Hello team, it's a CNO Richardson here, and I'm here with mcpongier Dono And we're coming to you for the first time on Facebook live as just another venue To try and reach out and connect and boy. I'll tell you what we have done Connection for sure. I appreciate it We put out a quick video to try and get some questions up front and we have been inundated with questions Over 200 questions have come in in preparation for this event So we're gonna try and get to as many as we can here and what we don't get to you on the broadcast We'll make sure that we answer you directly via email and so first and foremost as I start every one of my all-hands calls with and a Lot of times we're doing these together. I want to start with just how proud I am of all the work that you do And we have 65,000 sailors deployed around the world They are covering down on those important missions that we do to protect America and promote our interests around the world You are doing fantastic work out there And so that's you know an important message to start off with having said that as you all know, we're going through some rough times right now and We're going to we're going to get through that We're going to address these problems this type of broadcast where we can hear from you and you can hear from us as an important part Of understanding how we're going to get at that and when we get through it We're going to be stronger and tougher on the other side. So Make fun you got anything you want to share with the team. Yes, sir And you know just to kind of on top of that getting through it is having conversations about it And this opportunity here this live stream that people can continue to feed into and have those conversations We're going to try to get to as many questions as possible We can't get to them all but we're going to try to get to as many as possible. So in that keeping that in mind I'm ready to just get at this and start answering those questions that came from all of you Okay, so the way we'll do it is you know, we've got a lot of questions written down and McPon and I'll just go back and forth and we'll try and answer as many as we can I'll start off this one comes from HM2's as we full from the Naval Hospital in Pensacola and A pair says we full talks about the whole idea of this mindset of doing more with less, you know and With that mindset the current trends seem to point to the fact that they were taking a pretty dangerous job being done by a high reliability organization and Is this do more with less mindset eating into that, you know, is it making a tough job tougher, you know A dangerous job more dangerous and so she's at the best his wife will ask what are we doing to? Improve these outcomes Will it be more training where it matters? And she's concerned that it's not just a shore. I'm not sorry not just a float but also a shore What a great question and it's also kind of echoed by a pedestrian Kurt's pedestrian Tancredle pedestrian Williams and mr Boland Listen, I will tell you that one thing we have to do is really fight against this do more with less mindset You know the thing that makes us a powerful Navy a capable Navy is that we have standards standards of performance standards of safety material readiness standards those sorts of things and when we Perform we must perform to those standards and when we can't meet those standards We've got to understand exactly what that what that means and so I would I would Encourage you to push back against this do more with less We want to make sure that we're properly resourced whether that be money whether that be fuel whether that be parts whether that be people and It will do exactly what we're resourced to to the standards of performance that we've got If you let this do more with less mindset Into our way of doing business you start to see this You know kind of slow decline in readiness and it sneaks up on you So you know what you need to do your job? We need to fight back against this idea that we can continue to do more of our mission with fewer resources Keep these things in balance and understand where the where the differences lie Are we going to make adjustments in training? Almost certainly, you know, we're a constantly learning Navy And we're constantly looking to do our business better that includes training And so you could you can anticipate that we'll continue to learn and get better in the training department So that we can we can become more capable Anything to add to that well, sir, but I think that segues right into the next question that we're going to talk about and you know, this comes from ET three ET three hand to guard and there were some other folks that also Had similar questions. Mr. Mark jet jetty was one of them and the question came in and it talked about in the light of Recent events that are going on in seven fleet and other parts of the fleet Operating around the globe, you know, are there currently any efforts in action to combat the casualties? We have been suffering if so Is there anything that we at the more junior levels can do to help in these efforts and I gotta tell you first of all You know shit, mate What a great mindset to have your first look at these things and you go own it and you go what can we do and The first thing I would say is you know We talk about you know being a learning organization and that starts with each and every one of us We have to learn every day. We continue to educate ourselves. We continue to hone our skills We focus on those watch station qualifications. We mature our skill sets We develop every day and the other piece of this that I think that everybody can do is we're all leaders out there and in every part of our organization and we need people to continuously be those leaders and identify those things that We can continue to improve upon and then challenge leadership with those things and then kind of hold each other Accountable to that stuff. So great question that came in There's a lot of things that we can do keep focusing on maturing those skill sets out there Focusing on developing our competencies in our operations and war fighting effectiveness and be leaders across the entire organization Yeah, and I would just add on to that first of all this idea of ownership is a real powerful one, right? We just need to own our jobs be experts in what we do Hold ourselves to those standards challenge our leadership to understand it and get better as well You know, that's exactly the mindset behind this operational pause that we ordered Hey, we're gonna just stop for a second and we're gonna make sure that we've got the fundamentals straight, right? We're gonna try and remove any kind of distractions from our day on that particular day And make sure that we do have ownership of our jobs particularly and sort of the fundamental blocking and tackling the elements of safety And the basics so that we can you've heard that term brilliant in the basics This is a day to concentrate on those basics and make sure that that we're doing everything we can to be as brilliant In there as we as we can Okay Follow-on question and again a nice segue with the current status of ships in Japan Are there gonna be any home port shifts happening in the near future and along those lines? You know, what is the state of Navy Manning especially in our surface fleet? Will we see our ships being manned to their original manning size and that's from chief at your very also kind of echoed by Pederser Dandui and Overton and Let me tell you how this works. We are constantly looking around the world And and we compare it to our Navy to figure out. What is the best place to home port or forward deploy our ships? And that'll continue to be the case. It's very responsive to the strategic Needs of the Navy and the nation, you know, where can we best exercise our mission? And that's a process called a strategic laid-out process that will continue to assess That environment and make changes as we go When we do those changes, we owe it to you to make sure that the manning piece is there that the maintenance Capability is there so that when a ship moves from one home port to the next, you know It is fully supported from manning and infrastructure and maintenance standpoint And so we'll get out in front of that as far as we can We'll make sure that anybody who may be involved in a home port shift is well informed Their families are taken care of and will proceed from there But you know nothing out of the ordinary right now in terms of home port shifts foreseen on the horizon But we continue to assess Based on just changes in the strategic environment Okay, sir So we'll you know shift we got a we got a great question that came in that kind of focused on a little bit of manning particular to the reserve community came in from STS CS Emory Rusty Brian appreciate you send it over to us and it Says can you speak to where your mind is with respect to reserve support and how we can help directly or indirectly? during this time of need and You know, I'll tell you We think about our Navy as one team one total force absolutely and the reserve community is embedded in all that around the globe in a in a variety of different mission packages and To answer the specifics to your question, you know serve for and Res for those teams are working hard looking at opportunities for the reserve community to maybe fill some of those positions at sea Critical ratings critical pay grades where they need leadership there. So that team those teams are working hard in that regard and you know also doing the same thing as we face other challenges right now within the continental US and the Catastrophe in Houston and where they're at with the the joint base there the joint reserve base there at Fort Worth So reserve forces, you know, very much embedded in everything that we do.  We always ask the question.  