I aliance to the flag of the United States of Americ. Thank you, Commissioner Pasmino. Yes, please. Good evening, board members. Um, I'm going to do the roll call. Chairwoman Bloomer,
present. Chairwoman Farah Jala Fortune, present. Chairwoman Pasmino, Vice Chair Lorissa Glickman. We have Chrome to proceed. Thank you so very much, Tisha. Are there
any amendments to the to the agenda? No. Thank you. At this time, we are going to have the swearing in of our Dr. Marie Oten for reappoint and the swearing in
for Mrs. Rose Michelle Graier also for reappoint. Ladies, if you can join me Florida of the United States of America. Thank you. So, we'll start over and once
I say I, you'll just repeat your full name. I a resident of the state of Florida. a resident of the state of Florida of the United States of America of the United States of America and of the city of North Miami and of the city of North Miami
do solemnly swear or affirm do solemnly swear or affirm that I will support the Constitution that I will support the Constitution of the United States of the United States and the state of Florida and the state of Florida
observe the provisions of the charter observe the provision of the charter and ordinances and ordinances of the city of North Miami of the city of North Miami and will faithfully perform and will faithfully perform the duties of the commission for women
the duties of the commission of women so help me God so help me God welcome ladies or welcome back thank you thank you Thank you, ladies. Thank you, staff. Uh, we're going to begin with old business.
At this time, we're going to have an update for the 50 female startup initiative by by Commissioner Claudia Pasmino. Thank you. Can you hear me? Okay. So, we haven't met in a while. So,
since then, several things has occurred. So, I want to thank the staff for the letter that you drafted for us. I know that we cannot speak with one another outside because of sunshine. So, me and Nory have not gotten together since then. But I've been thinking since it
was assigned to me, been thinking several things. So, now I've had a change of heart. So, one of the reasons I want to recuse myself from this because a lot of stuff's been going on not only in the city but nationwide. And I think that that money we could I personally feel could be used to help
the women that currently are in the city of North Miami. We don't know what the future's going to bring. So, I know that originally it was to help women start new businesses, but I feel that there's current women who have businesses right now in North Miami that who knows what hardship they're going to go through.
then maybe we should focus on making sure that their business is doing well. So originally and thank you commissioner um Pasmino. So originally the vote was specifically to help new women start
their business. And so while I do agree we can create initiatives and you can definitely propose an initiative for us to assist women who currently have businesses. But this particular initiative is to help new women start
their business. And you know, starting a business is a very difficult process. And so as a commission for women, we wanted to facilitate that process for women that are here in the city. Now, if you feel that it's not an initiative that you would like to champion, that is
perfectly fine. But I just wanted to be clear on the fact that it was specifically voted on to help new business owners. No, I understand that. But I know that I was going to approach the council. So I from the beginning was uneasy about approaching the council in regards to
funding for this. So now what again given what's going on, I won't feel comfortable going to the council saying let's or I know that there's other places in the city that can use the funding right now. So that's why I want to recuse myself because I personally do not feel comfortable going to the council saying I would like
funding for this knowing that there's a need for something else even though I know that what the vote was and I did vote in favor of it. Okay. Um thank you so very much. Uh we accept your recusal. And at this time we
are going to open to the floor for any any one of our current members who would like to assist in this 50 female startup initiative to help raise the $25,000.
May I? Uh to the chair, can you hear me? Okay. Um Madame Charie, to my recollection, I know uh we have not met in a while and I just got reappointed. Um this was an assignment that was uh
assigned to me uh initially and so um I would like to continue with that uh initiative. So we can collectively brainstorm on how we can raise up the money. Okay. Excellent. So,
so the reason that it was when we started the new year and Miss uh Commissioner Pasmino came on and we had a new members, we wanted to shuffle around. Oh, okay. Opportunities just to allow them to come
in and have a specific initiative that they can work on. and Commissioner Pasmino did agree to do it um along with uh Vice Chair Nerissa. While at this time she has made the decision not to lead or champion this
cause, I we certainly welcome you taking back on that responsibility along with uh Vice Chair Narissa. Are you still on board? Of course. Excellent. So, perfect. Uh we have Dr. Marie Oten, our new reappoint that will
take on the the championing of 50 female startup initiative to assist the board on raising $25,000 for 50 females to start their first business here in the city of North
Miami. All in agreement? I I Excellent. Moving on with old business at this time we would like to discuss empower her
nomi woman mentorship initiative which is championed by commissioner laortun. Thank you madame chair. Um part of my report also uh pertains to the previous
topic the 50 female startup initiative. Um, my duty was to pretty much draft an application uh to determine who would be more uh who would qualify who would be more qualified to obtain um to be to profit
from this initiative and I did come up with an application uh divided into the following uh topics. Mhm. The first one being about yourself where they provide their name, last name, first name, last name, date of birth,
address, phone number, email address and to tell us a few words about themselves and why they wish to open a business. The second um section being um about your business where uh they let us know whether their business have have uh has
a name or not. If yes, provide the name and then what is the mission of their business. The next section being about their product. What is the main product of their company? Is it a service? Is it a um what type of product it is? Um and
how the product affects um customer's life and what result does the product create. And um the la the next section being uh for the the potential entrepreneur to let us know about their
target customers. Um one question being what is your target market? Another one where can your can where can you find your customers? How will people learn about your brand or your product? And how will you establish contact with your customers? Last but not least, what will
set you apart from your competition? and there will be a final remark section where they will they will tell us what would qualify them for this opportunity over another applicant. Thank you. Thank you so very much, Commissioner. That is excellent. Um I
have no feedback or anything to add. Does anyone have anything to add? Great job. Thank you. Okay, I think we all have agreed you did a phenomenal job. So we will take that application. Um, we can vote on it. Let's vote on
submitting what Commissioner Laffortun just submitted to us as the formal application process for the 50 female startup staff. We have a vote to accept Commissioner La Fortune application as the submission.
Member Glickman, how do you vote? Board member Pasmino. Yes. Chairwoman Naomi Blumur. Yes. Chairwoman Dr. Etien. Yes. Chairwoman Dr. No, sorry. Farah Jalafin. Yes.
Mrs. Rose Grampier. Thank you. Excellent. Wonderful. Thank you. Thank you. and continuing with um continuing with your commitment to working with the empower
her know me woman mentorship. Please share your findings on that. So uh I came up with about 20 um topics per age range. Some topics are repeated.
um for example uh financial literacy and I know we separated the the age range into 16 to 25, 25 to 30 and 35 I mean 25 to 35 and 35 and over. So some topics like mental health,
financial literacy will be repeated for each um age range. However, we will have to come up with um an age appropriate uh well age appropriate lessons. Excellent. Um the list is pretty long. I don't know
if you want me to go over it. We do not have to go over the list in its entirety, but you can give us bullet points. Go right ahead. Okay. So for the 16 to 25, the focus is on self-esteem, coping with stress, um
healthy relationships, uh early marriages, pregnancy, college readiness, financial literacy, knowing yourself, setting setting boundaries, etc. Um puberty, menstruation, adolescence, life skills.
Excellent. And um 25 to 35 again coping with stress, healthy relationships, planning for a family, um career exploration, financial literacy is repeated, mental health, self-care, skill development, work life, etc. work
life balance. And for 35 and over, we have um uh career planning and advancement, networking and relationship building, especially when it comes to um the professional level, leadership and
management, skill development, emotional intelligence, um workplace representation, divorce, coping with grief, etc. So uh I guess amongst ourselves we would have to determine who would feel more comfortable teaching
what topic and then um we can develop the curriculum based on the topic that we choose. Excellent. At this time, I move to accept Commissioner La Fortun's um
submission for the curriculum for empower her Nomi woman mentorship initiative staff. We have a motion made by chairwoman Dr. Blmore to move to accept
Dr. Leaf Fortune curriculum as the original and final submission. Second. Board member Glickman. You second. All righty.
Second by I have to write. Have a vote. Are you ready? Are you ready to vote? Yes. Okay. Chairwoman, how do you vote? Yes. Board member Pasmino, how do you vote? Yes. Board member Glickman, how do you vote?
Yes. Dr. Chairwoman, Dr. Mary Aten, how do you vote? Uh, former chair, thank you. Sorry, my bad. I apologize. It's okay. Former chair. Former chair. Marie at Thank you. Um, I vote yes.
