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With him. They were the administrators and they wanted to see how it happens because there was a lot of resistance from the seniors who were very vocal. They didnt want to change the Food Voucher Program because they were used to that for over 20 years. Anyway, in may, 2014, they had a procurement meeting with all the different vendors. They look at different models how they can implement this because resources are pretty scarce and they didnt have the type of infrastructure that we have, but they have restaurants and they have schools, they looked at schools. But finely they nothing that i ha...

Volunteers was different in the islands than here. They train the seniors, theyre able to use them as food service aids helping with the new service. These are just some very few highlights of the visit back in january of last year. On the very top is the chief ali and he met with the seniors at the Samoan Community Development Center to get their insights and also get their feedback of what works for them here in the city and they took a lot of the ideas back. And we visited several new sites, including 30th street. This is a sample of the meals served there. Also this Senior Center so they h...

Programs, but nobody wanted to start so they said oh the heck with it. This is a sample of the meals they provide, home delivered meals and they are using the menu that we have approved for the Samoan Community Development Center. This is another sample of the meals. Of course this is very common and culturally well accepted. Now, this is a picture of the seniors at graduation and what they did was that because they couldnt volunteer getting volunteers was different in the islands than here. They train the seniors, theyre able to use them as food service aids helping with the new service. Thes...

Attended the pb h choosing wisely i want them to make a presentation its a specialist organizations combined to do a whole Consumer Education program through the Consumer Reports its really, really well craft to help people to make decisions and not immediately need an mri or an x ray or whatever so id like to ask them to come o to present and perhaps in the next contract ask our vendors to participate in choosing widely campaign the mta had a diabetes conference we met with the Diabetes Foundation person yesterday to see what is available they have a lot of materials it stephanie will roll ou...

Meeting is adjourned. Present. At this time im going to turn the meeting over to my Vice President because i have asthma and i think he can carry through. Thank you. Thank you. Richard, would you announce some changes to the treatment of the agenda, please . If you all look at page three on the agenda please note that Vice President seriina will not be calling the agenda items in that order. Thank you. The items will be called in the following order item e, item i item j item f item h and item g. With that modification i ask for a vote to approve the agenda. Approve. Seconded. All in favor, an...