Well, I guess some people are still busy fumbling with their bailout, which is nice. Actually.  That's no problem at all for us. Um, I Thought so Oh Okay We're still waiting for some people to arrive from the seminar room It's other people that randomly hack on their stuff and it's really nice once you once you leave them for like two or three minutes with some Audio interface and whatever a it's it's it's gone, you know They're not gonna leave We can move on I think All right Put it down Gonna wrap it up all these videos that we made are gonna be available at this address Most of them from from yesterday are already there Or maybe all I guess The ones from today gonna be there tomorrow just a matter of time. Yeah, just wait and see Yes, yes, definitely. It's also already on the wiki and All right, speaking of the wiki is another important matter By the end of the month, it's gonna be moved. So please Update all of your info upload your slides if you want to have them in there because it's gonna be a content freeze and We're gonna well store it away safe and sound for all it all of eternity So anything you don't want to in when I end up in there. Well either remove or Well at depending on what you want to have in there Well as we said this morning, please join us On github We're gonna I'm gonna send out invites for all of the relevant people that have been organizers They can definitely add stuff and all interested. Please join us. I think you can just request membership So head over there and click request and then that you yes There's still the donation box that's still at the bar. Please donate or use PayPal because to my account at this moment Can I as you can trust me? All of the surplus will go to see base and or maybe a donation to the VOC Which have been of so much help for us and That's well also getting to the point and all the people that have been of so much help and yeah All of you guys give it up. Thank you. It has been super amazing Which especially like to thank see base Obviously and these fine members who helped us set things up and had with all the things that we had to do Bar crew and so on and so forth and Big thanks to Nils UK Sviven mm Buckingfoot a killer a punk Hong Jolly and all the other bar crew members and members who we forgot a Lot of them helped make this happen. Thank you And definitely again a big big and amazing things to the Vogue team These guys made this at least half possible To have all the streaming and all the videos here, and it's super amazing and they've been of so much help Thank you guys Thanks some Stuff that we rented and so on has been from the to and I'm gonna really have to think my Kind of sort of employee the electronic studio to at the moment Network sack for hosting our wiki at the moment and Well all the former organizers that are still around that helped us at least set things up and Get in touch with us or help us along the way to understand stuff Big things without you we would probably have been lost Big things also to well the Linux audio Berlin guys that helped us yesterday, especially Sam Bruno and Frederick Some of us well some of them have been here today others haven't but yeah anyways I also want to personally apologize to Frederick for Interrupting his you know sound my session yesterday. I'm terribly sorry Wasn't intended. Yeah, you bombed it a bit, but that happens. I guess it was late But a lot of people had fun. I hope Well big thanks to ourselves, thank you Thank you I would like to just add that okay, this is my first Linux audio conference Okay, interesting that it turned out to be in the shape of an organizer who started the music. Oh You don't want me singing cover to that Okay, anyway, what I was about to say is that so I love all the applications are available for Linux audio and For me it's so much fun to actually be able to put a face to the application If you know what I mean, so like meeting the people that's okay You've been using like the different synthesizers or Digital of your workstations and then when you finally get to meet those people and I think that's awesome So thanks for coming. You made me very happy. Yes big. Thanks And again, if there's any questions, here's some info on how to reach us and so on and so forth, but Yes, it's also in a wiki, but well redundancy is redundant See you guys Thanks for being here and have a lot of fun in the rest of the evening I'm will probably start some some like music session right now for the cleanup And let the machine do the rest because yeah, especially you might want to listen to this if you stay Oh, yes, if you want to get a tour through the sea base You should assemble at the bar. We're going to tour groups of maximum five to ten people because of the disturbance to keep it minimized and Yes, some leather bar and we'll organize a tour for you To around the sea base Yes There may sir Then there are parts that Some of you may or not have yet seen the the internal member of the downstairs and Yeah, it's worth a look and you'll also get a nice explanation of what this place actually is how it came to existence and why the great why Also feel free to enjoy with a beer and hang out with us. We are now tearing this down, but still enjoying ourselves Yes, you can totally continue hacking if you like to


Hello, my name is Michelle Clark. I'm the Executive Director of the Yolo Land Trust. We are a non-profit public charity with a simple mission to permanently conserve farmland and rangeland in Yolo County. We want the farmers of today and tomorrow to grow food right here. Working farms and ranches keep our local economy strong. Plus, we all enjoy the added benefit of abundant open space and wildlife. Each September the Yolo Land Trust holds the best food event in Northern California. It's called A Day in the Country and every year we're at a new location. Over 20 chefs will produce amazing dishes from the incredible food that is grown here. We have local wine and beer and great live music. To learn more about how you can support farmland conservation and to buy tickets to A Day in the Country, go to YoloLandTrust.org. Thank you.


to have homes again. Tragic chapter in American agriculture. The corporation are cooperating with the Department of Agriculture in working 65 land improvement projects in the plane. The mission will take title to 5,800,000 acres of this land and put it to its proper agricultural use. On a second front, the federal government is working to rehabilitate the stricken farmers of the drought area. Various emergency agencies have distributed millions of dollars in direct relief and thousands of farmers from dire poverty. Resettlement administration has loaned millions to farmers whose lands were not damaged beyond repair, but who needed seed, farm equipment, administration is taking over for and it will move families from this land that cannot be farmed into natural agricultural districts. Bottle farmsteads such as this one being constructed in Nebraska are being built to house these resettled farmers and they not only will be paid for their old farms good land, electricity, sanitation, schools. We are to save the rest of the grass. Things will come again. Another decade of reckless use. The grasslands will truly be the great American desert.


So now that I'm working with multiple Worksheets what happens if I want to say for example Utilize them one of the beautiful things about Excel is again. We're able to just Make references to different cells whether or not they're in a different file or not So say for example, we notice inside of my better world I want to actually do a summary of all of my different locations. So if I wanted to find out the total For a quarter one of paper in both the Mary on Richmond and Columbia locations All I would have to do is come in here equal sign Click on to Mary on to make it my active sheet and click on it notice what happens Notice all of a sudden not only am I doing a cell reference an absolute cell reference But I'm referencing the worksheet in particular, but I'm also now adding in Where this file comes from? I'm not saying I'm saying it's outside of my own worksheet now, so This can be expanded as I can do this I can do it again and I can do it Again, and so suddenly what I've done just to have a look at it is I've said Add the Marion B6 to the Richmond B6 to the Columbia B6 and as soon as I hit enter You can see I've done exactly that again. I can go through this song and dance a few times and I can get it for every single one of these now I'm gonna just hop these all over at the same time that way they can work boom boom beautiful


Good afternoon. I think that the time is upon us. It is 3 15 We're gonna go ahead and get started understanding that I'm sure that there will be Many others that will be filing in After they've gotten something to eat after the presidential presentation But hopefully they will not miss too much and again as I mentioned earlier This room has was previously set for the auxiliary. So they are by districts, but that does not pertain to this Seminar so feel free to move towards the front if you'd like if it's better and also Before we get started We're gonna have a couple PowerPoint presentations and I know that we all love to take photos of the screen and of each of the slides but in order to save you some Storage space on your smartphones You can certainly just email me After the Presentation when we get back and I'll be more than happy to email Everything to you so that will you have it? Either to share with your departments or your chapters as Is typical I like to start every Session that I have the pleasure of hosting By discussing and just reminding everybody of our mission statement and and I hope that it's a habit that Many of you as department leaders and chapter leaders Adopt because it really sets the stage and the tone of What we're about and what we should be discussing as a DAV entity So of course as we all know we're dedicated to a single purpose and that's empowering veterans to leave high-quality lives with respect and dignity We accomplish this by making sure veterans and their families can access the full range of benefits available to them fighting for the interests of America's heroes on Capitol Hill and Educating the general public about the great sacrifices and needs of veterans trans back transitioning back to civilian life How do we do that we do that by providing free professional assistance to veterans and their families and obtaining benefits and services earned through their military services and provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs and other governmental agencies Providing outreach concerning our programs of service to the American people generally and to disabled veterans and their families specifically Representing the interests of disabled veterans their families their widowed spouses and their orphans before Congress the White House the judicial brand As well as most importantly in many of your cases state and local government entities Extending DAV's mission of hope into the communities where these veterans Extending DAV's mission of hope into the communities where these veterans and their families live through a network of state-level departments and local chapters and providing structure through which disabled veterans can Express their compassion for fellow veterans through a variety of volunteer programs Why do we why is it important to mention that and Again, every time I have the opportunity to open up a seminar or speak I like to read that and remind people because when we conduct the business of our chapters As we conduct the business of our