See? to order. So 5:47 we'll get going. We don't have corn right now, but hopefully we get a couple people at least one day. >> They don't count as >> No, they don't count for >> present attendance wise. >> Okay. Yeah.
>> But no, it'll be fine. I don't think there's anything to vote on other than potentially the business networking social date, but it's okay. We can just kind of we can pick a date for the future to vote on. We've done that before. All right, cool. So, let me start with the role. So, George Alvarez is present. >> Matthew is present. Joseo not here.
Jessica Medina is not here. Manuel Perez is video >> here. >> Yep. Romy is not here. Not this. >> We need somewhere else. >> Yes. >> Oh, Carlos has a computer. >> I cannot
be one of you three. >> I cannot leave. >> I cannot leave. >> I have terrible handling. I mean, you write on your phone. >> People are terrible. People are the worst. My handwriting is absolutely horrific.
>> Another team or company uses like these AI note that >> we can. >> Yeah. >> Gabriela to the EDC. >> Welcome. >> Last night
because I cannot do secretary. >> Yeah, he's that's >> very simple. What it is is you're doing the minutes for the meeting, right? And I'm sorry to do this to you. >> It's not that right. You literally it's an email.
I recommend doing notes on your phone. It's a lot easier than >> you guys are terrible. Basically what is the second page as we're going to go through numbers here you see one two four five six main numbers on the agenda basically you're going to just say what was important
that was voted on in each of those little things you know that's it you go one is called order you just you put when the meeting started which was 547 whatever called the order roll you just put all the names of the people that you see there who was absent who's who's here and who's on video call you know
and then number three is going to be orders of business will probably there won't be nothing there. So you just number three is empty. You get what I'm saying? And then we'll kind of go that way. You just put a little like blurb of what happened >> and who made the motion. >> Who made the motion, who seconded it, who voted on it. That's really it. And if we don't do any motions in that
little section, then you're pretty clear. You just you can put a little like summary if you want. You don't even have >> and the times that the meeting started at the time that the meeting. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's it. That's all. It's still not that bad. And like what we were saying at the end, if you want, you can plug it into a different
software like an AM software and it can it can clean it up for you. You get what I'm saying? So you can write chicken scratch notes. >> And who was person present and who was able? >> So who's >> Yeah, that's why we're going through there now. So we'll see. So George Alvarez is check mark here. Matthew Basmo is check mark here. Joseano is
absent. Jessica Medina is absent. Mano Perez is here on video. Romy is present. Andrea or that's no longer a member. Andrea Richicious, you can just cross that out entirely. I gotta update the agenda. Mari Rubio is absent.
>> Carlos Baria is present. Daniel Gonzalez is present. Denise White is present on video. And then you who is not listed, Gabriel Fernandez is present. So you would replace Andrea with you. Cool. Okay, so now we go on to orders of business, deferrals, additions, and
deletions. So, does anybody have anything extra to add here? I got a couple things that Isabella sent me from Romy. So, is there any other additions to the agenda that we've missed out on this month? That is essential.
What's the s >> Yeah. Yeah. >> You're a lot older than you look. >> What do you mean? >> Yeah. See, she she's like a lot. >> How old are you guys? >> What? And you know Kim Possible? >> I'm 29. >> Oh my god.
>> Kim Possible is old, >> but like I'm like 36 years old. Soon to be 37. >> Not bad. I mean, it's old, but >> it was like popular. >> She was just cool for a really long time. Sorry. >> Don't put on the agenda. >> All right, cool. So, we're good on
orders of business, deferrals, divisions, deletions. So, we move on to public comments. a public. Oh, I guess you are the public. >> Hello. >> So, say your name for the record. I guess >> I'm Anna. >> Anna Torres.
>> And I already passed my business card and my p and the pen. So, you already know what I do. Make sure to say >> awesome. Then we'll move on to the approval of the minutes. So, you guys see them
attached here. the regular meeting minutes and the subcommittee meeting minutes attached here. >> Oh, they're in the separate one. >> Oh, perfect. The subcommittee meeting is on a separate little staple package deal. Let me see. I got to look at the
subcommittee because I know this is going to be something we're completely >> Sorry, just for the role. Did is Jose excused? >> Yeah, >> for today. >> For today. >> I don't know. >> Okay. So, that's not excused. Okay. >> I have on the business. That's you guys the chair to call that out.
>> Yeah, I would say he's excused. You can put that on there because you're doing the the minutes if you don't mind. So, Jose is excused. Absence. >> Marali is not though. She hasn't. I haven't. >> Yeah, her I don't. >> So, yeah. Okay. So, just put a little like Marali is unexcused. Jose is excused.
>> And then Jessica, I think excused, too. I'm pretty sure she reached out, right? She reached out to you. >> Uh, she said spring break, so she's on a cruise, but she's not. >> Okay. Yeah. Well, that's okay. >> So, Jessica's excused. And then just make a note that Manny and Denise are online.
>> Yep. >> Good stuff. You're doing great. I would motion to approve the February meeting minutes. >> I don't see any changes.
>> Cool. So, all in favor? >> All right. >> All right. So, we need the motion. What's up, Denise? >> And George seconded background noise. George seconded and then you just let
the motion pass. >> Just a note, they already adjust the on the budget the Miami Lakes uh chamber fun. >> Oh, nice. Yeah, you're right. They greater Miami chamber. They actually changed it. >> Cool.
>> Sweet. Not here to see it. >> That was her big thing. All right, cool. So, did we approve the subcommittee minutes? No. Right. I'm not there for this one. So, we're here Carlos. I just want to make this one since you guys have
>> I did it. So, I cannot >> Oh, Carlos is finding a way out of everything today. >> I cannot motion to approve it because I didn't. No, I know. >> I can't I can't say I I can't say it.
Truly true. >> Think next time you should take the minutes. You're pretty good. Great job. >> Making a great case for being secretary next year. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Um I motion to approve the subcommittee meeting minutes.
>> I think all in favor. So motion by Roman for the subcommittee minutes and then second by Carlos. >> Awesome. All right, let's move on to the budget. So budget review. So as Carlos
mentioned, that's awesome that we were to change that line item. Thank you for that for help with that. Appreciate it. >> So I think the only difference is and I don't see reflected yet would be the payment to bond to bond. Right. That's all we've done so far on
>> that's being processed this week. So the check should hopefully be done next week. >> Gotcha. Okay. >> You guys don't do checks on Thursdays, right? Another day. >> Yeah. But we're under staff this week because of spring break. So it'll be next week. >> Spring break. >> There's a lot of staff out. Yeah.
