they're doing the work right now. So That's going to continue to move forward and as long as it makes sense for the police department in the city Financially and both, you know for career development and things like that We're going to continue to push forward on that With that becomes a pretty substantial problem downstairs with admin support because we don't have any other than our dispatch staff We've talked about leveraging the clerk's office every time that they have to kind of Get us to a point where we can really understand how much of a Strain that's going to be on the police department if that moves and what we can offset with the clerk's office And can we get by with a part time? I don't know, you know, it's it's we're going to have to take it step by step And really start to drill down into what we need So physical upgrades of the police department again, this is no, you know new information for anybody We have a little over 2,300 square feet downstairs. A lot of it is unusable wide hallways and the footprint just isn't great It's not really A respectful space for people that come to visit or need our facilities Um, we currently have a holding cell that doesn't have any bathrooms facilities Which means we have to have officers uncuff people let them use the bag It's unnecessarily putting a lot of people at risk of making a split bad decisions, you know split second bad decision that could You know cause us some problems We don't have a respectful space for victims or witnesses right now When we bring people in they're literally separated by a brick wall where the person that was arrested Can hear us interviewing and asking them to give us statements and apply for restraining orders and We're working on some solutions to try and make that better. But again, you know, we're we have 2,300 You know square feet. We have a locker room or 16 While 15 Sean is the only one that's kind of like living large right now because she's our one female officer in the same size room Is 16 Or 18 male officers Yeah So she's she's enjoying that but you know locker rooms are really small There's no shower facilities if you end up getting covered with pepper spray or some other fluid that you don't really want to have on you Yeah, it just comes with a lot of challenges So and again, just sorry, but excuse me for that conversation. That's something we explored thoroughly about potentially You know, it was part of the conversation about the o'brien community senator from a future perspective and potential investment But certainly adding more staff and not thinking about space strategically would be a huge mistake and one of those things that I know I sure regret we haven't figured out but There's a lot of big projects on the horizon and I only say it just so it doesn't get completely lost in the mix of of conversations So, you know in short just soft spaces respectful to community members that that need our services And you know, there's going to be an officer safety piece now too because our dispatch is our lifeline right now As the police department is currently configured if if an officer was either overpowered or knocked unconscious Somebody would have a free reign of the entire building And if there's no dispatcher there to call anybody for help You know, it's just it's just not a good scenario. So we're working on solutions. I'm not overly concerned that we won't get this all in place In plenty of time and we will address all of it, but We may be coming to you for some For some money to try and fix some of these issues And then I'm free to ask or answer any questions that you have I definitely hear your need there. I mean, I can't imagine We're taking over crime and needing to sit On the side of a wall where the perpetrator of that crime can yell across and intimidate them And to you know, our officers should be in a place where they feel as safe as possible, right? This I think too from a philosophical standpoint, there'll be more pressure as we talk about development, right? And I've been a big champion to say, hey, if we If we grew tax-based through development, you need to think about how we use that to again increase the opportunity for the city to have development growth and And be respectful of the tax-based needs You know, some of this some of that also is going to have to acknowledge that that growth also Puts a strain on existing resources And as you look at exciting things like a concert venue And things like that And great festivals and things like that. It's a constant strain That vibrancy comes with a cost to us in terms of the needed service provision so that's This is an economic development tool quite frankly of people feeling safe And us not having any huge mishaps because of the professionalism and a properly staffed department properly trained to support department You know, our our just as important as as the other factors of that growth So that's something I think will be a real challenge for people to benchmark in the future of We've got to do some of this growth opportunity to also Take care of the departments that are getting More demand because of that growth One last thing I just wanted to touch on I didn't really talk about revenues in here One thing that we came up with that leadership table that the police department is going to add This next budget year if the budget is passed is we're going to offer employment fingerprint services and It's for two things right now I'm hearing people have to wait upwards of two months to get the fingerprints for employment and that's not okay Um, and the other thing is we're hoping, you know, I think If we do eight sets of fingerprints a month or a week That should equal out to $10,000 of revenue So it'll help offset some ongoing costs for the police department and offer a service to our You know residents or employers or whoever needs the service It's great So you mentioned recruitment the challenge Have you considered anything like what she probably shared about bringing young people exposing to the You know profession and planning that see we have I didn't touch on this in the powerpoint presentation I don't have all the details yet, but our school resource officer Is putting together It's going to be from what I understand a combination police and fire Academy class It's a week long at the school over the summer this year To try and start to drum up some interest in both police and fire services And I think we could turn it into a little csi camp. We'll make it really cool and and regardless of Um, how many people come I think they'll have a good time So we're trying to do things like that Thank you very much chief Hey, how are you guys So kind of an in stark contrast to the police department, uh, the community justice center is very small Budget's very small. However, we do a lot of Good work and our case numbers show that So my name's Eli free. I'm the director and I have a a staff of Margaret Bass. She's my panel manager I have a ranch coordinator and then I have a victim advocate So for FY 18, uh, we continue to be a a center that welcomed, uh, Ex-offenders coming into Winnowski From incarceration back into our community Uh, we started the first inch in county, uh, a new, um, branch of program called welcoming circles Which, uh, encouraged, um Ex-offenders typically from the dismissals and pro-social engaged Volunteers from the community to interact in a way that, um Neither of them probably have before together. Uh, so it was different activities food games, uh, and just being very genuine. It was it was almost like a A non-programming program basically Um, we Continue to run offender focused programs Cosa with which you guys know, which is high risk. I need offenders and our panel program Which is for youth and low-level offenders. So this program was aimed at the mid-level if you will Of offenders who haven't burned all the bridges who haven't Burned all family ties things about nature to try and really get them engaged In Winnowski with people who they might not normally have met before Um, we we continue to be housed in city hall actually right right there We continue to we continue to reap the benefits of the you know leadership team with jesse and rick and john and right I can't uh, say how strongly uh, or loudly enough that that benefits us Whereas with other cjcs in the state. That's just not the case So i'm i'm very proud of that um In fyi 18. We hosted a safe space. We we brought in Trainers from the lgbtq ia plus community for staff and volunteers of the cjc Of the police and of um, you know other city staff to help us understand That diverse community, um, you know when we interact with them Unfortunately, sometimes when we interact with them they're their victims of different levels of offenses So that was very helpful to us Um, michelle a former staff person which on alex, um, you know alluded to earlier today Help to increase our diversity within our panel process with regards to volunteers Diversity of ethnicity and gender and age. So that was very that was very needed We also hosted other trainings. Um trauma informed trainings You know culture culture sensitivity trainings and you know things of that nature to Increase awareness and part of education In these various areas I don't