departments, whether it's a department convention a department executive committee meeting This reminds us what we're here for what we should be discussing because I know more times than not and it happens in my chapter quite regularly and I have to remind folks pretty regularly that you know a lot of the discussions that we initiate and involve ourselves in really has nothing to do with our mission statement and So we find ourselves in many cases Arguing about things we really don't need to be arguing about because it's nothing germane to our mission statement and what we're here for a lot of times it's you know stuff that relates to sports teams or you know local politics things of that nature so The mission statement is something that is very useful to help keep Help the commander or whoever the chair of the meeting is in line so that when Something is brought upon the floor that has nothing to do with our mission They can be reminded that hey, you know, you're out of order. This has nothing to do with DAV. Let's get back on track here so as typical and as promised in the program descriptions and the Programs that you all received of registration we're going to talk a lot today about the do's and don'ts of DAV chapters and departments and in some cases individuals and then after I wrap up and I'm going to try to make my Comments rather brief. I'm going to turn it over to Brian and Laura who are going to talk to you about some of the programs that The national organization is involved with as it relates to fundraising and how it trickles down to State departments in terms of sharing But for most of you who are here representing a chapter or department This is really going to be What you need to know in terms of fundraisers if you represent a chapter, of course Once the chapter approves the idea of the concept or whatever the fundraiser is it then needs to get the approval of the department executive committee and possibly the national executive committee if It is a fundraiser which in some way shape or form includes an outside party Or involves a fundraiser. I'm sorry a contract of some sort If it's a department organized fundraiser Obviously it needs to meet with the approval of the either the department convention delegates or By way of the department executive committee if it's an idea or a fundraiser that takes place between department conventions and in every case department fundraisers After they're approved by the appropriate body of the department need to get the approval of the national executive committee If a DA VA unit And we're talking about a local unit that's associated with the chapter if a DAV unit Wishes to conduct a fundraiser The unit must get the prior approval of the parent chapter and then once the chapter approves it It must go to the DAV State Department for the State Department to approve of the fundraiser and if it's a DA VA department solicited fundraiser prior approval of the department Executive committee is required as well as the national executive committee now there are a couple of caveats and there are a couple of Exceptions to that rule one of those I'll get to you here in a second, but if whatever entity it is whether it's a chapter a unit a department or a State entity of the DAV auxiliary is Doing something at a function like a good example is a 50-50 or We are generating funds and asking our active participants who are here in the room We'll say this was a one big chapter meeting. This would probably want to be one of the biggest chapter meetings. I ever attended but just using this as an example if I As the fundraising chairman brought up the idea, you know what let's I propose that we do a 50-50 raffle at our meeting here tonight And we start selling raffle tickets. That's fine. That doesn't need to get the approval of anybody Because our bylaws allow for chapters and auxiliary units to Have the freedom to raise funds amongst its members and friends and families of members Without any prior approval so long as it does not Expect to generate more than five thousand dollars now I know we've got a lot of money in the room So if looking at it this big crowd right here, we end up generating more than five thousand dollars then of course we're gonna have to stop the process get the prior approval, but In most cases, of course as we all know, you know, that that's a pretty lofty goal to meet So as long as you don't Anticipate raising more than five thousand dollars and you're limiting your opportunities to those members Guests and family members that are present then no prior approval is required the other exception is forgive me not drives I think if those of you that were in the Business session this morning and heard the report of the Constitution and bylaws chairman Rob Reynolds one of the proposed resolutions this year is to make an amendment to Article 15 and specifically the section that pertains to forget me not drives Currently as the bylaws read today Chapters and DA VA units can conduct a forget me not drive For a period not to exceed seven consecutive days and you can't see it too well, but I put consecutive in red on the The screen up there because that's the proposed change that Will be voted upon During the final reading of the Constitution and bylaws committee So essentially as it reads today DAB entities can do forget me not drives without prior approval for seven consecutive days without the prior consent of the department the proposed Amendment is Going to or would allow if it's favorably approved Chapters departments auxiliary units To hold forget me not drives whenever they want throughout the year so long as The total number of days that they're soliciting for forget me not drives do not Exceed seven days in total during the year so what's the difference obviously right as it reads today consecutive days that means that you Start on a Friday Sitting out in front of Kroger or Walmart or wherever you're going to be selling forget me not or offering forget me knots And then you're going to run through The following Thursday, right? We all know that we're not going to get a whole lot of participation on Monday Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday, right? so The interim committee of the Constitution and bylaws committee thought it was a great idea to put the power obviously in the hands and this has Been this has been in the bylaws for years and years and years and years And it makes sense to allow the chapters and the departments and the units to determine on their own When they're going to have these forget me not drives because there are festivals. There are carnivals. There are different events there are different times of the year when a Chapter a department or a unit can certainly capitalize most on Doing a forget me not drive now obviously a Little advice and a little suggestion is to really try to focus on veteran related activities So Memorial Day 4th of July anything is patriotic Veterans Day obviously these would be great opportunities To do forget me not drives rather than having to do it or pick and choose. Okay Well, we're going to do our seven consecutive days over Memorial Day weekend We're going to do our seven consecutive days over 4th of July We're going to do our seven consecutive days over Veterans Day Now you can break it up if this amendment is approved, and I'm pretty sure that it will be approved Now here's the thing as well And as I mentioned prior approval for forget me not drives is not required from the department However, it's always a good idea to notify your department of when and where your chapter is going to be raising funds Or I'm sorry conducting a forget me not drive because in this day and age We have many causes out there that are Claiming to be supportive of veterans and disabled veterans some of them are even so bold and brazen to use our name When they have nothing to do with our organization So that if a concerned citizen or a donor wants to validate or verify that You are who you say you are and they call the department or they call the national organization They say hey, you know somebody's claiming that they're Chapter 17 in Waldorf, Maryland.  Are they legitimately raising money for DAV? Then the department can favorably or can tell them and assure them that yes They are there conducting their annual forget me not drive One thing that's really under Utilized I think in a lot of cases are the opportunities for departments to do for get me not drives now we all know departments are really representative and made up of our Active chapter members in our chapter leadership who are otherwise doing their own forget me not drives, but there's certainly nothing wrong with a department doing a forget me not drive at Any time throughout the course of the year without prior approval to raise funds for the department service programs unlike other Fundraisers that might be approved throughout the course of the year. It's very important that we all know that Every dollar that we raise for or through the forget me not fund drive fundraising program Must be for our sole charter purpose of providing service to disabled veterans and their families That's part of the reason that there's no prior approval required in that um We all know that we are very fortunate to have the support of Golden Corral and each and every year they host Or allow the opportunity for DAV entities to come into their restaurants and their stores and Conduct fundraising activities for DAV The intent of this since it first began was It was developed as a relationship between the national organization and the corporate headquarters of Golden Corral and the idea was that you know, there are many opportunities for Chapters to do various fundraisers throughout the course of the year, of course you know with departments being limited in terms of of Volunteers or active participants who are normally made up of chapter members there weren't many opportunities for departments to raise funds and generate income to support department service programs in order to Help purchase vans or to help pay the salaries of HSC. So the intent originally was For the Golden Corral Military Appreciation Monday events to be specifically a department fundraising program Now over the many years It has evolved into many different shapes There are some departments that allow Some fortunate departments that you know may have Reliable steady sources of income to allow the chapters to keep all the funds that are collected There are some that collect Ask for and receive half of the funds that are generated and allow the Chapter to keep the other half. There are somewhere the department receives 100% of the proceeds and either uses it directly for department service programs or On a case-by-case basis allows chapters to apply for a grant Using those funds for a specific service program that they're offering in their community that they can't otherwise support on their own One key thing about this partnership And it's very important to keep in mind is that well first and foremost not every department has golden corrals In their states that they can benefit from this relationship But those departments and states that do have golden corral restaurants. It's solely the responsibility of the department to determine which chapter or which chapters Can go in and actively solicit and participate in golden corral. I'll use an example of San Antonio just as an example anybody in here from San Antonio You got don't you guys have three chapters in San Antonio? I Think there are three three chapters in San Antonio City proper No, not not for no I'm talking about chapters DAV chapters. You guys have like three