Welcome to the 21 report. I'm Frank Pesci and I'm here with speaker content creator men's coach and personal trainer I end a Gordon I end a how are you? How are you doing cancer? Appreciate you doing great What do you think of the event that Anthony put together so far? Well in the place where we are right now in society These things are absolutely necessary and they're becoming more and more scarce, right? So we need these places where men of all ages can come share interact Have an experience and learn something teach something maybe even possibly Share you know what I mean open up their minds have a different perspective I mean this is all good healthy male behavior and the fact that he incorporates the women into it is even like you know more amazing So yeah, I think it's extremely valuable And at the same time I think it's unfortunate that it's it's happening You know so little I think we need just more of this throughout our society This needs to be more of a common thing and we definitely need more guys to start coming I know that the views are great on the playback, but I feel like more guys should understand that this migration Is it's a priority?  You know what I mean? You get to see these people again as more people are coming new faces are coming You also get to see Those people you met the last time around you know what I mean? Do you do you find that this environment makes it easier to build relationships new relationships establish rapport with people because you come Together under a common banner of personal growth or you know inspiration or equipping How do you feel about the relationship how the process of forming relationships happens in a place like 21 convention? Well, I think relationships have a lot to do with relating to one another obviously bringing and receiving value but I think they also have a lot to do with Continuity because if I meet you at this time in this place in this year, and we have a discussion We both are Aspiring to be better But when I see you next year, what have you done in this time? What have I done in this time? So we create an expectation through relationships or healthy relationships at least and you want to show people the growth in the progress Because part of them is counting on you because you made a verbal commitment to the other the person as well as yourself Then he am really gonna start working on those things. Yeah, that's suggestion. You made I'm gonna check I'm checking out I'm gonna look into it And each one teach when we all can learn So you're saying that in the framework of these relationships We have a system of accountability for one another not not so much that I have to worry about what I end a thinks of What I'm doing But when I see him again because I respect him and because he gave me value in the interactions that I had with him I have a duty to return value to him Which means that I need to be moving forward in my life with a value add and everything that I do thus creating a system of accountability Now as a content creator that is to say you are a speaker You are among other great speakers who are moving in this space Do you feel that you have a sense of accountability to the other speakers? I feel like I have accountability to everyone everyone that I act I interact with that I engage with because I am Meeting people right and they're giving me their time, right? And they're giving me their trust right and they believe in me So yeah, it's you use the word care, but then you use respect So it's like I shouldn't care what other people think well if you respect that person you absolutely should care what they think Because whatever you do they're guilty by association because they associate with you so to a degree They're endorsing you right you see what I mean and people use the word like support Oh, what do you think about this person because you support this person like whoa, whoa, whoa Do I support the person do I support their views? Are you sure of that and what I mean by that is just being associated with someone people view that as you support their behavior and their views So yes, that accountability is it's there. Absolutely. So with that then what what's it like meeting your fans?  But to me it's informative Because I don't know who's on the other end of the screen I don't know and I don't know how they're perceiving me or how they're interpreting what I'm saying Am I fending them? Am I motivating them? I don't know when you meet them questions are answered and it gives you a better direction It helps my GPS, you know, right? I know what direction I need to be going in more. So what adjustments I might need to make Okay, and how I'm influencing people. I think that's very important So that I can better hone in on my skills because I didn't choose this you know, I kind of fell into this and it was It helping people and people coming and telling me that giving me the testimonies.  So I need the feedback to understand is What I'm doing meaningful and can it be even more meaningful if I can touch this amount of men and help this amount of men Well, how many more can I help? So that's that's the question. I have to ask myself and the people giving me the feedback Helps me to answer it Yeah, yeah, the timing your speech was very interesting another event that was happening was there was a panel that was going on with multiple speakers and Obviously, you have to make a choice Watch who you're gonna watch. I will say in your room. There was tremendous First of all, there was a lot of people in your room. There's a tremendous amount of attention given to your speech First of all, I'd encourage everybody to go and watch it on 21 studios. I sat in on it I thought it was phenomenal But maybe as a teaser you can give the folks, you know here in the 21 report, you know a little bit about what you spoke about today and What you what revelations you receive for yourself after delivering it. Mm-hmm. Well, so, you know, I was aware of this event for, you know, at least a couple of years and To to be contacted and invited was Unexpected to say the least right and I you know immediately rose to the occasion. I said, this is fabulous. You know, this is this is great, you know It's my first speech Right, but you know, this is the first time for everything, right? And I look at that as an amazing opportunity because I don't know but I will know I Know I did that was your first right. I'm gonna know after this. Wow, right? I'm gonna be able to get critiqued I'm gonna be able to critique myself.  I don't know what they've experienced I don't know what they need to hear what they want to hear So I want to hit something that's umbrella I want to hit something that every man can get under it, right and stay dry And then I also want to speak about something that is not gonna conflict with what any of the other speakers are saying But guess what? I don't know what any of the other speakers gonna be talking about, right?  