All right everyone, welcome to the first edition of the GitLab online hackathon, David Plonello. I'm the director of community relations at GitLab and I'm joined here by Ray Paik, my mate and colleague, code contributor, program manager, and we'll be here to guide you through the event, what it is, what does it look like, how you can join and how you can participate and get started. I think then without further ado, let me just fade into our slides and share my screen with you. Okay, so there we are. All right then, so yes, this is the first time that we run such an event, we're planning to extend this on the next quarter to have more hackathons or hackdays so that people can participate and can join in. One of the things that we always say at GitLab is that everyone can contribute and that's exactly why we're creating this event. We want to show everyone how easy it is to contribute to GitLab, how easy it is to essentially give your first merge request and then get help along the way. So in terms of the event itself, this is what we're going to talk about today. We're going to guide you through the logistics, how to join, what would it look like and so on. Then we'll go through the session schedule. We've got a set of tutorials with some experts on different areas of contributions to help you get started on those and also answer your questions. We'll talk about merge request and prizes because we've got exciting prizes for contributors and finally we'll go through the starters guide to contributing to GitLab, actually on how to get started and then finally we'll have some time for questions if you have any. So at a glance, what's the hackathon? It is a today online contributor event with prizes. We're kicking it off today at 7 o'clock UTC and it will run until tomorrow Friday at 23 o'clock UTC. It's online, it's distributed, it's synchronous but it can also be synchronous in terms of conversation if you've got any questions on how to get started. If you get stuck in a merge request, if you need help from an expert, we'll be talking at Gitter Channel. It's Gitter.i.m. slash GitLab HQ slash community and there we'll have some experts that can help you with your first merge requests. On that line as well, we will have a set of sessions every day on different topics on getting started contributing. We'll be talking about GDK, the GitLab developer kit, about internationalization and translations, about UX design, merge request coaches and I think we've got even one other documentation as well. To join in, there's a link for participating live on the sessions. I see some people already joined us so hi and welcome. With this, you'll be able to participate live on the sessions towards your questions to those who are driving those sessions. In any case, you can also ask questions on Gitter as mentioned before. After the sessions, the sessions are going to be recorded and we will upload them to YouTube after each one has been finished. You can check on that link. We've got a wiki page where all of the links to all of the videos will be posted essentially. In terms of people, who we are and who you can ping, we'll have a set of experts on the Gitter channels and you might just simply ask your question in there and they will jump in if they're available but if not, you can always ping each one of us. As I said, I'm David. I'm based in Cologne in Germany so it's best to ping me during European hours but in any case, I will ping afterwards if you ping me on Gitter. We've got Ray who's based in the US so we can cover the rest of the two major time zones and on that slide you can see our handles on Twitter and on GitLab as well. Ray's handle is RSPake on Twitter or airpake.com I think Ray, you've got rpake underscore GitLab on Gitter, right? Right, that's correct. I had a couple of postings last 50 minutes which should both be pretty relatively easy to find on Gitter but David has noted any questions on whatever channel you're most comfortable with just ping us and we'll do our best to get back to you or find others who can help. Excellent. A few words about Gitter. Some of you might be familiar with it. You might have used it before. We've got two rooms essentially on Gitter. You can see the URL on that slide essentially. You can see the people to ping. I'll update the slide with the Ray's correct handle once I've finished. But yeah, I mean essentially the community channel is the one to be on when we want to ask questions about getting started, about contributing in general. We've got another support channel which is GitLab HQ but we tend to direct people who support questions to that other channel. It is cozy right now. We've got about 60 people so it's easy to read, easy to get to know everyone and I say please do post your questions in there and we'll be really happy to get to them as soon as we can. In terms of the sessions, we've got quite a lot of... quite the panel of experts in here. We'll be having five sessions on different aspects of contributing to GitLab. We'll be keying off today right after this presentation on the next hour. So Toon Klaes, who's based in Belgium and he's a developer on the geo component of GitLab will be talking through the GitLab development kit. Essentially you will need to install once you start getting involved in development for GitLab. You might be able to do some of the first contributions directly on the IDE on