o do. I really want to raise our employees pay this year I really don't want to lay anybody off from the city of Durham All these things are I think There are going to be choices that we face over the next few months and I think To me it makes a lot of sense to fund these two that the city's recommended that the administration is recommending Let the county hire them Get them up and running and then see through our budget process If we have you know, what is this is this our top priority for that next 600 thousand dollars You know, which is the additional money it's going to cost So those are my thoughts that I want to offer Okay, other colleagues councilmember middleton And then councilman cabillera Thank you, mr. Marin. Thank you colleagues, uh for your your great Insights, uh madame pro tem and and council three line. Thank you. I'm as Wallace For for uh in the team For for the great work on this You know when when when I when I asked the council to consider this last year wrapped in some other things there This is what the beauty of deliberative government We're not going to agree on everything But i'm incredibly grateful that the things that we can coalesce around agree on that we can move on This this is a critically important day I think uh for our government for our city of this conversation because alas, I think today We can say that we are moving with deliberate speed towards crafting Uh a substantive response to gun violence outside of the traditional police response something happens call the police They go investigate hopefully arrest someone but this year 2020 I think has called for us to do some things Beyond that that paradigmatic address beyond what we normally do and I think the expansion of bull city united is Is an important first step. I want to say, you know, it's a first step I'm excited that we're going to do this Um, but we'll have very little time for you know victory laps or high fives because there'll be some other things that we need to do when I um saw this this model at work when I Department of justice gave money for us to send the delegation of boston that was a part of in 20 But thing was 2015 before I was even thinking about running for elected office And and so and I had an opportunity to see this model at work in other cities Namely boston And it was part of a comprehensive multi-faceted approach that radically impacted violence not only gun violence in boston, but the relationship between the community and the police as well Um, so violence interrupt was part was part of a multifaceted thing that included wraparound services It included a shot spotter boston used shot spotter along with violence interrupt along with wraparound services along with creative Based initiatives like we are the one fund All working together in concert to kind of flood the zone Not overly intrusive surveillance through video cameras, but but shot spot that because they didn't want cameras all over the place In conjunction with violence interruptors to make a real impact. So this is a critically important day And I'm very very very very very pleased That we we've called us around this. I do want to add my weight to to option For the four additional centers tracks as well and I want to do it I want to do that and I fully listen everything the mayor said amen to it You got a budget gap, but but I think we're also facing an optical challenge as well Um, there's nothing more important that a government can do than to protect the lives of its people I mean if you run down a list of things no matter what you talk about if it's voting rights You know economic empowerment you have to be alive in order to participate in any of those things You know if we can't get our young boys and girls out of kindergarten out of elementary school To graduate from high school all that to to experience all that great stuff is waiting for them Then all of that none of that matters if you're not alive There's nothing more important That then we can do as a government than protect the lives of our citizens I think in under a one million dollar investment close to one million dollar investment Within the universe of other things we do because I think if we don't do option four Then we're going to have to have a conversation and justify You know anything else we propose next year anything else we propose next year will be held intention to What have we done to address the most pressing Quality of life issues facing our city right now as gun violence whether it's two million dollars for participatory budgeting Whether it's a cool million dollars that we've laid aside for whatever the wellness and public safety task force comes up Whatever we spend money on it's going to be held attention against this And I I think we would be hard pressed to explain to the city why given the On sort of gun violence that we're facing that we did not even if we phase it in over over the years That we did not Go as bold as we can Based upon the recommendations from the staff to address the number one issue facing our city right now And it's not we didn't even cross the million dollar threshold We just came close to it to impact gun violence given the record number of shootings we've had In our year, I think from just from moral point of view, whatever else we spend money on and this is next budget It's fully aware that we have a budget Gap and that it's going to be a struggle We're going to have to justify those expenditures relative to what we do about this issue of gun violence So so while I deeply resonate and understand About the budget challenges we're facing if we're going to apply that metric to this issue Then we better be prepared to apply to everything else we do and I mean everything else we do Because it can't be business as usual If we have a budget shortfall and if it is going to be business as usual What more business what business is more pressing than protecting the lives of our children and our community And if we don't want to do it with more police, we don't want to do it with shot spotter Alas, here's something that we can actually say yes to and I think we should say yes In as emphatic terms as possible. And if it's four census tracts at under a million dollars Um, I would be hard pressed to explain to the city why we went any lower than that Even if we've got to phase it in and I know our folk know how to do this if we don't write to check all at one time But I think making a commitment Uh and telegraphing to the city how seriously we take this issue and that on today on today Their government committed to go big and hard And we'll deal with the challenges of phasing it in I think it's an important critically important message to send to our city on this day particularly Uh, those of our residents who live in the most affected areas where we're getting ready to put cameras in If we can put cameras there we can darn sure put violence interrupters around the city as well for under a million That's a good price Thank you, mr. Mayor Thank you councilmember Councilmember caballero Just wanted to say thank you. Um, this is excellent. Um councilmember freelon That is one of the things that I hear a lot about is the From residents is the distrustration and I always like to remember This is public money and so the work has to be done in the public And it has to be transparent as much as as best as possible and that takes time and so that is um And I get frustrated with that as well and I just continually remind myself that that is why we have all these processes in place I I'm happy to either do the staff recommendation or the higher amount. Um, I I'm kind of stuck quite frankly. Um I'm anxious about our budget. Um, I'm anxious about What we're going to hear during our budget retreats, but I also recognize Um Where we are the city. So I will go with the majority on that. Um, I just do want to share that I Have a lot of anxiety about what we're going to be seeing in the next few months and uh, what that means personally Thank you councilmember Councilmember freeman Thank you, mr. Mayor. I um, just had a few questions And um, I appreciate my colleagues and their passion for this this conversation and the work Knowing that it's important that we we do find solutions is um as our focus and acknowledging that gun violence has been an issue for the In this last year that I've also raised as um, you know, trying to find ways to engage So that we're not relying so heavily on just the police department is important I do want to say that I support either the the staff recommendation or the additional You know two census tracts, but I did want to uh, just want to make sure I touch base because I do I have a concern about the way that the organization is set up. And so just noting this this would be exist This would be adding staff to the county's existing staff. And so I just wanted to talk to Um, the county representative miss pierce and just hear a little bit about how you would implement this this work And acknowledging how race and racism has operated over the course of time and acknowledging how we we've arrived at this point today Uh, finally, but um, I just want to make sure that I hear some some kind of check-ins and some kind of Goal points on how the work will happen Once the staff members are added to the county staff because I do want to acknowledge I do want to note that it has to be full-time staff with salary and benefits and all of the kind of equity aspects in in up front so And uh based on some of the comments