Okay. All right, you made my point. There are more than one DAV chapter Are chapters in San Antonio proper? So let's let's assume that there was only one golden corral in San Antonio the department would have to determine on You know their own by way of a vote of the DEC which chapter is going to go in and Solicit this year which chapter is going to go in next year are they going to allow all four Chapters to go in at the same time and then quarter the funds. So that's really something and again the national organization Certainly does not like to make micromanage Any activities of departments and chapters? That's why we leave it that decision solely to the discretion of the departments and Those members of the department executive committee that represent the chapters to determine who will be involved and who will not be involved the Last bullet on this slide is a relatively new program that many of you across the country have adopted And that's the DAV's just be kids program which benefits camp corral and one very important aspect in one One that's very well or much appreciated and well received by chapters and departments is that the national organization if funds are contributed by departments or chapters To the just be kids program and submitted to national headquarters the national organization will match dollar for dollar All of those funds that go through the just be kids programs and as you see as you saw during the opening ceremony That's a very worthwhile camp for Children of disabled veterans and their families We're gonna we're gonna If you wouldn't mind, please holding your questions to the end We're gonna have a good half an hour to ask any question you want. Thanks, Richard. I always like to report on These operations anytime I get a chance to and if you've been to my seminars before You know that I always report on the status of the bar lounge Operations followed by the bingo operations and the reason I like to do that is because each and every time you notice that the numbers shrink in terms of the number of bar lounge operations that are in existence and The number of bar lounge Operations that are not making any money or losing money, which is in conflict with our bylaws and The reason the reason that I point this out is because we are unlike Every other veterans organization. We are committed to service to disabled veterans and their families We do have How many do we have here? We have 19 bar lounge operations left throughout the United States in the name of DAB Six of them as of last year and of course financial reports are coming due here real soon, but as of June 30th 2015 Six of them were operating under the loss Of course, which is a violation of NEC regulation number four So therefore they got a letter from us stating that hey, you've got to provide a plan of profitability What are you going to do in this next year to turn the program around because we cannot subsidize a Losing operation that's supposed to be a fundraiser to generate revenue for service programs And of course of those 19 as I just mentioned six are operating at a loss and 12 are making just enough to justify their existence and when I say that I'm talking about an entity that spins a hundred thousand dollars in supplies in beverages or snacks to make $101,000 and so At some point you got to and we got to remind ourselves that these are supposed to be fundraisers These aren't supposed to be just Social paternal activities that are solely for our members only unlike other Veterans organizations if it's generating revenue and a significant amount of revenue to help DAV and the chapter support its mission Then that's great, but we certainly cannot allow them to operate at a loss because now we're taking funds that are otherwise Dedicated an earmark for service programs and Propping up a losing bar operation which certainly would not sit well with our donors And that's why we give them a year to provide us with a plan of profitability And give them a year to turn their program around and if they're not turned around then of course a hard call Decision has to be made on whether or not the continuation of that bar lounge program is going to be continued or not and of course we continue to monitor the bar lounge operations as I mentioned earlier through our annual financial reports that we receive at national headquarters and when Appropriate we certainly notify those entities and let them know that hey, you're not you're losing money. You got to Raise drink prices or do something otherwise to make it profitable So it's truly a fundraiser the other one I report on and again this this Activity is also covered by National Executive Committee regulation number four and again is a fundraiser cannot be operated at a loss Much like a Liquor license if you've got a bar lounge operation every state has some kind of governance or licensing or Registration or control over gambling or bingo operations if your chapter Or unit wishes to engage in bingo operations and upon the appropriate approval of the appropriate bodies, it's the subordinate entities responsibility to ensure that all of the Requirements for filing for the appropriate Local and state permits and any other permits that may be required are satisfied. There are oftentimes Cases where a chapter will start off on a bingo operation and then a month later when word spreads throughout the community they get a knock on the door from someone from the State Department of Taxation and Saying hey turn over all the money that you've raised in the last year because you've narrowed out the appropriate permit We don't know who you are you're operating in program illegally Oh, and oh by the way in addition to turning over all the money that you've Raised over the last month from the bingo. We're gonna charge you or we're gonna find you five thousand dollars so The key takeaway from this is just make sure and of course the national organization We absolutely positively cannot Understand or enforce or even be aware of Every requirement at every level whether it's a state requirement whether it's a county requirement whether it's a city requirement Or a zoning requirement, so that's why it's very important before The chapter engages in an activity such as bingo that you understand fully that There are certain laws that you have to comply with locally That certainly local laws trump the bylaws So just because you got the approval of the department executive committee to do a bingo operation Doesn't give you the authority to violate state law and do a bingo operation as of right now We have about 19 bingo operations and fortunately only one of them operating in the loss and then Three of them are barely surviving and of course we attribute this to the Expansion as we all probably know, you know, if you think back 20 years ago If someone wanted to gamble you'd either have to go to Las Vegas or to Atlantic City But today, I mean almost every state in the Union has a casino at least one casino in its territory, so you know people that Traditionally played bingo 20 years ago because that was the only place to go and gamble are not Supporting bingo operations anymore because they go play blackjack they go play slot machines So the number of bingo operations are continuing to dwindle throughout the year just because there's in a lot of cases No money involved in it thrift stores and again I always remind people and the only reason that I continue to leave this slide on their year after year after year is Because each and every year I'm contacted either by a department or a chapter with the idea of starting a thrift store Prior to August 1st 1989 It was permitted in accordance with our bylaws for chapters to engage in the thrift store business During our convention in 1989 it was Proposed by the Constitution and Bylaws Committee or or a department that would exclude chapters from getting into that business and that was for One reason and one reason only well actually it was for many reasons, but primarily it was because The chapter had a grand idea of opening a thrift store But had no idea how to manage it how to pay the bills how to track the money how to make the reports And in many of those instances It was not only a failing operation But ended up costing the subordinate entity whether it's a chapter or a chapter in most of those cases a lot of money because they entered Into long-term lease agreements with facilities that they could no longer support. Would you get that and tell them? I'm busy. I'll call them back though. Just as soon as I get a chance Made pay you well when we do the the role or the March Wednesday morning you can make a $15 daynation service foundation if you like that's Certainly fine, and you can tell them it's a penalty Because your phone went off during the during the seminar Bob of course that's it was Bob's phone, right? Okay. All right just checking so After now, of course, there were some chapters that were very successful in the thrift store business that were grandfathered in and are Still in existence today and operate very successful operations that bring in a lot of revenue to support chapter and department service programs So those that were in existence prior to August 1st 1989 and continue today Are certainly still allowed to operate their operations But after August 1st 1989 only departments were are able to get into the thrift store business I mentioned just a little while ago That financial reports are coming due We all know that the membership year and the annual financial reporting year Starts July 1st and ends the following July. I'm sorry June 30th and then that allows for Chapters and departments the opportunity to have 90 days to finalize their financial report and get it to their appropriate body Some of the things that We fail to do as members as good active members in DAV is make sure that We're holding people accountable and keeping people honest for lack of better terms so At our chapter meetings at our department meetings when the treasurer stands up and gives the financial report There's nothing wrong with a Asking questions and there's nothing wrong with B Asking for a copy of the bank statement because often times We'll find or or we'll hear about Chapters that thought that they had $15,000 in the bank because that's what the treasurer said we had and come to find out when the treasurer is no longer Treasurer because someone else was elected or appointed and now takes over the account. Oh, we only have $1,500 in the bank We don't have $15,000 in the bank. So it's just a matter of keeping people honest and Not that we're not honorable people But sometimes it's just a matter of very poor bookkeeping. So there's nothing wrong With asking for copies of the bank statements whenever your chapter treasurer gives the financial report One of the things that we are actually a couple of other things that we typically see that are Oftentimes problematic for the chapter and ends up getting someone into trouble is The way that we disperse our money in no case should we ever in many of these instances are by way of Helping a needy veteran or a needy needy veterans family in no case should a DAV entity either give cash to a veteran Because they say that they need help with their electric bill in no case should a chapter Make a check payable to a veteran because they say they need help with their electric bill We should always Account for our funds by requiring hey, we understand you need help. We're here to help bring us a copy of your utility bill Bring us a copy of your car repair bill bring us a copy of your eviction notice from your Apartment rental complex and we will