>> Gotcha. Gotcha. >> Okay. So we're just 500 down on the network business and networking. So those landing. All right. Cool. Any comments on the budget? >> Nope. >> Awesome. So, let's move on to old
business. So, the BTR list, I'm gonna pass over that for right now because I don't see it here in front of us. I know that Isa sent out last time that huge list, remember, with all the different people. In the next meeting, I'm going to go through that list again now that we have more members, too. So, it's more people to kind of outreach and do all
that. Hopefully we have a bigger room and we get to sign the rest of those, you know, the the remainders. Just so everybody has a little bit of clarity on this too, that old list I did make an email list and send out from the from the chamber like the whole intro like, oh, welcome to Mangle, you know, here's
things you can do and you know, join the chamber, join this, like different things like that. So, they were all at least touched, I guess, you know, so no crazy stress, but at the same time, I do like the whole idea of us doing personal outreach here and there, you know what I mean? especially if it's something that you guys recognize or see a business that oh this could be a good opportunity
to work with the town or anything like that you know I think it's helpful what we're here for so we'll do that in the next meeting >> sorry I mean >> yes I'll explain so the BTR list yeah no worries don't worry too so you guys understand the BTR list is the business tax receipt list so basically whenever
somebody starts a new business here in Miami Lakes or they go through a re reacredititation process I guess every x amount of years they'll have to get a new business tax receipt >> and then once they get that we have that list and it's all their contacts, all their like the email that they signed up under, the place of the business, the
name of the business, and then us as the EC, it's basically an opportunity for us to outreach to these businesses and tell them, "Welcome to Lakes." >> Yeah, exactly. Welcome to my exact call. >> Exactly. we're here to help you, you know, and then we have a little email script, I guess, kind of set up that you
can follow saying like, you know, we've got the, you know, because that's why because just to tell them everything they have available to them, the Miami Lakes Chamber, the town of Miami Lakes through the EDC that we can help be a leazison to the town and the business, um, the BNI chapters that there's multiple in Miami Lakes and Halia
around, you know what I mean? Just letting them know about all the different avenues that businesses have here to grow and expand in Miami Lakes just already available for free. >> So, yeah, that's why. So, we'll go through that list. And um >> you have to volunteer, you get volunte. >> Yeah, you got
that's why I volunteer for that. Is that something I I >> Yeah, that's why. So you'll see we usually go around the table and everybody gets like, you know, five or 10 people depending on how big the list is at the time that they'll reach out to either via email, phone call, or in person. It's it's up to you, you know. It's whatever the person individually
wants to do. Obviously, in person is the best, phone call second, email third. But it's up to you. That's why it's no it's just a give a little intro to every Um, awesome. So, let's go down to the next one. So, Main Street Live, I have not been able to stay as on top of this as I would have wanted to with
everything happening, but >> I was there. >> Yes, >> I saw it. I have all that information. >> Cool. Yeah, let me know. What do you think? Where were your thoughts? >> Um, it didn't a lot of people mainly because >> it was a lot more than last month. >> More than last month. >> It was a lot more than last month. I was
there. It was a lot >> was pretty good. It was it was like I I would say it was double the last mad. It was it was full. >> Nice. >> Okay. I was on the first one, >> not on the second one, but yes on the last one. >> Uh so the advertising did not go through
fully and the reason because of the timing, right? So but the last two weeks they did the advertising. They advertised they did some ads and we adjusted through the city the ads to the size of social media and stuff like that. And it was the brand agency handling that
>> the brand agency do it. Okay. They already know that they had to do the last two. I will reach out to them to make sure that they already go with that advertising the pay campaigns for those not for the other two but for the last one as soon as possible. And I saw the
ambience on the event was very cool, very nice. The only I talked to all the vendors through the all the retailers. >> Mhm. The only one that come out was um what's the name? >> Bobby. >> Yes. Okay. And she did really good. She
sold the wines. Everybody was drinking the wines. And she did some I a little >> She did some extra stuff. She did. She had like a taste outside of the store. She like came out and she had these little like boats of shakureri. >> Awesome. That's exactly what I want for free. That's awesome.
>> So they were getting it and buying >> to her store and buying the thing. >> But I like Amazonia 1910. There was a wait list at 1910. >> It was full. It was full. It was full. >> Yes, it was full on the two restaurants. >> Uh, a lot of people did grab it around the the
>> people bought people bought pizzas from pizza scene. I'm like sitting around the tree and eating their pizza. It was good. >> I did not saw not many people that I know. >> So, it was a lot of new people and different crowd. >> Okay. So that was that was the good
thing that I saw that it was not people that we know. It was not like the regular people that we see. It was new people >> and there were some people that I saw that you know again they hadn't come before but the the common phrase was oh we heard about it. So like you know it took >> maybe took a little well because we
really haven't done a whole lot of marketing. It's been kind of organic, but like for example, the la the one the month before the one in in February, the band was really good. >> And so I think people were talking about that, oh, the band was really good and then the band this time around the band
was good. It wasn't what people expected though because I think it got sold like a reggae band and it was not a reggae band. It was I mean it wasn't bad. >> They swapped last. >> Oh, was it? Okay. >> The next one. >> Yeah. No, the band was good. It wasn't bad, but it was not a reggae band. The
band was like, you know, like no doubt like it was, you know, just a little bit of everything. >> I do feel >> they were good. >> The the main thing is just singing, right? But there is no like interaction with the crowd, with the feelings, but not like how do they say the the DJs
that they do um >> MAS? MC. >> Oh, MC's. >> MC's Yes. M. So there was no like that interaction with people were just enjoying the music, seeing them singing. It was a relaxed kind of cold chill
chill people on the two restaurants that she mentioned it with food and when I spoke with the pizza guys he says listen we we already know that we have to be over staff for those days so we're not going to be able to put more people outside. >> Okay. >> Uh so yeah
>> in that sense is positive. >> Okay >> that's my comments on that. >> All right. And I'm gonna send an email to remind them to already start their advertising with an agency. >> So that's good. So I guess it's improving then. >> Yes. I think that the last one it's
going to be a killer. >> This next one. >> Oh, the last last one. >> The last one. Like this one is going to be a lot better, but the last one I think is going to be killer because the band is very f more famous and it's going to have some light effects and stuff like that. So I think that one is
going to be very cool. >> Sweet. Sweet. Awesome. >> Amazonia has something tomorrow, right? I guess. >> Yes, there is a networking event with the chamber. Um, and I guess us technically too. We're all involved together. So that's why that's happening at Amazonia tomorrow. Yeah.
>> Okay. Because I >> Yeah. Yeah. I heard about that one too. It was just I was told a little late. That's why. So >> we only pushed it for like a week. >> But um, uh, one thing I wanted to say too now with Main Street Live, I forgot to mention this with the budget also for marketing miscellaneous expenses. We
should have some taken out then for the for that that we paid to the Grams. Correct. That Grams marketing agency. >> Received any from the Grams. >> They they going to build the city. They already had the Dublin and everything. Gotcha. >> Right. They all build I think they're going to build the whole thing at the
end. >> Gotcha. Okay. >> So, um >> that'll be at the end that you'll see. >> Yeah. Correct. Uh but something that we and I don't know how will that work. Um, >> well, maybe you guys do internally, but they'll build that total $1,000, right?
