This is nice and cozy in here. So thank you, everyone, for being here. First, I just wanted to check to see, can everybody hear me? OK. Good. OK. And I'm going to try to not talk too quickly, which is something that I struggle with. So bear with me. I'll keep it on point here. So thank you very much for being here and for the folks online. Thanks for attending that way as well. We're really happy to be at this point. It has taken a little bit, as you know, to get here. But we're here now. And we've got this assessment that we wanted to present to the community to get your thoughts and feedback, comments. That'll happen at the end of this presentation. So I'm going to get through all of this. And I wanted to just note that we have members of the assessment team in the audience here. And then we also have members of city staff here in the audience. And I know yesterday we had a really lovely welcome for Amy Pitten. So she's on board now. That's fantastic. And then we've also got Arnie McMullen, who is here too, and has been really critical in making this assessment happen. So without further ado, I'm going to get into it and just go over the background of what started the assessment. So as you are all well aware, back in June, the director left. But we also had some other items that were part of the transition that are worth noting, something small like the pandemic, and then shifts in some of the programs. And so we thought it was a really good point to really take stock in where we are. And so we put together this assessment to do that. And so really our real focus was making sure that the scope in which we were assessing was in alignment with the mission and purpose, and then also to really look at the effectiveness of operations and to make sure that there was the means for decision-making. And so I'm going to go on to this next slide here. It'll come back just a little moment there. And so this is what we're going to cover today as part of this review. So we're going to look at the timeline and methodology. We'll look at the scopes and the area of study. We'll talk about key findings. And then we'll talk about areas of focus or the recommendations that we'll be putting in place as we move forward. And then next steps. So this is a bit of a process. This is sort of the start of the work that we need to do that's been identified here. And I think we're primed to do that. So moving on to the timeline and methodology here, we really started doing the work of this assessment back around Halloween and through Christmas. But we also were doing some of this work after the start of the fiscal year. It's a little bit of a slow start, but we did get there. And so what I want to highlight is that in terms of the methodology, we really started with the budget as a performance indicator, but that really wasn't the full story, as you'll see as we get on here in the assessment. What we saw from the budget is that there were some really key years where the senior center was doing really well. And so we decided to focus on those years and kind of see what the difference was between current state and previous state. And so we looked at 2018-19 compared to now to really kind of look at the details. And so really what we wanted to do in this assessment was to evaluate programs for sustainability, reconcile the feast program proposal compared to current operations, and then enhance membership value and benefits. And so that's sort of what we set up to do in a nutshell. And so here as we move along, we've got the scope of what we intended to study. Yes. Yes, yes, yes. It's actually a lot of it is uphold directly from the assessment. And so just kind of highlighting for you sort of key areas so that the report is about 15 pages or so, but then there's also accompanying documents that really helped feed that report. And so I'm just, this is a summary. Can you get that report online? Yes, Tina, you can get that report online. And then if you do want a copy, we can certainly get you one. Thank you for those questions. So really, here we are. We wanted to take a look at the programs. We wanted to take a look at feast and membership. So we also, it's a pretty large body of work. So we wanted to kind of define what we were looking at. And so as you can see with programming, we really wanted to look at recommendations to support programming from development to implementation. For feast, we wanted to look at the service level and resource allocation. And then for membership, we really wanted to look at the value of membership. I think we can sort of identify what that value might look like, but we wanted to really kind of put pen to paper and get that sort of down and documented. So some other things that I just want to note here as part of the context is that from 2019 to 2024, the budget increased by 27%. And so I just want to highlight that because that was something that we were seeing. And so we were curious about that. A lot of that is related to feast coming in-house. And so not necessarily direct program, but it's something that has been talked about in the membership that we really wanted to kind of get our arms around. And then the other thing to note is that within the budget, the composition currently is a 70-30 split, programming and operations and feast. And so in working through this assessment, we kept those things in mind in terms of where funding resources were coming from. But that's really not the full story. It's sort of just kind of the highlights for you. And this story of this assessment is not really about the numbers, it's just where it started. And so without further ado, I'm gonna get into the details of each of these scope areas and so in the assessment, if you're looking at it, the real meat of that document starts on page 10. We wanted to kind of bring folks along for how we looked at details. The other thing that I do want to note here before I move on and it's related to the methodology is that we did take a deep dive in each of the areas into the source details. So for instance, with programming, we pulled all of the details from RecTrack and we're able to take a look at the historical data to see what programs were offered, what the enrollment numbers were. And then from there, we were also able to kind of see sort of the costs associated with those programs. For Feast, we were able to take a look at the contract when it was a contracted service. We were able to look at the proposal that brought it in-house and we were able to also take a look at if we had still used a contracted service using inflation and what that would have looked like in today's dollars just to get a comparison. And then for the membership, we looked at past and present benefits and did some brainstorming. And so I just wanted to highlight those areas and just back to Feast. I know it's not a direct line, but with Feast, we also took a look at other area meal sites and used the details from CVCOA to see how other sites were performing in terms of number of contracted meals. So we really did get into the details here and then sort of came up with the recommendations. Also, there was some really important information provided by the interviews that we conducted. Those were pretty critical in providing context and I think really helped me understand. And then from there, we also did the public forums and so much like this. This isn't the last time, hopefully, that we'll see you and engage on how we can do the work at the Senior Center and do better. So now on to each of the subject areas. So programs, so starting on page 10 of the document, that's where the key findings and recommendations are. And so just looking at this slide here, these are some of the key takeaways and sort of items to kind of work on going forward. We realized in looking at the way, you know, programming was being done, we really need to develop policy guidelines for programming. The other thing that we noticed is that among some instructors, there wasn't necessarily pay parity and so there may be reasons for that. But we did identify that within a certain area, there might not be a similar pay schedule and so we really need to kind of get our arms around why that is and make sure it's equitable. And then from there, making sure that we're studying the profit and loss of programs. And so that doesn't necessarily mean that particular program would be a neutral proposition, but overall making sure that the programs are supported. And then from there, it's really, you know, one of the things that we did here in our forums and in the survey, it's just the affordability piece, making sure that we can provide the classes to membership at an affordable rate and making sure that they're inclusive. Because they also think that that's kind of part of this community too, is making sure that everybody can attend if they want to. And then we realized and looking into the systems that there was so much more that we could do, which is, I think it's exciting, but leveraging those systems of record to get more data out of them quickly. So then as we're making decisions, we can pull those details so that then we can get them in the hands of the folks that make the decisions. So just making sure I didn't miss anything on my notes here. Some of the key factors that I did want to note, we've gone over sort of the highlights of the program section, but for the pay parity, I did note in the report that in some instances, there was a spread of 25 to $87 for a similar class. And so it's just, you can kind of see the difference there. Then the other piece is the enrollment numbers. And so, you know, initially, when we started looking at this, we did see a drop in enrollment. So in 2019, the enrollment numbers are at 4,329. And then, you know, currently it's at 2,209. And so you can see that there is a big difference there in the enrollment in programming. And so we just want to make sure that we can bring it back up. And so it's just sort of a starting point. And then, you know, we also looked at sort of what people would like to see. Those key offerings that are important. And thinking that, you know, that's really where we might focus as we go forward. And so some of the things that came forward, probably not surprising, but arts and crafts, exercise, film, and music. And so a lot going on in trips. That was another thing that's been mentioned a couple of times over. And I'm pretty excited about seeing what happens next there. So I'm gonna pause there for just a quick minute just to see how the room's doing. Looks good. Matt, are we good online? Okay, cool. So just moving on to feast. So this also starts on page 10. Here are some of the key suggestions or key findings from this. And so, you know, really I was most interested in kind of seeing what this program looked like in the whole scheme of things. And so just on the whole looking at 23 numbers, we were contracted to provide 14,935 meals. And we ended up providing 23,445 meals. That's a pretty big spread. Yes. Yes, so we do have both as part of our contract with the CVCOA Central Vermont Area Agency on Aging. And so the meals that are meals on wheels or delivered service are separate from those congregate meals, which are provided regularly. I can get into the details of the program specifically. No, they're not prepared by different groups. They're sort of the same group. No, okay, Tina, did you wanna share what? Yes, that's fair, but they're both city staff, I guess is what I was thinking with that sort of comment. And so we should talk about those things though, for sure. And I think as part of our review process, we did review job descriptions to kind of take a look at who's doing what and