that uh, some of the representatives shared at the at the previous presentation I want to make sure that we're whole We're taking a holistic view of what's happening on the ground level in the neighborhoods that That the gun violence is occurring because you are going to have to figure out who in those neighborhoods Are actually your interveners. They cannot be just people from out of out of town coming in from california or You know, new york It needs to be specifically people from derm preferably A high school graduates in derm or if they haven't graduated. I mean It just needs I just want to hear a little bit more about how this work would happen Thank you councilwoman freeman You've asked some important questions. I'll try to answer the maybe the last one first about the process of onboarding staff And you and you're correct that The criteria is that the the person or staff Really need to come from the community That they're going to serve That they have to have some level of social capital within Where where they will be serving and also yes, um, you want staff with a full-time employment Benefits all of that. However, we do have a process in the beginning where The staff person may be to ensure that they're a good fit may have a short period of Temporary assignment and then definitely open in the application so that someone could be on board Full-time with benefits because if we're going to talk about equity We want to ensure that people have an opportunity to thrive and and work full-time and receive benefits The other piece, um, I think it's important to note and again Thank you miss wallis for your presentation and just to add this might be a both and type of response but It's important to note that implementing programs and services alone Um are wholly unacceptable to address or respond to a legacy of structural and institutional inequities and racism and that's really important Um because programs and services alone will never ever solve the issues that we have because we're dealing with You know years centuries of inequities And so I think that's really important Just to really manage all of our expectations around any program or service I'm also glad to share that the city and county are members of the government alliance on race and equity that And that's a national network of government at all levels and we work As a government because we're really clear that it's been government For centuries, unfortunately, we weren't there but have significantly contributed to inequities And so it is our um and how through our policies and our practices and procedures And so, you know, so then it's our responsibility to really participate And actually take the lead to address Structural and systemic racism. So, you know, and that ties in certainly to this program Because we can't just again rely on a program To address or solve the issues that we've had for centuries. And so I just want to say that And that doesn't mean that we don't need this program or interested in the program But we have to do our own work in government to address the systemic issues that produce these outcomes and often when we look at a An iceberg and all that we can see is 10% of that iceberg But if we're not going to delve more deeply into the 90% of why People are situated differently in society or how things are showing up Then we'll forever just work in that 10% area and never delve more deeply. So and then again, it's our responsibility and government to do that We definitely have opportunities During this particular time in history to make some real change And not just superficially. So, you know, and how do we do that by share share a common understanding and language around racism what it is what it's not How it shows up and how it even spends on its own access and doesn't require Access and doesn't require any of our permission or intent And so we have to really be comfortable and courageous enough to really have these conversations So that we really can delve more deeply into The issues that we do have so anyway, I just want to say that That there's some important work that we need to do and we can do it working together collaboratively with our our wise and expert community residents and that as long as Racism is embedded in our systems and institutions. It is our moral obligation to do this work and James ball when said not everything That is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. So I don't know if I've addressed anything that Any additional pieces that you had councilwoman. Thank you. I appreciate that miss pierce. I I do Do think you addressed a little bit of it and I would love to hear from our interim city manager page If there are any ideas around how to incorporate some of this Conversation into the context of what happens with the additional Staff so that so that there's some way to have reporting out because my my continuous concern is always going to be How does the community stay at the forefront of this? Um Direction or support and making sure that there is a lot more transparency And what happens with bull city united or any other? intervening program that we put in place and so if there's a way to kind of structure Conversation or contract or interlocal agreements that that kind of tie Outcomes and goals that are reported out to maybe the health and community Committee health and safety task force or the race equity commission whatever it it looks like I trust that you can figure that out But I would love to know that you're thinking about those things up beforehand Thank thank you council woman freeman We certainly have begun those conversations We have numerous interlocal agreements with derm derm county, you know, none of them are identical because they all Are tailored to the work that's actually being done. So, you know reporting Whether they're quarterly reporting whether it be you know Or reporting out to the city council From time to time We can build all of those kinds of accountabilities and and reporting structures to You know to to relate it to this work, you know, we have not heard a lot of reporting From bull city united in the past. We weren't an investor And I would use that terminology. We were not funding the program but With this expansion We will be A a partner in the program. So our interlocal agreement will cover the accountability and reporting components that you refer to Thank you. I appreciate that and um, just noting like I said, I Similar to council member capiero and fine um, have concerns on on where we fall and our budget shortfalls, but I'm fully Fully ready to support at whatever level our majority decides So I would just add if I may please do the manager We are um, we hear Every comment that is being made and and we're thinking about how we structured the interlocal agreement with the actual timing of The ability to to to bring The employees on board and get them functioning And we would bring that back with with the intent of ultimately According to what we hear Expanding to all of the census tracts all four of them But the interlocal that we work out in the background would would reflect The actual operational components and timing of um, you know, how quickly we would be able to move Move to full expansion one other thing that wasn't mentioned directly It has been mentioned, but regardless of Some of the other outcomes that come from a initiative like this What we end up doing is giving full Time livable wages plus to Members of our community who live right in our community who helping us To advance some of the highest priorities They end up with with jobs and benefits Like some of the rest of us have you know in in the community. So that just by itself I have heard about some of the background and history of some of the employees that work in this program And the the difference that have in this type of employment um, has made to their to their life in the lives of their families and um It so that one mentioned specifically here We talked about the number of of people whether it be seven people or 18 people all of those will be working Residents of our community who live in the communities that they're serving in Um, will we do this expansion? So thank you Thank you very much madam manager, uh councilmember middleton Thank you, mr. Mayor, and miss pierce. Thank you so much I should have acknowledged you at the top of the my remarks forgive me I want to thank you for your your work and your partnership with miss wallis and for your spot on um observations about the need to still address the systemic Root of all of this and and it's so critical because I just want to say colleagues I don't know about y'all, but I kind of sensed some stars aligning here Uh as we move forward as a city think about it if if we do the work and expand this initiative If we lean in and get that money for guaranteed income something we've been talking about If we look seriously at initiatives like like brother pierce's proposed with we are the one fun and others Um, if we really put some muscle in our shared economic prosperity plan that we've been talking about and go hard on that We are essentially creating an ecosystem for my brothers and sisters who want to defund the police We're creating an ecosystem whereby we will start to organically Defund the police almost systemically through atrophy Through diminished through diminished utility Which is something I've said if we do the work and really go hard on these initiatives Go beyond just talking about them and put