I mean we are we truly are one team We're working shoulder to shoulder and and the reserves are also super responsive So that just like with Hurricane Harvey, you know, they're up and out of moving towards the sound of that gunfire down there The problem so that we can do everything we can to help the folks down in Texas Hey, I've got a different type of question here, and it's one that's near and dear to my heart So I'm really happy to answer this comes from Chief Navy Diver Makomas and the essence of his question Is about, you know distractions and layering on requirements, right? And so he phrases it. Hey sir, how come every time there's an accident in the Navy? The solution seems to be some new or reinforced administrative procedure, you know, whether and he lists a whole bunch of them and It says, hey, you know, hey the biggest he believes the biggest reason for all our Problems is that we may not be keeping our eye on becoming the professionals at our jobs that we need to be And I think mcpon and I couldn't agree more that there's a lot of distractions out there a lot of these administrative programs That don't contribute to the war fighting and operational Excellence in our Navy, and so we have been on a campaign to knock those down We started with collateral duties. We took a bunch of those off the plate Mckpons stood up a team that is assessing even more I think we're pretty close to announcing the second tranche of collateral duties that will eliminate if you see an administrative program out there that you don't think is contributing to War fighting excellence Operational excellence you let your chain of command know and let me know just send it directly to us We will take a close look at it evaluate it and if we can knock it out and eliminate it We will but we need to get back to owning our jobs concentrating on You know the operational excellence piece of what our Navy is about and reducing these administrative Distractions that just pull us away from that so great question I had a lot of people ask that Chief Fisher lieutenant Bennett chief Griffin and And mr. Snow as well so lots of folks interested in how can we get back to the fundamental? Principles the war fighting excellence and remove these other distractions Yeah, sir, and I you know I think that those distractions You know tie into this next question that that we got and this question came from a number Of parents out there another a number of moms a number of dads Because they're paying attention right they're seeing what's happening out there and I just want to share This one witchy that came in to us from a mother And Jamie we appreciate you Sending this over to us and as a father myself It it hits both of us hard we're both parents as well in fact, you know, I have a child in the Navy, right? We understand exactly where you're coming from and Jamie wrote, you know my son he's going to be enlisting very soon and He's excited about becoming a US Navy sailor and Serving the country with honor in the nuclear program It's heartbreaking to hear that those in command have not provided adequate training or have been derelict in their duties Thereby costing others their lives When my son enlist in a couple of months, I will give him over to the Navy both he and I Will entrust his life to the wisdom of his commanding officers and the training he has provided Going forward. How will you work to better ensure our sailor safety? It is one thing to lose a son in battle It's another completely to lose them in peacetime You know, I will tell you that Safety is in the forefront of everything that we think about We drill we educate we train consistently in every warfare community for the known and the unknown and We do that so that our sailors out there Know how to respond Without even thinking about it sometimes, you know, you train to replicate and that replication kicks in at those times when you need it the most But we will always be focused on the safety of our sailors, but we live in in a tough environment You know being a US Navy sailor is not necessarily for everybody and you know We're gonna take care of our sons and daughters our US Navy sailors But we're gonna ask them to operate in some tough environments sometimes, but please know that we do we we you know we work hard every day to make sure they are effectively trained educated and Conducting business out there in safe environments to respond to those situations and we'll continue to invest in that regard And now that's our that's our first prime directive if you will to make sure that our training is Preparing us properly to operate in these risky environments to minimize that risk as much as possible As I said, you know, we're parents My sons in the Navy. I know exactly what you're talking about and we're gonna we are committed to continuing to train our sailors to operate safely Effectively and to continue to learn. Okay, so you've got our commitment to that We're gonna cover down on that so that we're worthy of Bringing your sons and daughters into the Navy and giving them a fulfilling career and a safe career. Okay? Hey, I want to I think we're coming to the end of our time And so I want to cover a couple of topics and then I'll make Pond and I'll just wrap up There is a bit of a thread out there Thread of conversation that there might be some kind of a cyber attack or cyber intrusion that is involved in these collisions and I'll tell you that We've given that you know an amazing amount of attention it is sort of a Reality of our current situation That part of any kind of investigation or inspection is going to have to take a look at You know the computer the cyber the information warfare aspects of our business We're doing that with these inspections as well, but to date, you know that the inspections that we've done Show that there is there's no evidence of any kind of a cyber intrusion We'll continue to look deeper and deeper, but I just want to assure you that to date There's been no nothing that we found to point to that There's also a number of folks that are wondering Hey, what about Hurricane Harvey and what are we doing down there as a Navy? To get after this and I will tell you that we're involved, okay? We've got two helicopter squadrons down there that are just working like crazy the dusty dogs of HSC 7 and the ghost riders of HSC 28 and together those two teams have put together more than 220 rescues in the In the path in the wake of Hurricane Harvey and they'll continue to work at it in addition We have p8s from Jacksonville flying to provide Overwatch and surveillance of the situation so that we can understand This crisis as it unfolds as best as possible Those those teams are from VP 45 and then we've got the USS Cure Sarge and the USS O kill I think with the 2 6 mu Loading out today, and they are standing ready to get underway and go down there to provide continuing to support support and relief to the Well the millions of people that have been affected by this just unbelievable record-setting storm of Hurricane Harvey So our hearts and minds are with everybody who's suffering by virtue of this hurricane the Navy's flowing assistance to the crisis and We'll stay there as long as it takes to alleviate that suffering down there in in Texas and and now moving over to Louisiana and other places Okay, listen, we're gonna close out because we're at the end of our time. Let us know how we did all right It's our first time on Facebook live, and so we're rookies at this But it might be something that we do more often. All right, just to continue this conversation that the mcpon talked about If this is effective in terms of getting the message to you we can think about doing this more often Appreciate that all of the questions that that you sent in we kind of grouped them together into some some Other topics and as I said we'll get to all the ones we didn't answer By email or something like that. So listen keep on doing the great work that you're doing out there own your jobs be professionals Know the requirements of your job Be safe be brilliant in the basics. We'll continue to be the strongest Navy on the water. Okay, let's get to it


Dear Nintendo, first of all, I want to thank you. Seriously, thank you so very much for bringing Nintendo Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance games to Nintendo Switch online. As a tremendous fan of the entire Game Boy family, I am thrilled to be able to play these games legitimately on crisp modern OLED displays and televisions. It's a real treat. Several of the games you've selected for this initial wave, Super Mario Land 2 and Warrior Wear in particular, are among my favourite games of all time. You can probably sense a but coming, though. But, and I am going to come across as incredibly ungrateful now, it's not enough. The Nintendo Game Boy is a fabulous platform with hundreds of fantastic games which has tremendous potential right now in 2023, which is mostly being squandered. Wasted. Nintendo, you have something special here and you are ignoring its potential. Game Boy on Nintendo Switch online is nice, but it could be so much more. Stick around, by the way, to watch me open some rare reprinted Game Boy games a little later in the video. Get ready for some hot seal raking action. First, I need to talk about the music industry. Last year, UK vinyl record sales overtook CD sales for the first time in 35 years. The last time vinyl sold better than CDs was 1987. That was quite a while ago. The vinyl record market has been growing steadily for the past 10 years, and while let's be honest here, this is more about the decline of CD sales than the rise in vinyls, rise vinyl has. In an era when music is primarily experienced through online subscriptions and streaming services, there's something inherently appealing about owning physical media. Vinyl may be dated technology and relatively very expensive, but these are features not bugs. Vinyl has won many hearts precisely because of the appeal of owning a tangible retro piece of music. Indeed, I see the same phenomenon with my own Nintendo Switch game collecting. While I've gone almost entirely digital with PlayStation games and stick to Game Pass if ever I'm touching an Xbox title, with the Switch, I much prefer to buy cartridges when the option exists. My growing collection of