Teen 04-13-2016CUPERTINO
Cupertino Teen Commission
Regular Meeting
Wednesday, April 13th, 2016 6:00 pm
Quinlan Community Center, Conference Room
10185 N. Stelling Rd, Cupertino, CA 95014
APPROVED MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER at 6:07pm
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
Commissioners Present: Chan, Gundu, Huang, Sahni, Vadodkar, and Yang
Commissioners Absent: Fung
Commissioners Tardy: Jandhyala, Reiisieh
Staff present: Mestizo
MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING
a) March 23, 2016 -Commissioner Vadodkar motions to approve minutes. Commissioner
Sahni seconds motion. Motion passes unanimously.
COMMUNICATIONS
a) Oral -Pallas Wan from the SoundPost Youth Foundation visited the Teen Commission to
discuss the 2016 Express to Destress Survey which requests input from teens on ways
they destress. The survey included a component for teens to submit brief videos on
destressing methods and all participants would be included in a raffle for prizes. The
foundation requested help from the Teen Commission to help advertise the survey to
schools in the Cupertino community.
b) Written -none
STAFF & COMMISSION REPORTS
a) Commissioner Vadodkar gave a report on the Mayor's Meeting which occurred on April
5th. A brief summary was given on what fellow commissions were doing.
NEW BUSINESS
a) IDEA event debrief -The commission and staff liaison discussed the outcomes of the
IDEA event and data from the event evaluation survey was shared with the
commissioners. Changes that were exchanged included: encouraging more audience
participation, advertising the event in advance, and getting speakers from more diverse
careers and walks of life.
b) Teen Marketing -Staff Liaison Mestizo asked the Teen Commission to provide input on
teen marketing methods. Potential avenues for advertising are the school ASB, reaching
out to school staff, and social media from the commissioners.
OLD BUSINESS
a) Cupertino Day Planning -Commissioners Gundu, Sahni, and Vadodkar agreed to run a
booth at Cupertino Day at Blackberry Farm. They will be showcasing the Teen
Commission events, teen programs within Cupertino, and requesting input on future
programming. An active component to the booth was additionally discussed.
MISCELLANEOUS -NO ACTION REQUIRED
ADJOURNMENT
At 7:43pm the Teen Commission adjourned to a REGULAR MEmNG on Wednesday, April 2ih at
6pm at Quinlan Community Center, 10185 N. Stelling Road, Cupertino.
Re~ectfully submitted,
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Danny 1!1J:,t~
Staff Liaison