[00:00:03] >> WE'LL GET STARTED. I'M GOING TO DO ROLE AND I NEED EVERYBODY TO JUST SAY YOU'RE HERE INSTEAD OF LIFTING YOUR HAND SINCE WE'RE GOING TO BE RECORDING. >> JAY JUDO KNOW LYNN PASSED AWAY, RIGHT. >> NO. >> YEAH, I FOUND OUT -- STEVE CALLED ME SATURDAY. SATURDAY EVENING, RIGHT AFTER IT HAPPENED. >> SORRY TO HEAR THAT ROBERTA, MY MOM WAS CLOSE TO HER. I DIDN'T KNOW HER BUT I KNOW SHE DID A PARTY FOR YOU AFTER THE AWARDS AND SHE SAID SHE WAS THE BIGGEST TITAN FAN. >> YEAH. HER AND I HAVE A NONPROFIT TOGETHER. >> WOW. >> YEAH. ANYWAY. >> SORRY ABOUT THAT. >> WE TALKING ABOUT LYNN? >> YES. THE GROUP WAS CALLED ROOTS? >> BLACK ROOT OFFENSE ALEXANDRIA. >> OKAY.. >> GOOD EVE EVERYONE. AND THIS IS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, SO HOPEFULLY EVERYONE HAD A NICE HOLIDAY CELEBRATION AFTER LAST YEAR OF NOT HAVING ONE, SO HOPE YOU HAD YOUR BEST CARTOONS ON AND A LOT OF TRICK-OR-TREATERS LAST NIGHT. I HAD QUITE A FEW HERE. AGAIN, I WOULD LINING TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT THIS TIME. I ASKED KAMILAH AND SHE WOULD CALL ROLE, PLEASE. >> ALL RIGHT. AGAIN JUST SAY THAT YOU ARE HEAR SO THAT THEY CAN RECORD THAT. MICHAEL JOHNSON. >> HERE. >> ROBERTA SPATE. >> HERE. >> DAVID MERCER HERE. >> DANIELLE THORNTON. >> HERE. >> JIMMY WORDEN. >> HERE, >> JIMMY LOUIS. >> HERE. [II. School Board Advisory Committee Application #876] >> JAMES CLARK. >> ALL RIGHT. AND AK JOHNSON AND SUSAN NEILSON. ANIKA IS COMING ON. ANIKA, CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES, I CAN. SORRY I JUST GOT OUT OF WORK. >> NO PROBLEM, JUST TAKING ROLL. THANK YOU. >> DOES THAT GIVE US A QUORUM? >> YES. WE HAVE TEN. THAT'S INCLUDING YOU. >> GREAT. AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO START THE AGENDA BY FIRST -- I KNOW -- DOES JOE -- IS HE ON? >> SUSAN, DID WE HEAR BACK FROM JOE WHETHER OR NOT HERE'S AND JOIN US TONIGHT? >> AK, YOU HEAR ME. >> YES I CAN HEAR YOU NOW. >> WELCOME EVERYBODY. > ANY CHANCE? I'M HAVING TROUBLE W AUDIO. >> TURN IT UP A LITTLE BIT. >> I'M NOT SURE THAT'S GOING TO HELP BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW I'M HERE. >> GREAT. THANK YOU. >> I DO WANT TO CHECK -- SOMEONE JUST HUNG UP. THERE WAS ONE OTHER PERSON ON THE OTHER SIDE TO SEE IF THAT WAS LIKE [INDISCERNIBLE] BARELY HEAR YOU. I CAN BARELY HEAR YOU. SO JOE HAS APPLIED FOR -- PUT IN AN APPLICATION TO JOIN OUR COMMITTEE. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE APPROVED ON THURSDAY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. JOE IS A FORMER COACH, TEACHER AT THE TC WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL. DID A LOT OF THINGS WITH T INTRAMURAL PROGRAMS, INVOLVED T IN COMMUNITY, SOCCER PROGRAMS ALSO. AGAIN, JOE, WELCOME ABOARD. I DON'T SEE ANY I LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING YOU WORK WITH THE COMMITTEE AND WELCOME. >> THANK YOU. [IV. Approval of Meeting Minutes] >> ALL RIGHT. NEXT TO THE ADOPT THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING. HAS ANYONE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE MINUTES? YES, NO. >> YES. >> ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? >> MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETINGS FROM LAST ONE. >> SECOND. >> MOTIONS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AND A SECOND, ANY QUESTIONS? >> I DIDN'T HAVE ANY SCREEN UP. WHO PUT THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR? >> JIMMY WORDEN. >> AND I DON'T NEED A SECOND. >> DAVE MERCER O ON THE SEC. >> ALL APPROVE THE MINUTES SAY AYE. >> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. [III. Adoption of Meeting Agenda] I'M SORRY APPROVE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT AND AS YOU LOOK AT THE AGENDA THERE'S A LOT THERE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH IT QUICKLY BECAUSE SOME OF THIS STUFF WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO SPEND SOME SOMETIME AN AND GO BACK AND EITHER IN [V. Communications and Addresses to the Advisory Committee] THE NEXT TWO THE MEETINGS GET THIS DOCUMENTATION UP-TO-DATE AS WE GO THROUGH IT. SO ANY COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMUNITY? SUSIE, ANYONE WHO'S O WITH US NOW? OKAY. NOT HERE, I ASSUME THERE'S NOT ANYONE THERE. ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA WAS BYLAWS AND A SELECTION [VI.1. Review Bylaws and Selection Process] PROCESS. IN THE DEBLAZIO I T BYLAWS HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE -- THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS TO APPROVE WE NEED TO GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT OU BYLAWS AND MAKE SURE WE [00:05:06] FOLLOW THEM AND MAKE SOME CORRECTIONS TO THINGS WE HAVE CHAINED IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO. GOING FORWARD. THE ONE BIG PIECE WE GOT TO GO IN THERE AND TAKE OUT EVERYTHING THAT SAYS TC WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL. DOES EVERYONE FROM THEIR COPY OF THE BYLAWS? >> NO. >> NO, OKAY. WHAT I'M GOING TO SUGGEST IS THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING IS THAT YOU HAVE YOUR NOTEBOOK TO LOOK AT THAT BUT THE NEXT MEETING LOOK AT THINGS THAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN A FEW MINUTES BUT -- BECAUSE I DO HAVE MINE AND ANY CHANGES WE SEE WE NEED TO LOOK AT AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE CHANGED ALREADY. ALL RIGHT. LOOKING AT THE BYLAWS, LET ME TAKE A SECTION OUT THAT I SPENT SOME TIME WITH