some real money behind and put some real creativity We'll start to automatically organically find that we can cut our budget in other places Because we've done the work to build up our systems in other places not wish for it Not hope for it But actually have done the work and spent the money And empowered the right people and listened to the voices in the community We can get there organically And naturally and still be able to do what a city needs to do To effectively and safely govern itself. Um, I don't know if it's you but i'm excited. I think this is a good day With all that's happening and and we've got some opportunities before us as leaders of this city to do some really really really good I think paradigms shifting things If we if we lean in and I know we're all up to it So I just wanted to say that and thank you miss pierce for the admonition about focusing on the route And I think we've got some opportunities to do just that And sort of move away from some of the traditional Knee jerk responses that all of us all of us want to and know that we need to Move away from so I just wanted to say that. Thank you, mr. Mayor Thank you council member Other colleagues council member race Thank you, mr. Mayor I often have a funny thing I say about going last a serious thing That is good about going last but that I get to hear Everyone's perspective before I embarrass myself by sharing mine. So I just want to thank all my colleagues for being brave and going first So that I can go last I am In surveying the remarks we've heard so far from our council colleagues. Mr. Mayor. It sounds like We have one member who supports the staff recommendation only two members who support either the staff recommendation or Expanding the recommendation to four census tracts and three members who support Funding the program at the four census tract level from the outset Um And I'm sorry three for that do that and I want to count myself in that category as wanting to support Uh, the recommend the the additional recommendation to move To fund this program at the four At the four census tract level It would be really hard For me to face the folks in those third and fourth centers correct census tract communities And tell them it wasn't worth the additional money even in a tough budget year to at least try to do what we can to To make sure that we have the resources in place to support folks who are trying to make a change to To to get folks involved in these situations Who are in the community from the community of the community to provide them with a good Strong basis of financial support and then to put the tools in their hands To go out and talk to folks who are engaging in some of this violence to talk about how they might make different choices You know a year and a half ago Some of you may recall I was actually running for reelection and it's hard to believe And during that reelection campaign I came out and supported city support for both city united I think today Is a great opportunity for us to come together behind A proposal to expand that program in a really robust way Um, mr. Mayor you're 100 correct councilmember calvier is 100 correct. We have a really difficult budget season ahead of us um The the budget whole as we enter that process is the largest that I can remember as a member of the city council And there's still a lot of uncertainty about what faces us in terms of revenues in terms of the additional needs That are going to exist in our community about what additional support might come from raleigh or washington As an output of those quite frankly broken political processes And so in many ways As it's often the case durham is going to have to come up with our own solutions to so many problems that we have But mr. Mayor, I guess this is my way of saying that as we move into that process It's difficult for me to imagine a higher priority for me Then doing what we can Reasonably within a modest budget requirements to not only To not only Make these resources more broadly available in our community. And so That's where I am on that and I look forward to seeing this come back before us At our next full council meeting to get approved. Thank you, mr. Mayor Thank you councilmember other comments Councilmember freeman I I really appreciate uh Councilmember riece, you know spelling it all out and Making sure we're all on one accord to see exactly what is in front of us I I just want to note that In no way shape or form would I not want to support the the force census tracts like this think it might be a A measured response to make sure that we implement so that I know that there's the timing and the aspect of When and how you get the right folks in place And so I am committed to making sure that all force census tracts are covered and in addition to not just This program but actually throughout So making sure that the roads all of all of the things that we cover as a city the trash the yards Making sure we have parks all of those things and so I'm mindful that If if the majority of the council is is committed to the to Spending just a little under a million dollars on this that they'll be just as committed to making sure we find funding to support us where we need Need um elsewhere and so I'm I'm fully on board with moving forward with the force census tracts Um, that is not uh apprehension on my part at all Thank you Thank you councilmember any further comments Okay, I'll just make one as you all know I'm not a big uh, I'm not big for trying to argue people into my point of view, but I'm going to just say this again I We can do two of these now And by the time these people are hired up and ready for these two we can see what our budget looks like And decide if we have room for the other two I continue to believe that that's the most responsible course of action uh, and uh, I hope that I can Convince some of you all that before uh, uh, a majority of you all Before uh, monday night. I don't anticipate that I can but I just want to be very clear that that is my position and uh, um, I really feel I don't think everybody realizes the budget situation we're about to be in we are going to be in a really hard situation With things that we really want to do and so I've just put that out there Councilmember millton Thank you, mr. Mayor, and I appreciate your your caution and your reminding of the budget situation. Um, I think we're aware Uh, may I ask her that if will you If if we do that will you bring that same? type of scrutiny to any other Initiative that council brings forth for the next budget cycle um Are you are you are you prepared to say that that everything will get that type of scrubbing? Uh, whatever we come up with as council members outside of our but a traditional city services, whatever ideas we come up with Yeah, my my concern is not so much that we don't all give the the I think we all give Of that level of attention when we get to our budget cycle My concern about this is that it's outside the budget cycle that we're making commitment outside the budget cycle i'm happy to do that for two of these uh For two of these census tracts and I might be happy to do it for four once I see what else is out there for us uh, and so Yeah, I mean I I think that we all give I give I think we all give that level of scrutiny the difference here For me is this is outside the budget cycle. We're making commitment Without knowing what our other choices are Right And if I might and and I'll certainly give to my colleagues I and uh, you're right. We all do bring us into this group I should have been more clear in my in my question I was talking more of kind of that hard right like like we say 300 some odd thousand dollars That's going to be kind of a hard stealing for me as we consider Other things as we move forward in the other initiative that we might want to do as a council In or out of the budget season. I think um You know the the the the emergent nature of what we faced in gun violence in the city Um, it's precisely why you know, we we were having a conversation again with outside of the budget cycle and I will also say that, you know, um I mean if we've got a firm commitment Uh to look at uh more money in the regular budget cycle and I understand what we're facing But you know, we I don't think we were in the budget cycle when we committed a billion dollars to the the wellness task force Um as well that that wasn't very as I if I recall during the budget cycle, right? Yeah, that's that's a million Um, you know, this is and with all due respect, you know, I think Given if you look at both initiatives, most of the united versus A task force that today has not had a meeting yet And given where we are, you know in terms of as a city what the most virgin need we need to address in the right now Here and now I think, you know, the both of the united initiatives again, respectively is a far more Uh far more important thing. We need to be doing right now. I and a number of my colleagues that spoke was the urgency of the hour Um, uh council freeline has spoken to the frustration in the city in terms of us You know not seeming to be moving our feet quickly enough Um, I guess I'll ask somebody for buster for the manager office if if we cook because I think it's important That the city sees us commit to what we can do if we commit on our next meeting to the to uh the four cycles And and those folks aren't hired up immediately at 13 and does the commitment mean that the money goes out the door immediately? um, and if we look