limited runs, strictly limited, and other short run Switch games is a testament to how I'll sometimes buy a game both digitally and physically, so strong is my desire to feel like I have something permanent, something that won't be erased when Nintendo inevitably turns off the Switch eShop. The timing of Game Boy games arriving on Nintendo Switch online is clearly not a coincidence. March sees the death of the 3DS eShop, meaning that it'll be no longer possible to purchase a vast array of Game Boy games digitally on any platform. Do you want to play Pokémon Red and see how the franchise began? Well, you've got two options, either Piracy, or buying a game secondhand. And secondhand Pokémon games are ridiculously outrageously expensive. Just as vinyl records have enjoined a renaissance specifically because they're retro and cool and old-fashioned, certain older video games have increasingly become collector's items. I've been going to retro game markets for years, I absolutely love them, but it's been interesting to see just how rapidly the prices for some of these games have been rising in recent years. Ever since the pandemic in particular, things have been escalating a little too fast for my liking. Clearly a wave of gamers took up retro collecting during lockdown, and, if I'm honest, things are getting a little bit out of hand. Too rich for my blood. Games I bought from pawn shops in eBay for £1 or £2 back in the day now sell for £20 to £40 online. There's a high demand for real, physical Game Boy media, and with these games unavailable on modern devices, it's not like there's any other easy way for newcomers to retro gaming to get hold of them. Well, there is. Of course there is. Nintendo, come on. We know you hate retro piracy. We know that you will sue a ROM archive site for $2 million in supposed damages, but let's be real. If you don't make these games accessible, if you give us less than 20 games across the entire Game Boy and GBA library on Nintendo Switch Online, then you haven't given people a lot of other options for playing these games. Plus, and I admit I'm getting sidetracked here, but how can a ROM site cost you $2 million if you don't actually plan to sell these older games anyway? Imagine a scenario in which vinyl records grow and grow in popularity, but the major publishing labels simply refuse to actually print more vinyls. Imagine the price gouging, the investor speculation, the painful bubble that forms around this kind of environment. Now, vinyl isn't a perfect analogue to Game Boy games because there's no one company that owns vinyl technology. You Nintendo could be making mint from simply restarting the old presses and producing fresh new copies of beloved retro games, or licensing the option for new publishers and indeed old publishers to do the same. You could be taking a cut of the entire Game Boy repro market if you wanted it. And obviously, while my particular bugbear amid the backdrop of the new Nintendo Switch Online editions is Game Boy, this is obviously also true of NES, SNES, and Nintendo 64 cartridges, and indeed GameCube, Wii, etc. discs that would cost literally pennies to reprint. My point is, there's no reason not to make the original versions of these games more accessible, to simply make the titles available digitally and physically for the benefit of collectors. After all, while you Nintendo may be weirdly reticent to let people play your older games, other companies are doing roaring trade by printing new old game cartridges. Limited Run is a company with a business model that, I don't love, what with its one-off timed pre-order window and penchant for selling collector's editions that are just a bunch of different types of cases in fancy packaging. But I have to admit, they are making Game Boy games available that otherwise would be prohibitively expensive. This here brand new copy of Shantae cost me, what, 50 pounds? An original cartridge from 2002 sells on eBay for over 700 pounds. By printing more of this game, Limited Run has ensured that more people can actually own this game physically without resorting to piracy. They also released it for Switch, again, on physical cartridge, because why would you not do that if you could? They currently have another game by the Shantae developers way forward up for pre-order, Extreme Sports, although this game isn't quite as expensive on the second hand market. My point is, whatever you may think of Limited Run as a company, this is a good example of getting older games out to the general public for affordable prices by simply printing more cartridges. Here's another one, Avenging Spirit, originally published in 1992, an original copy sells for 120 pounds on eBay. The modern re-release by Retrobit has this beautiful box and a glow in the dark cartridge. Ooh. Now in both of these cases, the number of additional cartridges produced has actually been insufficient to meet demand, leading to these jumping up in price on the aftermarket, but it's nothing compared to the cost of the original cartridges. Imagine Nintendo allowing your fans to simply stroll into game, the same way that music fans might wander into HMV. Browse a row of physical Game Boy titles and then buy a brand new copy of Pokemon Yellow for 50 pounds, rather than paying more than double that for a second hand copy from CEX. Apologies for the UK specific shop references, but you get my point. Also, yes, that's how I pronounce CEX. Anything else would feel silly. Imagine, similarly, if Retro enthusiasts could simply purchase Game Boy consoles, complete with modern IPS screens and rechargeable batteries, direct from Nintendo. Game Boy modding is an increasingly profitable business, as Retro collectors seek out the best possible way to play their old games. I'm personally in two minds about this. On the one hand, I don't love the idea of hacking up perfectly functional Game Boys, because each console that gets modded is another old handheld that's no longer being preserved in its original condition. As these modded handhelds keep changing hands for impressive amounts of money, unmodded Game Boys become increasingly rare. On the other hand, the screens on OG Game Boys do show their age, they could look better. The other solution is something like the Analog Pocket, a device intended to offer a premium modern Game Boy experience. This thing plays all original Game Boy cartridges and has adapters for Game Gear, Atari Lynx and Neo Geo Pocket Color handhelds too. It can also be used as an emulation device for piracy, but I'm slipping right past that. Again, though, Analog is a relatively small company and they are struggling to keep up with demand. Wait times for a pocket sit at around a year-ish. Current shipping estimates for a new order made today are simply listed as 2023, which could mean anything except January. Imagine a company that already excels at Game Boy hardware manufacturing, making a modern Game Boy available using all of their existing infrastructure to facilitate the delivery of these goods in a timely fashion. Remember the NES Classic? Remember how demand for retro gaming hardware took you completely by surprise, Nintendo? Remember how well the SNES classics hold too? Okay, sure, the Mario and Zelda Game and Watch devices didn't exactly fly off the shelves in the same way, but win some, lose some. In fairness, you could have popped a few more games onto these things. My point in all this is the Game Boy platform has so much potential, even now in 2023. Homebrew developers, third-party publishers and hardware clone manufacturers are doing their best to plug a gap in the market that's been left by you, Nintendo, not wanting to revisit the past for some bizarre reason. I mean, I get it. You're very selective about how you prioritise physical manufacturing. You make special editions sparingly so that they inevitably sell out and you're not left with leftover stock. You cycle through the amiibo you're stocking at any given time, much to the chagrin of collectors like my daughter, who just wants a Wind Waker Link Dagnabbit. A large part of your business strategy is refusing to commit too heavily to any one physical product, testing the waters but never getting more than your toes wet. A physical Game Boy revival would be a risky venture, even if the R&D and game development is all done already. But come on, Nintendo. This is Farante Craft, an Etsy seller slash Game Boy publisher who hand-solders each individual cartridge they sell, and they're selling some amazing modern Game Boy games. If you haven't tried Black Castle, seriously, give it a go, you won't regret it. Not to mention the fact that I can go on AliExpress right this second and order 10-20 fake repro copies of Pokemon Red from a dodgy Chinese company for the same price as one original authentic cartridge. Not that I would do that, because ordering gaming stuff from a dodgy Chinese manufacturer can get you into a lot of hot water, can't it, Nintendo? Hint, hint, see our video on Nintendo's toxic merchandise. But my point stands, if some of these smaller, less well-equipped companies can get new Game Boy games out there into the wild Nintendo, then perhaps you should at least try it. Because the demand is there. Maybe Game Boy games won't sell anywhere near as well as Switch games in 2023, but there's a definite proven, financially sound precedent for retro cartridges turning a profit in the modern era. And if all of that really sounds like too much work, then can you at least put a few more Game Boy games on Nintendo Switch online? Or failing that just maybe don't sue people for trying to share the games that you currently have locked in your super-secret Nintendo vault? That's all I ask. Anyway, I'm going to go play Super Mario Land 2's Six Golden Coins on my family's Switch OLED model, and I'm very much looking forward to how crisp it's going to look. This video was sponsored by absolutely none of the physical Game Boy publishers I've mentioned in the video. But if any of them want to send me free stuff, well, our channel's email address is open. Thanks for watching.