have phantagraphs, but I have some data So, uh, as you can see In fyi 18. We had over 200 total cases. They were broken down. We had panel low level cases. We had about 50 criminal direct cases 161 which which are Cases brought to us from police We had rick cases 12 which is which are rapid intervention cases coming from court I did 13 civil mediation cases again coming from officers typically This is In the area of neighbor to neighbor disputes Um, and so that that translated into our panel volunteers hours 56 Then our victims Identified in those cases and contacted 76 Um, we did five COSAs, which is above board for our for our deliverables and we serviced 31 Rancher clients and our COSA Volunteer hours came up to 490 We did seven trainings and we did three community forums. You like can you do two sentences on what coast? Sorry. Yes, uh coast is um circles of support and and accountability It's geared like I said to and towards high-risk. I need offenders Coming out of facility. Um, it's an intensive program It's a year long the The X offender is called a a core member And they're wrapped around with three to four trained volunteers who who go through statewide COSA training as well as specific trainings based on the X offenders Crimes so if we're working with a sex offender then the volunteers go to A sex offender training And they learn about what that term means what you know, what the gradation is of that? and tries to Not minimize the risk but debunk some of the myths and then also Give them give the volunteers some tools as to what to look out for but through regards to manipulation or verbiage or You know risk areas Thanks.  We had Camille Coosman who was my grantry coordinator who left for a full-time position in francona county And we and we had michelle old donald, which was my Volunteer coordinator and victim advocate. She also left for a full-time position at cots So, um, it kind of left me scrambling a little bit not not much but but a little when when hacker staff You know decides to vacate so what I did was I leaned on some of my community partnerships in this case with you know uvm and so I I had a former coastal volunteer In nicky durand who is now a second year Masters level social worker. She'll be finishing in may So I brought her on because she knew the program. She volunteered in it As well as she knew, um, you know, we're sort of justice what what that meant what the philosophies are what the principles are You know, what the mindset is as well as I brought in another intern based on the recommendation of a Chair um within uvm who I respect a great deal and does our cosid data with us So between those two volunteers, I kind of leveraged some of the work that was lost I had I had nicky doing my, um, you know, rendering, you know coordination and postal work And then I had uh, tori do some of my admin Data crunching and volunteer, um, you know recruitment and outreach um, also In f y 19. Um, I was able to I I Was contacted by uh, uh, the Windows key middle school and high school to um Help them understand what you know, restorative justice was what a circle process looks like and how that could be, you know, you Um, you know utilized in a school setting. Um, how that would impact students How that would impact teachers and admin staff? Um, so I did that. Um, I'm proud to say that it uh, it went off like gang busters Um, several of the staff who, uh, you know reached out to me Um, implemented it and now they've instituted an internal mechanism or process with regards to, you know, conflict resolution. So, um, rick was talking about, um, our SRO being contracted nine months out of the year Jason, uh, you know, um, is his name. He's done an awesome job Kind of being the, you know, the link, if you will between, uh leadership at the school and admin staff when You know issues, uh, you know rise So they then circle up and it's what it's called and they handle the, um The incident then and there in the setting in which the offense happened with the people that it happened to and if translators are needed Then they're on staff also. So it's a it's a very, uh, awesome tool What had meant for us selfishly is that there's been a vast reduction of referrals coming from this school to to, you know, to the CJC which I mind because That's how we get funding is through cases. However, I don't mind because that's what we're supposed to be doing is decreasing You know, you know the amount of referrals that we get um So, uh, no, so those are two goat stars coming, you know coming through. You should mention margaret's work up there That's that's correct. That's right. So, um, margaret is our panel manager. She does the youth cases and little little offenses And she's also been working Up at the schools to Just have a seat at the table, you know, help them, you know, when appropriate Kind of navigate some of the, you know, the issues she's She's very versed in, you know, rj. She she comes at it from a specific lens and life experience that We don't have that I don't have And so when she speaks she's heard and It's been it's been giving us some good traction up there Not that we want to encroach on their house, so to speak, but just to be involved and to Understand, you know, those dynamics that are in play is, you know, very important to, you know, to all of us Um, so also, um, in f1 19.  We just held the space but we also helped with some other logistics But that was a great You know jumping off point for individuals who might have Or not might have did Stumble, you know in their early years, you know in their in their, uh, maybe somewhat foolish late teens early 20s And so This was able to give them kind of like a new lease, you know on life, you know, so to speak So that so that clinic was geared towards, you know, low-level offenses as as, you know, very young adults I've also, um, increased our, you know, collaboration with with the various stakeholders in wanooski Dismiss house like rick was saying The, um, you know wanooski housing authority The, um, the united states attorney's office and the local p&p office. Um, I can't I can't say it enough just Bringing in or helping. I didn't do everything obviously, but just bringing in police and jesse into the dismus house After me going there or nicky going there For quite a number of years if not nicky then some other person in that role Um talking about what we do how we're linked to the police department, but actually seeing an officer in uniform Not to arrest them, but to sit down cook food with them break bread with them talk to them as people Um, it was uh, it's it was amazing. It it is amazing and it's definitely going to continue So i'm definitely proud of that So again some data this is from 71 to the present So if you could see you could see our decrease in panel cases 14 13 from uh police we've had no rick cases as of yet. We've had three Um, you know we're frozen coming from the school. I've done two mediation cases which Then correlates to For panel 13 hours and victims identified and contacted 14 we've we've had Eight rancher clients and we were currently doing three active cosas, which equates to 136 Uh, you know volunteer hours, uh, we've done five trainings already and we've done four community forums already So the goals of f y 20 is is really uh Some of it is just business as usual. It's continuing to meet All the all the deliverables that the department of corrections has before us um remaining committed to Having a you know collaborative mindset with all of the stakeholders and supportive agencies in cheney county, but also in franklin county um Continuing to nurture the next generation of rj practitioners through internships and mentorships Um, and then remaining uh dedicated and spreading the message of rj You know throughout the state and throughout the nation, you know, when at all possible through different uh professional learning You know conferences We're going to continue To be housed in the police in the um, you know city hall continue to reap the benefits of the of the leadership team um, we're continuing to Push, um, you know restorative justice throughout the county and throughout the state like i've said, um I serve on uh the restorative justice, um, you know consortium out of waterberry which takes a Um a macro level view of restorative justice and trying to have vermont become a truly restorative state And what that means what that looks like? What's the obstacles? What's the hurdles things of that nature? um Continuing to host, um, you know many more trainings with you know with regards to you know community outreach Cosa trainings You know anything and everything Um that you know comes our way And then really trying to figure out Why and how to increase our referrals coming from the various uh places that it does p&p court Police things about nature So what this budget includes is It just um, you know allowing us to stay You know currently staffed while hitting all of our deliverables Being able which would then be able to assist as citizens of onuski whether it be Coming out of incarceration or not With the mindset of public safety and community outreach as our focal point So, um as you can see here, um our grants that we were awarded from the department of corrections