This is a new avenue as a community to have thoughtful and meaningful conversations about diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racism. Today our guest is Rachelle Smith and Rachelle is the new Mechal Director for Arlington Public Schools. Welcome Rachelle. Thank you for joining me. Thank you for having me. This is great. Thank you. You're welcome. So my first question for you is, you're the new Director of the Mechal Program, so tell us a little bit about yourself and what role led you to Arlington. Wow. Okay, so that's a good question. So let's say I am a Mechal alum. I am also a current Mechal parent and a former Mechal parent as well, so I had a student that participated in the program up until 10th grade and then transferred and we can talk about that later, but yeah, so I am all entrenched in Mechal and so my journey with Arlington and Mechal, so the combination, is I decided to go back to school, so I decided to go back to school and be an adult learner, so I went to Simmons University, whoop whoop, Simmons, yeah, yeah, you got the rose present, and I decided to take up social work. I was working in homeless services and really found myself doing a lot of that social work there, case management and so forth, so I was like, I'm just going to go back full time and so I did that and that was a huge, huge risk for me to do because I have a family and I was like, I don't know if I'm going to be able to do this, but they were like, you got to come full time, I don't think work is going to be an option, cool. So I get into Simmons and people get in placement and in August I'm sitting in class and they're like, where you going? I'm like, I don't know what you're talking about, you're supposed to have your placement. So I went into the field office and I'm like, I don't want this, I don't want this, I don't want this, I don't want this, and one of the things was I said I didn't want to work with youth, so she's like, I have no idea where I'm going to put you. And I was like, well, let's figure this out. And at the time I was taking dynamics of racism and oppression and I was writing a paper on Meco and I found so much passion in writing that paper that I said, what about Meco? And she was like, well you say you don't want to work with kids and I said, but I like Meco. So let me try. So she goes, okay, so I get an interview with you and the rest is history. No, yeah, and so I get hired, so excited about that and I start working with you and I start getting to see not only the macro pieces, but the Mezzo and the micro and I'm like, this is great. So I had a wonderful experience, not just saying that because I'm going to give you a lovely joke, but I had a wonderful experience as an intern and then being asked to come back to Arlington, even though I had to take another internship in a different school district, I got to work behind the scenes doing like a community partner outreach coordinator. And then also, and that's working, you know, that was working with in the social and emotional learning department. And then I also was a advisor. I'm still a advisor for the Black Student Union at the high school. So I still had these connections. And then when this position came up, I was like, wow, let me let me try, you know, I had some encouragement along the way. And and when I got that call of like it was a no brainer, definitely have to come here. So yeah, when you so I remember our interview and when you started, you were very clear with me that you wanted to learn about the macro and micro level and that you were taking urban leadership at the time. Absolutely. And so there was a lot that you were learning from urban leadership and you wanted to learn more about system. Yes. So I just wanted to add that. Thank you. I know I did forget that part. Yeah. And that you did so well that even I was like, can you come back for the next year? Because you made a lot of connections with the families and with the students in the community, in the community. So it seems like a no brainer that you would now be stepping into a role that I had, right? And it's so you are now been in Arlington as the director as the director for a couple of months, three months, three months. So I don't want to assume that anybody really knows what the macro program is. Do you want to tell us a little bit about what the program absolutely have that type of conversation? Because I can go back and forth right about that. Yeah. So the program to me overall is when I think of always give one word and that's opportunity, right? And so I know how it started out. It started out as a as an as an opportunity, like one sided almost, you know, in a sense that it was the opportunity for students from the Boston area to come out to suburban neighborhoods to get what we call a better education, because at the time the education was not good for black and brown or people of color, primarily black people.  It's it's an integration program now. So now we're not just bringing these students in for a different type of education, but you're also bringing some value into these communities with these students that become Meco directors, that become city counselors, that become acting mayors, that become NBA superstars, you know. So, you know, it's it's a beneficial situation on each each front. And so this program changed my life, it's changed my children's lives. And I see that it's changed friends' lives. And I'm so excited to see how it's going to help to change trajectories and to transition the students' lives that we have now. There's 72 students in the program and I'm super excited to see how that will transition as well. So this program is is, to me, another family dynamic. Yes. Did you I mean, Meco has been around since 1966. Right. 1966. Did you ever imagine that the Meco program would still be around? That we would still need a Meco program? I guess that's the question that we would still need a Meco program to, you know, it we all know that it's a state law, right? The Racial and Balance Act, but we would still need a program to diversify education. Did you did you ever think that Meco would be around this long for your children? I so yes and no. I was clear that I when when whenever I had children, they would be a part of the Meco program, right? And so I really I think at the time of being a young mom, I didn't really understand that. It was a good and a bad thing that it had to still be around. So, you know, it's good that it's still around so that students are able to in these communities are able to get this opportunity. But it's sad that it has to still exist because we are still so segregated in communities. And you just look at even from where our students are coming from the city of Boston is very much segregated.  And then it's also like, well, I'm glad that it does still exist because, you know, the opportunity that may not present themselves in that urban space do kind of present themselves in these in these suburban neighborhoods because of the resources that are allocated. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I always think like Meco is still around and I, you know, like you said, people have wonderful experiences and friendships that have come out of the Meco programs, like people who have been friends since kindergarten are still friends to this day. And their children now are friends. And I look at Meco as a legacy, right? You have sometimes third or fourth generation that have gone through the Meco program. Second generation. Yeah. Yeah. My mom was a Meco student. She didn't stay in the program all the way to graduation, but she was a part of, I believe Marblehead. She was, yeah, she was a Marblehead student. Yeah. Yeah. My sister was part of the Meco program. And when I got called into the Meco program, it was high school. So my mom thought you already kind of have a foundation where you're at and you're, you know, you have a community where you're at. So that's, I'm always been on the other side. So I've never been the student. Yeah. But I've always been the one working on that side. So, as we're talking about Meco, can you tell me some of the things that you appreciate about the program? Absolutely. So I, one, I appreciate the program overall. What I also, I think that, and I'm hoping that we get back to this, but in the past that we were really, the students were really connected to not only the district, but the Meco, like entity itself, right? And I believe that that is happening with, you know, certain district, but I remember being able to go to the Meco office, you know, for tutoring or whatever it is, you know? So we got to know other districts, right?  So hopefully we can get back to that, right? But the big thing that I appreciate about this program are the friendships that I built and the connections that I built. And one of the connections that I can, this like really remember, distinctively remember is when I was working at Homeless Services, I had a client come in, we call them guests at the time. So I had a guest come in who was elderly and I was like, we cannot have her stay in this shelter. Like she, it just wouldn't work. And I remember calling up a housing agency and talking to this person and him saying, hey, I'm gonna refer you to someone. Is that okay? So I talked to this person and great guy, somehow he had some kind of housing establishment in Framingham. I was like, okay. So he goes, do you know about Framingham? I said, well, it's kind of close to Newton. And I was a Newton alum, Newton graduate. So he goes, what do you know about Newton? We'll come to find out. We both graduated from Newton North High School. Now he graduated probably like 30 years before I did. But he was like, you know what?  And so we were able to, I was able to house this, this individual, this client within two days. That was quick. So I did social work stuff too, right? So that was a really quick thing, but it was that connection. Now had I not gone to Newton North, I probably wouldn't have that connection. And then I probably would have been, it would have been slower to house this person. But because we have that connection, so that's what that program brings. It brings a connection.  And you hear about those things, you hear people.  