Hampton Roads – Town Hall Subcommittee Meeting
March 15, 2010
In Attendance: Shewling Moy Wong, Ray Obispo, Angela Chiang, Dilip Sarkar
Absent:Felix Wang
Updates
· Facility - Ray did a presentation to the Filipino Advisory Board several weeks ago. The presentation was well received. Ray had initially/tentatively proposed May 9 to coincide with Asian Heritage Month.
· Shewling pointed out that May 9 is Mother's Day and is likely not a good day to hold a Town Hall
· We also want to hold the Town Hall on a weekend date
· Proposed that we ask Ray to check out the dates for:
o April 24
o April 25
o May 1
o May 2
· Lessons learned from Richmond TownHall:
o Content and speakers from previous TownHalls were good, however attendance was very poor
o Not enough advertising to draw interest to our Town Hall
o Many people attended the reception but did not come to the Town Hall event
o Be clear to have speakers are speaking to relevant topics - ask speakers to submit an outline of what they are going to talk to, in advance
· Suggested that we invite the Governor to the Hampton Roads Town Hall
· Perhaps Census should be tee'd up as a topic?
· Logistics:
o Length of Town Hall - Recommend between 2 to 2.5 hours total
o Potential Speakers/Topics:
§ Business/Small Business, Minority Business (Economic Development of VA Beach area)
§ Education - Ray will explore, narrow to ESL, perhaps at High School levels
§ 2010 Census -
§ Open Forum
o Suggest that we build a one-pager re: VAAB members, history etc...to share at the Town Hall (Vicki will own this)
o Division of Action Items and Follow Up:
§ Business/Small Business - Shewling Moy Wong
§ Education - Ray Obispo
§ 2010 Census- Vicki Mirandah
o Timeframe - mid to late afternoon
· Next Meeting on March 29:
o Discuss publicity/media
o Tighten agenda and discuss next steps
Please let me know if you have any questions
Best,
Vicki Mirandah – Chair, VAAB