All right, good evening. I am going to call the meeting to order at 7 PM. Welcome everybody. I'm President Christensen. Thank you for joining us this evening. I'll ask the members to my left to introduce themselves, please. >> Hi, I'm Ahmed. Thank you so much for coming out.
>> Hi, I'm Cheryl Bard. Welcome everyone. Good evening. I'm Anupam Sudu. Thanks for coming out and welcome to the 2526 school year. Wishing you all the best. family, students, staff, have fun and take care of yourselves. >> I am Patrick Ka. Thanks for joining us
this evening. >> Hello, I'm Jennifer Voss. It's good to see you. Dr. Merritt, will you introduce yourself and your team? >> Yes. Good evening, Superintendent Monica Mayer. Welcome to our board meeting this evening. I'd like to begin by introducing Miss Diane Robertson, my executive assistant. Want to thank her
for being here to take our minutes each meeting. Also, Mr. John Kger for taking care of our technology and our social media needs. It's blowing up and he's doing a great job as we're so excited about the start of the school year. Want the remaining members of the team to introduce themselves to you. >> Thank you. Dr. Merrick Curtis, assistant
superintendent for student services. Welcome. >> Good evening. Jill Minnik. I serve as chief finance and operations officer. >> Good evening. I'm Jen Curry, chief academic officer. >> Good evening. Abdul Matune, chief human resource officer. >> Welcome everyone. Liz Vartanian Gibbs, assistant superintendent, student and
family engagement. >> Great. I'd like to ask our co student co-chairs to introduce themselves, please. >> Good evening. Josh Patterson, rising Plymouth senior and student voice and action co-chair. >> Welcome everyone. Arjun Swaminatan, a
rising sophomore at Kenton High School and also co-chair SVA. >> Yeah. Great. All right. Thank you everyone. Let's stand for the pledge of allegiance. Arjun, do you mind kicking us off? to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it
stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Okay. Thank you. All right. We are moving on to the adoption of the agenda and approval of the consent agenda. This is action item number 26-08-08.
Can I please have a motion? >> Madame President, I move that we adopt the agenda, approve the consent agenda. Action item number 26-08-08. Can I have a second? >> Second. >> It was moved by Vice President Sadu and seconded by Treasurer Kho. Um, Dr.
Merritt, can you please take us through the agenda? >> Thank you, President Christensen. Our consent agenda consists of human resources transactions. Since our last time we were together, HR has been busy hiring champions for your consideration this evening. We also have some leaves and resignations. We have the approval
of minutes from our regular meeting. That's on August the 12th, 2025. And finally, the final reading of policy 6550. That's travel payment and reimbursement. Thank you, Dr. Merritt. All right, I'm going to call for the vote. Those in
favor, please say yes. >> Yes. Those opposed, say no. Motion carries 6. U Mr. Bedum, can you take us through HR? >> Yes. Um we have several um new hires that's here in the audience today. So
when I call your name, stand up and quite a few of you guys. So when we finish, we'll take you outside and I'll give you your sweet treats and um then welcome to your district. So I'm going to start first with Hannah Burkhard. She's an elementary classroom teacher at
Bentley. Um We'll we'll give them all applause at the end. Marissa DS, elementary classroom teacher at Hoben. >> Alexis Ford, math teacher at Discovery. Rebecca Fuller, resource room teacher at Ericson.
Lindseay Grant, elementary classroom teacher at Bentley. Michaela Julian, math teacher at Liberty. Um Lindseay Mitch, um GSRP teach um preschool teacher at Canton. um Caitlyn um Vela, resource room
teacher at Workman and Ericson and Alexandra Wick, art teacher at West. And we also have um Brenn Majuski who is being um who is being named as a student support coordinator at Tonda Elementary.