gladly pay it for you, but we're gonna make it payable to whoever it's due to Because of course, you know, we all like to believe that everybody is who they say they are and Yet are truthful in what they're asking for but unfortunately in this day and age There are a lot of scammers out there that make a living going around from community to community and Asking different organizations for money and then either getting cash or a check written out to their name And that's how they survive and they literally move from state to state to do that So we certainly don't want to find ourselves in that position where we're Wasting DAV assets that were provided to us by the general public for a specific program of service to veterans and Losing that money to someone who is not really in need Course most of our Chapters departments operate with checking accounts and Most of our chapters require two signatures on each of the checks before it can be distributed to whomever In no case should a chapter commander Pre-sign blank checks for the treasurer to fill out later as needed and in no case should The chapter commander and the chapter treasurer Sign checks that are left blank for someone else to pay a bill the chapter because as the treasurer and the commander were ultimately responsible for That check because it's got our name on it. We're authorized signatures on it There's nothing to prevent someone from Making the check payable to cash and putting in whatever amount they want and going to the bank and You know just drawing out whatever they want And and that's common sense and and I you know, we all have common sense when we also talk about checks and Accountability and how we account for funds, you know, no no Pre-signing checks that haven't been properly made out yet another issue or another thing that we've identified is Debit cards or gift cards You know and again, we want to we want to make sure that we're there for needy veterans and their families so there's nothing wrong with handing out gift cards to say Walmart or to Kroger or wherever that whatever that the local Food market is so that the veteran can go and get groceries for The veteran and his family But we find We have to be careful in the distribution process. There's got to be more than one person involved in the distribution of those We've had a few instances where the chapter well-intended Decided that they were going to buy 10 $100 gift cards for needy veterans in the area and Allow one person to distribute those as needed and come to find out that needy veteran was themselves And so they would come back at the next meeting and say I handed out 10 $100 gift cards to Walmart to 10 veterans no No validation of Who it was given to how it was given to it where it was given to him and then of course that cycle just repeats itself so one of the things that We are going to and if you are a chapter treasurer or department treasurer this year you'll notice that the Instructions in the form changed a little bit It's asking for some additional information to Validate the expenditures, especially as it relates to our service program, so We certainly We certainly have no problem and we encourage chapters and departments to continue to support our VA medical centers and our VAVS programs and our state veterans nursing homes like many of us do But we when we do that we have to get a letter of Acknowledgement from the entity and a good example is if our chapter elects to give or votes to give $5,000 to the state veterans nursing home for new TVs we Should expect as a chapter to get a thank you and an acknowledgement letter from the state veterans nursing home This says hey, thank you for the $5,000 donation for the purchase of televisions throughout our facility Because right now quite frankly We have no way to validate those expenditures and we have an obligation to the internal revenue service as the parent organization To be able to justify each and every dollar not only that the national organization spends But our departments and chapters as well so it's really kind of a Two-pronged approach to the rationale for needing this a to satisfy the requirements of the internal revenue service, but then be to Really keep folks honest and again, I hate to I hate to say that You know sometimes people do things that they're not supposed to do But it's very easy for someone to make an annual financial report balance at the end of the year Simply by saying well, we're missing You know $2,500 Well, I'll just claim that we spent $2,500 and gave it to the state veterans nursing home With no validation. So that's the real reason for that. It's just it's Better record keeping it's gonna require a little extra work But it's for the benefit of us all because again at the end of the day as we all know the internal revenue service is really Evaluating and holding Organizations accountable. So we really have to pay close attention and know where our Money's we're going and of course when we do fundraisers You know, no one person should be left alone to count the money to tally everything up So we should always get into the practice of Having two people count the money so that someone's not going one for DAB two for me One for DAB two for me not that that happens, but it's just common sense, right? And I learned a new term this week and it's it's called not common sense But horse sense and I told someone we were gonna be talking about horses earlier today and not Marines Because normally I like to talk about Marines, but Does anybody know what horse sense is? No, it's not a marine. Well, it could be Horse sense is a quality that is always found in a horse But never found in a jackass I Didn't say that I didn't say that So we we always have to get in the practice of using our common sense or our horse sense as it relates to money Must start to speed through these a little quicker because we're running out of time Of course as I mentioned earlier financial reports are due on September 30th Delays create delays so if you're a department and you're filing a financial report to the national organization and also Asking for a grant from the Columbia Trust to support your service program your HSC program or van program We cannot the Columbia Trust cannot favorably consider or even look at your grant request until We have received and approved your financial report because of course the Columbia Trust is a needs-based Grant entity and of course we need to know that there's an actual need for the funds before the Columbia Trust can administer it Those entities that I have three hundred thousand dollars of income Require a CPA review that was changed a few years ago to a review versus an audit simply because an audit Is in many cases ten times more expensive than a review But yet the required information that is captured in a review is very similar to an audit and we're able to justify it And again that last bullet what's new the supporting documentation? You're not going to be able to see these I tried to blow these up as best as I can but this is the new annual financial report that is asking for and requiring the additional information and It's not going to be such a requirement this year because in all fairness chapters departments didn't know about the change of On those forms until they were mailed out So next year starting July 1st of this year through June 30th Next year when the financial reports come due all of those required documents are going to be expected this coming year the What's going to keep us out of trouble with the internal revenue service? We all know and we've done a much better job And I commend a lot of departments for taking upon themselves to file the 990s for a lot of their subordinate entities because if we don't file some form of a 990 for three consecutive years we lose our tax exemption and if we lose our tax exemption We can no longer raise money as an organ as an entity So what you could raise money, but you just can't do it as a tax exempt organization Which means you're gonna pay tax on it, so It's very difficult to reestablish your tax exemption once you lose it So the the main thing that you want to remember is to always each and every year file the appropriate form 990 that's required and as noted up here What'll keep us out of trouble filing our officer reports in a timely manner Filing our financial reports in a time in the manner filing our IRS forms in a timely manner Very importantly safeguard DAB assets and lists There was another proposal in the Constitution by-laws It'll be discussed and voted upon on Wednesday morning that talks about our list and how important it is to Protect the names and contact information of our members in both the DAB and the auxiliary And always you know last case scenario When there is a chapter department or even an individual out there that Fails to comply. There's another 15 bucks. We're up to $30 um Nobody likes to do this, but obviously When a chapter is not compliant with the Constitution and by-laws of either the chapter of the Department of the National Organization the department commander in Those extreme cases certainly has the authority to suspend the charter the chapter until it becomes compliant again So that wraps up my part of the seminar I'm gonna turn over to Brian and Laura now and give me one minute while I find their power point on here And then when they wrap up We can do Q&A as a group and you can direct your questions to either myself or to Brian or Laura Real simple. It's E. Hartman at DAB org Hey everyone Good afternoon My presentation will be nearly as exciting as Ed's was but I'll do my best to keep you awake very happy to be with you today to talk with you about Exciting things going on with fundraising and also share with you mainly Some of the national programs that we have in place now to help you raise funds For veterans in your your local community, so When we spoke two or three years ago We really didn't have a lot of programs in place to assist you guys and We focused on that and continue to do so so happy to speak a little bit about those today. The newest being In April of this year. We launched a national car donation program Have you got has everyone heard about that our national car donation program and we launched in April and the program is designed to raise funds to help support Your mission of service as well as raise funds that you can utilize in in your communities in your states the program will be marketed and administered at the national level In partnership with VDAC who two of our VDAC friends are here up in the front row I think you guys may have seen their table out there, but VDAC is a a leading a leading firm in working with nonprofits In implementing car donation programs to raise funds to support their mission. So very excited to work in partnership with them the program is designed to help raise funds by Once once a car is sold or salvaged 25% of the net proceeds are given To the State Department, so any cars sold or salvaged in each state 25% of the net proceeds go to that state for the cars sold or salvaged in that state if that makes sense it's like a riddle and so While we are working to market the program on a national level We certainly encourage you all to go back and market the program as well Because doing so helps to benefit you by helping to raise more funds that you guys can utilize in your communities It's as simple as just going to DAV org slash cars You can refer people to the website on the website. There's a 1-800 number It is a national program. So when people go there, they can click on their state Or or actually they don't have to click on their state. We were