how. There have been some shifts in how that work is done between those two folks. We do have volunteers and guest chefs that come in. For the congregate meals, there are, as I understand it, there's a lot more by way of volunteers that go into providing those congregate meals. And then I think there is a little bit of a difference in terms of the funding source with the congregate meals depending on eligibility. There may be more of a private payer or a patron kind of situation going on there. And so that is definitely certainly a difference. So we can take a look at the contract for sure, but there is part of the CBCOA contract that does allow for and stipulates congregate meals. And so it's part of what we need to provide as part of that contract. We also did hear as part of this assessment process. It was a little interesting because on the one hand, we heard that people wanted congregate meals back. And then on the other hand, not so much. So it's just trying to figure out walking that fine line between the membership and determining what the right balance is. Is there a thing going in the back that they're not going to come in? Yes, so that's sort of the interesting. So there are things to tease out, I think, that are really interesting there, that we should talk about that. And that's where I think that this assessment is pretty valuable because it just, I think, pulls the details out. It doesn't necessarily provide kind of an end result. It provides the factors to enhance the conversation around this program. And we have got questions. We did get a question from the advisory council and we'll work to do a quick, maybe one-page FAQ on the program because there are different things that are offered under Feast. And so there is, I think, interest in learning more about that. And so you're not alone in terms of your question. Some people do. That's an overall number, but we could certainly break it down. Yeah, I mean, the major issue is there is, oh, yes, Matt. If we could pass the mic around or if we could repeat the questions, it's hard for people on the table to answer that. Okay, so maybe what we'll do is we'll hold the questions until the end. Is that okay? Okay, no, I appreciate the questions during the presentation because then it's more of a conversation which I kind of like better, but I'll keep going with the details here. Thanks, Matt. Okay, so we're gonna keep moving along with just sort of the findings that we did find and we can talk about details in the question and answer portion. So what we're looking to do going forward is align meal production with a staffing profile. So just making sure that what we're providing we can support. I work with CVCOA to evaluate programmatic options and determine how to pay for meals that are not reimbursed, which kind of gets to part of the issue here that's been identified. Evaluate the food costs. We've had some pretty significant costs associated with inflation and so that definitely is a piece of this too. Evaluate the cost of meal service contract using current pricing. So we've done that as part of the initial analysis here but we'll probably continue to run the numbers to see what that looks like as we go forward and then determine the target service level provision to stabilize the program. And so as you can see within the assessment we're not breaking even at this point. That's not surprising but there are things that we can do and so we've got to work to kind of balance things out. And then working with other area meal sites to kind of see how things are going. We could see in the CVCOA data that some meal sites were on right on with their contracted values. And so it's interesting to see like why is that? So digging into some of those details and then also seeing what they do and how they do it and then focusing on community partnerships. We do have some community partners right now but I think with the pandemic some of those things have kind of fallen off and I think that there's an opportunity to develop those relationships further. As we've sort of indicated one of the things that I wanted to highlight just going back to the numbers is in 2024 we are contracted for 17,161 meals and so we'll be keeping an eye on that. As it stands in 23 we were at a loss of $4.27 per meal and so we've got to get a handle on what that looks like and so that'll probably likely mean a combination of two things, increased funding and also a reduction in expenses and so we've got to figure out how to do that. So that's feast. There's a lot here to talk about but again I think it's providing the ground work to be able to have a good conversation and then make some progress moving forward. So membership, just moving on there. So this is on page 12 of the assessment document and so really what we set out to do as we were looking at membership is to really provide value-based benefits. We've got quite a nice community here and just making sure that the benefits make people want to come here. We also wanna work on enhanced communication of those benefits so making sure that people know what's available and what's possible and then work on a public. Let's see here. Oh, I think we're back, good. So the public campaign is just really, I think one of the benefits or silver linings of this assessment is people really came out as part of this process to talk about the senior center and so I think we've got an opportunity to really work on that and work on getting members and getting membership back up to where it was. So we've got some sort of baseline details but in the report you'll see that in 2019 the membership was at 1,189 members and in 2023 it was at 757 members and so we've got some work to do but we can do it. It's just knowing where the numbers are and what that looks like. So just looking at the slide here, there are some items that we identified so we're gonna be working on establishing, re-establishing community connections and so Amy is gonna work on that. That's one of the key things that she's starting right out the gate with and that I think is gonna be really good for enhancing the work that we do and then we're gonna be focusing on the membership campaign so maybe perhaps offering different promotions so we'll brainstorm a little bit on that and then maybe even looking at other sort of either punch cards with the area of businesses or looking at discount counter programming so like if you sign up then you might get a free class or anything of the like just to get people to come back and then we'll work on enhancing benefits. Here are some of the things that we were brainstorming but I think we're open to all ideas and so one of them as I've sort of mentioned was discount local businesses, maybe a check-in call program, a bereavement program or a how-to series and then some of the other areas is focusing on events that provide values for member and create community engagement and so maybe a summer concert series or you know, picnics in the park and then one of the things that's been pretty popular is just computer access but we also need to sort of work through some of the details, Matt does that now but then also maybe enhancing that opportunity for membership and we used to have a computer lab but there's a little bit that goes into that and so we're gonna work through those details. Just taking a quick pause here, okay. And so, yes, I mean there's more than one, just so it's got dropped down there, so anyway. So everybody knows. So what I wanted to do here and sort of the recommendation, sorry if anybody's sensitive to the strobing, everybody good? Okay, so I wanted to sort of really highlight sort of the critical areas as part of the assessment so that then it's not all things, there's the pieces that we wanna focus on going forward. So for programs, looking at sort of doing rate study to evaluate the current rate composition and comparative market data, it's something that we talked about as part of the assessment team. Just explain what that means. Yeah, I will, you got it. I don't know what it is. Nope, understood. That is a question that we also got as part of the presentation to the advisory council, so here it is. George had asked me to explain what this first bullet means and so I'm gonna do that. So what that means is that as we were looking at the programs and looking at all of the factors that go into a rate for a particular program, there are very details there. So whether it's instructor pay or supplies or facility charges or any of that, kind of considering what comprises that rate, the cost, yes, the cost of that rate and then comparing it to the area, the universe or the local environment for that particular service. And so whether it's a private, say, yoga studio or something that is being provided just for the senior centers, making sure that we're sort of within range of what seems appropriate for that service and then determining where things land. So a rate study is a little bit more involved than just pulling things directly out of our system. So we could do justice to it. We wanna make sure that we are able to really take a close look at the cost of programs and compare it to what those services would be out on the open market locally. So that is our intention but I'm also happy to talk a little bit more about it. Okay, good. So we talked about pay parity a little bit. We just wanna make sure that there's equity there and then create transparency for folks so that we can talk about it. I think I was surprised to see that and so I also, there may be certain justifications but making sure that they're known as part of that the creating transparency and then creating standard operating procedures and policies for program implementation. When we were back in 2019, things worked pretty well and there is a lot from that time period and going forward but I think identifying really clear guidelines and making sure that they're known so that they're expected and also then if something is different from what those policies or guidelines might be, we have something to talk about. So that's at least establishing that base level and then going from there and then making sure that we develop support for trip planning, driving and facilitation. It's one of the things that people really said they wanted as part of programming is making sure that we're working on trips. I mean, now the pandemic's still lingering but making sure that we can get that going. So then just moving on to feast, bring back congregate meals, so we're working on that. Provide affordable quality meals, develop meal production sustainability and enhance volunteer efforts that's pretty straightforward I think but those are the areas that we do really need to focus on going forward and then for the membership focusing on special events, alignment with areas, senior centers, enhance importability, discounted items that area of businesses maybe, that there's a punch card like I was mentioning and then new offerings so we can provide value. And so just moving on to sort of conclusions and next steps here and so we wanna focus on the priority recommendations that we've got here and so we've already kind of worked a little bit with Amy on some of the key projects that we're gonna be sort of launching into on the program and membership side. One of the things is really working on those community connections. The next is working on sort of the program development cycles and making sure that we're squared away there, working on a membership campaign. So those are sort of some key areas for Amy and then for Arnie and I, we're gonna be launching into doing intensive work with the Feast program so we can get a handle on what's happening next and also to make