>> I know that we got 500 from the other one that they already put it in our account. So, when we see it on the budget, we only see the >> 1500 or we'll see the 3,000 and then positives of the other. >> You see what I'm saying?
>> ECU, you're only providing the 500. So, you won't see the sponsor. Okay. Okay. So, all right. Perfect. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Sorry. Go ahead. >> But we will only see the 1500. Correct. Because the town is going to pay 3,000 in total,
>> but he's getting 1,500 from BNI's and the chairman of coms. >> I haven't received any more sponsorship. >> That was going to be my question. H Well, has the other BNI come through and has the chamber come through? >> I haven't received any more. >> Okay. >> Okay. So, we had to follow up then. We
had to put that. They'll do it. We probably just need to give them a little nudge like, "Hey, by the way, >> hey, by the way, it's on it's in the minutes that you promised to do this." >> That's why I think a lot of them don't know. That's why I remember
>> and then Ray I'll reach out to as well. Which is the next one? The next one is the chamber is >> No, the last one was the chamber. >> That's the last one. Okay. So, the next one is >> BNI connect. >> All right. I'll reach out to Gloria. It's under a >> Yeah. >> message. >> All right. Cool. Um, when do you need that? or there's no specific date, I
guess. >> Um, >> as soon as possible. >> Well, I mean, if we're being invoiced at the end, I guess. >> So, then it doesn't really matter too much, but I'll send >> Yeah, that would be ideal. That way, also, we have their logo, but I don't know what their logo is, so we can add to the flyer.
No logo. Heck, pretty much. We're not touch. >> All right. I'm so good at collecting. I she to be in charge of coming. >> Matt Matt knows a lot about the money >> in many ways.
>> That is a fact. All right, cool. So, Main Street Live then, so we're good. Awesome. So, we're blowing there. What's up? >> You mentioned something right now. >> Because I know that they the marketing firm from the Graham School wanted to
work some arts for the new one. >> Uhhuh. for the one that is coming up. But you just mentioned it that you guys will added the logo from who's the sponsoring, >> right? >> So I had to wait for the art because I was texting can you guys send the arts
and already start advertising? >> But if I'm going to have to wait for that >> but I'll start start doing it with the logo with with the flyer without the logo. The flyer is ino. Their logo is goes on the corner. Yeah. >> So, if anything, you'll get an updated
one. We just advertise them as sponsor without >> Right. without payment. >> It's okay. You just want to make sure I just move forward. >> Yeah. It's okay. >> You have the flyers. >> No, I wish. Yeah. No, I wasn't. I'm not in charge of collecting the money. If I was in charge of collecting the money,
>> we have it already. >> We'd have it already. >> All right. Cool. So, I think we're good on you live. Everything's rolling and flowing accordingly. So, that's good. So, I'm happy that it's getting better. That's awesome. All right. Cool. >> Um,
new business. So, the >> Oh, I just realized we motioned on the minutes and I and voted on it, but we can't, right? There's no quorum. >> We don't qu >> Oh, that's right. Roman, right? >> Sorry. Sorry. >> Okay. New business now. We don't Danny
left, but whatever. He'll be back. >> No more motions. Follow the motions. >> Yeah. So, 20 So, now new business. 2026 EDC business. >> He wants to say so. >> I'm waiting on >> No, you're fine. Yeah, you're fine. >> I don't I know I overheard on >> No, no, I'm joking. It's fine. This is >> You're good. We just fine.
>> We just won't motion until you're back. >> We've got no motion. All right. So, um 2026 Easy Business Boot Camp, you have the floor. >> Thank you, sir. Okay. So, for our newcomers, um the uh the boot camp is uh
like an annual event that EDC has sponsored now for the last three years. Last year was our third annual. Um it is basically how to run a business 101. Um and we put this event on for free. Um you know it's been in development over the the course of the last three years.
Each year we keep getting better and better. So um I was the the chair of the event last year and uh we had our first subcommittee meeting um last week to you know talk about what went well, what we want to improve upon, you know, themes
and whatnot for for next year. Um, so just highlights. Um, overall we agreed that the venue worked out really well hosting it here in in council chambers with that reverse U. We're not going to change that up until we're busting at the seams with participants, which, you know, hopefully that happens, but you
know, that's not I don't think that's going to be a problem for this year. Um, the other thing that that we're definitely not uh not going to repeat this year is cutting off the registrations. We've learned now over the course of the last three years, we leave registration open until maybe it
reaches 500. You might have a heart attack. IO might have a heart attack, but we've learned that because it's a free event >> because Yeah. Like people don't show up. We've had over 250 people register and we have we don't even break a hundred in the in the chamber. So, I mean, that's
you know that's what you what you get when you put on a free event. You know, that happens and that's okay. So, we're just going to let registrations go because in the past we've cut off the registration and then that that scares people away. So, we're just going to let the registrations continue.
>> We advertise it. So, we're going to talk about that. We advertise it online and we advertise, you know, in all the the local areas here. >> Okay. >> Okay. So, let's jump to um item three on the uh the boot camp um future topics.
So, um, so things that we discussed that we would like to have, um, AI for business, that's a big one that we would really like to have a a phenomenal speaker this year. >> Sorry, where are you going? >> The minutes >> in the minutes of the boot camp.
>> It's the one document that one. >> I don't. >> So, AI for business, how to how to leverage AI for small business. Um, we would love uh a great speaker for that. We don't know one if any like or at least Carlos and I Carlos and I were
were part of the subcommittee and we really couldn't pin one down. Um, so if anybody has any suggestions, connections particularly for that, we would love that. Um, we don't pay speakers. It's, you know, it's an engagement opportunity, an opportunity to give back to their community. We love people who
have a connection somehow to Miami Lakes, but if need be, we'll go outside the community. So that's totally fine. >> Um >> I might have someone for you for that. >> You have someone Denise? Yeah. >> Yeah. >> I can reach out to him and see. >> Okay, great.
>> Qualifications. >> Um I can send them to you through email. >> I'm I'm actually at Disney right now. So >> Oh my god. Okay. Go be at Disney. >> No, no, no. I'm I'm actively listening, but I it's it's noted down. I'll reach out to him.
>> No worries. Okay. So, that's one of them. Um, we uh we're uh we're going to have a a a combo of uh of a a business banker and also Carlos um about specifically how to uh like how to get
loans and financing for business as a topic that we continue to get more and more interest on. And hopefully this year really like nail the topic and bring it down from something super abstract to something really concrete because that's the feedback that we keep getting. Um, a what else did we talk
about? Um, I had some topics written down on my minutes, but they're not here. But that's >> they're here. They're here. >> The specific ones >> here. AI for business, how to start your business, marketing and branding, business, operational talking about the
year we have a big event. That's like our our uh keystone event, I guess you could say. That's in September typically. >> September. >> Yeah. And it's a boot camp, right? where people literally get together and there's different little panel of people speaking and speakers and guest speakers talking about ways you can improve your
business and benefit it in different ways and we've had different versions of it. So the first year was kind of very focused on working with the government and the county and the town. >> Yeah. >> And it was very tuned to that and becoming you know a county person. >> The second one we was that last one the second one or the third?