Hey, hey y'all Dustin Schaefer here the keto pro. I am so excited. I have four a mate Well fork including me with three amazing young ladies from Iowa All joining us out of this amazing state, Iowa I tell you I grew up in southern Minnesota if you don't know me I grew up in southern, Minnesota right next to the Iowa border and it's just it's a big smile on my face to see These three young ladies and I say young because they look like they're 19. I mean they look stellar And I'm super excited for them to be able to share their stories with you all on here Oh, I got another special guest coming on. Let's see how this works out. I think we might have got booted somebody I don't know. We'll see how this is gonna work out. I got another special guest. Let's see how it's going There we go. We got five of us now But I've got a good friend of mine out of Mexico who's has another extraordinary Story, I want you guys all to see so this is tonight KLP. We call it its keto life party And why we call it that is because we want people to really maybe get a glimpse and understanding and see What's going on in this keto space? Why drinking ketones has changed so many people's lives a little bit about what it is and how they can get started But so I'm gonna be bringing these individuals on kind of doing a little interview with them all Before they do that, I just want to just touch on this, you know when I started With proof it six years ago. I started drinking ketones. I was a dad that was a I was a dad with one kid I had I'm gonna ask everybody to mute him so quick. I think I can do it perfect I had one child at home My wife and I were working our tail off. I was working 60 hours a week. She was working 70 hours a week We were just trying to keep her head above water in our life And for me to be able to drink ketones and not have to follow a strict diet It's been a game changer now. I can I can go on amusement park rides with my kids after all my injuries I get out of bed in the morning with a big smile on my face. I'm way less hyper I got a lot of energy but way less hyper and this has really changed our life my family's life and my relationship with my wife Because we communicate better not only because she's happier with the product But I'm also more relaxed and calmer and we can just have a higher level of communication. But um What I'm gonna do before I introduce these young folks and people go what what is this? Um, it's simple. It's drinkable ketones. And yes, I'm not talking about the ketogenic diet Um, um, if you watch it before I talk about this is not a diet This is a product that puts you into ketosis without doing the ketogenic diet And that's really important a lot of time people get caught up and they think I'm drinking ketones after your keto diet Well, that's not the way it is. That's not the way this is designed It's designed that you can drink your ketones get the benefits of being in ketosis And then you can follow a diet that you're willing to follow that you're committing to So this is how simple this can be. I'm gonna show you right now. It's how simple this is. It's my shaker bottle I got some ice and water You probably can't see it very good. Let's bring it down here ice and water I rip the tab I pour it in. This is my this is my second serving for the day Um, I'm not gonna lie. This is my third But I've just said my second because most people don't have more than two Um, most people only have one or two a day. So, uh, which we'll get to that in a little bit You shake it up Hot okay now to hold it off shake shake shake and then you drink it down Over 30 to 40 minutes. This is one of my favorite flavors called strawberry peach is super delicious. So Um, but that's it. That's how you get into ketosis nowadays without doing this strict diet And then the cool thing is I have five amazing people on here Uh, well four other amazing people. Please add to myself They're gonna kind of explain their benefits and maybe I'm gonna ask them a couple questions So that you all out there in the world of keto and the world of wanting to learn more can maybe see Yourself in this and maybe see how this could benefit you so as I bring on the first guess It's gonna be christie smith out of iowa. Um, I want everybody out there. Where in the world are you coming in from? So put me alive give me a shout out in the world. Where in the world? Are you uh, are you livin in from? Number one number two What is your favorite keto flavor if you're drinking ketones and number three? What's your favorite benefit of drinking ketones if you have a benefit yet? So christie, how are you? I am good. Thanks for having me So she got the she got the eye was slow. I got the california high. Uh, I mean I just got I just a fast talker, but I've been like that since my whole my whole life. So christie, um I got to know you now over the last few months and it's been an amazing journey I just spent some time with you last weekend and you have this huge heart um big smile every time I see you and It's funny because I didn't know you before ketones. I only know you now, right? I only see the person you are today Um, can you tell this the world literally people all over the world right now all the way from ireland Northern ireland on here right now Can you tell them like why did you start like what was the reason for you to start and what's the benefit that you've gotten from drinking ketones? Sure, um real quick. I started to help gen but um Shortly after that my mom was ill And I decided I couldn't help her But I didn't want my kids back to go what my sister and I did and so Yeah, so I started really taking the ketones serious instead of just helping a friend And it has literally transformed My day-to-day life my my everything. It's amazing Um, I have now lost 35 pounds 35 I was in 20. I was saying 28. You're 30 You didn't even correct me. Are you kidding? I don't know. I was like he'll figure it out Oh I think 34 inches the last I checked but I haven't checked for probably three weeks um And four pants sizes and that's all been pretty much the last five months So because I I started taking it really serious on probably april I don't know where we're at four months, but yeah energy. Oh my gosh the energy I have is amazing We shopped all day in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, which if you don't know where I'm at That's a two hour drive there and a two hour drive back So I was on the road bright and early this morning and I still have energy. That's what's amazing. I still have energy That's awesome. That is super awesome.  Um, but also, um I'm impressed by you taking that into consideration and then committing because you didn't fully commit to this until You really realize that you needed to be healthier than ever before, right? Definitely And then I think that's about the time you started a challenge and I was like all in You crushed the challenge Y'all y'all get everybody give a big shout out to christie. I literally did it We did a challenge. We do a challenge every single month and christie is in her in her office doing burpees and planks and That's commitment to your health and your journey I just want to give you a big shout out. Congratulations Um, thank you. I'm gonna be kicking it down to uh miss sandy. Hi sandy. How are you? Hi, thanks for having me this evening Good to have you on where are you from miss sandy? I live in grettinger, iowa grettinger, iowa. Hey, where's my all my iwegians at where's my all my iwegians at? All right, so tell me why did you why well first off? How did you learn about ketones? How did you even get to hear about it? Well, um, one of the leaders gen gen Posted a picture of herself on facebook and she was amazing I couldn't believe her energy and the amount of weight she'd lost and inches It totally made me want to try this product Um, it was totally what I knew I needed to do awesome Well, let me tell you If you don't mind share of the world, you know, they don't know miss sandy share of the world Um, why you got started and and and you know, you saw a picture Obviously that was an eye opener and attracted you to say something's going on here Yeah, what's been a little bit of your story? Well about six months ago I lost a very close friend of mine a significant other and my mood was absolutely I couldn't do anything I had no energy. I didn't care about anything I would just sit and eat and would not um do anything whatsoever So I decided to try the product. Um, it's changed my mood It's changed the way I feel about myself and the people Um, I've lost 35 pounds in three months and Oh Yeah, it's awesome But the challenge is one of the things that got me motivated right away I went into one as soon as I possibly could and I lost over eight or nine pounds in that first um 10 to 12 day challenge That's awesome. And now let me ask you a question. Did you do some of the burpees? Did you try some of the uh exercises? How'd that go? I did the best of my ability and um, that's all you can do is try Burpees is one of my favorites, but they're getting better. Were you proud of yourself that you did some of those things? Yes, I am I love the challenges because they're not hard. They make you think about what you need to do and accomplish Awesome. Well, I I mean, I'm super impressed and you're on a great team And I would imagine going through that challenge and lost in your in your life Having something to help cattle to catapult your health back in place get your mood up And then I'm going to assume that having a community of people to be part of that is probably makes it a little easier too Where you're on your own and the journey by yourself, right? That's gotta be correct. Yeah, it's awesome This group is just awesome. They work together as a team Awesome. Well, thank you. Thank you so much. Um, I'm gonna I'm gonna be coming back to you guys. Don't go anywhere So I have uh the gentleman from Guadalajara, Mexico He's a good friend of mine. A lot of you know him. He's been a sister to me He's a business partner.  They're amazing.  