sure that we can kind of divide and conquer so that there is not a, so we can make sure that there's focus on the programming membership because that's just really important. I think we've really seen that and so we wanna report our progress out to the membership in April, April 15th. Nice day. So we'll see how far we can get between now and then. We will certainly have more information for you but I also wanna make sure that we are briefing you periodically so you know where we're at and then if you have comments, questions, concerns we can talk about them. And then we will be working on integrating the work of this assessment into the strategic plan. We have a community services meeting so community services is recreation, senior center and parks meeting on the 22nd and so we're gonna start to work through some of the strategic planning. We do have work plans for each of the divisions and so some of this will be integrated into those work plans and then it'll be rolled up into a strategic plan. So what I'm hoping is that this assessment really is just the start of how we do strategic planning and move the senior center forward. So that's what I've got for today. And this is last but not least, I just wanted to say thank you. There have been a lot of folks that have helped with this process and you can see them all listed here. We, I, Arnie and our assessment team couldn't have done the work without these people and we are incredibly thankful to have been able to do the work. So now we're at the questions, comments and I understand we're probably gonna want a microphone. Um, look, whoo, lights. Did I just make a comment about sort of a border of things to Kelly? Yes. I think we ought to take each topic to a question. Start with programs and I think we should talk about about the questions for the programs and then we go on from there. So I'd like to start with programs. Questions about each area. Can you hear me? Or did I use the mic? You use the mic against people. I use the mic. Okay. Oh, you don't know? So I'm George Olson, I live on 25 Hubbard Street in Montpelier and one of the things I'm concerned about is the pay parity issue. I don't think that we can compare a volunteer organization to businesses that make widgets or do other things that are related to their own economy. We have a lot of volunteers. We have volunteers that volunteer their time, their effort and even contribute money for materials that they might use. And some volunteers choose to ask a certain pay amount and I just don't. I'm worried about the pay parity thing. I don't think we should limit one's willingness to volunteer and to volunteer their time and maybe even the amount that they get paid for what they teach and what they do. So I guess, and the other piece is I just, how to bring back membership. I think one of the most important things is socialization for seniors. Seniors need to be together. They need to come together. One of the things that helped that happen were the congregate meals. And I don't understand why we can't bring them back right away rather than waiting till the success of the process is over. Those are my comments about programming. Thank you. So my phone, if that's okay? Okay. 30 seconds remaining, 15 seconds of thank you very much.  You don't have a hook though. It doesn't need a hook. Everybody was very good the last time. You're good. So just to comment on those two things. So for pay parity, I think it's brought up for discussion purposes. I don't want it to be limiting. And I wanna make sure that there's justification for why something may be. So that it's, I wanna make sure that there's equitability in it. I just wanna emphasize that it's the volunteer program here that we're talking about. Yeah. And many, many pages. I even fill up form every time I come in to volunteer. And there's a reason for that. I guess, I'm not sure what that is, but maybe Norma can speak to it or Matt. Why do we keep track of volunteers then? Right? Yeah, it's for grants. Yeah, yeah. So there's good reason for tracking that time. Just because it then can provide an in-kind match for funding and support the work. So yeah, Georgia, you had your comment. Yeah. And then just to talk a little bit about the congregate meals. So we're working to, it's not sort of that we're gonna delay in bringing it back. We'll bring them back as we can. We're working on building up that volunteer base to be able to do so. And then maybe shifting some things around. There was a question about the food served in preparation therein. And so maybe working with our staff to be able to prepare the meals that go out along with the meals for congregate meals to make sure that then we can, you know, maybe work with economies of scale. It is correct. Still Erica Garfin. We have lots of good quantitative data. And I think it was really helpful as a next step to gather qualitative data about a number of things. At why we see some of those numbers. And one of those is on page 10 of the report that even the enrollment areas is declining. I think it would be really interesting to know why are there fewer classes? Is there less variety? Are people still reluctant to gather because of COVID? Yeah, I think I'll leave it there. Thank you. Is it okay without a mic, I think? Oh, no, it can't. Okay. Okay, I think there was a comment in the, and you mentioned it here about people saying they wanted congregate meals, but they didn't want to come or some. Yeah, that could have been just the result of, I think, weirdly worded survey question. Or I think people were thinking, I remember when we talked about this, it was people thinking way in the future. They'd like to have more congregate meals, but on a more immediate basis, they were afraid to come in the site. Those were questions we asked, just as things were loosening up and people still had that fear. It is kind of a contradictory little piece of data. So that was about the congregate meals. Hello, excuse me. With the changes and Amy coming in, I think we'll have enough authority to do her job. And the... Of me and the city manager's office, I think we wanted to make sure that things were stabilized. We wanted to make sure that you have what you need. And I think, you know, we feel that we can take a step back. Excuse me, that's not our intention to run the senior center. Not the... Oh, how's that? Go ahead, John. Thank you. Her title is No Longer Director, and which made me think that she might not have as much authority and control over her budget. There is to go to an integrated community service model. That being said, we're trying to make sure that we can put resources where they're needed so that then the focus can be on those budgets that are associated with programming and membership and not get sort of locked into sort of a larger leadership structure. So, and she has full autonomy to do what she needs to do for the senior center. Do you also have... Thanks, Barry. You also have questions from the people on Zoom. I don't know how you want to handle that. Matt, do you want to read them off? Yeah. Yes. Right. This is from an anonymous participant. Why must these be kept separate from the program manager, from what the program manager works on? She will receive most of the comments about meals, I would think. So that's a good question. And so I think, you know, that will not necessarily be how it will always be. I think we've got some work to do. So, I mean, I think even just my previous comment coming back to that in terms of the city manager's office not being involved, that's an area where we probably likely will still be involved for a little while yet, just to make sure that the program can stabilize. And then once it is stabilized, then, you know, I think sort of the day-to-day operations of that program will still sit where it has historically. Also from an anonymous participant. Thank you for your efforts. Could you please describe how you are framing and approaching affordability of MSAC programming in light of the reality that many slash most area older adults live on a fixed income. Market rate of area yoga classes, for example, is out of reach for many retirees. It's an excellent point. Affordability is a huge issue, I think. And I think we wanna make sure that anything that is offered here is inclusive. And anybody who wants to be part of the programming can be. And so I think it's working, you know, with making sure that we can keep the, you know, costs to members for classes down. But it's also really doing that analysis to do a true assessment of what it costs to provide those programs. So if there is a gap in, you know, how much it costs and how much we're charging, we can make up that gap. So it doesn't necessarily fall on the backs of members, but we have a plan for how to proceed. And so that's the work that we're gonna be doing next, really, is making sure that things are reasonable. And affordability is one of those terms that is a little slippery because affordability means different things to different people. And depending on what your means are. And I think we wanna make sure that we're striving towards making sure that everybody can participate. So we'll work towards making sure that it is. I think, you know, again, with the survey results, it's a little mixed bag on that question, but it may be the way we ask the question or getting information. But I think that that's also where we'll need to do a little bit more of the quality of work around that area. Question about, did we have a question about scholarship, the use of scholarship on the survey? I don't remember. I would need to look at that. I don't know if we had something explicit on scholarship. We certainly talked about it as part of the assessment process. We talked about it at the advisory council and it will be a discussion going forward that Amy is already sort of, you know, keyed into. I think it'd be really interesting to engage people in that whole idea about why they feel shy about asking for scholarship money. I think that's what we've always heard. We say, you can't take a course, there's scholarship money. But what I always hear is that people feel shy about or humbled by, you know, asking for money. And maybe what we could think about is asking the members, how could we approach that better to get more people to use the scholarship and therefore engage them and therefore keep prices down. Hi, Johanna Nichols. My question is, so who supervises the staff and who supervises the MSEC staff? For the question. So structurally, you know, things really haven't changed on the work chart. Right now, the sort of the office staff is directly supervised by Amy. The fee staff, you know, is sort of on the day to day still supervised by Amy. However, there is a component there as we work within the program that, you know, there will be some review of those positions in those job descriptions at a higher level. I guess to Johanna's point, is there an evaluation process underway? Evaluation process. Underway for staff. The job descriptions as part of Amy coming on board, she has those job descriptions. And so we're working with them, working within the context of the current job descriptions. I think right now we're really focused on the key areas rather than, you know, the staff specifically. But that is also a big part of the picture, right? Because, you know, we can't provide the service without people, you know, like, so we're working through it. I mean, it's, there's gonna be more to come, for sure. Well, I do, but I don't know if you want me to finish. So, oh, I'm, my name is Bill Doldger. I was on the committee. So when would you set date for the start of the next assessment, maybe in the