Um, no. I guess not. Does anybody want to take minutes? Not everybody at works. I don't have a pen. I can't. I mean, that's all that's I'm not taking notes. I'll take my notes.
You will always the best team player here. Thank you. All right. Well, we're good. Hi. We're good to muted and stuff. All right. All right. I'll call the meeting to order. 534. So, we'll start with the rules. So, George Alvarez not here. Roberto Blanco, I
don't see. I think here. Rosano here. Jessica Medina, she's not here. Don't Perez not here. Romy, I don't see her here. Andrea Richi here. Margari Rubio
Carlos. Yeah. Daniel Gonzalez. I don't see him, but he told me he was coming. So, Raphael Shook. Yeah. And then Rodriguez. Yep. Cool. All right. Cool. Moving on to orders of business, deferrals, edition, deletions. I know it's been a while since we met. Does anybody have anything, I guess, to throw
on? That's what this moment is for. Is there anything to add on to any of these little things down below? Old business, new business? If not, I'll just kind of keep going. You know, kind of pops in as we go anyway. All right, cool. So, I'll go on the public comments. See anybody here? I
think we're good. And then now we'll do the approval of the minutes. So, we've got quite a few here, it looks like. So, there's the Are these all attached here? By the way, these minutes are now. Yes, they are. Okay, cool. All right, cool. So, we've got the subcommittee minutes from 34 2025, the regular meeting
minutes from February 25th, and then the regular meeting minutes from November 19th that are also take a second, and we'll see if we're good. The big thing that I have updates on is those is that March board subcommittee meeting
minutes. That's what I that's what my updates are listing on today which is the main street live thing. Do we need to approve those subcommittee minutes? Is that our subcommittee? It counted as ours or whatever instead of or do we both have to approve those? These are the ones uh
the subcommittee that Romy for the Oh, no. I was going to No. Yes, cuz you guys are the ones that called the meeting. Sorry. Yeah. All right. Cool. I suggest to approve
everybody. I'll second. Cool. So, all in favor? Great. We'll do this like a sweeping to approve all three minutes, I'm assuming, right? Yes. All right. Up next is budget. But before we get to the budget, I kind of want to move on to the main street live thing
because it's going to influence our discussion now about this budget and change things up a little bit. Um, so for budget real quick, like I don't think there's any major things other than what I'm about to talk about. So yeah, the only thing we got to think
about is I guess the other networking business social that whole thing the business networking social what's up on the budget. Yeah. Did we get not a credit but we were going to find out if we needed to spend the money from Intel from the last year.
Yeah. So the way that Intel works the contract for this year was already drafted out. We were already committed to that payment. So, you can essentially imagine that all the money that is there for Intel is gone. You guys cannot use that money for anything else, at least not this fiscal year. We've already
confirmed that um that that's it. It's not going to come out of your budget anymore. But unfortunately for this year, the money is already accounted for. Um but if I may, really quickly, I wanted to mention something to you guys. Um, from speaking with staff, it does
seem like we do want to keep that intel going, even if it's not coming out of economic development. So, with that said, usually when a service continues on, even if it's not from the committee, that budget will then be pulled from the committee to continue on with that service. Now, I know the intention of
the committee is to obviously use that funding for something else, right? You guys would rather up the money for something else. So, usually around May, I start letting the committees know, hey, it's time for you guys to workshop the proposal that you guys want budget to, I mean, council
to approve for your next year's budget. And that is where you guys have to make that pitch council that, hey, we want to, you know, up the money and whatever line items to replace that low. Whether they approve it or not, you know, I can't speak for them. That's to
be determined, but that's how that would go. But what we're saying is the follow. We're saying that now we have to create a case why we do believe and we have all agreed why that's not worth it to spend it and why is worth it to spend on what
we believe it's worth it to spend it in developing. You have to do that for all your line items if you plan to increase any. Yeah, we were not planning to increase of anything. We just wanted to use the ponds more efficient. Yeah, that's what I think we wanted it to do. the miss we
bought just Exactly. Because if what you're saying is that Okay. No, but we wanted to keep paying for it and then we and then you have to fight for getting the bonds. It's going to leave us hangry like you know we're trying at the end. Exactly. We we don't
want to spend the money. However, the the town wants to spend the money but now taken away from the committee. Right. Taken away from the committee. Now we got to fight for a new budget. I think it'd be wise to review our historical budget because we've always had the same amount of money. Correct me if I'm wrong. So whether we had local
intel or not, we had the same amount which has always kind of been silly because we've been pretty weak, right? So um I would hope that the council would respect from a historical standpoint that this is a
Yes. Uh so what based on your experience of how you seeing it or how he's playing it out, you know? Yeah, that's pretty much it. I I um I can tell you that from other committees essentially the town right staff has continued whatever program and that
budget has been removed from that committee and it continues on. Now if the committee again if you want to up essentially any of the line items that request will be made to pass and and cool question just to just I don't I don't know so I just ask that question
to understand so if let's call it somebody upstairs is deciding to keep that and just moving it from our budget cannot that go to the committee so the community approves that the committee have the voice over on it.
I don't I don't know if I'm following in terms of like I just know that you're I guess forget about local info for a second. I know annually the committee does have to make the pitch to council of what they want their budget funding to go to every. So that's why we're saying in that scenario is where you
guys would say hey we do need that $10,000 that we're asking to be removed like you would be very forward about it. We're asking for that to be I guess like recirculated into another line item rather than continue on. We don't think that this program should continue at all. Not from our committee, not from
you know from the town. It's a waste of $10,000 over here. And at the end of the day, however that budget gets approved is what we would continue staff. Um so yeah, you guys would have to make that. Is that still on then or or or not? Or
it has been cancelled. So for this year it's already accounted. Okay. But it's not just that it's not just that it has been accounted. Somebody executive decided that they wanted to keep it but they don't want to
give us the so we had to pitch it to give us that. Well anyways and I want to be clear anyways this would be for next fiscal year. So even if council let's say would have approved the same amount which is what we've seen happen in the last two
years they've just approved the same amount the same line items you know over and over again that money at the end of the day was designated for that. So at this current fiscal year there's no changing it. The money has been accounted for. Your your proposal really would be for next fiscal year. Okay.
October, right? So it's you know this year it was account it was budgeted for that particular item through EDC. Right. Through EDC whether it was spent or not spent it right because we had Rab because we
had to pay the bills because we didn't we didn't cancel the contract on time. Well, now you cancelled it on time before the next cycle, right? So, right, but but that bill was due, right? Because there was no cancellation within the the right uh uh window of time to,
you know, for the uh service provider to say, okay, you don't have to pay the contract now. So, the contract has been cancelled and so that that money is is still available, the money amount, not the the contract. So the the
money is available. So we can ask for that money and say, "Hey, we want the same 10,000 for our I don't want to say it's available because I don't approve the budget." The council will approve the new budget for October 1st. So the answer is no is because they decided to
keep it. It's been but not decided. This is the plan for next year. So just to be clear, the the plan would be we staff would continue the contract but under our end with those same amount of it's just being moved from line items that you're saying is we have no discretion
over our budget. No, we do but you have to hopefully it'll be kind of like the chamber membership which we were able to get underneath memberships and dues for the town and we were able to keep that money. So hopefully in the which one the
chamber one? No, the town because it needs to come out of our budget as well. Cool. And we we used to participate in the IC in Orlando when we use that money for in other words if the city wants if the town wants to do the local, it'll go under the town. Yeah.