It just shouldn't happen y'all. They should be leading the way So with that said I had to bring him on I embarrassed him a little bit because I'm pushing him and challenge him Watching what he's done and grown over the last Really a couple years, but the last few months. He's really taken his health serious his strength serious And it's it's amazing watching him grow. So, uh, mr. Luis do you mind sharing, uh, just a little bit of your privilege journey with us of what you've seen Uh in in your journey All right, all right, all right, I asked him to speak in Spanish I asked him to speak in Spanish everybody's going. What is he talking about? All right, we'll flip it back over to english. He speaks better english than I do to be honest Well, let me just show you a picture look at this guy That's it. That's that's me. I've lost, uh, 35 pounds And I'm still going and just like you said Dustin those ladies kicked my butt They kicked my butt, but they the key the key the key thing of that was the The community that was something that I was actually lacking Before like I was before like I think I was lacking the community more than I was lacking this Because like having the the right nutrition that came easily Having like not putting the best stuff in my mouth that came easily and usually and actually this actually means Way easier than it is But having the community before before that I was just like stuck in my room having like no Like really no purpose of what I was doing. I know that I was heading the wrong direction I knew I I wasn't going to Achieving what a 26 year old should be a sheet achieving right But once I started I committed to this I'm printing to a day of these and you just give me we Like you just turn on this switch that I needed to turn on like what they did on my on my brain I'm a happy individual everybody telling me like how awesome my smile is How awesome I look nowadays and I feel awesome and I think it's more towards like what the community does How like we have the challenge that brings us all together like we held each other at cannibal and that's what actually Like it's it's a driving force, you know, like it just it just powers you through It's amazing. Okay, that is absolutely awesome and watching you guys get to know louise He's grown so much in so many ways and I say this because right now if you my passion is You know to obviously get as healthy as possible and share is you know change a million lives I have a mission to a million above here if you can see it But the reality is is that louise is in a different, you know, dem or uh demographic I don't know that's that's right word, but he's generation I don't know q or t or what what's generation z or whatever the next one is x is x and the reality is is that We need to be the example and you're leading an example for your demographic that's just not as active As we need them to be so I just I'm really Impressed with that if you have kids let them watch this and and you know Your your your son and daughter should not be able to outperform you physically At 26 years old when you're in your 50s. It just shouldn't happen that way. We're not built that way So thank you louise and I think how many burpees you have to know 15 15 burpees All right, baby 50s coming 50s coming so All right, we have one more special guest on here somebody that I've gotten to know very very very well I got to add her back to the stream Um miss jennifer man out of iowa another another iowheagent here I had to ask him if iowheagent's a bad thing to say because I didn't I didn't actually know But that's what we used to call him when I grew up But gen you've uh created a real big ripple effect throughout iowa because you decided to commit to your journey And I know my cousin lori who's on here watching She also has been very committed to getting healthier even though it hasn't been an easy path always Um, so jenni, I would love for you to share just a little bit with the the world What have you benefited most from ketones? Um, my biggest benefit is like major energy. Um You know, I am able to keep up with my grandkids. I'm able to keep up with my teenagers I can actually do circles around them. So that's wonderful Maybe I have what that I said they need to get some ketones They want them but I make them by themselves. I'm not giving them get a job kids They love them like a to get a cleaner room now.  They're awesome Um, and so 55 pounds down also that's that's huge for me Um, I just feel healthy. I feel healthier than I ever have even I think back to my teenage years I I feel better than I did as a teenager. So that's the major thing. It's just it's just feeling good So I can live life to its fullest Well, that's awesome. And y'all if you don't know jen apparently I don't I once again I know jen after ketones not before and apparently she was a grumpy monkey Um, she was very like if you ask christie shaking her head going. Yes So christie, let's just call her out for a second. How grumpy was jen before ketones You get on mute. I don't know how to unmute you. I'm from hemsa Um, well jen and I work closely together like a cubicle away And we have the same personalities. So, um, she could be quite grumpy And I could be just as grumpy, but now it's like you don't know it's sunshine in our office all the time It's kind of me. That's pretty awesome. Um, I keep hearing about this this grumpiness and I don't know jen for being Yeah, I only know to post ketones after the ketones. So I appreciate you sharing that I know jen her health wasn't not good like she needed to get healthier And um, but there's one more secret about jen. I gotta share really quick and that is jen actually tried her product three years ago And she didn't like the flavor So jen can you just share about that? You didn't really like the flavor and now when people go I don't know if I like the flavor. What do you say to them? Um, it's not about the flavor first of all Um, so and we have like what 25 30 other flavors to try if you don't like the one so That mexico mexico only's got three so At least you don't get the chord into the stick though. Yeah We'll catch up. Um, well, thanks for me and I truly appreciate it and then last question I got for you jen is how many how many people have you guys helped out throughout iowa? How many people have tried ketones now? Um, we're over a hundred. That's awesome with our whole ripple. Yep. Yep. So and that's huge too when you get the feeling of helping somebody else And helping improve somebody else's life. It puts a whole different perspective on it Um, just an amazing feeling to be able to help others and ketones give us that ability Well, thank you guys all. Um, I'm gonna be wrapping it up here in just a second thank you all for sharing I truly appreciate it and um, what I do want to do is if you're on right now watching this live There's there's guests on here. Maybe sneaking on peaking peaking in looking at what's going on once again put down What's that benefit you had? Also, what I want you to do is um is put down what time you drink your ketone So when people go well, what do I do and this is what I didn't suggest everybody Is it's it's the best way to get started is with our challenge And so I tell everybody start with the challenge if you're just trying to figure it out start with our challenge I don't have my challenge kid here. Uh, it must be in my uh my wife's room my wife's office But start the challenge and then I recommend getting either a key to reboot or right now you can get the reboot and the 24 fast as an accelerator And so the reason why is the the challenge gives you a variety of product It says 10 days down there. You might drink it over 20 days. Don't have to rush There's no reason to start rushing to two servings a day You can start with one a day and work up over time Or you can stay at one a day for a long time and you can still get amazing results But adding the reboot or the the 10 day challenge adding the reboot or the sorry Adding the reboot or the 24 fast to the 10 day challenge is like an accelerator It's going to help you accelerate ketosis. It's going to help you accelerate fat loss accelerate health and vitality So that's why I always like to put it together And then we do as a company we do a huge challenge together We can also do I have a bunch of teammates right now Doing their own challenge by themselves And the cool thing is we can give you guides to walk you through this whole process So you don't have to know it all and figure it all out Now the second thing I want ever to keep in mind is this is we're not teaching you the ketogenic diet We're we want you in ketosis and we're going to help guide you to a Healthier lifestyle that you're ultimately willing to follow And the only way to find a diet that's sustainable for you Is to take the next three to six months to learn and practice different ways of eating While you're utilizing our product to see the right effect Some people I just interviewed a guy that does 300 grams of carbs a day and I do 30 grams carbs a day 10 days he drinks he drinks more carbs in one day than I do in 10 And we both love the product But we we found what works for us and that took time for us to figure that out We're going to help you through that entire process so you can figure it all out like what to eat How to eat what's going to work for you and we have some guides to get you started and then ultimately you have to figure that out for yourself Now a couple things that people objections that people have Um one objection is cost people are like well, it's a little pricey for me Uh, do you agree ladies? Uh gentlemen you get that cost objection sometimes? Okay, let me ask you a question christy Since drinking ketones.  