San Francisco Youth Commission
Mid-year retreat
Minutes - *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

The meeting was called to order at 9:40 am.

 

 

 

Commissioners present: Persky, Kong, Cardenas, Landrum, Van Stark, Bae, Bernick, Edelhart, Flores, Gomez, Li, Sicairos, Webb, J. Wu, Yu

 

 

Commissioners absent: Marshall-Fricker, E. Wu; Commissioner E. Wu noted present at 10:45 am.

Staff present: Phimy Truong, Allen Lu, Adele Carpenter

 

There was quorum.

Commissioners absent: Marshall-Fricker, E. Wu

Commissioner E. Wu noted present at 10:20 am.

Commissioner Landrum left at 10: 50 am. Commissioner Flores left during the lunch recess.

 

2. Approval of Agenda (Action Item)

Commissioner Edelhart, seconded by Commissioner J. Wu moved to approve the agenda for the day. This motion was approved by acclamation.

There was no public comment.
 

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

There was none.
 

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

Vrinda Agarwal gave an overview of her efforts and challenges in founding 100 strong, a mentorship program for girls of color in Oakland. She emphasized the importance of not waiting for others to make change.

Kiran Sridhar gave an overview of his efforts to create Waste No Food, a platform that connects hotels, restaurants and caterers with non-profits capable of picking up extra food. He emphasized the importance of using innovative solutions to tackle major problems.

There was no public comment.

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

Student Advisory Council representative, Jack Wu, and SAC coordinator, Salvador Lopez-Barr gave an overview of the SFUSD annual budget and the Public Education Enrichment Fund.

Chair Persky called a recess at 12:37 pm. The meeting was called back to order at 1:10 pm.

The chair resumed item 4B. Chair Persky and Commissioner Sicairos gave an overview of the City and County of San Francisco’s annual budget process. Commissioner Eric Wu gave an overview of the Children’s Fund.

There was no public comment.

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

Commissioners Kong J. Wu and SAC Representative Xiaofan Wu gave an overview of the four step feedback process as a tool of maintaining accountability in working groups.

There was no public comment.
 

5. Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 4:38 pm.