The idea is that you guys would still essentially would be asking for an additional $10,000 to fund whatever it was that you guys wanted. Yeah. My whole thing is that we just got to make a pitch again to the council, right? But but as as the as the economic development committee If we have if we
are realizing that that intel money is a waste of time because there's no one no one benefits from it or no one uses it to to bring business to Miami Lakes. Uh
so what you know can we recommend to the town I said hey listen absolutely don't waste don't wait even if you don't give us the money don't waste it because there's probably other better sources you've been saying for a while
you could I mean as that's what you guys are advising boards to the council so of course you can make that argument to council yes you can you would use the opportunity uh through your report to council to yeah to let council know. So we recommended, hey, listen. Yeah, you
could don't raise your money. Who who does use it though? Like who wanted to keep it? Was it you guys? Like the staff summer executive staff meeting. It was brought up and and they were like, okay, if economic development doesn't want to continue doing it come the new fiscal year, staff does feel the need to want to continue to work. Even if it doesn't
work, well, no, but it does. The town uses it. Like if you go if you go through the town Yeah. If you go through the town website, they don't who's on I don't know who was on the call with me way back when, but like they have plugins and so the town is able to utilize the
plugin. So like you know how far apart it is from like airports and different things like at marketing of the town itself. Okay, cool. I think to the building website and correct building page and all that, right? So maybe I misunderstood. So the town wants to
continue with it which is fine like correct I know you said there there certain benefits but who's going to pay for it I guess is what I misunderstood the money would essentially be transferred out of your out that's what I somebody else's budget you guys what you wanted is essentially that
extra $10,000 for whatever other you find it now we can repurpose our money so you have to make that request council like we want to keep that $10 essentially add it to whatever line item if you guys I'm sure Donna that made you do the exercise you guys have to go line
item do line item and explain what increase that's essentially the same thing that you'll be doing and and we have always been able to get it approved because we usually don't ask for more in this case we're going to ask for more now we do have a new council I don't
know how that's going to go we need to show that that money is going to be used for something else. Yeah, that's that's what I was going to get to. Now, we need we need to we need to identify something else. Exactly. No, exactly. You're right on the money. You guys will probably get an email from
me letting you know, hey, these are the upcoming uh dates for by when I need your proposal for your budget, by when you guys have to go talk to council when they do that budget meeting. I will inform you guys of that once I have those dates in place. Okay, cool. Perfect. Okay, cool. So, this last thing
that we missed, the report to council was just a recap, right? That wouldn't have been for the budget discussion. No, there's one that's specifically set aside for a budget, but I'm just saying if there's ever a recommendation that you guys want to make council, hey, we think you should do this, you should go for, you guys always have the opportunity to do so through the report.
Okay. All right. Okie dokie. Okie dokie. All right. So, just then to understand real quick, what we have is what's under available budget, right? You're on the budget. Yes. Okay. That's what we're working with right
now. Okay, cool. Um, all right, cool. So, that was the budget review local intel cancelled. So, old business, right? So, the March Main Street Live. So, I guess before we go on for the next the future of Main Street Live, what did you guys think
about the one in March? Was that better? I wasn't able to make it. I had a family wedding, so I was out of town. Hey, what's up? How are you guys doing? Um, so what did you guys think about it this time? What did you think? I think a lot more people showed up this
time. Yeah. Cool. Cool. Yeah, I saw the pictures. It look pretty. Yeah. Yeah, I think it was a lot better this the band was better. The band was excellent. The band was very good. So, it had to be. But then again, I like that. How was the sounding stuff? Remember last time it was like around the level or whatever.
It was very good. All right. Cool. Beans. any feedback from from the the local restaurant, you know, like I I know Amazonia. Yeah, they said it was too loud last time. I know this time he mentioned to us that it was better. He said it was better. I just get more prep time for it this time. And
1910 was very good, too. They were serving outside. They had their samples outside. That was very cool. Cool. Yeah. Next time I want to try to get more of the Last time I remember I walked around the week before and gave everybody little flyers from the tenants and told them about it. But I would really love for them to be able to, you know, bring stuff over there, especially people on
the other side. I still want to go back to that. Like put a little table with a bowl and or little smoothies and stuff that they can sell for cheap. Bies puts a little in banana stand outside. You're lucky the pizza place. You're in a perfect spot. But um and uh the grand
send to all the tenants in on Main Street. Cool. They sent an email saying that you know actually copy it was a copy of the poster of the poster. Nice. Actually, and they sent and they sent another one last week for for the event on 1910.
Yes. Yes. Cool. And they did the car show. I think they sent it out for the car show, too. Nice. Awesome. Awesome. Um, with that in mind, I don't see him here right now, but I remember he was asking about hopping into this meeting was Diego from the farmers market. He's got like the whole event group or whatever. They've been doing meetings
with the I don't really know what they're called, I guess, but it's like the main street like little tenant group, I guess, like a merchant discussion society or whatever. So, it's like a little group and it's kind of led by George from BB's. He's like the chair, I guess. Um, and he wanted to come in today about discussing doing
like a Miami Lakes day or something like that, like a wine or like a where you go around try different things in Miami Lakes and, you know, do a little promotion thing. I don't see him though, but um that's something that might be on the radar for the future. So, just consider that because they wanted to get our um what's it called? Our approval like our good graces on it. But if
anything, I think it'll mostly be with the chamber and with the grands and Main Street and stuff and we'll see what happens. But just so we know, the question is what's up? How can we get it? How can we market it more? How can we um get it out there so that people know more so that others find out about
it? Are we doing enough there? Do we need more? Should we publicize it more? I I I I don't know. Oh, you did the you did some uh Right now it's just email blast. That's all we've been doing because it's we've still been in the same scenario where it's not technically
approved sort of by the town. So, we can't really put marketing dollars behind it that we have in terms of like and stuff. Oh, we did. Yeah. Yeah. I think we approve we approve a budget of 50 or something. Okay. Okay. Cool. Is
the money for the event, right? for the future, right? Yeah. Okay. Right. We we can't pay for the events. So, we can pay for the for the email blast or or the uh So, that's Instagram or all these other uh social
media. Cool. Maybe that's why I help a little bit with that. From February 25th, they kind of I think mention we do not spend the 500. No, no, but that's the thing. I guess they had we had another Yeah, that was the first one. The second one now, we got approval to do that. self with advertising. That's
why I got a little mixed up with all the different what's what's okay, what's not okay. But um all right, cool. So that'll lead me now into the future of Main Street Live, right? Because this this is now why I was confused because there's a whole process that we got to go through here. Ralph was there at the meeting at the at the subcommittee
meeting and you guys can see the meeting notes there to kind of understand what happened. It was basically just uh Ralph, myself, and Felicia, right? That's that's all it was. So it was just us there. No, no, no worries. No worries. So, it was just us there to talk about it and kind of see what we're going to do. And the main thing that we
kind of came to the conclusion of is that and what I didn't understand the full scope of it when we first did this was that culture affairs committee only um guaranteed to do three with the grants, right? That that's what was approved, right? So, we've got three like the dates are all mixed up now
because we skipped a couple months, but the next one that's coming up is the last one that's approved and that the grants are taken care of and you know being nice enough to sponsor it. Now, what we have to do is I'm not sure if you guys remember last time, but what I needed to do or try to do was ask the council to basically take over, right?