THIS WEEK, HALL OF FAME INDUCTION HONOREE AND CRITERIA. AGAIN, IN THE LAWS IT HAS FOUR CATEGORIES. AS YOU KNOW WE CHANGED THAT TO THREE CATEGORIES. STUDENT ATHLETE, COACH, ADMINISTRATOR AND COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTOR. AND TEAMS. IN THAT PROCESS WE SPLIT IT UP, THE INDIVIDUAL ATHLETES TO PREE 65 AND POST 65. PRE-65 IS BEFORE TC WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL CAME INTO EFFECT AND POST IS WHEN TC WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1965. WE ALSO HAVE TEAMS IN THOSE SAME CATEGORIES PRE-1965 POST 1965. AND COACHES AND ADMINISTRATORS AND CONTRIBUTORS. IF YOU LOOK AT -- IF YOU RECALL WHEN I SENT AGENDA, I HAD GUNSHOT WITH A WE PASSED BACK IN LAST YEAR, THE MINIMUM NUMBERS THAT WE WANT FOR EACH CATEGORY. AND THAT WAS ONE FOR EACH OF THE FIVE OR SICK CATEGORIES THAT WE LOOKED AT. ANY CHANGES OR KEEP IT A IS AS WE GO FORWARD WITH THAT? ANY QUESTIONS? SUSAN, ARE YOU -- I CAN'T -- CAN YOU SHARE THAT SCREEN -- I'M ON MY PHONE NOW BY -- I DON'T KNOW, SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH MY COMPUTER. THE OTHER ZOOM DIDN'T HAVE SOUND ON IT SO IT'S ME. SO I WANT TO MAKE ONE WHICH IS NOT ON THIS TOPIC, JUST THAT JOE'S APPLICATION WILL BE ON THE 11TH NOT THIS THURSDAY. SO WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE -- >> ARE YOU ABLE TO SHARE -- ON THE AGENDA THE REVISES UNDER THE AGE OF INDUCTEES, ARE YOU ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH THE GROUP? >> YES, AS SOON AS I PULL IT UP. >> OKAY, SECTION ONE DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? AGAIN, WE LOOK AT THE MAXIMUM INDUCTIONS FOR EACH YEAR SHOULD BE NO MORE THAN TEN? OKAY AT THE PROCESS THAT GOES INTO OUR PROCEDURES? >> I HAVE ONE COMMENT, AJ, PLEASE. AND I'M FULLY AWARE AS W ALL ARE THAT INDIVIDUALS AND/OR TEAMS HAVE TO BE NOMINATED FOR CONSIDERATION BY US OR OUTSIDE ENTITIES. THE CONCERN THAT'S COMING TO ME -- AND I THINK IT'S VALID, CERTAINLY WANT THE SHARE IT WITH THE COMMITTEE, IS THAT ONC ESTABLISHED A LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE IN TERMS OF -- AND I'M TALKING ABOUT TEAMS RIGHT NOW. WE'VE HAD THREE TEAMS TO BE -- IF I'M CORRECT, I MAY BEING WRONG -- INDUCTED. THE 57 BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM THAT TC WILLIAMS 71 TEAM AND IF I'VE MISSED A [00:10:11] TRACK TEAM, PERHAPS -- I APOLOGIZE, BUT THE TEAM THAT WAS SELECTED -- >> GW BASKETBALL TEAM. >> YEAH, I'M GETTING TO THAT. THE TEAM THAT WAS SELECTED THE 1956 GW BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM WAS A RUNNER UP TEAM AND I THINK IF WE'RE AGAIN LOOKING AT A LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE FOR INDIVIDUALS, ATHLETES, TEAMS, COACHES, ADMINISTRATORS CONTRIBUTORS, THERE ARE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS THAT I THINK ARE MORE WORTHY THAN A RUNNER UP TEAM. I CERTAINLY WAS ON A RUNNER UP TEAM MYSELF SO I'M SPEAKING FROM THAT LEVEL OF CENTERS AND NOT AN EXPECTATION FOR ANYONE ELSE. SO IF WE'RE -- I LIKE THE MINIMUM THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED BUT MY POINT IS OUR COMMITTEE, I THINK, DID NOT DO JUSTICE WITH TH SELECTION OF THE 56 RUNNER UP GEORGE WASHINGTON BASKETBALL TEAM BECAUSE IT SHOULD HAVE A HIGHER BAR. STATE CHAMPIONS. YOU KNOW, NATIONAL RANKED. THE 57 TC WILLIAMS BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM OBVIOUSLY WAS NO MORE IN THE AREA AND NATIONALLY RANKED AND WHERE THEY FALL IN THE POST 65 CATEGORY, I'M SAYING THAT I STILL DON'T THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THE REPRESENTATION THAT IS NOT WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION FOR OF EXCELLENCE THAT THE HALL OF FAME REPRESENTS. YOUR THOUGHTS? >> I AGREE WITH YOU ON IT, JIM. >> COULD I -- I'M SORRY. >> GO AHEAD, JIM. >> GO AHEAD. >> I MEAN, I THINK THAT JIMMY'S POINT IS WELL TAKEN. JUST SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE SET A MINIMUM BAR IN TERMS OF ACHIEVEMENT. WE CONSIDER ALL NOMINATION. BUT I THINK THAT -- AND THEN THIS IS JUST MY THOUGHT, BY CATEGORIZING POST 65, PREE 65, MEN, WOMEN, COACHES BY SETTING ARBITRARY NUMBERS THAT ARE COMING FROM EACH GROUP, THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY A SMALL FRACTION OF THE NUMBER OF COACHES THAT THERE ARE PLAYERS. AND SO THE CRITERIA FOR COACHES IS GOING TO BE -- YOU'RE GOING TO GET LESS QUALIFIED PEOPLE AS COACHES COMING IN BECAUSE PRETTY SOON WE'LL HAVE ELECTED THEM ALL. TO JIMMY'S POINT THERE WERE A LOT FEWER TEAMS PRE-65 THAN THERE WERE POST 65. THERE ARE FOOTER W 65 AS OPPOSED TO POST 65 SO SOME OF OUR PROBLEM MAY BE -- SOME OF OUR ISSUES MAY BE SELF-INFLICTED BU NOT A COMPLAINT, IT'S JUST THAT WE NEED TO ABIDE BY WHAT THE SCHOOL BOARD WANTS US TO DO BUT I THINK IT COULD BECOME A BIGGER ISSUE DOWN THE ROAD. THAT'S ALL. >> IF I CAN CHIME IN WE ALSO GOT TO LOOK AT THE -- COMING FROM THE SCREENING COMMITTEE THROUGH THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMITTEE, SO THAT CATEGORY WAS THREE. THREE TEAMS HAVE T OF THERE IF POSSIBLE, AND WE ALL VOTE ON THAT AND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, YOU'RE FINDING OUT THA THERE ARE SOME OTHER SPORTS THAT THE KIDS ARE NOT GOING TO -- FOR INSTANCE, I MIGHT USE AN EXAMPLE BEFORE, FIELD HOCKEY, THERE ARE SOME KIDS -- YOUNG LADIES WORTHY TO BE IN THE HALL OF FAME BUT THEY MAY NOT BE ALL STATE: THEY MAY NOT HAVE ALL MET BUT THEY WERE EXCELLENT FIELD HOW LONG PLAYERS. WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, HALL