Well, who's who's better? They both talked about the same thing. I'm not here to compete with any speakers. I'm here to build with these speakers, right? So I chose Sexual discipline it was a fantastic topic Right, please speak on it even more So I felt that this is something that I've struggled with and I know for a fact every man has struggled with it I know absolutely every man has struggled with this. It doesn't matter how Good you are with women or how bad you are with women. You still struggle with it You just express it differently and manifest differently and it and it manifests in what's at your disposal If you have access to beautiful women, if you're in a position of power now you struggle with Indulging because it's there. You can have it. You can have it. You're the boss, right?  Well, I believe you know in energy I believe in in power and drive incentive I believe in these things and The question is are you a victim of it or are you in control of it? Are you harness thing that energy? Right, or are you submissive submissive to it? Are you under it? Right, so there's been times in my life where I've said, okay, if I even get the the hint the suspicion That something is controlling me. I need to turn the tables and get in control of it so there was a time that I had to Say, you know what? I'm gonna be celibate I'm gonna practice abstinence and I did it at a time when It was in abundance for me So it's the hardest time to say no is when I chose to say no and I did that with alcohol I did that with drugs. I did that with cigarettes, right? I did that with fast money So I said, well, what's next because every time I've given up an addiction every time I've taken control of an urge I've felt stronger. I felt more empowered. I felt more focus and clarity And I'm able to accomplish things that I think are important and are valuable and can add value to other people So I was sex the last thing on that list and then it dawned on me Maybe sex should have been the first thing on that list because why do we go out drinking? Why are we using recreational drugs? Why do we pick up a habit of smoking cigarettes in a club? Well, why were we in the club in the first place? Why did we want fast money? Who are we trying to impress who are in a rush to have money for and it all kind of came back to Pursuit of women anyway and getting getting attention from women and validation and getting acceptance and access to me And it all came back to that anyway So as men we have to ask ourselves even when we're successful at things we have to ask ourselves Well, why are we so driven in this area in the first place? Why are we doing this? Who will be doing this for? Why did you buy that particular car? You know what I mean? Why did you buy that particular suit? Did you want to be taken seriously in the business world? Did you want your colleagues to respect you look up to you or you trying to impress some chick one is admirable one is Not so much So we just have to be honest with ourselves is what I'm saying We have to know ourselves and I think when it comes to the topic of sex a lot of us just accept it and accept our behavior around it And accept the behavior of other men around it without really being honest with ourselves Is is that what your friend should be doing? Is that what your your cousin should be doing? Is that what your brother should be doing? Are you not obligated to tell him? Hey, you know That's not respectable what you're doing. You know be careful So, you know, I just want guys to have that conversation with themselves because maybe they've never had it because I know I hadn't had it up until that point And I looked at how much either destruction that I was causing in my own life through being irresponsible Sexually or how much risk I was taking that was it necessary I've heard a lot of talk this weekend about self-respect and for me being where I'm at in life I respect myself tremendously and because I respect myself I know what my value is and that governs the way that I make decisions interactions and engagements that I partake in You're obviously a man with a high level of self-respect. You've also spoken about having a tribe You know having systems of accountability being a people person being at the right place at the right time What advice would you give young men or anybody for that matter listening to this talk? About self-respect being in the right place at the right time and setting up systems of you know Maybe people around you to stay accountable to your purpose and assignment. Okay Well, if I can get a little quick little thing from my past when I was growing up I Had a grandfather that was like, you know, so grounded, you know and his values and his morals and everything was so like You know set in stone But in a good way, right? He was a really good disciplinarian And every time I would do something and you know, it wasn't the thing to do You know as a kid anytime I get into trouble one of the first things he would say to me is how could you be so stupid? So he would he would always relate it to an intelligence thing. You know better And it was never out of anger. It was out of disappointment. I expect more from you And I remember when I want to go play with my friends and we'd all want to jump on our bikes and go do You know the stuff that young boys do he was all for that kind of stuff But he would say listen, you need to do this first.  I'll do these things first and There were so many lessons that my grandfather taught me just in a very simple response But it was so meaningful because the message he's sending and I remember there was a time when I said listen I really want to go play with my friends grandfather. Can I please just go do what I got to do? And I'll do these things later. He said listen, you need to go break those leaves. I said dad I can break the leaves tomorrow Trying to reschedule it He said to me break those leaves and then you can go play with your friends. I said, yes, but they're leaving now They're gonna leave me. They're not gonna wait for me. He said come here. Let me tell you something. I said what he said Those are your friends. I said, yeah, he said well, why haven't they asked if you have another rake? That's deep bro He had a way of putting things into perspective in a very simple subtle way He would ask a question and you answering that question to yourself honestly proved his point You said they were your friends. He set me up for that. He said those are your friends and he said well Why have they grabbed the rake? And that's how I learned how to choose friends is my point Till this day when I look at my friends Majority of them the vast majority of them are husbands. They're doing well in business the husbands and fathers That's rear in our days as it is Well, why there's such a high percentage of my friends have that situation and I myself was married, right? Don't have children on the wedlock. Most of my friends do not have children how to wedlock So the point was is by