at the realities of staffing up the realities of of Treating folk. We know that these folk aren't going to all be brought in overnight Uh, and if if I guess I want to hear a little bit from the staff of what phasing in would look like And and does does us voting on four tracks mean that we've got to we've got to cut it on in a thousand hour check that night Or realistically as we do with many other initiatives in the city It will be there will be a process in the timeline over which those funds are phased in Um Councilmember millerton and Councilmember, I also see uh, miss joxson coming on when we have an uh interlocal agreement with durham county And and certainly this agreement will be you know, some of it will be language that we're familiar with but it will certainly contain um language as I mentioned when I came on camera before That is unique to the operational components of of expanding A program like this when we if what we are paying for here is salary and benefits That is what you see as a proposal. It is it is employed. It is employee salary um statutory benefits health insurance the things that go along with a person having a full-time job Working working for durham county government doing these things that we We know that they will be doing In in the context of violence interruption And outreach to residents that live in those census tracks We pay based upon actual expenses In these types of interlocal agreements when we do our reconciliation at the end of every year So if positions are filled just like if we have positions in the city and they only are filled half the year Then we you know, we pay for actual expenses In these interlocals, that's a little bit different than we may have an agreement to give a nonprofit You know a grant and we grant that nonprofit. We pay it pay them a quarter of it every quarter We may have some cash transactions that we do between us and durham county But at the end of the year we reconcile the interlocal agreements and we pay actual expenses And i've actually confirmed that with our financial financial team. Ms. Johnson is here and i've also spoken to Mr. Boyd Related to the finance department's reconciliation of interlocal agreements Thank you, madam manager miss johnson. Good to see you. Do you have anything you'd like to add Uh bertha johnson director of budget and management services City manager page is correct. We have those agreements. We may make monthly Payments to the county based on actual expenditures and we reconcile at the end of the year with them And so that is correct. We do not pay up front and let it unless it is an grant agreement with an organization Thank you very much All right council members any other comments? Okay, we'll we'll move this on to uh monday night's agenda miss wallis as a Let's put it on gba Yes, sir. Mr. Mayor Thank you. Thank you councilmember freeman. Did you have one last question? Just making sure that you were saying putting it on gba with the four Senses tracks just just making sure that was well, it'll be on gba I believe the way we've got it and there'll be a motion The whoever would like to make the motion to make it four census tracks can feel free to do so. Okay. Thank you Okay, um We have one more item and that item is item five This is the non-discrimination ordinance and i'm going to turn it over to our city attorney or maybe uh Is is are you starting us off? Madam attorney I'm happy to start us off. Mr. Mayor, but as you know, well, um, and I think I've already informed most of the members of council Uh senior assistant city attorney christa kugaro has done the yo man yo woman's work on This item a lot of research and writing So for the technicalities, I will definitely turn it over to her um This item is coming to council at the request of you and others on council You all may recall That there was a provision in the legislation that ultimately Resolved if we're going to say it was resolved the hb2 controversy some years ago that expressly prohibited local governments from adopting anti-discrimination local ordinances and other regulations that would affect private employment relationships that provision sunsetted on december 1st of 2020 and In light of that sunset there has been a rather robust conversation among local governments to spearhead efforts to provide broader protections at the local level for all of our residents In putting together a non-discrimination ordinance for the city of durham Miss kugaro has has taken a look back durham has had in place previously non-discrimination provisions, uh, we currently have a fair housing ordinance that provides some protections and the idea was to expand both the scope of our anti-discrimination efforts to employment matters as well as public accommodations issues and also the The the persons who would fall within the purview of protection provide some additional protections that are Some of which are not provided at the state and local state and federal level Um others of which are but we just wanted to reiterate our commitment to them So with that said, um, I am going to turn it over to miss kugaro to address some specifics Thanks kim Good afternoon council. I'm happy to be here Just as a introduction before we get into the business of the ordinance I'd want to say listening to the conversation today I feel like this ordinance complements a lot of the conversations that have been had And I feel like this is important, especially given what happened yesterday. Um initiatives like this one And all of the ones that you've been speaking about today make me really proud to be a resident of durham And are proud proud to be an employee of our organization. So I just wanted to to mention that So, um, I'm going to provide a very kind of high-level overview of the the substance of the ordinance Um, you had documents that were available Through on base and I legislate and I do hope that you've had a chance to look over those I know that this week has probably Not been what some of us Or any of us expected. Um, and so I'm happy to answer questions about the ordinance Um as we move through So as kim said, we do have an ordinance in place that does address some Discrimination in the context of fair housing and what we're looking at now is expanding The context in which we address non-discrimination and the folks who are protected by our ordinance So to achieve those goals, um we Are adding some protected classes um And framing the enforcement of the ordinance similar to how enforcement operates now um, and just to back up for a minute The neighborhood improvement services, uh department has a human relations division. There's also a human relations commission um, the city of durham, which has a subcommittee a quasi digital subcommittee And that's where the enforcement lies currently the fair housing ordinance um And so the enforcement here and in the proposed draft before you operates similarly To get back to the protected classes that have been added to the ordinance As drafted, we've we've included protections for military status sexual orientation gender identity and protected hairstyle In in sort of alignment with the crown act the council member freeman has has raised Pregnancy is not explicitly included in these additions because it's actually already covered Under the definition for familial status I know that that's something that some ordinances do call out specifically, but it's actually already covered under our existing ordinance and then operatively, um, the ordinance creates a new article a new article three, um and adds prohibitions in discrimination against discrimination in employment and public accommodations And includes some exceptions, um, that are often included in these types of ordinances And as mentioned earlier places enforcement with the human relations division And the subcommittee of the human relations commission The ordinance also modernizes language by replacing the term handicap with disability And removes binary gendered language just again to sort of Align more with the city's values um at this moment The effective date of the ordinance is proposed for july 1st 2020 um And that's really I think that The overview of the ordinance and everything that's included in the materials before you today And what would be before you on the 19th? I will pause there. I'm happy to answer your questions Provide some more detail on any of the provisions that you have looked at Thank you so much miss kukuro great job. Um I just want to thank you for this work. Um Our you know, I read the ordinance. It's I don't know 28 pages or something and uh Fortunately a lot of it was there before you got there, which is good And you just had to rewrite some things and then of course you had a lot to add um And I really want to thank you and uh our city attorney For For working with uh other attorneys across the state and with equality and c to give us a really good ordinance and And I know as soon as it gets passed Uh, we're going to be hearing from other cities Wanting to know can they steal it? Which of course we're happy for them to do But I think that this is such an important time because we this state legislation sunset on december uh The beginning of december And here we are a month later with our ordinance in place or ready to be in place And I just want to thank you all for your Your quick response and also for working with others across the state to make this a reality So I really appreciate I know how much work went into it Okay, colleagues