And last but not least is Andres Villisenor um who has been recommended for the food service coordinator position. So at this time let's welcome them all to Plymouth Kat. So if you want to follow me to the hallway so we can continue and I will
give you your candy. Thank you. Welcome to PC. >> Yeah. Welcome. >> Thank you. >> All right. Big group. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Byebye. Welcome. >> All right. Okay. We are going to move on
to our board committee reports and action. Up first is the president's report. Um, I do have just a couple things I want to say. I'm going to be brief this evening. Um, you know, just like I said, I'm going to keep it short and sweet as we're gearing up for the start of the school of the
school year next week. I hope everyone is enjoying these last few days of summer. I know we're trying to pack it all in before we have to get back to all the schedules and getting back to sleep earlier and getting up earlier and all that fun stuff. Um, I had the pleasure of attending the welcome back gathering
this morning and I just have to tell you it was amazing. It was incredible. It was so fun. Um, this is an event where all of our administrators, our teachers, our pair professionals all got together to kick off their professional development, their first week of school.
Um, I want to also say thank you to some of my fellow uh board members who were present. Member Pequard and Member Voss. Thank you for also accompanying me to the event. Um, it was held at the new PAP stadium. So, that was a great uh venue to hold everyone. In years past,
it's been split up into two groups. And because we uh were able to to get outside and check out the new space, we were all able to to squeeze in together, which was really wonderful. Um, we enjoyed a few student performances as well, so I think that really warmed everybody's hearts and got us ready for
the school year. So, I'm wishing the PCCS staff uh a great week leading up to the start of school. And that concludes my presence report. So, thank you. Okay. Up next, we have student performance and achievement with actually member Wester is not in today.
Do you mind taking over? >> Yeah, because we haven't met yet. >> Yes, exactly. Uh we do have a meeting coming up next Wednesday here in the boardroom at five o'clock. So, please join us. >> Thank you for st standing in. Up next,
we have policy committee member Sud. I do have an update for that one because we just met. Um so we had a meeting um our first meeting of the school year and uh we reviewed the norms, the goals and the charge of the policy committee. Just a refresher for everyone in terms of why
we're there and the kind of work that we do. We then moved into discussing the following policies. We reviewed the rescended policy 2410 and discussed the intent of the policy to see if policy 2414 captured the intent brought forward by some board members and committee
members. After a thorough discussion with committee members, legal counsel and our new rep, which is the company that provides guidance on our policies, the committee decided to add language to policy 2414 to the effect. Any school official, member of the board or
employee of the board who violates this policy is subject to disciplinary action and this is referring to the U prohibition on referrals for abortions. The updated policy will come to the full board for a first read at the next board meeting. I want to thank everyone that
put a lot of time and effort into this and I want to thank um board colleagues uh Miss Peard and Miss Boss who attended the meeting and um at the beginning provided citizens comment. So, thank you for your participation and um being an attentive listener.
We then moved into policies 2260 and 511 that provide um access to ensure that we have a safe space for all of our students for equal educational opportunities. Um some other policies were brought forward to the board to the committee um in terms of do we need to
update those. We reviewed those policies with legal counsel Nola and the committee members and at this time the policies stand as is. No new language is needed given that those policies ensure compliance with local state and federal laws. We briefly discussed policy 23 I'm
sorry 7320 gifts grants and bequests. Nola will bring us an updated version to the next meeting which will be on September 23rd in the room down the hall at 5:30 p.m. So, please join us. >> Thank you very much. Up next, we have Finance and Operations Committee with
Treasurer Kho. >> And once again, I'm a little freaked out because this is for a second time in a row we did not have the Finance and Operations Committee meeting. There was no agenda items. Um, and so we did not meet last week when we originally
planned to. So that's pretty exciting for for me. I mean, it's it's we got to have some some nice little break, but we will be meeting again on Thursday, September 4th at 5:00 p.m. in this room, and I think we're going to have to up our game considering how uh the exciting things that policy is.