GitLab but for something more involved then you'll probably have to go to the GitLab development kit. In any case, even if you're just starting, I would recommend to go to that session to understand where it is, how to install it and when you will need it. So that session is going to be today at 8 o'clock UTC, 10 o'clock in European time, 1 o'clock Pacific Daylight time in the US. Then today we've got another session. Mike Lewis who's the manager of the technical writing team at GitLab where the responsible for creating the documentation at docs.gitlab.com will be talking through contributing to GitLab documentation. There's also an important session in terms of documentation being one of the first areas of contribution or one of the easiest as well areas of contribution because it's relatively easy to get started. It's relatively easy to edit the pages online and you can even submit your first merge proposals online as well. So be sure to be there today at 14 UTC or 16 European time or 7 o'clock if you're in Pacific Daylight time in the US. Then today we're going to have another interesting one in terms of other areas of contribution. Hannes Rosenhoge who's based in Germany is one of our core team members. Core team members are essentially a group of volunteers, a group of community members who have done sustained and key contributions to GitLab and essentially managed to enroll that team. This is our team of ambassadors, this is our team of leaders in GitLab and we're very proud that Hannes is actually taking his time to do this presentation. He'll be talking about internationalization and localization at GitLab, both important areas for users that speak other languages than English. In terms of internationalization, that's again another easy area to get started contributing on development on GitLab. This is about essentially marking messages for translation so that translators can do their work. Then on the next step he'll be talking about localization, which is the work of people who are translating GitLab online. So this is going to be today at 4 o'clock UTC, 6 o'clock European time and 9 o'clock in the morning in the US. And then tomorrow we'll have Sara Veselov, who's the UX manager at GitLab. He'll be guiding us through the GitLab UX design workflow. You can check out her slides on our Wiki page. They are quite rich in terms of content and it's quite interesting to see how the UX team works. I will recommend to go to that session as well. That's going to be tomorrow, 2 o'clock UTC, 1600 European time, 7 o'clock in the morning in the Pacific. And then finally we'll have Clement Ho, who's front-end engineering manager for distribution monitoring and packaging at GitLab. And he'll be talking about merge request coaches, who we are, what their work is and how you can reach them. Essentially merge request coaches are the first people that you will encounter when you submit your merge request and they will guide you through getting your merge request accepted and merged. That's going to be tomorrow at 4 o'clock in the afternoon UTC time, 1800 European time and 9 o'clock Pacific time in the US. Alright, so here's just another reminder of the schedule in table form. Again, as a reminder, you can join the sessions live using this Zoom link and recorded sessions will be posted as soon as the sessions finish on the GitLab Hackathon Wiki page on that link as well. And just a quick comment, I guess, thanks, David, on these sessions, I mean, we don't necessarily expect all these sessions to last a full hour, if you're concerned about time. I mean, we wanted to be conservative in terms of budgeting the presenter's time in case there are a lot of questions from people that are participating. So even if you're able to only join for like, you know, in 20 to 25 minutes, I think you might get like just the important topics, for example, if you're interested in internationalization. So don't feel like you need to budget like a full hour for this and if you need to leave early like David said they'll be recordings. So even if you're able to only participate for a portion of the time, you're more than welcome to attend. And then the wrap up sessions are going to be relatively quick. Maybe it'll be slightly longer on Friday. But mostly I'll be sort of recapping what's happened during the day. Probably won't have a whole lot of slides and, you know, any feedback that we've gotten through, like, you know, through Gitter or other channels. So yeah, so I think that's all I wanted to cover. Cool. Thanks, Frank. All right. So next something that the central part of the of the event essentially merge request is about getting started is about submitting your first contribution in the form of a merge request. Generally, the way it will work is that you will either have a feature that you want to include to get up, or you have a feature that's a feature or an issue. That's in pending that's been already in some intake to get up and you will pick it up and and work and work on it. A good place to start looking at which part of the club you'd like to work on is this long and ugly URL. So apologies for that. But essentially it will take you to that to that page that you see on the on the slide where you can filter the pending. You can filter issues that are accepting merge requests. And you can see that you will start with the long list. We've got about 500 right