OF FAME THAT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING AT A HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL BUT DID THINGS ON A COLLEGE LEVEL THAT'S IN THE HALL OF FAME. SO YEAH I JUST -- I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT AND WE GOT TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK ON MAKING SURE WEARIFUL GO THROUGH THE CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE SET FORTH AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT THE THAT. BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WHETHER THAT TEAM WAS ALL STATE OR ALL REGION OR ALL DISTRICT.TY COULD TELL YOU OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. BUT YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN, JIM. ANYONE ELSE? IS THERE A FIX OTHER THAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WHEN WE SET OUR SCREENING COMMITTEE [00:15:02] UP THAT WE REALLY DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND LOO THE PROCESS -- >> COACH, DAVE MERCER, COACH. >> YES, GO AHEAD. >> NOT ON THE SPECIFICS BUT JUST ON OBSERVATION, I'M NEW TO THE GROUP AND I'M LEARNING AND I'M TRYING TO 11. AN OBSERVATION THAT I THINK IS EXTRAORDINARILY [INDISCERNIBLE] TO HAVE HAD THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE. ALL THAT CAN COME F CRITICAL COMMENTS IS A MUCH FINER PRODUCT, AND I'M PERSONALLY GLAD TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE AS I SAID I'M LEARNING HOW TO GO THROUGH THIS AND SO I APPRECIATE THE OBSERVATIONS THAT WERE MADE ABOUT ONE TEAM VERSUS ANOTHER BECAUSE THIS IS AN EASY -- FOR A NEW GUY ON THE COMMITTEE THIS IS NOT AN EASY TASK, SO THANK YOU ALL. >> I'M JUST GOING TO SAY ONE THING, THAT -- AND YOU KNOW, THANK YOU JOE FOR YOUR COMMENTS AS WELL ABOUT THIS E-THIS. BUT I ALSO THINK THAT MAYBE WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS MAYBE LEAVING OURSELVES MORE TIME FOR DISCUSSION ABOUT THESE. I KNOW THEY WENT THROUGH THE SCREENING COMMITTEES BUT ENOUGH PEOPLE VOTED IN THAT THREE THAT WERE PRE-65 TO HAVE THEM WIN, SO I THINK THAT PERHAPS WE NEED TO LEAVE OURSELVES A MORE TIME TO LIKE ALL DIGESTER THE INFORMATION BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION TO DIGEST. WE CAN GIVE O LITTLE MORE TIME. BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD HAVE COME OUT MAYBE MORE THAN IF WE ALL HAD -- WHEN YOU'RE LIKE ME KNEE TEACH IT'S EASIER THAN WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT WITH FRESH EYES. >> I AGREE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? >> I WANTED TO ASK, WAS THAT 56 TEAM WERE THEY THE CLASS OF 2020? DELAY WEREN'T THE CLASS OF 2021, WERE THEY. >> THEY WERE THE CLASS OF 2021. >> THE CLASS OF 2021 INDUCTEES.. >> ALL RIGHT. >> I WANT TO MAKE ONE QUICK COMMENT IN RESPONSE TO JIM'S COMMENT ABOUT GETTING EGREGIOUS FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD AND ACTUALITY I DON'T THINK THEY WILL GIVE YOU DIRECT GUIDANCE CERTAIN MATTERS LIKE MORE WOMEN. I THINK THAT'S WHY THERE IS A COMMITTEE IS BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF THAT THEY'RE NOT NOMINATING THEIR SISTER BROTHER, COUSIN, WHATEVER BECAUSE THEY LIKE THEM OR WHATEVER THEY WANT SOMEONE WHO HAS MORE KNOWLEDGE AND THAT THEY CAN BE UNBIASED. >> I MIGHT BE CONFUSED THEN BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE SCHOOL BOARD WANTS US TO HAVE WOMEN MORE REPRESENTED. THEY CAME I THOUGHT DIRECTLY FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD. >> IT DID AND THAT'S THE ONLY COMMENT I'LL PROBABLY GIVE YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL TELL YOU NOT TO INDUCT PEOPLE THAT AREN'T STATE CHAMPIONS, THAT KIND OF THING. >> NO, I'M JUST SAYING THAT IF WE HAVE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE, IT COULD GET A LITTLE WEIRD, THAT'S ALL. BUT -- OKAY. >> YEAH. >> I'M LOOKING AT THE SELECTION FOR A TEAM AND ONE OF THE THINGS IT SAYS A TEAM MAY BE ELIGIBLE IF IT HAS WON A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP OR PLACED WINNER IN A STATE COMPETITION. AND RIGHT THERE, THAT WAS A PLACED WINNER. IF THEY WERE RUNNER UP. THAT'S IN OUR BYLAWS THAT THAT MAY BE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE IT'S WE ALL LOOK AT WHEN WE GO TO LOOK AT MAKING OUR FINAL SELECTION. OR WHEN WE BRING THE SELECTION FORWARD TO THE COMMITTEE: I AGREE WITH DANIELLE WE DON'T HAVE TO USE THE CRITERIA AND I THINK I GOT A FORMED HERE THAT WE CAN LOOK ALSO LATER ON THAT MAY HELP US DURING THIS THE PROCESS. THE OTHER THING DANIELLE SAID WAS THAT AND IT'S ON THE AGENDA THAT AT SOME POINT WE GOT TO LOOK AT THE TIMELINE, SO WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME. I KNOW THE PANDEMIC REALLY SET US BACK AND WE'RE NOT IN PERSON TO BE ABLE TO DO THINGS FACE-TO-FACE TIMELINE WE MAY HAVE TO ADJUST GOING TO BE FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET OURSELVES ENOUGH TIME. [00:20:01] TIMELINE MAY BE WHERE WE HAVE SHUT OFF THE TIME FOR SEPARATE NOMINATIONS AND I KNOW IN THE MAST THAT WE ACCEPT THE NOMINATIONS AFTER. AND THE OH THING IS THAT THERE ARE SOME TEAMS THAT -- SOME CATEGORIES WHERE WE GOT TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO BE NOMINATED. ALL RIGHT. GOOD DISCUSSION THERE. ANYTHING ABOUT SECTION THAT FORM YOU SEE THERE? AGAIN, THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR AND WE HAVE TO HAVE A SYSTEM WHERE WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE WE CAN LEAN BACK ON IF WE GET QUESTIONS AND SAY WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING. SO NO QUESTIONS Z THE THIRD SECTION IS TALKING ABOUT THE MAXIMUM NUMBER AND IT'S COMING FROM THE COMMITTEE. FROM THE SCREENING COMMITTEE. OKAY, AGAIN JUST B WHAT IT'S SAYING THERE IS THAT WE ARE -- THE SCREENING COMMITTEE, FIVE NOMINEES FOR ATHLETES AND PRE-AND POST. AND THE SAME THING FOR TEAM THREE AND THREE. AND COACHES, ADMINISTRATORS, CONTRIBUTORS. AND THAT THREE AGAIN W VOTE. WE'LL GIVE THE HIGHEST VALUE TO YOUR NUMBER ONE AND COME UP WITH 24 AS THE NUMBER THAT WE USE AND WE BUILD ON EACH CATEGORY. GOING BACK TO GENDER, SIX PERCENT OF IT MUST BE ONE GENDER. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. >> YES. >> I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE, BUT SINCE I'M JUST COMING UP ON MY FIRST YEAR ON THE COMMITTEE THE PRE-6 AND COACHES, HAVE YOU ALL EVER DISCUSSED -- I FEEL LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR, ONLY HAVING TC WILLIAMS ATHLETES COACHES? ARE WE BOUND BY OUR BYLAWS RIGHT NOW TO USE PARKER GRAY, GW AND HAMMOND AND IF WE ARE HAVE YOU ALL EVER DISCUSSED JUST DOING TC? >> NO, I THINK THERE ARE MANY DISCUSSIONS WE HAD ON HOW WE GET THE PROCESS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE INCLUDE EVERY HIGH SCHOOL IN THE CITY LONG BEFORE -- AGAIN, THERE WAS GW, HAMMOND AND TC, EVEN BEFORE THERE WAS TC I UNDERSTAND THIS WAS ALEXANDER HIGH SCHOOL PRIOR TO THAT. SO THE GOAL WAS TO T INCLUDE ALL HIGH SCHOOLS THAT HAVE EVER BEEN ESTABLISHED IN THE CITY AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THE PROCESS AND NOT JUST TC WILLIAMS. >> THEY HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN A LOT OF THE DISCUSSIONS. WE WENT INTO A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE EARLIER HIGH SCHOOLS AND THEIR ATHLETES. >> AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY OUT THERE. I READ THE NOMINATIONS AND WENT WOW, AGAIN GOING BACK TO WHAT SOMEONE SAID EARLIER COMPETITION MEANT BE AS LARGE AS IT IS TODA STILL, THERE WAS A TIME THROUGHOUT THE -- COACH JOHNSON AT IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY GRAY. SO MANY DIFFERENT CHAMPIONSHIPS AND SO MANY DIFFERENT SPORTS THAT HE COACHED IS THE ONE THAT STANDS OUT. SO WE DON'T WANT THE MISS THE WHOLE TRADITION OF THE CITY. AGAIN, SOMEONE ASKED ME THE OREGON DAY, I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH SOMEONE FOR 45 MINUTE AND SAME QUESTION, WHY NOT JUST TC WILLIAMS, WELL THIS IS THE HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL BOARD PROCESS HERE. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE? ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS DOCUMENT HERE? >> I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE THING AND THESE ARE VERY EMOTIONAL DECISIONS THAT YOU'RE MAKING BECAUSE WE HAVE A VERY EMOTIONAL CITY WHO WANTS EVERYONE -- WANTS SOMEONE RECOGNIZED AND IT'S DIFFERENT BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE IS A HUNDRED PERCENT QUANTIFIED BUT YET WHEN WE ONLY HAVE TW FROM FRANCIS HAMMOND IT'S HARD TO YOU KNOW, IGNORE AND WHEN WE HAVE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THERE BEING NOBODY -- LIKE THE NUMBER WE HAVE OF TC VERSUS THE NUMBER OF EVERYONE ELSE AND TRULY IT [00:25:01] WOULD BE NOT HARD PICK PEOPLE JUST FROM T OPENED OUR EYES THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE PEOPLE FROM OTHER SCHOOLS SO THAT'S THE BILL BACKGROUND THERE KAMILAH THAT WE COMPLAINTS. >> AND AGAIN ANOTHER COMPLAINT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT OF IS WHICH SPORT. WHY IS HE HAVE TRACK CAN FIELD, WHY IS IT BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL. THERE ARE AWESOME SPORTS WHERE THERE WAS OUTSTANDING STUDENT ATHLETES WHO DID NOT MAKE ALL STATE AND PLAYED IN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BUT, THE ALEXANDRIA THEY WERE EXCELLENT ATHLETES SO AGAIN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS A HARD TASK, BELIEVE ME. YELLOW LIGHTS YOU THE NUMBER OF PHONE CALLS I GET ON PEOPLE I MEET WHO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, WHY THIS AND WHY THAT AND WE TELL THE PROCESS AND I THINK THE APPLICATION WE HAVE ONLINE IS VERY GOOD. MAY WANT TO MAKE THE SUGGESTION SUSAN AT A THAT WE PUT SOME OF THE OWNERSHIP ON THE NOMINEE WHEREAS SOME PLACES I READ WHERE THEY ASKED FOR SOME DOCUMENTATION SOOTHE THAT WE HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO TO LOOK. SOME PLACES THEY ASK FOR TWO OR THREE REFERENCES, A COACH, TEAM MATE OR -- >> THAT'S ACTUALLY AN EXCELLENT IDEA BECAUSE I MEAN, TH LINWOOD ROBINSON I THINK TURNED IN THE MOST INCREDIBLE APPLICATION BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE HIS MOTHER HAD KEPT A AND HE GIST GAVE US TO US OF EVERYTHING HE EVER DID AND I TRIED TO THE THROUGH AND VERIFY IT AND I FORGOT THAT BOOK AND I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING TO VERIFY IT. BUT ONE THING TO KEELED IS WE GET RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ATHLETES WHO ARE DEAD AND THEIR FAMILY ARE DEAD AND PEOPLE GIVE US INFORMATION AND HAVE SOMETIMES IT'S NOT FULLY CORRECT AND WE TRY TO VERIFY THAT BUT IT'S HARD TO GET APPLICATIONS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE PASSED. LIKE, SOMEONE WILL S IS A GREAT ATHLETE. HE SHOULD BE IN THE ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME BUT UNTIL THEY GIVE US DOCUMENTATION AND THE YEAR KAMILAH -- I DON'T THINK YOU WERE ON WITH MR. FILE WHO WAS ON THE COMMITTEE A COUPLE YEARS AGO BUT