fall? So, so I think depending on sort of the strategic planning process, then we would start to firm up. Thanks. And in, with regards to the strategic planning, would you have one or two members again from the membership participating in the planning? Sure. I mean, I think we definitely benefited from having members on the assessment team. And so I think that that would be something to, you know, do in the future. Mm-hmm, yep, and Amy, also. So, not a question, but just a series of comments from maybe Alice Fisbee. And I think some of these were related to the feast discussion. So, she says, those of us who are older are those who want the meals. In the past, our chef made the congregate meals as well. We need programs in-house for those of us who with the disabilities who are not able to go to parks, et cetera. If you want older members to join, you must have quality congregate meals. That's a good comment. We're on feast right now. This is the only time we can talk about it. I think we'll be able to talk quite a bit more. I guess it's been covered by the assessment document. Mike, I guess I have a sort of comment. It appears that from this report, the senior senator no longer can subsidize feast. And feast, I believe, is endangering at the skill health of the senior senator. So this, you can't have a cost for a meal be the subset part of it at $4. And let's say the meal costs $10. So you have to make up the $6. So who makes up the $6? Right, and so that's deficit spending. And that's really bad for this senior senator. So those comments are comments. That's why we wanted, in part, to do this assessment. We're certainly hearing things anecdotally. I think we have to come up with a plan that creates conditions where the feast program is neutral in terms of not impacting the bottom line for the senior senator budget. And so, and I also think that we have to have the conversation about the value of those meals, you know. And so I think putting all the details out there for folks to take a look at and consider out in the open is really good and healthy because then we can have a conversation. And then also, from a staff perspective, we have to start to make plans for making it whole. Like we can't continue the way that we are. And that's what this assessment says. The timeline, I think it was for, I've forgotten your name, but when do you think that this will happen? This solution, so I guess maybe, aren't we? Yeah, so that's a good question. And I think in terms of thinking about feast specifically, like we will be taking a pretty critical eye between now and the end of the fiscal year, because we have to. I think some of the other items will be sort of longer term and maybe a little bit more organic. And so, and that's also in part why we split the recommendation at the end because I think there are, there's work that is being done to support the senior center that is not feast. And so I think we can really move forward with those things. And then for feast, we've got to address that. Hi, I'm Cindy McLeod. After I was director and the meal program was supplied, National Life gave it up and it was supplied through a program that I understand it was called Just Basics. And I believe that that was all done to keep the two separate and keep the finances separate and to be able to really raise money for the meal program as opposed to the senior center. And my question is, did you look at that? It seemed to be a reasonable structure. And is there any chance of going back to that instead of putting, I know that Council on Aging wanted the senior center to take over the meal program but is there, and I know historically there was a real reluctance for the senior center to do that because they felt like it would take all the all the attention would go to the meal program as opposed to the rest of the operations. And my question again is, is there any chance of going back and doing that and making Just Basics a real meal focus program that included like the food self and all the other meal programs in this community? Thank you. Anything's possible, and I think that we have to really evaluate where we are and where we're going because again we can't keep just doing what we're doing. And so I imagine that there will be a variety of options. Probably something like that would be on the list. Comment from former MSAC director, Jana Clark. A bit of perspective, I think it is important to understand that nearly every meals on wheels and car and get meal program across the country is subsidized. There is a small federal reimbursement but it has hardly gone up in over a decade. And when receiving those monies from the older Americans act originally, fee cannot legally be charged for the meals, for eligible meal recipients. Nutrition programs are essential not only for food security but all the vital wellness checks and social connection they provide to homebound people not a luxury. And I was just wondering, how often is the contract with CVCOA negotiated? Is it annual and is it coming up soon? Okay, okay. It's a federal reimbursement so you're negotiating with the federal government. Through them. Through them. So it's a little different. I understand and appreciate Jana's comments about that. I think the issue is that maybe at this point because of pandemic, and I think COC is looking at this, sorry about that, is looking at this because there are some people who may not be eligible. And I think it's really important that we provide these meals for people who really need them and who qualify. And that provides them for everybody. Thank you. Looks like Matt's got another question online there. And then Mary. While it was mostly a response to what George said. So again, from Jana Clark. The federal money goes to the state and then area agencies on aging. In our case, CVCOA. Our contract with CVCOA is renewed every fall for October 1st start. They set our local rate, not the feds. This is on the same subject. It's my understanding that there is a Vermont organization. I don't remember the title, but senior meal programs have an organization in Vermont. And if in fact the federal stuff hasn't been increased for a long time, there must, this must be a national issue. And I'm kind of wondering when all the area agencies on aging in this country are gonna go on a rampage. I'm for it. Thank you. I really appreciate everything that has gone into this. And I think it is just sort of a start, a fresh start. And I'm thankful to be doing it. I think we're in good shape. And again, if you have any questions, but otherwise you probably will be seeing a lot less of me. Yes. Are we talking about membership yet? Oh, thank you. I'm struck. I'm looking at page five. There's a table that looks at the difference between 2019 and 2023. New memberships declined by 63%, which is stunning. And clearly already people are generating ideas about that's really critical how to go after that. But renewals declined by 29%. And I think this is another one of those areas where it would be really useful to get some more information about why by contacting. I'm guessing Rectrack could tell us who were members in 2019 and do interviews or focus groups or something to find out why they are no longer members. And just in general, I mean, I think it's really important to get to the why before action planning starts to know that you're actually addressing the cause. I do want to remind people that we have a lot of members in their 80s and we do have death. So I assume that we've always been losing members that way. So I am curious, what is the age range of who's here? What is the age range of who was here and we've lost? And also because we're people in their 80s, they also can't necessarily get to the senior center anymore. Some of them are taking like bone builders, for instance, online. So, you know, we're hanging on to them that way. But we are an aging organization. So we do have to keep getting fresh members. I know two people who are thrilled that they're turning 50 this year, so they can join. And that's good, but we've always had a lower membership in the 50s and early 60s. When we had the ability to subsidize people to use First and Fitness, we got a lot of people in their late 50s and early 60s. We don't have it anymore. We've talked with Green Mountain Fitness, but they haven't gotten anywhere with them yet. And pool. Also be interesting to me to learn about those people who think the senior center is for old folks and just don't want to go where old folks go. I think there's a certain element of the population that's like that. Yeah. And I don't know if it would be profitable to identify those people, even if we can. But then maybe it would be, I don't know. That gets to stereotypes. And there's a stereotype that old people are, well, they're old, they're infirm, they're not physical enough, whatever. I just read a book, This Chair Rocks. And one of the points that she made was if you've met one 81 year old, you've met one 81 year old, that's it. So we're all different. We all have different abilities, physical strengths, weaknesses, whatever, mental acumen. But we're here and we're tough. One concern I have is that there's only been a very brief and passing reference to COVID. And I don't think it can underestimate the impact that Pandirika's had on all of us here. One year when we didn't do a membership drive at all, right? Norma? Yeah, we just decided because of COVID, we wouldn't even bother trying to get people back as members. And I think people fell off the rolls then and just never got the push to come back. That's one reason. And I think Erica's idea is a good one. Let's find out where people are. Hi, it's Cindy McLeod again. Back even before on your charts, when I was here from 2005 to 2011, the things that really generated the most excitement and the most activity where people were buzzing in and out all the time, or things like the computer lab, the trips, the new classes, most of the classes have revolved forever and ever and ever in affordability because you're dealing with a lot of people who have incomes between 15,000 to 20,000 a year. And those are high, you know, you can't afford to take more than one class of that with that amount of income. But there was a lot of buzz. There were coffee, people were having coffee after classes and they'd throw in money. But it was a really fun place to come. And I'm not saying it isn't now, but just getting people to drop in and connect with other people. It was called a gathering place for healthy living. And if you had a class, great. Oh, the other thing I wanted to address is if you wanna get younger working people, you gotta have classes after five o'clock. I mean, a lot of people are working at home and can do classes, but you gotta do that too. So I think the people are out there. I think people do wanna come. I think the drop in groups are fabulous and that really has become more important to me through the time because you don't always wanna do six to 12 weeks of something. Thank you. Two comments. So this is from Jana going back to what Mary had said about lobbying for wheels on wheels. So there's already an organization called Fermat Association of Senior Centers and Meal Programs, colloquially known as VASCAMP. And they've been lobbying for years for increased meal reimbursements. And Mary Alice Bisbee says, as someone who is 78, 87 and has friends in their 90s, some of whom who do not want to join because the meals are gone and the programs are all on Zoom or not appropriate for these ages, we must have reasons to come back. And she wanted to thank George for your comments about seniors are strong. So I'll just say thank you again. And I really appreciate it.