So that is like the biggest thing that I, that's my take from being a part of program and what I can appreciate are those connections. And it also happens on the other side when you work for the program, right? You're like, wait, you work for, cause that happens to me. And I've worked in different districts, previous years. You said something that resonated with me and I wanted to kind of unpack that a little bit more because you said that when you were in the Meckel program that you were able to establish relationships with students in other districts and other programs. And it seems like that is not happening anymore. And let's unpack like maybe why that's not happening. And what are some maybe creative ideas that we can start to talk about the intersection of these different districts to kind of come together because they're all having the same experience, right? They're all leaving their homes at a certain time. They're all being on a bus to go somewhere else to go to school. So they're all having that, they know that experience in that community. So what do you think has happened that kind of connection of different communities of districts are not happening anymore? I think there was a common goal back then. And the common goal was we're bringing some of the best of the best out to your schools to get this opportunity, right? And because of the transition of how that looks now as far as integrating the schools, I think everybody has their own way of doing things. So I think now it's like districts are kind of like, oh, well, we're kind of doing this. And then you have, you know, this other district, well, we're doing this. And so it doesn't allow for the directors to really come together to say, hey, how can we, you know, let's, because you're always putting out fires or there's always something going on. So like, how can we come together? Let's do a big dance. I think COVID definitely, you know, changes situations. And I don't know if previously, you know, I think you got with some districts and kind of did apple picking and so forth. I think we had like dances. There were things going on at Mecko headquarters that brought us together. So they would have awards in certain things. And you'd be like, oh, so I don't know how, but I have Lincoln sub-berry friends because we went to dances together. There were certain things that we connected with. So I'm hopeful that after this pandemic kind of just goes away that maybe that can start to happen, especially since we have a new little establishment down in my hometown, Roxbury, I represent very well. And so maybe we can start doing some things like that to bring our district students together. Yeah. You mentioned being a Mecko director and putting out fires. Let's talk about that a little bit, right? Cause both of us can have that discussion. I guess my first question is, do you really think people understand what the day to day that you do in being a director of a program? No, cause I've been asked like, well, what do you do? You know, and I honestly can't give it a real description of what I do because it's pretty much everything. I do what you do. I do what you do and it's, you know, it's just a combination of so many things and it can change at any given moment starting from the bus. I turn, well, I turn my phone up cause I don't even turn it off now. I turn my phone up at 5 30 because my first bus stop is at 6 30. And that means I may have to list here from the bus driver that may say he's late or the bus company that may say here, buses down or the bus monitor say I'm not feeling well. So I have to turn my phone on at 5 30. Yep. People don't understand that your day starts before you even leave your house. And I have a Mecko student at home who wakes up at 5 30. So there's times that I may be preparing lunch and I'm navigating the bus and so forth because, you know, hey, it didn't come yet. Something's going on. And then I believe during, so when I get in, you know, there may be some issue. Like I, one day I came in and, you know, one of the students called and was like, I left my stuff on the bus and then come to find out, like, at least five of them left something on the bus. So it was like contacting the bus company. Hey, can we get this stuff? And, you know, luckily it was the Arlington bus company. So it would have just bring it upstairs. It was the other one.  And then throughout the day, you get a lot of emails. There's a lot of stuff going on because we have K through 12. So during the day, there's a lot of stuff going on with the students. It may be grades, it may be attendance, it may be behavior, it may be, it could be praises at some point, like things are looking better, you know, IEP meetings, SST meetings, just some kind of meeting that you're doing. And so I'm running from school to school. I don't stay put. One place, like today, I went to Pierce. I also went to Audison because we rock our Meco T-shirts on the first Friday of every month. Shout out to Brian Merrigan, his school for that. Yeah, so. Which I'm gonna get in on, because you just told me. Please, yeah. Because we take pictures, so we took pictures with the students, we called them, hey, let's come and take some pictures. And so they liked that, it was nice. But I'm moving around a lot. Like, a lot. I used to call it, I'm on roller skates. They used to be like, what are you doing? I'm on roller skates. And then I changed it to the hoverboard. I was like, yeah, I'm on the hoverboard today.  You're at this meeting. You mentioned SST just for the audience that's student support team meeting, or you're at a special educational meeting for a student and their family. I remember a director years ago did a presentation for the superintendent, and she had all these gift boxes, and they were all name something different of what we did. It was all like nurse, friend, advocate. Absolutely. Sometimes you're, you know, whatever. It was like, there were like 20 boxes, and all of those boxes were real. Real stuff? They were real. And so, and then sometimes when you get home, right, some people, they, their day might end at four. Does your day end at four? My day does not end at four. So my day should typically end at the last bus stop. But there's sometimes, you know, either students are being picked up late or something's happened. The bus gets into pockets of traffic. There's times I've either had to pull over on the side of the road in techs, families, in the big group text to say, hey, the bus is 10 minutes late, 15 minutes late, because otherwise that phone will blow up. And then there's times that maybe if something happened on the bus, maybe a student accidentally got hit or a book bag, somebody ripped a book bag, like, you know, this plane horsing around.   Yeah, what's up? All right, perfect. You know, and then something may have happened that they didn't tell me throughout the day. So then there's a parent calling and maybe upset me, anything. Yeah, so. So can you tell me, you know, you tell me what you appreciate. Can you tell me what are some of the wins that you've had since you've been in here as the director for three months? Ooh. So some of the wins have been, one, creating relationships. I think I have some, I think I've started to create some amazing relationships with principals where I can kinda go to them and talk to them like we have these real conversations. I think also the relationship establishment with the students as well, like they are like the primary, the most important piece to this. Without them, there's no program. So just establishing those relationships and it's been great doing it, but it's also hard cause I'm running back and forth. The other piece is a big win is being able to have my student meetings with them and the family meetings, so being able to do that. And I started out doing those on a Saturday. We have one coming up on Saturday. We were trying to switch it up cause we have families that do things on Saturdays that can't be a part of, so I wanna switch it up. But just having that and I'm looking forward to really bringing in like some guest speakers. I love Wyatt Jackson. I shout him out all the time. Yes, Wyatt's great. He is an educator, has his own show on PBS. And I think that moving the body is so important and so he does these great things with that, so bringing him in and really just bringing in some more support. So I think overall making it to where I am right now is a huge win cause it was really rocky to begin with.  You're trying to understand everything. Wyatt's great. Wyatt came a couple of years ago, did some circles with the middle school and the students loved him. Absolutely. So what are some of the challenges, those some of the wins, what are some of the challenges that you think you've been facing, but and you've been overcoming? Yeah. Absolutely, so I think one of the challenges is people not really understanding what the program is.  And even though people may not say it verbally, I'm a social worker and I'm a feeler so I can feel things. And do I think that that's an ill intent? Absolutely not. I just think it's a misunderstanding of what the program is. So what I've been doing to get through these challenges is going to the different schools and explaining the program. But I'm not giving them the surface level like, this is what this is and this is that. I'm actually incorporating my experiences, my experience as a mom, my experience as the director and my experiences as an alum. So I'm giving those real life scenarios. I give them a day in a life of what it looks like for a Meckel student to wake up at 5.30 in the morning to have to get at the bus stop at 6.30.  Depending on where you live in a city. Depending on where you live and get into the bus stop and then ride in that long bus ride and your school, it's not your only school that's on that route. You may be the last school. My daughter's the last school to get off. So she's on the bus for over an hour. So you're already exhausted sometimes coming into school.  So those are the challenges that I think we'll be able to overcome as we start being more realistic about what this program is and what it can bring.  You may just have the next Kim Jane. You may have the next Bruce Brown. I believe Bruce Brown was Wakefield if I'm not mistaken, but, you know, so you may have these students sitting right here. I also talk about my, because I think the challenges is too that as students of color, you're different, right? And we all know that race is a social construct. It's not real. It's not real. There's only one race and that's the human race. But we still operate in this kind of sectional type of understanding of differences. So, you know, just helping people to understand these students are human. And they're just the same and they're Arlington public school students. So I think that's a challenge, but I also see some change manifesting. If I've had people come up to me and say, thank you so much for that presentation, bringing that real life experience kind of puts it into context for me. I've never had it that way, so I appreciate that. I'm like, well, I can give it because I lived it. So I have the lived experience of it and I'm living it. So you can see what that looks like. And I'll tell them, I'm like, don't feel sorry for them. Cause this is a voluntary program. Keep your expectations. Absolutely. But just have some empathy and some compassion and understanding that if your student comes in, this stomach may be grumbling and they may want to eat. And they did have breakfast in the morning, but it's been two hours. I need a snack.  