>> The last one was the third. >> Oh wow. The second one we had more small business. >> The second one we had HR. We had your your dad >> HR marketing. >> We had how to do business with the town, you know. So, um and then this last one, this last one was really more entrepreneurial, I thought, which I thought I think people liked. Yeah.
>> Um and then this is more, you know, I think this is more of a of, you know, we're expanding on what we did last year. So, same very businessdirected topics. Um but we want to either switch up the topic or we want to kind of like the loans, we want to repeat the topic
but do it do it better, right? Um got >> so we talked about right how to scale your business. So um for this we were thinking uh and we had to reach out to the speakers and confirm them but we were thinking somebody like for example like Bert Lead >> that's grown from one >> uh from you know from one school and now
has you know three schools like you know 100 almost 100 employees >> um which I talked to him today. He's my friend. Um but I forgot so much. >> That is a good one. >> Um so yeah so we thought about him. What else? Um, inspirational speakers. I know we we wrote down who it was that we
wanted. Oh, >> no. The inspirational speaker. >> You were going to ask uh your big contact. >> Yes. >> Okay. So, that's still >> I still I haven't >> We're still working on that. Okay. >> Um anyho, to not get too deep into this
in in this meeting, we would invite you guys to be part of the subcommittee. Um the subcommittee is open right now. It's just Carlos and I. We need help. Um, the event >> I'm sorry I missed it. >> Yes, >> I will be at the next one. I promise.
>> Um, uh, the the event date is set already for September 25th of this year. That's a Friday. It's the last Friday in September. Um, and, uh, and we have internal deadlines set and whatnot. They're already on the they're on the second to last page. Um, unless somebody
has any other better suggestions. I I I continue to be a fan of from the Chambers Tachellas. I should put that on a t-shirt to chas because it's just getting every I you know I am a woman of many talents and
you will see. Um, so so we we do the event in the town chambers and then the participants walk over to Cheras for a happy hour at the end sponsored by the EDC. Um, and we have a lot of local sponsors. So we're going to keep it at Chelas unless you know something amazing
opens next door from now to September maybe. >> Andy, did you have something real quick? >> Yeah, you guys were talking about the uh who can do the AI talk. >> Yeah. >> Um, I think Andrew may be able to do it. He's a computer engineer. >> Who's Andrew?
>> Andrew from uh Vida from uh the design. >> Oh yeah, Drew. He sent me >> Oh, Drew. Thank God. You call him Andrew? That's so weird. Um Okay. I hadn't thought of that. That would be a good one. Let me call him. Um let me call him and ask him because we want to make sure that they
right now. >> Oh, he's Oh, he's in. Okay. >> No, he's not going to call. He's He's listening on YouTube. I think he can hear it on YouTube. send me a text just so Drew if you're listening um we really want it tailored on how to leverage AI for small business
>> so so you again the keyword being leverage so practical uses almost like a like a 15minute tutorial practical uses of AI for small business so we have to keep it general enough that it can be applied to any small business um but we
do want it to be practical Not just, you know, pie in the sky. Oh, you can ask it questions about your industry. Everybody knows that. More, you know, of give us some give us some real life examples, you know, to for it to do your invoicing, for it to do your books, for it to, you know what I mean, like tell
you how to become more profitable, etc. Yeah. >> Um, I I think something that people, and I'm speaking for myself because I try to leverage AI in my small business and it frustrates me a lot. Um, so I think one of the things that that I struggle with that I think a lot of small business
owners struggle with is how to instruct AI. So because otherwise AI is just like Google. >> Like >> Yes. >> Like I know that I'm using it very superficially and just asking it random questions to get a more direct answer as opposed to googling. Yeah.
>> But I know it could go so much further than that. So I think that focus is what we really want to hone in on for the speaker that we choose for this topic. >> I think that's very cool. Yeah. So, >> yes, I am in the same boat. >> Yeah. So, Drew, if you're out there, let us know. Or Denise, you're taking notes.
So, you know, so let us know your your hookup if if they feel confident in that. Um, okay. >> Um, so that's uh those are the the speakers and heard by the way, so he's listening. >> Okay, great. Perfect. Thank you, Drew.
Um and then uh we we are struggling a little bit on a theme like you know what to call it if we keep calling it small business boot camp. Carlos feels very passionately that we shouldn't just small business it anymore that we should try and get bigger
>> um which I which I I think is all that's why that's that's why we picked a topic where we wanted BERT to speak because we're already painting a vision of getting bigger businesses >> get getting better playing for say that you know that we get middle size or small that wants to be a middle or
middle that go to go grow big so that way we don't get the business 10 oneonone Yes, >> exactly. So, I mean, so accessible enough for someone that's small, but also, you know, encomp all-encompassing enough that some of the bigger fish in town or around town would want to come
and attend. >> Um, so yeah, >> a I'm going to go back real quick. I'm going to I'm not going to get to the budget because we do have a motion to uh to pass too, right? >> Yeah. Um, we do have a motion to pass. So, I'm going to wait until hopefully we
get um Danny back. But, uh uh but back to the area where it says needs improvement item two. Um the one area that we feel like we really fell really short on for this last round that we we wanted to use it to drive attendance and ultimately it just didn't happen is the
collaboration with Best of Miami Lakes. >> Yeah. So, um, so for our newbies, you guys have maybe heard or seen if you go around town to the local shops, you see a sticker on the door that says best of Miami Lakes nominee or best of Miami Lakes winner 2020, whatever, right? Um,
so Best of Miami Lakes is a contest that we have in town to nominate and award the best of locally in different categories. >> Okay, >> this has been going on now for quite a number of years. I don't remember exactly how many. I think around 10 years or so, something like that. >> Something around there. It was actually
Andrew that started. >> Oh, right. So, originally it was actually something that started in the economic development committee. Um, and then somehow it got kind of taken over by the communications office for the town of Annie Lake. So, then we kind of like lost stopped doing it and last year we brought it back to the committee. Um,
so along with bringing it back to the committee, we want to use it to drive attendance to this event because the timelines work well together. So what was supposed to happen last year which didn't happen because of lack of coordination that we really want to
happen this year is that the nominations for because it's an open call for nominations. So the town opens the nomination portal and anyone in town can nominate businesses for different categories. So the nominations go out
well in advance of the boot camp, you know, with ample time for marketing and maybe we can do some cross promotion and all that stuff. Um, and then we collect the nominees and we have the final nominees that will actually be voted on
ready to announce at the boot camp >> and we invite them >> and we invite them, right? So that so they get a so the nominees will know before anybody else knows that they are a nominee and uh and then you know we invite them all to the boot camp where we announce live at the boot camp these
are the final nominees for each category >> yes >> yeah I'm seeing it >> so we didn't get to do that last year we would really like to do it this year um so any questions on that make sense yes okay so if you turn to the next page you
see in there the internal deadlines So um so the internal deadline speaker headsh shot approval marketing final speaker presentations um the assets so it's June 1st. So June 1st is the deadline for asset collection meaning
all of our flyers are done all of our logos all of our you know our as many as we can our sponsorship logos. We're going to have to work on sponsorship a little earlier. Um and uh the the the the
marketing is going to start running already in July. So ads will run all of July, all of August, and whatever's left of September. >> Nice. >> So um so that but that means that Best of Miami Lakes nominations need to be
ready to go, let's say, no later than July. >> Okay? >> So that people can nominate. there's ample time to market those nominations and then we can cut them off at a reasonable time for us to count invite and get them all there. So, if the event is September 25th, I would say that
those nominees need at least a 30-day notice to be invited. So, that would mean that we're inviting them no later than August 25th. >> You didn't invite them? >> We Yeah. No, because we we have to talk about about that here. So, um so we
would invite them August 25th. So that means that we need to cut off nominations what like August 15th or August 10th or something like that. Yeah. So that we have time to count them or not count them but like >> we have to take a much more active role in the best of Miami late. I know last
time >> we like you said we jumped in last year but it was more on like a marketing and pushing it stuff kind of like we're doing with Main Street Live. >> Yeah. >> But I think if we're going to want to do that coordination at the level that you want to do I think we just kind of have to >> own it. own it. I think at that point
and I don't think it's anything crazy >> crazy. I think if anything I think the biggest feedback that I got last year about the best of Miami Lakes was people did not realize that the town had opened for nominations. People had no clue that it was happening. So people nominated
>> sure they need some work. >> So people nominated at the very last second, you know. So at the very last second we got an influx of nominations and then you know but nobody knew that the that the survey was open. something that I think is worthwhile because I
think that the event now merits it and maybe we can do like a a collaborative piece is maybe like a full page or a half page ad in the lake. >> Yeah. No, 100%. I think we need to advertise this. >> Yeah. >> Somehow it needs to be advertised. >> Yeah.