>> Policy was phenomenal today. >> Yes, exactly. So, but please join us and and we'll see how if we can beat policy. So, >> we're the best cookies ever. Thank you very much. Okay, up next we have student voice and action um with Josh and Arjun.
>> SBA has not met since our last meeting of the 2024 2025 school year. The next meeting will be around the start of the school year and that with the date still being determined. Look forward to seeing everyone there and we hope everyone's school year starts off smooth. >> Thank you very much.
Okay, up next we have the superintendent's report. Dr. Merritt. >> Thank you, President Christensen. I want to uh first begin by just sharing what a pleasure it was to start off the school year on Saturday with our back to school bash. We have some pictures there. So many of our students and our uh
community, our staff came out to really kick off the start of the school year. We had a petting zoo. We had face painting that was just amazing. Look at our young student there in the electric vehicle built by our CTE students. Um just a wonderful day, a wonderful day of
support. Just the magic of the start of the school year is something that can't be duplicated. Want to thank Treasurer Kho. Now, he tried to get me in a race in one of the >> obstacle course. >> Obstacle courses, but I knew that I would not be able to stand up straight and report to work on Monday. So, I had
to say, "Hey, uh, Carly, can you step in for me?" And >> Carly beat me. >> He did a forward tumble out to try >> out of the video. We I think we may have a video. >> We're going to need evidence of this.
>> Vice President Sadu, I saw that you were there as rel member Ahmad was there. So, we just want to make sure that we um again just thank our community. It gets better and better each year. Most importantly, I need to give a huge shout out to our communications and marketing
department. They worked so hard and to just continue again to just take this event um to the next level. So, we thank them for their dedication, for their planning, um, just to make this an overwhelming success and a great way to start off this school year. And speaking of the start off, as we heard from
President Christensen, for our teachers, our parapros, and our administrators today, they had their staff development day. We were able to use the field as you uh saw. I want to thank our board members. Look at our band in their new uniforms. Thank you for that support. They look amazing. That is our drum
line. and they started us off in really a pep rally style. We had three students from our um they are trio with our choir. I think it's an afterchool club that they're in. They I'm going to use the wrong words, but they basically composed or made up this song from MMA Mia for um the staff for this opening
day. So, it was their own rendition. What word is that that I'm trying to use? >> Transposed. >> Yeah, that and it was another rule when you bring the word when you bring something together, you make it for that. What is that arrangement? >> That all sounds great. But they did. They did it. I'm so proud of them and
their talent. And then we had our varsity and our JV Palm team from Salem that really just got the energy going. President Christensen gave a wonderful warm welcome to our staff as well as our PCA president JJ Lockward. And so I
think just together we really kicked off the start of the school year. We had our partners that uh gave donations so that we had food trucks and beverages. And I think that that was really a nice um addition for our staff to come in coffee and donuts and those fruit bowls and um
just a really great way to start off the school year. Now next year we're always in competition and we're going to make it even better. This is a new stadium, but we have our eyes on the now we're not calling them. We're calling them North Stadium. What will the old varsity stadium be called? What's >> East?