Absolutely. It's, you know, you and I have known each other now. We're going on three years. I know this thing. And so let's talk about our relationship. Absolutely. And I think when you first interviewed, our interview went for over an hour. It was out of Starbucks. It was out of Starbucks. It was out of Starbucks. And we really started to kind of talk and you really opened up about where you wanted to be. The reason why you went back to school and we found out like, cause Simmons is my alum, right? I have my master's or social work from Simmons. So let's talk about like, what does this feel like? We switched roles. Oh my gosh. Right, you now are not, you're not, you know, my student intern. Now you're the director of the program. Like we're sitting at the same table together. What does that feel like? You know, it is so hard for me to be proud of myself. I have to be real about that. Like I've never really been able to bask in that. So I have been trying to be intentional about celebrating that. Even if that's even a Facebook post so everybody else can kind of like pump me up and I'm like, okay, you are on the right. I got this. It feels magical. So prior to, I was telling you this during the interview, I had, I have a master's in management. So I have a master's in management from Eastern Nazarene College. And a lot of concepts that we learned about in social work, we actually learned about those. So I have a background in HR, ethical leadership, business law. And so I was trying to get ahead. You know, I was trying to, I was working too hard and I wasn't being recognized for that. And I wasn't working hard to be recognized. I was working hard for those clients that I was working with. But when I looked to climb that ladder, it didn't happen. And it was devastating. So that's when I had to, I was like, I gotta reinvent myself. I gotta figure this out. And I love school. So that's why Simmons became it. And so I remember writing on my Twitter handle, Future Program Director. I never thought I'd be sitting in the seat though. But I do remember that, right, in Future Program Director. This is something that I want to do. And I looked back and as I was changing my Twitter handle, I wrote Program Director. And that hit me. I was like, oh my gosh. But I got into a place and a space and with people that recognized my strengths, my abilities, my possibilities.  I think Arlington Community in general embraced me, loved me and was like, yeah, you're it. And I felt that. And I had never felt that before. So it's still kind of foreign to me. I appreciate it. But sometimes I'll sink in like, ooh, I don't know. And I think I didn't even say today I'm not yet walking in my authority yet. I'm not yet walking in there because it's unfamiliar territory. It's uncharted for me. But I appreciate it and I'm happy to be here. Yeah, you're doing a great job.  Thank you. Because I'm like, wow, just to see you in that seat and to know where you come from and that, you could take my seat over.  I had a great mentor. Listen. I'm so proud that you could do that. And I think you said something that I just want the community to know. I think it's really important to let people know, especially in this time when we've had a pandemic, just to let people know, like you're doing a great job. I see you. Thank you for this small act that you've done. I don't think a lot of that happens. You know, we just, it's like. It's like it's supposed to. You're supposed to.  Whether it's a presentation, whether it's just that student interaction that you saw with somebody. And that helps somebody to continue to build out their confidence in the new position that they have. And so I'm going to tell you publicly that you are actually doing, she's doing a wonderful job. Thank you. After three months. Sometimes I don't feel like I'm needed, which is fine. No, you are. Which is fine. Because I think you have a great handle on a lot of things. So I think the way we kind of talk now is, you know, you just, you're really just talking about like, I'm thinking about this, how does this work? And so I appreciate the conversations that we're having. Yes, me too. And that I can pour my knowledge into you. So I wanted to say that publicly. Thank you. So I want to thank you for just being on today's show with me. I feel like a superstar. I really appreciate that you took the time out to do this today. And just to share your story and your love for Meckle, because I really believe you do love Meckle. Oh, I love it. You've been a student.  I wasn't the best student. It's okay. And now you're a director of a program for Meckle. So that says a lot, you know. So again, thank you. This is Rachelle Smith. She is the new Meckle director for Arlington Public Schools. I thank you for joining us for DEI Matters Conversations with Margaret Kledel Thomas. And I hope to be visiting with you again soon. Thank you.


Okay. Here we go. Good morning, everybody, and welcome to the February 17, 2022 meeting of the Santa Rosa Zoning Administrator, scheduled to begin after 10.30 p.m. or a.m., rather, and we're slightly after 10.30 a.m., so I appreciate your patience. Pursuant to government code section 5495E subsection E, and the recommendation of the health officer of the County of Sonoma, the Zoning Administrator will be participating in this meeting via Zoom webinar. Members of the public can participate virtually at zoom.us forward slash join or by calling toll free<PHONE_NUMBER>. The meeting ID is 890-2871-9260. This meeting will also be streamed live at youtube.com forward slash City of Santa Rosa. Today's meeting is a regular session meeting. The Zoning Administrator typically holds two meetings per month on the first and third Thursdays of the month. This is the second regular session meeting of the Zoning Administrator in February. Our next regular session meeting is scheduled for March 3, 2022. Members of the public accessing the meeting through Zoom can provide comments during the public comment periods. Additional information related to meeting participation is available online at srcity.org forward slash zoning admin. So at this point in today's agenda, we do provide the opportunity for general public comments about items that are not listed on today's agenda. And so I would like to go ahead and open the public comment period for general comments about those items that are not listed on today's agenda. Eileen, could you please provide us with the public attendance status? We have no raised hands at this time. The one email comment was attached to the agenda for public review. Great. Thank you. We'll get just just a moment yet in case we have some some late attendees. Okay. And if we have no raised hands, then I'll go ahead and close this general public comment period and move on to zoning administrator business. We do. The zoning administrator. Yes. I apologize. We do have a raised hand. Okay. It is Sean Padina. I believe he is representing the applicant. Would you like me to go ahead and promote him or? Yeah, we let's let's go ahead and open it. But if it is the applicant, then if and if it is a public comment unrelated to today's meeting item, then he would be able to offer that comment. Absolutely. Just one moment while I pull up the public comment screen. And Mr. Padina, if you would please confirm your ability to see the, I'm going to go ahead and share that the timer. If you'd like to introduce yourself and confirm that you can see the screen, that would be wonderful. Thank you. So yes, can you hear me? Yes. Okay. All I'm seeing on my screen is Andrew. And then the other half of the screen is the city of Santa Rosa Art and Public Places Committee. Thank you, Sean. Can you see me? Yes. Okay. Because I'm not on the screen. I can't see myself. I know that Mary Edwards, the owner of the property is also present and also Rick from Kenwood Fence is also present during this to answer any questions and to make comments on everybody's behalf. Okay. Thanks, Sean. So during today's meeting, the only people that will be on screen will be the project planner, Monisha Kali, when she's presenting and myself. So during zoning administrator virtual public meetings, we do not show the applicants or members of the public on the screen. So you can plan to be heard as well as the property owner can be heard. But we would not be showing video. Okay. All right. That answers my questions because for screen sharing and all that, that makes a complete sense. Sure. Great. Okay. So let's go back to where we were, which I think we need to complete zoning administrator business. And okay. So meeting item number three agenda item three is zoning administrator business. The zoning administrator is appointed by the Planning and Economic Development Director. It has the responsibility and authority to conduct public hearings and to take action on applications for all administrative permits and approvals issued by the department. A determination or decision by the zoning administrator may be applied to the design, may be appealed to the design review board, cultural heritage board, planning commission, or city council as applicable to the decision. There are no zoning administrator reports today. And so we will move on to meeting item number four scheduled items. We have one meeting item today. For this item, I will ask the project planner for a staff presentation and an applicant presentation or comments. Following these presentations, I may ask clarifying questions of the project planner or applicant. I will then open the meeting for public comment about the item under review. Members of the public are invited to provide comment about the project being reviewed. These comments should be limited to three minutes. After the public comment opportunity is completed, I may ask additional questions of staff or applicant as part of my review. I will then issue a decision to approve, deny, or continue the project for further review. Again, decisions of the zoning administrator are appealable to the planning commission design review board, cultural heritage board, or city council as applicable. Pursuant to zoning code section 20-62.030, appeals shall be submitted in writing and filed with the planning department on a city application form within 10 calendar days after the date of the decision. Which for this, for today's meeting is the close of business on February 28th. All right. We would then move on to meeting item 4.1. This is a public meeting to provide minor design review for proposed security fence and gate where the project located at 3440 airway drive. A sequel exemption is recommended for this project. And the file number is dr21-045. The project planner is Monae Shekali. And so we will turn to Ms. Shekali and ask her for her staff presentation. Can I excuse for a second, please? I have Rick from Kenwood Fence is waiting for acceptance into the meeting. He had just texted me from the host. Great. Thanks, Sean. So he probably needs to enter the meeting ID because he's not in the attendee queue. The meeting ID is 890-2871-6920. Correct. And let me text him right now. So I will start sharing my screen and your presentation. Okay. Thank you. Let me start sharing my screen. Okay. Mr. Zoning Administrator, you already introduced the project. So I will start with the second slide. So the applicant is proposing to install an 8-foot black chain link fence with gates for security reasons. The picture below shows just portion of the building and existing site with existing trees. So the project, the site is zoned light industrial, consistent with the general plan land use, which is light industry. And this site is located in an industrial area. As you can see, lots of parcels in that area are zoned for light industrial with some commercial in the back of the project site. Here is a closer aerial view from the project