San Francisco Youth Commission
Mid-year retreat
Agenda - *Special Off-site*
Saturday, January 11th, 2014
9:00am-5:00pm
South Beach Harbor, Community Room

Pier 40
San Francisco, CA 94107

There will be public comment on each item.

Nicholas Persky, Michelle Kong, Joshua Cardenas, DeAsia Landrum, Angel Van Stark,
Jina Bae, Anna Bernick, Sophie Edelhart, Monica Flores, Ramon Gomez, Michel Li, Lily Marshall-Fricker, Luisa Sicairos, Denesia Webb, Eric Wu, Joyce Wu, Ariel Yu

 

1. Call to Order and Roll Call

2. Approval of Agenda (Action Item)

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

4. Presentations (All Items to Follow Discussion and Possible Action)

A. The Power Of Youth Action
Presenter(s): Kiran Sridhar, Founder of Waste No Food; Vrinda Agarwal, Girl Scouts of America Gold Award Winner, Founder of 100 Strong

B. Budget Bonanza: Presentations on the City and School District Budgets
Presenter(s): Jack Wu, Mission High Student Advisory Council Rep; Luisa Sicairos, District 6 Youth Commissioner; Nicholas Persky, Youth Commission Chair; Phimy Truong, Youth Commission Director; Salvador Lopez-Barreras, Student Advisory Council Coordinator; and Guests-Speaker
 

C. Effective Communication Workshop Presenter(s): Michelle Kong, Youth Commission Vice Chair; Xiaofan Wu, Student Advisory Council President; DeAsia Landrum, Youth Commission Outreach Officer; Joyce Wu, District 7 Youth Commissioner; Allen Lu, Youth Commission Coordinator of Community Outreach

5. Adjournment

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 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

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE
(Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code)
Government’s duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people’s business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people’s review.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE OR TO REPORT A VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE, CONTACT THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE TASK FORCE, please contact:
Sunshine Ordinance Task Force
City Hall, Room 244
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102-4689
Phone: (415) 554-7724, Fax: (415) 554-5784
E-mail: sotf@sfgov.org
Copies of the Sunshine Ordinance can be obtained from the Clerk of the Sunshine Ordinance
Task Force, at the San Francisco Public Library, and on the City’s website at
http://www.sfgov.org.

The ringing and use of cell phones, pagers, and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. The Chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic device.

In order to assist the City’s efforts to accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental illnesses, multiple chemical sensitivity, or related disabilities, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical-based products. Please help the City accommodate these individuals.

To obtain a disability-related modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, to participate in the meeting, please contact Phimy Truong, Youth Commission Director [phone: 415-554 7112; email: phimy.truong@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.