questions and comments for miss kukaro councilmember freeman Thank you. Um, mr. Mayor and thank you miss kukaro and uh, mr. Redberg I am very grateful for your work. I know that you've been working hard over this holiday break And pulling all of this together. Um, I think Councilmember freeland mentioned earlier how slow, you know I guess bureaucracy can work and and trying to get things to move forward And that has been the exact opposite And that in the council meeting where I mentioned it and and here we are today You know, it's already kind of like laid out and I know that there's been a lot of work to figure out What parts and pieces could be in place and how much we could really have an impact? um on as a local, um Municipality and I just want to make sure that it's not left at our local level And noting that we've just had our legislative agenda put together It would be great to make sure that this is also, um included And noting also that in our next I think work session Uh, I will be bringing forward the the crown act support around this resolution and kind of explaining, um, exactly what it means to to to To acknowledge what you know, natural hair is and how it and how the discrimination that's been experienced by people with, um With hair that's not considered um The norm and so I'm really grateful um to watch the process unfold And I'm really grateful for your support and trying to put that this work together Noting this is I think this is probably the first time I really had to like dig into like actual law and read as much as I have and I um I am I am uh Flabbergasted and grateful and I just wanted to say thank you and I just want to make sure that um that this is also included for Future and making sure that at the state level that the ordinances that we're using are as well Are um incorporated into our state laws and federal laws. So thank you Thank you councilmember councilmember middleton Thank you, mr. Mayor. Can you folks hear me? I got a uh indication of the sound For a little while you had kind of uh Uh, we couldn't we could hear you fuzzily for a little while, but you're fine Okay, I had to put some more money in the meter. So thanks Uh councilor cuckoo. Good to see you. Happy new year and kim. Thank you. Thank you so much for this work I just want to say um, how excited I am and anxious I am to vote for this ordinance You know to declare who you Declare who you are just requires eloquence but to codify it requires courage And I think this work basically just brings us closer to who we say we are in Durham And you know, I love living in a city where we do as much as we can for as many people as we can for as long As we can and I think this uh, this ordinance helps us get closer to that reality So just want to thank you for the work and and pledge my uh full support and look forward to uh voting on it. Thank you Thank you councilmember um councilmember reese Thank you, mr. Mayor. Um, I want to thank our city attorney kim rayberg and especially A christa kugler. Christa. I like the mayor dug into this ordinance um, and some of the recent More recent revisions, and I just wanted to say I'm really grateful for all your hard work um, and for the care that you took um in Broadening the city's current protections in a really thoughtful way That incorporated many of the ideas that we've wanted to incorporate um Even prior to house bill 2 in 2016, but certainly since then also wanted to just say To the people of Durham. This has been a long road It was during my very first year as a member of the Durham city council that the general assembly and riley passed house bill 2 um, I was proud to draft the city's response to that That was adopted by my colleagues unanimously. Um, I also um remember that in the wake of house bill 2 the general assembly passed house bill 142 Which purported to repeal certain portions of of house bill 2 But then extended the The blanket prohibition on local governments from expanding our existing non-discrimination ordinances um to uh last month and so We've had a long time uh here in Durham and around the state to think about what that would look like To think about how we might best address The problems that we try to get at when we pass a non-discrimination ordinance And christa, I just want to again say how grateful I am for all the work that you put into this Uh during a during a challenging time to get us to where we are. I don't have any any anything I want would want to add or change to the ordinance Um, so i'm really grateful. I did have a question. Maybe it's for I don't know if this is for the city attorney or from the city manager um the How are we how is the administration envisioning? Any potential budget impact from the enhanced Enforcement requirements of an expanded non-discrimination ordinance like the one that we're considering I'm I'm sure manager page. I can address the budgetary impacts, but councilman vorice you raise a very Great question. Um, a very key consideration in our conversations With the administration which because of the timing Really only began in earnest this week um They have pointed out to us that this will require quite a bit of investment um from the city and quite a Quite a bit of staff resource In order to stand this up. I mean just the piece that we have for fair housing Is a very knowledge intensive in depth Not in extensive propositions. So to add other regulatory pieces to that Um, where the city would be receiving complaints in the realm of employment and public accommodations Obviously, that's going to be exponentially more Staff resource and just city infrastructure that we do not currently have um Ms. Cuckrow mentioned that The city attorney's office and just Putting forward a draft had proposed um an effective date of july 1 2021 You know having spoken some with the administration. I'm I'm not sure that that can be achieved like that's excessively ambitious Um, and really they need an opportunity to assess What the staff and infrastructure needs are going to be for enforcement and with that said alternative to manager page Thank you. Ms. Rayberg. We we uh have had conversations with staff The the current members in nis. They've been very uh preliminary They have actually, you know worked in the fair housing space for a number of years and a very, you know familiar with You know that that Part of the code and and how we manage it here in the city We we will be able to Evaluate the resources Unnecessary based upon the um the amendments that are being That are that are part of this new Adjustment to the code section and be able to provide What those costs would be Different options to to be able to do All of the different components of it whether it be internal resources whether it be out, you know consulta services You know so contracting components of it out But we will certainly be able to do that With with some time To to to be able to provide that But we do not have any estimates. We don't have any estimates today Oh Understood one. I just want to say um, thank you for that and and kim as well Um, I certainly didn't expect any kind of estimate and I apologize my question came off that way I just wanted to make sure That that the administration understands that I fully support not only this ordinance and its adoption at our next business meeting but also The fact understand that there is going to be a budgetary impact to this ordinance If we just wanted to pass a bunch of words and feel good about ourselves We could do that But I think every member of this council understands that when we pass a new Non-discrimination ordinance in order for it to have any meaning it has to be enforced and enforced in a robust an impartial way And that's going to require an additional budget investment And I just wanted to let our administration know that I fully intend to support that investment And when it comes forward and I wish you the best of luck is you try to figure out what that might look like I know there are some good models from around the country About how that what that can look like And and I just wanted to make sure that I expressed my support not only for the The words of the ordinance the spirit that animates it and the validation of our community values that it stands for but also That I support and ready to support The budgetary investment that we're going to need to make as a community To give life to those words and that in that invoice So that it's not just a reflection of our values, but an embodiment of them and how we protect our neighbors And so I just wanted to say that and to thank you again Madam city attorney and christa for coming forward with an outstanding ordinance to look forward to supporting. Thank you, mr. Thank you councilmember madam mayor pro tem Thank you, mr. Mayor. Can you hear me? Yes, we can although I realized that when councilmember middleton said Could you hear me and was talking? I probably just should have said yes and Let him go on unheard. No, just kidding Thank you, I'm sorry to be off camera with my house just lost power It seems that a car crashed into the electrical pole Just down the street from us. So hope everyone's okay. There's an ambulance and fire trucks and such responding now. So Working from home. It's an adventure. Um But thank you. I just wanted to thank um our city attorney and miss cookro for all the work on this ordinance I also Read through it pretty carefully though. I do not have a legal background Um, I think I got as much as much out of it as I