site. As you can see, there are two entrances or exits for the site with parkings in the back and on both side of the property. The site is being used for cannabis land uses and the applicant wants to add fence to secure the site. They have experienced some depth and issues with the site. The reason they are adding security is to provide safety and security for the employees and for the visitors. So here is a site plan that the applicant has provided. The yellow lines are where the fence will be placed all around the building and no trees will be removed as a result of this fence. The applicant is making sure to preserve and keep the trees on the site. Two driving gates will be, two gates for drivers will be proposed and one pedestrian gate will be placed in the back of the building where the parking lot is located. And the applicant is proposing to add plants and shrubs in front of the building to screen the fence along the airway drive. However, the majority of the fence will not be visible from the street because it will be on the site and rear of the building. On the north side, the applicant will try to add some bollards to protect the fence from cars backing up. I have another picture I will show how it will look like. But first, I'm going to just show you the example of how the pedestrian gate and the fence would look like, which is an eight foot fence. Here is a driveway gate, double chain link fence and gate. And here is where the fence on the north side will be located. As you can see, the property line is right next to the yellow line. And the cars on the north side, when they back up, they can hit the fence. So the applicant is placing a three foot bollard to protect the fence. And the reason that they have the pointed arrow style bollard is to not let anyone get on top of that bollard and pass the fence. So they are trying to protect the fence. And as I mentioned, the applicant is doing their best to not remove any trees and preserve the trees on site. I have received about public comments. The property owner on the north side sent us an email and they mentioned they have concerns about location of the fence and the location of the bollards. They asked to move the fence a little bit further and bollards also further to protect the tree roots from being damaged. And also they have concerns about the new bollards would damage their curbs. I have talked to the applicant and can mention how this bollard will be placed there and will prevent the damage for the existing tree roots and also the curb. And for SICWA, the proposed project has been reviewed in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act and qualifies for a Class 3 exemption under section 15303 in that the fence is construction of an accessory structure. And with that the planning and economic development department recommends that the zoning administrator by resolution approve a minor design review permit for the property located at 34 for the airway drive. And my information is here, the applicant team is also available to answer questions if there are any. Thank you. Great. Thank you, Mr. Calate. Mr. Codina, it looks like we still have not had the other member of your applicant team join. Do you want to give a few minutes for the other person to join as well? Or would you like to go ahead and provide a comment? No, I could provide some comments. He just texted me. He said for some reason it's still not letting a man. He does have the flyer and he's been, he's tried, so I'm just told him to try, keep trying, I told him. Sure. So, you know, I did review the site again this morning. He has reviewed the site again this morning. The concern from the letter from Mr. Moyahan, the representative of the property of the North on the North, he had some comments here and mentioning it was hit on his property line. If you notice, we are setting everything back from our property line. Even the concrete for the bollards will not be encroaching into his property line. It will not be undermining any curb, which was another one of his comments. Redwoods grow, the roots grow down. They don't grow out. So when we encounter a root, what we do is we have the option of putting the posts, you know, either seven feet apart or 10 feet apart. So we have, we have some variants on, you know, roughly around three feet. So we can move and slide those posts as we need. Looking at the site this morning, there is no bollards that will be placed directly in front of a tree. There will be some that are be slightly offset. So that is not an issue whatsoever to affect the trees. Obviously, the owner of the property, these are beautiful redwoods. We do not want to affect these trees. We want to preserve the trees. So if we do run into a root, it would go to hand digging. We would protect that root and work around it. That's, that's our main goal is really just to protect this fence and also to protect the facility because of the break-ins and the employees in the facility, you know, they're scared, you know, because they've had a couple, you know, serious situations where people have tried to break into this facility. So the owner is trying to protect her clients with this no-climb eight-foot fence and make sure that this very expensive fence is maintained by protecting it with the bollards. The vehicles that are backing up over that line, so when I was out on the site this morning, obviously you have your parking stripes so if they were to actually, in that picture that Monet's got up right now, if they were to stop the back of their bumper at the curb, they still, so actually a good example. So they, let's say, they go all the way to the curb. So they're three feet into the owner's property on the south, Mary Edwards property. If they pulled forward three feet and parked actually the way they should park, they're still within those stripes.  So if they're parking properly, they're staying within that parking spot parameter. The bollards are for protection for them to notice so that they do not hit the bollard or hit the fence because any kind of damage to the fence is obviously going to be a very expensive repair. This is a one-inch polycoated no-climb fence so it's very expensive. It's a very expensive investment by the owner and she just wants to protect it. So this was the best concept that we came up with to protect her property, the trees, and keep a safe haven for her employees or her clients that rent the facility out. Great. Well, thanks so much for those comments, Mr. Covina. I do have a couple of questions. The first question is I want to confirm that you would generally seek to locate the bollards midpoint between the parking space within the parking space. So in other words, I understand it would be located on the applicant's property, the bollard would. We have likely a nine-foot wide parking space that you're seeking to locate midpoint on that parking space. But you may move off of midpoint in the event that you were to encounter a root. Is that correct? Correct. We would make adjustments as needed. Now doing a site visit today, it doesn't look like we would have to make relief any major adjustments that everything actually would look pretty uniform out there. Sure. Thank you for that clarification. And then the second, you mentioned that it's a no-climb fence. Can you describe how does a no-climb fence, chain-link fence, compare to, say, the standard chain-link fence, galvanized fence that we're used to seeing? So a regular galvanized is roughly two and a half, I think two and a half to three inches where you can get a foothold. This one inch, once it's polycoded, it actually probably turns into about three-quarters of an inch of a gap. So if you try to get a foothold, your foot's just going to slide. It'll just slide down. And so putting the bollards on that and just on the north end with the pointed tops, and the pointed tops are going to be shaved at the top, they're not going to be sharp like a knife or anything like that, would prevent them from getting a good foothold to get to reach the top of the eight-foot fence to climb over. Right. Because presumably, otherwise, if you didn't have the pointed top on the bollard, then somebody could stand on the bollard and gain three feet to be able to then climb over the top of the fence. Is that correct? That is correct. So this is more of a preventative measure. Sure. Okay, great. I'm glad you pointed that out because the point does is a bit off-putting, but it's good to understand the rationale behind using that approach for a top of the bollard. And then tell me about the durability of the polycoating. So I do appreciate that the design is not a typical chain-link design, and the material used is not your typical Galvanized chain-link material. So tell me a bit about the durability of the polycoating and such. I think it comes with a 10-year warranty. So it's a polyurethane coating. It's very, very durable. And this fence is going to be very, it just makes, when you get to the smaller spaces, it makes the fence a lot tighter and a lot stronger than more of like, if you've obviously grown up around our standard fences, and you can kind of push them in and out, you can put your hands through them and get footholds and whatnot. This is more of, it's more of a strength and it's going to have just tinier holes. So for longevity, we wanted to do the polycoating and everything, the poles and any kind of cross-bracing, all that will be powder-coated. Even the bollards will be powder-coated to match the fence. The caps that are going on there will be painted to match also. We want this to look as aesthetically pleasing as possible. We didn't want this to be an eyesore, but you're definitely not going to see a lot of this from the street. And the owner is also, if you go back to Monet, the overhead picture, she is in the middle of planning with her landscaper right now, the landscape design for the whole property. And it doesn't just include the front, it includes that back. If you see the back, the rear back there, that's all going to be just beautiful and luscious when it's done. So she wants to spend a lot of money and make a lot of improvements on this property and make it very safe in the same sense for her clients. Okay, great. Thank you for those comments. And then one last question, the pedestrian locking gate at the rear. I appreciate that because oftentimes to have that sort of access can help especially if people are moving between spaces and between properties. So presumably staff would have access to lock and unlock that gate or would that generally remain locked? No, that would generally remain locked. It would be a code key. Okay. So it would be either a code or a code key, like a key fob. And it would be self-closing, obviously. Then I've also worked with the fire department. So I did do all my research with them before I did my applications with them. So that rear area, as you see, that is their designated turnaround area. That overhead picture, as you see, those parking spots are generally wide open just like that is. And so there is days when there's cars parked there and a lot of those cars would have noticed while spending time on the site to the right of that picture is the rear of the 