picking a responsible friends from such a young age Those people continue to have a good character. They might have been 10 11 12 at the time. Yeah, well now they're 30 something Or 40 my friends are between like 36 and 40 But they still have good character, right? They grab the fucking rake is what I'm trying to say excuse my language So, you know, so that's the kind of thing that I want guys to think about is that we choose the people that we put ourselves around And if those are good people By default, they're gonna hold this accountable by default They're not gonna tolerate things that are degenerate that are risky that are bad for business They're gonna kind of watch our back and we need that we need that in the the men that we put around ourselves And we need that in the women that that we put around ourselves So when it comes to like developing a tribe, this isn't gonna happen overnight a lot of guys right now They have these social issues or whatever and they're expecting there to be like this overnight solution Like just tell me some type of secret or cheat code. I'm sorry. It doesn't work that way Look how long ago I had to understand how to develop good friends in order to have them now So it takes time get started as soon as possible But just understand that you're building something of value run wasn't built in one day So this is this is how I look at Building a tribe and with that being said is why would valuable people want to be around you if you're not valuable So a lot of it has to start with self Because I had to have that that that set of virtues and morals in order to pick people who also had it I couldn't be holding these guys to a standard that I myself wasn't holding See what I mean. Yeah, so when people go into a relationship with baggage It obviously sets the tone for the relationship and go back can poison the relationship. Definitely For me, it's important that a man understands how to deal with regret how to build self-respect Before entering into an engagement particularly in the framework of relationships Because you want to make sure that you bring your best foot forward and that you are setting the tone that you want a viable Responsible mutually respectful relationship whereby you can do things together engage projects and do life How do you because I've heard you talk about it and you know here and there You know with those illustrations that you're so good at providing. How do you deal with regret? How have you dealt with regret? How do you advise people deal with regret? It's something that all men struggle with somewhere. I Feel like regret is information If you regretted it, that's because you shouldn't have done it That's your moral compass right there. It's working for you. It's working. You don't need to change the batteries So that regret can be useful if you harness it. I don't like this feeling. I'm not proud of myself Let's not do this again We know how this ends up. I don't need to beat myself up about it Because I already know I regret it and the way to deal with this regret It's making a promise to myself that I'm gonna do not oh, I'm gonna do better No, I'm never going to do this particular thing again. Well, how do I prevent myself from doing this particular thing again? I need to put a protocol into play How should I have dealt with this and this is how I'm gonna deal with something similar to this moving forward? Because I have plenty of other mistakes to make so I don't have time to make the same mistake twice Okay, I got other mistakes to make a first time. Let me let me let me get to those So let's nip this one in the butt and let's agree on a protocol a proper way to handle this That's what it is from now on Okay, this is how I prevent this from happening again This is what I put in place to protect me from Making this mistake that I made before out of ignorance.  So there's no excuse to make the mistake Let's go. All right, you are somebody who has a prolific mind. You're very analytical You're philosophical you're deep you can tell stories you can make connections you can draw parallels But you're also at the top of your game with regard to physical fitness. Mm-hmm What how important is it for people to be physically fit in a culture today that tells you it's Okay, well There was something honest what your nigger said once and I thought yeah, that's pretty cool It's pretty simple. I think everybody can agree with that and he said body building isn't for everyone But the process and the skill set That you learn can be applied to anything And I thought that's how I explain it to people because there's plenty of people that think I don't got listen to what you're saying Cuz I'm not a bodybuilder. I don't want to look like a bodybuilder. I'm not about this Like whoa, whoa, that's not where I'm coming from where I'm coming from is your health and your fitness and your level of discipline Relax, I'm not trying to sell you on bodybuilding here, but that's what that's what they hear You know me but him saying that listen the principles that you're gonna learn and have to exercise They can help you in any area in every area of your life You can apply them everywhere else the beauty of bodybuilding is because it's so physical and Mirrors are a thing you can see the progress that you're making by Keeping self discipline at the forefront you can actually see it In other areas when you apply it, it's not as easy to see it visually So I think that that's kind of the help and the motivation that you get from Understanding that the strong body comes from a strong mind because you have to first discipline and conquer your mind and Make the right decisions to gain that strength and that fitness first Right, so it makes your mind stronger is what I'm saying. So why would you not want to have that? Why would you not want to bring that into other areas of your life and the level of discipline that comes with fitness, right? Discipline is is the groundwork of everything of being successful in any area So any issue or any problem that a man might have and come to me I already know this is gonna have some relationship to a lack of discipline I kind of already know that Because whatever it is that you need to be doing to get better in that area. You're not doing it That's a discipline issue, right? You know what I mean? So it's very valuable I think because do people look the way they want to look You should look the way you want to look because that's gonna be part of respecting yourself because you like the way you look Right and we we apply that logic to everything else Because we either buy the car that we like or we want to be able to afford the car that we like how it looks Oh that that house looks amazing. We need to go to an open house I want to see that house on the inside because it looks so good from the outside You think about this house, baby, right? The little aesthetics gets its first.  