All right, what's up guys. It's Monday, YouTube live day as usual. So a couple things before we get started is the footage from the meetup is now currently being edited. We have photos, we have videos of the meetup. So when that's all ready in a few weeks, I'm gonna post it to everyone so they can see how much fun we had at the meetup and this is gonna be the start of more meetups to come guys. So if you are an MIC member and want to organize and plan and host your own MIC meetup in your local area, just let me know, send me a DM and MIC will sponsor the food and the drinks for the meetup guys. So just take some photos, have some fun and yeah, so that's the meetup stuff. Number two is if you are a brand new trader or brand new or not in MIC at all, we put together a free mentorship course at myinvestingclub.com slash webinar. This is basically a look into MIC, a look into our strategies. This is gonna show you a live trade for meat. It's gonna show you my $700,000 AMC trade. It's gonna show you how to scale into stocks. It's gonna show you everything, right? This is for non-members only, okay? Members have access to all the stuff they've seen, all the stuff. But this is our way of giving you a free taste into MIC and all the stuff that we have to offer. So you're gonna learn about our strategies, you're gonna learn about our sizing and then after you learn about all of our strategies and our sizing and all of our setups, you're gonna watch me use those setups to execute a live trade to make $18,000 on camera. So it's gonna be a free educational course, no strings attached. It's all available at myinvestingclub.com slash webinar. So now that's all out of the way. I wanna kinda talk about the market action before we get to today's topic which is technical analysis, okay? So where are we at today is February 7, 2022 and the market is crazy. Large cap stocks are going crazy. Amazon is up 15%, Facebook is down 30%. Overall markets are up and down 3%, 4% a day. Everything's going nuts, right? Bitcoin is up 10%, what? I don't know what the hell's going on but let's talk about the market action. So historically guys, historically last, I'm just gonna talk about last year so that we have something that's very concrete to compare to. Last year in January and February was when we got the historic short squeezes, GameStop and AMC, okay? These historic short squeezes were caused because everyone was staying at home. Everyone was getting a stimulus check. Everyone was gambling their money in the stock market, right? And what happened is this caused the entire stock market to go absolutely insane.  And I think what happened was all those people that bought those stocks last year in January and traded in February and in March and in April and May and this and that, in reality guys, it might sound a little harsh but I think they lost all their fucking money, okay? The stock market is designed to take money from inexperienced traders into experienced traders' pockets, right? So someone that's brand new to trading that doesn't know what the hell they're doing, they're buying shares at GameStop and then people like me eventually over the course of time, their money comes into my pocket because I'm more educated and I actually know what I'm doing. I'm not gambling, I'm trading the stock market as a business.  Let's be real, right? If you're holding AMC, you're holding GameStop, you're down 70, 80% of your money. If you're holding any of these stocks that were pumped by the Discord pumpers, you're down 80% of your money. If you're buying any of these stocks or holding any of these stocks from these screen share, voice alert people, you're down 80% of your money, okay? All the people that were buying lottery tickets, all the people that were gambling, I'm gonna buy this stock at $3 and I'm gonna mortgage my house and all it has to do is go to $5 and I'm gonna be rich, those stocks are now at 50 cents, okay? Perfect example is CEI and DATS. This was pumped by these Discord pumpers that made 10, 20, $30 million last year, right? And that really doesn't matter because they're probably gonna go to jail in the next three to five years. But anyway, point is guys, all these people, all the dumb money that caused all the crazy runners last year, they're all broke, they're out of the game. They're now, they quit their jobs to start stock trading and it ended up not working out, they lost their stimulus check and they probably lost a couple car payments and now they're going back and they're driving Uber, right? Okay, sure. The problem is in the stock market, guys, for us to make easy money, okay? We can make money every single day, but easy money, okay?  The problem is in this current market, the dumb money went broke.   What does that mean for a trader like myself? What does it mean for a professional trader? It really doesn't change anything, guys, because even before COVID, even before the euphoric markets that were happening, Bao and I were trading, making millions of dollars a year before that.  They're struggling in this market because now all of those traders that made millions of dollars easy, easy, easy, tens of thousands of dollars easy, easy, easy, now cannot adjust to making a little bit of money, right?    Problem is mental, guys, it's in your brain.  For me, I made $3 million last year after fees, after commissions, after everything, no pumping, no alerting, no nothing, straight, legit, clean training. Now, I'm not saying because I made $3 million last year that I'm gonna make $3 million this year. Hell, I might even make half a million dollars this year. I don't know, right? In trading, you don't know your income because trading is based on the opportunities that are there.  But if there's 10 opportunities in 2022, I'm gonna make 90% less money. The problem is a lot of people cannot accept making less money. A lot of people, once they make a bunch of money, they feel like they are earned it and they deserve it.  The truth is the traders that are doing well in this market are the traders that are reminding us are remaining humble, okay? So I don't care if I made $3 million last year. I didn't change my lifestyle.  I didn't buy this, I didn't buy that. I am living well, well, well below my means, guys. If I'm making $3 million, I am acting and I am living like I'm making $200,000 a year. That way I am not worried if I'm taking a pay cut this year because there's less opportunities, right? This does not mean that I'm not gonna be able to make money. It does not mean that I can't trade. Today I made $4,000, which is a great amount of money. If I make $4,000 every day, I'm gonna make a million dollars a year. But the point is guys, my goal is not to be saying, all right, last year I made X and now I wanna make X plus two. My mindset has never, ever, ever been about the money. And I think that's why I've gotten to where I am is because since day one, since day one I knew what it was like to be broke. I had no money, right? I sold the rims on my car to be able to fund my day trading account. I was making $150 a week as Starbucks. So I knew what it came to not have money in my pocket. And because I've not had money in my pocket, I am okay taking the slower days because I know that if I just show up and stick to our process that has been proven, last year I made $3 million, the year before I made a million and a half, it's been proven just through MIC I have shown you that I've made almost $5 million in profits since launching MIC without alerts and without pumps. So my goal, guys, my goal is not to be making $100 million from trading. My goal is just to show up every day, trade and make money slowly.  I trade because I'm passionate about it. From day one it has always been my passion, okay? It makes me happy to trade, okay? Yes, the highs are never as high as the lows are low.     I love it, I love it. The problem is in trading, guys.   Some guy off the street that buys AMC because he saw a TikTok is not gonna make as much money as me that has been in the industry that's learning and watching every single day. So the point I want to remind you guys, it's okay that the market is slow, okay? It's okay that you're making less money. It's okay that I'm making less money. But what you have to remember is that your income as a stock trader is based on the opportunity. If I have 100 first red days in a year, I'm probably gonna make more money than a year that has 10 first red days, okay? So keep that in mind. Right now, by this time last year, there was already 20 opportunities. Now, this year, there's maybe even one opportunity, okay? So that's where you have to keep in mind. So don't be discouraged. Don't be upset. Don't think that your system is broken. Don't think that you need a new strategy.  You have to remember that it's a game of opportunity. And right now, there's not much opportunity. I hope the Federal Reserve prints some more money. I hope that they print money because the way it works is always the same. They try to give money to the poor people. The poor people either gamble it in the stock market or go to the Gucci store and it ends up going right back to the top anyway, guys.  You know, if you think any differently, that you don't understand the system. The system is designed to keep the poor people poor and the rich people rich. They give money to the poor people knowing that they're gonna give it right back to the motherfucking rich people either at the Gucci store or trading it in the stock market, okay? So keep that in mind, guys.    So reminder, in this market, I'm not looking to oversize. As you've seen for the last month and a half, I've been extremely, extremely risk off. I've been risk off because I know there's a runner coming. I don't know when it's gonna come. I don't know how it's gonna come.   So do you guys understand that concept of where we're at in the market now? I don't know what's gonna happen in the next couple of months. Hopefully, hopefully, there's some more money coming into the stock market. Hopefully there's more dumb money coming in. Hopefully these pumpers start making money because these pumpers, guys, they were only making money because the market is easy. Now in these slower markets, it's impossible for them to make money.    Look at CEI, down 90%. Look at DATS, down 90%. Look at Clove, down 90%.   Look at GameStop, down 90%.   