TEEN 08-12-2020
APPROVED MINUTES
CUPERTINO TEEN COMMISSION
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
REGULAR TEEN COMMISSION MEETING
CALL TO ORDER
At 6:03 p.m. Chair Tung called the Regular Teen Commission meeting to order. This was a teleconference meeting
with no physical location.
ROLL CALL
Present: Tung, Jayant, Venkatasubramanian, Devisetti, Yeung, Gu, Nathan, Khot. Tardy: Natarajan. Absent:
N/A. Staff: Daniel Mestizo. All commissioners teleconferenced for the meeting.
CEREMONIAL MATTERS & PRESENTATIONS
1. Presentation from the Cupertino Poet Laureate, Jing Jing Yang
Assistant Director of Parks and Recreation Christine Hanel presented the Poet Laureate Program to
the Teen Commission.
Poet Laureate, Jing Jing Yang, read a poem and informed the Teen Commission of the Poet Penpal
Program on August 29th.
Student poet Zain Haseeb read and presented her poem.
2. Presentation regarding Rosenberg’s Rules of Order and Meeting Management
The Rosenberg’s Rules of Order March 31st City Council presentation by the City Attorney, Heather
Minner, was shown to the Teen Commission.
City staff provided additional rules and answered questions from the Teen Commission.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
3. July 22, 2020 – Commissioner Natarajan motions to approve minutes with corrections. Commissioner Gu
seconds motion. Motion passes unanimously.
WRITTEN/ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
OLD BUSINESS
Cupertino Teen Commission Minutes August 12, 2020
4. <hack> Cupertino 2020
City staff presented the survey results from the event debrief and participant survey.
Commissioners provided the following feedback: having one registration page, earlier and more
communication with judges, limiting Devpost submissions to Bay Area residents, and having an
organized file depository with all event files for the purposes of continuity.
5. Pizza and Politics: 2020
The Pizza and Politics subcommittee provided the Commission with an update on the survey
topics. A document with topics, descriptions, and sample questions will be attached to the August
26th agenda.
Commissioners Devisetti and Venkatasubramanian were tasked with creating the social media
videos. Commissioner Venkatasubramanian will be designing a teaser. Guidelines and information
were requested from subcommittee and City staff.
Chair Tung requested having an event planning timeline.
NEW BUSINESS
6. Fall 2020 Youth and Teen Programming
Staff Liaision Mestizo presented the Teen Commission with ongoing, planned, and postponed fall
2020 youth and teen programming. Feedback for new ideas was requested.
Teen Commissioners shared the following ideas and suggesstions: programs to address teen mental
health such as meditation events or classes, virtual Teen Center space, financial preparedness
workshops, legislative subcommittee, different skill-based divisions for e-sports leagues.
STAFF & COMMISSION REPORTS
Commissioner Updates
• None
Staff Updates
• None
FUTURE AGENDA SETTING
The following items were requested to be added to the next meeting: Student Organization Support,
Pizza and Politics 2020
Cupertino Teen Commission Minutes August 12, 2020
ADJOURNMENT
At 8:18 pm the Teen Commission adjourned to a REGULAR MEETING which will be held on August
26, 2020, at 6:00 pm as a Zoom Webinar.
Respectfully submitted,
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Daniel Mestizo, Staff Liaison