Oh, no, you're looking at it. So Yes, it's one of the first things that people Interpret about us is how we present ourselves and visually and then all these other things come after and I tell guys all the time You're asking me how to get girls to like you. Did you first ask why you like that girl? Exactly. She's attractive Okay, now whether or not you stay with her or what level of relationship you want with her is gonna depend on how she behaves How she acts, you know, how she treats you but initially your interest came from how she looked There's obviously a value there So put that value right when I saw you one of the first things I noticed was your suit And I said I said you have the the aura of a lawyer, you know, I mean you mean business before you even opened your mouth I knew that you were a serious person. You meant business, right? I just want to say I am not an attorney nor do I practice law No, I know but that's the vibe that I that I got from you, right? And it made me interested That's why I asked you are you a lawyer, right? So you said no, this is man's house. Okay, great But my point is that was the interest. So if you didn't carry yourself with a certain level of respect You might have been invisible to me.  Of course, of course, where do you find you? Well, you can my YouTube channel is authentic alphas, you know, right the most toxic name you ever heard And I'm not really big on social media. So there's no point, you know, sending me to you to my Instagram I don't need the followers or anything. Do you have like 25,000 followers? Yeah, I know, but it's like That's like my photo album, you know, okay, but I'm not gonna tell guys to go there if there's not meaningful things there Okay, but definitely check me out on YouTube support the channel, you know leave comments Give me feedback. Let me know.  It sounds like yeah, you are a trajectory. Yeah, I'm just getting started and you know There's not a lot of bells and whistles there yet There's not a lot of great production and amazing editing, but there's a lot of value though We believe it one more time. What it where can they find you on YouTube? Authentic alphas everything spoke correctly. Perfect. Thank you for watching the 21 report I am Frank Pesci with I am day Gordon speaker Personal trainer and coach now and content creator. Thanks for watching. Thank you


Hey, hey Tony Gaskins here. Thank you so much for joining me on another episode of talks with Tony Got an email here today from across the world another continent Hi, Tony. I'm writing from South Africa. Thank you so much. I love South Africa I spoke there three times and y'all need to bring me back. I am studying to become a pastor So I made a vow to God to stay celibate till marriage. I Have been dating a pastor. I am in my late 20s and he is in his early 30s The same pastor helps me with my studies as a mentor and this is how we started dating I told him that sex was off the table and he was fine with it He was telling me that he was serious and that he wanted me to be his wife one day So he did not mind waiting three months in this exclusive relationship I found out that he was making arrangements to sleep with one of his ex-girlfriends We are not living in the same town. So he was supposed to come visit me for the weekend. This ex of him are also Living in the same town as me So the ex lives in the same town as you one of my good friends showed me the text that he sends this woman This woman was chatting with my friend about him I told him that I do not want us to be public unless we are both sure that this is for real So only our close friends knew about us He told me that he made a mistake and that this is not who he is He says that he felt like I did not understand his needs and where he was coming from He wants me to give him another chance and my close friend who knew about us also feels that he deserves a second chance The thing is I feel like I can't trust him and this early in the relationship Aren't we supposed to still be in our honeymoon phase when he did this? I told him that I forgave him and he is still helping me with my studies as sort of a mentor I respect the profession that he is in and he is a good man But it is hard to look at him as a husband to be I have been praying about this, but I am so confused I want to know if I should give him another chance. Is he a counterfeit or God sent? I do not have time to waste on someone who can't be faithful It is a great question great question and I will tell you this as a man as a man Selfishly I would want another chance as a man because I know that I was not perfect And I know I made mistakes But fortunately the mistakes that I made you know early in my life didn't have to be surfaced You know, I was able to be graced through a lot of my mistakes in my relationships And when I got with my wife, I was able to keep my mistakes to a minimum and we both made mistakes as Being a young couple. So we had to forgive each other for the lies or deceit or what have you in your case You're studying to be a pastor he's studying to be a pastor Three months into the relationship, I'm gonna tell you like this right here. This is what I got to tell you on the real side I say selfishly as a man, I would want to push for a second chance But truthfully, this is a major red flag It's a major major major red flag for one because he is a pastor He's already a pastor. You're studying to become a pastor.  He's waiting until you get weak He wants you to get weak so he can sleep with you your friend Y'all in South Africa. It's y'all got Zulu's over there. Y'all got Muslims you got different races you got men with multiple wives multiple women You don't know where your friend is speaking from but she need to hush because he don't need a second chance because look What are the odds? What are the odds you're studying to become a pastor with a pure heart for one you shouldn't you know Eat where you boo boo at So you should not be getting mentorship From the man you're dating You shouldn't be getting mentorship from a man period you a woman get mentorship from a female pastor You shouldn't be getting mentorship from a man period. I don't mentor females Anytime I talk to a female. It's a business transaction It's a business transaction and reason why I'll mentor females cuz this very thing right here when it's come to me Can you be much? No, I'm a married man I'm not gonna be sitting talking to you because that's an intimate thing It need to be a business transaction so you could put it in your mind I paid a hundred and fifty dollars to get on this coaching call with Tony. I could put it in my mind I'm receiving money for my services for the value that I'm providing. This is what I do as a professional This is my business. This is my job. This is not personal You shouldn't be getting mentorship from a man fire him and get find a female mentor if you Can't find a female me mentor mentor yourself. I never had a mentor I never had a mentor and I reached my goals. So you don't always need a mentor the next thing