Teen 03-28-2018 CUPERTINO
Cupertino Teen Commission
REGULAR MEETING
Wednesday,March 28,2018 6:00 pm
Quinlan Community Center,Conference Room
10185 N.Stelling Rd,Cupertino,CA 95014
APPROVED MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER @ 6:05pm
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
Commissioners Present: Shearin,Chan,Tan,Krishnan, Subramanyam,Vemula,Lau,Rajaram
Tardy: Sahni
Absent:None
Staff Present: Emma Siegel
MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING
1. March 14th,2018—Commissioner Vemula motions to approve minutes.Commissioner
Subramanyam seconds motion. Motion lasses unanimously.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
• None.
OLD BUSINESS
2. Teen Stress Video Contest—Check-in
Commissioners neared completion of the teen stress video contest. Staff presented video
contest guidelines and rules and the commission had an opportunity to make final edits.
Commission finalized the application and staff agreed to send final versions of
application and guidelines to the City's Marketing Coordinator to post on website.
Commissioners reviewed the marketing timeline and made sure all commissioners knew
their roles.
3. <hack>Cupertino 2018 Event Check-in
The Commission continued planning for the hackathon.Commissioners finalized 4
judges and would follow up with the two remaining judges. Commissioners finalized the
judging rubric.Commissioners agreed to market to their respective high schools.
Commission made a plan to create a half-sheet evaluation to be given to participants after
each workshop for raffle tickets. Commission agreed to complete the opening ceremony
PowerPoint by next meeting.
NEW BUSINESS
4. High School Student Opportunities with the City
Commissioner Rajaram presented idea to get more high school students in Cupertino to
work in IT. Commissioner and any volunteers wish to draft an email to the IT
department to ask that they not only network for potential employees at De Anza
College,but also high school students. Commission will vouch for high school students
who would work well in the field.
STAFF &COMMISSION REPORTS
a) Staff Liaison Report
Emma Siegel presented the Teen Commission with the following information:
o Commissioner's Meeting with Mayor Paul: Commissioner Sahni agreed to
attend the meeting on April 4,2018 at City Hall.
o Silicon Valley Clean Energy:Volunteer opportunities for Earth Day events
around Cupertino.Training is on April 10,2018 at the Sunnyvale Senior Center.
b) Commissioner Report
• Chair Chan attended the Fine Arts Commission. Topics included welcoming a
new chair,speaker from Lynbrook High School, creating a mural at Blackberry
Farm, and ideas of a new performing arts center.
• Chair Shearin attended the Bicycle Pedestrian Commission.Topics included new
bike paths.
MISCELLANEOUS-NO ACTION REQUIRED
ADJOURNMENT
At 7:55 pm the Teen Commission adjourned to a REGULAR MEETING which will be held on
Wednesday,April 11,2018 at 6:OOpm in the Conference Room of the Quinlan Community Center,
10185 North Stelling Road, Cupertino.
Respectfully submitted,
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For Eieg�-Proxy Staff Liaison
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