- Yeah, I call this interview committee B meeting to order. Okay, thank you. You're welcome. And so the
- only thing that you all have in terms of vacancies is the MLK birthday celebration commission. And so
- all of a sudden we got two applications
- which has been good because we have not had any applications for a while. And it's had trouble making
- a quorum, right? Yes and no. And so they've had some vacancies since the beginning of the year. We haven't
- been able to fill them. The mayoral appointments are filled. Great. So that's good. And so I know that
- sometimes the staff liaison was explaining that
- They normally have people that leave for the summer, and sometimes they have some important deadlines
- that they are working on in preparation for next year's celebration that they have to do like they do
- during the summer and whatnot. And so CORM could turn into an issue. And so I figure, ooh, let's get
- Team B in a meeting real quick before y'all go on recess. So these are two applications that we have.
- Ruiz and Lissandra McCoy. And so Jatana. And there's only one opening. Okay. Great. Yeah. So this is
- her application. Okay. So she has some experience. And I think she was
- Also, I think she was encouraged to apply by Dr. Gloria Howe, who has also been on the commission for
- a while. And so this is her here. And then, LaSondra. She has experience too.
- He used to be a BPD social worker. Wow. She's impressive. Well, I mean, I guess our options at this
- point are to invite both of them in to interview, or we could just appoint somebody today
- off of these two without doing an interview. You could. And then you can make that appointment at your
- next meeting. Right. If we want to get somebody a place for the summer, that's probably the only way
- to do it. What was your guidance speech? These are two really good people. And so I think the staff
- liaison, I think, favors Lysandra a little bit more.
- Um, but I do know that the student also has been asking, how can I help? What can I do? I'm here,
- you know, what, what can I do? So this is, this is really hard because the both of them are very,
- very good. I mean, in the interest of being able to get them quorum over the summer, in case they need
- it, I feel like we should just pick someone today, but I don't want to turn anybody away without
- Hearing from them either. Hey, I don't want them to feel like they didn't have a chance. So, but, but,
- but waiting to hear from someone, I mean, wait, waiting to interview or talk to them automatically means
- we do the department after break. Yeah. Yeah. So they won't. So my question simply is purely, does that
- likely to cause any kind of problem? Because it's not like it caused any problem at all. Should I say then.
- I'd say, why not wait? But if it's likely there's any problem at all, I feel like we should do it, because
- that's part of the reason we agreed to try to get, they just applied last month, right, both of them?
- Yeah. I mean, my other question is, are there openings on any other boards or commissions that we might
- encourage one of them to, hey, unfortunately, this wasn't available, but we would love for you to apply
- for, not that we can't. Yeah, I think.
- Is she an undergraduate at IU? So is she here for the summer? I'm trying to look, but all of them literally
- are, they're all there for a while. Yeah. I do believe that there is another vacancy on another commission.
- Potentially. I think I've just learned of this within the past week. So the HRC has an appointment to
- the commission on the status of black males. And so there is a potential vacancy there. Yeah. So there's,
- yeah, this is the only other thing that I think that
- we could get a workaround of this is you were the liaison to the MLK commission. And I've reached out
- to Aubrey to see, that's the staff liaison to see like, what would her take be? And I haven't heard
- anything back from her. The only thing that I could think of is,
- Now, could you have your meeting next week? And then that's it. Because technically you could make an
- appointment, like you could talk about it and make an appointment and you can reach out to the individuals
- and then make your recommendation based upon like your findings from talking to the individuals.
- Um, but honestly, these are really, really good applications. And that's the part. And I would have
- hoped to had somebody say something by now. So, so, you know, with her experience that I read background,
- um, it seems like she'd be very powerful on what
- Commission on status of black males to maybe more so there's a student to see what she might bring to
- that. So if we really knew that there was an opening that could be filled fairly soon on that commission.
- Yeah, but we also don't have that under our purview. We don't get to say. Look at what she's done.
- She's very. So I would just think of that on the Commission on status of black males would be really
- good. What do you think about that thought?
- And if we, we're going to offer something up, someone else that we want to really be productive and
- helpful to the community. That is one way to go. I, you know, to encourage her to apply or even just
- say to that interview committee, if we sent somebody your way, you know, we hope you'll at least interview
- her because we think she's incredibly strong. And people have done that.