Um, board member Farah Jala Fortune, how do you vote? Yes. Board member Rose Pierre, how do you vote? Yes. All righty. Motion carried with a five to zero vote. Wonderful. At this time, I would like to move forward with us choosing a
a date on the calendar by which we would launch our empower her know me woman mentorship initiative um to staff. We are looking for a location uh within one of the community
um community locations to to have a fixed time. Let's say if we say first Saturdays of the month, we can be there from 12 to 2 or from 10 to 12. I think that those times looks I would say is
good for everyone. We can vote on it um tonight as well, but just for staff to know, we would need to secure one of the locations. I am thinking first Saturdays or first or second Saturdays. We just
want to do things reoccurring and so people already know, okay, so first Saturdays we're going to be at the Scott Galvin Center for um empower her know me woman mentorship. So we can do first Saturdays or we can do
second Saturdays. At this time I would present it before everyone. Is Saturday a good day for everyone to attend? Understanding that no one controls life. There might be a situation where you're out of town. There might be a situation
where you have something else on your calendar. That is perfectly fine. I I believe at this point we all know that Commissioner Lafertune is wellendowed in uh in ensuring that a good schedule is
put together and every month we have individuals in place to do a a session or two. So I I want this to not be a lopsided um initiative. I want everyone to
participate and I would like in addition to participating for someone to actually host something. Right? I think it's very important that we don't use the same commissioners um again and again for the same thing. So if you're
not if you don't feel comfortable being a facilitator, I can understand that. But we just ask that every commissioner actually contributes something. At this time, I'm going to open it for discussion. Madam Chair, Dr. Tien. Yes.
Yes. I definitely agree on being consistent. I would u make a motion for us to consider uh first Saturday from um 12 to 2. Um the reason why because most people don't get up too early in the morning.
So if you do something at 11 to 1 they would come but 9:00 10:00 people still trying to go juggle their schedule. I'm not sure if anybody think of the same. No I agree people if they work Monday through Friday Saturday they want to sleep in a bit. 12 to 2.
12 to 2 is at lunchtime. No. Yes. Yeah. We're doing that. So okay that's fine. I can do at lunch. I can do it. What we can do, vice chair, we can
definitely work on finding sponsors. Maybe every um if since Dr. Tien suggested first Saturdays, maybe every first Saturday we can find a sponsor who can deliver pizza or
deliver some kind of healthy food. Um and so we'll ensure that there's lunch served. That will be a long line coming then. Okay. So at this time um anyone else? Yes. Um as you mentioned some people
might not feel comfortable facilitating uh a session. Would it be uh appropriate to have um invited guests who might be more apt to the session? Okay.
Absolutely. So the idea is to have invited guests that brings um expertise and knowledge. The reason I didn't start with the invited guests because at times when we have invited guest you know some may think that means that removes me
from being responsible in actually contributing something. So absolutely we're going to shop around and find the best of the best uh that can really relate to the age the three age groups that we have um that you have done so
well organizing and we're going to ensure that the individuals are wellendowed to speak for the topic that you that we put together for that month. Now what I think would be great is yes,
let's say for instance we have three sessions and maybe two sessions have an invited guest and one session is led by one of us or we have two sessions led by one of us and one session led by an invited guest. The point is everyone is
called to serve in this particular initiative and we are not going to leave the initiative especially something that is reoccurring on a monthly basis on one person or two people. Everyone who is on
the board is required to take part in one way or another whatever you feel comfortable in. Now, this would be a great training, right, for those who say, you know, I like public speaking, but I don't do it a lot and I I'm a
little shy when it comes to that. So, that this could be a great time. Well, maybe you would take a smaller group and this could be your way of actually practicing so that you feel more comfortable speaking in public because if you don't do it, then you'll never do
it. at some point you have to put the shyness behind and um as they say step up to the plate and just make it happen. So I think that uh at this time I believe uh Miss was gia have not spoken
yet so I would like to give her an opportunity to share her thoughts. Thank you Madame Chair. That is a great initiative that I applaud and I thank you. I thank um Madame La Fortune for putting together all these great ideas.
Uh one of the concerns that I have since it is recurring, do we have an end date or how far or how long uh this recurring um sessions will last? Do we have like a year, two
months or four months which will be very important for us to know in terms of planning and also for the audience to know how we will uh schedule how we will make arrangements for all those different groups
to attend and so that they can plan ahead as well. Commissioner Leertu, I was going to ask what was um the vision for the for the setup because I see we have two hours and we have three
groups. So will those sessions happen simultaneously? Excellent. So my vision is to have three simultaneous sessions and then one group session. Right. Okay. And the one group session
could be focused on something that is empowering like building self-esteem, building confidence, um preparing for your next step in life. We know that in the room there will be individuals preparing for different next steps.
Nevertheless, the steps that you take in order to get your resume together, prepare your suit for an interview, um actually looking at possible questions that you can be asked on interview. No matter where you are in life, no matter
your age, it's all of this is across the across the uh it's blanket. Let's say it like that, right? So there's not much of a difference in that. So we will have three breakout sessions, right? And then one session together.
So that one session would be um covering one of those topics that we see in all three um age ranges. Correct. So what I envision is having a theme for each Saturday. Okay. So each group in your breakout
session, you're going to be discussing the same theme, but obviously a little bit different based on age appropriate. Exactly. And then we come together for our um I would say group session. Okay.
So in a nutshell, it will be uh on uh on on the timeline of four months approximately. So no, as it relates to how long we would do this, so this will be every month except for recess,
right? So I believe one of the reasons why we brought this up because we wanted to ensure um and I'm not sure if you were here that day, Madame Graier, but we wanted to ensure that we leave staples that the commission for women
does ongoing, right? And mentorship is something that the women of the city should provide for one another ongoing. So whether I am never I am here or I am not here, the next um commission for
women chair should should take this initiative as something that the commission for women does ongoing. When you go to Miami date county and you go to their meetings, there are things that are staple. they do it ongoing. No matter who is the chair, no matter who
comes in, no matter uh who leaves, there are certain things that they do because it is an added value to the county. And so because we are here to add value to the women of the city of North Miami, we want to ensure that there are two things
that we work diligently to do and is to mentor women of all ages, giving them the opportunity once a month. You know, sometimes it may not even be breakout sessions and sometimes we might just have a mental health session, right?
