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Youth Advisory Board <br />Agenda <br />10/6/16 <br />Page 2 of 3 <br />and in particular, liaisons stressed that no more than two board members may discuss <br />YAB business in an open, unpublished setting, including via email. <br />VIII. Discuss Chair, Vice -Chair and Secretary Officer positions for November <br />election - Jessica described the roles of Chair, Vice Chair, and Secretary, and noted <br />that members may run for these roles at the next meeting. We talked about potentially <br />changing the timing election process next year in order to save time, and all members <br />agreed to the change. In the future, we will reach out to returning members in August or <br />September to see who is interested in running for office. Positions will be selected via <br />an anonymous, online vote. <br />IX. Volunteer projects for the upcoming year - Mandy handed out volunteer logs <br />and shared the types of volunteer activities that YAB members do through the course of <br />a typical year. Returning members talked about their favorite activities. We <br />brainstormed possible activities for some of the undecided months. Ideas included <br />working at the Boulder Homeless Shelter, or Crayons to Calculators. <br />X. Teambuilding – Board members played a teambuilding game called Knot or Not. <br />XI. Goals for the upcoming year – We discussed the fact that several of our yearly <br />projects have not been as successful as we hoped they'd be, and we threw out the idea <br />of choosing a yearly focus instead, and doing several smaller projects in keeping with <br />the year's theme. We brainstormed for a bit, and eventually decided on a theme called <br />"Love Louisville." The goal is to encourage people of all ages to give back to the <br />community by volunteering, by supporting local businesses and events, and by <br />performing random acts of kindness. We will encourage community members to report <br />to YAB and let us know the kind things they've seen others do or that others have done <br />for them, and then we will make a display of some kind to share. Some other ideas <br />included adopting a section of road, setting up a canned food drive, and creating a <br />resource listing volunteer opportunities. <br />We also discussed working harder to learn from other boards and commissions <br />this year. Rather than going to other meetings, we decided to reach out and see if other <br />board members would come to our meetings to talk to us. Everyone agreed this was a <br />good idea, so we brainstormed ideas for possible questions to ask and came up with <br />these: <br />1. What's the best/most rewarding part about being on your board? <br />2. What's been the biggest challenge? <br />3. What has surprised you? <br />4. What are some of your group's upcoming projects? <br />5. Can we help your board in any way? <br />6. Are there any opportunities for others/other youth to volunteer to assist your <br />board? <br />XII. Discussion Items for Next Meeting — <br />• Returning members—take down your Walk the City signs. <br />• Use Sign Up Genius to sign up to bring meeting snacks <br />