what you need to realize is Look at this as a sign from God. What are the odds? that He would be messaging his ex Trying to set up some sex and His ex would be Telling gossiping about him to another woman and Then that woman happens to be somebody who knows your friend and One of my good friends showed me the text that he sends this woman This woman was chatting with my friend about him so the woman was trying the woman might know about you or It's some more gossiping going on than you realize Your friend might not be telling you the whole story But you got to see it as a sign from God that what are the odds for the woman? He trying to sleep with to know your close friend and for this to get back to you That's God three months in sending you a warning sign you dealing with a false prophet You dealing with a fake So it just so happened that you this don't happen. This don't happen like this This right here divine this divine intervention in your life And that's how you have to look at it because even if it is just by happenstance You got to look at this is your sign For you to find out three months in this is early enough that you don't have a soul tie That you're not in love You're not addicted and you got time to leave that is what this is about This is to save you. So cut him off Block him block his number. Tell him. Please do not contact me again. I Know that you didn't probably maybe you didn't sleep with him. Maybe it didn't happen Maybe your plan blew up in your face, but if you're doing this in three months What are you gonna do after three years? How weak are you gonna be if you this week in three months? How weak you gonna be in 30 months? How weak you gonna be at 30 years? How weak you gonna be at 13 years? He telling you he feels like That you don't understand his needs You need to tell him what kind of man of God are you to need sex outside of marriage?    That's in your Bible That's in that Bible that you claiming to read the wages of sin is death Death that's what it say So fellow listen to me you out here. Thank you slick. You think you slick be Slick rip you're gonna end up laid up on on life support in somebody hospital bed Trying to trick off on these women one.   This your heart. This your body Stop taking yourself for granted. Stop taking soul ties for granted. Stop taking your spirit for granted. This is real Love yourself on another level Love yourself cherish yourself and take life seriously. You know to show snapped it exists for a reason The lifetime movie network Lifetime TV on your cable TV that whole network exists because of foolishness like this right here Women getting obsessed women killing women men killing women all of that exists because people taking Your life and your body and your relationship status for granted Hey, this Tony Gashman if you have a question for me, please send it to me Inbox at Tony Gaskins calm to all my patrons on patreon.com Thank you so much. If you would like to become a patron, please visit patreon.com forward slash Tony Gaskins Thank you. I look forward to talking to you soon


Good evening. I'd like to call to order the meeting of the Board of Directors of Community Television January 28 2019 Would the Secretary please call the roll? Chairman Harris. Here. Director Hall. Here. Director Rand. Here. Director Mannheim. Here. Director Loren. Here. Director O'Driscoll. Here. Director Owen. Here. Thank you very much. We're all here. So we'll move on to oral communications. Is there anybody from the public who would like to address us today? Seeing none. We'll move on to item three which is consideration of late additions to the agenda or any additions or deletions. Are there any from members of the board or staff? Nope. Seeing none. We can move on to the consent agenda, which is items 4, 5, and 6 which are to approve the minutes of our last meeting from November of last year. Approve the November 2018 financial reports and to accept the December 2018 financial reports. Are there any comments about these items? Yes, on item 4 there's a correction that I need to make to item 13 on those minutes. Okay, so shall we pull that from the consent agenda and make it item 6.5 on the regular agenda? Thank you. Any discussion about the financial reports? Would the chair of the finance committee like to make any comments? Not really this time. Becca, I think we'll bring up some of the financial aspects in her reports rather than duplicate those. We'll just defer to her. But I'd like to make a motion. We approve the consent agenda item 5 and item 6. The two financial reports for November and December. We have a motion. Second. Second. Oh, that was a tie. The secretary gets the call. Okay, we have a motion and a second to approve the consent agenda. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Carries unanimously. Okay, so we can move on to item 6.5, which was item 4 to approve the minutes. What was the correction? On item 13, these naming of the members of the strategic planning committee, there was an error there. It's Director Owen twice, and I think one of those Director Owen should be Director Mannheim. I will correct that. Twice as much work for Director Owen. Although we are very glad to have Tom Mannheim on the committee. He's doing a wonderful job. Oh, great. And just a teaser, we'll hear about what the committee has been discussing later. So any further discussion about the minutes from our last meeting? I'm seeing none. I'll entertain a motion. Move approval. With those changes. Any second? Second. All right. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Carries unanimously. Unanimously. All right, so we can move on to item 7, which is the election of a board member to a seat expiring November 2022. It is a seat that is reserved for education. And it is to replace Adam Wade's, it's Adam Wade's seat that he recently vacated. And the County Office of Education has sent over a very qualified, in my opinion, applicant. Her name is Jennifer Isent-Venzales. And Jen is working at the County Office of Education as an educator.  