The only issue is that we did have a meeting last time, last month. So, what I need is like a motion from us basically so I can go to the council and get it approved for us to take it over specifically. Yeah. But I want to explain. So, cultural affairs is very
much, you know, happy to support the event. The concern really are the dollars. Yeah, that's what we're talking about. Who has cultural affairs? Um, you know, Matthew went to cultural affairs, tried to get it in front of the rest of the year. I don't want We're not waiting, at least not this
fiscal year right now. They did not pull the trigger on, you know, providing the funding to continue it for these upcoming. So, if if you guys wish to see it um as a town as an economic development funding thing, you guys can do so. You would have to make a motion to spend your dollars on that
essentially. Do do we know how much is that cost or the badges for each band? It's about 3,000 is what you told me. That's what it ends up being with the when you add in the band and the stage people and getting all that set up and lighting and lighting and all that. That's what it ends up being from my understanding. Majority of the cost is the stage and the lighting. But that
would not be including advertising those funds for Yeah. This would be completing separate because that's where we're at now is that Yeah. is that we basically need to justify to the council that one of I guess now it's us cuz culture said no that we need to that we can justify
this to keep it going. I know that we already talked about getting sponsors and that we can do it with sponsorship and that's funny not going to end up being much of a cost to us at all. But the issue is we need to justify it on paper. That's the issue. That's why I wanted to have the meeting and hope the money and I won't be able to pay out any invoice if I don't have direction from
the committee to spend your dollars on this. Understand? Uh I just have a couple of questions to to kind of understand if we because we have $8,000, right? And we already have committed for the event that we are doing which is I
don't remember what like $3,000 $4,000 out of it. Oh. Yeah. Right. So that means that we have let's call it $5,000. Yep. Right. We basically have what's in the marketing miscellaneous expenses that 4428 because everything else is kind of allocated. Exactly. So
if we say that we have that right, we can not we can probably commit to one because if we don't put advertising money behind it, it's worthless. So I think is a great idea. I think we should do it. It's just that we only
will be able to do one until when is the new budget? October. So it's it's just one. So that's that's my only concern, right? And I think we should do it. I think it's great for all the businesses. I think the main thing and the most
important part is the advertising that we're going to be able to do it to other cities, right? To bring people from Midamar, bring people from Dorado, bring people from Western, bring people from other cities. So that way because we can easily recharge to all the Miami Lakers through the German commerce, through the
email blasts, through the Graham Stos, but those are the Miami Lakers and we need people from other cities to come to Miami Lakes. That's the only way that we actually increasing the economic of the businesses.
So if we do an event without marketing only the Miami electrics are going to come to like they all they already here and and they and eventually they get tired because you know it's you know it's more of the same you know yeah the bands that attract and this and but the
other thing is we got to consider you know we we now coming into June July and August where everybody is on vacation and all that you know it's warmer So, you know, instead of doing like a 12
months event, maybe we can do a seasonal uh type of thing and then start trying and see if if it if it grows legs and then fiscal year starts in October, that kind of opens things up. And let's go off of the positive conclusion that let's say
we keep that $12,000 in the miscellaneous expenses and that we can use it for this, right? Let's say and then we can start again there. What What about the phone? And I think we have to take the opportunity that we have to present the budget and stuff like that. And if we do
a real marketing place plan to advertise Miami Leaks, meaning that with the $4,000 that we have, instead of spending it in one single event, we spend it in a monthly advertising things for Miami Lakes. Hey, come visit Miami Lakes. Look
1910. Look at the pizza theme that has been so for many years. Look at what Main Street is about. what kind of mean campaign pay campaigns to be able to bring people to see Miami Leaks what it is using the videos that we pay that we
have in house you know uh I think with $4,000 spending in marketing to attract people from other cities to do it is better than spending in one event that we're not going to be consistent because if we don't have a plan that is consistently every month or every
something those events and people start getting used to getting to Main Street to do it. We're just going to waste the time in that one event. My opinion for what I have seen. Even though I strongly support that because I think it's the best thing that we can do. I
think this is the best way to attract people from other cities and stuff like that. But not with $4,000. That's what I No, but this is what's what's left now. I know. Exactly. Exactly. I know that I prefer to create a completely advertising plan with what
with the resources that we have advertising payment street things that why why why you should come to Miami Legs campaign you know why because you have this you have that blah blah blah blah these are the events these are the thing
a community that is unified uh there is many events that the city does do like in the park right so kind of advertising why everybody should come and visit Miami leagues. I prefer to spend the $4,000 on those campaigns right now
rather than in one event. Okay, that's my opinion, but we should kind of figure it out that if we going to take over on the next year that $10,000 is not going to reup. So, we're going to have to present the real plan
of saying this is what we are investing the money on advertising why you should visit and this is another reason why you should visit Miami Lace and this is how much is going to cost and push the bar. Yep. And see if they do approve it. My understanding and
from everything all the talks that we have with the people in the new council board that we have all of them wanted to do it. Now is their opportunity to show that they really are going to support. Yeah, I agree. I agree. That's why we're
at the stage now where it's basically finding out what we want to do with that potentially 12,000 or minus 10 potentially 2,000. We got no luck either. They take it away. Yes. So, yeah. Yeah. No, I agree. And I think
right now it would be a good idea to do a long plan, right? Coming out with something strong, something that we can show them, you know, this is what we wanted to spend is this is how much each is going to cost us. Uh even if we
started every three months, right? A a every a every quarter event. But make it that it's big that you know we do draw people from other things. And the only one the only way that is going to happen is with advertising. Yeah. Not just organically, not just emails. It's has
to be paid campaign. I got you. How much is a paid campaign? Depends of the budget that we have. Depends on the budget. How aggressive will $500 a month get you, which is what you have right now, versus $1,000 a month, which you may have next year. Is that enough for a real marketing
campaign? So, I'm going to give you examples of the numbers of checks. Okay? We spend an average of about $4,000 to $5,000 only in pay campaigns a month. Okay, depends of the event. Right now, Cinco de Mayo, we're spending a little bit more, etc. But we're spending about
only in pay campaigns, not whoever does the campaigns, not just pay campaigns about $5,000. And we do bring crowds from other cities. So that's what we need to do on those events, on Miami Lakes, on stuff like that. And that's what we need
to figure out how to get the money from other cultural affairs, more money that the city wanted to do. uh I don't know some marketing funds that can be allocated to those uh things from the grahams. Uh so that way we do create an
impact because the little things that we're doing don't create impact and that's been my frustration all along. I'm sorry I'm so passionate about it but no point is it's what I do
believe we should do if it helps in your planning. I just want to mention to fill you guys in. So, Cultural Affairs, again, they weren't against spending the funding. They're just not comfortable doing it right now because they've essentially already planned out their funding for the year. Um, they did mention that come the new fiscal year,