on the back end identify which state they come from But if you go there now the site is live And it looks pretty good if you had a chance to take a look at it Today we've just been running the program for four months and you can already see that we've had some success Just in a few months of marketing the program We've grossed over seventy six thousand dollars. We've netted forty eight thousand dollars in Donations or cars have been donated in thirty seven states and again That's primarily from what we've been doing on a national level But we certainly want to encourage and galvanize You all to go back and help promote the program in your communities as well. It'll only make these numbers go up So to help you do that we have created a Toolkit that you can find on the membership portal which provides FAQs about the program how it works It's extremely extremely simple VAC makes this really simple They will have they will schedule someone to pick up the car. They will Come and make it arrange and coordinate the picking up of the car from the or the towing service They will help them with the vehicle the titling So it's extremely extremely easy. There's anything you'd want to know about the program out there. So Certainly it's in the toolkit. There's also marketing materials. There's flyers There's digital assets if you want to put a button on your website There's a button that shows you it's a button you can put on your website to donate There's social media messaging to put out on your social media pages There's also information of how you can order Premium items. I think you probably all got one of these while you were out there one of these nice looking cars There is information of how you can order Chatsky items as well in the toolkit and so Definitely if you haven't had a chance to look at I encourage you to go back and look at the membership portal and and check Out the toolkit also if you have not yet received one of these I believe there's some more over there. So take some on your way out I think there's also some at the table as well still so grab grab one of the cars I'm sure you're all stressed after being here a few days. So In addition to the car donation program We are excited. We are kicking off our third year of the fourth year fourth year I might say fourth year of our 5k program It is as you guys know the 5k program is a program It's a walk run walk run ride event That thanks those who serves and also raises awareness of the issues that disabled veterans were faced every day We're very excited about the program as those of you may recall when we launched our first one four years ago in Cincinnati our vision was to get to a point where we had ten of these nationally And we're very excited to have grown them since then This event is something that we want to be very unique and different from a lot of other 5k events and provide a you can Unique experience. I think those of you have been to a 5k. How many people has been to a dv 5k? It's great, right? I think you can attest to The unique and the wonderful experience that the participants have when they're when they participate in the 5k We have honor bibs where people can honor their loved ones and write messages on their bibs We have veteran custom t-shirts people usually love the t-shirts We have a motorcycle ride that kicks off all of our races, which is really an amazing thing to watch And we also have a post-party Which always seemed to be a big hit. So usually people stick around for the post party As I said, we had our inaugural event in Cincinnati Last year we had three events including our inaugural event in Atlanta. Anybody in here from Atlanta? Yeah, there we go. Someone's back there from Atlanta. We had over a thousand people to participate participate in Atlanta We had 6,000 participate overall We're very very excited about The the level participation that we have in our 5ks. We had 42 companies who participated in sponsoring the event And so what we're finding with the events which you know, you may say well house is helping us in our communities but I can attest being in Cincinnati and we and this is where the national office is that a lot of times We would talk about dv and people would not even know what dv was and and what we did and Being in Cincinnati now and having done three years of 5k events I can wear my t-shirt and I can't tell you and other staff will tell you how many times I wear my t-shirt and people go Oh, yeah, I know you guys do the 5k race and you support veterans So the 5k is a really great way to get awareness out in the community about our Organization and about our mission and what we do and what that then does it makes it number one It makes veterans know about our services in your community So they'll turn to you more when they need assistance But also it makes it easier for you when you go out and do your own fundraising because when you knock on their door They already know who dv is so we're really trying to do these things also to put an umbrella out there of awareness to make Your jobs easier as well and again just as the the card donation program does Once all of our 5k's or once a 5k event is profitable 25% of the net proceeds are also given to the the State Department as well Typically that takes about three years to do. It's not something that that happens overnight But our goal is to always be profitable with our 5k's over a three-year time frame We're gonna do this, but for the sake of time. I think you guys if you're Did anybody see this did everybody see this in the room in there when we were waiting for the president anybody see the video Most people saw it. Yeah, it's okay so in 2016 We will continue with Cincinnati and we will continue with Atlanta and we are also excited to bring on three new events in Tulsa, Oklahoma Remember from Oklahoma in Boston, Massachusetts There we go and also in Newport News, Virginia. That's what There you go. There you go So we're very excited to bring on these three new events So we get up to five events nationally and we're also happy to announce in 2017 we'll be expanding into two additional markets, which will be Wally, North Carolina and San Antonio, Texas, so Very very excited to to move into those markets now You may ask well, how do I get involved? How do how do I go about bringing a 5k to my state? We do now have an application process Early in 2017 we sent out a memo this year, but early in 2017 we'll be sending out another memo That announces that now we are accepting applications For the 5k if you are interested in bringing a 5k to your state All you have to do is fill out the application which contains information about your your department and the city That where you'd like to host a 5k event We do ask while anyone can fill it out since these are department Department functions that we do in partnership with the department we do ask that you get your department adjutant to sign off on your application and then we will be reviewing applications for 2018 early in 2017 and hopefully we will be standing here next year and I'm seeing who we will be expanding to in 2018 here next year So we encourage you again if we our goal is to get to 10. We're at we'll be at 7 next year, so we have three more to go. So if you're interested, please please fill out an application Also wanted to also share with you our newest program that we're doing in partnership with Ford It's Ford's drive for your community program We're going into our second year of our partnership and program with Ford's this this program and What this program allows you to do is raise easily raise up to $6,000 for your department. It's extremely extremely easy or your chapter. I should say If your chapter is interested in doing a driver your community event You just need to get approval from your State Department to participate, but it's extremely it's extremely easy to do Ford has National office has endorsed DAV is one of their national partners for this program So all their dealers know that we are an endorsed partner for this program So all you have to do is walk into a Ford dealership and say I would like to do a Ford drive for your community event can we partner together to do that and Mostly nine times a ten. Hopefully they'll say sure. It's as simple as that you're and then on the event date that you Host your drive for a community event which for it takes care of a lot of logistics like they take care of the cars and having the cars They're available to be test drove. So there's nothing you have to do with that But if anyone who test drives a car on those days We receive or your chapter department receives $20 for every car that is driven on that day So you literally could call all your friends and family that day and say let's go have some fun And let's just drive a bunch of Ford cars and you just go out there and you raise money for your for your chapter of your department There is also a toolkit online for that as well on the portal and It provides more information on it's just as on what I'm sharing with you today But it also has tools in it as well on how you can market the event so that you can go out in your communities and Talk about the event. So more and more people come who drive the more and more money that you earn as well Once you have a Ford dealership Ford dealer signed on who wants to partner with you They'll fill out an application or a form with Ford, which they'll take care of We also have a registration form as well. The link to that registration form is in the toolkit Just sort of it's easy to a couple questions to fill out Just letting also us know that you are participating in the event So anything and everything you'd want to know about how doing this is in the toolkit So please check it out as well This this year. We're starting to see a lot more of our chapters department's departments participate This is what the portal page looks like you probably have seen this before but if not, that's where both the VDAC Tool kit as well as the drive for your community toolkit reside. So Take a look at that Last year for the drive for community Campaigns there were two events one in Kentucky one in Boston you can see this year. We had six events There are two in Ohio that raised both raised over a thousand had one in Georgia and Michigan, Texas and Alabama So you can see they're raising thousands of dollars when they do these it's really not that hard and to be honest It's easy way to make raise money. So I hope we see eventually like 25 and 30 departments and chapters participating In the program. So please take advantage of that as well To to conclude, I know Ed mentioned just be kids as well I know there's probably gonna be some questions on that I do want to maybe one one thing I can do to help answer a question is to say that Yes, if you turn in and send in the money to DAB for funds you raised through Camp Crow You're if you're working with a Golden Crow store the store will get credit on the form There's a place for you to put information about if you're partnering with a store So I know that comes up. I get a lot of questions about that So, yes, the stores Do get credit and we do track all the funds including the funds that are matched So they not only do the stores get credit for the funds you raised They also get credit for those for the funds that we match and that is tracked. So Just want to make sure you're aware of that as well and That concludes my presentation. So we are we are available and open to answer any questions that you might have I think there there's a microphone in the center stage there if If you wouldn't mind making your way to the microphone for the benefit of everybody hearing the question it'd be greatly appreciated


