San Francisco Youth Commission
Executive Committee
Minutes
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
4:00-6:00pm
City Hall, Room 345A

There will be public comment on each item.

1. Call to Order and Roll Call

The meeting was called to order at 4:00pm. Commissioners present: Bonner, Brodwin, Tu Mutch, Yang. Commissioners tardy: LaCroix. Staff present: Yedidia.

2. Approval of Agenda (Action Item)

Commissioner Bonner, seconded by Commissioner Brodwin moved to approve the agenda. This motion was approved unanimously by acclamation.

3. Approval of Minutes (Action Item)

A. November 2, 2011; November 16, 2011

Commissioner Bonner, seconded by Commissioner Brodwin, moved to approve the minutes to the Executive Committee meetings of November 2 and November 16. This motion was approved unanimously by acclamation.

4. Public Comment on Items not on Agenda (Discussion Only)

There was none.

5. Staff Report/Update on Communications, etc.

Yedidia welcomed committee members to the first Executive Committee meeting with quorum in nearly a month; he expressed the hope that the Committee would, among other things, achieve a sense of presentness, of togetherness, regarding the work of the Youth Commission and their relationships with one another.

Commissioner Yang then led her colleagues through a “rose and thorn” session, where each committee member and staff shared a “rose”—that is, a positive thing—and a thorn—namely, a negative thing—in their life in the past weeks.

6. Business (All Items to Follow Discussion and Possible Action)

A. Updates on Executive Officer Duties
a. Legislative Affairs Officer
Commissioner Bonner told her colleagues that there had been no legislation introduced in the last few weeks at the Board of Supervisors that needed to be referred to the Board of Supervisors. She also reminded her colleagues that she would post to the Youth Commission Facebook page the link to the legislation introduced at the Board of Supervisors each week.
b. Community Outreach Officer
Commissioner Brodwin told her colleagues that she had spoken with most of the members of the Youth Commission with regard to their outreach plan for the year.
c. Media and Community Relations Officer
Commissioner Tu Mutch related to her colleagues that, despite only modest increases in the “likes” on the Youth Commission’s Facebook page, she was pleased with the communications she’s had with Youth Commissioners regarding implementing the Media and Public Relations Plan.
All Executive Officers: Check-Ins with other Commissioners

B. Establishing the agenda for the December 5, 2011 regular full Youth Commission meeting.
Committee members agreed to include the following items on the agenda to the December 5, 2011 Youth Commission meeting: a presentation regarding the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families’ Youth Empowerment Fund’s Youth Advocacy Day; a presentation regarding the Mission SF Federal Credit Union’s youth program New Economic Rights for All; a presentation and request for endorsement regarding the Monster March Against Bullying; a presentation regarding the America’s Cup Youth Involvement Plan; and a first reading of a resolution calling on the Mayor to Issue and Executive Policy Order making Transitional Age Youth a priority population.

7. Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 5:18pm.

Any materials distributed to the members of the Youth Commission within 72 hours of the meeting or after the agenda packet has been delivered to the members are available for inspection—along with minutes of previous Youth Commission meetings and all supplementary information—at the Youth Commission office during regular office hours (9am to 6pm, Monday—Friday). The Youth Commission office is located at:
City Hall, Room 345
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: (415) 554-6446, Fax: (415) 554-6140
Email: youthcom@sfgov.org
www.sfgov.org/yc

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To obtain a disability‐related modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, to participate in the meeting, please contact Mario Yedidia, Youth Commission Director [phone: 415-554 6254; email: mario.yedidia@sfgov.org] at least 48 hours before the meeting, except for Monday meetings, for which the deadline is 4:00 p.m. the previous Friday.