Youth Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2010 01 07

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Youth Advisory Board Meeting Minutes 11/5/09 Page 2 of 3 o Mandy- great job! A lot of food was gathered at the collection sites. The Rec. Center Food Drive is still going strong, but they need stuffing, dessert mix and cereal. . December- Dessert and Story Time with Santa o Event is Thursday, Dec. 17th @ Rec. Center o Mandy passed around the sign up sheet. It would be great if people can stay for the whole event, but if not please select one of two shifts: · First shift: 4-7pm · Second shift: 6-8:30pm · Wear red or green outfits · Yes, we can use volunteers from other groups VIII. Discuss other city boards and commissions . Kendall- went to the Louisville Open Space meeting o They discussed: cookies, the Davidson open space parcel, the city manager's updates and the city budget, Memory Square Pool, eliminating local pick up but keeping drop off points for leaves and eliminating the Boulder Youth Corps. Program. . Antonia- Went to a City Council meeting o Three Monarch Students talked to the council about youth concerns, such as the H1N1 virus, Winterskate, Holiday Home Tour o Ron Sackett received an award o LMS Principal gave a presentation about Winter Slam- a basketball challenge between the Police Dept./LMS Staff and the boys and girls basketball teams- it is a big toy drive for the holidays, and a lot of fun. IX. Further goal setting discussion concerning the upcoming term . Bus schedule around Monarch- o Antonia said that on Monday RTD representatives came to a Freshman Seminar and talked about L YNX- how it is under-utilized and may have to go away. But Leslie told them the schedule was really inconvenient for students and they mentioned they may think about changing the schedule o ***Let's get an update about this issue from Leslie next month · Awards for good youth citizens: o Nicole had mentioned Q-doba's program o Sam- if it was a monthly thing it would be a lot of continuous work- seems like there could also be a lot of logistical problems. For instance, what criteria would we use to choose? And could it be a little too personal? o Joi- Maybe not this year, but something to think about for the future? o Took a vote on implementing a program like this for the 2009-2010 term- the majority voted NO . Volunteer-a-thon o Sam- a lot of middle and high school students need volunteer hours. Her mom works for the Volunteer Connection, which partners teens with opportunities.