So that's the topic on market action. So do you have any questions on that before I continue the technical analysis? So now people are saying there's a runner on the day. Let me see. CFVI is a runner on the day, but let me keep doing this thing. Does anyone have a question on that? Okay, next topic, technical analysis. Okay, so I've been getting a lot of questions about technical analysis and charting and everything. And I feel like it's been very long overdue that I talk about this because we've talked about this when we first started MIC, but three years has passed, so it's been kind of, sometimes we have to regurgitate this information for you guys to understand. So number one thing that you guys need to offer, you guys need to remember is this. Stocks move based on the chart, okay? So if I could keep it extreme, love is as simple for you guys and extremely brief is if you are starting stock trading, you should learn how to read a chart, okay? Technical analysis is the key to stock trading, okay? Yes, the level two matters, but not until the chart. The chart is ultimately number one because stock price action is a determination of where it is on the chart. So for example, if a chart has no previous resistance, it's gonna have a higher probability of running.  So what I have to remind people, or what I kind of reminded myself is the reason why Bao and I are such good traders on top of all the other process stuff is we know how to read a chart, okay? We know how to read a chart because we've been trading, Bao's been trading for 20 years, I've been trading for eight years. We've had enough time in front of the screens that we're able to read a chart and something that I think that a lot of beginner traders are failing to recognize is how to read a chart, man. So you don't have to know the basics like support and resistance. You guys gotta know maybe candlesticks or line charts and what I want to do today is I want to kind of show you where you could kind of find some of this information in the MIC Video Library.  And all you have to do on the MIC Jumpstart Accelerator is click this button that says technical analysis. And then it's gonna take you to everything that we have on technical analysis right here. It's gonna teach you how to read a chart. It's gonna teach you everything. Let's say after you finish that, you want to come here and watch a lesson from Bao. Bao has a lesson on technical analysis and charting. Just type in charting into the video library search bar. And let's say after that, you still have questions about charting. Come into here and watch the training basics on charting.  Before you can make money trading, you must know how to read a chart, guys. It is so simple that I think I even forgot to talk about it. So I kind of want to come on here today and remind you guys the importance of technical analysis. As a beginning trader, if you don't know what you're doing, okay? If you don't know what you're doing, you're brand new to trading, what you should learn very, very quickly is what is support, what is resistance. I was talking to one of our moderators on Friday and he mentioned it because the way it works, guys, if you are an MIC moderator, not many people, there's not many people you could ask for help.  They could directly call me, they could directly be mentored by me. And one of our moderators on Friday had a question and he was basically explaining to him that during these slow market actions, he finds himself chasing more. He finds himself maybe overtrading more, right? And what I want him to understand is trading could be very simple, okay? Trading could be very, very simple because if you wanna give, and this is gonna be, it's gonna sound so easy, it's gonna sound so simple, but let me just tell you to you so that you could understand and then maybe they'll have something click in your head. What I told him is one of the best traders that I've ever seen trading, I'm not gonna reveal who it is, but last year he made $20 million trading. One of the things that I've learned from him is if you wanna keep trading as simple as possible, you only short at resistance and you cover at support. You never short at support and cover at resistance. Now for long buys. You always buy at support, you always sell at resistance. You never buy at resistance and you never sell at support. If you just keep at extremely levels of simple from there and you're only allowed to short resistance, right?  And now how can I reinforce this? If you look at every single one of Bao's charts, every single one, he always shorts at resistance. He never shorts at support. Bao would rather cry and complain and say, please bounce, Shiba Buddha, God please bounce the stock so that I could short it because I'm now shorting at support, okay? So if you wanna keep trading as simple as possible, number one, learn technical analysis.  Support and resistance, okay?  You're only allowed to short resistance. You're only allowed to cover support, right? Unless you're stopping out, okay? And if you do that, that'll prevent you from ever shorting support. Because if you short support, you're gonna end up covering it to resistance because the stock is gonna bounce. And pay attention to Bao's charts.  So that's another lesson on technical analysis, guys, to keep it very extreme levels of simple. If you have the proper entries in the stock market, you will win. The way to have a proper entry is to not short support, to not buy resistance, do not buy the breakout. Let the stock break out, come and test support and that's where you buy. Do not short support.  Always short of resistance. And to reinforce this, not only did that $20 million trader do this, but Bao does it every single day. Bao only short resistance. Bao does not short support.  So does that make sense, guys, does that make sense? So keep it simple, okay? Learn technical analysis, we have videos on it. Go to the accelerator, watch it. Go to the videos I just showed you to watch it. If you're not an MIC, go to our free YouTube channel and watch the free videos on the YouTube channel and keep it simple. Short at resistance, cover at support. Do not, do not, do not, short at support.  It's very simple if you will let it be, okay? So hopefully that helps.   That's why you're broke, oh my God, bro. Oh my God, that's the problem with the internet, bro.   It doesn't fucking, oh my God. And that's why, guys, that's why the dumb money lost all their money.  You know what? You're right. You are right. You know what? You're right.  The only reason why I'm making $3 million years is I'm rolling the dice and I'm blowing the dice better than anyone else. So you know what? If you don't think technical analysis works, then you know what?  It's the stupidity never ceases to amaze me.   I hope you go all in.   So have a good day guys. I'll see you back.


Hello everyone, welcome back to another session in dentistry and mode. Today's topic in orthodontics is N-Loss V-Principle or Expanding V-Principle. So we were talking about the growth, the pattern of growth. So we discussed Scammon's growth curve, Cephalochordial gradient of growth and the pattern of growth that is drift and displacement. So this is a concept by Enlo. He says the expansion happening in the form of V that is expanding V. So it starts like this and it goes expanding. So the V expands. So that is the idea behind this. So the craniofacial bones or their parts it has a V shaped configuration or we can say funnel shape in three dimension. So it's all two dimensional pictures. So it is a funnel shaped bones in three dimensional picture. So Enlo point out that the bones grew by addition on the inner side of V and removal of bone or resorption from the outer side. So this concept of bone growth is known as V-Principle of Enlo. So according to this principle, bone deposition occurs on the inner side and the resorption takes place on the outer side and which leads to the widening of V. So on the inner side deposition happens, happens. So it slowly widens and becomes an expanded V just like this. So it is going like this. So the expanded V where the structure translates from its original position and moves towards the wide end of the V. So at beginning it was here and it translates to here. So the position changes. So it starts from the small V to the expanded V. So it translates to this position to this position. So this is just a diagrammatic explanation. So it is on the wider end of V. So wider end of V. So the most common bone is a palatal bone and the mandible also follows the V-Principle. So in palat, the heart palat viewed in the coronal section shows that the resorption occurring on the outer surface that is the nasal surface and the deposition on the inner surface that is palatal side. So the resorption on the nasal side and deposition on the palatal side which leads to the palatal remodeling and it follows the V-Principle whereas the mid-palatal suture and secondary displacement happens due to the growth of nasal bone which increases the width of palat and causes its vertical descent. Next one is the ramus. So the ramus, this is the ramus, this is from the topu and the side view. So ramus, the growth of the mandible also follows the V-Principle. When viewed from above, this picture, when viewed from above, the contile and the ramus expand in a posterior and lateral direction due to growth of the body ramus and the contile itself. So it expands backward and also laterally because of the growth of body ramus and contile itself. So growth is accompanied by progressive relocation of the entire ramus in a posterior direction. So this is the initial position and this is the final position. So you can see the V concept. It is getting expanded and translated to the wider ends of V. So the resorption occurs on the anterior edge with resultant lingual shift of the anterior part of ramus to become added to the body. So the resorption occurs on the lingual side and the deposition on the buckle side. So this pallet and this mandible follows the expanding V principle. So very simple principle. The addition is happening on the inner side, resorption on the outer side and the bone translates to the wider end of V and it is getting expanded. So that is all about Henlo's V principle. Henlo has put forward another principle along with his accepted V principle that is a counter part principle. So counter part principle says that the growth of any given facial or cranial part relates specifically to other structural and geometric counterparts in relation to it. So it says that there will be a counter part for most of the bones. So there are many structures in the craniofacial skeleton which can be considered as counterparts such as NISO maxillary complex and anterior cranial fossa, then middle cranial fossa and width of ramus, maxillary tuberosity and lingual tuberosity. So there will be always a balance. So to maintain the balance there will be a growth happens on both the bones simultaneously. So this theory or this principle had many shortcomings and it is rejected. So the Henlo V or expanding V principle is an accepted one from Henlo. So these are the two concepts put forward by Henlo. Henlo is expanding V principle and the counter part principle. So I will come up with a new topic in orthodontics. Thank you.