>> East Stadium. So we think that we'll be able to get all staff involved at the next uh PD. So that's the goal is to keep it outside, keep it early in the morning and just keep that excitement going. When we talk about success and the success that we have, the success
that our students have, um, I just want to make sure that I give an opportunity to just amplify some great news that we received from the college board this month when the scores for the 2025 advanced placement exams were released. If you remember, at the end of the year, we gave a report. um it was all of our
data and at that point we were really applauding that 88% of our students taking the advanced placement exams um received a three, four or five. The final numbers are in and 91% of our students received a score of three or higher. And if you think about that, the
reason that that is so exciting is that a score above three usually earns students college course credits. uh while scores of four and five often allow students to earn multiple college credit hours. So also in addition to the
91% this is over 20% of the national average in terms of that um accomplishment. So we're very proud of our students. We're very proud and grateful to our staff for the work that they do to create these environments in which our students can soar. So we thank
you for all of your hard work. I want to also just uh give a shout out to our PC food service. They win uh our PCCS food service department. You know, we've always in the district talked about a well-fed student is a student that is
ready to learn. And the effort that our food nutrition services department work to really uphold this mission was recently recognized when PCCS received five healthy meal incentives awards from the USDA. The awards recognize districts
that work to offer healthy options and include student voice and their food service programs. We're so proud of our department. They really are trailblazers as it relates to the breakfast and lunch offerings. The district also earned awards for revamping our menus to offer
healthier options, partnering with local agricultural providers, preparing scratch meals, and achieving success in nutrition education. So, please join me in congratulating Director of Food and Nutrition Services, Kayla McDaniel, and her staff for their efforts and making
our school meal programs a vital part of our students learning experience [Music] as we celebrate. At the same time, I don't want to miss an opportunity to utilize this platform to just talk about the real struggles that we're dealing
with as we're still waiting for our state budget to come through and to be passed. And something that's on the mind of all of our families is what's going to happen with school meals. Right now, we only have a guarantee that school meals will be covered for all through September 30th of 2025. So, we want to
just encourage all to continue to use your voices for advocacy to our legislators to say to get this work done to get our school aid, our budget passed for the state so that we know um uh you know, beyond just feeding our students in terms of our staffing, we're making
hiring decisions. We want to make sure that we can have the best environment for our students with staff with programs and making sure all of our needs are met. So again, at this point, we will continue to do what we can to ensure that program remains, but have only a guarantee until September um
30th. And so we will keep our families informed of any news as it comes along. Um finally wanted to share some more good news and we talk about our celebration. We just received the US News and World Reports ranking for the best high schools. And I am so proud to
say that all three of our PC high schools, that is Plymouth, Salem, and Canton, are among the top 36 public high schools in Michigan and within the top 5% of more than 24,000
schools nationwide. Now, that deserves a round of applause. So, I'm telling you, hot off the press, sometimes I think there are negative stories that come out, but the stories that we know are true are the facts that are taking place within our schools. There's close to,200 high schools in the state of Michigan
public high schools and the top 36. I think that's something that we should really be proud of our students and our staff. And I talked about that this morning. Everybody collectively owns that really that honor because all from preK through 12 and beyond we're working
to educate our students. So these rankings are determined by a number of factors. They include the college readiness, availability of a college level curriculum, student performance on AP and IB exams, state assessment scores and proficiency rates, underserved
served student performance and graduation rates. So again, we want to thank our PCE staff and our entire uh school community and most importantly our students for um their accomplishments. We're so proud. Finally, I'm going to end today with
just a little bond update. So exciting as we go across the community and we see the investment of the bond. Um we always talk about what our students deserve, what our community expects, and they really got behind us with this 2020 bond. And you're going to see some of
the construction highlights that are taking place this summer. We have the tennis courts. It's nearing completion. They are beautiful. The final touches are on the new PC stadium that we uh attended on this today in phase three edition which would be put to use this