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Hey guys, what is up? Welcome to my channel. For today's video, I'm going to be reviewing some products from the Charlotte Tilbury Super Nudes Collection. So if you want to see my thoughts on the palette, I got three of the lipsticks, and I'm also going to use the Super Nudes palette. All of that good stuff, then just keep watching. Hi guys, the video here, my name is Moorkan. I am a product knowledge enthusiast. I just love knowing anything and everything about all the new makeup on the market and sharing my thoughts with you guys. Charlotte Tilbury is one of my all-time favorite brands. So of course I had to pick up what I could from this collection. So this is a Super Nudes collection. It's available right now on the Charlotte Tilbury website. I do find that not all of the time, but a lot of the time, these products do end up carrying over to Sephora. So if they do end up going over there, I will let you know in my community tab, make sure you have my notification bell on so you can get notified as soon as it goes over, if it goes over to Sephora. So in this collection, there are a few repromotes as well as some new items. I have the Nudegasm face palette. Of course, I was so excited about this. This is brand new to the collection. Looks like online there are five lipsticks in the collection. One is repromotes and then four are brand new. At the time that this launched, they did not have the Kissing formula of runway royalty lipstick. So I don't have that, but I have the other three matte revolution lipsticks that are new to this line. There's also a black and nude liner duo. I passed on that. I just didn't need that. And then finally, this is also a repromote. This is a Super Nudes Easy Eye Palette. I actually have this in my collection. I haven't used it yet. It was in my palettes to try drawer. I got it as a gift a while ago, and I thought this was the perfect time to try it out. Without further ado, we are going to dig into the most exciting part for me, the face palette. Then I'll get into the eyes and then the lips. I, of course, will have timestamps if you're only interested in certain products, but it's time to zoom in and take a closer look. Like I said, the first product that we're digging into is the Nude Gazzam face palette. So what the box is going to look like is this. We have a face and it says it's for a runway ready bronze sculpt and glow. This palette is made in Italy. The actual component itself is going to match the box. Now this is $75 and it does have an 18 month shelf life. You have all of the details on the back. My stickers kind of crooked. I hate when that happens. Anyways, so cute packaging. I mean, I don't know about the face, but cute packaging. You open it up. You do have a mirror. I like that the mirror stands up by itself, meaning it's great for travel. You can use this as a mirror. And then of course you are going to reveal the four shades. So on the back, this is how she describes each formula. We have a super glow, a multi glow, a soft sculpt, and then a super sculpt. Now this is the only palette that she launched this time only in one shade, which is unfortunate because the last kind of gazzam face palette that she launched, she launched two. The other one is my mom's collection. I didn't feel like getting it, but I have the lighter one right here. And just so you can compare the packaging. I like this packaging better. So this one was the lighter one from the last season that she came out with these. And she also had a deeper one. This one she went with only the one palette, which is interesting because we've been asking for more. I was really, really excited about this because I used the light gazzam all the time. I don't think that this was a perfect palette. I think there were some formulas that weren't the way that I liked them, but I just love the color and the effect and the look of it on the face so much that I grabbed for it a lot. So I'm really excited about this one. So some tips that she gives us is the super glow, which is the highlight here. She says that you can use this either wet or dry. And she describes all of these as having a translucent texture, which is supposed to stretch over the skin and allow your skin to shine through, aka sheer. So in case you needed to know. The intention of this is to give a glass like glow all over the skin. As far as how these swatch, they are kind of a baked gelay formula. So you don't get any pickup from them, but they do deposit a decent amount of color here. So these are the first two shades. The highlights a little bit more golden. We have a peachy blush shade. The lighter contour color is very, very cool. And it is a little bit more on the sheer side and then the darker color does have a decent amount of pigment, but you can definitely see what she says when they're translucent. So we'll see when I swatch it compared to the light as them. I'm just going to show you the differences right now. I think it's because these have been worn down a little bit, but these top two shades definitely seemed more creamy. This formulation felt a little bit more dry, but I think that has to do with the fact that these colors are worn down a little bit. So there's differences in the formulations here. The top row is going to be the same. However, the bottom, you can see the new gasm now has two contour shades whereas the glowgasm face palette kind of had a pop blush is what she called it. I wish there was another cheek shade here as opposed to two contour shades, but I haven't put it on my face yet. So enough of my jibber jabber. I'm going to use this Sigma Dream Powder Perfecter from their new collection with Beauty Bird and I'm going to do the light side on one face. This brush isn't too dense. Let me get my hair out of my face so you guys can see a little bit better. A lot more of the color picked up on my brush than I thought it would because the bronzer shade in the glowgasm palette actually did not carry a lot of pigment. That was my least favorite formula from that one. And if I feel like she improved this formula, it actually shows up on the skin even if this is the lighter shade of the two. If you like a bronzy look, you might want to go in with a warmer bronzer over top because this one is very, very neutral, leaning more cool. There's not too much warmth to it. It's not a pure gray color, but you can definitely see it shades the face. So I'm going to wipe my brush off and this is what that lighter shade looks like. It does leave a glow underneath. My skin was very glowy today. I'm wearing the Estee Lauder Futurist Hydra Rescue, which I love. Great for summer, especially if you love a glowy complexion. So the glowiness is still seeping through, which I really like. So I like that that formula has that flexibility. I'm going to wipe off this brush and we're going to go to the darker one. This carries more warmth in it. It's definitely deeper. I definitely need to dig into it less. If you have a fair complexion, I don't know that this shade would work as well on the face for you. You might have to use a very light hand or use this on the eyes. If you have like a light medium skin tone like me, I can definitely make this work. I do need to go a bit lighter handed, I would say. The perfect shade for me is probably a mixture between these two together. So the next time that I use this, I'll kind of go in both and that would be my perfect shade. So that's how I would make it work for me, but you can see the differences between the two sides. This one is clearly darker and I think if I built it up more, it could look a bit muddy. If you're on my skin tone, I think mixing them is going to give you the perfect option. So I really like how bronze this looks on the forehead though. But they both blended beautifully and I'm happy to report that these give off way more color than the bronzer in this palette gave out because that gave me nothing. This applies really beautiful and I can see what she means by that translucent formula. It really is. It feels very lightweight on the skin. It doesn't look powdery at all. It's a powder that's going to be a very skin like finish. I'm just going to go ahead and continue to use this brush because I like the shape. I've wiped it off. Let's get into the blush here. So if you don't like a shimmery cheek, I don't think you'll like this because this does have a sheen to it. Oh, this is a gorgeous peach color. It does have a golden glow to it. So you can see it slightly emphasizing some texture right here. This is so pretty though and it's giving off the perfect amount of pigmentation. Oh, I love this color. I typically don't go for very peachy colors. I prefer a more pinky blush, but this is a nice change for me. This is so pretty. It's not powdery, but it gives off a good amount of pigment. Oh wow, this is a really pretty color. Okay, I love this blush. I think it's stunning. Big fan of that. Now we're going to move on to the highlight part. And she does suggest that you can use it wet. I'm not going to. I want to see how it looks like on its own. So, oh, this is pretty too. Can you tell I'm a fan? I'm really liking this. It is more on the glowy side. If you want it even more glowy, do what she says and make your brush wet. But I think this is so pretty and you already get so much glow from all of these colors. You don't need to wet your brush. This looks stunning. I love, love, love, love, love the way that this is making my cheeks look. And I really, really loved the light gasm. But I think I like the nude gasm better. This is more my speed. I do feel like the formulas are improved with this one. Not a dot in here. I really, really like this. Looks great. Okay, so, final thoughts on this. I love it. These are your kind of colors. I'm giving this one a nice big thumbs up. All right, we are going to move on to the eyeshadow palette. This is the Super Nudes Easy Eyeshadow Palette. Now, this is a repromote. This was in her collection in the past. She discontinued it and hasn't relaunched it this time. It's $57 and it's described as a mini six shade nude eyeshadow palette with two easy to wear modern matte eye looks. So what she means by that is on the back, she kind of gives you directions. So the two looks are going to be a prime, enhanced. Smoking to fine and then you can do it with the two sides. So this is supposed to be a look. This is supposed to be a look. But of course, we're just going to do what I feel like doing today. So she describes these eyeshadows as satin matte and I 100% agree with that. And if you have mature skin, you will love a satin matte formula. Now, this is what we learn in makeup school. When it comes to mature eyelids, you don't want an eyeshadow that's too matte because it's going to make your eyelid look very dry and you don't want an eyeshadow that's too shimmery because it's going to emphasize those fine lines and wrinkles on the eyelid. A satin matte formula is actually the most flattering formula for mature eyelids. If you have never been too sure of that, this is going to be a beautiful formula for you. Now these swatch absolutely beautiful, so smooth. And I think this is one of the most true satin matte formulas that I've come across. I know Mac has one, but I feel like sometimes there can be very fine glitter particles in there. Very, very fine, like the mica or something. It's a little bit too shiny. I feel like this is a perfect, smooth, true satin matte. That being said, I haven't put it on my eyes yet. Long story short, I got this as a gift from one of the managers