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DVS assistance in setting up VAB meetings
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Council Member Holden and Commissioner Hendon discuss the extent of assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Services (DVS) in setting up Veterans Advisory Board (VAB) meetings.
- Commissioner Hendon clarifies that DVS provides assistance when requested by VAB.
- DVS has helped secure meeting locations, including VA facilities, to ensure consistent and accessible venues.
- The department has provided a Zoom account for VAB to facilitate virtual attendance and easier recording of meetings.
- These efforts aim to address logistical challenges faced by VAB, which has no dedicated resources or personnel.
Robert Holden
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No.
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But do you help set up the meetings for them at that that location?
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Do you do you help them?
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I mean
James Hendon
0:41:43
These because
Robert Holden
0:41:44
if they reach out to the the location and try to help them with, in in scheduling it and and
James Hendon
0:41:51
So if gaining
Robert Holden
0:41:52
the hall or
James Hendon
0:41:53
If, if the VIP reaches out and says, hey.
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We need help.
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Find my
Robert Holden
0:41:55
They say ask.
James Hendon
0:41:56
Then we jump it's
Robert Holden
0:41:56
an ask.
James Hendon
0:41:57
So it's that's right.
0:41:58
Currently, that's how it is.
0:41:59
Another piece of it was what Jayo referred to the Zoom account as far as just having, a a Zoom account that's available for VAP.
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Recognizing the group has no resources.
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People have no there's no personnel nor non personnel funding towards it.
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So getting that account for them, which also redounds to help us now have the easy access to a recording of the The VA wait.