through the state is 130 The intergovernmental is uh the the money that we get From the police department Um, which translates into 143,000 Out of that money comes mostly it's eaten up mostly by salary of our staff and benefits um Then our office supplies and general funds that's um That's a whole host of things Desks and phones and you know all kinds of things that makes our justice center run um Contracted and professional service could be a whole host of like community Functions, you know outreach services, you know things of that nature I'm not seeing um, it might be maybe it's not blown up, but like, you know, offender services training and traveling things Um, uh training programs including defendants and other defender services I believe is in the context of professional services. Yep And the actually the michelin is on fy 18 Uh, that was the return of work funds. That's right. Yeah So we had to return quite a bit of money Because that was carry forward money from fy 14 that we couldn't no longer carry forward So we had to give I had to write I had to I was one of the signers. I have a quite a big check so yep, and then uh Then the rest of that was for me know michelle's position Can you go back to the revenues live for a minute? So I think it's important to note again in case we have a statewide official in our midst Um, you see the total revenue has gone down over the years We had been using those carry for forward funds as the grant was frozen at the state level And then that was discontinued and we have to give that big amount of money back with a little caveat for money We had already planned on spending right. This is a again not a winewski issue a statewide issue It's a statewide issue. The DOC has the department of corrections has frozen the awards to communities So the increment that that communities are experiencing through natural costs of health insurance rising And talent rising and whatnot is no longer covered by the state and more and more Uh, municipalities are trying to absorb that. Um, I think Eli's done some really creative things to absorb that I think that um, you know, we had a conversation last year with DOC and our continuing to have conversations about What this looks like in chinden county. What we hear from our DOC funders is that Not surprising A lot of the grant funds come to chinden county and there's some pressure from other parts of the Um state to reallocate some of those funds even though the population base is here And the effect and arguably the affected population is skewed here We will continue to do the best we can with the funds that we're very thankful that DOC provides for us But if the statewide end if the statewide priority is You know, welcoming all of our friends and neighbors and treating them well in our communities and being proactive and preventative and not Just uh, I don't know Justice oriented, you know jail oriented. Yep. Yep. This this proportion has to switch a small investment here Saves a lot of money down the road keeping people healthy and in place and in their communities Right. It's it's a simple flood for revenues. Yeah, right. This is going to be correct It's it's it's similar to what you know, john was saying about being more proactive versus reactive, right? Or not being punitive for being more restorative I'm sorry to interrupt your So, um, unfortunately, um, some of the you know issues are what's rippled through, you know, um, all of our presentations. It's uh, well For me, it's it's uh, you know funding streams My sole funding stream is coming from the department of corrections Which as a business model or as any, you know coming just from one Places is, you know problematic if if that, you know drives up So it's up to me specifically to try and find other, you know avenues and revenue streams to offset the diminishing Um amounts that we get even though we are incredibly You know appreciative of of them And then but then, you know similarly its staff size. Um, my staff keep, you know keeps, you know dwindling They're all part time I'm keenly aware of The stresses that the job puts on them that, you know, the different things that I'm asking them to do Um, and then, you know the constant turnover. So while the constant turnover can be seen as a negative Um, I tend to view it as a positive with regards to This gives us an opportunity to, you know Re-evaluate our procedures our policies You know the way we do business Where where it where it is a negative is that I'm constantly in training mode And I can't really hit the ground running, you know, with with all the with all the programs that we run and serve The people that we need to at a very high level because I'm constantly trying to train new people um so, um I was just actually told this um A day or two ago, but that niki will be leaving us after her internship is finished in the summer So I'll be hiring um another, you know, um, you know ranger coordinator So that's uh, you know, that's a that's an issue that I have to tackle Um, and while we do, um, identify and contact and make every effort to Bring in victims, um At the panel level, um, what we find is that they don't want to engage that the victims don't want to engage That they don't want to participate So that's that's an issue for us to try and figure out You know the housing wise and get them at the table um, then like I had Stated that the that the drastic decrease in referrals Are an issue because if we're not getting referrals of people that need our services Then you know, what are we doing? So then lastly, um, it's our limited office space. Um, like I like I said our office space is right behind us there It's two rooms a perfect example of the limited office space was last monday when you guys had council Sessions going on here. I had two coasters going on one in each room. So I'm I'm keen and aware of Confidentiality and how to you know, I'm hearing different conversations from different volunteers and different core members and things So, um, it's a it's a sticky it's a sticky situation to be in so You know, um Yep Thank you for your work. I mean you're This is like when we take those buzzwords like criminal justice reform Wouldn't you write out of business? Yeah, right, you know, that's that's kind of the point, right? It really is it really is kind of the it's kind of the model, right? So it's the um community outreach team presence. Do you think that's how Um I mean we do we we do have overlap, you know the people that they see sometimes we see the same people Not not quite in the crisis mode as what's the outreach team does. So we do talk, you know, we have been talking more Um, but we haven't really sat down in a real meaningful way to collaborative like hey So how can we each you know mutually benefit? Um, you know, I'm trying to let the police department and outreach team kind of work out their coexistence together And you know how they vibe then I'll kind of add in like hey, we're here to Reduce, you know, somewhat similar things with similar clientele Um, you know, how can we be you know, you know beneficial to I'm just wondering if maybe there's fewer arrests being made that would then find themselves working their way into your work because Folks are getting different types of support. Yeah, I think you know, I think without specific data I think I could absolutely say that like the low-level shoplifting complaints or those types of calls that would normally be sent to the Justice senator to begin with or down because of that Which is Which is good, you know, I mean, you know, I mean No nipping things into budge proactively. It's great But a funding from the department pressure corrections hinges off of That's correct. So it's a double. Yeah, you're right. So it's this weird cycle, you know, you're definitely doing the right thing That we're putting these we did have a talk at the last quarterly meeting about we did I'm putting a lot of pressure on that proactive preventative work is just as important and we can't just tie it to numbers all the time Right, that's correct. It wasn't welcome I think the advantage we have from Again, looking at this from a statewide perspective is I actually think one of the things that's led to the biggest decrease Is the work the school is doing and it really making sure that kids feel connected and important in their community And therefore not two or three later years later having more challenges That is Again incredibly unique in when you ski I can tell you from working in Montpelier. We never got into the schools We couldn't we couldn't even participate in what they were doing So I think I think I would argue that the sales pitch to doc is we have a good model going on right now of how Eli and his team are partnering with The professionals at the school to build knowledge to expand Familiarity with the model and the tools and that we we need to keep Demonstrating that over a couple of years And that's the preventative hook with right because other places in the state are really still struggling with how to Do rj well in schools, right? Right? I mean just yeah We're going to pick up that if we if we lose this type of programming, right? It's going to come back Yes, it will right right, of course it will you know I mean