Because we don't know what people are going through. We don't know um how long they've been going through it. Maybe this might be their outlet, right, to finding wholeness, to finding peace, to really developing themselves as as as an
individual, as a business owner. So, we're we are as women, I think we represent a large a very wide range of ages here, different experience, different backgrounds. So I think that
to have it every month except the month that the council goes on recess, right? That would be the month that we are off. I think to have it every month ongoing would be a great contribution to the city, the women in the city and the
girls in the city. Um I since 2008 I have been dedicated to doing or or putting myself in a space where I am working towards building women and girls. And I can say that I am not saying I'm the only one but there are
not a lot of initiatives for women and girls. They're they're just not right. And as a city, we understand that we have about 60,000 people living here. About 51% are female, right? And so if
we create an initiative where you know women can come with their daughters or come with their nieces and we I know there's a lot of topics that might be a little difficult or taboo for them to discuss but if they come around community and they're in a safe space
and they see us actually bringing these things to the forefront and we're assisting we don't know we actually we will be sewing seeds of greatness for the next generation of women. And at the end of the day if we don't do anything
else if we don't do anything else we should leave this this das we should leave this commission literally identifying x amount of women that we ourselves have deposit into and we know that we've made
our mark here to the chair. Uh, Madame Chair, as we discussing this, I did make a motion. Um, I'd like for us to also consider um the youth council to collaborate with
us on this initiative as well as um I know love they have a UOV uh right here within the city. There are initiatives that that are going on. And so, uh, we also have, um,
uh, Dr. Shirley Plenton with, uh, U-Turn Consulting Youth. So, these are some, uh, folks that we can tap into so we can collaborate, uh, when we're promoting our programs. Excellent. There was a motion on the floor. Okay. So, I know there is a motion on on
the floor for the date. I think it was second. It has not been seconded yet, but I did want to give uh Miss Grapier an opportunity to speak before we vote on it. And then um Commissioner Laaffortune, go ahead. I wanted to piggy back on what um Miss
Gio mentioned. How long do we expect the Are we going to call it a program? If so, do we want to have uh do we want to provide a certificate of completion at the end of
the program? How how long do we expect this to last? Excellent. So, yes, absolutely. We will provide a certification of completion after any whether it's girl or a woman have completed 90 days. I think that if
they come to um three sessions, we would have known that throughout those through those three sessions because all our uh because our curriculum is very specific month-to-month, we know if they do the first quarter, we know what they got. If
they do the second quarter, we know what they got. If they did the uh third quarter or fourth quarter, we know what they got. So, actually um doing it in quarters would be really great because then we can have a a little lunchon. We
can have something that honors them that they went through um one the first quarter, they went through the second quarter or they went through through the third quarter. And maybe you have a woman who's gone through or young lady who's gone through the entire year minus
the recess which is normally in August. Okay. July to August. So, uh we can do it like that. I think that that just brings added value and um the girls and the women of course
would um would love that. So again we will ensure that the programming is done on a theme-based okay and we can agree that it's
one. So we have a theme and then we have specific classes within a quarter that would constitute um what we call we can give it a name that would constitute um that quarter and then we say okay these women have
con completed one quarter and this is what they learned. Okay. And so what we can do um Commissioner Laaffortun is take exactly what we just voted on and now we build out the curriculum and we say quarter 1 this is what we want for
them to learn quarter two quarter three quarter 4. I do have a question in terms of in terms of evaluation um of uh what we should outcome um how do we measure our return on
investment? How do we how do we measure the outcome? We have to think about um an evaluation process so we can say um how many we served um you know I guess come up with a tool. Exactly. I agree and Dr. N will ask you
to help us put together that evaluation process. I love that. I I love when I see your profession come into play immediately how we're how we're evaluating this. I think that's amaz that's great. I love that. So that's a a
great component. Um, so choose to evaluate and I think that the women will really feel they they will feel our purpose literally transforming their lives and just instead of us being just
here, you know, once a month and just speaking amongst ourselves and coming up with ideas, I think this is us reaching out to them, pulling them in and giving them something of value. So, we did have a motion on the floor. Dr. Tienne
proposed first Saturdays from 12 to 2. Uh, okay. Great. Seconded by Commissioner La Fortun staff. Before we do vote, um, sorry, before we
do vote, I want to make sure, um, we know that it's not going to be able to be one location at all time. Okay. So, of course, such a discretion. Yeah. No, it's not because you know we have parks. So, and if we start um at the end of this year, some dates might
have been taken. And I know Scott Gavin Center, which you love very much, is very busy. Okay. And we're going to have to spread maybe through this or you know how. So we'll so we will what we'll do is first we'll
look at what is open and whatever is open for the first Saturdays of the next uh months we're going to lock them in and for the Saturdays that there is no opportunity then we'll look at other avenues. Is that okay?
Scott Gavin is not the one. So priority Scott Galvin so she can well she knows that we prefer the Scott Galvin. That's why she's saying that. But uh of course listen at the end of the day um we have to get it done. So yes, we prefer the
Scott Galvin, but if it's not available then we'll look at um other options. And um in the meantime, what we can do, let's look at other venues within the city. High schools. Okay. Okay. North Miami library.
Maybe the library. I'm giving you Okay. The library. That whole family Catholic school. The library board. So, I know that they're pretty busy on, as you were saying that on Saturdays, they have the computer class. Okay. What time is this computer class? The computer class. I believe the first one starts at 9:30 and it goes they have
four of them. So, I believe 9:30, 10:30, 10:30. It finishes at 4:00. But, but what about the room? Yeah. What about the room that we vote in? The vote room. The programming room something. Is that program? It's called programming. Yeah. They have two rooms and one on side on the side and then one in the back.
Sometimes those are also booked. Okay. So you can check but I will definitely check most of the time the library does have events going on Saturday. Okay. I'll make sure I check all the locations. Please keep in mind Holy Family Catholic School. Okay. The church. Excellent.
Okay. So what you'll do is you'll first look at what's available at the Scott Galvin and then um on the first of the month on the first Saturday when it's not available we'll reach out to our partner and um if that is not available
for one Saturday for the year. Let let's just book it out six months. Let's book it out six months so that we don't have any concerns and then as we move along we'll kind of figure out where else within the city we can um locate a a space.
Where do when do we intend to start? So I I am going to look to commissioner La Fortune um because we have to put the curriculum together. So I we can work together um commission to put the first
quarter together um knowing that we are ways into the year. So we'll put the next quarter together and then via email we will communicate to staff when will be our starting date. Could tentatively could we suggest um
September 7? I mean September 6th. September will be great because with back to school that would be great. When is Labor Day? Labor Day. On the second. No. So that's uh Saturday the 6. So Labor Day would be the previous
Perfect. Okay. So wouldn't it tentative? Hold on a second. Oh, no. That would be Let me see. Labor Day. Labor Day is Sep. Monday, September the 1st. Okay. Perfect. All right. So, Saturday, September 6. Tentatively. Tentatively.
All righty. We're not going to vote on anything that's tentative. So, no, no, no, no. meaning tentatively based on you finding us a location if you come back. All righty. So, we're good with the date. Saturday the six.
Okay. I I I will work with commission um La Fortune to put the the um curriculum together. We will forward the curriculum to everyone via email. We'll put it on a Google doc. everybody can, you know,
chime in and and put some ideas and then we can go from there. Okay. So, first we're going to vote on the first Saturday of every month from 12 to 2. We will host the empower Her Nomi woman
mentorship initiative. This initiative will be held at various locations based on availability. staff will reach out to the parks department to identify six months out on what dates are
available. For the dates that are not available through the park department, we will reach out to our partners and we will ensure that we fill those dates in. Okay. So, we're going to vote
first on the first of every month 12 to two. I have a motion. And can we put eight months instead of six months? Because we have three SE sessions plus one in groups. We give you four. So at least we can secure uh two full sessions
of eight months. And you check there is no holiday. Yeah, that's another issue. Okay. So okay, let's just go through it. Okay. So if we do Saturday the 6th for of September, then we have Saturday the
4th of October and then we have November the 1st. Okay. And then we have December the 6th and that close out the year. Is exactly four four four months. Okay. That'll be the first quarter. Yep. So the last So we're we're going to
start on the fourth quarter which would be our first quarter. Okay. Everyone in agreement? Yes. Okay. This one one uh block exactly. So we have Yes. No, it's one quarter because it's
Saturday um excuse member September, October, November, December. Yeah, she's right. Four months. Yeah, four months. She mentioned eight months. No, because she was thinking of two quarter perhaps. Two quarters, right? Without recess. We're going to do one quarter. So the
the last quarter of the of the year. So we have a motion on the floor seconded by commissioner La Fortune. La Fortun staff. Madame chair Dr. Lmore. How do you vote? Yes. Board member Dr. How do you vote?
Yes. Yes. Board member Pasmino, how do you vote? Yes. Vice Chair Glickman, how do you vote? Yes. Board member Grapierre, how do you vote? Yes. Board member Laforin, how do you vote? Yes.
You did great. But I do have a question. Yes. So, do we does the city have to approve stuff, especially if we use like um community centers because they have to approve, I guess, overtime and all that or no staff. That's why we have a member of staff here
through her. Everything that needs to be taken care of as far as logistics and administration, they take care of it. Uh I guess I have a next question would be strategy in terms of um how do we
bring the people there? I guess we can brainstorm on that. Yes. because you can have a beautiful program but we have to strate have a strategy on how to recruit. So flyers, marketing, things like that.
So we would be leaning on staff uh to provide a flyer for this. Um we know what happened the last time. We hope that right now things are not as busy for staff. Nevertheless, if we have to
produce our own flyer, we will do so. And so we will uh we'll first ask staff to ask the uh communications department to draft a flyer for this. Um we'll give
them today's Tuesday. We'll give them by Friday to tell us their availability. And if they're if we don't if we're unable to get a response by Friday, then we would go out and we would secure a
flyer just how we have done with the um the Nomi woman meetup. Then we would present it to the board. The board would approve it. Then we would present it to staff. Staff would present it to communication department because they still need to approve it even if after
we've created it. Madame chair, I'm thinking that staff may need some grace in terms of timing because now they have to check to see if the facilities are available, right? No, no, no. On the flyer, we don't have
we they can just put do the flyer and then we can change the dates. We just need for them. No, I'm talking about the location for the facility. Um, okay. She said one folk. Okay. All right. you you answered my question.