Uh, definitely I eat less um and Snacking for the most part has come to a very minimal Um, and if I do snack it's like a little piece of jerky or so when you buy a pound of Beef jerky or whatever it may be It lasts a very long time right instead of it lasting a car ride. It lasts you a whole month So yeah a huge difference Right, so that's what I find most people are like thinking of cost and what they're doing is you're instead of buying a coffee or a red bull Day by day you're buying our product in bulk in the front end And then over the next you know 20 30 days you're going to be eating way less now sandy i'd ask you this question Can you even put a dollar amount of feeling better? Is that even a possibility? Can you put a can you quantify 35 pounds down? Can you quant is it 35 that you lost I think yeah Can you quantify how much better your energy and your mood are like from a money perspective? I'm just curious if you can do it well Look, I don't spend hardly anything at the start. It's just amazing. You know you eat good and healthy and um dollar wise Doesn't make any difference because this is good for your system Right. I appreciate you guys for sharing that because I think sometimes people get I think the reason why this is to be honest I think people when they get that objection and we talked about this and this is not uncommon objection for some areas And what happens is they just typically don't know what the product is but this is what I found Is and this you guys correct me if I'm wrong, but a lot of times people don't think they're worth it I know this sounds kind of crazy. They don't think they're worth it And I'm just going to be sharing this to y'all you're all worth living better and being better and being healthier And you you deserve to be a better mom you deserve to be a better dad You deserve to be a 26 year old stud that can do burpees you deserve To be the grandparent that you want to be you deserve to look good in clothes And so that that does have a cost right but here's the coolest thing is we have a free product referral program We have a loyalty program as long as you're loyal with the product You're going to get some free product along the way And sandy, I would imagine you just got some free product just recently Um that they just sent you or you're going to get one next month. Maybe Yes, I am. I've been on it three months. So I'm anticipating some free product this month. Awesome That's awesome. She she gets it is. It's exciting. Yes So when it comes to costs for people to have maybe have that objection Just be aware if you're having a hard time with the with the cost then let's let's help you get it for free Let's take care of that. But let's get you healthier 100 percent a couple other expectations that I get some people go How fast does it work? Well, this is the thing I want to be I want to challenge everybody Most people 80 percent of people are going to get results in that first challenge They're going to notice some differences. There's a small group of people My wife being one of them it can take a little longer. It can take up to six weeks So don't turn your head on it too quickly if you don't notice a life-changing experience overnight Um because it can take up to six weeks But I promise you this if you do your science and do your research You'll find that this is the healthiest journey you could possibly be on And we've seen millions of people now's lives changing. We have millions more to go Um, so that's another little objection that we get sometimes is how fast is it going to work I noticed in an hour my wife took 16 weeks or six weeks So one hour to six weeks the thing is if my wife would have quit I don't know how we would be today because she was grumpy as grumpy You ask her she was not happy person and she had no reason to be unhappy But six weeks later she started smiling and dancing with our daughter and whatever happened to her brain changed And it took six weeks for it to happen. It's the best gift we've ever gotten for our family. So Um, I appreciate you all thank anything else. I missed. Uh, I'm gonna wrap up here in just a second Anything else that I missed Do you want to add anything? Yes, the money that you save on what you're snack on you're gonna need it for new clothes. That's my case Louise Louise had to go buy new clothes. I know how how bad is that you could say it's expensive because if you need weight A lose you're gonna you're gonna have to spend a lot of money on new clothes, but nobody Three four three four inch pants. I'm like I need a three two now like it's crazy. I think like you buy new clothes Yeah, hey, if you need to do that, I'll take it If you need to lose weight, don't go change your wardrobe until you get to where you want to be Otherwise it can it can add up really fast y'all. We're gonna be done here in just a second But here's the last thing I want to say is that genuinely our mission to change a million lives Right and our goal is to help meet you where you're at if you want to get healthier If you want to live better you want to feel better number one thing is drink ketones daily It's what i'm drinking right now drink your ketones daily. We call it reboot monthly and 24 fast Just come do the challenge just start with the challenge and come with us But most importantly plug into the community. We're a team of people I know christie was telling me she's like I have a lady She just won't talk to you dustin and i'm like I can't help her if she's not willing to be helped Does that make sense? So be okay With reaching out and getting the information to change your life And then the second part of that is come get our be part of our free product program It's okay to get your product for free. You start sandy has like what 12 people interested because sandy changed your life That's good. Sandy should get rewarded with free product If that's the case and she is she's going to she get one next month and she has a lot more coming here in the future And then the last group of people if you're interested in doing more If you want to be part of what we're doing if you like what you saw here and you kind of like being part of this Come join us come be part of our team. Um, we have really cool programs to help you not only get free product Not only get healthier than ever but also be compensated We have a little little rewards reward center so you can make some extra side cash We call it our side gig our part time gig and you come do what we do come be part of what we're doing And we'll help you through the whole process. We'll teach you everything. I know right now Jen got a hand. She's been taught christie's be taught sandy's getting taught right now Luisa's teaching and being taught how to share this and we're just here to change people's lives y'all So have an unbelievable day and stay tuned. We're gonna be doing another one of these here very very soon So stay tuned get back to whoever invited you Most importantly, we're a large team throughout the world So whoever invited you to this get to them and say, I want to do the challenge. I'm going to grab a reboot I'm going to grab the 24 fast and I'm going to do the challenge and I'm going to start changing my life today They will help you through that if they connect you to somebody Connect to them and let that person help them because maybe they're new and they don't know a lot yet That means that we're going to help them get everything going for you. So be okay with that So with that said and done Iowa, I appreciate you so much You guys are amazing and let's keep changing that state and get it healthier because it needs a lot of help Mexico's in the house. Mr. Luis Thank you for being on and everybody else out there in the world get back to everybody at you And I appreciate you guys joining us uh on this sunday night ciao


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Good evening, I'd like to call Thursday September 19th Berlin select board regularly scheduled meeting to order to my far left is Justin Lawrence Low Smith tomorrow is Jeremy Hansen who was on Bradtown and this also is Dana Hadley our town administrator and Diane Isabel town treasurer Editions are changes to the agenda. I do have a few things that I'd like to Add to the agenda and some of them are related to what is on the agenda. I'd like to talk to the board a Little bit about the public hearing notice for Black Road for the public the second public hearing that's coming up And I'd like to Have the board approve forgiving balances under five dollars and I'd like to ask the board if they might consider a change and how that's done out when I get there I'll tell you and We have on the agenda the approval of the loan resolution. This is for the the loan for the sewer Painter impact no sewer expansion project There has been an idea brought forward about our arbitrage for sewer loan and so we'd like to talk about that and Everything else is on the agenda Okay Public comment Hearing none On September 30th, there's going to be a board of abatement meeting at six o'clock Do you want to get abatements and I think there might be a board of civil authority Okay, so just to let you know So I'm here for that. I also did get the select board the August budget as reports out of draw balance and put the tax report And today I did get the preliminary education grant list So I know what I have to set aside for money. So Oh So I want to make you aware that this year Washington Unified Yeah, so anyways about amount is six million seven hundred and three thousand four hundred seven fourteen Which is a hundred and eighty five thousand dollars more than it was last year for the schools combined Just to make you aware This is the first preliminary report I will be getting the final one in May Okay, usually the final one tends to be a little bit less or has been in the past So I'm hoping that we the case now, but just make you aware that it is higher. We knew that it was going to be higher Anyway, but just to know exactly how much would everything hand out So I want you to have that and this is when they do their final one Did you say that's in May? Is that when that's when they have all their state aid and federal aid or whatever else they're waiting for? Also based on our for one month report, which the for one one report that the assessors They have to do the final one December and then after that time period That's after all Exceptions and so forth Yeah Does that normally does the amount go down after it has the six years up in here he's gone down that last quarter And sometimes I think last year went down maybe 50 But usually it goes down maybe But it could always go up right I understand Thank you Vote on change of winter maintenance for whose trail So at your last meeting You had discussed co-op trail and that the property