Everyone knows who does this work it when a person feels connected to their community valued heard seen It's it's very hard to hurt their community, right? It's when you become shunned and othered and all that so And it also produces better outcomes in school. That's correct, which which Creates a successful Entry to the community so you don't have to rely on ahs Yes, so we need to make a stronger That's right Thank you, thank you Thank you. How I mean not only is the resource limitation too. I would imagine taxing emotional and I'm so glad for work. So thanks for that too. I know You guys are exposed to some really challenging dynamics and situations Yeah, I imagine that too from a retention standpoint can present a challenge Yeah, but but with the partnerships that we have with the with the departments that that i'm with with rick. I mean, it's just I'm not going to go into it here, but just you know Over the course of a couple of weeks We've had some cases that have been very serious and we've collaborated well We've got out different messages of community safety and public safety and things about nature It's it was pretty beautiful to see it's pretty great because not all communities operate like when you ski so no Other questions comments concerns from council So I just want to back up and say that We've got three city employees here and a fourth Person to all four of you have stepped in the leadership in the last Four years five years or taken on new leadership or adjusted leadership roles in the last four five years and just want to Say that you guys have grown so much and have done an outstanding job with your program areas and the contributions of your department skips the community into the city and I hope that you are Extremely extremely proud and I know that these are numbers who are approving a budget or walking through a budget tonight but Really appreciate the time you took to show the impacts and emerging issues and the thought that goes into doing your Jobs the way that you do them because that's exceptional right and your approach is exceptional You know we can parse numbers about whether a budget line item is too high or whether we're spending a little bit too much here there, but What was consistent throughout this entire presentation material and thread was The incredibly thoughtful approach that you take to doing your work so And to see you guys all have grown in that way in the last You know four or five six years has been really awesome to watch in a real honor. So thank you Thank you. Thanks. Thanks. Thank you I think the professionalism the collaboration the forward thinking The like how do we break down barriers and make this The services that we provide and work for the citizens of this and the residents of this community I think it's a really powerful Really appreciate the leadership that you've brought to the work. Thanks And some of these adjustments in your budgets are great, right? You're thinking and making some Some changes some alterations and some adjustments and I appreciate that too Turn it to the public any questions comments concerns from the public Seeing and hearing none. We appreciate your presentations as always Council members feel free to shoot questions through Jesse on any specific items you need to follow up on If you start to think about numbers afterwards, we'll look at more of the line items and have specific questions Thank you You know didn't all of you stay for John's presentation All right, looking back at tonight's agenda we'll move on to the library grant Let's hope it is thinking for nine o'clock because we all know how that goes after night But yeah, I'm here on Amanda's behalf. I'm glad because she would have had an expensive babysitting bill at this hour, but um You know relatively small grant but pretty exciting one here through the association for rural and small libraries and partnership with online computer library center and the national leadership grant through the institute of museum and library services, so The idea behind this grant is a 15 month process This is the second cohort. So there was 15 that went through last year Pretty exciting looking at small spaces and how to make them more efficient and Effective which I think in our cases. It's fair to say something we need to Continue to work on in that small space It's great future libraries Yep Comments questions concerns from council I just just here's if you have like a specific goal or outcome in mind or if it's just a general Trying to work with that space. Yep. So the the grant itself is as we're seeing more and more with grants You don't go in with a project in mind. There's a lot of community process that goes into it So certainly for us a few things we've talked about from upfront increase in public access computers Looking at the possibility of adding or leveraging some of our outdoor space during the warmer months Anyone who is in the library last summer knows it was crazy in there So starting to sort of literally expand the walls outside during the nicer weather Those are two of the bigger projects that we've talked about But I think we do really want to hear from patrons and the community about some other ideas as well That makes sense. It is for $5,000. I looked at the just looking at this implementation plan piece. There's Some steps there. Yeah, it's it's a big process, but I think $5,000 aside, I think to walk through something like that intentionally can be really beneficial for that Yeah, it'll be cool to hear what the community says back. Yeah, exactly Other questions comments concerns from council Any questions concerns or comments from the public So seeing hearing none I entertain a motion for approval submission of the small libraries create smart spaces grant for $5,000 Second motion by Eric second by Christine for the discussion So you can hear none. All those in favor please say aye. Aye and those opposed She carries Thank you All right, next up is discussion and our approval of interim council appointment for february So I think a fairly quick item Mentioned this briefly that I'd be bringing this idea back This month or this meeting You are going to be down to Three counselors there were three people sitting on the body as of The 28th so we were proposing That we bring back An opportunity or a temporary council appointment I think from a process standpoint, you know Just briefly talking over with the incoming mayor and And jesse We were thinking about making this a public announcement, but obviously some targeted outreach to be done I think it's appropriate to try to get a former counselor who's versed in some of the issues quite frankly And have already reached out to some of those individuals and have gotten expressed interest And people who are not currently sitting on other boards and commissions to take away from that work as much as humanly possible So with that being said, I think we should make a public notice that it's taking place As well We're going to mention that and to say that if folks had interest in having a conversation about that that they could reach out to We're going to use carol. I think it's the flow through on there I just see so we would post that pretty quickly with the intent of bringing somebody back at the next meeting And they aim back at the next meeting and an individual To do a temporary appointment And then you know, we get that person set up to have a couple conversations from just in a pool About kind of big items that are going to be coming through so that they're aware of what's going on and that way you've got somebody To fill that capacity we needed because leaving them just three right makes it complicated conversations and makes it A potentially so we get sick. Yeah You've got a couple big issues. Unfortunately, we have to go through go on Any concerns or comments questions in regards to that? You know what I was thinking is just a very simple front porch form post notification that says So the public is aware if you want to throw your name into consideration for that, we're going to do that very quickly Yeah But consider also Maybe not running for one month, but Two years Pass on this one Yeah Okay, sound okay great then we'll move forward with that plan um I don't think there's nothing there's nothing really presented to approve So I think we can just leave this discussion. You've given direction and we'll we'll proceed down that path and have it done For you next week any questions in terms of the public I have a question. Yes ma'am. Do you really mean next week the 22nd or the 28th? I Oh, we did say the 28th. I apologize. Yes. So I think the intention would be to post it tomorrow Give people about a week to respond and then give you a list of names the friday before the 28th Too much coffee today. Yeah, just want to That's that's right 28th is going to be a light agenda, right? You only have to take I think we're up to 16 votes I'm not kidding. A lot of us. Please get your budget questions in ahead of time. Yes, you had budget Okay, so pardon me. We will bring that back for the 28th at the end of the 28th counts me Any questions if it turns Any questions if it turns from the public Good. So seeing and hearing none We'll close that out and move on to the next next