HE SPENT A LO INVESTIGATING A LOT OF ATHLETES FROM GW WHICH WAS HIS ALMA MATER AND HE WAS VERY THOROUGH AND HE REALLY PROVIDED US WITH GREAT INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION, WHICH SOMETIMES WE GET APPLICATIONS WITH A NAME, AN ADDRESS AND WHATEVER AND THAT'S ALL WE GET AND WE DON'T HAVE TH DOCUMENTATION, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY HARD TO GET SOMETIMES. >> AND I THINK IF -- GO AHEAD. THE SOMEONE ELSE? >> I WAS GOING TO SAY I THINK IT GOES BACK TO MS. THORNTON'S POINT, THAT THE SOONER WE GET IT THE BETTER SO WE CAN BREA COMMITTEE DOWN TO RESEARCH GROUP ASKS THEN BRING IT BANG IF WE HAVE ANY IF QUESTIONS ON CERTAIN NOMINEES EVER I THINK SHOULD DO A RESEARCH COMMITTEE AND I KNOW AT GW THEY HAVE ARCHIVES THAT WE CAN GO TO THE GAZETTE WHICH I'VE DONE ON SOME OTHER RESEARCH AND GET THAT INFORMATION. AND THEN LIKE YOU JUST SAY, AK PUT ONUS ON THE NOMINEES AND SENT US QUALIFIED INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN VERIFY EVERYTHING. >> IT'S JUST WHETHER OR NOT TO TAKE THE APPLICATION, NOT COMPLETE. COULD YOU SEND DOCUMENTATION, SOME OF IT CAN BE VERY HARD THE GET IT AND WE PUT THE OWNERSHIP BACK ON US AS A COMMITTEE TO HELP OUTS AND RESEARCH ITS. >> SOMETIMES YOU CAN - KNOW MR. FILE NOMINATED -- I THINK HIS NAME WAS BOBBY JONES AND WE CAN FIND A LOT OF DOCUMENTATION ON HIM ON THE INTERNET EVEN, BUT THE OTHER THING IS WE HAVE SUCH A CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY THAT IT'S -- EVERYONE YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE THING IS A EMOTIONALLY FOR TH -- IT'S A DIFFICULT JOB TO -- THIS IS A DIFFICULT ON THIS COMMITTEE SO YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. AND ONE THING THAT CAME UP EARLIER WITH MARK EISENHOWER ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD MOVE THE DEADLINE BACK, MAYBE HAVE THE DEADLINE BE SO WE HAVE MORE TIME BETWEEN THE END OF WHEN WE ACCEPT NOMINATIONS TO WENT WE GIVE THE SELECTIONS BECAUSE IT'S SO [00:30:05] CLOSE, EVEN THE INVESTIGATION OF THEM IS HARD AND TRYING THE REACH OUT TO THEM IS HARD. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A V TIGHT DEADLINE TO MAKE THOSE DECISION SOSES MAYBE THAT'S ONE AREA THAT CAN BE MODIFIED IN THE BYLAWS. OR LIKE THIS IS OUR CRITERIA OR WE HAVE OUR DOCUMENT WHICH IS OUR CRITERIA THAT WE MAKE ALL THE CHANGES ON THIS BUT YOU DON' CHANGE THE BYLAWS EVERY TIME YOU CHANGE A DECISION. >> ONE QUICK COMMENT, WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE IS SUBJECTIVITY AND EMOTION INVOLVED WITH ANYONE OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMITTE NOMINATION, BUT THAT'S FINE, WE'RE THE ARBITERS. WE'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE ABOUT THES AND DATA AND OBJECTIVITY IS ALWAYS FIRST AND FOREMOST AND THERE ARE CHANS CHALLENGES BUT THERE ARE CHALLENGES INHERENT MAYBE PERHAPS THAT SOME DON'T REALIZE BECAUSE SUSAN TALKED ABOUT GOING ON THE INTERNET FINDING DATA ON CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS. PARKER GRAYS AS AN EXAMPLE DID NOT BENEFIT FROM EXPOSURE FROM THE MEDIA TO HAVE THEIR ATHLETES COACHES AND TEAMED REALIZED BY THE COMMUNITY. AND IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US THAT I HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB IN THE THOROUGHNESS OF RESEARCHING INDIVIDUALS PARTICULARLY FROM PRE-1965 BECAUSE OF WHAT I JUST SAID. THE INTERNET AND EVERYTHING MAKES IT EASIER TO OBJECTIVE DATA AS OPPOSED TO PRE-1965 BUT I THINK STANDARDS SHOULD BE WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED TO BE AND IF A TEAM, A PERSON DOESN'T QUALIFY THEY SHOULD NOT BE PART OF THE WHOLE THING. >> ONE MORE COMMENT AND I'LL BE QUIET, I CAN'T RECALL. SO LAST YEAR I NOMINATED LIDELLE SCOTT. DO I NEED TO RENOMINATE HIM THIS YEAR? >> NO. >> DIFFERENT PEOPLE CAN NOMINATE HIM AS WELL? >> SURE. >> SO JUST FOR CLARIFIES THE NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS WILL NOT MAKE IT MORE LIKELY THAT YOU WILL GET INTO THE HALL OF FAME BUT WHAT IS GOOD, WHEN YOU GET NOMINATIONS FROM DIFFERENT THEY OFTEN HAVE ANOTHER STORY TO TELL ABOUT THEM, ALTHOUGH STORIES ARE GREAT BUT WE REALLY WANT THE DATA SO THEY MAY KNOW MORE DATA OR WHAT WAS ON THE SAME TEAM WITH THEM AND THEY CAN PROVIDE OTHER INFORMATION THAT MAY BE ISN'T LIKE JUST DATA. SO IT'S REALLY HARD BUT YES, MORE PEOPLE CAN NOMINATE THE SAME PERSON BUT THE NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS DOES NOT GIVE YOU MORE CHANCE OF BEING SELECTED. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> I JUST WANT TO GO BACK AND TOUCH ON WHAT JIMMY LOUIS SAID. IN THE REC DEPARTMENT I FOUND SOME -- IN THE ARCHIVES NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS FROM 52 UP TO AROUND ABOUT LATE 60S. THEY HAD NO MENTION OF NO ATHLETES OF COLOR IN THERE WHATSOEVER: THEY DIDN'T TALK ABOUT PALMER GRAY BUT ANYBODY INDIRECTLY BUT THE WHITE KIDS THAT WOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAMS. SO WHAT JIM SAID IS VERY VALID AND I WILL GO THOSE RECORDS IF WE NEED TO GO BACK TO LOOK AT THE PEOPLE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN PLAYING IN THE REC DEPARTMENT IN THE EARLY 50S AND 60S. WE HAVE ABOUT TEN BOOKS IN THE ARCHIVES IN ALEXANDRIA. >> THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE IT IS TRUE THAT THERE IS NOT A LOT OF INFORMATION ON BLACK OR HISPANIC ATHLETES. I MEAN NOW THERE IS. IF THEY WERE PART OF THE INTERNET ERA YOU CAN FIND STUFF BUT THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO