Youth Commission

1 MINUTES OF A MEETING OF A REGULARLY SCHEDULED 2 YOUTH COMMISSION MEETING 3 VILLAGE OF NORTHBROOK 4 COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS 5 December 17, 2014 6 “Lead, Serve, Shine” 7 8 Adult Commissioners Present (4) 9 Carla Slawson-Martens, Chairperson 10 David Whitlock 11 Kelli Christenson 12 Jodie Dinelli 13 14 Student Commissioners Present (6) 15 Brandon Mankoff, Student Chairperson 16 Danny Martens 17 Lucia Bosacoma 18 Ethan Kirschenbaum 19 Andy Han 20 Adam Wagner 21 22 Adult/Student Commissioners Absent (9) 23 Gary Moriello 24 Kay Ellen Stein 25 Melissa Morreale 26 Kent Steinberg 27 Grace Elisco 28 Bianca Osinski 29 Jessica Bresler 30 Zainab Ahmed 31 Shaina Hakimian 32 33 Village Staff Present (2) 34 Jason Batalden, Youth Commission Staff Liaison 35 Gale Cerabona, Recorder 36 37 1. Call to Order 38 Chairperson Slawson-Martens opened the meeting & Commissioner Mankoff, Student Chairperson, 39 called the meeting to order in the Terrace Room of Village Hall, 1225 Cedar Lane, at 7:02 p.m. A quorum 40 was present. 41 42 2. Welcome & Introduction of New Members 43 Everyone introduced themselves, & Joshua Handler, former Youth Committee member, was welcomed. 44 45 46 47 3. Approval of Meeting Minutes  Page 2 Minutes of the December 17, 2014 Youth Commission Meeting 1 Commissioner Whitlock moved, seconded by Commissioner Martens, to approve the minutes of the 2 November 19, 2014, Youth Commission meeting. On a voice vote, the motion unanimously carried. 3 4 4. Hear from the Audience 5 Joshua Handler thanked everyone for having him here tonight. He noted he is studying at NYU and 6 graduating in May. 7 8 5. 2014/15 Upcoming Calendar of Events 9 a. Quiz Bowl 10 Liaison Batalden advised he sent notices to high schools and received responses from four 11 schools that will participate. Commissioners Martens and Kirschenbaum will visit Solomon 12 Schechter and attempt to regain its participation. 13 14 Open positions were discussed. Student Chairperson Martens reminded members that the 15 event is being held on Thursday, February 26 2015, from 5pm-6:30pm. Rehearsal date will 16 be February 18, 2015, at the regular Youth Commission meeting at 7pm. 17 18 b. Lake Cook Terrace Spring Visit 19 Chairperson Slawson-Martens reminded this event is typically held this evening. Spring 20 dates in March/April were discussed. A tentative date of March 18, 2015, was determined. 21 The type of event was discussed. Chairperson Slawson-Martens stated she would advise 22 Student Chairperson, Bianca Osinski, of the date. Liaison Batalden stated he would place a 23 call to the staff at Lake Cook Terrace to share and reserve the proposed date. 24 25 c. Film Fest 26 Chairperson Slawson-Martens reminded that the Student Chairperson for this event is Lucia 27 Bosacoma. Potential dates in June were discussed. Suggested venues, of the GBN Theatre or 28 the Library, were offered. Mr. Handler suggested the first or third week in May to ignite 29 more participation. 30 31 Film submission dates were discussed. Commissioner Whitlock reminded, for promotional 32 purposes, that he presents to film classes to enlist participation. Having an article written is 33 also recommended. Teachers are notified when their students submit a film. 34 35 Commissioners Whitlock and Bosacoma will meet and subsequently provide ideas to the 36 Youth Commission in January. 37 38 Commissioner Whitlock believes and will again ask that Matt Irvine participate in the event. 39 40 Chairperson Slawson-Martens advised that Dylan Baker, director of 23 Blast, will participate. 41 42 Commissioner Whitlock suggested a panel of three to provide feedback of the films. He also 43 mentioned that Bruce Ingram, Film Critic, may be interested. 44 45 Commissioner Kirschembaum stated he would ask his sister, who works in Los Angeles at a 46 production company, if she’d like to assist. 47 6. Old Business  Page 3 Minutes of the December 17, 2014 Youth Commission Meeting 1 a. Operation Santa Claus Debrief 2 Chairperson Slawson-Martens advised the event took place, went well, and thanked 3 everyone for their participation. 4 5 b. Study Buddy Program Update 6 Chairperson Slawson-Martens reminded the Commission of last month’s discussion 7 regarding volunteer opportunities for Youth Commission members. 8 9 Commissioner Han advised that the Northbrook Library was approached in the past; 10 however, to no avail. He stated that Glenview Library has such a program. He reported that 11 he tutors GBN students at the Homework Club at Northbrook Junior High and stated there 12 are openings to tutor. 13 14 Commissioner Kirschenbaum advised the club, After School All Stars, at GBN, performs 15 tutoring as well. 16 17 7. New Business 18 Liaison Batalden advised he attended the first Earth Day meeting and shared the Youth Commission’s 19 interest to participate. He noted Earth Day is on April 25, 2015, and there are opportunities for clean-up 20 teams (for the recycling program at Village Green), etc. Liaison Batalden will advise of more volunteer 21 opportunities at the next meeting. 22 23 8. Student Hot Topics 24  Commissioner Wagner advised students are being accepted at top colleges (i.e. Stanford, MIT, 25 Princeton) 26  The Retire the Jerseys event is upcoming 27  AP U.S. History research projects are due 28 29 11. Next Meeting 30 Discussion took place on the date of January’s Youth Commission meeting. Student Chairperson will be 31 Lucia Bosacoma. 32 33 Commissioner Martens moved, seconded by Commissioner Kirschenbaum, to change the meeting from 34 January 21 to January 28, 2015. On a voice vote, the motion unanimously carried. 35 36 12. Adjournment 37 Commissioner Kirschenbaum moved, seconded by Commissioner Martens, to adjourn the meeting at 38 7:47 p.m. On a voice vote, the motion unanimously carried. 39 40 41 Respectfully submitted, 42 43 44 Gale Cerabona 45 Recorder