It's a teacher on special assignment. That's her current position. And in that position, she's developing and implementing professional development. She is the accreditation, accreditation, did I say that right? Coordinator for 24 small alternative education schools throughout Santa Cruz County. She is the leadership team coordinator. She plans and facilitates leadership team meetings. And she is still keeping her fingers in the education, in the direct education game by acting as an independent studies teacher, meeting weekly with students who have challenges to keep them from being successful in a traditional school setting. And she's a data co-lead. She developed surveys for students, parents and staff. And formally, she worked for eight years as a teacher and as a mentor to UCSC psychology students interested in social work and education. She is a doctoral candidate at San Jose State University for an educational doctorate degree. She has numerous postgraduate trainings, including one in digital media. And if that isn't enough, she has two school-aged boys that take up most of the rest of her time, I'm sure. So, and I'm happy to pass this around if anybody likes to see more details. So, our motion, right? Yes, is there a motion to approve our... I'll move that we approve Jennifer Eisen Gonzalez as our newest board member. Do I have a second? Second. All right, we have a motion to second. All those in favor, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. And in post. Crazy Natalie, please welcome, come on, welcome to the board. Keith has prepared, right here. Looks like it's spelled correctly. Welcome. Yes, and excellent, excellent pronunciation. That's my name too. Thank you. I wasn't sure if I should do the Castilian pronunciation. It's perfect. Well, welcome. I'm sure that your many qualities will be a great addition to our board. I'm excited to be here. Thank you so much. Thank you. All right, so we can move on with our business. Director Hall pointed out, item number eight is the amendment to the 2019 board calendar. Director Hall pointed out that May 27th is a holiday, and Director Rand suggested that we move the meeting up a week to the 20th. So, including the packet is the exact same calendar with that one change. Is that agreeable to the board? Does anybody have any conflicts with that date that they know of? Any suggestions? No? Seeing none, I will entertain a motion. We do want to just approve by affirmation. Shall we do that? We can do it by consensus. Okay, consensus? All right. So, I'll ask our IT director and chair emeritus Keith Gudger to update the calendar on the website to reflect that change. So, that's item eight. Moving on to item nine, which is the oral part of our executive director. Thanks very much. Okay, so for this is a report that covers January and December, since we don't make December. So, we start with financials, and we earn $13,600 in December in the co-working part of the operation, which is really good. And we expect to, we project we're going to be at $13,000 in January as well. We did government service, we did government meeting services. So, for the, during the holidays in December, we did only 10 meetings, because there's not a lot of meetings. And in January, we did 15 meetings. We have two new accounts that we'll be doing. We are going to record the Santa Cruz county department meetings, planning department meetings. And we are working with Scotts Valley to get their meetings on the channel. We have to do some transcoding to make that happen. But we're going to do the technical parts for them. And so, we'll be charging them for that. So, we have two, there's actually, and I think there's a third thing. Oh, the water department, San Lorenzo Valley Water District is adding another meeting. So, they do one a month now, and they're going to move to two. Yes? Quick question. Is that the Santa Cruz City Planning Commission or Santa Cruz County Planning Commission? City. Okay. Sorry. I used abbreviation. That's probably not very clear. So, yes, it's the city. So, that's great for us. That's new. More revenue. You know, we like that. Victor is, now, we've been doing some work for CMAP. And Victor had been doing all their running their government meetings and doing the programming of the channels. And now, we have a really competent and resourceful person in that role in Gilroy. So, Victor is transitioning out of the management of the government meetings. We're, CMAP's able to manage them on their own. And he is just developing the programming strategy for the channels. So, then he will finish that eventually. And CMAP will be all on its own. Let's see. Under staff, California has enacted a new law this year, where employers of more than five employees have to provide sexual harassment training. Up until now, it's been employers with more than 50 employees. So, that's a big difference. And so, we're doing that. Everybody should be trained by February 19th. For equipment and facilities, for the building, the internet process has begun to bring fiber to the building, but it seems to be taking longer than we expected. They used to send me this report with these little blocks. And we've done this, we've done this, we've done this, and we've been lingering at the end here. The last thing hasn't been done for a real long time. And it requires a permit. And I think that part of it is the holidays, but I'm not sure. So, I've asked for a report and we'll see. Of course, I hope that's like, we'll send it. So, I don't know what the meaning of this is, but Is that Kruzio? That's right. It's Comcast. Yeah, yeah. So, we'll hopefully, as soon as I find out something I'll let you all know. In the building, we did a little upgrade. We are coordinator for the Co-Working Center who's been doing First Fridays as a promotional effort. And so he, we installed a gallery system around the top of the room to hang art. So, it's very cool. You can't see it normally, but then these little hooky things kind of slide into a track and then you can hang hooks on them at any length. And so, we have the Mosaic Artists of Santa Cruz County, this upcoming, so it was in November or February, the first Friday of February.  And so, that will be two in a row. And then we're also still, he's still also doing the Friday movie, the movie thing, so which is kind of fun. So, this will be a, we're really excited to have that because it's kind of kept us from having any art in the outside and now we'll be able to do that. We've also been working on a project and there's a committee for this, but I'm the only one on the committee that's here. So, I will just include this in my report. Most of the work has been done by Keith Gudger. We are copying something called the One Button Studio, which is, and we're playing around with a name called, that is RSVP, really simple video production. So, what it is is you're able to go into this room and push one button and record yourself. So, you can't, it's all lit. There's the microphones ready to go. You can have a teleprompter if you want that you can run with your foot. And there are several backgrounds to choose from. So, the room is almost done. The last thing we're doing is adding acoustic tiles to make the sound a little better. We've been waiting for our lights to be delivered and as we don't know what's happened we feel like the company has deserted us.  So, we have four different backgrounds and you just press a button and then the one that you want comes down and goes back up and the wall be green. So, we can do key things and we can do, we'll have a black one, a white one, one that's bricks and one that's wood. So, we have just about everything. So, we have a long list of ways you could use this, but someone mentioned to me recently that people are very interested in doing like video podcasts and it's perfect for that. So, it's very nice. It's all lit and light and everything. You don't have to do anything.  