fall. Does somebody know is is the first game on the field Thursday or Friday of this week? >> Thursday. >> Thursday. So, we want to make sure that we're there. We want to invite our uh community to come out and get on that field and support our young students because it is something to see. We have
the repaving of parking lots at Canton High School, the beginning of renovations at Salem, and that's going to be a long project. I think Salem is one of our oldest schools, but I'm so excited to see what will take place as a part of this bond. We're going to have new lighting. We're going to have bathroom upgrades, studio construction
at 881 the park, painting and ceiling tile replacements. We had continued work on the PC innovation hub. It is really coming along. And we had continued work on the band room edition. Work finally continued this summer on an addition and
renovations for Faren Elementary School. With uh Faren, we were there today and so much progress is being made. I remain hopeful that we will be ready to open our doors. We will with bright lights, clean bathrooms. The new addition will
be I think probably February before that opens. But just a beautiful opening for the office. It is just something to behold. So again, thank you to our community for their support of the bond. We are so thrilled to see this progress. I believe in September we'll have the team come in and just give a better
update than I can provide right now. But I just wanted you to share my excitement for the start of this school year. That concludes my report. Thank you so much. >> Thanks. Thank you for all those updates. So much to be excited about for this year. Um, up next we have citizens comments. Um, this is we we have this
broken up into two sections. This is a light agenda, so we may not run into the second overflow section. But just as a reminder that the first segment lasts 30 minutes and if we do have um citizens comments that move us past that 30 minutes, then we will hear them in the overflow section if
necessary. Each citizen has three minutes to speak. The board will not respond. This is your time to share and our time to listen. The administration will follow up with each individual who participates in citizen citizens comments. I do also want to remind um
folks, please do not share any names when sharing concerns or criticisms unless you have their permission to do so. That being said, I've got my pile here and up first we have Heather Gatney. Hi, my name is Heather Gatney and I live
in the city of Plymouth with my two kids who both go to school in the district and they're both really excited for a new school year. My youngest just found out who their teacher is going to be yesterday and we have the open house
tomorrow and then last week my oldest got his schedule and it was a good one. So, they're excited. It's all beginning to feel real. So, I think the start of a new school year is a special time. It's a chance for everyone to get a fresh
start and for all of us, parents, teachers, and school leaders to come together and ask, "How can we make this the best, safest, most welcoming place for every one of our students?" Last year, I stood here and asked you to make
sure our teachers and staff get training to stop the anti-LGBTQ plus bullying that is happening in our schools. Specifically, to train teachers and staff on the policies protecting kids from harassment, bullying, and
aggressive behavior, as well as the policy protecting transgender and gender non-conforming students. Right now, teachers aren't trained on district policy, which puts all of our students at risk, especially queer students. Many of these students face
bullying and harassment every day. When nothing is done, it sends the message that they don't belong, but they do belong. Public schools are for every child, regardless of background, and every student deserves to feel safe. I
really believe that now, right at the start of the school year, is the perfect moment to set the tone. Let's make it clear that our teachers and staff are here to support every kid and that administration will always stand behind teachers who step up to stop harassment
and that could make all the difference. And I know there are tough challenges ahead, especially with the budget not being sorted out. I can't imagine how hard it is for you all having to make decisions without any of the information that you need. And I truly appreciate
all that you do. However, even with all of these pressures, we must remember that queer students in our schools are still suffering. Last year, I shared some of their stories with you written in their own words. I hope you agree that things
need to change. I understand that an elaborate training may not be possible right now, but what about a letter or an email to teachers? Just a reminder about school policy and some encouragement to be proactive.
Even a small step like that could make a difference in these kids' lives. It would also help them to feel safe and seen at school. All I'm really asking is that we don't lose sight of how much this matters. Every kid should feel like they belong at school. No exceptions.
Thank you so much. [Applause] >> Thank you very much. Up next we have Rachel Hayes. [Music] >> Good evening. My name is Rachel Hayes and I'm a P Flag board member and a
member of Western Wayne Indivisible. Tonight I would like to discuss our nation's attempt at erasing some of our children. A recent national study has revealed that approximately 724,000 teenagers aged 13 to 17 are transgender.