LOOK UP. >> ALL RIGHT. GOOD DISCUSSION THERE. I THINK THAT IS A T PIECE TO GO THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TRY THE COVER [00:35:13] EVERYONE. AND I THINK WE HAVE DONE THE BEST WE COULD TO THAT WE ARE FINDING INFORMATION WHEN IT'S INCORRECT AND TRY THE CORRECT THAT BUT AGAIN I GO BACK TO MY EARLIER STATEMENT WHERE WE NEED TO PUT THE ONUS ON THE NOMINEE TO HELP US WITH THEIR PROCESS AND WORKING WITH THE SCREENING COMMITTEE. ONCE YOU VOTE IT DOWN YOU THEN WE HAVE TO TAKE THOSE THREE OR FOUR NAMES OR TEN NAMES AND REALLY GO AND FIND DOCUMENTATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COVER THE GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE SET FORTH IN OUR BYLAWS. AGAIN, THERE WILL BE SOME THAT MAY NOT MEET THOSE COMPLETELY BUT SOME PERCENTAGE OF THAT. AND AS WE HEAR AND WE TALK ABOUT IT AND I THINK DANIELLE SAY WE NEED TO GIVE OURSELVES TIME. AND AS I MOVE ON ANOTHER PART OF THIS IS THAT I WANTED THE LOOK AT SETTING [VI.3. Selection Screaming Committee Members and lead person] UP THE SCREENING COMMITTEE FOR THIS COME 2022 CLASS AND I THINK THAT PROCESS I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GIVE EVERYONE TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT. SO WHEN YOU COME BACK IN DECEMBER WE HAVE AN IDEA WHAT GROUP, CATEGORY YOU WANTED TO BE WORKING WITH THIS COMING YEAR AND I NEED A LEADER FROM EACH GROUP, SOMEONE TO LEAD THAT GROUP. AND TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN HELD AND WE HAVE ALL THE RIGHT INFORMATION THAT WE CAN FOLLOW UP AND GO THROUGH THE APPLICATION VERY CLOSELY. SO WE'LL MOVE THAT TO N MEETING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK AT SETTING UP A COMMITTEE FOR EACH COMMITTEE A LEADER TO LEAD THAT COMMITTEE AND SOME GUIDELINES TO FOLLOW AS WE GO THROUGH THAT. [VII.1. Selections of nominees timelines] ALL RIGHT. TIMELINE, WE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER WHETHER OR NEED TO CLOSE THAT GAP. AND ACCORDING TO TO OUR BYLAWS WE CHAIN CHANGED THIS A COUPLE TIMES AND WE SAID THE NOMINATION SHOULD BE SUBMITTED BY FEBRUARY -- NO, THEY MOVED IT TO -- >> I THINK IT WAS MARCH 31. THE END OF MARCH. >> THE END OF MARCH? >> YEAH. >> DO WE -- DID WE WANT TO -- DO WE WANT TO MOVE THAT UP? I'M LOOKING AT THE -- GO AHEAD. >> I WAS TRYING TO THINK OF IT IN TERMS OF SCHOOL YEARS AND NOMINATIONS AND EVENTS SO I FEEL LIKE IF YOU ARE ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS -- LIKE RIGHT NOW WE'RE CLOSING ON THE MARCH 31 ACTUALLY KEEP IT CLOSED I THINK THROUGH THE END OF APRIL AND THEN REOPEN IT. BUT IF IT'S OPEN FROM APRIL AND THEN WE HAVE THE EVENT IN THE FALL WE TYPICALLY GET MOST OF OUR NOMINATIONS IN THE FALL OR WE DO A COUPLE CALLS FOR NOMINEES AND WE'LL GET A FEW IN JANUARY, BUT I FEEL LIKE W MAJORITY OF OUR NOMINATION LIKE THROUGH DECEMBER AND WONDER IF WE CAN GO THROUGH THE END OF JANUARY ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS, CUT IT OFF THERE FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR -- LIKE TRYING TO THINK OF THE TIME LINE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE I AGENDA NO LATER THAN JUNE AND THAT'S KIND OF LATE. I FEEL LIKE MAY IS A BETTER TIME FRAME FOR THAT. I MEAN, YOU A FIGURE OUT WHAT WORKS BEST BUT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE YEAR NOT JUST THE SCHOOL YEAR. >> THIS IS ANIKA. I KIND OF AGREE WITH SUSAN ON THIS ONE OR MS. NEILSON BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE SEE THE HALL OF FAME AND WANT TO INDUCT FOR THE NEXT YEAR SO THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH DONE INDUCTING PEOPLE BY JANUARY. SO ADDING -- EXTENDING IT TO MARCH DOESN'T MAYBE MUCH SENSE. I WOULD CUT IT OFF JANUARY 31 AND WAIT TWO MONTHS AND INDUCT FOR THE NEXT YEAR. >> IF YOU DO THAT THAT GIVES US THE TIME TO DELIBERATE ON AND BE CLEAR ON OUR CHOICE AND DO THE RESEARCH, CORRECT? >> YEAH. SEE THAT SOUNDS LIKE A BETTER IDEA IN MY OPINION. >> CAN WE DO THAT THIS COMING YEAR OR DO WE HAVE TO GO A WHOLE YEAR BEFORE WE [00:40:05] CAN CHANGE IT, SUSAN. >> IF YOU CHANGE YOUR BYLAWS I THINK YOU WOULD BE ABLE CHANGE IT THIS YEAR. I DON'T KNOW OF A GOOD REASON WHY YOU CHANGE IT THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE HAVE -- WHAT IS IT, NOVEMBER? MAYBE IF WE PUSHED OUT WITH A LOT OF INFORMATION PUBLIC THAT YOU CAN NOMINATE THROUGH JANUARY 31 BUT WOULD HAVE TO GET A LOT OF COMMUNICATIONS OUT NOT ONLY ON THE WEBSITE BUT THROUGH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AND THAT WOULD GIVE US THAT TIME FRAME TO GET THEM NOMINATED AN BY THE BOARD BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. >> IT SAYS CLOSE OUT -- >> IT SAYS IT CLOSED MARCH 31 UP TO WHEN THEY CAN SUBMIT APPLICATIONS. AND THEN IT WOULD GIVE US IT'S YOU ALL TIME TO DELIBERATE FROM JANUARY TO -- >> TO APRIL. >> YEAH OR -- SO CAN I PUT A MOTION NOW -- I KNOW WE GOT -- IT'S ALMOST O'CLOCK, AND I DON'T WANT TO RUSH YOU ALL. CAN I PUT A MOTION NOW, OR DO WE NEED TO WAIT TO HEAR SOMETHING BACK? >> I'LL SECOND. >> SO I THINK YOU CAN PUT UP A MOTION, HOWEVER I THINK IT WOULD ACCEPT THE BYLAWS, RIGHT -- SO YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO ADJUST THE BYLAWS -- >> OKAY. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LANGUAGE IS. >> HERE IT COMES. >> I MOVE THAT WE ADJUST OUR BYLAWS TO CUT OUR SUBMISSION DATE NOMINEE SUBMISSION DATE TO JANUARY 31, 2022. >> AND I SECOND IT. TRACEY. >> HI, TRACEY. >> HI. >> DO WE HAVE A MOTION? KAMILAH. >> WE HAVE A MOTION, SECOND TO THE MOTION THAT YOU REMOVE THE YEAR -- >> WE HAVEN'T HAD DISCUSS YET EITHER. SO IS ANYBODY -- > LET'S DO -- WE GOT A MOTION. GOT A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? >> I SHOULD RAISE MY HAND. I DON'T HAVE A RAISE HAND BUTTON BECAUSE I'M THE HOST. SO KAMILAH, IF YOU REMOVE THE YEAR, IT CAN JUST BE ANNUALLY AND THEN IT DOESN'T AFFECT ANY OTHER YEAR AFTER THIS. >> OKAY. OTHERWISE AMEND THE MOTION TO ADJUST OUR BYLAWS TO CLOSE OUT NOMINATIONS ON JANUARY 31 OF EACH YEAR. >> I SECOND IT. TRACEY. >> GOT A SECOND TO THAT AMENDMENT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? >> JUST -- INSTEAD OF SAYING CLOSING OUT NOMINATIONS COULDN'T WE JUST SAY THAT NOBODY WHO IS NOMINATED AFTER JANUARY 31 OF A GIVEN YEAR WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR INDUCTION DURING THAT YEAR? AND THE IDEA WE HAVE TO STOP TAKING NOMINATIONS REALLY DOESN'T SEEM TO ADVANCE THE BALL MUCH IF WE JUST SAY IF THEY'RE NOT NOMINATED BY A CERTAIN DATE THEY WON'T BE CONSIDERED FOR THAT INDUCTION CLASS. >> WELL, THAT'S ALMOST THE SAME LANGUAGE BUT I THINK IT'S -- NO OFFENSE, KAMILAH, I THINK IT'S A GREAT MOTION, BUT IT SOUNDS NICER. LIKE WE'RE NOT INCLUDING PEOPLE, WE'RE JUST GET YOUR NOMINATION IN BY THIS TIME IN ORDER TO BE INCLUDED THIS YEAR. >> THAT'S FINE, BUT REMEMBER I'M TYPING AT THE SAME TIME, SO IF THERE IS A CLARIFICATION OF MY MOTION, JIM, WILL YOU SAY IT AGAIN? >> DUREFUL EXPECT ME TO SAY THAT AGAIN? >> ALWAYS ME AND YOU, JAMES. >> SO I WAS GOING TO SAY YOU CAN DO IT TWO WAYS. YOU CAN AMEND THAT MOTION BUT IT SOUNDS DIFFERENT THAN THE MOTION SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO WITHDRAW IT AND THEN REMOTION IT. >> OKAY, MAYBE WE CAN MAKE IT REAL SIMPLE. JUST SAY -- SECOND, JIM. [00:45:03] WE GOT TO DO ONE OF TWO THINGS. WE HAVE TO WITHDRAW THIS OR AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT. >> WE HAVEN'T VOTED ON ANYTHING. >> RIGHT. >> SO I'M BACK. END LIKE TO WITHDRAW MY FIRST MOTION -- AND MOTION. >> AND I SECOND IT. >> ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN AND IT'S BEEN SECONDED. THE ANY DISCUSSIONS? OKAY, NOW IS THERE ANOTHER MOTION? >> GO, JIM. >> OKAY, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE AMEND THE BYLAWS TO [INDISCERNIBLE]. >> JIM, YOU'RE FREEZING. I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY THE MOTION WOULD BE WORDS THAT -- >> [INDISCERNIBLE]. >> GOING GOING TO BE ON BLOOPERS. >> ALL RIGHT. JIM. WE GOT NONE OF THAT, BUT -- >> HERE IT IS. IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR INDUCTION IN ANY GIVEN YEAR TO NOMINATE -- JUNE 31 OF THAT YEAR.IVELY WITHDRAW MY MOTION. >> AND I SECOND IT. >> I THINK WE'RE BREAKING UP. >> YES. WE HAVE A MOTION, AND DO WE HAVE ANOTHER MOTION. >> I HATE TO DO THIS BUT YOU KNOW I'M TRYING TO TYPE AND I JUST COULDN'T MAKE IT OUT. >> HE'S WITHDRAWING THAT MOTION. BUT I CAN'T MAKE A MOTION BUT IN LISTENING TO WHAT JIM WANTS TO DO IS TO SAY THAT IF I CAN GET SOMEONE TO -- HE WANTS TO SAY THAT AS OF JANUARY 31 ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE INDULGED INTO THAT COMING YEA FAME THE APPLICATION MUST BE IN. >> SO MR. MERCER, STAND BY. I MOVE THAT FOR ANY NOMINEES -- Y'ALL. ANY NOMINEES THAT COME IN -- I CAN'T REMEMBER. I'M SORRY. >> IN ORDER TO BE NOMINATED FOR THAT YEAR CLASS, THE NOMINATION MUST BE IN BY JANUARY 31. >> I MOVE THAT IN ORDER FOR ANY NOMINEE TO BE NOMINATED FOR THAT YEAR'S CLASS -- >> YES. >> THE SUBMISSION OR THE APPLICATION MUST BE IN BY JANUARY 31. >> YES. >> COACH LET ME JUST SAY EVERYONE ON THIS CALL KNOWS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON. THE EXACT WORDING, KAMILAH, YOU'LL GET IT AS CLOSE AS A WE CAN AND IT'S OUR JOB BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WORDING IS CORRECT. WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING. >> OKAY, ALL RIGHT. THAT'S THE MOTION, WE GOT A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> OKAY. KAMILAH, ARE YOU READY TO STATE THE MOTION AGAIN? OR TRY. WE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID. ANY THE DISCUSSIONS? >> Y'ALL MAKING THE ESTABLISH TEACHER LOOK BAD. NO DISCUSSION BUT WHAT I'M TYPING IS IN ORDER FOR ALL NOMINEE -- I CAN'T. I MOVE THAT ALL NOMINATIONS -- IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED MUST BE SUBMITTED BY JANUARY [00:50:07] 31 OF EACH YEAR. >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> GOT A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> TRACEY. >> SECOND. >> OKAY. ANY DISCUSSIONS? WE'LL DO ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> HEARING NONE, MOTION PASSES AND WE WILL WORK ON THE LANGUAGE BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING TO MAKE SURE WE GET WHAT WITH WANT IT TO SAY BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS AS OF JANUARY 31, ANY NOMINATION FOR THAT COMING CLASS YEAR MUST BE IN AT THAT TIME. BUT PEOPLE CAN STILL NOMINATE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE YEAR BUT THAT CLASS MUST BE AT THAT TIME. ALL RIGHT? WE GOOD WITH THAT? AND WE'RE GET -- WE'LL CORRECT THAT LANGUAGE WHEN WE GET BACK TOGETHER NEXT MONTH. ON THURSDAY THERE IS A WORKBOOK MEETING AT THE SCHOOL BOARD THAT I HAVE TO ATTEND. I THINK MARK EISENHOWER IS GOING TO AID TEND AND ALL THE COMMUNITY CHAIRS WILL [VIII. Chair’s Report] COME TO THE SCHOOL BOARD JUST TO SAY HOW CAN WE HELP YOU YOU KNOW, HOW ARE THINGS GOING AND SO FORTH. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS WANT ME TO RELAY, PLEASE TONIGHT, E-MAIL ME AND I'LL MAKE SURE I BRING IT UP. IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND WITH ME YOUR WELCOME BUT IT'S 6:30 AT THE SCHOOL BOARD OFFICE. >> ONE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP IF YOU DON'T MIND ME INTERRUPTING AGAIN, THERE WAS A SURVEY SENT OUT TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. DID PEOPLE FILL THAT OUT OR CAN I -- DO YOU WANT ME TO RESEND IT AND YOU CAN -- IT'S ABOUT THE COMMITTEES IN GENERAL AND ANY COMMITTEE YOU'VE EVER SERVED ON BUT THEY WANT FEEDBACK ON ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND YOU EXPERIENCES SO DID ANYONE FILL IT OUT? OR SHOULD I GO AHEAD A SEND IT TO EVERYONE? >> I DON'T RECALL GETTING IT. >> I DON'T RECALL GETTING IT EITHER. >> OKAY, IT WAS A GOOGLE DOC TYPE SHARE SO I'LL RESEND IT AND IF YOU COULD FILL IT OUT TONIGHT THAT WOULD BE AWESOME BECAUSE WE'RE RIGHT AT THE END OF PUTTING THE SURVEY OUT. BUT I WILL RESEND IT DO YOU ALL. >> ALL RIGHT. MOVING ALONG, AND AGAIN ANY ANNOUNCEMENT FROM MEMBERS HERE? [IX. Announcements by Members] ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO BRING UP FOR THE WHOLE GROUP? OKAY. GO AHEAD. >> I THINK WE NEED TO FIND SOME PEOPLE FROM HAMMOND TO NOMINATE SOME PEOPLE FROM THAT ERA. I KNOW THEY HAD REALLY GREAT TEAMS BACK THEN AND I KNOW THERE ARE ATHLETES WE CAN CONSIDER AND TEAMS BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY NOMINATING THOSE PEOPLE. I DON'T KNOW THEIR STATS THAT COULD BACK UP LIKE JERRY FILE USED TO HAVE. I JUST WISH WE COULD F SOMEBODY FROM HAMMOND TO COME UP WITH THAT INFORMATION. I KNOW OF FOUR QUARTERBACKS THAT PLAYED FOUR CONSECUTIVE YEARS BUT I DON'T HAVE THEIR STATS. >> DO YOU HAVE THEIR CONTACT INFORMERS SO IF YOU WERE TO NOMINATE THEM WE COULD REACH OUT TO THEM AND. >> I CAN TRY OF. DAVID MIGHT KNOW MOST OF THE PEOPLE -- >> I'M VERY HAPPY TO GET OUT THE BOOKS AND START LOOKING. I'VE HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE IN MIND BUT LET'S GET THE NAME OUT FIRST AND THEN WE CAN DO THE RESEARCH. >> I DID THE SAME THING WITH TOMMY EARHART BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY STATS ON HIM AND DON'T KNOW WHERE TO LOOK FOR THEM. THEY WERE ALL GREAT QUARTERBACKS AND HAMMOND HAD THEM RIGHT IN A ROW -- >> THERE WAS ALSO A GREET RUBBING BACK, BOB MCLAUGHLIN. >> IF WE CAN NAME A BUNCH OF NAMES BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE STATES FOR THEM, DAVID. >> I THINK WALTER WINK WOULD BE A GOOD SUGGESTION FOR THAT, JIMMY. [00:55:01] HE'S ALREADY BEEN NOMINATED BUT HIS VINTAGE IS AND HERE'S IN THE AREA SO I THINK HE WOULD BE A ADDITION TO THE COMMITTEE. >> HAMMOND HAD SOME PEOPLE. WE ONLY HAVE THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FROM HAMMOND. >> JOHN O'CONNOR. >> HE'S IN. BUT WHETHER OR NOT HE WOULD KNOW SOMEONE -- LITTLE YOUNGER. >> A HAMMOND ALUMNI. >> I REACHED OUT TO THIS ONE GIRL WHO SEEMED TO BE INTO IT ON THE INTERNET BUT SHE NEVER GOT BACK TO ME. LITTLE THINGS, BUT NOT ENOUGH STATS FOR US TO DISCUSS. >> WE GET SOME NAMES AND WE CAN START THE PROCESS. >> NAMES, NUMBERS, ADDRESS, THAT WOULD HELP TO FIND THEM AND THIS AFTERNOON WE CAN REACH OUT TO THEM INDIVIDUALLY. >> YEAH, SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF THEM. >> TO THAT POINT, YOU CAN'T MAYBE HEAR ME BUT I ACTUALLY SPEND SEVERAL HOURS TALKING TO BOB MCLAUGHLIN ABOUT THE VERY ISSUE THAT JIMMY AND DAVID BROUGHT UP AND I SHOULD TELL YOU DAVID, I VOLUNTEERED YOU TO WORK WITH BOB. HE SAID HE WOULD CALL YOU AND YOU ALL COULD TALK ABOUT PEOPLE. I MAC IS A GREAT CANDIDATE HIMSELF BUT I THINK HE SAID HE WOULD BE WILLING TO HELP AND MAYBE THE THREE OF US COULD CHAT. >> I KNOW TOMMY HOSTAGES HAD AIMING CAREER IN FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL AND HE WENT TO,VIA AND WAS THEIR STARTING QUARTERBACK FOR TWO YEARS BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT TOMMY HODGES DISCUSSED OR RECOMMENDED. >> ALL RIGHT. WE'LL START THERE AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. LET'S MAKE SURE WE COVER EVERY CATEGORY WE CAN WITHIN THE CITY. SCREENING COMMITTEE CHECK LIST AND I'LL TRY TO TOGETHER WHAT WE HAVE SO THEY CAN LOOK AT NOT ONLY THE CRITERIA WE EVER IN THE BYLAWS BUT THINGS YOU CAN CHECK OFF AS YOU LOOK THROUGH YOUR APPLICATIONS AND YOU CAN WEIGH ONE AGAINST THE OTHER. AGAIN THAT'S A SAMPLE O RIGHT THERE THAT YOU CAN GO THROUGH AND IT MAY HELP AS WE DIVIDE OUR COMMITTEE UP. >> THIS IS THE NOMINATION CHECK LIST WHERE YOU CAN CHECK OFF THINGS AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS THE LOOK AT OUR CRITERIA AND LIST THOSE ACROSS THE BOARD THERE AND COME UP PERCENTAGE THAT WE MAKE SURE EVERYONE AT LEAST MEET SOME OF THOSE THINGS THERE. ALL RIGHT? NEXT MEETING WILL B MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 6:00 P.M. HERE ON ZOOM. CAN I GET A -- CALL FOR ADJOURNMENT? >> I CALL TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. >> I SECOND IT. >> TRACEY SECONDS. ALL RIGHT. AGAIN, TAKE CARE, STAY SAFE. HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING. AND AGAIN, THANKS TO ALL THAT YOU GUYS DO FOR THIS COMMITTEE. IT'S A HARD TASK, BUT WE WILL GET THROUGH IT AS LONG AS WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE. >> WAIT. WHO PUT THAT MOTION OUT? WAS IT MR. LEWIS OR MR. MERCER? >> NEITHER. IT WAS WAYNE. >> OKAY, WAYNE. I'M GOOD NOW. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.