at the Charlotte Tilbury store in Los Angeles because I gave her some business by telling you guys about the Fire Rose Quad being there. I don't think it's there anymore, so don't call anymore, but she was like, hey, thanks, can I send you some stuff? And she included this and I was excited because I didn't have it. And then it's been sitting in my drawer to try. So this is the perfect opportunity. I set my eyes with a little bit of concealer. I'm going to do anything fancy. We're just going to give ourself a nice, pretty nude look. I'm going to start off with this shade right here. This is like a cream shade and I'm going to put this underneath my brow. This is just going to set the eye whatever's left on my brush. I'm going to run it over the eyelid to set the concealer. I like how this side is more cool and this side is more neutral. We're going to go into this shade. It's like a neutral brown. I'm going to use this to define the crease. We're going to get no fallout from these, none at all. And then we're going to slowly start building. I'm not going to do anything transformative for today's look, by the way. Just a basic, simple, nude eye, blending seamlessly into one another. Now what I'm noticing is these are not overly pigmented. I'm just mixing both of those shades and running them along my lower lash line. So these are very good if you're heavy-handed or you're kind of in the beginning stages of learning how to use eyeshadows because you can't apply too much of it. I really like that. Even though I'd say it's, you know, not as pigmented, the actual formulation and the texture, the pigmentation, it's still very blendable, very easy to use. Not as pigmented is not a bad thing. I guess I'm doing this look right here. Okay. Finally, I just want to add some depth out here. The secret, and it's not really a secret, but the key to getting the most blended, perfected look is to layer, start off light, slowly work your way to dark, give each shade a little bit of patience. All right, we're going to go into the cream shade again. And I'm going to put this all over the lid. And then finally, we're going to take the black, taking it on just an angled brush. And I'm going to push this into the lash line. I'm just thinking about how much I would love to put this in my bridal kit because it's the perfect formula for mother of the groom or mother of the bride. And if you do have more mature eyelids and you've been struggling with eyeliner formulas, I do suggest just using a good eyeshadow. I mean, you can't mess up with it so much easier to apply. And it just adds very subtle definition to the eyes. It's so pretty, no matter what age you are. Just press that into the lash line. I'm going to take a pencil brush. I'm going to blend it to make it more smoky. And there we go. That's the final look with this eyeshadow palette. I definitely don't think it's a need for everybody just because I mean, these are colors that are very easily replicated within your own collection. However, I do love the formulation on here. I think it's beautiful. It's soft and I keep mentioning this, but it's just it's screaming mature skin to me. I really think you would love this formula if you have mature skin and you're struggling to find a formula that flatters your skin type. This is beautiful. I love it. Not overly pigmented, very easy to blend. It doesn't look too dry on the eyelids. Okay, so I'm going to put on some eyelashes and then we'll be back to finally test out some of these lipsticks. All right, it is time to get into the lipsticks. Like I said, it looks like there were five in this collection. One is called Supermodel. They came out in a lipstick trio collection a couple of years ago. I didn't pick that one up. But at the time of these were available, I picked up three of the matte revolutions that were out that seemed to be new. There is also a kissing formula, which by the way is my all time favorite lipstick formula from Charlotte Tilbury. It is a cream lipstick. It has a shine to it. It's gorgeous in the shade runway royalty. I do not have that, but I have the matte revolution and I do like her matte formula a lot. They aren't very drying, but they are matte. They're not as good as the other one in my opinion. I have the Charlotte Tilbury lip sheet and iconic nude on. I thought this would be the perfect lip liner for these lipsticks and it just gives me a nice little outline to the colors. So the first one that we're going to try is Coverstar. These are going to be $34 each. But if you follow my channel, you know that Charlotte Tilbury has my all time favorite lipstick formula. So I don't mind buying all the lipsticks. Here's what it looks like. So Coverstar is described as a nude muted apricot lipstick. So let's see. Here's what it looks like on the bottom. Oh, I love this shade. Mm-hmm. This is my kind of nude. I love that the 90s kind of brown nude lipsticks are in because I just love these colors. So, okay, love this one. If you like that lighter lip with a darker lip liner kind of look, you will love this. I know even if you have a deeper skin tone, you might be like, ooh, I don't know. Nothing a lip liner can't fix. This is perfect to make your lips look bigger. All right, let's try the other shade now. But this is Coverstar. It reminds me of like a nude Kate. If you are familiar with the lipsticks, like a matte version of nude Kate. Okay, we're going a little bit deeper to catwalking. And by the way, the lipsticks in this collection are the same normal packaging, just gold. So catwalking is described as a fresh neutral nude peach. This is gorgeous as well. Definitely has a stronger peach color to it this time. And it is deeper, but it still is a gorgeous, gorgeous nude shade. I'm more partial, I think, to catwalking because I really like a light, light nude lip shade. This is a beautiful everyday kind of nude. I really like this one. Okay, final one. This is the deepest one. This is Super Fabulous. Super Fabulous is described as a deep rosewood brown nude. So definitely looks deeper. It's still extremely wearable. Obviously, it's a little bit more bold than the other two, but I love it for evening looks. I really hope she doesn't know wrong with her lipsticks. Let's be honest here. All right, we're going to zoom out and go over my final thoughts on this collection. All right, you guys, I am very, very into this collection. Everything that launched in this line, I think, is really nice. Now keep in mind, I do really like a more brown based nude. So this had my name written all over it. But everything from the nude gas and palette, I felt like was a better this time around than the first launch of these palettes. It is a more peachy, warm kind of palette, but I really like it. I think it's gorgeous. If you like a glowy look on the cheek, I think you will enjoy this a lot. So I'm into this. While I don't think you need the eyeshadow palette because it's not a special eyeshadow palette. It is nice. So if it's something that you're eyeing, I can give you a thumbs up that you'll like it. Just keep in mind, it's not a typical kind of powder formula. It doesn't have a ton of pigmentation. It's a little bit more of a slick formula as opposed to a dry powder, but I love it. I think it's so easy to use. And if you feel like this is something that you would use a lot, I can tell you, I think you will like it. And then all of the lipstick shades are gorgeous. Right now I'm wearing a mix of catwalking and super fabulous. So I mixed the lightest shade with the darker shade to get this look right here. I don't think these are going to be the lipsticks for everybody. If you don't like a brown based nude, I don't think you will like these. But if you are into those colors, these are wonderful. So that is all I have for today's review. Big two thumbs up from me. If you guys aren't subscribed to my channel already, I would love it if you would consider taking the time to do so. And I will see you all in the next one. Bye guys. Have a good one.


Hey, guys, welcome to another episode of Drum History News. Today we have a really special one that features two iconic people and an iconic drum model, which is the Gretch Gladstone. This ad is from 1939 and it features both Chick Webb and Billy Gladstone, which in the history of drums, those are two guys who I don't know if it gets more kind of mythical than the both of them. Chick Webb died that same year, so it's very sad that he finally made it to, you know, drums stardom where he would be endorsed by Gretch. And he couldn't really fully enjoy it because he passed away of tuberculosis of the spine in 1939. So it says in big letters on the top, the king of the drums chooses the Gretch Gladstone, king of drums. When a killer diller like Chick Webb goes into the groove with 100% Gretch Gladstone combination, the cash customers get a real taste of solid sending, rhythm that sets feet a tapping, hearts a flutter, ears a tingle with his sheer mastery over the skins. Now on tour, Chick is giving the country just the jive it has been waiting for. And then next to that we have Chick Webb with his big huge smile and his Gretch Gladstone drum set that has the little inlays of the baby chicks, which we've learned that those were green, which it's hard to tell from the black and white pictures, but we found that out through the episode with Chet. Then down below we have a nice picture of smiling Billy Gladstone and it says the man who named these drums. Only a top flight drummer like Billy Gladstone could have invented the famous Gretch Gladstone drum and only America's oldest drum factory could have built it. Featured artist in Erno Rapé's Radio City Music Hall Symphony Orchestra, Billy's performance rates triple A1 in coaxing out of a drum head every ounce of power and precision the man with the baton calls for. Then next to it says send for interesting illustrated free drum catalog M50, the Fred Gretch manufacturing co-makers of musical instruments since 1883. Then we have the address below one in Chicago and one in Brooklyn for Gretch. I just think this is such a cool ad that is really an interesting piece of history because in 1939 Chick passed away.  He got his big endorsement with Gretch, but it's just a shame because he couldn't really enjoy it for that long. He passed away in 1939, the same year that this happened. I believe in 39 he was on the actual cover of a Gretch catalog, probably the one it's referring to in this advertisement. Chick and Billy Gladstone are both just such special people who've made a very long lasting impression on the drum world. Cool ad. If you want to learn more about Chick Web, be sure to go back and check out my episode with Chet Falls-Rano. Chet is the man when it comes to both Billy Gladstone and Chick Web. So on that note, be sure to check out Chet's episode I did about Billy Gladstone as well. One thing I'll add too is someone on YouTube asked the question of what happened to Billy Gladstone's drums. Chet said that he has been searching his entire collecting life and has never found any actual Chick Web drums or drum sets or cymbals or anything. He said Brooks Tagler had a line on a bass drum but nothing materialized. So who knows, these drums could be out there. They could be in a basement or an attic or somewhere. They could be in your town. So keep an eye out for a drum with a little green baby chick on it. If you find that holy cow, that would be unbelievable and it's possible. It could be out there. So anyway, thanks for checking out this episode of Drum History News. I hope you enjoyed it. Thanks again to Chet Falls-Rano for giving me this ad and we will see you next week.