This is not an abstract statistic. These are our children. Teens in your classrooms. Teens whose voices and identities are very real and deserving of recognition. Our trans youth are under increasing attack across multiple fronts. Federally, data collection
efforts that document their existence and well-being are being dismantled, making trans people harder to see, harder to understand, and easier to erase. Meanwhile, the Department of Justice has issued sweeping susp subpoenas to hospitals demanding
intimate identifying records of transgender minors seeking gender affirming care, threatening patient privacy. And as of today, U ofM notified parents of trans kids this quote. In response to unprecedented legal and
regulatory threats to our clinicians and our institution, we have made the difficult decision to stop prescribing puberty blockers and gender affirming hormones for patients under age 19. End quote. The leading hospital in Michigan
for gender affirming care is now denying access to essential evidence-based medical support. Why? Not because of new scientific research that proves it to be harmful. U of M has made it clear that this is not something that they agree with or want to do. No, U O U O U O U O
U O U O U O U O U O U O U of M is denying crucial care because they are under threat from our fascist government. Imagine what these children and their families are facing. This is not only unethical but amoral and inhumane. And if you are applauding this
then you are amoral and inhumane. So what does this mean for our district here at PCCS? It means that as federal protections falter, our schools become either the front line of defense or, as some on the board and in our community would like, complicit in eraser. Without
a robust, affirming, and visible framework of support at the local level, transgender students are at even greater risk. This is a critical truth. School isn't just where trans students learn. It's where their dignity is at stake. You, the majority of the board, clearly
understand that you wield not just authority, but a responsibility to ensure these children are recognized, protected, and validated. In the face of eraser of data, identity, rights, and even necessary medical care, our schools can be beacons of compassion and common
humanity. We have the power to ensure that every transgender student in BCCS has a safe space where they are accepted and appreciated for who they are. to the board majority. I urge you to and continue to act boldly and intentionally for the sake of these kids. Thank you
and thank you for your time. [Applause] Okay, thank you very much. Up next we have Lorie Mayers. Hi, I'm Lori Mayors, longtime resident
of Plymouth and president of P Flag Plymouth Canton. Uh, as Rachel said, we learned today that the University of Michigan will immediately stop providing gender affirming care for people who are under 19. Note, that includes 18year-olds who are
legal adults. This is a devastating decision for all the young people and their families who have trusted Michigan Medicine with their healthcare. This is a direct result of the Trump administration and the HHS's recent actions.
How does this affect our schools? It's another attack on trans kids and their right to live authentically. Imagine how you would feel if your health care provider suddenly stopped your course of treatment and prescriptions.
Trans kids and all LGBTQ plus students and staff members need our support now. I urge administrators and staff to follow district policy 551703 enacted 5 years ago and to make sure all
staff members and teachers are aware that it requires all staff members to recognize students pronouns and preferred names. It requires respect for student confidentiality. It allows trans students to use the bathroom that corresponds with their
gender identity. It allows any student to use a separate facility if they are uncomfortable in a group bathroom or locker room. It requires training for teachers and staff members on the policy.
This is a very difficult time for transgender and non-binary people and our family members. We beg for kindness and respect. Thank you. [Applause]
Okay, thank you very much. That concludes our citizens comment section. Okay, up next we have um discussion. First, we have our board governance workshop date. Um Dr. Merritt, do you mind te telling us a little bit about this?
>> All right. Last time that we were together, we were trying to find some dates where the majority of the board, we hope all of the board, but we had a couple of members absent, um, could come back together for another workshop with Miss Penny, um, Kenish Williams. We had
three dates that we offered Penny. She came back with one date of November the 8th. So, I know that that is kind of far in advance, but I wanted to just see if we could check calendars. If this is a Saturday workshop, we would want at least three hours of time um from our
kind of to-do list that we came up with, Penny, we want to spend some time in this board uh governance workshop working on our uh uh I think um our board goals probably taking a look at board goals, taking a look at um >> operating principles, >> operating principles and
>> our new member manual. >> Our new member manual. Those are some things that we would take take a look at. So, we wanted to see could we confirm with her November 8th and then also look at Uhoh. >> November 8th was okay for me before. It's not anymore. I've got a new wedding
that I'm going to in Washington DC. >> Okay. >> So, >> so I'm out. >> So, what is the pleasure of the board? Do we want to look for maybe another evening with her? These I I um asked for dates of uh Saturday and that's it. We
had those three dates that we were available. We could go further into October. I think also that we would if we're looking at board goals though, we may want to look at a night maybe after the next board meeting if we have a tighter
agenda that we can get those going. Maybe have that discussion so we don't wait too late to get your goals going. >> But um would you want me to look for a date in an evening or just try to look for a Saturday? which >> it feels like Saturdays have become a little challenging for the board and I
would really hate to push this work off much further. If we could look towards perhaps after a board meeting or during the week if if you guys would all be amendable to that >> if we can have board meetings like this >> I know like after this evening would be perfect. You're right.