If you have a PowerPoint, you can run that with your foot or the prompter with your foot and you can stop and start it with your foot. Hopefully, tap dancers can apply. Footloose, huh? Yes, footloose. You're in there. So, under communications Ian's been doing the first Friday events and he's been doing this fun thing and he'll do it on the first Friday when we have the mosaic artist. Also, in the studio he does the Vive. So, that's our virtual reality set up and so people can put on this big goggly thing and they can be, you know, in all kinds of places and he has some fun new places for people to go. So, he presented me about four ideas. I'm not sure which one he'll choose, but they were all fun experiences. So, and we're also adding, we have a lot of the Google Goggle kind of things, the Google, what do they call it? Google Cardboard. So, we're setting those out and so, while people are waiting to use the Vive, they can play with the Google Cardboard and we have a list of fun places to go. So, you can just put your iPhone in it and it's really fun. You can ride a roller coaster or fly over the, over a city or there's all kinds of fun things you can do while you wait. Let's see. And that's it. That's my report for December and January. Thank you very much, Becca. You're so welcome. Oh, I do have, oh, sorry, I have two more things. Sorry, they're not on my report, but I want to let you know we're doing them. Breaking news. This just in. We are doing a new sign for the front. So, the big monument sign that's out there on the street. Unreadable. So, we are, we're fixing that. We've got a design. We just have to, we're just doing some extra things to it. So, what we want to do is the sign is square and our, our logo is rectangle. So, we're figuring out a way to cover to, to, well, what we've done is we've made a new design so that the bottom will feature CTV. So, we're going to paint it in different color and CTV's logo can be in there. We feel like it's, we're good to go on that. So, we're going to go ahead and start showcasing that. And we're going to do signs on the top of the building across and on this end. So, right now there are banners there, but we're going to do real signs. So, we're going to have them painted and do them the right way. And then we're going to paint the sign now. The big one has a black box around it and it's a white sign. And we're thinking of reversing the colors out so the sign is green and the letters are white. So, we think we can attract a lot more attention with that. So, those are our two, two building things. We're doing that or not in the report, but how do you know? Just one thing, Becca didn't point out that the, on the financing is we're past the break-even point. Oh, yeah, yeah. That's what's important. So, I thought you guys all knew. Break-even is 10,000 and we're at 13 and a half. So, we're doing what? We're 25% ahead of reprojected. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Fantastic. Halfway through the year. Good call, Joe. I figure everybody knows the 10,000 number, but probably not. I have one idea. Maybe we can do as a virtual reality director, like we can do like a VR, like so you can be directing a show at community television.  With your Google goggles on. Yeah. Wow. Especially the board meetings. Way more interesting. Yeah. It's much more interesting in 3D. Right, definitely, definitely. And then, oh, are we going to, when we finish the one-button studio, are we planning any sort of like grand opening, maybe in conjunction with First Friday where people can go and try it out? Yeah, we're probably going to do, we're going to approach our nonprofit partners first because they can do their own little PSAs in it. And then we're going to put together a package for business so that most businesses have a website and videos are really, and there's like some great, it's really great statistics I don't have off the top of my head, but it's something like 68% of the people who watch a video on your website buy. And so it's a really valuable thing to have videos on your website. And we have a little presentation in there too, a table, so you can show a product if you want it and talk about it, or a process, or, you know, anything. And so, yeah, we have, we have plans. We haven't launched them yet. That's our idea. First things first. Thank you. That sounds great. Any other questions or comments? No? Okay, well let's move on to item number 10, which is the report from the ad hoc strategic planning committee, which just had their first meeting. And I understand Director O'Driscoll has a presentation from that. Yes, I've been meeting with the important people at the library who might be interested in working out, exploring a partnership with CTV. And so after talking to several people, I've settled on our marketing team, and our marketing team is the group that publicizes all of the things that we're doing, the services and the programs we're offering. And they have a tremendous need to document what the library is doing. And so they can see some potential in working with CTV. And then the other group that would like to be involved in a meeting is our training group. And the training group does a couple of things. They teach classes to both staff and the community on the use of various devices that anyone would use, including film and that sort of thing. We have a virtual reality project and they conduct workshops and things with that. So they are very interested in seeing what kind of a partnership. We can have one of one of our staff members actually ran a film project in a San Jose school, so he has some experience with that part. So now imagine all the people that we might be talking about, and I managed to find out that it's possible to meet on an early Monday afternoon. So now all I have to do is find the right Monday afternoon, which won't be so long. I'm very encouraged, but they're very interested. And so I hope to have something very exciting to report to you soon. So that was from the library's subcommittee from the board retreat. So that was on item 11. Did we have a report from the ad hoc? So we did meet last Friday, just a reminder for everybody. It's director Rand and myself and director Owen twice. As well as I was absent, my apologies. So my tray will be there next time. I will. That's right. And Nathan Benjamin, who's a former director as well as Keith Cutcher, former director now, and Becca as well. It was a really good meeting. We spent an hour, we did some visioning where we really talked about needing to create a clear vision for where we want to be as well as sort of what we can realistically accomplish. And we focused in on three areas, strengthening the organization and so that we're not only self-sustaining but growing. And we started diving down into what some of the pieces under that might be. Empowering technology used in the community and then strengthening community engagement. And we again