What's up YouTube? I'm back with my most entertaining weekend league game of the year when back and forth with this guy Had a great time on weekend league That's what it's about You know, I'm streaming this game on Twitch drinking a cup of beers chilling with skimbo in the chat Talking about life and men. So if you ever want to check out these games live hit the twitch link below We have a good time on weekend league We can leave it was what it's about because of the rewards they gave us So what I want you to do is comment below on what's your best weekend league record What's the best weekend you had on the game this year? Mine is 23 and 2 if you want to improve your record Make sure you hit the Madden turf link below You can get my Saints offense and my Detroit Lions defense You can get both of those on the Madden turf website. Also, if you're playing well enough, you're feeling good Hit that player's lounge link below. You can go ahead and play for money It's always gonna make you better at the game if you play for money play for something a little more meaningful And it doesn't have to be $100 or $20 it could be $3 $5 a lot of people start playing small money games Working their way up to the point where they have the confidence to play bigger games So if you want to do that make sure you hit that players lounge link below deposit some money Get going with your game. Obviously, this is me Pat Pete is my best player. I think he's the best DP in the game Makes plays and the best thing about Pat Pete when he touches the ball He takes you to the crib, but you see right here.   I'm an NFL fan I'm gonna represent my NFL team the best I can as you see I'm doing that right now with the Kelly green Eagles uniforms These are like the 80s 90s buddy Ryan era jerseys and the first play of the game He goes right at Brian Dawkins who would fit in a buddy Ryan era, but he didn't fit in that play allowed that catch Next play Dion Sanders swats it allows that catch and The next place surely is gonna throw a good pass pretty soon here Lobs it up and Jalen Ramsey allows that pass so we can leave you starting early boys You gotta get ready for it get used to it send the predator at him He didn't like the predator.   That's flashback Tevin Coleman 92 speed I think he's under 200k now So make sure you go and cop him put him on your team somewhere He can play backup running back whatever you may be just dump it off to him almost got set one spin To spin and you gotta go for the trifecta to get outside there do that spin both triggers and B boys Use the left stick to aim where you want to spin That's what allowed me to control was where I went Big play right there from Tevin Coleman Get back in the in the game with one play tied a game up and then she came to oh, yeah Oh, yeah, she came she came river strip somebody with a nub chat.  That's what we did Here comes Ricky the dreads the 34 is just pounding Threads another needle here to Jerry Rice Brian Dawkins brings them down But young Eli's playing good. Here we go dreads popping 20 30 yards again stiff arms pat Pete to get out of bounds So I mean shoot he's moving the ball pretty well speaking of pretty well threads that needle right there to Antonio Brown Touchdown young Eli is here to play ties the game up. I'm feeling a little bad about my defense right now But as soon as you're feeling bad about your defense Tyree kill goes head and makes a play for you after he gets his stick By Sean Taylor right there T. Y. Hill unable to pick the ball up So we all go down here score points the hard way Speaking of hard pass right there though the ball to Randy Moss beautiful catch beautiful throw by Michael Vick Best quarterback in the game. He's got to be on your team Tevin Coleman trying to get busy again, but he swarms and makes a tackle Only five yards. We're trying to hit this post route. He gets a shed right there.  Make sure he's on your team as well Gotta have some backups for low for low cost man I want spent a lot of coin on backups find the budget guys Tell the Smith finally makes a play on the run right there to Ricky Williams holds him to four yards next play He throws the needle, but Jalen Ramsey knocks it out of his hands Gotta have a Jalen Ramsey on your team next play Lawrence Taylor screams on the 335. I'd get some to punt the ball He punches a Tyree. He's given Tyreek a lot of chances boys a lot of chances This is the one he's gonna crib spin move juke move tackle by the next guy. Okay So we got to do things the hard way gotta make a play covers Randy Moss and play good job by him I'm gonna go to ball the way cut my losses Next play the same thing. He's gonna go ahead and cover everybody for the most part playmaker up Nothing there try to throw it back inside the moss big doesn't hit the throw tough throw So the next play brings a little pressure and we're able to go ahead and hit this comeback route to Tyreek Hill Spin move and Tyreek Hill puts the ball on the ground. Tyreek Hill did a lot of bad And a lot of good this game that was part of the bad Once again, here goes Ricky Ricky Ricky Ricky dreads popping 34 shield popping Runs down. He's got 111 yards already and they say you can't run on 335. I jeez But Ricky out over a hundred yards already Fires the ball right at me right there. The next play. We're gonna get it right back. We should keep Let's go A nub strip and a nub pick. I'm a nub God The nub God got the strip where she came got the pick with your cream That's what go ahead and call this game the nub game two big plays by Shaquem Griffin Like I said, 89 speed the linebacker is crazy. Make sure he's on your team Throw the ball up the door set twice drops it twice. He's just giving me a touchdown Finally on the side, you know, I'm just gonna put a streak no phase no post Throw the streak over here at Tyreek Hill. I'm gonna swag on them That's what allows Jalen Ramsey. We'll go ahead and catch up Take me down to two, but I have a Ricky of my own He's not a 92 overall, but he he's fast enough to get an end zone there His dreads are popping too. We go up 14 points here under two minutes left in the first half feeling great about my game Gotta stop young Eli here Dawkins almost catches a pick But everything girl was able to grab in front of Dawkins face next play Those are quick out right over here to Beckham nice throw Give them to the second of five he overdosed He does this seam route over here Dawkins is too slow to get over there next play He just fires this wide open seam route again to Jerry Rice.  I gotta give him a chance. He's fumbled twice, but he's ready to make a play for me Not on that one. So with a little bit under a minute We gotta go ahead it down and get some points I get the ball a half I'm up seven plays a little man coverage is play making my man out of the way So I can get some more yards. I want a sideline with Michael Vic Next play, you know, Vita Vita Vita. I don't talk about Vita Vita Vi via so much He's the bestie tackle in the game to me makes the most plays but right there. He got double teams Allow Vic to scramble for the first down use my time out next play I do a post route there the door set holds on to a crazy pass right there Next play was going to run two seam routes This one's just burnt the Tyreek Hill wants to make plays 94 speed touchdown put him up We go up. What are we up 14 points now slow clap on him Tyreek Hill? That's what it's about Kicking the ball off. It's only 10 seconds left when he gets the ball. Hopefully no big plays.   This is the first possession in the second half I figured if I score points here, that's gonna be enough for young Eli So go down here try to get a touchdown with the corner out the rainy moss flip the play hit the corner out over here to TY Hilton He's really and really not playing a corner out that much this time his user in the safety and Tyreek Hill 94 to the dough Touchdown boom we go up 28 points and that's enough for young Eli. He's tapped out He's had enough one of the most fun games. I played all year. We got the nub strip the nub pick We got the lateral touchdown. We got a lot of stuff going on that game I hope you guys enjoyed it Like I said, you want to watch these games live check out the twist channel link is below You want to get better learning is offense to the defense that you see go ahead and hit that man serve link below Man, I really appreciate you guys would and keep grinding this channel keep moving Keep bigger things coming in the future. Also Monday check out the podcast on my twitch channel 6 p.m. I'll see you guys there


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