Okay, great. So, um so as far as that is concerned, we will work I will work with uh Commissioner La Fortune. We'll put a curriculum together. We'll share it with you guys. Google doc. Everybody gets to put their input and then we will create
a schedule to identify who will be there on each at each on each uh session and then um we can together come up with uh a a list of speakers. Yes. That we believe uh would be would bring
something of great value to the woman in attendance. Now I love uh what Dr. Etien mentioned about marketing. I think that be once we we confirm the first
one and the date we can begin to market it. Uh we would ask that staff shares it out widely to the city. Um, I think that we can also probably identify some ways
to talk about it on the radio. Yes. Um, at no cost. We'll see how far we get with that. Um, I do know that there are I do know that there are a lot of places in the
city that we can leave flyers. So, we'll we'll see what the city can come up with with um with that. And then at the end of the day, I think that we all have social media, we have WhatsApps, we have
chats. We're going to allow the city to do all that they can within their capacity and then we will meet them there. Oh, sorry. I had to if you allow me. Thank you. Um we also
need to come up with um a plan in term uh pertaining to logistics um when it comes to um the ladies signing up and for us to know approximately how many we will have um for each uh session
session. So when we have an event like this uh the city has an invite event brightite uh account. Okay. they will send it out to the their uh database and then right there
on on the email they can just click and then they sign up. They sign up. Now, now because we are serving three age groups on the Eventbrite invitation, we're going to ask the city to ask them their
age just so that we make sure we know, okay, 45 women are coming, X are this age, X are that age, so we can better prepare. You can actually put the bracket the age range on each cat
because we do that. I've done that and they just check their age. But then for us to recognize for for us to recognize who's who, there would have to be something else emailed to them, for example, a a green ticket, a red ticket, a yellow ticket, identifying the
age range when they come to the location. Okay. We I think um we can talk with the technical department and we'll allow you to take the lead in that commissioner and you'll kind of uh work with them and
they'll let you know okay this is what we can do and you'll say okay well this is what I need and I'm sure Dunia is going to give you all the specifics to get that done. Um, we I you know, I love the fact that you from day one you took
on this assignment and you're running with it and I think it's this is probably going to be one of the best things that we can do for the city of North Miami as the Commission for Women. So, I'm really looking um forward to it um to it. Madam Cher, time is running. Yes. And I
wanted to add two more things for the initiative. Um, I'm thinking that it would be a great idea if you, Commissioner La Fortun, or you, Madam Chair, or anyone that you deem so desired to do a PSA, maybe a live on
Instagram, a live on Facebook. I'm not sure if that's allowed with the city. I mean, I was going to mention that cuz you said radio and we know we have Savannah. We have Nomi Insider and she has like a YouTube channel where she interviews people like the leaders in
the city. Excellent. And I think um if we if I approach communication and um Madame ACM and ask her for a permission for you to talk about the commission maybe we can reach a bigger audience. Excellent. I love it. I would like even see that the
commission for women have its own YouTube channel. I don't think we can. under the city to sit all of those presentations. We can, right? Thank you. So, yes. So, so when uh Junior sent out
the link to us on if you don't if you go through it on your phone, it's hard for you to see it, but if you go in and on your desktop, you would see on the left hand side, she can create links. I mean, anything we practically want. So individuals who are the woman in the
city who are looking to find out what we're doing next, Dunia can actually put it on the left hand side. So there is a a a location where we can store our um events and upcoming events. So that
would be great. Um and we'll follow up with Junior for that. Any questions? Excellent. So, okay, we're going to move on. Um, the next for old business,
Commission for Women Transition. Uh, so we are requesting that the city to change how the board operates until new appointments have been made. Um, we knew that this was possibly an issue and although we tried our very best to
mitigate it, we asked all the commissioners who were looking to get reappointed to fill out their application way before the time was up. Nevertheless, we were still held back
significantly. Um and although we managed to move forward with two new appointees uh for district 4 and district 1, but then if for whatever reason someone was not available, we did not have the four
member quorum and then we had two people still out then a third person. So we are respectfully requesting that an amendment be made so that this doesn't happen again.
also uh sitting on three four of the boards in the city. I do know that there is a minimum three absences per board. And so we would like to also present
that as part of the uh amendment so that as board members we not only prepare for transition but we also know that in a rolling year there's only three absences.
I would like to make a friendly addition to the chair's uh request uh when considering the amendment is that it will be three consecutive absences in that without excuse because um we all
volunteers. We know what we have to do because we're here. However, there are circumstances that sometimes prevent us from being here. I know in the past I've had chairs I mean members who could not attend um
and we didn't have an issue because we still maintain quorum. I think we just need to be mindful that when we have meetings that we have to make sure that there is quorum at all times. Uh but to say that you're going to remove someone because they're absent three times. I
think it needs to be consecutive not out of the blue. I don't know what I there is there is already there is I don't I don't want to call it a law but there is some language yeah it's already in place or it's not consecutive
it's not in our ordinance but there are other boards in the city that their ordinance has that language if you have um couple consecutive absences so you know April May June
so you know yeah so I'm not asking for anything that is not that the other boards are not following. Yeah, because I made sure I I said it before that I sit on four other boards and all three all four of
the other boards have that in place. And I'm I'm not asking for anything different. I'm asking for us to follow what most of the boards are currently following. Um whether it's consecutive or whether it's three absences. I don't have the specific language, but I know that there's something in place. So, I
am requesting that the Commission for Women uh puts language in our um ordinance that speaks to that just as the other boards have. All right. I agree. That will be that will be but for I
mean, Madame ACM already knows about it. So, we have to wait until recess so we can bring that forth to mayor and counsel. Yes, it depends on how they vote. Thank you. That's the answer. And that was number five on the agenda. I think we just Yeah.
Okay. Excellent. Thank you so very much. Social media branding. I know we spoke spoken about this several times. Um I think that, you know, at this point I'm going to take on the responsibility
to make sure that we address the rebranding of our social media pages. Uh Dr. Eten just talked about YouTube. Um but we do have social media. We are just not managing it and we have not taken the responsibility to do so. So I will
take it on. Are we allowed to? Yeah. They're not ma they so when we started they they gave us social media but it's not it's not their job to manage it. It's our job to manage it. They just have to approve.
I manage that state social media. So they they just have to not me. So it's just that commun we cannot put something out there that communication does not agree with but commu the city's not going to manage our social media
page and we do have it. Okay. So I will take that on as a responsibility. Um, if staff can share with me specifically who in communications that I will have to send the post to for
them to be approved before they are updated so that I can make that connection and begin the process. I'll work on that. I'll give you an answer by tomorrow. Thank you. Thank you so very much. I appreciate that. Um,
I remember tell All right. So, follow uh we're still on old business. Follow up on outstanding initiative. Get to know me. Get fit. Get fit.
Excuse me. Get fit. Know me. I am going to I'm going to take on that initiative as well. Get fit know me and I will share with staff the dates that we will begin.
Did we decide on the location for that? Yep. We voted on it's been so long ago that we voted on it. It's just um No, it's it was actually supposed to be Mocha Plaza. So, it was supposed to be Mocha Plaza because we did not need
any permission. We just would come there, set up, and work out. And unfortunately, this has turned into something that I can't even explain. Nevertheless, I'm going to take it on and I I will deliver and email everyone
on when we're going to have the first one. At this point, a staff has put out the request for a flyer. No flyer has has been produced. I will take that on
as well. Um, at this point, I just want to get a clear yes from all of the commissioners that this is going to be the second flyer that I produce. The one for get fit, know me would be the third.