dove down into some of the more specifics around that. Rather than trying to get into too much detail now, at some point we'll be coming back to the board with all the details. But we've set a fairly aggressive schedule of meeting. We're going to be meeting every two weeks through the end of April. So that hopefully by the end of April, perhaps at our May meeting, we'll be able to come back to you with a full report and a plan. Excellent. Thank you. All right. Do we have any other reports from the Board of Sheets subcommittees? Anything you want to say? Well, of course, there's one button. I was reporting on this. Maybe the venues. We had a very good meeting last year with the I don't know that we have followed up yet. Well, I think the holidays, we got exchanged a couple emails, but I think I followed up with them just the other day. I got an email back I saw today, but I didn't read it. So we're talking. All right. And we need to talk about who's going to actually come up with the proposal for them, which I kind of volunteered to do it, but I have not. Well, what we're doing first is their original proposal. So we've got time to do the other second one. Yeah. Yeah. And I ran into Jack from London Nelson just the other day and mentioned, you know, we had an informal meeting I mentioned, and he's like, I don't know where we left off.  Well, this year, I've got to cut 4% for my budget. So I don't think it's going to. So unless we know somebody further up in Parks and Rec, we can see the need for putting permanent video installation into the London Nelson. We may have to. But if he has to cut 4%, what we could do for them would we allow them to go forward while not spending all that, the money that they don't have? Right. Well, so maybe it's worth a follow up. Yeah. I think we could help them in that case. Right. Okay. Well, maybe we can follow up. And I still have ideas for other venues. I'm not sure if we want to focus on just a few to start with and then branch out to others. But we have our list and we can work our way down. Great. Okay. So we can move on to item 12 if there's nothing else, which is the oral report of the volunteer advisory committee or the VAC for Jen. And our committee chair is Matilda. So this month, I don't have a lot to report because you know the holidays, but based on we had an idea that based on that we're all doing a strategic plan that we would like to hear from our producers and the directors and people who are using, you know, the facilities to do, to do public access TV. And so we have set the VAC has set February 23rd at noon, a meeting with basically a hearing for all people who want to say something about what strategically would help to bring the community programs and better programs as well as getting more involvement. So and then we would then report back to the strategic planning committee and probably we'll get some direction from them about things to ask. And so we're planning that and we hope that the producers, directors and camera people and other people that are really, you know, really interested in moving us forward. And that's really what I have for this month because I think it's important. Excellent. Well, thank you. Any questions regarding that? She did leave out there is one other project she's been working on that's going to have a ribbon cutting.  Oh, okay. Well, that has nothing to do with except for its community, community radio, and we're going to have a ribbon cutting for KSQD, the community radio that where about 90 people volunteer programmers are putting on lots of shows and top programs. And, you know, we hope that people listen to 90.7 FM. There's a little music and little snippets of different programs and station IDs. And it's going to be really exciting. I mean, we're so swap, you know. When was that date? Well, it's not because it's going to be at the county office education. And they said they would have about 50 places. So I'll go ready full for the ribbon cutting. So it's not like I want to advertise because there wouldn't be space. But it is, thank you for bringing it out. And I know you've been a great supporter of it. And other people have asked me about it, too. So yeah, we're very excited. See, the reason it goes with this agenda for anybody that's worried about it is the word volunteer. Yes. Volunteer. Absolutely. Oh, for the community. No, I mean, it's nice. I hope at some point, you know, when when KSQD or the community radio is stronger and, you know, has has something under its belt that will strengthen and it fits our strategic plan, you know, have more community connection and partnerships with community or we've talked to them about that. And you've talked about it with us and, you know, we just have to get now feet on the ground. And then we can leap forward. All right, here's to some new beginnings. Fantastic. All right. So that consists of item 13, the oral report of the board chair, which would be me. I don't have much. I've been kind of learning the ropes. I must thank Keith Godger for helping me with my first agenda creation. He was very helpful. And thank you. And of course, our secretary. And I did. We got a request through the community TV contact page for somebody to cover the researchers anonymous meeting at the Museum of Art and History on February 9 from 11 to 1, which will be honoring Peter McGettigan, a long term, long time community television member and employee. And even though we don't really cover events, I volunteered to do that because he was a friend and mentor of mine. And they asked if somebody from community TV would be interested in saying something about his contributions. And Joe graciously accepted that. And so we'll be there February 9 from 11 to 1. If anybody would like to join Peter's sister, Martha, who is also a historian in our own right, we'll be speaking about Peter and the Vallejo chess. They're actually descended from the Vallejo family, which town is named after their historic California family. So even if you didn't know Peter, it might be an interesting event to attend. And I think that's about it for me, my oral report. So we can move on to item 14, which is board member or staff requests for specific items to appear on the next meeting agenda. Seeing none, we can move on to announcements. Thank you very much. Do any board members have any announcements besides? Okay, so I'd like to take this opportunity to thank our volunteer crew here today. And that would be a minute, Janakas. So you can stay tuned. Something always exciting happens. Right at the end. Is everybody okay? Yes, we're alive and well. This reminds anybody of a 60 minute interview with the gully-gully. No, no, no board members were harmed in the making of this program. I'd like to thank Linda Janakas, Keith Gudger, Sherry Ross, Phil Harmonic, Nick Kirkendall, and Gene Kratzer for producing this meeting. And with that, I will entertain a motion for a adjourn. All right. All those in favor? Okay. Thank you very much.