- I mean, the other option is to, you know, if we just, or well, and, or do that. And I guess do that.
- And also message to whoever we don't choose. Hey, we want you to keep an eye on this commission. We
- want you on this commission. We just don't have the room right now. You know, please don't go far. When
- there's a seat open, we want you to apply and we want you to be there. Or honestly.
- If it's up in the air and these are really two great applicants, honestly, it might be the best thing
- to just say, let's just wait. Let's just wait until you can have a chance to interview and get a feel
- for who they are and what they would want to bring.
- So I don't think we can go wrong with either one. That's not my concern. My concern is discouragement
- of them. I don't want to lose either one of them for their contributions. I'm happy to wait. If you
- think it's not going to mess up any of it. I was hoping to have something back by now, and I don't have
- anything. And so I know sometimes the staff liaisons look at those things, and then they give it
- give us the recommendations or they will tell me and then I usually tell you all. But I haven't seen
- anything back yet and so. So tells you the Navy is not quite urgent. Maybe not as much as what it was
- what it was possibly thought out to me. Yeah. And I think they can still from my understanding to and
- talking it over before or after the emails have gone through it sounds like
- they potentially could continue on. Because like, if they can't, the only thing is we can have a meet
- in, you know, like a little bit before, like after you all get back and, you know, do an interview of
- the two and appointed that way, because technically you're missing, they might miss two meetings, but
- I think it's
- Their applications expire early August. Those actually, it's OK. So a person, I wish we could change
- this in onboard. So technically, once a person applies, it's really one year after they've applied.
- Oh, OK. It expires. OK. I'm actually putting their next meeting in my calendar. It's June 24. I haven't
- done any of my liaison meetings yet. So I have caps in my calendar already for, I think, next week.
- I'm going to do this one in June. Have you done any of your liaison? Attended any of your meetings yet?
- Well, yeah. I was about to say, oh, you make me feel better. But now you know. I did e-read.
- You did what? I don't know. OK. OK. So let me ask you about this. OK, so you're saying we have six weeks
- off starting on the 10th. And so it'd be late July, basically, when we
- And then we could make this appointment by early August. So yeah, they would miss June 24th, July 22nd.
- I think that's actually our first meeting back. I think it's July 22nd. So then they would be able to
- get in for the August 1st. And we'd have to miss that July. And we can do interviews during break, right?
- I mean, I'll be around a lot. I'll be around. If you can.
- That's fine. I can reach out. And so like, that's just, that's the only thing that you guys have is
- just the one thing here. So honestly, I wasn't sure like people were traveling or whatnot. And so honestly,
- if you'll be around, then this is okay. And we can still try to do something
- Even later on this month, I can send out another invitation to see when you all would be available and
- then let them know, hey, we got some interviews scheduled, when would you be able to be? In essence,
- they might not be able to do it this meeting, but in July, maybe by the time that they meet again in
- July, I'll hear back from the staff liaison and then we would have been able to interview. Okay.
- Let's do that. I don't want to make a choice without speaking to either of them and make anybody feel
- that they're not wanted because we want both of them. Yeah. And we can't have both of them. Yeah. And
- they're both really good applications. And so I'll be around the whole time. OK. Yeah. I'm just going
- to be gone the week before we come back. Before we start back. Yeah. Otherwise, I'm in and out. OK.
- Well, other than that, Team B, that is the only vacant C. Let me go back and look at your, I mean, besides
- CAPS, and that's a work in progress. Unfortunately, we just don't have the applications, and that just
- stinks. So unless somebody did, fine.
- And I don't think so. Because I try to monitor this one. No applications. Because the last person that
- I had reached out to. That's weird. Where's? Oh, OK. Oh, that's.
- I've reached out to these individuals and I have never heard anything back. And they didn't have phone
- numbers in their applications for me to even try to follow up with the phone call. And I've emailed
- multiple times and I haven't heard anything. Okay. So I usually take that as somebody's not interested
- if they've not responded. Yeah. So. All right. But other than that, that's it.
- That was easy. Yeah. All right. I move. You said it'd be easy. Yeah. Yeah. I end call this meeting to
- an end. Okay.