possibly could And really appreciate all the work um that went into putting it together and I think it's really excellent and and will definitely serve as a model for um for other cities in our state For a number of years We've been you know looking forward to a time when this legislation would expire We would have the opportunity to move forward with legislation like this to protect all members of our community from discrimination and so i'm just really glad that we I finally reached the moment where where this is possible and i'm glad that we are in collaboration with Uh local community organizations that have been fighting for the rights of lgbtq folks for decades and that we're in collaboration with Folks in other cities who also are excited about taking action to Protect vulnerable um members of our community. So i'm looking forward to supporting this legislation at our meeting on monday and Um, and I really appreciate the attention that has been paid to the enforcement mechanisms I for one am hopeful that we never have to enforce in action. Um that everyone in our community um will simply follow these guidelines and not discriminate against people, but i'm glad that if we Do face any um any issues that we have a robust enforcement process And that our human relations commission who have been So um stellar at at dealing with our fair housing issues are going to be able to to take on This additional piece of work. So thank you again. This is um great It's a it's an incredible step forward and I appreciate all the work that's gone into it and Um, I'm glad to be a part of this community where these are, you know, the kind of issues that that we're willing to take on And that really mattered to us. Thank you Thank you madame mayor pro tem and I should I think I should uh, I think most of you all know this anyway, but just to They're they're over the last few months Uh the metro mayors the the so-called big city mayors in the metro mayors not that our cities are that big except for charlotte But we've been discussing this there's been discussion at the national at the north kalana league municipalities Local progress has been part of the discussion and it's a lot of it's been led by quality nc So there's really been a lot of good Discussion they've engaged in the north kalana chamber of commerce as well um mayor pro tem johnson and I Talked A couple of weeks ago or maybe it was before christmas to The folks at duke so that they could be they were they were very strong opponents of hb2 When it was passed they're very interested in this and we had a good discussion with them So we've really tried to keep all of our community partners Our local chamber abreast of it, uh, so that there are no surprises and um that people are moving in concert and so we'll now see other cities In hopefully some counties moving along with us We we were hopeful and We had we discussed this That we might be able to get some state legislation, but that was prior to november the November the third Okay, I do have a couple of questions miss kukaro in light of what the city attorney said about the uh The start date and and the need for the staff to Be able to you know for the city to be able to make the right decisions and staff up What is this that we now have the july 1st? 2021 date do we not on the uh for the start date is that Still the date that we want or do we want to wait a little bit longer? Uh, or do we how do you want to do that? mayor if you're asking me, um I would defer I think to to the administration perhaps once we have more information um most certainly we can discuss with them in between now and um tuesday And there may be some other options that we can explore in terms of enforcement and and modifying the enforcement language so that that enforcement follows Standard enforcement of city ordinances rather than the sort of current processes that are laid out So I think we have a few options. Um And and I don't know that I'm best situated to make that decision Okay, thank you Uh, I see that miss rayberg is with us I am mr. Marin and And miss kukaro gave you exactly the answer that I would have given which is I I'd like to um Get the input of the administration on an effective date Certainly, um, but as she just pointed out we can put some standard ordinance effected an enforcement language in there as a placeholder until we can get to a point Where the hrc can be employed more robustly in the implementation Great, thank you The the it seems like the basic choice that you made here miss kukaro Uh, when you wrote the ordinance was to have a kind of general and broad Uh anti-discrimination ordinance as applies as it applies to employment and public accommodations as opposed to the very Specific language that we have in the housing ordinance. I understand While we have the very specific language in the housing ordinance we we're We're we're acting kind of in lieu of a federal agency there or in lieu of a Yeah, I guess we are the kind of federally designated agency. I'm not sure I've got my language right For housing Do you can you just say a few words about why you thought the more general anti-discrimination approach was better? I know I know that in the memo you said that if we didn't go this way We would we would have more specificity, but there would be also kind of We might miss things. I guess, you know, it would be narrow where in a set So I wondered if you could just take a minute to tell us how you weigh that consideration and And just give us a little insight into your thinking on that Sure I think Given some of the constraints In terms of the time That certainly was was a factor, but I think I think More broadly The ordinance as drafted Without getting into specifics of what discrimination is isn't Gives the city More leeway To to make determinations. It gives I think our residents A little bit more room to come to us with with their grievances And then for us to explore those and and pursue enforcement if that if that needs to happen The more specific we get and this is what you mentioned and what the memo mentions The more we're sort of excluding possibilities For enforcement. So I think it gives us the most flexibility to address The most harm Thank you very much. Appreciate that All right, colleagues any further comments or questions councilmember caviato Yeah, just a ton of gratitude for so many folks within our The city legal offices and just across the state. I know so many people have been dedicating a lot of time and effort to this I looked extremely I've looked really really forward to having us at our next council meeting um, want to just say that I also Understand that the enforcement components will add um, some monetary potential monetary, um I guess complexity or issues and I get it. I just we just need to do this and I'm glad that We're at this point. It's been a really hard last few years in the city north Carolina. And uh, this is a new day Thank you councilmember I'll also remind ours us that this does not deal with bathrooms The state still retains control of legislating about bathrooms One day they will give that up But that's where we are All right, uh councilmember freeman Thank you. I just wanted to appreciate all the context and conversation shared and just note that this is part of what um Was kind of laid out in very general terms for us in the conversation previously with um adding the additional um What the expansion of bull city united and how Miss pierce was explaining that we can't just do programs. And so I fully appreciate The budget aspect or the budgetary aspect of how We're going to need to to step it up and making sure that we protect our residents in our community. And so I'm thankful and grateful. Thank you Thank you councilmember councilmember reese Mr. Mayor, thank you for just let giving me one more opportunity to say I forgot to thank two folks Um, and they worked for equality in c I want to thank kindra johnson The executive director of the quality in c and especially aim simons their policy director who have been super helpful Uh and helping me understand What this ordinance can and ought to do? And I know that they've also talked with a number of us as well as staff. So just wanted to um Make sure that we um, we recognize their Contributions to where derm is going to be when we pass this ordinance Thank you very much councilmember All right, uh, miss kukara Thank you, mayor. Um, I just wanted to mention one thing which I didn't bring up earlier. Um, the human relations commission I know has been having conversations about specific language regarding its composition Um, right now there is language that uses male female or sort of references both genders Um, and I did want to mention that that's not something that was addressed in this Ordinance amendment just because that is something that the hrc is currently undertaking and discussing um, and I understand Attorney Sofia Hernandez is working on that with the human relations commission And so I expect that that will come to the council later this year So I just wanted to mention that in case that caught anyone's attention Thank you very much miss kukaro Miss kukaro, thank you again for this fantastic work. Uh, we're very grateful to you. Uh, it was a hard task and you know, uh Councilmember freelance that earlier, you know talked about the speed with which things are done And I do think and and councilmember caballero addressed part of that when one of the most important parts Which is we have to do things