24-hour fitness. And a lot of those customers are parking right there. So that's going to prevent that from happening also. We've had a lot of issues dumping, a lot of issues of the homeless, just leaving trash. So it's really just going to protect the facility. She wants to make it look beautiful and keep it maintained. And it's all about beautification, but also safety in the same sense, and to get her clients so that her clients don't feel threatened in any manner. Great. Thank you, Mr. Codino. I appreciate your additional comments and input. Ms. Chicali, were you able to confirm the depth of the parking spaces on the adjacent property? I used our GIS and it seems they are 17 feet. So probably they had two feet overhang on the adjacent property passing the property line. And I'm looking at the picture, it seems that's the two feet where they overhang. Okay. A standard parking space depth would be 19. Correct. And we oftentimes have a three to five foot projection differential in GIS. So, okay. That's great. Thank you for taking that additional step. At this point in time, I don't have any additional questions for staff or for the applicant. So I am going to go ahead and share my screen to open public comment for this meeting. If anyone wishes to make a comment, please raise your hand if you're phoning in and would like to make a comment, please press star nine to raise your hand. And we will unmute you in order to provide public comment. Mr. Codino has raised his hand. I will go ahead and share the screen. Yeah, I just wanted to mention, I don't think I did, but we do have the fire permits. They have been approved. I just wanted to mention that. Great. Thank you so much. There are no additional hands raised at this time. Wonderful. I was just getting ready to ask you. Okay. Well, let's go ahead then and we will close public comment and bring that back to me for my review. And I do want to pull up the resolution so that I'm aware of that. So considering before me as a resolution of the zoning administrator of the city of Santa Rosa, approving minor design review for installation of an eight foot chain link fence with gates along the boundary of the entire site for the property located at 3440 Airway Drive Santa Rosa, APN 148, 060, 018, file number DR 21-045. This is minor design review. So as such, we are primarily interested in the design characteristics of the project. I recognize the need for both property owners and the tenants' needs for safety and security. That is very important. And I do appreciate the efforts that's been made by the applicant team with the support of the property owner to create a design that is both provides for safety and security, but also is visually appealing. I do think that the polycoded chain link fences with the smaller openings are a vast improvement over what we typically see in our industrial spaces, which are the standard galvanized fences. So thank you for making that effort to ensure that not only are you salving for the issues that you're facing, but you're also doing so in a visually appealing manner. As well as Ms. Edwards, I want to thank you for your continuing investment in the property, not just in terms of installing the fencing to support your tenants, but also for the other landscaping improvements that you will be making as part of this project. We greatly appreciate your continuing investment in our community. I do recognize the concerns about potential damage to the existing trees located on site. And I appreciate the comments that the applicant has provided the care and effort that they are taking to make sure that the trees are not damaged during installation of the fence or the bollards, as well as their recognition of the value of the trees as an important aspect of the site and the need to preserve them for not just for a site, but also for our community. So I am able to make all of the findings needed to approve minor design review for this project, including the finding that the project qualifies for a Class III exemption under Section 15303 subsection E, and that the of the CEQA guidelines and the defences construction of an accessory structure. Please be aware that you are required to comply with the conditions of approval that are included in this resolution. And so with that, I will be approving minor design review for the offense with Gates on the 17th day of February 2022. And I do remind both the applicant and members of the public that this approval is subject to appeal within 10 calendar days from the date of approval. And so that then concludes meeting item 4.1. And so there being no other business before the zoning administrator, I will adjourn this meeting until the next regularly scheduled meeting of the zoning administrator on March 3, 2022. Thank you for your participation today.


Welcome to the GVSU calculus screencasts. This video is about the alternating series test. Recall that an alternating series is a series whose terms alternate signs between positive and negative. In other words, an alternating series is a series that has the form a sub 1 minus a sub 2 plus a sub 3 minus a sub 4 and so on, where all these terms are non-negative. We typically represent the alternating sign in an alternating series with powers of negative 1, as in the sum k goes from 1 to infinity, negative 1 to the k plus 1 times a sub k. And in the screencast, we're going to apply the alternating series test to determine the convergence or divergence of a few series. As an example, consider the series sum k goes from 1 to infinity minus 1 to the k plus 1, 6 over 3 k plus 2. Recall that the alternating series test tells us that an alternating series will converge if and only if the sequence of non-negative terms, the sequence a sub k, decreases to 0. So pause the video for a moment and look at our example of the alternating series, negative 1 to the k plus 1, 6 over 3 k plus 2, and explicitly identify the a sub k, and then determine if the alternating series test applies to this series, and if so, what conclusions can we draw? Then resume the video when you're ready. Writing out the first few terms of this series, we see that when k equals 1, we have 6 fifths, when k is 2, we have negative 6 eighths, when k is 3, we have 6 elevenths, when k is 4, we have negative 6 thirteenths. So this is an alternating series, and in this case, a sub k is 6 over 3 k plus 2. Now we need to know if the sequence a sub k decreases to 0. Now, k plus 1 is bigger than k, so by inverting both sides, we can see that a sub k, which is 6 over 3 k plus 2, has to be bigger than 6 over 3 times the quantity k plus 1 plus 2, which is a sub k plus 1 for each k. So the sequence a sub k decreases. We also know that the limit as k goes to infinity of the sequence 6 over 3 k plus 2 equals 0, so that means that the sequence a sub k decreases to 0. An alternative way to show that the sequence decreases is to consider the continuous function f of x equals 6 over 3 x plus 2. The derivative of that function is negative, so that means that that real value function decreases, and these a sub k's just take on values at the integer inputs, so that would show that the sequence decreases as well. In the end, because the sequence a sub k decreases to 0, the alternating series test applies, and it tells us that our alternating series converges. Unfortunately, our alternating series test doesn't tell us to what this series converges, but in a later screencast, we'll see how to use the alternating series estimation theorem to estimate the sum of this series as close as we like. Just as a reminder of why this alternating series converges, let's look at a few of the partial sums of this series. We have the first partial sum is just 6 fifths. The second partial sum is s1 minus the second term, 6 eighths, which is about 0.45. The third partial sum is the second partial sum plus the third term, 6 elevenths, that's about 0.995. And the fourth partial sum is the third partial sum minus the fourth term, so that's s3 minus 6 thirteenths, about 0.57. If we plot these partial sums, s1 through s4 on the number line, we can see that s1 is about 1.2, s2 is about 0.45, s3 is about 0.99, s4 is about 0.57. We see that the partial sums of our series oscillate around some point that is the actual sum of the series. Now, since the terms a sub k decreased to zero, that'll force the sequence of partial sums to actually collapse down onto the sum of the series. Now, a use of technology shows that the 1,000th partial sum is about 0.758, and the 10,000th partial sum is about 0.759. So we can be pretty confident that the series, sum negative 1 to the k plus 1, 6 over 3 k plus 2, has a sum that's pretty close to 0.76. Let's look at another example. Consider the series, sum k goes from 1 to infinity, 2k over k squared plus 2. Pause the video for a moment and determine if the alternating series test applies, and if it does, what conclusion can we draw? Resume the video when you're ready. If we write out the first few terms of this series, when k is 1 we have 2 thirds, when k is 2, 4 sixths, when k is 3, 6, 11ths, notice that all these terms are positive, so this series is not an alternating series, and we can't even apply the alternating series test. And if we want to determine the convergence or divergence of this series, we'll have to use one of our other tests that apply just a series of positive terms, like the comparison test, the ratio test, or the integral test. Let's do one more example. Consider the sum k equals 1 to infinity minus 1 to the k plus 1, k squared over k squared plus 3. Pause the video for a moment and determine if the alternating series test applies. If it does, what conclusion can you draw? Resume the video when you're ready. Let's look at the first few terms of this series. When k is 1, we get a quarter. When k is 2, we get negative 4 sevenths. When k is 3, we get 9, 12ths, and so on. So the terms in this series do alternate between positive and negative, and the alternating series test applies. Now the positive terms in this series have the form a sub k is k squared over k squared plus 3. But the limit of k squared over k squared plus 3 as k goes to infinity is 1, and so the sequence of positive terms in this series does not converge to zero. And the alternating series test says that the alternating series converges if and only if the sequence of kth terms decreases to zero, since the sequence of kth terms here doesn't even have a limit of zero, our alternating series diverges by the alternating series test. So let's summarize. The alternating series test says that the alternating series sum minus 1 to the k plus 1 a sub k converges if that sequence of the positive terms a sub k decreases to zero. The alternating series test also says that the alternating series diverges. If the sequence of positive terms a sub k does not decrease to zero. An important point, a critically important point to note is that the alternating series test applies only to alternating series, not to any other kind of series. And if a series is not an alternating series, then we need to apply one of our other tests to determine convergence or divergence. That concludes our screencast on using the alternating series test. Please come back soon.