they may feel a little more comfortable maybe taking away from one of their events that hasn't been doing so well and giving it to Main Street Live. So, maybe there there is a plan for them to fund the event for you guys to continue on the marketing side. So, that may be a possibility. I don't want to speak on their behalf, but I do want to mention
that that's like a joint venture between the two communities. Yeah. Which is what we had sort of at the start. But like just to ground ourselves again real quick, that's like to bring us to the present where we're at right now like this exact second is whether because the the culture first committee already said they're not going to do it for the rest
of this fiscal year. So now like we were discussing, do we want to do it for the rest of this fiscal year? What I'm understanding from Carlos's perspective is that it's not worth it just to do it one more time before October. that it's better to put this 4K into like different marketing things like you know like what the line item says and different ad campaigns and things and
things of that nature like creating a campaign like why you should visit Miami Lakes you know no I agree I think that would be a great idea so basically what the discussion is now is before October right before the end of this fiscal year do we want to do that or do we want to
do another Main Street live like basically put this money into one more right so that's what the that's the that's the question right now for this fiscal year we put it into a vote Yeah, that's what I mean. Yeah. And just to be clear, there's one more main street like that's already the one next month, right? So
that would give us what? June. Is it May? It's May. Yeah. So then there would be how many months before October then? So June, July, August, September, October. So four months. So we could fill in one of those months and then it would be empty for the three. Right. So that's one option. And like I said, the other option would be let's do a marketing campaign with the videos we
have and different things like that. We can do that for the rest of the year until October and spend that 4K throughout the year like throughout the rest of the year and on marketing campaign. I don't think we can do for that like I don't think it would be worth it for us to do it all in this month. No. Right. Yeah. So we probably space it out over the course of the rest of the year. Yeah. So that's kind of
where we're at right now. Yeah. My my How much can you do with three $400? I mean more than zero which is what we're doing now. Yeah. And and I think we should create it completely plan that all the mainly the
restaurants say let's say I don't know if you show this ticket if you show this ad that you get 10%. Something so that way we also know now that we have two restaurants here if it is actually working what we're doing because like you're saying it's like is it going to
be worth it? I don't know. I know that marketing is going to be consistency. Consistency. all depends on how we set up a campaign if that campaign is good. And that's what we had to also think because we had to we I know that we all we have always
say hey listen yes let's advertise it let's put the money they did put the money the $500 that we spended but we don't know what I never saw on the sponsor ad I never saw all of those things so they say that they did spend it but we didn't see that creation
process of that and if we don't approve those things those arcs those things those that tragedy is also worthless So, so what I say is if we do really wanted to do something for the economic of the Miami Lakes, we should be not
responsible but at least approving or seeing it, reviewing it and and see if it shows up on our Instagram or something the sponsor has and stuff like that to make sure that is worth it. If not, I say how many times would you say
we want to do a campaign? How many what senator restaurants? No, I think everybody now is more collaborative. Everybody's kind of putting we can make this go further if we match fund up to a limit obviously.
So if you guys collect four or 5,000 we'll match the $45,000 make it go further. I agree. I agree. You can get a better what I'm hearing is $1,000 is not going to do much. My that's why I asked. Yes. But no, I agree with that. But in
order to that so let's say if you come to a pizza place right and you say that we want to do auto but if you show us the campaign say listen this is what we want to do we want you to put 10% and we wanted the city the economic development committee the city is going to match
whatever money you put is going to put and he said listen I do want it I would want my logo I see the campaign is going to work out I'm going to put $500 I think that's a great idea and then I you know city puts another $500 Yeah. The only thing with that though is
that I don't know how much control or I guess or view we have over the staff like what they're doing with the post like how who's who's doing the strategy and how that works. You know how that works out on the talent like when we were to get if we were to get somebody to do a whole marketing campaign and stuff would we be able to see the strategy and see how that works? So I'm
asking just uh while I heard while you guys were having the conversation I am going to ask the team to pull data for the ads because I want you guys to see that the money did go towards it. Um, I do want to mention that probably part of the reason you didn't see it is because the whole target of that ad was to get
external people, not so much the Miami Lakers that are probably already seeing our Instagram anyways. So, I'm hoping that that means that the ad worked for for its purpose. Um, I know you guys pretty much set up the parameters and we went based off of that, like what target group, the area, the distance, where you wanted it to reach. So, you guys can
always give us that feedback and we'll go based off of that. in terms of graphics really our team puts it together but if you guys provide feedback like you know that that doesn't really call our attention maybe it needs more color maybe it doesn't whatever I mean we can work with so my
my question would be do we count because that's what one discussion that we had before do we count with a a marketing support from the town to be able to create those to create the arts to create the campaign so they can show
us is listen this is where you're going to spend the money and we approve between all of us. Yes, it's good. Let's change this. Like we had done it for the video uh that you say, okay, we're going to do a campaign. Why you should visit Miami legs? Let's call it. And you guys next month present it to us. We can
approve it and say yes, let's invest $4,000 on that just for sale. Will that work that way for us? I don't want to speak on behalf of the team because I'm not part of that process. I know we have staff that does it. Clarisonali specifically. Um, I'm happy if one of you wants to be the assigned person for
this project to like have you guys meet with them and maybe get more feedback directly from them on how much, you know, we would take from you guys, how much we would put in if that makes you guys more comfortable. Um, I know we do have a communication strategy and plan and that a plan in place and that's kind
of what we would go off of. Um, that and whatever parameters again that you guys give us, but again, if one of you wants to meet with them to get a better understanding, I think that would probably be best. Yeah, it is just because if we have a a a plan like that and we show them this is the videos, this is that, it's easier for you to say
yes, let's invest it. If they just come as we don't trust the marketing as the merchants of what we're doing, it's difficult to commit. But if we show them that we have it, that is this is done by
this. I know the chamber of commerce will also contribute. I know that there will be a lot of people that will wanted to jump on it. It's just that we had to present something. So, um yeah, again, I think that that would be the best thing to have one of you connect with them and
then you guys can kind of draft out what that plan would be, what we would show you guys, what we would get approval from you guys for so that you know what you're showing the merchants. Okay. Could we also explore the potential of like requesting a quote from somebody else, I guess, or how that would work? Not a quote, I guess, but like getting
an agency or something or somebody that would help out with this like an outside person that that's that is done internally here. No, it is. But I'm just saying like let's say we want somebody that we can have more control over I guess to put it in a nicer way. somebody that we can be a little bit more on top of versus the I think there's always
external outlets that the committee can maybe like pay ads through something maybe like person I know somebody you had talked with some organization but again I don't know where the lines you know cross again I'm happy to connect
first we need to understand what is the town's process that we can you know benefit from or use we just got to sit with the and then and then we have to evaluate to see if that's if that's enough. Yeah.