now. So you've got quite a lot of choice in there. There are different levels of difficulty. So, so depending on your skills and you can you can choose the one that you think you might be able to work on. And also what I would recommend as well is while you filter those those issues. You can use the search box in there to add another label in there other than accepting merge request if you have documentation. You will see the documentation issues that you can you can actually work on. And I'll say the orientation issues issues are generally the easiest to get started on in terms of in terms of well in terms of logistics in the sense that you generally don't need to install the GDK. However, it also requires good technical writing skills too. In any case, that's that's a place where you can just go and have some choice to get to get started. If you already have something in mind. If you've got a feature of you've noticed about that's not in there, please do feel free to contribute with that as well. So any other contributions are welcome. Not just the ones that are there listed. And then, yes, when you are working on a on a on a mesh request, feel free to to mention, which is essentially just writing or handle on the on the documents on the sorry on the comments of your mesh requests. And you can also mention the docs team with that with that handle and what this will do is that it will add to do on our on our list and it will give us a notification for us to have a look at that. So yes, do do feel free to do that as well. I haven't also, I mean what I also will kind of think about doing over the next couple of days is that as I get notified on these merger requests, I might create an issue under under under hackathon where the wiki is located and keep an inventory of some of the mesh requests that have been coming that have been created during the event. So people can, you know, make sure that we're not missing anything but I'll let people know on Gitter that create that page or create that issue. That's right. All right, and then now we get to another interesting part as well. So, I did like we're always really, really time for for any for any contributions. And you always think of ways in which we can reward and then blow and knowledge. Essentially, those gives where people have spent their time and put a lot of effort in making it up even even better. For the hackathon, anyone with a merge, merge request that means that they have submitted and they have gone through the process until it has gotten merged into the into the code will receive will receive a price. Also will have a grand price for the individual with the most merge requests and merge. And then we will. We also bear in mind the fact that much requests sometimes can be difficult to to get to get merge in terms of there's a process of iteration as well. I mean, you might get great right the first time, but it might upon review, you might need to go back to go back to it to some changes we submit and so on. So, that's why we are extending the window for merge proposals to be accepted, not only to the two days, but to a week after as well. So, to be eligible for the price, your merge request must be sub-inmers by October the 8th. Essentially, next next week. Also price winners will be notified by issues on the Q3 hackathon project. We will announce it generally on a blog post, but then we will get in touch with you via email or via notification on the on the hackathon project prices themselves. So, these are the prices that you can add that you can win by submitting and getting your merge request accepted. So, each submitted and accepted merge request will have a $20 coupon for the for the GitLab shop. There's going to be a maximum one maximum one maximum one coupon per per contributor. And also the contributor with most accepted merge request will get a grand prize of $100 coupon again for the for the store where he or she or they will be able to pick essentially a pack of or of merchandise items. Once we need to be reading that shop.GitLab.com and we generally make this very, very straight forward process. All right, so getting more into the meat of how to get how to get started. So, in short, just visit the contributing to GitLab page. It's about.GitLab.com slash contributing. That will list all of the ways in which you can get involved. You just need to pick to pick one to get started. I would recommend to focus on just on just one. But here to reflect, we'll be talking on about during the during the event and different ways to get to get started. So we're going to into development, for example, documentation relations and UX design for development. We recommend the world in the GitLab development kit. It's on that. It's on that URL on that repository and there's documentation in there on how to install it. Documentation pages as well. There's one on troubleshooting. For example, if you get stuck, but today and tomorrow will be more active than usual on the other channels. So feel free to ask your questions in there as well. In terms of documentation, you can go to docs.GitLab.com. Read the documentation. See if there's anything that you think that could be improved and essentially scroll scroll down to the page. And you will see an edit this page linked at the bottom of the bottom. That will take you directly to the repository and to the file of that particular documentation