a little more slowly here because People want to know what we do and they want to have input into it. We're not a we're not a private corporation that can just do it Uh, we really want to hear from people and that takes time And I think the other thing is and which is it's hard to do things that are both fast and good Uh, we can do a lot of things fast and they might not be so good But this time I think you did something really fast and really good and that's hard to do and just want to thank you Ms. Rayberg. Thank you You're welcome. Mr. Mayor and just so that we're prepared for council's vote on the 19th on this item Is your um, is the council's preference to just have us simplify this enforcement language for now? um and keep the july 1 2021 effective date or Would you like to extend that effective date? um We just need direction on kind of getting that In the form that we need to have it in for you all to vote And I suggest that you and the city manager work that out and okay My guess is that council will be happy with whatever you two suggest Um, if we're not, you know how we can let you know We will do it. Thank you. All right. I think that would be great and and Um, let's go ahead and if there's no objection. We'll put this on consent I think we're all in favor if there is some concern with what the city attorney and the and the manager come up with in terms of that Start date slash enforcement mechanism issue. We can we can take it off with us. Is everybody good with that? Okay, super Okay, colleagues, uh, I believe we're at the end of uh that part of our agenda and now Um, I think we're ready to hear from the city clerk on uh the appointments Yes, you are. Good afternoon, mayor and city council I wanted to let you know that you have nominated pebble lucas to the germ housing authority board of commissioners You've agreed to re-advertise for the germ workers rights commission appointment And you have nominated maria solis guzman to the human relations commission for the position representing hispanic latino female and stacey d white knight to the other racial group female on the same commission Thank you very much. Madam clerk. You're welcome Um, madam manager, are we ready to settle the agenda? We we are mr. Mayor um The agenda for consent would be items one through five and items seven through nineteen uh general business agenda item six And gba public hearings items 22 through 25 Thank you very much. Madam manager colleagues. You've heard the manager's recommendation for settling the agenda. Can I have a motion? So move Second Moved by councilmember freeman seconded by councilmember caballero. Madam clerk. Please call the roll Mayor shul. Ah, mayor pro tem johnson I Councilmember caballero Hi, thanks member freelon. Hi councilmember freeman Hi Councilmember middleton. I vote aye councilmember east Hi, thank you Thank you, madam clerk. The eyes haven't the motion passes and we have settled the agenda Colleagues, I do want to remind everyone that we do have the special city council meeting coming up on Friday, january the 15th at two o'clock if my memory serves um to talk about the search committee for the I'm rather the search firm for the city manager and I want to thank miss youngblood for preparing us for that And we may well have some more preparation that she is Going to Want us to read before that time, but I just want to Remind everybody of that and thank you all for working to make that happen Colleagues, I believe that we've done it. Uh, it's 435 on uh 436 and I'm going to declare this meeting adjourned and uh Come sorry councilmember reese I just wanted to say mr. Mayor I can't remember a work session where we did more and better work than we did today So thank you each and every one of my colleagues. It's great We that you're so right and we were trying to contrast ourselves with those people in washington that decided to storm the capitol So, um, I think it was a it was a good way to do it All right friends meeting adjourned and good good to see you all I'll see you all in like 20 minutes


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I Have also been thinking about taking the pedal power out of this boat So if I took the pedal power out, I could put the battery right in here No Maybe I'm not gonna mess with the pedal power right now because I might want to leave it in All right, I think the first thing I need to do is just see if the battery Fits through that hole There's some crap in there. Why are there leaves in there? All right, keep in mind Jamie that Cutting out right now does not take into account the little Now I'm gonna do this just with the battery case Because in the event these don't fit in I can just make some little slots where they can fit Oh Okay, lucky lucky lucky. Oh my gosh, that will fit that will totally fit through there Except for the battery posts hmm, I wonder if They have screws that I can unscrew To get through the hole here And then once I get it through I could put the battery down a little lower and then I can screw the things that hole All right, what do we got here? Oh, man?  It still leaves like a little bit of space. I'm gonna need Okay, I think if I just trim just trim up the bottom edge just a little bit I think this will actually fit with The bolts on let me take the bolts off get the maximum amount of space You know, I don't really have to mess with this right now The fact is it's gonna fit through that hole so Let me just leave those connected so I don't lose them So what do I put in there for the battery to rest on? I think I think that is where the battery is gonna go is by far the best spot in the boat with the battery I'm pretty sure might be missing something But yeah, it seems like the only good spot to put the battery plus It's like it's like that thing was made to fit through that hole or maybe my hole was made for that battery. I don't know Okay I'm pretty sure the battery will fit through there Yeah, if I try a little bit wider The bolts should even fit through And there's plenty of overlap. Okay, so once I get it in It can go down pretty far and then we'll be able to reach the top no problem And I don't want this just sitting on the bottom of the hull of the boat There are various reasons Something under it. So what goes under there? You know, maybe just that foam thing the batteries were shipped in Let me just get it Okay, what if I put the battery in this thing? well I guess I would put this thing In the boat first and then the battery would go right in it That way it'll protect it from you know Getting jostled around or anything Maybe I'll trim the sides off just to put some water gets in there. I want to run out And then I just want this Okay, I think that actually sounds pretty good So maybe I'll I'll trim the sides of this a little bit to Match the the v-shape of that part of the boat But then I want something under it Because I don't want this just pressing up against the side Like I want something under it Maybe some of this can somehow kind of Like carve it up correctly I might be able to oh, you know what else I have I also Oh bunch of styrofoam this There's a nice big solid styrofoam piece if I carve that correctly What else is in here? Yeah, I think that one's it. Okay Super lightweight nice and strong I have that on top. 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Although I can make a little Some kind of cover for it in the event that it does get Splashed now I'm stuck The charge controller I ordered for that boat Is not going to work So I ordered a new one. I think I can get it here in a week or two so I guess I'll just wait for that


Dragging and dropping files into Moodle. There are two ways of adding documents such as presentations or word processed files to your Moodle course. One way is by simply dragging them and dropping them straight onto your course page. We look at that here. The second way is by using Moodle's activity chooser and file picker and we'll look at that in the next video. Both ways need the editing to be turned on either by clicking the turn editing on button or by scrolling down in the administration block and clicking the turn editing on link. Then if your browser shows you a message saying that you can drag and drop files this means you're able to use the drag and drop method. If you don't see that then ask your administrator about your browser and the Moodle admin settings to see if it's possible for you or not. Over on the right I have a presentation of lecture notes and in order to add it to my course I simply need to choose a section where I want it. So for example I'd like the lecture notes in the listening section so I place the cursor on the presentation, click onto it, hold it and simply drag it to where I want. A loaded box will appear and then when I let go it will automatically be uploaded. And if you make a mistake remember that we can move it either by drag and drop or if we have a very long course page by clicking onto the move icon and choosing where we want it to go. For example here from the listening section into the reading section. It's also possible to drag and drop several files at the same time. If you click and select all of them you can drag them all into your course page together. Also if you put your files into a folder you can drag the whole folder in but first it's important to compress or zip the folder as you can see here then when you drag it in you're prompted to unzip it and this will then display the folder with your files inside.


