Welcome to the podcast team, Emily!! In this podcast, Communications and Outreach Program Manager Derek Ross and Community Relations and Special Projects, Emily Brewster-McCarthy will discuss upcoming goals for the podcast. During this discussion, they will give the community a sample of our upcoming PSA's and CUPF voiceovers. Season 2 has started, and we are ready to provide our latest updates to the community. Stay tuned!!
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Episode Transcript
Welcome to Off the CUPF, a Community
Use of Public Facilitiespodcast, the show where we
explore, discuss, and introduceyou, our listeners, to the
wonderful world of communityuse.
I'm Emily Brewster McCarthy.
Derek Ross (00:25):
And I am Derek Ross.
Together, we are your host, andwe are here to provide you with
some of the most up-to-datenews and information about CUPF.
Emily, are you ready to getstarted?
Absolutely, I'm ready to getstarted.
Listo para Mambo?
Oh, yeah, yeah.
I'm ready to Mambo.
Welcome back to season two.
Off the CUPF.
(00:45):
Season two, episode one.
We are back.
Emily, how are you doing?
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (00:51):
I'm doing great.
I'm happy to be here.
I'm happy to join you as yournew co-host.
Um, again, my name is EmilyBrewster McCarthy, and this is
off the CUPF.
Derek Ross (01:03):
This is off the CUPF.
This is.
This is so are we doing like anofficial check-in?
I know last season it was likea highs and lows, and you know,
we were breaking down so manydifferent things, but are we
still doing highs and lows?
Absolutely.
Absolutely.
Okay, okay.
So highs and lows.
Emily, you want to go first?
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (01:18):
Yeah, my highs are we've been doing a
lot of really awesomecollaborations uh throughout
Montgomery County.
And we've spent a lot of timejust building and doing things
and doing outreach, and that'smy bread and butter.
I love that.
So that's, you know, that'swhat I'm up to.
What about you?
What about your highs and lows?
Derek Ross (01:36):
Ooh, highs and lows.
You know what?
A good, I'd probably say we'vebeen doing so much with the
community in regards to internalstuff with the government.
We're talking about ADAcompliances, we're talking about
making sure languages isstraight and tight for all of
our outreach material.
We're also talking about all ofthe work that we've been doing
with certain outreach portionsof it.
(01:57):
What we've been, what, UpCounty Regional Services Center?
Yeah.
Um, what we've been to theCounty Executive Budget Forum,
Taste of Wheaton, uh, WheatonTJIF concert series.
We can keep going on and on andon.
But you know what?
We just want to give people ataste, our listeners a taste of
what we're trying to do withcommunications and everything
else.
Emily, what what else can wetalk about?
What else we got?
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (02:16):
Uh, I mentioned about building
relationships andcollaborations.
We actually had some reallycool meetings with people from
different departments.
We went to Department ofCorrections.
Yes.
And there are some reallyawesome things that are
happening there.
We met with Animal Services inthe Adoption Center.
There's some other really coolopportunities and things
happening there which we hope toshine a light on.
(02:38):
Um, we've also met with uhMontgomery County Public
Libraries, which we're reallyvery excited about.
Is there anything else maybethat you can mention?
Derek Ross (02:46):
I I I mean, you tell you the truth, you're you're
mentioning so much.
I I I guess I'm so excited.
I'm so excited, you know,because we we we we left off on
a hiatus.
We we left off on, you know,just that moment where we had a
chance to tell uh our our formerdirector, Ramona Bell Pearson,
thank you so much.
You know, I think we were allcrying in the room.
I will I was, you know, it waskind of it was kind of weird.
It was like somebody put somepepper around, so I think it got
(03:08):
in my eye.
Somebody was cutting onions.
Yeah, yeah, cutting onions, youknow.
I got out of control, anythinglike that.
But you know what?
What Ramona has now gone todoing so many great things.
You know, a Ron, our operationsmanager, Ron Maxon Jr., has now
made it seem like, you know, weare now in different hands and
we're getting ready for so muchnew things with CUPF.