Yeah. You you want to be the point person for that or somebody else? Yeah. I mean, I guess yeah, I can try to talk to you and maybe like that Matthew can better explain it to you guys. Again, I'm not big into that stuff. We have people that do that and I know Matthew's
very well versed on these things, but All right. Cool. All right. Yeah, I'll figure it out. And I I will get you guys the data for the main street live ads just so you guys can kind of start there. Okay. I think we want to go. So, well, it sounds like we're I don't think
we're prepared to to to decide. I think we we're trying to gather more information. Is that what That's what I'm understanding. At least that Well, one thing for sure is I don't think we're going to do the mainstream live, right? That's what everyone's kind of I I I don't know because if we get something solid, I think I prefer to do
the one event which with the 4,400 it will be a great event. Yeah. Or have a nice van. We'll have a nice advertising. It will be one event that is better than nothing like you say. Uh so I think it depends on how solid we can put together
a plan and how much we can collect from the other merchants. But if we were to do that event, if there's already one in May, considering June and July and maybe the beginning of August, there's still a lot of people in and out of town everywhere,
not just Miami. There's people going on vacation. We have maybe until September to have those meetings and decide how we want to approach it. I think yeah, the only thing is the worst months and where we had to spend that summer money is the
summer. I get I get it. But it's also the months that you'll have the least burnable. Right. So again, it's just a matter of if we do the now and we base it on that, we know we're going to get the best results. Yes. So I mean that's
that's one way, right? Spending it when it's most needed or spending it when it's most effective, right? Like I I don't know the right answer to that. Yes, I I agree. Yeah, it's always it's always that. Uh yes. And then to do one
now in the middle of the summer and then not do another one till best case scenario October or December where we know that we're going to be back. Right. No, December in the next budget year already. So, right. I didn't know you're October or November, December like already into the next budget year because if we used the money to do one
in the summer when remember the next year the reason the reason why I brought one second the reason why I brought it to the present is because the next fiscal year can be changed up a lot cuz let's say the cultural affairs committee which you know we don't know what they're thinking of right now they'll say yes we're going to do it right they're going to have the funding for it
and then we just go back to what we were doing before which was helping out with just marketing dollars and then you know we've got you know a lot more open right so that's why um not 100% sure on what's going to happen next fiscal year. That's why like if if we need to take over it entirely or if not that's why that's the only thing on Let me ask you a question.
So we have $4,000 here for this year's budget. Yes. Yeah. It's October. And this is kind of like use it or lose it. Yep. Now if we if we use it, you know, let's say we have an event in October, you don't announce it the day of the event. You have to announce it leading
up to the event, right? We could be using this money to advertise for an October event. It had to be before September based on the conversation you said mention it that the event has happened before the before September 30th
because that's not a fiscal year then you right no but if we if we spend the money advertising an October event can we spend the money advertising yes but for the actual event of course but that's that's what we're talking here is
just trying to to promote the event then we can talk about you know with the cultural affair first committee and say, "Hey, you know, would you spot, you know, would you take care of of some of the event costs, the logistics, and we take care of the of the advertising and and you know, we do uh you know, they
have the money in October and we have the money in the summer. So, we start advertising leading up to that October event. Yeah. Obviously, we got like three or four months to to plan and and and get to that uh conclusion. Okay. Another good option.
Yes. That's right. A lot of options. Cool question. Do because if we wait another month to get like an answer of yes, they will be able to do it. And then there is another month that he passed. Yep. That's how it works. September saying, "Okay, how do we spend
this money?" And and we're going to be in the fish. Yep. Is there a way that based on the conversation I don't know let's say next week you have the chance to be able to do it that we can if they do are able to do it or the next meeting we already have like okay this is what
we can do and then we can say yes approve it because those months are going to be very important to advertise what to come to based on on what we're saying and if they're not able to do and it's going to two two or three months then we had to
decide idea that he has which is I think great too because in October kind of everything start kicking out again. Um so that way we have more resources or not resources but things to make a decision because right now we cannot
make a decision. Yeah. No, I agree because we just don't really know what you're like what you're saying. We don't know the strategy and how it would play out. Right. Right. Like if you go talk to them and says like can you guys do it? Yes. Can we present something before the month the meeting? So then we
already will have arts we'll have uh yes why Miami legs we use these resources we use these videos uh we did interview with restaurants we did re you know I don't know things like that so that we can commit to be able to go to the
restaurants because it will be our work to go to tell them and not just restaurant it's just yeah whoever yes whoever wants to do something with them um and match that dollar campaigns and the ads and everything and how we going to report because like for example
you're giving a good thing right okay here is the report this is how many people they saw it blah blah blah this was the effects on it um and tell them how they going their money is going to be accounted okay well um if I may suggest something for you guys to think
about would you guys consider maybe doing a soft launch of this let's say this advertising campaign and kind of giving the discretion to Matthew to work with our staff and be like okay We're comfortable right now between this meeting and next meeting starting with $700 just to see how the town kind of
kicks it off and then you guys adjust accordingly after that just so you don't lose I guess some of your time. Right. But what what are we what are we advertising? Well, the idea Well, right now there wouldn't be a lot of video or anything because I'm assuming it would be a small amount of dollars that you guys would be comfortable even letting
go of right now. Um, but it would just be whatever they do through shop Miami Lakes or things like that and just doing it to an external audience rather than our followers, right? Like doing that paid promo to reach people outside of our I don't know. I just think he wants more
of a business perspective, you know, like take a look at it before, make sure it's good, and then if it's okay in case the time is a concern, but if not, then it would be next week. I get all we can have something already for next month that says that they can present here, right? they can present and stuff like
that and says okay guys it's worth it we can do it and we can add some request of changes and stuff like that and then we say okay yeah I think this campaign will work uh because I don't think that there has been a time or what I have seen I
may be wrong that that my that city that town of Miami lakes has invest money on advertising Miami lakes out right that's so we asking is like how can we put together the city that he has the resources of the marketing inside to put
something together that way. So the budget that we have, we best spend it on. I think the biggest like the lynch pin for this is how much resources the town has for marketing is what you're saying because as of right now from what I'm understanding it's so is the boss. So I'm assuming she doesn't do it. So I'm assuming it's that does the actual
thing and that's one person doing it for everything. So that's why I'm wondering how that's going to work, how much attention we're going to be able to get. And that's why I was wondering if it's possible because like you know how it is with this with bureaucracy and monthtomonth. That's why I was thinking maybe right side other side option the best thing would maybe to be that the
chamber or the main street merchant group whatever are the ones that helmet with an agency and then we just provide the matching dollars. You get what I'm saying? That's another option. But but let me let me just say something about you know the chamber is for the members of the chamber. So and it doesn't have
to be the chamber. It could be us. the chamber can help as long as that they can they can prove that it's benefiting the members of the chamber. If it's not benefiting the members then you know it'll be a difficult time to get to get
the the members to to approve it. I get I get you. No, that makes sense. That makes sense. Whatever we can remove them from anything if anything but they do benefit because they do get um uh other businesses to sign up right like that
they know that exist potential members new people I understand but there has to be there has to be a reason a benefit to the to the membership of of of the chamber you know so oh spending money for the sake of spending money because
you know we we want to promote Miami Lakes and the people say wait a second what is in it for me so if we can say hey this is what's in it for you and then the me the the the have to be explained by us right answer yes that's what members are the same thing that
you're saying we're saying in the sense of okay let's say Chel wants to contribute I don't know $500 I'm going to say to that but what is the chella getting on yes advertising that Miami lake is coming guys, how can we know if it is
worth it or not? The only thing that I'm thinking is give another 10% discount so we know that they are claiming that discount to come to visit a restaurant and stuff like that. Uh I think it's the same thing that you're saying is what would it benefit to the chamber of commerce to do those advertising, right?