>> Unfortunately the calendar is stacking up. >> I know. I know. Um perhaps we we look to that and see Penny's availability. So looking for after a board meeting or because that's a three hour. So that's kind of I think it's a little rough
because at 8:00 that's kind of late. >> So maybe a non like a maybe a non-board meeting Tuesday possibly. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> If we're looking at our calendars right now, is there a non board meeting Tuesday? That's not a good date already
while we have everybody almost everybody here. I could do October 7th and >> October 21st. >> Are we looking into October? Are we >> Is that what you're doing or you want to
do it sooner than that? >> We can do October. >> I'm sorry. I thought you guys had mentioned October, but that's fine. I can do it. >> Yeah. I can only do it for the 7th based on Patrick. >> Yeah, October 7th works for me as well. >> That work for everybody else. >> October 7th. >> That's >> That's a Tuesday. a
[Music] a non board meeting Tuesday. >> It doesn't work for 10. All right. Okay. Let's keep going. >> We want to go back into September then or >> go. How about September 30th? >> I'm open.
>> Is that a Tuesday? >> Not okay. >> Nope. >> I'm sorry. Is that not good? >> Not for a new bump. >> Okay. >> Which one is it? In September. How about uh October 21st? >> I am available.
>> Isn't that the one you said you couldn't do? >> Yeah, I could only do the 14th of October. >> 14th of October. See that? >> Oh, that's a board meeting day. >> Oh, I'm sorry. The seventh. I'm sorry. Seventh of No, >> seventh. >> Jen wasn't available. >> Oh, you're not available. >> Okay. And maybe another day outside of
Tuesday. >> I know. >> Yeah. We did a Monday last time. We did do a Monday last time. So we would have to do a non what meeting SBA >> SBA hasn't determined our calendar yet. >> Could we do after spa on October one on Wednesday?
>> October 1 on Wednesday. What does that look like? >> Because we end at 6:30, 9:30. That's not bad. >> Works for me. >> I'm fine. >> October 1st. >> All right. We're going to ask her about October 1st from possibly 6:30 to 9:30.
>> All right. How about uh anything else? We already said no to the 30th that week. So, let's go to the next week. How about uh October 8th? That's a Wednesday. >> That's fine with me. >> I can do October 8th.
>> All right. We can offer her maybe. >> Yeah. >> When >> I cannot >> cannot take that off the list. Keep going till the next week. >> Should we And we didn't ask her for any October Saturdays. Does October 18th work for anyone? >> October. >> It does not.
>> It does not. Okay. Keep it moving. >> I apologize. >> Um, did we say October 21st yet? That Tuesday? Did we go that far? >> Yeah. I can't. >> Okay. How about the 22nd? >> I skipped a week. It was that was a board meeting week.
>> October. Is that Tuesday? on 22nd. >> October 22nd. >> How does How does that look for the team? That works for me. >> Works for you. >> Works, I'm pretty sure. >> 15th and the 22nd both work for me. >> How about the 15th for everyone else? >> I'm good with the 22nd and the 15th.
>> As of right now, they work and the first does not work. >> Okay. October. >> All right. So, take first off. >> It's 15th or the 22nd. >> All right. So, right now, we're looking at October 15th. Going once. Going twice. Gone. October 26. These are
possibilities. Once, twice. We're gonna hope that Judy is in. All right. These are two dates I'm going to offer. I'd like to get a third one while we're here just in case to be safe. >> Okay. >> Uh can we look at um how about the 30th of October?