>> 100%. So yeah, I like the idea. I think that's a great idea. >> Yeah. And I and again on the agenda we can start >> and we can we can put like we can some we can ask Vanessa to come up with an ad that incorporates both you know so that yeah >> when we ask her for the asset
for that yes >> do you know when best of Miami lakes typically starts like when I said all those people start doing that process gone >> but I can ask her >> yeah please if you don't mind >> last year was definitely late >> honestly we can already start
>> by like I would you know we can already start next month getting it going. Why not? You know what I mean? >> Absolutely. >> Let people vote all they want until we get to that, you know, final nomination period, whatever. Like, who cares? >> Yep. Yep. So, I know Danny's outside. Um, but that brings us to marketing,
budget, etc. So, we have a preliminary budget on item F of the agenda. Vanessa is like our marketing girl for this event. Um, she does great work for Jellas and a lot a lot of other places locally. Um, so this is the same as last year. we attributed to her 750. The 750
included the collateral, meaning like the ads and the logos, um the agenda that she put together. And it included her being on site the day of the event to capture video and reals and all that good stuff and to coordinate with the
town to post all of that. >> And Jessica is the lady here. Jessica Mina, she's not here. >> No, no, no, no. Jessica's just a a committee member. We're on this. We're on we're here item F A in the budget. >> I can show you the recap video too. >> Yeah,
>> sure. >> We have we approved this already. >> We have not approved this. No, this last year. >> Yeah, we approved it last budget. So, we have to make motions to allocate from this budget to those particular items. >> Exactly. Yep.
>> Um Yeah. >> No, >> I don't think so. I don't think the town ever posted that, which makes me sad. >> Maybe we can use it now to advertise. >> I agree. I think we should post it now. Yeah. >> Or not now, though. Whenever we're switching it, I guess, you know, or maybe it is now. I don't know. Whatever.
Why not? >> That's like like a recap of what happened. >> Oh, yeah. It came out really fast. >> Very cool. >> Um, >> yeah, we should try to use it. >> Yeah. So um so then for chas
of a lot in kind donated on that day. Um last year we allocated $1,000 to chas uh for you know apps and drink tickets and whatnot. Um for marketing $1,000 uh to put towards ads. >> Yeah. Keep it three months. That's going
to >> correct. And then um and then we would have 250 left over from from the budget for miscellaneous which would be like you know the the raffle not just not just the raffle but you know like the
>> we got a Dunkin Donuts emergency box of Joe last time. Yep. >> Yeah. We ran out of coffee on the last one. >> So yeah. So those these are the things that we need to move forward. We didn't include in here you know like an add in the linker or anything like that. I don't know how we're doing. I don't know
how we're doing budget-wise. If maybe we can take >> Well, that we could pull from the marketing miscellaneous expenses probably because they kind of overlaps a little bit there. We can see how >> we can probably take from the thousand too because I think it's 250 from the Miami Lakers. >> So, that will leave us 750.
>> Okay. >> We may be okay if we if we see that we are struggling getting people, we can push it and get more, but it may be enough. Who's going to do this $1,000 marketing? Is it the town? >> Uh the 10. Yes. >> Okay.
>> Gotcha. >> Like running closer to the >> Yeah. running did last year. Yeah. >> Gotcha. Okay. >> Yep. So yeah. So in so theoretically, so is that is the 250 for the Laker is that a full page out or a half page out?
>> I think it's a half. >> It's a half in color. >> I don't remember. Okay. >> I just remember thinking that it's 250 something like that. But I'm not I I I don't I don't remember the price. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Um so so then in theory, let's just say
250 would come out of that $1,000 marketing item line item. 250 would be for the Laker and then a th000 then whatever's left over 750 would be for um for social ads. Mhm. Um and again, you know, this is this is working with this
is just what we're working with out of a we had um because the the $2,000 seminar line item on the budget is for this. This is the seminar. So that would be a 2,000 coming from, you know, whatever it is that wherever
it is that we're pulling it from Chela's or the marketing. I think I think what we did last year was we did a thousand from Chelas out of this budget, Vanessa out of this budget, and the miscellaneous came out of this budget >> and the marketing >> marketing came out of the marketing.
Yes. >> Okay. Um I'm just curious, the marketing miscellaneous expenses that we have in our budget, the actuals, the 9859, that's what we've spent >> year. Yeah, I know. I know. That's it.