owner seemed a Manable to having that, you know, it's after the first house But this is for one year see how for eight years try you just So I brought it back so that you could actually vote on that if you so desire So I move that we cease performing winter maintenance on cost trail after the first house on a trial Trial basis for just this year Any further discussion on this All those in favor Motion carries and if this might be a good time Brad for me to talk about the public notice for black road I'm going to schedule that public hearing for October 17th the second meeting in October The state law we are not required on between the first and second of any time period But I think it gives enough time And I will talk to Tom about that But I was wondering I had originally put reclassification of a portion of the class 4 section And I wanted to check with the board to see if you'd like me to word it in another way well well the problems I see is we Really do need to talk to Rob about whether we can actually do maintenance on a class 4 You know for the winter about the stories I haven't gone with Rob and and I've also talked with B. Tran And there's not a problem with that however you're setting a precedent. I know that's I worry about So You're your best judge, but I guess on the working I would Just have something but I just based on what I researched the last time I would think that if you're going to do any sort of winter maintenance on it And we don't have to do anything to bring the road up to a class 3. I don't know why we wouldn't I mean it's minimal But it's you know 150 dollars we would get in the state aid Yeah Yeah, I don't think this is a financial thing at all. I think no, I know this But if you're going to do with winter maintenance Well, how about why you wouldn't just reclassify it anyway, but to me it's more of a safety thing, but right All right Anyway, we're in my rob again Okay, so what he says then you've been taken do the awarding to your So are you thinking I guess what I'm really asking you is let it you're not thinking of the reclassification Or should I stick with that wording and then Decide to change it Because we can always take in the reworn it with with a different. Okay All right, and I last at the last meeting You had mentioned that it would be good to know about the assessment of the new property that was down here, which I'm pretty sure we don't have yet But if he's done with the apartment, he should have it the assessor should be down there Well, they usually pick up once a year around April 1st. I got you I could ask the assessor they if they haven't done it. They could go look at it. Yeah That's all I have on there. Okay So let's see here Outdoor automobile or automobile parts storage ordered it. Well, this might be a very short segment What my attempt was and I had spoken to you some time ago about this Was to have some teeth of what we could do for People that have a lot of junk cars in their property that Are not complying with it. I mean it's against the zoning and it's also against the state law I've had a I had a long conversation with rob about this and This mirrors a lot of our zoning regulations and also the state law and he says What would what is your point because you're still Even though you have you know, you could have the civil ordinance If it's not paid it's still going to be the same process. You're going to be stuck with the I'm afraid when I first came we had that case down on Neil road and we had a lot of money in the legal aspect of it. We were sending the you know, we were paying the sheriff to Sir sir, it was painful trying to do that and then it would go to the court and the court would say Thank you figure it out. I mean it was just we didn't We didn't get Any satisfaction the state has they in their EPA division they have something to do with the junkyards and the selva yards Wouldn't it be beneficial to set them on to the people instead of Well, we have spoken with the state about the individual that I'm thinking of and He and the state has been down and it is the state's Responsibility with the way that the statute got written And I guess a number of years ago there was some outcry or some pressure on the state to do more So I have not talked to the state on this particular one, but I thought I would again and see Yeah, because they're they're response driven. They they don't well look they have to But as I respond as I recall with the the Neil road thing the We called the state and the state came in they said, yep, it's a problem Have a nice day. They they chose not to pursue any enforcement action I think that's true But I just thought I would try and encourage if we could do something I don't know, you know, and again, it's the same issue with I just talked about the courts. They just kind of you know Don't want to deal and I think it's You know, it brings us to another question really is that we have Zoning that we have We need to do a better job of enforcement of zoning And that's always the hardest thing to do And the drv spoke with tom and encouraged and they may come to the board to ask us to write civil ordinances to have civil Fees, which I also spoke to rob about and he says no zoning would actually and the zoning code does have some Fees in there if you you know finds if you don't get complied. It's when they don't Respond to that it has to go to the environmental court And that's how a zoning thing is handled and he says he wouldn't recommend for the board Just so you know or in case it comes to for the board to write an ordinance making it a civil fine So so he actually recommends against the adoption of this he does Okay, he does. So I have been I have been a back down I mean, I was just trying to get some sort of teeth And but I guess we have a sharper teeth as we're going to have Well, I mean I would think that But that's strange for the neighbor, you know, maybe maybe we take and push the state a little bit harder, too I would do that. Yeah, yeah, because they're the ones that are going to take and be able to actually enforce it Right much more a weekend True. So and and that was a rob made that point today and and I thought it was a good thing There goes my ordinance Okay, so Um Any else on that Dana? No, no, thank you. I'll I'll go I'll go forward with working with the state on this issue. Yeah Uh, let's see here approval of loan resolution for sewer line expansion. This is the um The same loan that you've been hearing about for some time now Um, and this is the loan resolution, which you you've approved the loan But you now need to approve the resolution And you need to sign the resolution. So basically This document goes through The different conditions of the loan. I think the most important ones is you have to pay this back Which I don't think it's any surprise Um, the loan is going to end up being two million one hundred ninety six thousand dollars The bond was voted at two point two And there is about four thousand dollars in expenses that are being deducted from the loan proceeds I guess it is exactly that. I move to approve the loan resolution for the amount of two million one hundred ninety six thousand thirty dollars in no sense They they amended that Jeremy after I sent you that so it's uh, two million One ninety six thousand even Okay Okay, I move that we approve the loan resolution As presented in the amount of two million one hundred ninety six thousand dollars My second, good option Any further discussion? All those in favor? I Those opposed motion carries So I will fill out the lines, but I do need four members to sign Paul Giuliano says they've got title. They don't have enough lines. We said just squeeze the man on that side Paul is our bond attorney As well as the bond attorney for most of the state We did have usda did come the last week And we had we signed the paperwork that you had given me authorization to sign As far as we wanted the loan I mean the several different steps, you know They offered the loan do you want the loan? Yes, we want the loan Also, I think that this is a time that I'd like to talk a little bit about the arbitrage idea This is uh, and Diane help me explain it if I don't get it right This is uh for that not for this loan, but for the bridge loan As you remember when we did the water budget we needed money up front and what happens with this loan Is when you spend when you have your expenses You gather that together with the proper documentation Diane would send it into usda and they would send they would wire her the money But that you have to front the money in the meantime So we don't have this kind of money to front. So we need we're going to need to have a bridge loan To to do that when we did the water project um, we did um A letter a credit line So when we needed money Diane would contact the bank and say I need a hundred thousand dollars And and they would forward her a hundred thousand dollars so that she could pay the bills I liked that because we weren't paying interest on money. We hadn't borrowed yet So I mean I thought that worked and it worked fairly well for us Um, the idea has been brought to us school districts use arbitrage um And we've talked a little bit with community Bank comma na Um about it and they've explained how it works and basically you would take a loan You would get the entire amount of the loan and you would Put it in some sort of investment vehicle, obviously We're with the bank with the same bank and We are limited as you know, it has to be a Vermont bank or government security or something. We can't buy a pork bell so and and the idea and sometimes it works is Depending on the interest rate. You may Make some money from the interest Um It's legal Which is which is school districts have done it. Tom's had some experience with it I question whether we're you know when when brass packs when it comes down to the fact that When you borrow that money you're you're on the hook for the interest right away And so depending on what the interest rate is on your other side I'm not sure whether it's You know, we won't know that until we get quoted But I wanted to put it before the board and have you Give me your opinion what you think I