And so I just want to be clear that these flyers uh there's a cost and so that when we do come with the bill that everyone knows that the reason we had to go outside is because we are not getting
the flyers from and when I say staff I'm not talking about Taiisha. I I just want to make it clear she is doing her job. She sends me the emails. She CC's me. It is not her fault, but for what whatever reason, we have not been able to get the
flyers. So, for now, uh we have one that we're about to discuss. Uh we have to do one for the empower her woman mentorship. And the good thing about these is because they're reoccurring, we just need one
flyer. If we have to change dates, if we have to change location, that's it. Um we're going to create one for the get fit know me. Okay. And then we have the every fourth
Friday Nomi woman meetup which we're going to discuss today. And then the next flyer would be for our brunch. Brunch. Ladies
please share. It was supposed to be 29th of June in the past. Yeah. Let let staff give us the rundown. Go ahead. So with um the brunch, it was supposed to be June 29th, 2025,
but we have not met in maybe two months. So the third and um now um I spoke to chairwoman and she proposed um August and for in order for
us to do it in August we had August 5th and and August 30th or and 31st but with Christine that is gone. We don't have a park director now and August 5th is already taken. So we did
not meet in June to secure August because she couldn't make the decision by herself. It has to be brought to you. And now um I I reached to park. I reached out to park and we have August 30th and 31st Saturday or Sunday. And
for September um we have um Saturday the 27th and Sunday the 14th and the 21st. So Scott Gavin don't have a lot of things. So Sat in for the month of September. I mean at this point I'm not
going to look at August because I just want to comfortably have another meeting before we have the brunch. I think that that would be responsible. Uh clearly with the way things are going, knowing that we have our first
empower her uh mentorship initiative September 6, I think that September 27th makes more sense. September what? Today, September 27th. I just want to let everybody know I'm already committed for that date. I'm
out. Oh, you're not going to be I'm going to be in New York. Yes. Okay. Okay. But that's which dates they have available? September 27th. We have Sunday the 14th and Sunday the 21st and then Saturday the what? Saturday the 27th
27th. Okay. So let's take it Sunday brunch. I remember before we said we wanted to have it on a Sunday. Yeah. Sunday. So sun we wanted to have it on Sunday because there was not any availability. If we still want to keep the Sunday we
can. So Sunday the 28th 21st. No. 21st. You said the 21st. 21st. The 21st. 14 and the 21st. 14 and the 21st. So, okay, let's vote on it. Saturday. We have on the floor Sunday. Sunday the 21st.
Sunday the 14th. Okay. So, let's vote on Sunday the 21st. First, I have a motion on the floor to schedule the Nomi Women's Wellness Summit brunch for Sunday the 21st. Do I have a second?
Second. You have you have two dates available. 14 or the 21st. Yes. No, we're going to go first. Oh, okay. Okay. So, the 21st. Uh, we have a second staff. Um, one second. Madame Chair, Dr. Blmore, how do you
vote? Yes. Board member Dr. Etien, how do you vote? Uh, no, I'm not available. Board member Pasmino, how do you vote? Yes.
Vice Chair Glickman, how do you vote? Board member Grumpier, how do you vote? No. If it is for 24. Board member Laferton, how do you vote? Yes. That'll be a three three vote. Motions carry to with a three three
vote. So, we're gonna have to revote because there's no there's a tie. There's a Okay, great. All right. What's the next date? That'll be the 14th. Sunday the 14th. There's six of us here today. I'm open.
Okay. September. I'm open. You open for where? The 14th. Okay. So, let's put on the 14th on the floor. I have a motion for for us to host the annual Nomi women's wellness summit brunch on Saturday the 14th. Do I
have a second? I second it. Oh, sorry. Second. Okay, great. Second. That was me. President Mino seconds. Sunday. Not Saturday. Sunday. Sunday the 14th. Excuse me. Madame Chair Blumore, how do you vote? Yes. Dr.
Do sorry board member Dr. Eten, how do you vote? Yes. Board member Pasmino, how do you vote? Yes. Vice Chair Glickman, how do you vote? Yes. Board member Grampier, how do you vote? Yes. Board member Laortun, how do you vote? Yes. Motion carry with a 5 to zero vote.
Okay. We're going to host our annual Nomi women's wellness brunch on Sunday, September 14th, 2025. Okay. At the Scott Galvin Center. I will call
Thank you. It's open. I will call and make sure nothing changed. Do we have a color theme? Uh we do not have a color theme. However, um we will reach out to our
last um event planner um to see what colors they have. We'll send it in an email and we can choose that way. All right. Okay. Not a problem. Can you wonderful time?
We already voted on the time from 12 to 2. 12 to 2. It's kind of short. So let's say 12 to let's say 12 to three understanding ladies that we are going to keep
programming for about an hour and a half half an hour to network in the in the beginning and then half an hour to close. Okay. It's a Sunday so we don't want to keep right
we don't want to keep the ladies too long. Okay. Any questions? All right, Madame Chair. Yes. You've asked me to draft a letter and I gave everybody a copy for the invitation
cuz we had you created a list for the county elected official people would you you would like to invite to the um brunch as well. So, I want to work on that because if we start inviting people, there's no way we're gonna cancel.
Excellent. Thank you. So, we have the letter here before us. Uh it reads, "Dear valued community member, we are thrilled to invite you to join us for the second annual Nomi Woman Wellness Summit brunch. A joyful celebration of
women's wellness, empowerment, and connection within our vibrant community. Date to be determined from 12 to 2 at the Scott Galvin Community Center located at 16000 Northeast 126th Street,
North Miami, Florida 33181. This year's Summit Summit brunch will bring together women from all walks of life to embrace wellness in all its forms, mind, body, and spirit. Attendees
will enjoy inspiring keynote speakers, delicious, nourishing brunch, and opportunities for meaningful connection and reflection. Whether you're return your returning guests or joining us for the first time, this event is designed
to uplift, rejuvenate, and celebrate you. Your presence matters and is essential to making this event truly special. Let's gather in the spirit of sisterhood, strength, and self-care. We can't wait to welcome you with warm and
gra with warmth and gratitude. Naomi Bumir, chairwoman, North Miami Commission for Women. Thank you so very much, Taiisha. Um, does anyone would anyone like to add to this? I think it's beautifully written.
Yes, just uh to change the time to 12 to 3. Okay, no problem. And we have the date. The dates now. Yes, she'll so she'll update. It won't say to be determined. I mean, it's not her fault. She just had
to give it to us like Okay. Um, anything else? Okay. So then now what we'll do is Tisha will just have two. One will say dear valued communicate community member and then we'll have one for elected officials. So just the introduction will be different. Any other suggestions? I'm
thinking perhaps we need to add the RSVP. If you have a if you have an RSVP, we can do that. So, we would have to create the um the right link. That would be better. Okay. And I would also suggest that I I'm going to have to talk to um
communication. Maybe one of you would be open to create a video and post it on your Instagram so we can reach out to people. Okay. So, thank you so very much. You have great some great ideas. reach out to them and based on what they say and
we'll we'll make ourselves available. Not a problem. Okay. Thank you so very much. Okay. Was the chair honey? You have to make sure the chair speaks on our behalf. All in agreement for the letter that was draft by Taiisha.
Any corrections? Any input? No. Good. All right. Wonderful. Moving along. Okay. New business. Okay, so for new business, uh we voted on doing a every
fourth Friday know me woman meetup. Engage, empower, elevate. Join us for an inspiring monthly networking series designed to gather, connect, and uplift women across North Miami. we we came up with this idea to not only gather the
woman but for us to help our small businesses. So whether we are doing it I know the first location we had um was right here on 125th Street um picking the location is just us bringing
business to the local businesses. The idea is to connect with women in the city on the fourth Friday night. This is the flyer that uh we created. We are presenting it for
for your input. If there are any changes or any suggestions on the flyer, we open the floor up now. Well, I don't have the flyer. You don't have it. Oh, where the fly? I just had the
Everyone should have a copy. I just had it. Oh, I wrote in the back of it. That's why. Oh, yeah. Everyone has it. Everyone has it. No, I got it. I got So, at the bottom it says, "Celebrate sisterhood, support local businesses, and enjoy an evening of meaningful
conversation, laughter, and fun." It's supposed to be really laidback. Um there's no programming. We just come uh we we network introduce ourselves. We network. Bring your business card. Let
um we know that there's some of us are are employees. Some of us are business owners. So this is a great opportunity to find out what other women in the city are doing and to us to support one another the best way that we can. Nissa,
I believe 3 hours is a little long. Maybe we can have a 2 hour. Okay, we can definitely do that. So, do we want to do 7 to 9 or 6 to 8? I do have a concern with the picture. It
just looks like girls not what you know I don't know picture is like a AI girls looking. It's not really depicting women. So, you would like older version of women. Yeah, like you know, you do have
younger version, you have older version, you have, you know, more diverse. They all look like children. I mean, it's definitely diverse. You have the diversity of words. So, we're going to talk about age. So, you want older women? No. Ladies, no problem. No problem. I don't think it's diverse. I think
maybe we can include a blonde, Asian. I don't think it's diverse. Could it be us? It's It's always better not. We've never we've never took taken a professional picture together. So, it's that's why it cannot be us right now because in order
for you to use a picture for a flyer consistent, it has to be a high-res picture. And not everybody has high-res pictures. If we all had high high-res pictures, we could have submitted it to the the designer
and he could have created this same collage with our pictures. Now, do we want to this weekend possibly get together and have one picture taken so that we can
use it? We can do that. It all depends. I am open. It all depends to you guys. I don't think we need to have our pictures on it. Listen, I I there there's a picture design. We don't like the picture. I mean, you know, ladies, I I think we
need to focus on the main thing. Yeah. But nevertheless, I I'm I I'm all ears. It's good. I support it to have new picture of us so that people see the face that we are we want to involve with the city. Okay, let's take it for a vote. Uh
Nerissa is proposing and uh commissioner Oh, I'm so sorry. La Fortun um second it. Um staff Yes, Madame Chair, Dr. Blmore, how do you vote?