page. And you can submit your much proposal from there. It's a very, very streamlined way of getting started and essentially making the docs better. Translations. And there's two different ways of contributing. Internet translation, which is about, as I said before, making sure that these messages are available for translators to do their work. Essentially, the way to get started is similar to development. You will probably need to download the GitLab development kit. But we've got some more information, which is specific to I-18N or internationalization insurance. For localization, you can go to translate.GitLab.com, sign up for the crowd-in project and get started translating it on your language. Translations that you do there will be reviewed by another peer. And once they've been reviewed, they will get onto the next GitLab release, which is monthly. But let me just talk about it in a minute. Then finally, UX design. I will have Sarah to talk about getting involved in design. But for a taster, you're going to design.GitLab.com to learn more about our guidelines and UI components and how you can essentially make them better as well. So one quick word about releases and about when your contributions will make it to the next GitLab major or minor version. We release GitLab once a month, under 20 seconds each month. So it's a fix and known cadence. So any of the contributions that you do for the hackathon will get to be published on the next version of GitLab, which is going to be 11.4 on the next 20 seconds of October. So that's an easy way to see that there's a tight feedback loop in terms of getting your contributions reviewed and getting your contributions actually online for everyone who uses GitLab to use. If you need help as a reminder again, you can go to the community channel in Gitter. Not only these two days, but please do feel free to ask your questions anytime if you get stuck or if you've got any particular doubt on how to get started contributing. These two days there will be more chatter, there will be more traffic on the channel, but generally we're always in there and we're always happy for people essentially getting involved. Again, getting started contributing to GitLab, it's a contributing page. If you want to learn more about merge requests, I've put a link in there, it is a basic unit of contribution essentially for development. If you want to learn more about merge request coaches, do feel free to go to Clement's session tomorrow as per the schedule. You can find the merge request coaches on that page on the link. And then you can actually find them and find them by their handle and ping them on issues to help you. That's their job and they will be more than happy and they will be very, very welcoming as well for your contribution. And then finally, if you are looking for a particular expert on the area that you're working on, you can go to the viewers and maintainers page for each one of the projects. You can scroll down and see the managers and developers for each one of those projects and you can ping them individually as well. So you can add that ping to your merge request as well. And then finally, I think that's all that we had, unless Ray, is there anything else? Yeah, I guess just one item on the merge request coaches. I mean, don't feel like you need to have your merge request almost 100% completed before you get a hold of a merge request coach. I mean, even if you have things like partially done, but if you have questions, just go ahead and submit a merge request. And then, you know, either find a merge request coach or contact one of us and then we'll find somebody who can help you. I mean, that's what they're there for. Like if you think you got, you know, issue address most of the way, but you have a couple of other questions that you want to ask. It's completely appropriate to submit a merge request and then go from there. That's what they're there for. They're there to help you. Yeah, and then also to compliment on that, you can, you can see it on the UI, but you can mark your merge request as WIP as a working process as well. And that's a standard procedure as well. So people are happy and with people, I mean, folks from the GitLat team are happy to start looking at your merge request and give you guidance even when it's in a working progress. So that essentially, if you're going in a direction that's perhaps not fitting to the code base, they can give you guidance on how to spare you work essentially. All right. So let me check the GitHub channel. Yeah. Feel free to ask any questions. Well, for a couple of sessions, if there are seconds, sorry, if there isn't anything else than I said, once we finish with the meeting, we'll upload it to our YouTube channel and we'll have to link for people to watch later on. If you're too shy to speak up, feel free to type it on the chat. All right, so I think we'll leave it at here. If you've got any questions, feel free to type them directly in the chat and we'll answer them directly in there. That's github.im slash github.hq slash community. So yeah, happy hackathon. Thanks.


