Teen 04-12-2023
APPROVED MINUTES
CUPERTINO TEEN COMMISSION
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
REGULAR TEEN COMMISSION MEETING
CALL TO ORDER
At 6:02 p.m. Chair Kasamsetty called the Teen Commission meeting to order.
ROLL CALL
Present: Cheung, Ding, Gupta, Halambi, Kasamsetty, Kumar, Luu, Qin, Shah, Tarra. Absent: none. Staff:
Sonya Lee, Robert Kaufman.
CEREMONIAL MATTERS & PRESENTATIONS
1. Subject: Presentation on Silicon Valley Scholarship Opportunity
Recommended Action: Receive a presentation on Silicon Valley Scholarship Opportunity from Juliette
Pascual, Community Outreach Fellow.
Juliette Pascual presented information on a scholarship competition that is due on May 19. Students are
to create a short film about going electric and community participation for the opportunity to win a
$2,000 to $3,000 scholarship. The competition is open to middle and high school students. Students can
enter as a team.
An attendee asked what the video should include. The presenter answered that it could be anything.
2. Subject: Email Phishing Campaign Presentation from the City's Infrastructure Division
Recommended Action: Receive Email Phishing Campaign presentation from the City's Infrastructure
Division.
Commissioners received a presentation from City Staff, Tommy Yu, on Email Phishing and Email
Security.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
2. Subject: Approval of Minutes – March 8, 2023
Recommended Action: Review and approve the minutes from the Teen Commission meeting on
March 8, 2023.
Commissioner Halambi motioned to approve minutes. Commissioner Gupta seconded the motion.
Minutes approved.
Cupertino Teen Commission Minutes April 12, 2023
WRITTEN/ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
No written or oral communications received.
OLD BUSINESS
No old business.
NEW BUSINESS
3. Subject: Presentation on ElderAid App
Recommended Action: Receive a presentation on ElderAid App from Anika Karandikar and ElderAid
App Team.
Anika Karandikar and team presented their ElderAid App. The app connects seniors in need of help
with teens interested in helping in the community and getting volunteer hours.
Commissioners had questions about the security of the app in reference to connecting seniors and teens
directly. Commissioners also asked about several features of the app to deal with language barriers,
health concerns, verification of adults and teens, verification of volunteer hours, ability to message on
the app, presentation of tasks in the app, and monitoring the people using the app.
Commissioners had technical questions about the launch of the app, the testing phase, use of Android
versus IOS, and data storage.
Commissioners made suggestions such as making the text bigger, providing a searchable radius from
teens for the tasks, listing the tasks in the app by date, adding health warnings, working with service
clubs rather than schools for teen verification, and incorporating the Presidential Service Awards.
Several commissioners expressed how impressed they were with the app. There were a few questions
about the next steps for the team in terms of testing and moving to IOS.
STAFF & COMMISSION REPORTS
• Staff Updates
o Sonya Lee gave an update on the Teen Academy run through the Sheriff’s Office and
showed photos from the Youth Led Organization Window Decorating on March 25.
o Robert Kaufman gave a staff update on the Summer Job Fair, the Intergenerational
Mixer, and the Big Bunny 5K and Kids Fun Run. He also gave information about the
upcoming HACK event on April 15.
• Commissioner Updates
o Chair Kasamsetty gave an update from the Mayor’s Meeting.
COMMISSIONER ATTENDANCE AT UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS
Cupertino Teen Commission Minutes April 12, 2023
• Will wait to see if the Mayor’s Meeting is moved to 5 p.m. again to inquire if any commissioners
can attend.
• Commissioner Kumar inquired about the May meeting due to several commissioners
potentially having AP tests. Commissioners will be polled by email before the May meeting.
FUTURE AGENDA SETTING
No future agenda items were added.
ADJOURNMENT
At 7:40 p.m., Chair Kasamsetty adjourned the meeting.
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Sonya Lee, Staff Liaison