up. We have city manager review. Um, we uh Uh, Certainly, I think um, oh it to jesse. Absolutely and frankly signed up for that process To ensure that she receives an annual review We may have slow rolled this a little bit if the composition of the council is going to be, um, predictable But given that it's not I want to make sure that we hand the council the next council number one in fairness to the Employee and sure that the reviews done on the visiting body that's been part of the work over the last year and then also Hand the next council a review We included in um this in our materials today You know, especially for how interesting we completed a review using these materials last year We all kind of agreed that let's revisit this process and really thoughtfully update it Guess what we didn't really do But in designing this process, we did borrow heavily from Very standardized documentation from the international city managers association In terms of coming up with some review tools and I would say it worked pretty well last year The one thing that we're not promoting or not offering this year is a full 360 from all staff that we are pulling management team To get that feedback And we described in here kind of the way that'll flow and then how we'll compile it and come back So I'll work with Julie to take those Inputs and ensure that they're organized for everybody to be able to sit down and have a thoughtful conversation Can we get the evaluation tool in a word document? Julie's going to send it out in the morning. Yep Yeah, and actually I think she's got like a PDF or something that's filled out Yes, yes Sounds good to everybody any concerns or questions regarding the process Great. Um, this is one I would actually since we're going to do a bunch of work on it And it's pretty formal ask for a vote on Any questions for the public? Any questions of concerns to the city manager? So seeing and hearing none I entertain a motion for approval of the city manager review process Second Any further discussion? Seeing and hearing none. All those in favor please say aye. Aye. And those opposed Motion carries Next complete tonight's regular agenda. I can't motion to adjourn Motion by christine tech about a poll any further discussion? So you can hearing none. All those in favor please say aye. Aye. And those opposed motion carries All right


Thank you President Napolitano and the Board of Regents, Chancellor Christ, deans and faculty, distinguished guests, family, friends and loved ones, and most especially the University of California Berkeley class of 2019. I am so sorry about the rain but I'm so honored to celebrate this day with you. This class has extraordinary strength and perspective. More than one in five of you are the first in your families to earn a college degree and 90 dreamers are picking up your degrees today. Each of you sitting here in cap and gown has worked so hard to get here. Let's hear it again for the class of 2019 to the graduates, families and friends as a mother of four who have not yet made it across this finish line. I am in awe. Let's hear it for them and to the 53 graduates who are joining Teach for America. Thank you. Your campus has sent more students to Teach for America than nearly any other school in the nation. I am inspired by what Berkeley stands for and by your generation. Jojo Lam, a Berkeley alumna who is helping build Teach for Cambodia, shared with me how much this institution influenced her. She said, when you're surrounded by people who care, it makes you want to care. Worldwide, Berkeley is known for student activism. As we heard from Chancellor Christ in your time here, you have acted against racism, sexism, sexual assault, basic needs insecurity, income inequality, anti-immigration policies, climate crises, suppression of free speech and many other systemic injustices. And even beyond this campus, your generation's commitment to political and civic engagement surpasses that of any that have come before. That's not just an impression. A survey of U.S. college students showed that your class had the highest levels of interest in political and community engagement in 50 years. We need your ongoing engagement. We need each of you to get into the arena of addressing the world's greatest injustices and societal threats as early as possible. After spending my senior year in college developing the idea for Teach for America, I set out to make it happen when I graduated 30 years ago. The journey to realize its potential first at Teach for America and now across Teach for All, a global network of similar organizations in 50 countries and counting has been challenging, exhausting, messy. But there is not one year I would trade for a different path. I feel extraordinarily privileged to have found my way to this work early enough to have had the chance to understand the complexity of the issues and to find my way to real solutions. Along the way, I've been able to work with and become friends with the most amazingly committed people. I even met my husband in this work and had those four incredible kids I mentioned earlier. I've learned so much, including from the more than 1,000 Berkeley grads who have joined Teach for America over the last 29 years and who are now teachers, principals, civil rights and immigration attorneys, elected leaders and social entrepreneurs tackling inequity from all levels and many sides. Most of you are heading into the working world where activism may not be part of your day to day. Many of you are heading to jobs in marketing, consulting, finance, law, technology. These are the right choices for you now given the many pressures and the passions that led you to them. But you may find yourself encouraged to back off your activism. I urge you to continue with it and to stay conscious that many of the institutions you're joining are built on in supporting the status quo politically, socially and economically. I think we all recognize that there are major problems with the status quo. We face many issues that seem intractable, climate change, historic levels of inequality, multiplying global conflicts and the way we've been addressing them isn't working. We tackle one piece and create new problems or we see only incremental progress or we are simply immobilized in a vitriolic and divided place. I'm betting on you to break us through. I'm betting on you to learn from previous generations to bring your energy and ideas and as the most diverse generation of college graduates yet to bring your experiences, your family histories, your community backgrounds to the table. I'm betting on you to make meaningful progress in the struggle for justice, freedom and a sustainable future. This is why I want to share with you the most salient lesson from my last 30 years which is about the kind of leadership we need to reach our aspirations. I've learned that we need collective leadership. Our culture is rooted in the ideal of the individual leader. We hear the word leadership and we imagine heroic superstars. We valorize the entrepreneurs particularly here so close to Silicon Valley. We want to be our own bosses to venture out on our own. This archetype deeply defines our vision of success in this country but the more I see, the more I realize that individual leadership alone will not get us where we're trying to go. When I started pursuing the idea of Teach for America as a 21 year old, I believed individual leadership was everything. I'd internalized no doubt because of my experiences growing up in our western culture that if I wanted to accomplish something I just needed to work harder and think harder. The experience of getting Teach for America off the ground and sustaining it only reinforced that mental model. Whether we lived or died seemed to me to rest on how much time I spent raising funds on how good my plans were. And my whole theory of change for addressing the extreme and entrenched inequities facing children was to cultivate a bunch of individual leaders, to recruit and develop individuals with leadership potential to help them succeed as teachers so that they had a real impact on kids and gain a deep understanding of the problem and its solvability. And then to accelerate their individual paths as school system leaders, innovators, advocates and political leaders who would pursue systemic change. But over time what I've seen in communities here and around the world has led me to rethink my belief in individual leadership alone. I've been thinking about the need for collective leadership, a kind of leadership where individuals work together in a new way. Collective leadership asks diverse groups to maximize their differences rather than be immobilized by them. It encourages us to come together, to speak, to listen, reflect, understand the whole picture, develop shared vision for the future and generate new solutions. Collective leadership recognizes that our power is so much stronger than my power. Over the past few years I've been fortunate to spend time with Anse Puayti, Teach for Haiti in Creole. At its outset its incredible CEO, Nejean Paul Deroli spent more than three years in the rural communities where her team was planning to work, building relationships and considering one question, as a people when