(03:29):
And I think that that's what'sthe great part about it.
But you know what?
I think that what we shouldreally give the community a
chance to listen to is ourpublic service announcements
that we're gonna unleash onepisode one with the season two.
So you want to give thecommunity a taste of some some
PSAs or something like that?
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (03:47):
I see you're trying to get me to use
my customer service voice.
Derek Ross (03:50):
Oh, you gonna do the customer service voice?
Give them the customer servicevoice.
Let's do it.
Let's do it.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (03:53):
All right, here we go.
All right, all right, allright.
All right, here I am with mycustomer service voice.
Derek Ross (03:59):
Ooh, let's do it.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (04:00):
You guys ready?
Quick reminder from CUPF.
Have you visited our website tosee all of the available venues
that can be reserved inMontgomery County?
Call 240-777-2725 to reserve afacility like the Clarksburg
Cottage or Marion Friar TownPlaza.
Book your event today.
We're here to help.
Derek Ross (04:17):
Oh, that was nice.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (04:18):
That was nice.
Thank you.
Derek Ross (04:19):
Ooh, I like that.
That was nice.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (04:21):
I'll switch it up sometime.
Derek Ross (04:22):
I see that.
I see that.
Let me get some.
Let me get on this.
Let me get some.
Let me get some.
Let me try.
Let me try.
Want to learn more about theOffice of Community Use of
Public Facilities?
Then you are listening to theperfect podcast to get you
started on your reservationjourney.
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We got you covered.
Reserve your next event withCUPF.
(04:43):
How was that?
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (04:44):
That was pretty good.
Derek Ross (04:45):
That was pretty good.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (04:46):
That was pretty good.
All right, that was excellent.
That was great.
That was great.
Derek Ross (04:49):
Okay, okay.
I'll take that.
I'll take that victory.
I will take that victory withone small victory and we'll run
with it.
You know what?
I felt good with that one.
I felt good.
We're going to do more PSAs.
We're going to kind of includethese in this whole new season,
too.
We have Tebs.
We have so many differentindividuals in this room with us
right now that are making ithappen.
And so let's close this.
(05:11):
Let's close.
I want to close this by saying,welcome.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (05:15):
Thank you.
Derek Ross (05:16):
Welcome, welcome to the podcast.
Welcome to the communicationsteam.
I know you do so much withCUPF.
You're doing so many differentthings.
We have a lot of individualswith the communities, the public
facilities that are makingthis, making this ship go.
We're doing everything.
You know, we're trying to justsail through these waters and
just handle everything.
I'm sorry, I've been watchingmovies about sailing.
So anyway, Emily, how do youwant to close?
(05:37):
Do you have any good things youwant to say or just I'm excited
to be here.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (05:41):
I'm excited to be a part of the
comms team.
Uh so we have a lot ofwonderful, wonderful things uh
lined up for you guys thisseason.
And I'm just excited.
I'm excited to be back.
I'm excited to record seasontwo.
There's a lot of really awesomechanges happening, and I hope
to just have fun along the way.
Derek Ross (05:59):
Oh, yeah.
Oh, we're gonna have fun.
Yeah.
I think we're gonna have a lotof fun.
I think we're gonna have a lotof fun.
Uh, I really don't know if Ihave a specific closing, except
like I said, thank you.
Welcome.
Um, there's so much no, so muchgoing on, so much going on, but
I promise you, I don't know ifI want to use the word promise,
but I'm gonna say I'm gonnapromise to the community that
we're gonna make sure that westep up and do what's what we
need to do and handle business,especially from the comms
(06:21):
department.
But there's so many people thatare coming along from CUPF.
There's so many new voices, newfaces, and we are looking
forward to making sure everybodygets their chance to shine.
And we're just gonna bethrowing flowers everywhere.
If you ever heard that term,we're gonna throw flowers out
everywhere.
But besides that, once again,thank you for listening to the
Community Use of PublicFacilities podcast Off the CUPF.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (06:40):
We'll see you next time.
Derek Ross (06:41):
Yeah, see you next time.
Thank you.
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