THINK YOUR SAMPLING ERROR IS GOING, IS GOING TO ROLL STRAIGHT DOWN.
YEAH, NO, THAT'S A, THAT, THAT IS NOT A, A BIG LIFT AT ALL.
SO I'LL WORK ON THAT AND, UM, YEAH.
WE'LL WHEN PEOPLE, UM, EMAIL US, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE THEM EMAIL, UH, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT, UH, COMMISSIONER COLE, I'LL GO AHEAD AND I'LL WRITE, I'LL SEND YOU THE LIST AND THEN YOU AND I COULD, UH, PUT A SMALL LETTER TOGETHER THAT COULD BE SENT OFF TO THESE FOLKS SO THAT THEY KNOW WHERE TO GO, WHERE TO SEND THEIR INTEREST IN GIVING FEEDBACK.
AND THEN WE'LL KNOW TO LAUNCH THOSE QUESTIONS ONCE WE HEAR FROM 'EM.
WELL, AND, AND I, AND I'VE GOT STAMPS, SO, I MEAN, I, I DEAL WITH STAMPS, I DEAL WITH SNAIL MAIL, SO, 'CAUSE PEOPLE SEEM TO RESPOND TO IT.
SEEMED LIKE A WHOLE LOT MORE PEOPLE THAN THAT IN THAT ROOM, BUT TWO THINGS WERE THERE A LOT OF SMU PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AS WELL.
AND THEN TWO, WHAT IS 21 VETERANS, AND THEN WHO ARE THE OTHER PEOPLE OF THE 38? DO YOU HAVE THAT BREAKOUT? WELL, OKAY, UM, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHO THE OTHER PEOPLE WERE.
SO KELLY HAD THE LIST AND I ONLY ASKED HER TO LOOK AT WHO THE VETERANS WERE AND WHAT BRANCHES THEY WERE IN.
SO I DID NOT ASK TO BREAK OUT THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT CAME.
THOSE OTHER INDIVIDUALS I SUSPECT WERE STAKEHOLDERS.
UM, SO PEOPLE AND PEOPLE FROM VARIOUS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, THE, UH, WHO MIGHT HAVE ALSO CRO BEEN VETERANS AS WELL.
THE COUNT THAT I GAVE YOU 38 DOES NOT INCLUDE
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THE FACILITATORS.SO THERE WAS TWO FACILITATOR, THERE WERE TWO FACILITATORS AT EVERY TABLE, WHICH MAY MAKE YOU THINK MAKE YOU, WHICH YES, THERE WERE MORE THAN, DEFINITELY MORE THAN 38 PEOPLE IN THE ROOM.
BUT THE PARTICIPANTS, THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT WE HAD.
IS THAT INCLUDING US, THE COMMISSIONERS? 38? YEAH.
IS THERE A WAY? WE DID HAVE ONE, WE HAD A, WE HAD SPOUSE, WE HAD TWO SPOUSES, AND WE ALSO HAD A CAREGIVER AS WELL IN ADDITION TO, UM, NON, UH, TWO PROVIDERS.
SO ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS WAS A, UH, STAFF FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE.
AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD, UH, PUT, TELL US WHO THE 17 WERE IN BROAD CATEGORIES, UH, PROVIDERS.
THE CONGRESSIONAL STAFFER WAS NOT A PROVIDER.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT, WHERE YOU PUT THAT FIRST.
WE CAN, I HONESTLY, I DID NOT.
SO YEAH, WE, WE DID CAPTURE, WE DID ASK WHEN PEOPLE REGISTERED, WE ASKED THEM WHO THEY WERE, WHAT THEY, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR, HOW THEY WERE AFFILIATED.
AND SO, AND WE MIGHT NOT HAVE ACCURATE, ACCURATE INFORMATION, BUT WE WILL HAVE, WE AT LEAST HAVE WHAT THEY DESCRIBE THEMSELVES AS.
OH, THAT'LL BE, AND MAYBE WHEN WE SEND, UH, COMMISSIONER COLE, THE ATTENDEE LIST, HE COULD FIG, HE MIGHT KNOW MORE.
OR THE GROUP OF, YOU MIGHT KNOW MORE ABOUT WHO IS IN WHAT POSITION OR WITH WHAT ORGANIZATION.
THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST AN ORGANIZATION WHAT'S GETTING READY TO HAPPEN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
I THOUGHT THAT, UM, THAT THE SM STAFF, THE STAFF LEVEL WAS VERY PROFESSIONAL AND, AND, AND VERY COMPASSIONATE ABOUT HOW THEY ASKED THE QUESTIONS AND HOW THEY GOT PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE.
SO, UH, KUDOS TO, TO ALL THE FOLKS THAT HELPED YOU GUYS.
UH, YES, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR HOSTING THAT AND GAVE US A LOT OF CONFIDENCE THAT WE GOT THE RIGHT TEAM DO THIS.
DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? ARE THERE GONNA BE MILESTONES? THEY'RE GONNA BE LIKE FUTURE DATES? YEAH.
THIS, YEAH, THEY'LL, THEY'LL BRIEF US AND WE HAVE A MONTHLY REPORT.
SO WE'LL SEND A MONTHLY, WE, WE HAVE BEEN SENDING MONTHLY REPORTS AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
AND THEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THE TIMELINE FOR VARIOUS MILESTONES.
UM, UM, WE, WE, WE DO UPDATE THAT.
SO THAT'S COMING TOGETHER THEN? YEAH, WE, WE, THANK YOU.
GENERAL, UH, WE HAVE THAT WE TO FAIL.
SO IF YOU KNOW ANY VETERANS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THIS COMMISSION, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE FROM THE DISTRICT OF WHICH THEY REPRESENT, BUT WE WOULD, WE NEED SOME, WE NEED SOME WOMEN.
UH, UH, ALSO A VOLUNTEER SERVICE.
THAT BRINGS ME TO THE SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT.
I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM MY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER SAYING THAT WE ALL EAT NO MATTER HOW SHORT OR LONG WE'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION, HAVE TO REAPPLY AND IT WILL GO FORWARD ON THE 1ST OF AUGUST.
I HAVE SENT THAT TO THE STAFF.
IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING FROM YOUR DISTRICT, THEY'LL SEND YOU OUT A LINK.
AND YOU, IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE A MEMBER OF THIS COMMISSION, UH, PLEASE.
SO THAT BRINGS ME TO THE LAST ANNOUNCEMENT.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ESTABLISH SOME SUBCOMMITTEES OF OUR COMMISSION.
NOW, THE SUBCOMMITTEES WOULD BE FOR IF YOU HAVE KINDA SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE COULD REFER TO OR HAVE OTHERS REFERRED TO.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION TODAY, BUT NEXT MONTH, THE MORE WE WOULD LIKE TO START SETTING THAT UP,
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THOSE SUBCOMMITTEES WOULD INCLUDE HOUSING, JOBS, HOMELESSNESS, EDUCATION, AND THE SELECTION OF A CLUB.A, UH, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
WHO WOULD BE THE KINDA THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR ANY VETERAN WHO NEEDS ASSISTANCE WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO, UH, WE WOULD TRY TO SELECT ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE MANY NON-PROFITS THAT WE'VE HAD RESIDE TO US
AND THAT WOULD BE THE PHONE NUMBER THAT WOULD BE ADVERTISED BY THE CITY TO VETERANS OF ALL AGES AND, AND WHATEVER.
SO THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN DOING AS YOU COULD BE ON MORE THAN ONE SUBCOMMITTEE.
UH, RIGHT NOW, COMMISSIONER COLE IS ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE, UH, SU STUDY.
WE'VE HAD SUBCOMMITTEES IN THE PAST.
UH, BUT I WANTED TO READ, DO THIS SUBCOMMITTEE SO THAT WE COULD GET MORE INFORMATION GOING.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY, UH, VIRTUAL? HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
IS, IS IT OKAY? UM, CAN YOU SERVE BOARD WHAT SUBCOMMITTEE? YES.
IF SIX OF US LIKE, OH YES, NO PROBLEM.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANNA ADD? WE HAVE, UH, 35 MINUTES.
REAL EFFICIENT
ANYWAY, UH, IF NOBODY HAS ANYTHING ELSE THEY WANT TO ADD.
DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED.
SECOND MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO ADJOURN.
A ALL OPPOSED, WE ARE ADJOURNED.