Yes, but we still hear missing 2,000. >> Yes. >> 500 for that live. >> No. >> No. 500 for in the You're saying for the Bon Vivant, right? Yes. >> Yeah. That comes from the network. >> Yeah. That comes from the network for
the main street life. >> Okay. Wait. So, so 500 is coming out of Bon Vivant for networking events. Okay. And then I'm sorry, you said what else? 1,500 for the Miami >> Miami main street light >> and that's coming from marketing
miscellaneous. Okay, got it. >> Yeah. >> And uh what about the one that is tomorrow? Do we had to do 500? >> No, no, that's that's just a chamber. >> That's why part of the next that's the next line item for us is to pick the next Main Street live or not. Sorry, not
Main Street live. Sorry, the uh next business networking social. I put March, but it's not March. It's just >> okay. >> Just business networking social. the next one. >> Okay, >> that'll be the next thing we do. >> Okay, so just just curious just so that
we can start planning because when we start talking about newspaper ads and whatnot, we have to start planning with a lot more urgency. Y >> um so out of networking uh uh the our networking budget, the $3,000 budget, we we do what? Quarterly, right? So that's
that's a $2,000 commitment. So we'd have $1,000 excess in there. Is that correct? >> Yep. So, um I don't want to put any motions out because I know Danny's not here. Um but I'm just talking out loud that I would potentially motion to uh
allocate the leftover the leftover 1,000 from networking business line item to Chelas for the boot camp. >> So they get 2,000. >> No. So they get a thousand. >> But so but it comes but it comes from there so that we have lef over to pay for ads and whatnot.
>> Gotcha. Gotcha. Um, I mean, what it doesn't really make a difference if we're gonna if we pull it from marketing and we put the the boot camp ad and the Laker from marketing, but I don't whatever. I don't know. I don't know. >> I mean, if we vote to approve these numbers right now, I don't think we need to dictate which line items they come out of yet.
>> We don't >> do we for the just for the voting of it. >> For the motion, we usually encourage that you do, but a marketing expense should come out of marketing. It wouldn't make sense for Chelas to come out of, you know, >> no it will come out of the networking source. That's what she's saying. That's what she's saying.
>> Right. That's what I'm saying. Yeah. Okay. No, what you were saying earlier makes sense for the >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> No, I think that the the best one will be the one that we said at the beginning, the marketing, the $1,000 that we have extra for the team from from the marketing and that from the 2000 from the seminar budget.
>> Yeah. So, 7 so the 750 from for Vanessa comes out of the seminar budget. the um do we do we want uh like the the marketing for social ads for the event I think should come from the seminar budget.
>> That's because it's for that event. >> Does that make sense? >> Yeah. >> I think it can come from either or in this case. That's why we can choose what makes the most sense, >> right? So >> yeah, >> I that's why I would say that's why I would say maybe the um what do you call it? The Laker ad because we don't know what that's going
to be. I would say the Laker ad come out from the bigger budget, right? The $6,000 budget or something like that. Okay. >> So, we'll put the linker ad out of the marketing miscellaneous. Okay. We'll put the $1,000 towards social ads
from the seminar budget. Okay. And um and then we're at >> and then ch is coming out of the networking >> correct >> business socials. >> Yeah. I think that's how we did it last year anyways, right? I think that's how
it ended up shaking out. >> I don't know cuz last year we were doing it like towards we were doing it this advance. We were doing it like towards the tail end. >> Crazy stuff. >> Yeah. Okay, cool. And then Yeah. And then we'll have 250 left over in the seminar budget for
incidentals. Exactly. >> Yeah. We get like stuff grocery shopping like a little Instacart order. >> So you said it was social ads and Vanessa from the seminar. >> From the seminar >> from the network. >> Uhhuh. And the miscellaneous, right?
>> And from the networking and then the Laker ad from miscellaneous or from marketing. >> Marketing. Exactly. >> Gotcha. Cool. Sweet. >> We got us all organized. >> Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. And now we're not going crazy scrambling at the end. I appreciate that. >> And and we're forecasting our budget
better because we know, you know, we know where it's going to go. >> Exactly. >> Yeah. >> All right. Perfect. Cool. I mean, hopefully when Danny comes back in in a little bit here, we didn't realize we can vote to approve all this. >> Okay. And yeah, guys, that's all we got. >> Awesome. >> But again, subcommittee, join the
subcommittee. Oh, do we have the >> date? Uh, we have it on the last page. The next subcommittee meeting is April 15th at 5:30 >> at 5:30 either V Square. A lot of fun. >> Oh, real quick before we finish up with
the boot camp, I wanted to reopen public comments real quick as Drew hopped in. >> Hi Drew. >> Help answer some of the questions about AI and things like that. But uh >> so I did hear what you had to say and um I mean I do it I I use it on a daily
basis to help with different aspects uh different things from uh calculating pricing to um reviewing my emails to make sure that they don't sound too aggressive or you know they the punctuation and the grammar is correct
instead of me with my um sometimes I do run on sentences because I just write down my thoughts. So, it cleans up my my emails. Um, if you ever get something that looks really clean, chances are I threw it through chat GPT. Um, I've had customers send me
AI generated art. Uh, and it's kind of helped me out some sometimes when you have that writer's block, um, in this case, design block, and I can't figure out a proper way of designing something and I kind of give it the elements and the rough draft of what I'm doing and
give it and feed it some information and it comes out with like, why don't you try moving this over here, declutter that, and make it look a little bit nicer, more organized, more balanced. Um, I've used it. As a matter of fact, I'm in the middle of trying to do
trademarks for the business. Um, and it's helped me out fill out documentation, the forms for for um for the trademarks. So, there's different ways that I'm using it in the business. Um, I also use it for social media to
help me write information about, you know, I'll give it I'll give it the information about what uh I want to post and give it uh the image of the item that I made or whatever the case is. And
it will give me a good nice solid hook for for the comment uh for the um not comment for the post. It would give me good text and give me good hashtags that are ranking really high. So,
there's certain things that I use it for. Cindy also uses it as well for different things in the business. So, we'd be more than happy to talk about it. And um like you were saying, sometimes it's hard to write for it. Um
in it, we say uh crap in, crap out. If you don't give it the proper information and kind of walk it through what you're sort of looking for, um, you will get something that it just imagined up that you never told it to do.
>> I can't hear you guys. Did you guys say something? >> No, thank you. >> All right. So, we'd be more than happy to write up a deck and and um present it and answer any questions. But definitely, it helps in marketing,
emails, social media. I mean, it it helps in designing um it helps in in a lot of different ways. >> Cool. Drew, I think we can have a like an offline conversation or better yet, if you can come to the subcommittee
meeting on April 15th and we can dig into that topic a little bit more because we have some really specific ideas that we'd like for the presenter to, you know, to to incorporate. Um, so if you would be able to make that meeting, um, that would be great so that we can talk a little bit more in depth
about it. Uh the other thing is I just today I was using it to understand uh Miami Day County has something called the rise loan with the Dade Federal Credit Union and we were asking Chat GPT all the details of what we would need to
do to apply, how would we qualify for it and um if the the rates are variable or if they're set and apparently they're variable. So, we definitely don't want to touch that right now as a business, but there's, you know, like you could
use it in so many different ways to get information um that you may need on the fly. Something as simple as converting u millimeters to inches uh to more complex of filling out forms um and giving it the details. Like if you ask ChattPT
about us, it could probably give you a lot of information on us because we've been feeding it information about us. So, you said it was April what? 15. >> 15th. 5:30 in this room. >> Okay. Too bad I can't get chat chat GPT. Chat
GPT. Uh, April 15. Can you put it on our calendar, please? At 5:30, right? Or 5? >> Yes. >> 5:30. Okay. >> Sweet. >> That That's all I had to say. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Ann. Thanks for coming. >> Thank you, guys. I'm going to continue watching on YouTube. >> I literally secretly watch all these
meetings through YouTube. We put it on our TV here in the shop. Uh, I'll show you guys. We put it on our TV and we just watch. >> It's basically like watching You're like watching like Miami League C-SPAN all day. >> Pretty much. >> Drew, that's so lame.