are we at our best in Haiti? Stemming from that question came conversations about education and about what the community wanted to be true for its young people. Nejean listened to reflections that repeatedly focused on respect for local culture, customs and community. Collective leadership gathers entire communities to exert leadership. The people in these Haitian communities came together, listened to each other and created a vision for what would be true for their kids by the time they're young adults. That they will have the education necessary to provide for their families, be proud and value their own heritage and be active citizens and leaders committed to social justice for all. Almost five years into this work this collective leadership has created transformational changes. To share just one example, although it's technically outlawed, Haitian schools for decades have utilized corporal punishment as the primary discipline system. This practice is embedded in the country's colonial past, passed down from generation to generation as it has been in many parts of our country and in the world. And yet in the five years since Anse Puay-T launched, whole schools have shed that entrenched approach and created positive discipline systems. This is deep change, change that laws could not affect. How did it finally happen? It happened because diverse people came together, listened to each other, developed a vision and realized that they would never get where they were trying to go using that old system. They chose to become more invested in the new vision than in the old ways. In our country we too often fail to create the space necessary to bring people from different perspectives together to develop new paths forward. Take what's happening here in Berkeley's backyard in Oakland's public school system. Thanks to so many committed individuals across the system there are many things to be hopeful about. In the past 10 years alone graduation rates have risen from 55 percent to 73 percent. Having first visited there 28 years ago I can tell you that today many more of Oakland's children are on a path to college and to meaningful careers yet there is still so much trauma in the system. Maybe some of you followed the news of Oakland's recent teacher strike protesting untenable teacher salaries that are not enough to let teachers live sustainably here in the Bay Area. The successful strike and hard fought resolution resulted in an increase in teacher pay of 11 percent over four years. That is not nearly enough to keep up with rising housing and living costs in this area and many are concerned that that deal will bankrupt the district. Why can't we figure out how to enable teachers to live sustainably and take care of themselves and our children? What I know for sure is that there are no easy answers and there is no path to progress without dialogue and generative problem solving. We need all the actors students parents teachers advocates employers philanthropists and government leaders to talk and to listen. We need them to consider together the whole picture not only teacher pay but housing costs pension costs our willingness to pay taxes in support of public education and more. And yet this kind of discussion seems utterly impossible. It's impossible because there is deep anger in the community particularly at the philanthropists who've been investing in the city and at any advocates or organizations that accept their support because it's corporate leaders who have had a loud voice even when they played a role in perpetuating the income inequality at the root of Oakland's issues with so much anger and fear there seems no way for people to come together to get to know each other's perspectives and develop new solutions. So we're stuck and Oakland is just one example of dozens and dozens across this country where this same story plays out. To create different outcomes we need to develop different capabilities than most of us have learned. We must learn to build authentic relationships across lines of difference to see strengths in those from different walks of life and different ideological perspectives to listen and learn from each other. We must develop the muscle to think beyond our individual pursuits and hold the space necessary to bring diverse people together. And we must be literate with trauma our own others and the world so that we can have generative discussions even when others hurt us. Class of 2019 I want to challenge you to lead us forward differently to make it your life's work to create dialogue to make it your job to replace judgment with curiosity to co-construct a vision of the future that works for all not for some. You don't need to wait to find yourself in a position of influence we need you now. Seek out a conversation with someone who has a radically different point of view and listen generously be curious and willing to be surprised. Understand that just like you they have hopes and fears things they value and things that make them feel vulnerable. Make time to do the inner work to understand yourselves know your deepest values and take time for your own healing because as we ground ourselves we're able to be more generous with others and more generative in our public and collective spaces. Always look around the table and invite in voices that are not heard and if you're the one who can offer an unheard perspective something that can move our shared humanity forward have the courage to speak up even when it feels difficult. Real progress requires moments of tension and if we approach those moments with generosity and curiosity rather than resistance and blame we can find entirely new ways forward. This may be slow in the beginning but I've come to realize that many diverse people trusting each other and working together is the only path to achieving a just peaceful sustainable inclusive world. I'm placing my hopes in you with every generation humanity goes through an evolution and we're going through one now. Your generation brings new wisdom consciousness and a yearning for justice. We need your imagination and collective spirit. I'm so excited to learn from you as you live into your potential as a generation of change makers and create the world we long for. Thank you class of 2019 and good luck!


What's going on guys? It's your boy DPJ here today with another Destiny video and today I bring you my flawless trials loot. Yes you heard that right, DPJ went flawless but before we go any further into the video if you guys do enjoy hitting that like button is very much appreciated. Let's aim for 4000 likes, that would be absolutely epic. Now I actually got some great loot and we will start with the loot I obtained post game. Ok so first up I got the winged sun sleeves, these I believe are the old trials armour and I actually didn't see them drop post game so I must have missed them somehow but yes. Dropping at a 386 defence looks pretty sick to the blade and the arm of the caliber for the handle but to be honest as good as they look they will be used for infusion. Next up I got the lion's visual vest, this dropping at a 386 defence actually the highest chest piece I currently have so can't really complain, these look amazing with that ornament applied as you guys will see on screen now. Next up is my favourite thing I obtained this week from trials and it is the stellar vest each fusion rifle.  So the last end of game loot I obtained was the trial shader, the abodeus common which I think that's how it's pronounced, which I am loving, applied to my iron lord shader, looks absolutely flipping insane. Ok so let's move on to the lighthouse chest loot, so I got a flawless visual ornament, these are needed to apply ornaments to your trials of Osiris gear, some take two of these, some take one. I got the solar labour emblem which is epic, I got the exiled student adapt hand cannon and I got the lion's visual chest piece aid game. The chest piece weirdly has a lower defence than the one I obtained earlier in the rounds which is strange. Let's move on to the hand cannon, this thing is epic, dropping at a 384 attack, it comes with hammer forged, brace frame, explosive rounds, extended mag, firefly and hidden hand. It's actually got a great system when you can edit for both PvE and PvP and the design of this thing just looks absolutely amazing. Ok so let's move on to the bounty loot I received, now to be honest I am a little disappointed as all I got from the silver and gold tier packages was an engram and the old trials fusion rifle with a shitty role, nothing great at all, Thing for them sure though was used for infusion, but guys that is it for my trials loot, one thing that I will mention, the two dudes I played trials with have not long started their own YouTube channel, uploading great PvP videos etc, if you guys do want to check them out and show them some love, the channel name is Dynasty and it will be linked in that video description. But anyway guys hope you enjoyed the video, I will upload the full trials of the series gameplay either later or tomorrow so stay tuned for that, smash that like button I do appreciate the support, subscribe for daily destiny, turn on the notifications so you don't miss a thing and I'll catch you guys on that next one.