My issue is I'm 35. All right My issue You're saying you're absolutely correct, but my issue is a Lot of you men do not hold each other accountable. Just like I know a lot of them ma'am ma'am Is this are you about to ask me to have some balance? No, I'm not asking you that Many have been held accountable men get held accountable for our actions Since me at the dawn of time You're right. So please get on to the real issue That's my real issue though, like I feel like why who holds women accountable Man No, no, because if men help women accountable and you listen men wouldn't be having to grab single planes they have Are you right? But I know I know I know. Okay. Let me ask. So here's a question What do men? What do men say they want a woman's weight to be they say they want them to be overweight in shape or fit What I agree with all that. I think that we should all be in shape No, I said what did no no no no no no you want to put it in the genders men want women who are fit But yet in our community 80% of the women are overweight and 80% of that are obese No one holds women accountable for their weight Women got children out of wetlock Ma'am, that's a fact that you cannot get around How many women on this show tonight have been 200 plus pounds Okay, but what man So who's holding women accountable? I'm sorry, but who is going to get liposuction. Who's no no no what the french toast liposuction It's called push away from the table drink while to eat vegetables and exercise like a No, man, it's called exercise. It is called exercise Yeah, absolutely. See what I mean? See what I mean? See what I mean? She said I said who's on the whole women accountable and she Well, who's gonna go get liposuction wouldn't need liposuction if you didn't allow yourself to get 200 some odd pounds Holding you accountable exactly I agree with everything that you're saying Kevin, but I think that men should You guys are the leaders.  I don't have one then who's leading you I'm leading myself right then. Okay. Listen if we're the leaders tell me the man in your life that you're following I'm following my style. Exactly like most women today. No one's leading and you say we're the leaders You're only listen. No, listen No, no, no, no, no, no, you're not gonna talk over me Because I'm leading this show You women come in here talking about men are the leaders and you're not under anybody's goddamn leadership Now ma'am, you can unmute yourself, but you will not talk over me Sorry, my phone is dying No, I muted you because you were talking over me and that is unacceptable Absolutely men are the leaders But how can a man lead if women are not following? Can I speak? Yes, you said you're not married. I said, who's leading you? You said you're leading yourself Yes You're right because I I mean you're right on saying The reason why I'm leading myself is because honestly, let's be honest Most of Us are leading ourselves. Like we're leading our um You have any children? Yes, how many I have one Boy or girl I have a boy God bless So you thank you. Absolutely. No, no, sorry. I mean so you think a woman Who's not under the leadership of any man? Is capable and qualified of leading a boy into masculine manhood No, I absolutely think it's a hard job Absolutely. No, I asked you is it okay? And the reason so many So many of our boys are so soft today is because so many women are like yourself Not under anyone's leadership. Why didn't you marry his father? But do you think that that why didn't you marry this father? Yes. Yes. It's your yes. It's your problem Yep, it's your problem. No, it's my problem. Why didn't you marry his father? um I didn't marry his father Okay, I'm gonna be honest. That was my decision. I was younger At that time and that's that's still not um, why didn't you marry his father? I didn't want him But you had a baby with him See what I had an abortion the first time. I don't give it. No, no, man. No, no, no, no, listen No, I know this is the problem. See You're a woman outside of anybody's leadership You didn't marry your father. You married me.  That's already a problem Then he he wanted to marry you. You didn't want to marry him And then you're trying to raise a boy and then you're gonna question why men are what they are Because you ladies women like you make the very men you complain about Absolutely So so don't ask me about why men aren't holding men accountable when they when this all starts with women like you Absolutely I allowed it. I absolutely agree with that. But your question came in man. I'm asking why don't men do something And men can't do anything with unruly women I I don't feel like I'm unruly though. I feel like you're not under anybody's leadership You're not married my decision though. Is that my say I asked you why you did not marry his father You said you did not want to That's your decision I listened very well, but you decided to do something and bring a child a boy child into this world And he's not under a male leadership You're not under any leadership and you are going to create likely create the same thing You are going to complain about at the beginning And that's the problem. This is a cycle Over and over again. How do you fix it? Get up under somebody's leadership Submit stop being so masculine But I don't think that that's my problem. I don't have a problem. Oh really huh So Right So why didn't you marry his father again? Okay, I didn't make the best decision Why didn't you marry his father again? I never why didn't you marry his father again? Because I made a bad decision. What does that mean? That means that I wasn't going to have he wanted to marry you Yeah, he's scared and you did and you did not marry him No, I made a bad right.  It's no big deal I'd never thought that But you're moving that way I know all right. All right, ma'am. Ma'am. Ma'am the net net of it Is you create the very men you have an issue with Absolutely, and it's your responsibility not the men Women are the first teachers of culture you're under no male leadership You're you're following no man, and I'm sorry based upon this call.  I'm sorry. I can't deal with half the men I'm sorry Well, obviously you can't deal and that's the problem you can't deal with them because they're telling you about yourself You don't want to listen The men aren't the problem man It's like that smoke alarm beeping.  No, you can't handle me in telling you about yourself But understand something the men you don't seem to like I hope to god say you don't raise another punk But masculine masculine women masculine women tend to raise punks You're muted yourself. I'm you Who is his mentor? Where's the male energy in his life?


Hey there friends, how's it going? My name is Kevin, and today we're gonna prove that I am a good mom. Even though I feel like I've already proved it just a little bit. Oh, she's sleeping! But I've got some great apps here that are really gonna show me what it's like to be a mother. And I'm sure I can handle it. I'm ready. What can be heard about being a mom, right? We're gonna start with Mother Simulator 3D Virtual Baby Simulator Happy Family Mom Games. Rolls right off the tongue, made with Unity. Yes, I know it's gonna be good now. Oh my god, this is terrifying. This image is cursed. Okay, level one. I think this is where I'm pregnant. What's happening, papa? What do we have to do? Is this me? I already saw the baby in the corner. I think it's already out. I think I'm just a bit chubby, which is just fine. Oh, but my husband's here. He's calming me down. Oh, no, the game closed. I think that game might not work. I think that's its limit, but we're gonna try it again. Please take a moment to rate it later. Don't worry. We'll look at the reviews afterwards. Jesus Christ, another 30 second ad. Okay, calm down. Let's go to the hospital. All right, well, I guess I'm not allowed to join them. Let's move on to the next game. Oh wait, we gotta check the reviews first, though.  You know what? I'm not gonna install this game and game on the ads.  Stop ads. I'm not gonna rate this five. Jesus Christ. Like, she's complaining about the driving and it makes no sense to her. I want to drive. Maybe if I skip the intro, I can try playing it. Shitty mobile games require shitty solutions. All right, let's just hope after this ad I can actually play something. It's working. My handsome husband is now bringing me to the hospital. Hello, doctor. We got an emergency.  I'm giving up on it. Pregnant mother life will be way better. Allow pregnant mother life to access this device's location. Why? Why do you need that information? Yeah, except whatever. I probably should read that. Jesus Christ. Why do they look like cartoons and she looks like a real person in a crack den? How have I not gotten an ad yet?  I think I'm actually gonna make it into the game before I get an ad. This is amazing. Children, we are leaving for college. They just walked through the car. Sure, good luck and have a nice day. Yeah, this mom is on meth. Kids are too late for going to school. I thought they just got in the car.  Am I pregnant? No, I'm not. All right, we'll have to work on that. Where are they? I can't find them and I'm running out of time. I've only got 30 seconds left. Can I just start screaming? That's what mom used to do. I think those windows are just painted on by the way and they're just windows that show windows inside the windows. I'm confused. Okay, okay, we're here. Wake them up. Wake me up. I am very sleepy. Nope, nope, it's going too late. Wake up. That's what? Like my babies. What? Uh-huh. No, I don't want to buy Bitcoin. Yes, level completed. I am a good mom. Next level, I'm ready. Oh my God, there's blood stains heading to the kitchen. Ask Wang Chu to ready the breakfast for children. No, why am I readying? What? Go and dress up Chris and Sarah with school uniforms. Okay, why do I have to dress my kids? They look like they're old enough to dress themselves. I think I prefer the last game. At least I had a nice handsome husband to talk to in that one. This one is just really slow and the music's driving me a bit nuts. What do I do? Do I drag it on them or not? It's done. Okay, good. I'm a good mom. I'm making them wear matching clothes. They're going to get ridiculed. You know what I'm done with this game? I can't handle it anymore. It's so slow. Real Mother Simulator 3D. Wait, wasn't the other one Mother Simulator 3D? Oh no, this is real Mother Simulator 3D. Okay, totally different games. That's why the last one didn't work because it wasn't real. Oh my God, I wish this weren't real. Look at the state of that kid. Look at the state of this family. They all look like demons. Oh Jesus Christ, they're even worse than the game. No, I don't want to buy another baby. I'll take care of my first one. Baby needs a toy. Give him a toy. Find a toy and give it to him. It's like they had to reach a certain character limit and they just kept writing the same thing over and over again. What can I give him? This lava lamp? Kids like lava lamps, right? Stop it! Why are you crying? That is so obnoxious.  Return it. This seems to be a market for selling babies in this world. So try that. How can she be so careless? Who? Baby needs a toy. Give him a toy. Yes, yes, I know. Okay, okay, we're playing. We're playing. Find a toy. Oh my God, this game. Jesus Christ. What is going on? Okay, I've picked up the child. Can I just throw it in with the box of toys? There's a toy.  