>> That's fine by me. >> Thursday. >> Thursday. >> As of right now, it works. >> Okay. I'm always hesitant because my work travel schedule changes really fast, but I as of now it works. >> All right. So, I'm right now October
15th, the 22nd, and the 30th, I will ask and I will let you know on board notes if those dates are available. >> Thank you. >> And then we'll let >> Will you check with Judy? Why don't you check with >> All right. Thank you for that. >> Thank you. >> Okay, we'll get there.
Um, all right. Up next, we have board team building ideas. Um so we re uh we received a really good suggestion. We're working really hard to target these dates for our board governance workshops and continue uh the work around um kind of jelling our team of eight
professionally. Um but there was a suggestion on on some team building activities outside of the board governance work itself. And so I'm going to actually kick it over to member boss if she can share some of her suggestions. And if anyone else has any suggestions, this is an open forum for
that. Well, after the discussion on finding a date, I don't know how it's going to work, but our family every year volunteers at the miracle field and I was setting up our volunteering this year and I thought about, you know,
wouldn't that be a great opportunity for us to be together to being do doing good in the community and also seeing the good in each other? Um, so I just, you know, I don't know if you all are aware of the Miracle Field and the great
things that it does, but just threw that out there to >> When when do they play? I can't remember. >> Saturdays. >> So, it's Saturday. >> Do you have any dates in mind for that? >> So, they're every Saturday in September and October right now. And their games
um are like I think there's three or four games a Saturday. Okay. So, there's several, you know, time options. Um, it's all on the website. Yeah. The
volunteering schedule. Okay. I I love that idea. I think it's a great idea for all of us to get together and as you say, um, uh, support our community and and see the good in in each other. Um, how do how do we determine a date that
works well for everybody? And maybe even if you if you do multiple days, maybe even if everybody can't make it, you can still get the majority. >> It doesn't provide pro qu problem, right? >> So that is a great question. Great great question. So anytime you have a quorum at least at least four board members
present, we cannot discuss board business. So this would be a social event which is allowable. We can't have anything that's deliberated that you would um potentially come up for a vote. So, as long as we are there and we are doing community service and that is allowable for all board members to be
there. So, it's such a great question. Thank you for that. >> I wonder if we can do like um like a calendar sign up or availability and I forget the the link we used to use >> employee or something like that. If we can get those dates and then send it to
everyone and everyone can check off all the dates that they're >> I will say based on that question though got to be careful even about collaborating on that. So because that would be a decision that you're making. >> No, but it's not a decision. It's a decision for a social. >> It's a social event. >> It's a social activity. We're not we're
not doing it to collaborate on that board. >> It's not a workshop. >> Yeah, exactly. It is purely a social event. >> I still kind of feel like maybe you were through the president. >> I you know what I will do? I will um share the the dates and um I will
>> if you were able to email me your availability, I will then share at our next board meeting the few dates that we've maybe targeted a few groups and come together. Okay. >> Do you want me to get the dates? >> Yes. If you could send that to me, that would be helpful. Thank you. >> Okay.
>> Perfect. >> Great idea. >> I love it. >> Yeah. And if anyone else has ideas that they want to share this evening or any other time, certainly we'll be open to that. >> I have ideas for a dance for all of us. >> Okay. All right. We're dancing.
>> Dr. Merritt was dancing today. So, >> I was hoping that you guys were all going to go to the obstacle course, but I clearly some of the board members were afraid and steered away from the obstacle course. >> I would have challenged. >> Yeah. next time. >> Yeah. >> But I like Member Voss's idea.
>> Great. Great. All right. Well, I I can't believe I'm going to say this, but we're going to move on to follow-up board questions. Did we have any outstanding at this moment? I don't think we did. Did we have any from this
evening? No. Okay. Hearing none, I'm actually going to adjourn the m the meeting at 7:42