what's going on YouTube my name is Jordan this is modern-day muscle back at you with another video currently at the the first car meet of two I know y'all can't hear me some of this way yeah currently at the first car meet of two this weekend I'm gonna show y'all a bunch of cars so let's see how it goes what's going on YouTube modern-day muscle back at you with another video we are day two of the two meets I was talking to you about


So packs prime our friends brought a game called pendente Pendante is made by Serlin games who you may know from such other games as Yomi and puzzle strike Serlin is the dude who sort of thinks the same things that we do He's all about winning and playing to win and stuff like that And he's a dude who was like big in the fighting game community, but Wasn't as good at moving his hands really fast. He's much better at it than we are but not you know Not good enough to be pro. So that's why he made games like Yomi and puzzle strike Which are like these skill winning type games that lets you experience that high level interplay without needing to master Basic low-level skills along the way. So the new game from Serlin games relatively new at least is Pendante, this is the kind of game that and when we describe it to you You'll feel this the kind of game that people like us usually will ignore or shit, huh, right? So it's Texas Holden poker With two key differences, right? There are other differences, but they're two key differences difference number one pandas Difference number two. It's a different deck of cards. Not usual deck of cards Yep, and it's interesting because what this game does at its core is it takes say Texas Holden Which you need to be good at poker to enjoy Texas Holden pretty much or have so much money You don't care that you lose. Well, you don't have to play for money I mean we didn't play this for money. Wow, Texas Holden without money is Well, then you're just playing for points But that's the thing the if you play Texas Holden like the differentiator of skill between like the person who's got like nine points of skill the person who has eight point eight points only comes out over a long period of play Pendante distills that So that it's a relatively short game It plays more like a German board game or a few like the kind of table-gum games We like and you get the brain feel and the excitement of The important rounds of Texas Holden without having to play a hundred rounds of Texas Holden and without having to be Most of them everyone just falls right away exactly and they're for almost no money And then the big one happens exactly on Dante every round is the big round So this game much like I said for that my thing of the day video It's a game that has is way more fun than it has a right to be and we've resisted when our friends are like, hey Let's play this game We were like we'll play it once so we can review it and then we finish and then we all were late at the most So we should we play it again? Should we play it again? Should we play it again one night? We played it all night until they kicked us out It was just really the other thing is just so easy to play compared to other games that had much more setup You know all this is just take a deck of cards shuffle them give everyone some chips and plates You know it's more setup than say sushi go Yeah, but it's a lot less setup even than seven wonders We got to sort all the cards out and everything so there's the subtle key differences to explain the game in detail It's pretty simple. You play basically Texas Holden But when you buy into a hand and you bid on a hand, you're not just bidding like I have the best hand You're not putting money in saying I got the best hand or fold You're betting on what hand you will have by the end right you're betting on a specific hand There are ten hands you can possibly have you put a chip onto one of them And you can't bet some crazy different amounts either you can't be like all in on pair It's you bet a fixed amount or you quit right So it's either bet five on one of the ten hands or fold those are your two options So I'll bet five on three of a kind. I have a three of a kind is what you're saying. Yep Or I will I will have three of a kind I will eventually have three of a kind not I will have at least three of a kind not I will have you know Something you know better than three I will have exactly three of a kind if you have four of a kind and you bet on three of a kind Well, I guess that includes three of a kind But you don't get your credit for your four of a kind you only get the credit for what you bet on So the game works pretty much like Texas hold them in that regard though because you go down the river Pulling up cards along the way, but every time a new card comes out you have to bet you have to fold or Bet at or better than what you already bet on so you might have like you might be going for I don't know And inside straight right and you think that's a great idea.  You can't go down. You can only go up. You can't go down to three of a kind So even though you have it.  That's not as good as a straight flush. I got a flush good If you are the highest better at any given snack time you get free snacks Which means from your you know hidden cards you can throw some out and you draw a card and Then you may or may not keep that card throwing away another card So you still have two cards, but you can swap in and out by going big and betting big You actually have a chance to make that big a reality with all the snacks You can still get snacks if you are not the highest better But you have to pay for those snacks and the further away you are from the top the more you have to pay So if you're betting on pair and someone else is betting on straight flush You have to pay like 20 bucks To have a chance at snacks. So there's already a good, you know because what's the fun part of Texas hold them What's the fun part of poker the big blood and being and everyone falls for it Yep, and you make mad money when you had nothing this game distills poker into the bluffing in the odds and nothing else And it does it quickly. So I might I might bet a fluke Even though I could not possibly have a fluke and I intend to fold just to make everybody's snacks more expensive And because I can see even though I can't possibly have a fluke Maybe the snacks will make a fluke happen. Yeah so And I'll give free snacks the game obviously because the deck is not a normal poker deck the hands you can get our Difference, right? So there are six suits with ten cards per suit number one Joker one through ten One do you guys examine? Oh, no, is there and is there a ten? Oh, is it two through ten? I think it's one through ten That would make 11. Yeah, right. I don't know nine. I don't remember. I think it's two through ten. I don't remember anyway Also the six colors and then there's one wild card. Well, it's a wild card. Yeah, watch out It's prismatic. It's got all the colors and there's some fun rules around that But there's only one wild card. Yep, and there's some special rules around the wild card So you play the game you bet everybody bets you buy snacks if you want and then another card comes out in the in the community cards and then you bet snacks and you do this three times and Then the showdown everybody gets to use a power So this is actually another bluffing aspect right based on the colors of the cards in your hand There are six powers six colors six powers You can it goes around and each person gets to claim zero one or two powers Right and try to use those powers so I can be like I'm gonna do the red power twice The red power is put five bucks in or if everyone puts five bucks in or folds So doing that twice means everyone in the whole game has to put in ten bucks or fold except me because I'm using the power, right? Oh, no, I think I have to do it too, right No, no, okay. You don't remember this game at all. I only played it a pack. So it was already a month ago So bravery every other player must put in five gold right fold Draw a card then discard a card, but you have to reveal a card that you kept orange deal a sixth Community card.  Everybody gets that that happens a lot a blue Privately see a random card from a highest hand. So someone who's beating you as a highest hand You can see a card in their hand Black the fun one greed steal five dollars from the lowest hand unless they reveal a blue card from their hands Hopelessness purple you get to fold because normally you can't fold at that point You're already into deep.  It's like you you're not showing your two hidden cards and you use these powers I'm like I'm using two red powers red power twice. Yep People can either say, okay, we'll do the red power twice or they can say challenge you You don't have two red cards the cards are designed in such a way that you can reveal their color without revealing their number So I have to then either say yeah, you got me and then I owe them some money Yep, because they challenge me and I was lying I give them money or I show them the colors and then They owe me money. Yep, they challenged me and they were wrong.  