I'm Staff Sergeant Robert Creech with the 90th Security Forces Squadron, and I work as a base defense operation center controller, as well as a patrolman on FU Warren. So we report in for duty at 0430. That's when we have our guard mount, our formation. Our flight chiefs will have us fall in. They'll give us all the pass-ons for the day. We do something different every day. So I could be posted at the gate as an entry controller, or I could work as a patrolman on the road, or work for dispatch as a base defense operation center controller. After you get your weapons, then you go out to post. So for BDOC, for example, for the base defense operation center, if you work in dispatch, you'll report to BDOC, you'll do a changeover with your off-going, and make sure everything's accounted for, then we'll do duress checks with other agencies. So as a patrolman, after you get your weapons, then you'll go outside and conduct changeover with your prior shift. So day-to-day operations as a patrolman, essentially we do a little bit of security and law enforcement at the same time. So priority is security and base defense. So we want to make sure that the base is all secure. We do all of our routine, like building checks. So a lot of people, when they're on patrol, when they're executing their law enforcement duties, they will, you know, you'll see us up at intersections and will be camped out doing what's called traffic selective enforcement. And what we're doing is we're actually at those intersections watching people for certain traffic violations. So when we pull people over, the biggest thing is we want to make sure that before we make contact with that person that, you know, this isn't like a wanted felon. If something was to happen, we want to make sure that everyone's tracking, like, exactly what vehicle it is, who's driving it, what happened. If someone has something on their record or if they have any wants and warrants, then we might have to initiate what we call a high-risk traffic stop. So before making contact with the vehicle, we'll actually have to challenge that individual out of the vehicle. So with their hands up, stepping out of the vehicle slowly, coming back towards us. And then we'll put them at a disadvantage so we can detain them and then go from there.  And that's priority number one. And unfortunately, I think that a lot of people just see us, you know, pulling people over for, you know, rolling a stop sign or backing up the gates with a stop check and pass. But ultimately, you know, the reason we do the things we do is because of, you know, safety and security for base personnel, first and foremost. And then also just to make sure that the mission gets accomplished at the end of the day.


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I found 11 of the highest paying remote jobs and I'm gonna be presenting them for your viewing pleasure. And I did all the research for you, I'm gonna tell you how much they make, I'm gonna give you examples of where you can get hired for these jobs, et cetera. So all you have to do is sit back, relax, gently tap that like button and let's get into it with number one on the list which is going to be a fantasy football analyst. So this is not gonna be like the highest paying job on the list and it's also not gonna be one of the better ones on the list but I thought I would include it here because it's a really fun one and there's actually a decent amount of positions open for this. So in case you didn't know, fantasy football is basically where you predict which players in American football are going to perform the best. And this isn't just based on how good the players are but it's also based on their circumstances as well. So there might be a really good player on a really bad team and that could cause them to have really good stats or inversely it could also cause them to have bad stats as well. And there is an entire industry around fantasy football and they also do this for other sports like basketball, soccer, baseball, et cetera as well. But fantasy football alone is a multi-billion dollar industry and as a fantasy football analyst you get to combine your love for the game with your analytical skills. All while working remotely and enjoying the flexibility of being able to manage your schedule. And a fun fact here is the first fantasy football league was actually started in 1962 by a group of Oakland Raider fans where they had their own draft and everything. And this is such a sought after job that in 2009 Matthew Berry known as the talented Mr. Roto left his job as a Hollywood screenwriter to become a full-time fantasy football analyst. Now if you get employed as a fantasy football analyst the average salary is gonna be about $60,000 a year. But you can make much, much more than this if you go off on your own and start your own blog or you start your own YouTube channel. So some of the skills you would need for this position are going to be a strong knowledge of football of course, statistical analysis skills, understanding of fantasy football strategies, attention to detail, ability to interpret data, effective communication skills and a passion for the game. And a great way to get started with this is actually just to go ahead and start your own YouTube channel or blog. And that way you can just use it as a portfolio. There's definitely no college degree for becoming a fantasy football analyst. At least I hope there isn't. And so basically the best way to show that you have these skills is to just start making your own content. So overall I'm gonna give this one a six out of 10 opportunity score that's gonna be the lowest on the entire list but I thought I would just include it because I thought it was a really cool one. The next on the list is a super legit career where you can make hundreds of thousands of dollars, multiple hundreds of thousands and that is going to be a data architect. And a data architect is responsible for housing and organizations data. They need to make sure that it's safe, secure but it's also easily accessible. And this position is crucial for helping organizations harness the power of their data. And this helps them make informed business decisions and optimize their processes. And basically any career that is data related is super hot, super in demand and very high paying right now. And data architects make about $166,000 a year. So some of the skills you would need to get into this are strong analytical skills, expertise in data management systems, proficiency in data modeling and design and the ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams. Now there's basically two different ways of getting into positions like this. The first way is to get a computer science or a statistics degree and you can get it either at the bachelor's or the master's level. And then you'd probably start off at a lower level data related position and you'd work your way up to data architect. The second way, the way where you don't actually have to get a degree is to get into a data analyst position and then just start learning from there. Start getting different certifications like the CDMP or the Togaf certifications. And then you can eventually work your way into the position within a few years. The more traditional way is of course getting a college degree, but the easier and more cost-effective way is probably starting off as a data analyst. And a great way to get started as a data analyst is to take the Google Data Analyst Professional Certificate. This is a certificate that I reviewed on my channel. I think it's excellent. It's actually one of the better Google certificates and I think all of them are pretty good. And I will make sure to put it down in the description as well as the pinned comment below if you wanna check it out. But these certificates are great because you can finish them in a few months. You get access to a private job board where hundreds of companies are hiring and they're only hiring people who have these certificates. It also allows you to build a portfolio while you're learning data analytics. So it's active learning. It's something you can put on your resume, your portfolio and your LinkedIn that will really stand out. And it's only about $39 per month depending on where you live. There it's actually kind of location dependent. In some locations it's gonna be more expensive. In some locations it's cheaper according to people who have commented below my videos. And again, you can check just by clicking the link down below. But in terms of value, it is pretty much as good as it gets. There have been many people who commented on my channel who said they were able to actually get a job with these certificates. Now I am an affiliate partner of Coursera, full disclosure, but I was recommending them before they ever gave me an affiliate partnership. In fact, the reason that they reached out to me is because I was recommending them. So definitely check them out. Really love Coursera. I'll put them down in the description as well as the pinned comment below. But overall I am gonna give Data Architect an opportunity score of 9.5 out of 10. Now the next one on the list is another entry level job that is relatively high paying and it also has a ton of opportunity to make even more money after that. And that is going to be a project coordinator. Now if you've ever heard of a project manager, a project coordinator is kind of like the project manager's sidekick. And basically you're gonna be overseeing and managing various projects ensuring their successful execution and delivery. And the role of project coordinator can be traced back to ancient civilizations such as ancient Egypt where construction of monumental structures required meticulous attention to detail and planning. Now as a project coordinator, you'll be making about $56,000 a year. So some of the skills you might need for this position are going to be strong organizational skills, excellent communication skills and leadership abilities, attention to detail, the ability to multitask. In prior experience at something is often preferred. You don't necessarily have to be a project coordinator of course, but it is preferred but there are also entry level positions that are available with no experience required. And yeah, overall I'm gonna give it a nine out of 10 opportunity score. The next one on the list is gonna be a pretty good one. I'd say it's kind of underrated and that's going to be an inventory analyst. Now this is a position where you'll often be working for an e-commerce company or some other company that basically has a ton of logistics issues. So anybody who understands e-commerce and sort of like physical products in general know that logistics is incredibly important.  