think I can clarify a little more If you would yeah, okay, so let's say that we get a loan from the bank Let's say that it's 2% they're going to charge 2% and then they have an investment within the bank that is insured And let's say they're going to give us 2.25% so you could have you'd have that quarter percent What how it works for them is that because their loan is to municipality They don't have to pay the full tax on the interest that they that they get So it's a tax benefit to them that they would be passing along to us But what they had told me And this is the bank said that if all of a sudden you draw most of that money at once Then you're not going to make any money at all. So there's just there's just more people work It negates the right Which is to my experience with the water that that's what happened is I put a lot of money up front Then as they were completing the work, it's just less and less and less money that was paying out So the other part of it too is this is going to have a lot more paperwork And my paperwork has to be perfect for the USDA and I mean it's going to be beyond perfect This could money up the waters I don't I've not asked the auditors if they you know If they would think it's a good idea or not But I don't think they probably would not So I said is the as the administrative overhead ever going to pay it back is that does the juice worth the squeeze? I have to wonder about that So so what in the in the best most optimistic case? So there's a the margin is what like a half percent maybe You know if that so half percent on if we're drawing down two million So is that really going to pay off? The end of time and stress that I think it might work for school districts better than it would for us And I also think that Tom had thought the idea would be we would borrow this money immediately and Invest it immediately and they wouldn't start the project until next year and we'd have this time to earn this interest My personal I don't believe in taking a loan until you need it but We also it's a one year alone and And oh, is it in one year? So I mean If it's you could get it renewed But Depending on the bank has did the bank give you any indication what their interest rate was no I have to put I do Would you like us to put it out to bid just so we know I'm just trying to think uh on two two million dollars. Uh, half a point of interest is what? $2,000 I have a point It's 10 grand 10 grand If it's a half point if it's a half point much if it's that it's that really the spread Is that could be a bigger spread? Is it possible? I don't know if it spawns If you go it's gonna be safe. Well safe. Um I don't picture being much more than you could Ask for if we're gonna do an RFP you could ask for both ways Okay, what is it if we're going to do the arbitrage and what is it if we're going to do In the bridge line line That's what we were kind of thinking of but we put it out in both ways Maybe we could have a better comparison of what yeah, and then if we have a reasonably concrete idea of what this might look like But it's still going to be some fraction of the 10,000 that assumes that we're not drawing anything from it for the entire year Which is crazy Right Yeah, how much is dinos time and data is time worth going through the process Okay, yeah, I would say put it up to bid with both and if we can find out that It's actually way better than we'll then why not I would prefer to be here when you talk about that so if you could put it a bit to be the first meeting in November Probably I have a motion on that. Yes. Um, okay, so move Move to have Dana and diane move ahead with putting out the loan to bid With two options one for a line of credit and the other with an arbitrage arrangement Any further discussion all those in favor I Motion carries While diane's here brad could we talk about balances under five dollars sure Um, every quarter we come to you and say can we forgive balances under Five dollars And and she's got you know people that owe 38 cents 69 cents, you know nuisance things And I was thinking I was would like to ask the board if they might make this a permanent procedure for diane to just clear again Without having to ask every time clear the books of these Small you know what I would do is I put I'd give you like with the other reports I would just show you here is what I did And then you could just you know, so you want to do this quarterly I do quarterly right after the taxes She could even do it. I suppose if you approve that even more often, maybe I'm just thinking if we can just kind of have those in one one package If they do get resolved in the meantime, they can just do them all at once. I don't know what makes what makes your life easier We'll do it quarterly because if I don't do it right away, then it keeps occurring interest. Okay So you're saying that if you do it quarterly it works. Yeah, it gets it's cleaned out But if I don't but every month is interest, right? Yeah Yeah So if you got one of four dollars and 99 cents Put you over the top Well, it's not that so much as if there's three dollars and it keeps adding, you know, 10 cents or 20 cents or 30 cents or whatever it is So I'm gonna We want to actually have this as an agenda item Probably should you want to put it on the agenda? Okay. Yeah, and I think and maybe we'll just have you know We'll authorize the treasurer to no more than quarterly Forgive balances of five dollars or less per hour Was that on the charter or we pass it as a policy when it isn't sure Yeah, yeah for the charter that we'll do something like that. Well, I'll put that off for your next meeting Let me second that motion You know a little in favor So now we have a pedalers license application we do um Thank you. This is actually an application for someone who is doing work for mvp health insurance, they are going to be over the mall on On saturdays sundays monday and wednesdays between november 30th and december 4th They do this Annually in different areas of the state and berlin is their target this year We question whether it really needed a peddler's permit. However The man that sells christmas trees has to have a peddler's permit and I think it's probably Appropriate because they both are some of the business presence in the mall that you know They're going to have a I think it's a band that they drive there and So that will be in the in the mall. They're going to be out into the park. I think she told me a band, but um That's what I think she told me Well now that you mentioned I mean it seems a bit be easier if they were inside but Um At any rate This is what their plans are Move to for the application for a peddler's license for sarah and john Any further discussion Hearing none those in favor Motion carries Have we got all your additions done Dana? Yes Okay, thank you. Okay. Let her receive regarding the recreation committee I think last time when phil was here phil gen philly who was spearheading trying to get some interest people interested in serving as On a on our recreation committee that that committee has been Um needing life support ever since I've been here and I have um A lady who has shown interest her name is hannah connor. She lives at 181 highland avenue I did reach out to her and ask if she would be able to come in and talk to the board um And maybe she couldn't tonight if I didn't hear back. Um, so I just thought I would See if I could schedule her to come in sometime to talk to you about being and phil did give me a couple other names. However, they have not reached out Yeah, but I guess I will either have phil or myself So the idea is maybe we do an appointment in the next meeting or something like that to appoint these folks to the You know, I mean, I usually don't ask you to appoint people. You don't know. I mean, maybe you're comfortable doing that That's I think she was at town meeting You know, oh, I'm sure she's fine. I'm a good person, but you know, I don't know her personally and she probably was And certainly people that are volunteering to observe in one of your committees. You don't want to discourage Okay, you can get a hold of them. I don't see what I can do about that Uh appointments to an economic development council Yes, um As you know, we have an application pending for tax stabilization and it needs for You to get a recommendation from the economic development council I think at one time it was called committee, but on our instructions for tax stabilizations referred to as council So I'm going to call that council Jeremy was on that And um, and I guess and we would love for him to be on it again And so I have Talked with a few people. Um, so I'm suggesting that Shane miss spell Shane is a gentleman at rancher of select board member and he also works with the union bank Tor Nelson who you may have heard of Used to be the chairman here Um Jamie stewart stewart steward test unity and I put it with a d didn't I okay Jamie stewart is the I'm not sure what his title is the executive director of the central remand economic development corporation He's also not not a Berlin resident. I should point out I don't think this has to be I don't think at hawk. I don't think any of the communities actually have to be You're right. I think you're right. Uh, Jeremy, you know and the other person is um, Roberta has him And I thought these were these were good people that Understood a lot about economic development and committed to and committed to do it. Um Roberta did say she is after november. She's Won't be as available. So maybe you know, but I think it is not going to be a long I'd like to see the council continue, but this particular subject I move that we point shame miss bill tour nelson and jamey stewart jeremy hanson and Roberta hasken to the economic development council Any other discussion hearing none those in favor Hi I'm gonna have you sign four out of those five I guess and I'll redo janey's For some reason I did twice Is there any executive session to yes, please there is I don't wish I was doing the licenses with those. Yep That's for personnel I move to enter executive session to discuss a personal matter pursuant to one vsa section 313 82 Further discussion off now those in favor