Yes. Doc, sorry. Board member Dr. Aten, how do you vote? The answer is no. Board member Pasmino, how do you vote? No. Vice Chair Glickman, how do you vote? Yes. Board member
Grampier, how do you vote? I mean, no. Board member Laforune, how do you vote? Yes. Motion carried a three to three votes. So, it's a tie. We need Okay. Can we make sure that we do not have an even number for the next meeting?
That's why it's very important. Yeah. Um for us not to have this because it just blocks votes. So, if you can do that for me, I really appreciate it. Okay. At this time, we're going to vote on the flyer as is. Um, I have a motion on the floor to vote with the flyer as
is, only making the necessary changing changes as far as date, time, location. Do I have a second? I'm second. Norissa seconds. Staff.
Madame Madame Chair Blur, how do you vote? Yes. Dr. Board member Dr. How do you vote to keep the flyer as is? I would really like for you all to find
a new picture that depicts older younger gen, you know, intergenerational photo that depicts everyone in a city, not just young girls. AI, but it has to be older. Exactly. Yeah. My vote would be to move on with
the flyer, but please consider finding a nice picture that would depict everybody. I'm sorry. How where was your vote? I think it's for the vote. Wait, we're voting on the date. No, we're voting to
only changing dates and specific to location. So we have a vote on the floor seconded by Dr. Glickman Glickman Dr. for this for this is this going to be on
go the the permanent flyer? Yes. My vote is no. All righty. Okay. Board member Laforton, how do you vote? Yes. Board member Grumpier, how do you vote? No.
Board member Pasmino, how do you vote? No. Oh god. Yes. No. You already one to three. So it's the three. Okay. Next vote on the floor to vote. No picture. It will just say every fourth Friday know me woman's
meetup. No picture. I do I have a second. Madam chair. You could have a picture. It just need to depict. Demographic people can find a picture. You know I like women. I like to represent women. This does not represent
women who No problem. I like to keep things simple. I like to focus on the meat of things, not things that are But representation matters. It does. So, at this point in time, I am presenting the I am presenting a vote on
the floor with no picture. It would just be the words. Do I have a second? Yes, I second it. Madame Chair, Dr. Bloomer, how do you vote? Yes. It's no picture. Board member Dr. Etien, how do you vote?
Um, I rather have photo in it. The answer is no. No. Board member Pasmino, how do you vote? Difficult. I also vote no. Vice Chair Glickman, how do you vote? Yes. Board member Grampier, how do you vote? No.
Board member Laafun, how do you vote? No. Motion carried with four to two votes. Okay. So at this point in time I am going to present this flyer uh to be updated with a picture there
will be a cost added to it. I just want to make sure that we understand that when you design someone designs a flyer there are certain things that you can change with no cost. There are things that if you start to change there will be a cost. So I want to make sure that
that is clear. Okay. All right. Wonderful. Moving on. I have a question. So we can't give it to communications. I know you in the past you did but it took a while. So you cannot give a flyer that it's already been done by one person to
communications to change. They have to create another flyer. This is why when we are doing an event, we go to communications first and we ask them to do that work because number one, it it's not going to cost us and number
two, there are they're going to be the ones to approve it anyway. We found ourselves in a situation that they had too many things happening at the time and they just did not have the time to create this flyer. So we went
outside to get it done and because we did not meet right. Um it is now at least a month and a half later and now I have to go back and tell this person not just change dates or location but now
you know find another picture and this and that. So um I just want to be clear that there is going to be a cost associated with that. Yes. Did we have a proof? if I don't recall that we had a proof like a draft something. Yes, it was approved. Yes, it was sent
out to everyone. And so I'm also going to ask staff going forward in the chat. Yeah. I'm going to ask staff going forward when something like this is done that everyone gets an email and there is
a mandatory request to respond because what happens is we come back and we're voting and we we are on the on the understanding that it is good and a month later for us to say we don't like
this and we don't like that when it was submitted well over a month ago. Okay. So, if staff can make sure everything goes out via email and there is a request for everyone to reply back, I think that will ensure that if staff
doesn't get a response for somebody, they can pick up the phone, they can call them, hey, we didn't get a response from you yet. You know what? What is your feedback? And then when we come here, we know everyone has submitted
their opinions, suggestions, and or corrections. U Madam Chair, for the record, I just want to say that the flyer is a beautiful flyer. Um I have no objection with the designer. I think
it's they did a fantastic job being that I just got reappointed and I think you want the board member feedback because feedback is important, right? And so we want to have a flyer that represents us and that it it doesn't have to have our
picture on it as commissioners, but the picture that is being selected need to be diverse in terms of the the the faces, you know, that way everybody feels welcome as women.
No problem. I will submit this flyer two ways. One of them will have a picture, one of them will not have a picture and so we will choose from there. Yes, Dr. Narissa through the chair. I just like to address my thought. We just want to
work together to make these things happen and to to me personally I think that the lad is very young. Even though we don't have a older age looking lady on the picture, I'm sure all ladies going to join regardless. This event is going to bring all kind of
ladies. So that's the bottom line we want to address to to have everyone meet together. The picture is actually a small issue in here. The bottom line is everybody get together. I don't think the picture is going to effect the the
older lady do not want to join. This is more for um different group of lady like to do some business get together. So I just hope that the board you know our group can can support the chair. All we
are doing here is to get this going and we don't want to delay keep deating the same issue for months. Thank you. Uh madame vice chair um just to let you know that we are here to support our chair. That is not the issue. the issue.
We're having a discussion. You have two new commissioners who got reappointed and giving feedback. I think like we said when we work together as a team, we give feedback. It needs to be appreciated and welcome. And the board has voted that we do want to have a
picture. Now I'm hearing Madame Chair said, "Oh, I'm going to give you one without a picture." The board just voted we want to have a picture in it. I said I I am going to ask the designer to create two with a new picture and one
without a picture because we are not going to come back and fight over a picture. But we already voted not to have That's what I'm No, no, no. I'm being very clear. When we come back or when it's emailed, you're going to have two options. We're
going to choose one or the other. We're not going to go back and say we want another picture. It's either you take what is the picture is there or you take it without a picture. We're not going to sit here for another four weeks and not have this event because we're looking
for a picture. So that's why in I'm not saying that's what's going to happen. But to ensure that we don't fall into that, we're I I am going to submit two. So we will have two options.