>> Pretty much. >> Bye, guys. >> This is why I watch on YouTube. That's why this is why I watch on Secret. All right, cool. So awesome. So let's move on to the next thing now. So the business networking
social the next one. So like Romy was saying, what we're trying to do this year is be a lot more proactive with our planning of it and do them quarterly like like we said we would. So let me see. Our last one that we did was this one at Bonavan. It was kind of a small one because we didn't really have
a lot of time to push this one. We this one we did pick kind of quickly. But now it's March. So, we got plenty of time that we could pick one. Sadly, we can't vote on it right now, but we can at least pick a date and pick a place. So, what
>> we had said it already. >> I know. We had >> What did we have? >> It was um >> last time it was plan A was Shaw of Kebab, which is the new place that opened up there, which is also a small place in the corner of there, but it's good. >> Um there's that place. Plan B was
Francisco's, the Francisco's or Francisco's, the chicken and meats place, which is here in Main Street. Um, but we couldn't get contact with either of those people. Jessica tried reaching out to Charles, but couldn't reach out. We couldn't find them. And I don't think any one of us knew the F for Francisco.
So, >> we could try that again. >> There is one option. Give me one second. >> And then Plan C was bomb. >> No offense, Bomb. >> He's secretly watching. >> Yeah. No, I don't know who's watching anymore now. I don't know. He's secretly too thick.
>> No, give me one second. I'm going to tell you um >> I know a big thing that a lot of people requested the other too. >> The trail is >> Oh, that's right. Yeah. Email to the chamber about that.
>> Yes. And uh she's partnering out with somebody on the building that they will be able to provide some appetizers and drinks and stuff like that and do it at her shop and stuff like that. So people know about it. Uh I don't know who is the other person that is on that.
>> He has like a small souvenir shops like Makes Boutique and clothes and it's very Miley Lakes theme. It's very cute. Obviously you go there. It's very cute shop. >> And the same building where she is there is um and they want to partner up with
her so they can do a little long channel type of thing. >> Maybe specialty smiles. Is that what it is? that's in that same building. >> I'm not sure exactly what >> he's in the building with. Yeah, Denise is right. Maybe it is Eddie. He's He's also on the board of the chamber, too. >> Yeah.
>> Eddie. >> Okay. Maybe. I'm not sure, but I think she's pushing. She wanted it. She wants to us to go over there, do the thing. Maybe a good idea, something different that we have not. >> I've done an event there before and I think it would be a great idea. It'll
bring awareness to her shop and it's, you know, very Miami Lakes. >> Yes. Yeah. >> Sounds good. >> I know we did the her ribbon cutting that we did there was like a pretty big >> thing. They had a whole setup on the outside with little vendors. That's why I know she'll go all out and bring
little vendors and make it like a little >> a little event. So, I mean that sounds neat to me and it's different, you know. I like check. >> So, that's why I kind of like it. >> Solo. Where is that? Okay. I'm back with director.
>> It's it No, she she's she's where I call it attorney robe. She's she's like where all the attorneys are named and like three accounts building like literally in front of it that building R. >> No, no, it's a boutique where they sell
like clothes and plates and cups and things like that. But a lot of the stuff she sells is very Miami Lakes theme. So she'll sell um >> you lost. >> I don't know. She'll sell like a little plate with a cow on it or something. You know what I mean? I love Miami Lakes. I love Miami Lakes and stuff like that.
>> Not that much parking. >> Yeah, the parking is >> street parking nearby hours. So we could probably park in their parking spot. >> Yeah, it's not too bad. Like I said, the ribbon cutting that when they >> That's fine. Manny Manny will take us in a golf cart.
>> Suck heard. >> Okay, cool. I like that. I hear Danny I think outside. Uh, I went to talk to him because I know that was and so we can vote on these little two things. >> Correct. >> All right. >> Okay. Real quick. So Danny can get back to his phone call. Yes.
>> Okay. We're going to make some motions. >> Okay. Gabriel, let's see what you're made of. >> He's being quiet. >> He's taking notes. He's taking notes. He's taking it right now. >> He's doing great. >> All right. We're going back to 8A to do a motion. >> Yes. Okay. Um, I would like to move uh
to allocate from our seminars budget >> the following expenses towards the 2026 EDC boot camp. I'm going slow because I know Gabriel's
writing by hands. $750 towards our marketing consultant for the event, Vanessa >> 750 towards >> towards Vanessa marketing consultant >> $1,000
towards social ads for boot camp registration And the remain and then $250 the remaining $250 in the budget towards what do we call that? >> Miscellaneous expenses. >> Day of event.
>> Yeah, thank you. Day of event expenses. I was like there's a term for that. >> I think we'll split it up into three motions to keep it less confusing. So that is my first motion. >> So the social ads are coming out of >> for the boot camp. Registration ads for
the boot camp are coming out of seminar. That's how we >> ch this is coming out of the networker >> networking business networking and social name on this. >> Okay. >> It all makes sense towards the marketing consultant, $1,000 towards boot camp
registration ads and 250 miscellaneous. >> Yep. Do I get a second? I second. >> Thank you, sir. In >> favor. >> So, that's motion by Romy, second by Carlos. Yep. And motion passes. >> Yeah. All three passes. We're good there. >> Okay. And I would like to make another motion
to allocate $1,000 out of our networker business budget. That's a really weird name, right? to be allocated towards uh Chella's
Miami for hosting the EDC boot camp happy hour. >> I'll second the motion. >> Thank you, Danny. >> All in favor? >> I there. >> So, motion by Ro, second by Danny.
And then I'm not going to motion for the ad yet because we don't know how much it costs, but we'll take it out of that that >> we're spending around Motion for the date. >> Oh, do we have to vote for the date? Okay, sure. Why not? >> We have to, right? Or no, we don't have to put on the >> I don't think so because we the
subcommittee picks it. >> Okay. >> So, if you want to put it officially on the record, >> no pressure put it on the record. >> Motion for it, right? Just in case. >> Um, >> we're almost done.
I motion for the date of the event to be September 25th. I think they see >> second. >> All in favor? >> I was that was >> said we can't change the date anymore. >> Second
or we can motion to change what it is. But yeah, now that's the official date. >> Okay. >> Seven. It starts in 10 minutes. >> This is economic. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We're wrapping up. Almost done. Jesus. >> Um, okay, cool. Now, the last thing for
new business and then we'll wrap it up. The BTR YouTube video. This is another suggest. >> I'm so bored. Last one. >> No, you're good. This is what we're here for. We're here to make this stuff. >> No, as someone who is registering for a BTR license. >> I'm sorry.