Baby wants to go to the bathroom.  Can I just flush the whole baby? Oh, this is fine. Turn on the shower. Yeah, yeah, drown the thing. Goodbye.  Jesus. It's freaking. We got to get some soundproofing for this house. So I can ignore the thing easier.   Mmm, smells good. Good home cooked water. Why is there no one here? Who's cooking the water? You know what?  I'm walking out of my family. Close the game. Honestly, this is the game. Motherlife simulator. This is going to be the one. Okay, maybe it's not. You can't actually click play on this game. You can't do anything. How do I play? Okay, here we go. It was probably just a surprise that anyone was trying to play the thing. No one ever got this far on it before. Wait, I know this tune. Oh, this is the one that it goes like, Logan, you are my hero. Oh, who are you? Jesus, you are dressed fancy.  I look under dressed. Oh my God. It's a little demon. It's a demon child. He looks like a fully grown adult just shrunken down. There we go. Just dump it in this little jail for small people. Perfect. The demon is captured. Who are you? You're ugly. You're not like my handsome husband from earlier. Who's this little reject that we just have on the couch? We're not giving him any attention. Why am I on a timer? What's the story here? Just add everything in. There we go. That's good. Even better than mother. Good. Go and tell husband to wake up. I think he's already woke. He's woke as heck. What? Level complete. Okay, what's the next level? I'm amazed they haven't gotten an ad yet. Maybe they couldn't find anyone to advertise on this game. Or maybe they just made it to make a pure educational game because I'm learning a lot right now. Oh, now here's the ad. Go and pick the vacuum cleaner and clean. Why do I have to clean just because I'm a woman? Honestly, I'm thinking we should cancel this game. I'm ready to lead the charge on this. Oh my God.  The demon left some ectoplasm here. No, effect this. I'm not cleaning up after a demon. We're done on that.   Yeah, go ahead. I have access to my photos, media and files on my device. Why not? I'm sure it's necessary.  Is that Emma Watson? Why? I'm sure she gave them permission. Just like, oh yeah, sure use my image. This looks like a top-notch game. And after Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows part two, really it can only go up. It's the same music as before. Oh my God, this controls way better than any other one though. This is really good.  I think this is another demon. Wow, you have done. Oh, wow, I have done. Even the house looks really cool. This game is the best so far. I really like it. I love when it encourages me when I have done. Oh my God, what is wrong with this one? They're cursed?  Come on, next level. I'm so glad Hermione gave up her dream of being in the Ministry of Magic and decided the real magic is having kids and settling down. The best part is when it spawns you in, like it first starts off in a totally different area and then zooms to your house, hinting that there's a giant open world to explore in this game. What is behind here? What is going on here in general? Is that a broken texture or something? I don't understand. Oh my God, Jesus Christ, what's wrong with that thing? It's Chin was insane. My daughter looks like Joe Swanson. Why did I fail? I didn't even get to do anything. I walked into the room, screamed that my kid was ugly, and then, oh, maybe that was it. Maybe that's where I went wrong. Give uniforms to kids. Okay, I can do this. Come on Emma Watson, let's go. Wow, you have done. Okay, why did I get one stare though? Time to cook breakfast. Why would we do that when we got pizza right here?  What's wrong with it? It's like a frog or something. His throat is just like swelling up. She might be having a reaction or something. I failed again. It's just really hard to actually complete anything when that kid is so distracting. Take the breakfast and set it on the table. Oh my God, what is wrong with her coordination? I think Hermione is a drunk. Okay, complete. This game is really good. I love that I'm playing this game. It's just like, yeah, I'm a gamer. You ever played Virtual Mom, Dream Family, Happy Mother Sims Life? Yeah, I'm kind of good at that. They seem to share music, and they also share the golds and stuff. Like I had to do the exact same stuff in the other games. Look at these kids just idling here. They are old enough to get their own bags. Like they're bigger than me. Open world. Open world. Look at everything there is to explore. Jesus Christ, I live in a mansion. Perfect. You have done. Done what? What do I have to do now? Yes, yes. I want to go outside. I bet I get to go outside this time. I hope I get to drive a vehicle.  Let's go. Come on. The thing is I'm so hyped about this game just because it's functional. I think it's like the best thing ever made just because it actually is playable. Escort your children to the school bus.  You're going to the school bus whether you like it or not. Oh, they're holding my hands. This is so cute. Why is it parked in my driveway? Am I driving the school bus? Don't give me an ad. I'm ready. I'm really hyped. I want to see where this cliffhanger leads us to. Oh, I bet they're going to go to school. I'm really good at getting plots. Get ready for work. Oh, my God. I need to work as well. Where's the dad here? He's left me to do everything. Get prepared breakfast for yourself. Why didn't I just eat with the kids? Actually, no.  I'd rather take a different seat. Have my own table aside from them and just sit on my own. It would be like back in school where I'd be at the cool table and they'd be at the loser table. I can't stop playing. I got to see where this leads. I really need to know. Do I get to explore the open world? That's what I'm thinking. Deliver PE kit to your children in school. They forgot it. Yes. Any excuse to get out of the house? Wait, but wasn't I getting ready for work? What is my job?  Yeah.  This is going to go well. Oh, my God. My house is fucked.  It's just floating. Wow. You have done. Oh, Jesus Christ. Mom is a boy racer. Oh, I hear that engine. Jesus Christ. This is awesome. Short cut through the school's gardens. The running track is now ruined. Where is the school? I don't understand. Like that arrow just points me straight. It just keeps pointing me straight no matter what I do. Is this the school? Like this building kind of sticks out. Oh, wait. That is it. Look, there's a little thing that I have to go into there. A little circle. Yes, I did it. Good job. I don't have much time. Now what's in run? Yes. Now what will be the next one? I hope I get to explore the school. Oh, my God. This game is so good. Go to car parked outside. I thought I was at the school. Why am I back home? I'm at the car. What do I do now? Why is it pointing me this way? I don't understand. I failed. What was I supposed to do? Pick up your car keys from your room. It's said to go to the car.  I don't know if this is even possible. I think they may have made the night level impossible so you can never actually find out what happens at the end of this mom's life. I've been scammed. I'm so pissed. This game is horrible now. I hate it. I was really excited to see where that story was going. They really had me engaged. I got to see what the reviews are for that one because that one's pretty good. No reviews.  This game deserves reviews. Five stars Hermione grew into a nice young woman. They deserve it. All right. Let's try one more. I think this is going to be the best one. Even the ads are awful. You know, it's going to be good if the ads look like this.  I think she's starting a house fire. Ah, insurance fraud. One of the best parts about being a mom. Oh my God. No. No, I don't like the look of this already. It's a bit spooky. No, I don't like it. I should get ready first. Okay. Let's do it. How do we do it? Where'd my husband go? Did he leave me already? I'm so bad at being a wife. Oh God. Jesus Christ. Who just tried to kill me? Let's wake Mark up. What? Why did we come into the bathroom? I think I'm stuck in here. I don't know how to get out. And why did I get much smaller all of a sudden? Dude, wake up. Even though you weren't in bed a second ago. Wait, no. I don't want to play as the husband. I'm a mom.  I'm walking out on this family. Look at this amazing open world. I'm going to walk into traffic. I want the mom to have more gameplay and the dad to just be dead. Go, go, go, go, go. Come on. All right. This is my life now. The cops are taking me away from my family. Why are everyone else giants? Why is my family so small? Yes. Take me away. Driverless cars. Technology is so amazing. I don't mean the driverless cars. I just mean this game.  It's just such inspiring music and he's just walking barefoot into traffic. Yeah, I don't know what's going on in this game. I don't even know what my goal was.  This doesn't have any reviews either. I really have to pull a lot of weight here. Ran into traffic. Pretty fun. Five stars. Look, I only have one left.  This is Virtual Mom Dream Family Happy Mother Sims Life. Wait, didn't I play this already? Oh, Hermione, you're using your magic to try and get me to play again. Look at you waving at me. No, I'm not playing that again. I think this is the last one I have to play then. And it's already getting me a bit hyped. It's really nice music and whatnot. Oh my God, that looks terrifying. Why does everyone just look so cursed in these games? It's Monday morning. Wake up kids and serve them breakfast. Moms are capable of so much more than you're giving them credit for. Why do I just have to wake people and give them breakfast? Maybe I'm wrong. She cannot get through this door. This game even has a map and everything. This is ahead of the curve. Wake up kid who's already awake. Jesus Christ, she's really struggling. She needs some home help, I think. She's just walking into so many objects. She opens doors by walking head first into the... Doesn't even attempt to put her hand out. I don't think it can handle any more of this. It's not even the games. It's not even the fact that I'm just waking up and feeding children constantly. It's the ads. It's so hard to handle being bombarded with ads every few seconds. Ah, but so many of these games look so good. Like, I want to play this one too. Look, mom is having shopping at grocery store. I think I could be here all day playing these games if I could. And honestly, I'd recommend it to you if you have the time to get all of these apps. They all get a 10 out of 10 from me. Actually, I can't remember most of them. I think I was repressing them as I played them. It was weird. It was like real-time repressing stuff. It was really bringing me back to my childhood. I love them all. But I hope you enjoyed the video. I hope you enjoyed me showing off my maternal instincts in these games. I really think I shined as Emma Watson in particular. So if they're doing maybe a reboot of the Harry Potter movies, I'm just saying might be an option. You know, I am willing to negotiate. But I do hope you enjoyed. I appreciate you watching, as always, folks. And I do hope to see you next time. I better go wake the kids and make breakfast. So bye for now.