So, if one don't work, hopefully the other will work. That's what I'm saying. Okay. All right. So, we um we we don't have the flyer for the um the annual Nomi
woman wellness summit, but we will have one that is sent to staff and then it will circulate and then we will choose it. Okay. Madame Chair, will um the flyer for um the summit is it going to be outside
vendor or do you want it in house? No, no, no. It's actually that's always better. Ask them. I mean, if they we would love for it to be done inside, but please, if you can't, if you will
ask them, you have all the information. We already voted on the date. We have the location. If staff can actually create a flyer for this event, it would be great because then they can submit it to uh Dunia and we can actually begin
promoting it. That would be wonderful. Thank you. I'll get give you an answer tomorrow. Excellent. Excellent. Um, public hearing is now open. Seeing none, public hearing is closed. At this time, we open the floor for any
other discussion. I do want to say um, we haven't met in several months and I wanted to say something to Taiisha, Miss Pier. Congratulations on getting your masters. She got her masters in May and I've been waiting and for us to meet to congratulate you because I don't see you
and I'm I apologize for not coming earlier when I come to the the council meetings to see you. I always run late so every time I'm like I need to say congratulations but congratulations on your masters. Congratulations Taiisha. I mean clearly
you're a rising star and uh we thank God for you. We thank God for the service that you provide to the city and to this board. You have been phenomenal and really a trooper because there there are a lot of behind
the scenes moment uh moments and um you have risen to the occasion. So we salute you and um keep up the good work. Keep up the good work. Any other discussions? Well, it's certainly a pleasure to meet
Dr. La. I mean, I don't know if you're a doctor or not, but I hear doctor, Miss La Fortune, uh, Commissioner Fortune, and uh, uh, I think we've already met already, so we already know each other. Um, it's always good um, to Dr. Bloomer
and I know each other, so it's good to work with with the board and I'm glad to be back and looking forward to contribute to as much as I can. Um, I'm here to support the work for the city, not against it and uh when I do give her
feedback, there's a reason. Thank you. Okay, any other discussions, comments? I do have a comment but um in regards to the date which is already voted for the monthly thing because the last meeting we had I was excited and I did have a lot of stuff going through my head and I
told people about the networking thing and I did say it was the last Friday of the month we're going to meet you know at Jazz at Mocha and they assumed we were going to hang out there. I'm like no we're going to leave walk tour a restaurant. So some people were not in favor of that. Other people were in
favor some people didn't even know Jazz and Mocha existed. So, I have been, you know, pulling felas out there. Um, I know that the vice mayor did have a town hall a month ago and this the second person that has mentioned what is the city doing for single moms. So, I know
that I was there speaking to somebody and that caught my ear. She's like, um, then I did ask somebody today, what did that lady say at the meeting? Because unfortunately, I went to YouTube channel to try to watch the meeting. That part actually the whole meeting is blank. like you turn it on the first few minutes you see like the stage area then
it's 16 minutes and 37 seconds it's just a blank screen but um but yeah but she so somebody told me yeah she did say what is the city doing for single moms when it comes to child care and um job searching obviously we're going to handle like helping them find jobs so that caught my ear cuz earlier in the
year I met a single mom of a special needs boys I was at the library and the library had closed she had her son there at the playground. I guess he has a home, not a home health aid, but somebody that meets her and plays with a child. So, we got to talking and then, you know, I told her about stuff going
on in the city. She's a single mom. She doesn't have the car. And then she goes, it's hard for her to go like for the women lunchon or um where I used to work at, they do have free events. So, she's like, it's hard because not only do I have a don't have a car, freebie takes forever. If everybody in the past tried to use freebie, I tried. They take
forever. But also, she has to be at home to meet her child. And also it's hard for her to find somebody to watch her child cuz she all the stuff that I told the city had that was offering and you know even where I used to work at that is free she's like I would love to but I have nobody to leave him with and you
know even at the library some she was taking the computer class that's where I met her and then you know we were in a computer class and then you'll see the guy through the glass door trying to get her attention I got her attention it was that her child was like acting up or running around so she'll have to exit.
So, those are things that, you know, caught my eye, my ear when I heard people talk about it. Thank you so very much, uh, Commissioner Pasmino. One thing that I that I do understand is that the the needs of the women in the
city are are wide and and they're a lot. And to the extent that we can hone in on a few things being uh health which we're doing through the know me get fit um women in business helping 50 females
start their first business the Friday meetups and the mentoring. I think possibly with the mentoring maybe we can collaborate and find a institution that
is able to provide child care while the women come for the two hours. Maybe that's something that we can offer to single moms at least, you know, when they come for those two hours. They don't have to worry about their children. Especially in the Scott Galvin
Center, there's a lot of different rooms that um we can actually put kids in. And if we can find a partner in in order to provide that, that's something that we can do. Um, generally speaking, the resources of the
commission is very small, very small. And so, while we would want to do more, I I know that the first year that I the first year that I became the chair or when I was vice chair, I proposed give
giving away a free car to a single mother. Uh, unfortunately, it was not voted on. uh there were members of the the commission that did not want to do that. And so the only thing we can do is come up with ideas that helps women
whether it's single mothers, women in business, women who are um challenged with their health. I ask you all to come up with ideas because we're always going to hear of all of the need. But again,
it cannot just be one person proposing things and then we either say yes or no. That's not what we're here for. We are here to actually propose ideas, uh, to bring forth studies. Um, I,
you know, I I I think that I want to challenge the women that are on the board to go and to read the the description and to understand why we are here. And so
at every meeting when there is the agenda, it should not just be the items that I speak to with staff. We all are supposed to call staff and
suggest um initiatives and we come and vote on it. And so I I ask that we all put our thinking thinking caps on and we think for the
woman and we think about our experience experiences as women and if you were if you're in a position of leadership what would you want someone to do for you and I thank you for identifying um that
single woman in the city of North Miami are suffering and I know that they're suffering But what what can we present? What and of course it we're kind of confi confined to doing certain things
that don't require a lot of expenses because we don't have a budget. We have a budget of $5,500. I mean, we can't even raise $25,000 to help 50 female startups. It's been over two years that we've been having the
same conversation. So the need is great. It's been two years. Yes. Oh wow. Time flies. Yeah. So the need is great. The responsibility is upon all of us to come
up with initiatives to come up with ideas not just just to come to a meeting to say yes or no. That's not what this is about. uh we have to dig deep and pull something out of value and present it.
Obviously there there's a board it has to be voted on. Your idea may pass your idea may not pass and it's not necessarily about being good idea or not. Clearly you see the dynamics here. Um nevertheless I think everyone has a
responsibility to offer something. Uh there I I'll close with this. It's at least a year now that we discussed that every each member was supposed to propose policy.
We we we have not done it. We have not done it. And you know we can sit here and say well it's because of this or it's because of that or whatever the case may be. But at the end of the at the at the end of the day, there is an
agenda that is printed every time we do have a meeting. So we're not going to discuss when we don't have meetings, but every time we have a meeting, staff has a responsibility of putting together an agenda. And what goes on that agenda
should be a collective of our ideas and that is not what is happening. And so whether we're talking about programming, whether we're talking about initiatives, whether we're talking about policy that we want to bring forth
uh to the women in the city, they created the board so we can do just that. Um, Madame Chair, the last time I was on this board meeting was October 15, 2024. Um, because of the upcoming election of
the mayor and I was waiting for reappoint until today. And so the last meeting we we had we did had a special presentation by Kata Sinflur and we did discuss
exactly what you mentioned that we need to learn how to craft u proposals and policy that we're going to have a training for the board and um we also did start the conversation of having this u proposed u budget for the Nomi um
Nomi fit. So, I don't know if it's been 2 years, but it was uh October 15, 2024. No, I didn't say it was 2 years. I'm saying we've been here we've been here for at least two years where we're not
learning, we're actually executing. And so to Pasmino's point, there are we should have been far along dealing with the issues that are truly present in the city. We should have, but because we're
stuck on things that really don't matter, it's very difficult when you are going back and forth for an hour and a half and you get stuck on things that don't really have value. And then by the time we get on the things that do have
value and we roll out one thing, then we have a situation where we're not meeting for two and three months. All I'm saying in general, I'm not saying it's one person's responsibility. I am saying that as commissioners on this board, there's a specific role, there's a
specific duty. We should all revisit what that role and that duty is. And we should come to meetings fulfilling our part. And so as we see issues that moves our heart, that tugs on our
heartstrings, these are the issues that we should put our thinking caps on. Reach out to staff and say, "I would like to present something." We know that it has to go for a vote. Sometimes your item will pass, sometimes it won't.
Nevertheless, every person on this board has a responsibility to produce, to offer, to suggest, to create it. This is uh this is not a
board that we just come to say yes or no. It has to be an active participation on all people. And it is very easy for you to respond as a former chair.
It is very easy for you to respond as a former chair because as the as a chair, you actually put the agenda together. So I think that um we don't do ourel we do oursel a disservice when we respond
when it's not you understand that you I hear your frustration. Yes. So, let's 15 minutes. Uh, it sounds like you're giving uh you made a clear point that the board need to uh come up with ideas, strategies, anything that
they see that needs to be fit to reach out to staff to put it on the agenda. And we we did we we had I have the agendas in front of me. I keep record. Everyone who had an item, they put on the agenda. Flurmont had an agenda item, she put it through. You had an agenda, you put it through.