Yeah. because right because the the ch the chamber has all kinds of members you know it's banks it's uh um you know small business it's not only restaurants and you know in these type of events and again I'm not nothing against restaurants you know I love restaurants
I eat there but uh but you know the people in Main Street that cut hair for the kids how how do they benefit from some of these events uh the the guy that sells flowers uh the jewelry store. No, but these are the things that they need
to see. How is this going to benefit me? Because, you know, I'm closed at that time. You know, nobody's going to walk into my store to cut her hair while they're losing listening to music. Makes sense. That will be for the events. But what I I'm I'm sorry if I make my the mistake of using restaurants because
that's crazy to to to do it. But is in reality everybody to see and know my so how we going to promote it and that's what we wanted to see. It's like okay you have the to I I have a newborn right. I know
where I'm gonna take him to do the haircut, but if I will not leave here or see that or see what they're doing or see them walking through Main Street, I will not know that they exist. So that's why we bring in the people from other things. For example, the movie theater,
right? Is a great movie theater. It's just manager incorrectly. I already had that. I already I got I got when I come back after that meeting, they give me a lot of thing. But um but is a great
movie theater, the best one around oral, the best around everywhere, right? But people don't know that there is a movie theater anymore. So that's what I'm saying. Advertising why visiting uh Miami
and that would benefit all the places. But but you know again you know and and and not but the movie theater is not a member of the chamber, right? So if the if the movie theater is not a member of the chamber and and I'm using that example nothing against the movie theater is like why is the chamber going
to spend money to benefit the movie theater because when they come here they saw that the bank exist and they can bank before because the bank that is a member of the chamber of commerce they've come right but but but see the thing is that that has to be pre
properly presented not just say hey let's advertise Miami lakes because we're all going to benefit Perfect. Well, huh. You know, we have three chamber board members here. So, hopefully we can properly present in a way that you know, mom is here.
Well, whatever. Regardless, we can always do it without the chamber too if needed, you know, and just do a matching like, you know, with the with the group. I I don't want to put like the chambers against it, you know. Uh not not of course not not don't take me wrong but I just I just need to make sure that the
chamber cannot be taken for granted because the the charter of the of the chamber is to spend uh to spend money supporting the members for the benefit of the members members. So if we can promote if we can show that by doing
this the membership is going to benefit then the membership will be willing to vote for it. Yes. Whereas if it's not well presented then Yes. And that's why I think it brings us also to the thing that when we have the thing to the
budget I think we had to kind of kind of go more aggressive saying what are going to be all the benefits not just for the champ right but uh everybody that will visit Miami Lakes and the people that we have brought from different areas when they see Miami Lakes they love it easy
parking uh I they didn't know that there were so many things when they walk main street even though we all know because It could it could be a lot better. But people that they don't know how used to live, they love it. So I think that the
idea to bring different people against to Main Street, I think it'll help benefit everybody. That chamber of commerce, the haircut, the movie theater, the restaurants, the uh the store, the phone store. Exactly.
They don't know that there is a Verizon example you know so there is many things that we need to kind of inform that people from the outside the only way to do is through advertising my opinion. Yeah. All right.
Cool. So the next thing then just to I guess go to the next point. So the next thing for me to do then would be to talk to Kales and see if we can get a presentation or something like that for the next meeting to see if there's something they can do to put together to say, "Hey, this is what we're going to do. This is what we've done in the past
for you guys. Here's like a report." You know what I mean? Like like how an agency would do a pitch, you know, kind of do it that way. If they can't do that or if that's something that's not in the wheelhouse or it doesn't work that way, blah blah blah, then I think we try to do it exploring outside potentially. Um,
okay. So that's where we're at now. That's what I'm thinking at least just to finally put it to rest. We're not doing Main Street Live before October. Correct. Nobody wants that. I don't think that is necessarily true because if we cannot come out with something solid that it will really benefit. I
think I personally prefer to do one big event rather than that. If we cannot come out with something solid through the city or through finding somebody outsource outside that it will the problem with that is that
with 4,000 bless you with 4,000 we already kind of limit it to the budgeting funds. If we pay somebody outside it limits the money that really works which is the pay campaigns. Yeah. So at that point probably I think it's better to do gray events. Okay. So I
think the big thing is then is depending on that pitch depending what they say kind of will make us decide and sorry Andrew I cut you off to ask for the May 16th event though are you supporting it like we did last time we need to vote on that
uh yeah just let me know how much because I think you guys have just said it for the other event. Yeah, just for the other one, right? Okay. So how much we put there for the last event? Last month I think we did 500, right? Okay. I proposed 500. Okay, there could be 500 off of that 4428
just second. Yes. All in favor? This is for Main Street Main Street for this. So, we got a second. So, all in favor of the There's nothing that's committed, right? What was that? Right now of the
4200, there's nothing else that's committed in there other than just now there's 500. Just now that. Yeah. And that's why So, we'll have around 4,000 left. a little bit under and then that's what we can play around with to potentially do that advertising campaign for the rest of the year. And see and this is where the town
can demonstrate what is it that they're doing, you know, and and then in our next meeting they can come and say, well, this is how we promoted main street light and then we can see the result and then that this is kind of like No, you're 100% right. You're 100% right. That's why that's why I'm going
to meet with them with Garis and Elise and tell them that like, hey, can you do this? Kind of what I was saying, kind of give them the the what we want, you know, the cheat sheet. Hey, this is what we're looking for. Can you do this? And then if they cannot, you know what I mean? If that's something that's out of the wheelhouse or you just can't do this, it's too much for just one person. Then we can go back to the discussion of
do we want with our 3900, do we want to just do the one big event or do we want to explore doing outside stuff and all that? At that point, I would think it would probably be the big event or whatever, but let's see you next month. All right, cool. So, I've got direction on this. One one other just yeah side note backing kind of your conversation
brought me to think about it. We also need to somehow mix in the rest of the town with commercial properties. Yeah. Because we're here for the town, not for Main Street. So yeah, as much as Main Street needs it. No. Yeah. When I'm thinking an advertising campaign, I I think he's just using Main Street as the example because he's just talking about it. But I think it would just be Miami
Lakes as a whole. Like we'd push different things in Miami Lakes like vanilla espresso like you know food like that too. But right we just have to at least mention the other ones. No, of course. Of course. Yeah. I think we're just talking about mainly because that's where the mindset is. But at least for this campaign, I have the same interpretation as you that it should be all of my legs this time. If we do a
campaign, you know, there is many many things. Yeah, there's a lot of great new spots. Parks. They got that K1 that K9 park that nobody just is, you know, all over the town, right? So many. No, for sure. There's going to be that new
shopping center. I was going to say the other this summer. This summer. So we got that shopping center on on the east side and then we got north, right? Then we got the where? Lake Catherine. Lake Catherine. Lake Catherine. Y Lake
Catherine is the one here and then we have the village. No. Well, we have South Point which is we've got retail in the bottom. Right. Right. So there's there's there's right there's all kinds of things in Miami late which we you know just like
as I was saying hey we everybody's going to say hey what's in it for me okay um all right cool so we're good there um the next thing would be the EDC boot camp business boot camp I know we didn't do the subcommittee because it was like a miscommunication
with the timing and stuff like that or whatever um or April 14th what was it was April 14th it was postponed to April April 14th. Oh my goodness. You have to there Monday. Um, so where are we with that? I know