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Hi, this is Saumim Bhartia and welcome to 2020 3 Predictions series and today we have with us once again Margaret Lee SVP and GM of Digital Services and Operations Management at BMD Software Margaret, it's great to see you again. Absolutely Swapil. Good to see you again. Thank you for the invitation. Yeah, it's my pleasure Before I ask you to pick your crystal ball and shader predictions quickly remind our viewers What is BMC all about today? BMC is an infrastructure software company that's been around for 40 years that serves a large percentage more than 85% of Fortune 100 large companies. We are deep in the technology infrastructure for large banks, government agencies and enterprises. Our offering spans from SaaS based service management to monitoring systems with automation to mainframe Yeah, a lot of large companies depend on BMC software. Excellent. Thanks for telling that now It's time for you to pick your crystal ball and tell us what predictions you have for our audience Yeah, this is that time of the year look back to 2022. It's been an interesting year and always look ahead Take a pause to see what's coming So sitting where where I said be able to see the Trends of infrastructure software Particularly the in areas of BMC have a significant role right for customers. I really see three different things stands out There's a lot going on technology. No doubt right one. I'll say from a pure technical Technology perspective I do anticipate an acceleration of adoption of containers and that's driven by a variety things one is Just as people go into the cloud public cloud hyperscalers that kind of deployment I see a lot of customers talk about refactoring existing applications or building new applications The architecture of choice is microservices deployment container deployment and of course as the big unknown what's going to happen to VM wears Investment strategy pricing all of that. So I think 2023 a big acceleration that technology second one I would say is the AI becomes more practical Yeah, it has been very hard very busy for a number of years now, but that started early in 2022 we from a BMC customers and other other sort of Companies in a comparable situation in the industry we see customers pushing AI to Very practical use cases right in the sense of everybody has a lot of data The system is very complex and people just don't have enough hands in terms of a team and people to handle or that complexity of data but AI things going to go from Just math and algorithms and data to concretely how much time do you save me? How much you're able to de-risk me? How much automation can you you know get more work done by the same group of people? into very practical use cases, I think that would actually help AI because Anything that's practical and can deliver concrete proven business benefits have a tendency to get adoption even further More narrowly in a space that BMC in particular my business unit plays in which is a service management operations management We do see an acceleration of Convergence of those two domains in terms of In a typical company IT department their service that service management workflow cases Kind of teams and technology get closer and closer with the operation side And that's largely driven by the increasing adoption of enterprise DevOps So everybody want to release faster. Therefore, you have to monitor change monitor risk Something happens. We want to take action is into the service desk. So we do see the acceleration what we call service ops In the in my neck of the woods in that in the technology infrastructure software We do see service ops is that getting a lot of attention a lot of traction Already in 2022 and we're accelerating So containers Practical AI and service ops. I would say I expect acceleration 2023 Thanks for sharing those predictions. If I ask you what is going to be the focus for the company in 2023? BMC has been around for like I said quite some time and it has several reincarnations and we are going through a major transformation as a company really Investing in and benefiting from SAS adoption. So in the last couple years BMC SAS business really has expanded We have helix-based offerings and service management operations management in 2022 launched the SAS based control and for for automation. So the the adoption and practice and Costumer usage of a SAS portfolio, right? Will help us grow in terms of overall BMC's business as well as make BMC itself Operates somewhat differently and she can imagine that as a deliverer of a SAS offering, you know internally We have to sort of do transformations which gears which is different from on-premise. So that's where we are a big area of focus for the company for 2023 Now let's talk a bit about what kind of challenges that you see are going to be there for the industry and how BMC is going to Make it easier for companies to navigate through these challenges. Yeah, it's 2022 has been an interesting year to say the least All right between the Ukraine between inflation and and wrap, you know not wrapping up out say You know continue living with COVID and all of that and I'll say some of the uncertainty definitely Are carrying into 2023, you know, just macro world What's going on the world perspective and that does translate into? companies thinking Around technology, right? I would say there are several things several things one is When people are uncertain about how their top line business and whatever vertical that might be in banking retail Manufacturing and etc. If they're a little bit uncertain about top line Then the way that decision are made about technology or any investment, you know It's gonna it's gonna change is in the definitely the margins sometime even at the core So what we are seeing customer is they because for example associate with the COVID this almost Become the new normal of have distributed teams the new normal have teams Locally coming in two to three days a week, right? So people are thinking what does that mean for my investment in? Communication technology, what does that mean my investment in any technology allowed my team to collaborate better? Well for remote employees to conduct more self-service, right? And what does that mean for your underlying infrastructure of all of my development environments my inner system availability? performance so Interestingly for BMC all of this uncertainty In the market for customers top line and their IT decision-making They're leaning towards proven and trustworthy customers. I would say when we survey your customers What you think about BMC, you know trust reliable proven those kind of characteristics characteristics come in quite often and I think that that will Sort of benefit us in the 2023 so what we see customers, okay Proportionally, let's make sure our current infrastructure. I mean it's solid right in investing in an expand and scale Versus for example in 2020 2021 a lot more investment is going to experiment and you know projects that would not bear food for 2436 months or more. I think that in 2023 a lot of the CIOs investing they say, okay, what can the investment do for me this year? What can the investment do for me in a time of uncertainty yet even growth? What can the investment do for me in the employee population that's distributed and you know, send my remote For for for the foreseeable future. So those are the things that we see. I'm not sure they're mean the challenges for sure, but this is just different environment for people have gone through the 2000 2008 It's a third or fourth time and going through that kind of environment. Margaret Thank you so much for taking time out today and of course share these predictions the focus of the company and the challenges That are ahead of us in 2023 and I would love to have you back on the show. Thank you. Sure. Thank you again for this opportunity


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