I'm talking about consist. Okay. No, I'm talking about let's talk about consistency and let's talk about not spent 15 minutes. Madam chair, it sounds like you scolding the board and I feel that the board hear your point that they
need to come with ideas and share. And so I don't think you need to keep repeating the same thing over and over again to make a point because you've already said it. I hear it in your voice. I hear the frustration. I've been I've been at the seat. I understand the
frustration but I can tell you the once a person knows what know what they have to do once you give them the right tools you train them as you stated back in October 2024 I have the minute the report here that from Katess floor who
was a there was going to be a follow-up training and we just need to take action on that so now that I'm back after a year after year well remember it's time flies Nice. I have the records. So, you have not been here for a year, but it's not that we have not met for a
year. No, I know. But I'm saying I'm saying that we just need to regroup and get back to business. That's all. On that note, are there any announcements? So, um we have um the back to school
block party on August 11th at the Kagny Park. We also have the driver's license renewal um event at the public library brought to you by the city clerk's office. So if you know anyone who's looking to renew their Florida ID, their
driver's license, and you want to skip the line at the DMV, we have a few slots open. What's the date? July 31st, 2025 or July 30th. July 31st, 2025. 30 30. My bad.
Now, if you have issues with your driver's license and would like to skip the line at the DMV, uh we have a mobile mobile DMV coming at the public library
on July 30. Appointments only. Excellent. Where and where do they make the appointments? With the city clerk's office. Excellent. Thank you so very much. Know anyone? Please tell them to call the city clerk's office. I counted before I left today. It was about 17 slots open. It's going to be from 9 to
2, I believe. I have 10 to 2 for I saw the flyers. Oh, yeah. So, it's 10 to two. My bad. So, it's going to be DMV and also um the city clerk's office. So, if it's what is it? Tax collectors. The tax collector's office and the DMV and the Yeah,
the clerk. Yeah, the clerk. Yes. Miami date clerk. Okay. Wonderful. Any other announcements? We have a foot drive by district 4. I see that um board member Dr. Etan posted on the chat. Yeah. Excellent.
And um do we have anything? We're on resource. There's a wellness um well this is not in our city but and the same day that D4 is having their um food drive, that's when the library is having the family fun day. The family funday where they're going to have a petting zoo and a a whole bunch of activities. And what's
the date for the family fun day? Um July 26th. from 10 to 2. Are we having? So yes, great great question. So for every event that is going to take place that we vote
on it, we will put together a committee that actually um is responsible for all of the um specifics to putting that event together. And so now that we have confirmed that our brunch will be in the
month of September, we would put we will put a committee together in order to put the brunch um assemble all the specifics. Once you confirm with
parks, we will then put the committee together. All righty. Not a problem. Thank you so very much. We also have the housing fair too. When is that? July 18th, I believe. Friday, July 18th. July 18th, housing fair at the Joseison Center.
Thank you. Thank you. All right. Any any other announcements? Two things. So, Saturday is also um cops and kids are going to What is it? The fishing. Yeah. So, this Saturday, if you have a kid who's interested in fishing with the cops is this Saturday. Fishing. Fishing with the cops. So, we have
Where are they meeting? Um weekend. You know where the dog park is? Bay Shore Park by 125th right there. I'll put up here. Okay, great. I have an announcement. Share that. I have an announcement. Um August 16th,
which is a Saturday, uh will be the fourth annual gun violence um awareness and prevention summit u by Global Innovative Foundation that will be hosted at the uh was that Father Jon community center.
Yeah. So, everybody's invited from the city of North Miami. Gun violence is uh rampant and that we do want to address it and all it's free. So, anyone it's right here at the park
was the Oak Grove is called. Yeah. And we have the police night out on August 5th. And I'm usually there with the clerk's office. Excellent. Excellent. A great event. Well, it police night out August 5th. August 5th. Where is it going to be?
It's going It's going to be at Suniss Grove Community Center. Suniss Grove. And all the commissioners are invited to the picnic of Hannah which is um the 2nd of August.
Thank you so very much. Fire on the um group for us. Anyone else with any announcement? Uh question. I know that we had discussed in the past we were thinking about fundraising and we had discussed about having a a table at some of the city events maybe with a barcode for
people to donate. So can we I guess we can visit that next meeting we can address it again. I think that one of the issues we had was the table with having a table at that those event. Have we been able to locate our tablecloth? I
think if you give it to Gertie. You did you ever bring it to me? I will bring it to you tomorrow. Yeah, I know she has them. Okay. And Yeah. And I know Gertie is supposed to be the one who who's um responsible for keeping all of the women of, you
know, I don't have space in my own. Good. Gave it to me. But there's no support. We don't have We use her support. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's it. And Okay. Great. All right. Um, I think in just going back and forth over the
flyer, we did not choose a date for us to start our fourth Saturdays. Excuse me, our fourth Friday. So, um, fourth Friday. Yes. The last Friday of the month.
So, we have August 22nd for the fourth our first fourth Friday. Do I have a second? I second it. Second by Nerissa Glitman. Uh, August
22nd for our first fourth Friday. That's my husband birthday. So, don't worry, he won't come. It's a woman thing. So, August staff, can you do a roll call? Not a problem.
Madame Chair, Dr. Blmore. Yes, board member Laforin. Yes, board member Grampier. August 22nd for the first women meetup. All righty. Uh, Vice Chair Glickman,
yes. Board member Pasino, yes. Board member Dr. Etien, yes. Motion carries with a five to zero vote. Thank you so very much, commissioners. Thank you staff. Um at this
Dr. next meeting I'll make the announcement next time. What's the location? Okay. Um what's the location this time? We are going to go back to the first the first supposed to be mobile the
No, it was actually supposed to be the Eden. Oh, the Eden. Not meet at Cocoa and then we go to Eden. Oh, the restaurant. So, we're going to ha ask staff if she can reach I called her but if you can reach out to him and it's a gentleman right
when I called it was a lady who picked up. Okay. So, if you if you so we'll take two options just so we don't get stuck. Um if Eden is not available then we can consider doing the Thai place which is
also 123rd Ricky Thai. Okay. So first Eden if Eden is not available then we can reach out to Ricky Thai 6 to 8 6 to 8 or we can do 7 to I think 6 to8
is good is good 6 to8 is good 9 p.m. is Bitson. Um, Madam Chair, I was going to say I think um based on the beautiful agenda we had tonight that I think if we want to be successful, we just need to focus on those three
initiative for this for the remainder of the year and next year we'll revisit you know other suggestions but I think let's let's let's all meet as a team to plan the activities making sure that we
accomplish the goals and then that way we can say it's done. Now we're moving on to a new item. Excellent. So just in in um in support of what Dr. just stated, we
just want to be clear going forward so that there are no miscommunications. Dr. iten is going to assume the responsibility of the 50 female startup to raise $25,000 for 50
female in North Miami to start their business with Nori with Nori. Correct. Mhm. We also have Commissioner Laffortun that is going to lead the empower her Nomi woman
mentorship initiative which we voted on today and it will begin in the month of September. We have requested the Scott Galvin Center and we are looking at from 12 to
2 and I can be a speaker, a facilitator. I'm a pediatric nurse practitioner, family nurse practitioner and gerontological nurse practitioner and a legal nurse. So use me as you need to to make sure that Thank you. Excellent to do.
Excellent. Thank you so very much for that, Dr. iten. Um, we have also asked for staff to request a change in the ordinance to include
consistent language for abstances and uh a seamless transition between reappoints. I have accepted to take on the social media branding.
I have accepted to take on the get fit know me initiative. We have voted on the month of September the Sunday the 14th as our annual Nomi woman wellness
summit brunch. I thought we shortened that title. It seems to still be long. I'm going to go back to our last meeting to see what we we voted on, but I know we we voted to shorten it.
I think it's going to be second annual Nomi Wellness Brunch. I think that's the new name. Wellness brunch. Yeah, because that's not what it used to be. Okay. All right. We have the first um I don't remember. Is that the one we did?
It was with it. It was I think it was in the month of September. Is that the one we that I was in charge for at the at the local plaza? Yeah. No, the Scott Gobin Center. Okay. The name I can't remember. I can't remember the Okay, but we'll we'll shorten that.
It was in June, was it? Yes. Something It was It was in June. Okay. Emmanuela. I remember now. Mhm. So then um we have that I will present a flyer for the the Nomi
meetup, the Nomi brunch. Staff will ask the communication department if they can do that. Uh by Friday if they can say yay or nay. If not then we will move forward. And I believe those are all the
discussions for tonight. If I miss some something, can someone please speak up? Okay. At this time, the time now is 8:58.
Motion to adjurnn. Second. I second. Thank you. I second it. Yes. Thank you. Both of you said it at the same time. It's okay. It's time to go. I have another meeting.
We have a motion made by Madame Chair, Dr. Blumore to adjourn the meeting and it was second by Dr. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you, everyone.
Thank you.