that's your being right now. We're pending. Uh, we still haven't heard back on the venue. So Jose and I have been trying to tag team to get uh hear back from Bank United regarding the auditorium. We're chasing that. Um, I
think maybe we'll try for like another month and then I'm going to give up on it. I'm trying to reschedu it for this Friday. Okay, cool. Um, I won't be here. I'll be out of town, but send me a video. Chase out the university again. I I don't want to go back to Energy
Mendes. I I I don't know if everybody I think it fit the role for that year. Nice. It wasn't that bad they g to us, but given the choice, I would rather squeeze into the town Chambers. Yeah. Yeah. Between the university and Tom Chambers, we'd rather take Tom Chambers. Yeah, I agree. I agree. Have you checked
out? Oh, we actually haven't. I haven't been to that location. Huge conf. Huge conference room. I don't know. You never been. Have you ever been to spectacular rooftop? Yes. The thing
about the rooftop is that then we No, not the weather. No, I don't care about the weather is that then all of us are going to be facilitating the happy hour. Like so I'm gonna give you guys I'm gonna give you guys so you can all work the
happy hour cigars weather you have outside noise if you're up on that rooftop in the dur in the middle of the day a lot of traffic around there noises you know for a seminar are you referring to doing the
seminar he's talking about the happy hour upstairs happy upstairs already. They have a a conference room inside. Um I don't know how big the conference room is, but I'm open to checking out the conference room and then you know there's a lot of restaurants right there that we could do the happy hour. So
that's that's an option. I don't know how big the last year's uh we had roughly like 60, but again going back to the conversation that we just had, the marketing was really last minute. So that's why we're trying to get ahead of it this year. Um I think if we really put a good effort behind it because Last
year the program was very successful. So I I think I think people that came here will come back. So I think we could easily expect 100 people this year. I think that that would be a good goal and I think it's very achievable if we do things with the right timing and you
know and with the right marketing. Um and also that we're you know planning on tag teaming with uh Best of Miami Lakes. Um so that was one thing Andrea that we discussed uh on the last subcommittee that we had was uh how we wanted to
incorporate with Miami Lakes basically to use the boot camp to announce the finalists. So like timing that so that the finalists get announced at the boot camp to generate even more interest in coming to the boot camp to just see who gets
announced as a finalist and who owns not that somebody owns it but who owns or who has the rights to best of Miami leagues Andrea Rici don't talk about we want we want to get it back it was a it was a pet project of this committee and then
somehow it it found it went astray and we want to get it back. Yeah, we talked about one of the last meetings that we're going to do it to do it again. But what was the date again? I remember you told me once the date that we need to have it on the agenda basically to talk about that again, but I think you guys we hammered it out last. We hammered it
out last time for the announcement is what we talked about, but we didn't talk about when it launched. No, but I think I based on that conversation, I think I I already have a Google's timeline. Okay, cool. Thank you. This is Rebecca, right? Yeah, this
is Rebecca and Miami meeting. So, so basically for the boot camp, the boot camp is, you know, good. We I think we we got a a lot done just on the first subcommittee. Um, the biggest thing, the biggest question mark preventing us from moving forward is the venue, which we really want to try and hash that out. I
I I I think no later than this month. So, it's either going to be uh Bank United. I mean, maybe we can take a quick a quick peek at Popular. Does anybody have a connection at Popular that can get us the conference room? just to check it out and during this
week, but I'll get somebody. Okay. Who knows, Jose? Okay. So, I think I think by the time that we have our subcommittee in May, we will have a venue decision. And you know,
worst case, it's going to be Town Chambers as our backup. Cool. And then that's it. And then um the what's left is cashing out the agenda and the speakers and then and then getting everything into marketing production early to get the flyer done early to get
all that done early. Um if I remember correctly last year who did the agenda design was it uh I think it was Jonathan. It was Jonathan. Right. So that's what I wanted to ask is since Jonathan's not here is someone at the town capable of doing that or do we need
to outsource it? Yeah. Yes. Essentially a program, right? Yeah. But like a cute one. Okay. No, that's fine. We can Yeah, they can. Cool. Nice. That's exciting. Um, but just so you guys know, we already have the timeline based on that. Okay. Yeah.
Um, so month of August, we would start the promo for the upcoming contest because I think one of the concerns was that we didn't get across to like different businesses and all that. Correct. Yeah. So, start promo for upcoming contest and then Wednesday, August 27th, we would launch the first round. Friday, September 19th, we would
close that first round. And then Friday, September 26th, which is a week later, the boot camp, the same day as the boot camp, announce the finalists there and then launch that second round. Um, close second round Friday, October 17th, and then announce the winners week of October 20. Oh, and then that will
determine what exact day that'll be for the announcement, whatever gets the most engagement, I guess. And do we have the categories? What are the categories? That's what you guys um I think Oh, I don't think we didn't meet last time, but Andrea had sent like a draft. I might like my initial thing of what we
did and ideas for new ones, but I can I can email it to you guys. It was part of I think the agenda we did. Yeah. Cool. Sometimes they group they say professionals and then that includes accountants, attorneys and everybody. So based on that timeline, that's what I need from you
guys. Right. So we're starting promo for the contest month of August by mid Jul like by early July. I need from you guys what those final what that's going to look like in terms of categories and all that. Yeah. Our June meeting is what we need to decide where is how it's going to be. And I mean is that the budget
coming out of our budget to is there a budget? Right now there there's no budget for this event in terms of promo is what the town does for promo any event. If you guys again if you want to add extra money to that that's for your decision. Yeah. I mean what I was going to do now at least from outside of this
perspective was now that we know about it and like we're going to get more involved was push it at least from the chamber because this is okay for just Miami Lakes people. You know this is the voice of Miami. So I was just going to try to you know push it that way. I don't know if we need to put marketing behind it. We might, you know, we can decide that in
June back on that one because, you know, we going to, you know, try to get the membership, try to get them involved. We have we vote for your members. We don't have 200 members yet, but um but but you know, there's about
160 we're at the awards, the actual the stickers, the stickers. They're stickers. I think we trace the number but I won't be there for next meeting chamber. So somebody has to pitch it to
to raise member alert. Okay. Okay. as well. Yeah, this Oh, I was going to search it in here. Okay. So, I'm going to put it again on in June then. Um, and we'll discuss that and finalize what the
categories will be and stuff. I I think we can do that in one meeting. I don't think that's going to be anything crazy. So, we kind of pick that and all good and then we'll push it amongst ourselves. That's kind of what I figured. I just when I when I considered us taking helm of it, I figured that the town, it's not like they do a bad job making it. It's just pushing it. So we'll just use all of our connections
and you know everything that we do in the business world and spread it you know and can get involved and that too. And also it's this is for the public to vote right how that works. Yeah. So maybe we can you know make some little flyers and I could sponsor this whatever that we can put around you know the
different main street tenants or anywhere like anywhere in Miami Lakes and the different in the other shopping centers over there like where Dixie is and like that like a little old scan this QR code and vote you know what I mean? Like vote your favorite spot you know what I mean? I give that to people, you know, and they have a thing like, "Oh, vote for us. Invest in Miami Lakes and they can like do a QR code, you know. It's just that just getting the
businesses more into it. That's that's what we got to do. I don't think we need to put money in for that. We just got to have to, you know, if you got to create the barcodes, you know, that Well, maybe a QR code is I I can do that right now for you in two seconds. That's why that's easy. Yeah, you do it, but then you got to print it and I got a print
shop. I also want to print it. That's right. We'll make it work. That's fine. We'll make it work. Make it work. More buying from tables, guys. This is moral gables. That's all right. We'll make it work. That's why. Like there's anything I need for that one. Like it's not going to be a big thing.
