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Meeting Summary—Parks and Recreation Council (PRC) <br /> March 2, 2022 <br /> Virtual Meeting- Zoom <br /> Members Present: John Greeson(Chair), Xilong Zhao (Vice-Chair), Haywood Rhodes,Natalie <br /> Ziemba, Mikki Fleming, Gina Reyman, Tim Tippin, Greg Hughes <br /> Members Absent: Robert"Bob" Smith, Chris Colvin, Alice Armstrong <br /> Staff: David Stancil, Ardra Webster, Kalani Allen, <br /> Chair John Greeson called meeting to order at 6:31pm. <br /> Review of Meeting Summary,Additions to Agenda: <br /> a. Kalani Allen noted to Chair John Greeson that member Haywood Rhodes was present at <br /> the February 2 meeting. The meeting summary was updated with this information. <br /> Report of the Chair: <br /> a. Update on Recruitment Efforts- Chair Greeson turned the meeting over to DEAPR <br /> staff member Kalani Allen to give an update on the recruitment effort. Allen displayed a <br /> flyer created by the County's graphic designer Melissa Blackburn, along with the <br /> description of PRC on a webpage associated with the flyer linking it to the application. <br /> She also explained that Beth Young, Communications Manager for DEAPR was given <br /> information related to translators in various Orange County departments. Mikki Fleming <br /> mentioned punctuation corrections within the webpage link, and Haywood Rhodes <br /> provided comments about the easiest way to make sure people are able to utilize the link <br /> to apply. David Stancil agreed and explained the benefits of an easy transition from the <br /> link to the application. Vice-Chair Xilong Zhao brought up the question as to whether the <br /> meeting time and length are included on the flyer. The council agreed that this <br /> information be added to the webpage link and not the flyer. Stancil added before the <br /> council ended the discussion, that flyers could potentially be passed out prior to the April <br /> meeting, including in future at the Soccer.com facility, and at the April meeting to see if <br /> there were any responses/results. <br /> New business: <br /> a. Election of New Chair-Before opening the floor for nominations for Chair, Stancil <br /> discussed the term length and election frequency. The council discussed and agreed that <br /> April would be the month going forward for elections for Chair and Vice-Chair positions. <br /> Gina Reyman said that she would be happy to step in for any role. Tim Tippin nominated <br /> Reyman for Chair and Rhodes seconded the nomination with Zhao adding the second. <br /> Greeson asked if there were any other nominations, and with none a vote was conducted. <br /> Greeson asked for a vote in favor of Reyman for Chair and it was passed with a vote of 7- <br /> 0 with one abstention, being that of the candidate. Greeson asked Zhao if he was willing <br /> to remain in his position. Zhao said that he wished to release his position to anyone who <br />