Yeah, if you're using orange or green It seems like you're desperately trying to get a good hand So people will think you don't have the real hand But all you did was just draw a card and throw one away and then you go down the challenges So after the powers after all that the cards are out there Whoever has the highest hand everyone has a chance to either challenge them right or say yeah, you win I bet on five of a kind and no one else bet on anything close to five of a kind I just win without revealing anything whatsoever unless you challenge me so Challenges in this stage are interesting because in on normal challenges with the powers if you are wrong You owe the other person some money.  You just lose the game basically. Yeah So if you are not challenged and you win and you were bluffing You can tell everyone yo dogs.  There's there's one of every color They just have weird powers like waggles power is the triple play quote during the ability phase You can play up to three different abilities that cannot be Challenge so you could just be like red red red everyone put 15 in the middle or fold everyone right now And you lose waggles, but you know, hey, that's ridiculously strong Yeah, so if you basically bluff your way to victory on one hand you get a panda lord Which comes close to ensuring victory on a future hand So when it is a huge incentive to win via bluffing So what look again the design of the game is pushing you toward the fun parts of poker And it's kind of glossing over the really really tedious parts of poke Right, but at the same so while it's basically pushes you huge incentives Just bluff your way to victory at the same time it ridiculously punishes anyone for Challenging if you're right so it's like you have this built-in defense Making it sort of easier to actually bluff your way to victory because people are scared to challenge you if you actually have the hand Because they will just be fucked if you do have the hand now in my experience playing the game Nobody ever fucking has the hand except that one time The early games pretty much that we played of this everyone Person actually had the hand and someone challenged them that person was out the person who had the hand won the game the end Because they just got so much money from that it was over Yeah, not only did they get the money from winning the pot. They got the money from the person who just got hosed I think what happened is our friend had so much money. They couldn't be unseeded They won a second hand then they had that was enough money to win the game But then I think pretty quickly what happened is our friends started getting competent at the game part of the problem was that it's not easy to calculate the odds or Visually feel the odds of the six color ten car deck Yeah, I think it was very hard to calculate the likelihood of like what are the odds he has a flu Oh, I'm pretty good. Actually. There's like ten cards of that color, right? So the odds at those is he's got two of them. So like I had like five snacks He's seen like seven cards this game and plus the ones in the table It's like they could easily be all houses not that hard to get fluce is slightly harder to get I don't know if it's because it's on the far right side or because we just really like the word fluce Only a panda would know what a fluce. Yep. It says in the instruction manual flu the games Flavor text and just that the art and everything on the cards was well done to the point that We started using its terminology despite making fun of how dumb its terminology was when we learned the game Flush became the breakaway word of packs For the rest of the weekend.  Flush is the official word of packs prime 2014 I think the problem was we looked up flush on Urban Dictionary and came up with something involving a female ejaculation so A few of us looked that up and laughed about it and then everyone else came back And then someone bet on a flush who was not there when we had looked it up and that sealed the deal The other thing about this game is all the pandas on the cards have really great expressions Especially the number one where the pandas put the red the pandas putting his hands in the air like what what raise a roof Our convention was if you win You have to make the red one pose Unless you win with a panel or then you have to make the pose of that panel or basically We kept making the poses of all the pandas and saying flush a lot This is a must have in your game library If you're the kind and it takes up somewhat little space and you probably already have poker chips of some kind if you're a gamer Yeah, it's a deck of cards special deck of cards couple of challenge cards And little betting cards that remind you like what the order of the you don't even really need the betting cards You really just need the deck I think you need the betting cards So it'll tell you very helpful if people don't know how to play but once you're all good at the game You don't need that anymore I think you'll always need them so you will never forget the order of victory If you play the game enough you will know the order of victory Yeah, just you're gonna remember that a straight is less than a full house less than a flush Yes, because it's much easier to get a straight when there's six suits Yep, but a rainbow straight versus four or five of a kind a rainbow straight is less than four of a kind And less than five and I see you can see that over my shoulder because I have the betting No, because I remember that rainbow straight is in the top left Flush is in the bottom right and then just to the left of flush should be Regular straight, but seriously if you run board game nights If you are the guy who shows up at a con and has like hey, I got a game We should play this is the the this is like the perfect example of a social game That is good to get everybody warmed up and to get the kinds of people Who don't want to learn a difficult game and bulk it playing a game To start playing a game and get really invested in it. I think this is also really good If you find those people I know a lot of them who are They like to play poker right they're in the texas hold them whatever But they it's hard to get them to play real board games. This could be the bridge game You can get them into sort of that like fluge culture While they're still playing a poker ish game that they like and you can go straight from fluge culture to brick for wood culture Yeah, you can and that's the bridge you can get them over the heap if they're unwilling just play Well, here's how serlin sells himself. He just gives you a set of bullet points. No player elimination Uh, well, I guess you're not permanently eliminated. Well, we'll get to that Yeah, no, you don't have to fold all the time like you do in human poker It is panda poker though seriously as an aside, but you do fold a lot folding is if you Play poker with people and you are not a poker person My only advice to you is you need to fold about five times more often than you think you do Last time I played poker for real monies in college I basically just folded whenever I didn't have a hand And didn't fold when I did have a hand and started raising the roof And I just had when I lost because I had no hand I lost almost nothing and then when I did have the hand someone usually stayed in And I had the hand so I made mad money and then I won Quote it's actually fun to play for its own sake when no real money is on the line The pandas are laughing and joking the whole way through that is true But the game has two set it has its core rules and you can just play it and it's totally fun Just pick up game go nuts poker.   What's the fixed bet you said it like at a dime I forget it's in the back of the book.  Yeah So I kind of wanted to try playing this with real money effects. No one else was super into it I mean that's super into jail I would not be worried about jail. I'm sure if you played games for real money And enforcers noticed you would not be welcome Scott even if you're playing for real money You use poker chips. You settle up afterward. Jeez It's like it's like me playing hearts for money in middle school I'll be the bookie and I will also play That's fine Good There's we're not giving the house a cut and oops The book is slightly skewed here. Yeah, you oh everyone owes me 10 bucks There's no book. There's poker chips. What are you gonna have counterfeit poker chips? No, I'm writing down in the book what happened and then you'll forget what happened Then we'll look at the book and see what now we know by day.  Everyone walks out with chips in a little baggy. Yeah, I'm not trusting you and your bookie I'm not gonna write down how many chips everyone has He blagged the bookies But I tie wrong seriously It is rare that I will just uncategorically and without reservation recommend a game for these purposes Now granted, this isn't greatest game of all time territory. No, but this is not even close to Tigger's new freighties This fills a slot in the game library that no other game currently fills Right. It is it. So in that respect, there is no other game that you can buy to do what Pandante does Which is panda poker. 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