All right. Cool. And then the next thing, the last thing for this meeting is just the next business networking social. So this is for us now to jump in because we didn't take part in the last one in 1910. That was just they were kind enough to still include us on the advertising which was great. That does the advert. They were
so nice enough to include us and oh the food was and you know part of it and we got a lot of members. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No, it was a lot of members. Members, it was amazing. No, it was awesome. It was awesome. Over 100 people, I think, or close to it. Close to 100. It was great. It was It was great. A lot of new
members. Yeah. No, for sure. I want some clarification from you guys in terms of the payments for the chamber. Which do you you guys alternate or We just do the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce and that's from the line item that's chamber miscellaneous expenses. The networking events comes from networking, business,
networking and whatever and networking and social every month or not every month. It's just the ones that we choose to participate in and it's usually one a quarter, sometimes two. That's what we give ourselves the way. Is there anything I guess question? Do you need a
payment for anything? Oh, no. Not right now. I think we're okay. The last one was Amazonia, right? Was that the last one that we were part of? Yeah, I think we paid them. I think they were paid. It's in the minutes. I think it's in the minutes, too. I think it was in the minute. Yeah, because he's quick with it. He's quick with it. Get that one. So, right now there's So, right now
we're good. We've got 2,000 left and um that's why we can probably start doing more per quarter because I think we were kind of conservative at the start. So, now we can start doing like probably start doing the once a month with the chamber. We just jump in. Yeah. Yeah. We'll do the June, I guess. Y next.
Yeah. Yeah. How many months are left until October again? Or until September 31st? October. Yeah. What is it? June, July, August, and September. Finally. Okay. Yeah. So, we can jump in for four of those, right? Yeah. Five times four is Yeah. So, yeah, we can jump in for four of those of of those five, which is
awesome. That's great. And then we always have Oh, it actually works out perfectly because then we'll have um actually, no, no, no. We jump in for four of the five and then the seminar, the business networking social comes from the seminar. All right, we're good. We're good. We had it figured out last time. All right, whatever. So, what we
got to decide now is the next place. Yeah, I got flustered. I'm not good with the numbers. That's why you guys are here. We got Jose and Ralph for that one. But um so what are you guys thinking? I I just text now with the president of the chamber to see if there was anything that they had in mind and right now there's nothing that they have like
lined up specifically. We were kind of here's a list that they gave me right that they were playing around with. There's butchers cuisine there's the Yeah. There's chef which is a classic. There's El Novia which I don't think we've ever done that. That's also a classic. Sushi Saki, Crusades, Chellas,
Cancun. Uh, the biggest place by Outback. I think I think one of them is underated really forever that was very many on the east and one
on the west. We did Main Street. So, let's keep it, you know. No, no, you're 100% right. 100% right. So people were going to say, "Hey, no, you're 100% last time. We did pritos last time." So I think it was No, we did Amazonia and
then now we did Well, I guess 19 wasn't us technically. So we're okay now the other side, right? But that's that's the thing. We need we need to alternate. Uh I think it's a great idea. So that's why he puts it up, you know, it's like the people in the west are going to get No,
for sure. could be gate also that that is you guys are 100% correct. No, like 100%. So that's fine. Let's do it. Let's pick one that's on what is that? That's the west side over there, right? Let's pick one over there. I'm on horrible directions. Yeah, me too. So what area are we talking about? So we think about
the palmet. The other side of the palmetto. So we just did one on this side. We got to go that side of the pal. So on that side of everything that's in the shopping, you have except where Starbucks and Iceland are. Latin America
doesn't really need it. We tried with that guy and he kind of was like some people don't need it. Some people like that vanilla espresso we tried for them and they're like I think the place is in there
right so tiny okay I I hear about that can google We did not that long ago. Um, is there anything uh what's going on in the in
the back corner next to uh Latin American where where the old um like is there is there anything there now? There nothing there. Do you know? I know that I know there's the I know there's the bite pediatric which is relatively
new but then like that that edge. Is there anything there? Huh? Another one. Another one that I don't think we've done something for a while. Sushi bombs. Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's the Wind Dixie one. Dixie shopping center.
So, sushi bombs. Um, breakfast. Small, too. But it's not as small as like, you know, the the butcher place. Yeah, it has to be a large. The other place that we haven't done so I don't think we've ever done anything there as a as an EDC.
I know BNI has done it before and it's surprisingly large when you go in is the cigar shop in the corner next to next to window. I know those people. Yes, that's the people. It's just like the billyard place. You would never guess that it's
so big. It's not as big but it's big. I'm sorry. He lives here. But it was right next to 18 years old. I don't know how Anony's cold fire pizza
they were there in the 2000s. Alba Albaong. I think I think we need to spread it around. Yeah, that's the only reason. Oh, but Alback also has a big a big I mean like like I don't think any of us
the only one that I can remember the only is the manager at Mayor's came from Outback the original one like the the Danny. Yes. Danny came from out. Is he still at Mayors? No. No. Right. I didn't think so. But maybe we can ask him because a lot of people know him.
Like Manny Sid knows him. I don't know. There's a bartender there, Pork. He's been there for years. I don't know if he's still there. Haven't been there. I think it's great. I think that the most fun place
besides everybody now thinks that's why they're kind of small. Yeah. Random night. I I went there once on like a Wednesday night like couples date and we were the only people in the restaurant. So yeah, what about the Cypress villages?
I know it's I know it's not middle of the road. Oh, I know. You're right. I think they're too correct. franchise. I think they're they're uh it it's my my husband works with them. Um it's one person that
owns a lot of them. So it's it's not as franchise as you think. Okay. Like one one person kind of dominates most of them. There are some individual franchises but but the majority are owned by one. I think that started working with with
Deson and they're always been great with Anthony. Great. Okay. Anony's call. I haven't been inside Anony's in years. No, me too. I've got to learn. So, I think we should check Anony's Outback and King and Sushi Bombs. Yes. And see
who it's more. Oh, I love the King and I. I didn't even think about that because I just take out from them all the time. But the King and E is delicious. Some Thai food. Yeah. And the King and Eye is actually pretty spacious. Let me tell you, it is very spacious. It's, you know, it's about the size of like Amazonia or
something. But do they have a bar? Not because you go there, you know, you go there to network and everybody wants a drink. They want to drink. I think I mean they definitely have beer. I don't think they have liquor. Actually, I don't even know if Sushi
Bomb has liquor. They do. Okay. Mr. They're trying to get in. I'm part of the next meeting, too. That's why I don't really I'm I'm stuck here anyways. So, the next So, we'll talk about those places then. I'll talk to those people and see what
makes sense. All right, cool. That's it. I don't know about announcements. Oh, announcements. Main Street Live. Go to Main Street Live. Super quick. Sorry because I missed it. Who approved the minutes initially? It was Rob and then meant there is one thing you missed out like
read my handwriting like all right cool. Any motion to adjourn any second. All right. All in favor in favor. Thank you everyone. And so also in