TEEN 01-14-09GUPERTIINO
Teen Commission
Regular Met~ting
Wednesday, January 1~1, 2009 6:45 PM
Quinlan Community Cente~~, Conference Room
10185 N. Stelling Road, Cupertino, CA
APPROVED M1[NUTES
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
Commissioners Present: Damodar, Koganti, Ramach.andran ,Somasundaram, Szeto,
Aggarwal, Kundargi, Murag, Vora, Sreepathy, Pavlovic, Shah
Absent Commissioners: Kundargi
Tardy Commissioners: Goyal, Menon
Staff Present: Phillips
MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS-
December 10, 2008 Somasundaram motioned to approve minutes; Szeto seconds, motion
passes.
COMMUNICATIONS
a) Oral
b) Written
NEW BUSINESS
a) Intergenerational event discussion witlr Julia Lamy from Senior Center-
Friday, April 3rd 5:30 pm at the Cupertino Senior Center. Theme selected was:
"Senior Ball". Follow up planning meeting to be held at Senior Center to tour and
familiarize with the event facility.
b) February 13th Lounge Night preliminar•ydiscussion- Sub-committee created to
head the event: Koganti, Ramachandran, ar~d Damodar.
c) Giving Tree event analysis- Group proce:~sing brought out mixed emotions in
evaluating the event such as: successful, powerful, bonding, team work, focus on
teen gifts for future events, room selection awareness.
d) Teen website- Commissioners voiced their concerns to keep the specific teen Web
site (www.cupertinoteens.com) as online resources for teens to access information
in Cupertino.
e) Teen website poll questions- A portion of the 15t meeting of each month will
include a vote for a new poll question on the teen Web site.
MISCELLANEOUS-NO ACTION REQUIRED
a) Staff report
b) Molly James presentation on Blackberry Farm renovation- James shared the
renovation and progress of Blackberry Farm with the Commission. Pamphlets were
distributed. Commissioners were interested in volunteer opportunities and the re-
openingdate.
ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 8:21 pm to regular Teen Commission meeting of
January 28, 2009.
Respect Submitted:
/y
n Phillips, R reation Coordinator