And basically in this position you are going to be managing and analyzing inventory levels and making sure that you stay in that perfect zone where you don't have too much or too little. And this is a really good quote about inventory just to kind of show how important this is. Inventory is money sitting around in another form. Now inventory analysts make about $57,000 a year. And keep in mind this is an entry level job so that's really good. So some of the skills you're gonna need for this are a strong attention to detail and also analytical skills. Here are a few opportunities that you can look into. Keep in mind these probably won't be open if it's like two weeks after this video is posted which is why it's important to subscribe and hit the bell notification if you haven't done it already. But overall I'm gonna give this one an opportunity score of 7.5 out of 10. The next one on the list is going to be a communications specialist. And this is very similar to a PR position which is public relations. So basically you're gonna be crafting compelling messages, managing public relations and driving effective communication strategies for your organization. So understanding things like public relations and optics and sort of your overall general brand message is incredibly important in this position. So you might spend a lot of time kind of overseeing and editing press releases or your company's newsletter or different advertisement that might go out. And a communication specialist makes about $57,000 a year. And keep in mind this is a relatively entry level job. Some of the skills you might need for this are going to be strong written and verbal communication skills, strategic thinking, creativity and the ability to adapt to various audiences and platforms. Here are some opportunities that you can look into. And overall I'm gonna give this one an opportunity score of eight out of 10. The next one on the list is going to be in the insurance industry and that's going to be a public adjuster. And in this position you're gonna be advocating on behalf of policy holders. So you're actually going to be representing the little guy in most cases. So you might be helping them in the process of submitting and filing an insurance claim. So you can ensure that they receive fair compensation for whatever their loss was. Now as a public adjuster you'd make about $68,000 a year. And the insurance industry is very well known for accepting people at the entry level without any skills or previous experience. But with that being said, strong negotiation skills are a must. And you also wanna have in-depth knowledge of the insurance industry and how insurance policies work as well. And overall I'm gonna give this one an eight out of 10 opportunity score. The next one on the list is going to be an LMSE learning administrator. And that stands for learning management systems or e-learning administrator. And this is basically where you make the e-learning experience as smooth and fruitful as possible. In this position you'd make about $68,000 a year. And keep in mind this is another one where you can get hired without a college degree or any previous experience because you can basically just make your own experience. And some of the skills you'd wanna have for this one are strong technical skills, knowledge of instructional design principles, attention to detail, problem solving skills, and effective communication. And overall I'm gonna give this one an opportunity score of 8.5 out of 10. The next one on the list is going to be a technical writer. And this is basically where you're going to be writing things like instructional manuals for different products. And this is kind of like being a translator between technology and common language. And there's a really good quote I like about this one. The goal of a technical writer is to transform the complex into the comprehensible. And technical writing actually dates back to ancient civilizations such as ancient Egypt. Where detailed instructions for things like construction or rituals were documented on papyrus scrolls. Now this is one of the highest paying writing jobs. You make about $69,000 a year and it is a job that you can get at the entry level. But with that being said, it's probably not the type of job that most writers would want to get because it's not gonna be all that creative. But some of the skills you're gonna need for this one are of course very strong writing skills. The ability to simplify complex ideas, attention to detail, research proficiency, technical aptitude and the capacity to work independently. So overall, I'm gonna give this one an eight out of 10 opportunity score. The next one on the list is going to be an inside sales representative. Now this is kind of like a blanket career. There's a bunch of different careers that are very similar to this and they all have like slightly different names. For instance, in technology, this might be called an account executive. It would be essentially the same job. But this is basically a sales job where you excel in building relationships. And typically this is going to be in B2B or business to business sales. That means you're gonna be building relationships with people who are the decision makers in other businesses. And you're gonna focus more on building relationships with them and then understanding their needs and seeing if your product can actually help them. In some cases, if your product can't help them, you might communicate with your internal team, tell them that you're having a lot of businesses out there that are having this same problem and they might even create another product to help those businesses. And inside sales reps make about $70,000 a year. And again, this is a job that you can get at the entry level. So some of the skills you might need for this one are of course, strong communication skills and persuasion skills, the ability to build relationships, sales acumen and very importantly, resilience. You do have to have thick skin because you are going to get rejected quite a bit. But overall, I'm gonna give this an opportunity score of nine out of 10. I absolutely love sales jobs. I had a sales job in fact, I've had several of them and they were probably my favorite jobs that I've ever had. I cannot think of a single person that regretted getting a sales job. It's such a good character building experience and it'll help you out no matter what path you go in your life. The next one on the list is going to be a computer scientist. So I think everybody knows I'm gonna rank this one relatively high and basically you're gonna be studying algorithms, designing software systems and solving complex computational problems. So you're basically gonna be an expert in programming, logic and problem solving. And a lot of jobs out there for this position are remote. And computer scientists make about $116,000 a year. Now unlike a lot of the other jobs on this list, this one you typically do need to have like a master's or a bachelor's at bare minimum to get into it and the masters of the bachelor's would be in computer science most likely. And some of the skills or characteristics you might need for this position are of course, strong problem solving skills. Proficiency in programming languages like Java, Python, C++, et cetera, logical thinking, attention to detail and a continuous learning mindset. And overall I'll give this one an opportunity score of nine out of 10. Now one that you can get into without a degree that's very similar is going to be a back end engineer. And they're basically responsible for building and maintaining the server side of websites and applications. So the side that you never see as a consumer. You can contrast that to a front end engineer where they would be responsible for building out the things that you actually see. For instance, if you like this YouTube video and then the button turns blue, that's something that you would actually see. And that was designed by a front end engineer.  Maybe it's a good one. We'll promote it to a bunch of other people in the algorithm and see how it does.  So a lot of people will actually start off as a front end engineer and then they'll move into a back end role. But back end engineers make about $133,000 a year. Many of them do have college degrees. A lot of the time they're unrelated. Some of them also have computer science degrees, of course. But a lot of people are able to get into this and become back end engineers eventually, probably not with their first job, but eventually without a college degree. And they can do this through self-learning, certificates, certifications, and online boot camps. And some of the skills that you'd wanna have for this are going to be a strong understanding of programming languages such as Python, Java, or Ruby, knowledge of database systems and query languages such as SQL, familiarity with server management and cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure, and the ability to collaborate with front end developers. So overall, great career. I've kind of talked so much about software development, computer science, et cetera on this channel. Obviously this is a really good one. I think most people know that. I'm gonna give it a 9.5 out of 10 opportunity score. By the way, if you haven't done it already and you're interested in Google career certificates, check out my Google certificate tier list where I rank all of the different Google certificates that are offered on Coursera from S tier, which is the best to F tier, which is the worst. And you can check that out by clicking right here.