>> Another motion that uh do the networking at the >> Petrellus Cottage. Oh, good point. Yes, we didn't actually. Yes. >> Okay. >> I motion to uh one of the network events, the next event that we have to do it at uh
>> Tras. >> You can pick a date. >> No, >> no, no, no. We were talking about >> Do we have to pick a date? >> Are we already starting stuff on the chamber? Make the event bright. I don't think we need to
push with money, but we can >> we need to chug her first that she's available. Yes, let's pick let's pick uh some options some optional dates. >> So, what month are we looking at? >> Um I mean we could do >> I would say May just so that we have
some time. >> May or June? >> Oh yeah, let's do May. >> Probably May because June people are out of here for summer. >> All right, let's do May. >> We do not have a Main Street live in May. Correct.
>> Yes, we do. Yes, we do. Okay. It's on Friday. >> 15th. >> It's on the 15th. >> Yeah. >> We could do it on >> right away that week. >> Yeah. So, yeah. So, I would say maybe on the week of the 18th. Uh-huh. >> No, we had to do it like later because
>> later >> in the sense of everybody will already go to the last one at least a week of break. >> Oh, I see what you're saying. Memorial Day. >> So, maybe what is Memorial Day? >> The 25th is Memorial Day. >> Oh, is it?
Okay. So, so, so we definitely have to do it before Memorial Day because people typically leave for Memorial Day like that Friday, Saturday. >> Right. So, so Right. So, we'd have to do it the 18th, 19th or 20th or earlier in May.
>> Okay. I'm kind of leaning towards May 20th because I think that's when the chamber will probably do theirs. And I know Kimberly also sent an email that same email to the chamber. Okay. Okay. >> So I can try to set it up so we so they align back up again. You know what I mean? >> So we do them together. >> Yeah. Perfect. Okay.
>> That's why I'll talk to I would say absolutely. So we don't we don't want to try and do our own or it's just because it's we want to pick Trellus. >> No, I mean it doesn't matter. We can do our own too. It's just that I like having everybody work together because >> Okay. Cool. All right. I I'm down
because I know that that uh that social society will do theirs. So we, you know, now we're at the point where we're having like three or four things around town every single month and people get tired. So that >> Yeah, exactly. That's why I I would like to align if if we still can. Sure. >> It's just this time around with the chamber, we needed to, you know, we
needed that bond we all want to do. We needed one in that first quarter. We kind of did it quickly. >> Yeah. >> But I would like to go back to, you know, having us all align that way. It's like, you know, everybody's there and even though everybody goes anyways, but whatever. Just that way it becomes, >> you know, >> like what Romy's saying, we don't have 14 different network to be that. And
it's exhausting, veryiring too much. So that's why I >> work. >> Okay. So May the 20th, that Wednesday is what we're leaning towards. I'll >> Yes. >> I'll talk to Ray and I'll I I'll >> Do we want to vote for it or or we don't want a motion for it yet?
>> For the they >> Oh. Oh, there is a motion on the table. >> I say throw the date in there, too, and then we can motion change it after. >> And the We're good. I want to start pushing. >> Okay. Carlos Wednesday. >> We have a motion on the table from Carlos for our next networking event to be May 20th at Trellis Cottage.
>> I'll second it. >> All in favor? >> I >> So by second by D. >> Yes. Okay. >> Okay. So super fast in seven minutes. Um as someone who was applying for her BTR license,
>> the BTR license process is super confusing. No, no, no. But like it's it's even the funny thing is that the town of Miami Lakes 7 years ago tried to make it like idiot proof by making this awesome YouTube video about how to apply for your BTR license. And when you
Google town of Miami Lakes BTR license, the first thing that comes up is that YouTube video, but that is completely obsolete now because the website got redone and nothing is where the video says it is. >> Oh, for Yes. So, and and when you look at when you search on the town of Miami
Lakes website, just PTR, it's like empty links. It's it's nowhere. I wound up getting connected to somebody in town by one of the ch the other chairs and and like the process, the forms
was with what's >> a business tax receipt. You have to register for it if you do town if you do business in the town of Miami D. Um so so yeah so it just it doesn't it it doesn't like j and I mean I think that that should be a very large priority for
us being the economic development committee. >> I I agree to fix >> I usually do it simpler. I just go to the counter and I say I want to go and that's it. >> But I saw the video and I'm like I didn't know that I was able to do it. I didn't. >> But it doesn't but it doesn't Well,
that's the thing too is that the video says that you can submit your application electronically. negative. You cannot do that. I have not found a way to do that. I wish that you could submit your application electronic site, but it's somewhere correct on this new one. >> Okay. >> All right. I'll put that on the agenda
for the next time and then >> is this a question for you? Is that like the building department? >> Is there like a licensing department? That's why I'm >> imagine it would take a little bit more than just us because I we need somebody that knows the whole process, you know, and then we could we could pay for somebody to make a video for sure and
I'll come in next week, >> you know. But uh yeah, there's somebody that can tune in. >> Yes. >> And I'll give you some info. >> Danny Angel, right? >> Yeah, that's the director. Yeah, >> he's the one who provides after tax for students.
>> And not only that, but like since seven years ago when they made that video, now there's like a special application of you work from home. >> Uh, you know, so like they they've made all these updates, but they're nowhere on the website. >> Yeah. >> Zero website. >> Yeah. I just need somebody that can like give us the whole, you know what I mean?
>> Yeah. Yeah. Like explain it. >> Yeah. Exactly. go from there, you know, cuz right now we're just like in the dark because like you said, it's it's fusing. >> I saw something >> related to and I probably everybody have seen it by now, right? >> But one of the things that they are
pushing, not pushing, but they're going to start pushing is that the towns and cities start doing their process through AI. So let's say you submit building projects and stuff like that. It'll tell you in 10 minutes if you're going to get approved or what you need. >> Cool. I love it. So we can probably
doing this push towards that found to go through the process. Obviously is a more complex and and costly and all of that. >> Yes. But I think we can push it through sometime. >> Yes.
Something. >> Okay. Cool. All right. So if you can help us out with that if there's something you can Yeah. you know, it doesn't have to be him. It's somebody that can explain it at least that we can turn it into something that we can write and then eventually a video, you know. >> All right, cool. So, that's it. Announcements real quick. Tomorrow
there's a network at Amazonia that the chamber's hosting. So, if you guys want to make it, that would be awesome if anybody wants to swing by. And I just put some random little things here from the town's website. So, April 4th is spring cleaning. April 5th is Easter. Praise the Lord. And April 8th is chamber lunchon. So, there we go.
>> Motion to adjurnn. >> Second. Sorry. All in favor? >> I motion be passed by.