Welcome to the Virtual Wanderers Medal 2020. We are your hosts, Tatiana, and Turner from WSW Live. Tat, it's fantastic to be with you again. Thank you. It is great to be here. You clean up very nicely. Thank you. And I must say, Tat, you look stunning tonight. Thank you very much. It is Metal Night. It is Metal Night and we have dressed for the occasion. Yeah. What a year. What a season. What a year. I mean, the fact that we're doing this online live to allow wonderful members at home and, of course, a very unprecedented year. Yeah, strange. We've had floods. We've had fires. We've had a pandemic. But I mean, if we're looking at good news, our W League did make their first final series. They made history for the Western City Wanderers. It's a fantastic season and I believe Heff wants to go one better. Absolutely. We're always looking to go one better. That's right. The A League, of course, won two Sydney Derby. So there's the positives there. And of course, we drew the third. We did see departure of Marcus Babel, but with JP DeMarini coming in, we had a bit of a mid-season resurgence. We just couldn't get enough points. We needed during the hub to make the finals, unfortunately. Yeah. But look, today we are celebrating some good and positives of the season. Let's start. Let's go straight into Golden Boot winners. Let's do it. All right. So our first award of the night is going to celebrate our goal scorers this year. What do we have? Well, this season, I think it goes without saying our Heel and Eye A League Golden Boot winner was our recently departed Captain Fantastic, the Duke of Western Sydney, Mitch Duke. Duke was fourth overall in all the goalscoring charts this season for the League and a clear winner of the club's Golden Boot, with 14 goals from his 26 appearances. Tats, I must say, looking at some of this vision on your screens right now. It's bringing back some good memories of the season. Absolutely. Look, Mitch or Duke, the captain always came to deliver for us. That Adelaide game, what a match that was. Fantastic. And of course, the Sydney Derbies as well. He scored two in that Adelaide game, but of course, he scored in both Sydney Derbies at the start of the season. Both. Yeah, yeah, he did, actually, yeah. That's right. Yeah. Fantastic footage from the captain. Congratulations. Once again, let's go and look at our W League Golden Boot winner. This season, we have Kristen Hamilton. Of course, Kristen Hamilton was fantastic for us with seven goals this season, and it also secured her a joint W League actually, goal scoring title. Great season for her, I must say. Hopefully that can spark the girls on to having another fantastic season next year. Yeah, absolutely. She was a real game changer for us this season. Tats, let's talk a little bit about the importance of volunteers at this club. We are a community club after all. We pride ourselves in that and we love to reward our volunteers. Obviously, they love to show their passion. They put their time and effort into this and makes a fantastic game day experience for us. I believe you have the first envelope of the night for me. I do. Look at that. All right, I'll give it to you. Thank you. Now, the first award for us, of course, is our Centuria Wander Crew Volunteer of the Year, and the winner is Linda Serone. Congratulations, Linda. Congratulations, Linda. Thank you for all your help. Now, Linda is the general manager of Nippeen FC and has contributed a huge amount to the club since its inception. Linda was the Wanderer's Centuria Wander Crew, who coordinated this season and made an important contribution connecting with the club to help manage its 80-strong Wander Crew Group that assists the club across A-League, W-League and NYL matches. Congratulations, Linda. All right, let's look at our Y-League team. Now, we've had some great seasons. We've had some finals appearances, a title as well, and we've had mixed results this season, of course, but it was a great opportunity to see some of our younger players come through, having a look at our academy system and some of our young players coming through there. And I believe I get to open an envelope for you. You do get the next envelope, Tats. Thank you very much. So, let's have a look at our Y-League player of this season. It is Moe Altay. Congratulations, Moe. Congratulations, Moe. The 20-year-old was this season called up to the Wanderer's first team for training and is a star of the future, a defensive midfielder who is currently captaining our MPL team who recorded their first win of the season over the weekend against the previously undefeated Rockdale. Congratulations, Moe. All right, so let's take a look at our PowerChair team. What a group of special players we've got for our team, for our club. A fantastic group and all very passionate as well. They are very passionate on the court. That's right. Yeah, do I get one? You do get one. Fantastic, I get another one. Alrighty, so this year's PowerChair player of the season is Luke David. Congratulations, Luke. An excellent showing this season to be the player of the season for the PowerChair team. And thanks also to Aruma and Northcott, our PowerChair sponsors. Right, Tana, let's look at our member's player of the year this season. Now, this is really important. It's voted by our members, of course. And a big thank you, of course, to our members. It hasn't been the easiest season, of course. With a lot of the games unable to attend. But thank you all for tuning into the matches and, of course, checking out WSW live on match. They hopefully will see more of you guys in the stands next season. But let's talk about the positives. I mean, well, to me, I think our Wanderers Academy is fantastic. Oh, it's amazing. We've just completed stage four, of course, which is a little bit of a grandstand. So, potentially, we'll be able to check out some of the future red and black in the flesh at our very own centre of excellence. Speaking of that junior team, Patrick Svansweig. He's taken control of his first MPL one match against Rockdown 3-1 on the weekend. We mentioned that before. But I believe they say, hashtag no grozoss, no party. And this season? We had two of them, both of them got on the score sheet. So that's pretty exciting. Is our first season playing in the MPL one as well, which is a great achievement for our MPL side and, of course, the future of the Wanderers. But there is apparently another big crop of top tier players coming in. The under-16s, they're apparently playing really well. So have a look out for those ones. Tats, I'm sure you're excited to see them on the field. I am very excited, looking to see what our future might look like. That's right. And speaking of future, next season, of course, the W League, Dean Effon, and he's recruited quite well. He has now, like we said before, he's looking to go one better. We've got Georgie Yeomindale coming back. I have to say, fantastic to see her back. I think it was 18 months she was out with injury and she's come back. She's playing MPL football this year, and we'll see her for the red and black this season. Caitlin Cooper, a long time stalwart for the red and black. She has re-signed as well. Yes, very excited to see her back now. Speaking of W League, should we announce some winners? I think we do. We've got the Westfield W League members player of the year. And I think it comes as no surprise. Our first Julie Dolan medal winner and a Golden Boot winner, Kristen Hamilton. Yes, let's have a look at some of the stuff she's done for us this season. Robert Skidz to the byline. And the hell... Williamson Hamilton, it's two. A touch of water speed by Kristen Hamilton.  That is a bullet for this byline. That was great to see. Definitely reminded me of some good times in our W League season. Some great highlights and tats, I believe. I'll have to give you the envelope for the next award. Another one. Wow, I'm very excited. So this is the members player of the year for the A League. And I have a feeling I might know who this is. I think you might. It is our captain, Mitchell Duke. The Duke of Western Sydney, congratulations again. I think, you know, we've said all we can about him. He's had a fantastic season. And he's now since left us, of course, but we can reminisce on some excellent times with him. He'll be enjoying, I'm sure, this video package of his highlights from a pool in Saudi Arabia somewhere in the heat. So if you're watching, Mitch, congratulations again. Our final awards for tonight are the two big ones. Tats, we've got the big envelopes here in front of us, our W League and A League players of the season. First up, we have our finals, debutants, the Wonder Women. Yes, now this is really important because it's actually, it's voted by players. It is, it is voted by the playing group. Let's have a look, am I gonna give you, I think I've got the winner. You think you've guessed the winner? No, I think I've got the winner for you. Okay, all right, okay. Well, the Wanderers medal for W League player of the year 2020. The winner is Courtney Nevin, a fantastic season for future Matilda. She's re-signed for another season. So congratulations, Courtney, fantastic season. Very bright future for the youngster. And a big honour as well to be voted by your peers for this illustrious award. So congratulations again. Absolutely. I just want to shout out to the coaching squad. They did an amazing job this year with Dean Hefner from Catherine Canooly, Michael Beecham as well, right down to the players. They were fantastic this season for us. I think you get that extra goal in there, it is. That just all comes from Courtney Nevin, attacking play there. Amazing stuff from the 18 year old there. I believe she left us a message to let us know how she feels about this award. Hey everyone, I hope you're well. I'm very honoured in receiving this award. I couldn't have done it without all my teammates, the coaching staff and the support for my family. Thanks again. Now to our final award of the show, our A League player of the season. Some top contenders this season. Again, this is selected by the playing group on a three to one vote system. This award acknowledges the club's best players for the 2019-20 season. Tats, I believe. You get the honours. Alrighty, let's have a look. So this year's player of the year for the A League is very deserving, I would say, our captain, Mitchell Duke. Let's have a look. Congratulations again to the Duke of Western Sydney. Again, wherever you are, whichever pool you're sitting next to. Enjoying the hot sun. Congratulations again. Yeah, look, his time here at the wonder is at the moment has come to an end. He was fantastic for the club. Sad to see him go, but hopefully we'll have him back. Hopefully we'll have him back. You're always welcome here in Western Sydney.  So hope to have you back. Yeah, thank you very much. I believe our captain also has a message for us for tonight. Hey, everyone back home. I miss you guys being over here now in Saudi for the last two weeks, melting. But my Wanderers family, I just wanted to say I'm very happy and thankful for the award, from the fans, players, all the staff, everyone involved at the Wanderers. I'm very thankful. I wanted to say again, just thanks for my time there. It was one of my proudest moments being a captain. I've not just a professional football club, but I've Western Sydney Wanderers and they're representing from where I'm from. So again, thank you, miss you guys and I'll always be supporting you guys and keeping tabs on your season for the future and I'll see you guys again soon. Cheers.  Of course, A-League co-major partners, Centuria and JD Sports, W-League major partner Intermain and club sponsors Mitsubishi Electric, Peppa Money, Nike, Herbalife Nutrition, Westfield EISS Super, McDonald's and Blacktown City Council. I believe that, unfortunately, brings us to the end of the night. It does, it brings us to the end of this season. I say that will conclude us. That's right. That's right. Well, thank you everyone for tuning in, of course, and checking out these wonderful achievements and of course, letting us talk to you about what's happening in the future for the Wanderers. Lots to look up for. Next season should be a big one for the W-League and the A-League as well. Yeah, absolutely. So hopefully you can join us back at one land next season. Tenor, will you be joining me? I will certainly be joining you and I will hopefully catch you guys at a match next season. Of course, checking out WSW Live. Thank you for tuning in.