The final item of business is a member's business debate on motion 6111, in the name of Alasdair Allan, on Western Isles Interconnector. The debate will be concluded without any questions being put, and I would ask those members who wish to speak in the debate to please press the request-to-speak buttons. I call on Alasdair Allan to open the debate up to seven minutes, please, Mr Allan. Thank you, Presiding Officer. I would like to begin by thanking members who signed the motion, which forms this evening's debate. I appreciate that, at first glance, this may appear as a niche or island-centric topic. If it is, I offer little by way of apology for that. The question of whether the Western Isles Interconnector goes ahead, however, will in fact have a profound impact on Scotland's ability to reach net zero and to play our part in the global fight against climate change. I should also begin by recognising the wider area of support that this project attracts. Locally, it is an issue that has a backing of MP, MSP and local authority, and the Scottish Government played an important role over the years in trying to move that on. All of the parties represented in this chamber can justifiably claim to have played some role in supporting it, and I very much hope that we will be able to hear some of that tonight. Most importantly, the need for the interconnector is recognised and accepted by the communities that I represent. The lighthouse at the butt of Lewis has a mention in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the windiest place in the UK, and for generations the wind in Scotland was something to be endured rather than harnessed. Now, with the renewables revolution, we have a huge development opportunity right on our doorstep. Renewable developments are capable of bringing substantial socioeconomic benefits to the islands, and that is something that we desperately need. The islands that I represent are by and large economically fragile. The industries that we have traditionally relied on, such as textiles, fishing and crofting, have faced challenges in recent decades, and the public sector is by far the largest employer that is leaving us vulnerable through prolonged periods of UK austerity, such as the one that we are living through just now. The greatest challenge that we face in the coming years is tackling the dual problems of depopulation and an ageing population. The construction of a transmission link would unlock hundreds of millions of pounds worth of investment from shovel-ready renewables projects across the islands. It is anticipated that a sizeable number of jobs and millions of pounds worth of contracts for the local economy would be created during the construction phase. The community benefit funds that developers have pledged to establish would also bring in much-needed revenue. It is worth noting that the western isles are at the forefront of Scotland's drive to empower communities and enable them to make decisions about their own areas. Community-owned land covers nearly half the land area and contains 70 per cent of our population. Community trusts have a key part to play in building stronger and more sustainable communities, and many have done so by establishing their own renewable projects. Indeed, community energy in the western isles has thrived. Substantial sums of money are brought directly into the community every year for important projects, dealing with issues such as fuel poverty, housing, employment and additional community services. There is a real need for an inter-connector. The history of the project stretches back nearly two decades, and you will be glad to know that there is not enough time for me to cover that whole story, but there have been many false dawns and broken promises. When there has been progress, it has felt painfully slow. One step forward has always seemed to proceed at least one back. In recent years, with the Scottish Government's support, there has felt light momentum on the issue, and it has been going in the right direction. In 2017, the UK Government reintroduced support for remote island wind, and 400 megawatts of onshore wind in the western isles secured support through the contracts for difference auctions in the 2019 and 2022 rounds. However, in 2019, off-gem rejected SSEN's proposal for a 600 megawatt link, instead of proposing a smaller 450 megawatt connection that would have made projects unviable for developers. For the sake of a cost difference of less than 5 per cent, the larger link was rejected. The need for enhanced grid infrastructure for the Scotland offshore development has breathed new life into the case for the inter-connector, of course. SSEN has been developing plans for a substantially bigger 1.8 gigawatt link, which would have sufficient capacity to accommodate all currently contracted onshore wind sites in the western isles and those offshore wind in the proximity to the western isles with additional headroom, hopefully for future projects. However, all that brings us to the latest point in the saga and the real reason for tonight's debate. In August, off-gem consulted on how it could support the accelerated delivery of strategic electricity transmission network upgrades needed to meet the UK Government's 2030 renewable electricity generation ambitions. Despite the 1.8 gigawatt transmission link meeting all the criteria, it was omitted from the consultation documents list of projects, meaning investment in the project continues to be stalled. Presiding Officer, I believe that this is a project of national significance. I believe that the western isles has an enormous role to play in Scotland's renewable landscape in the coming decades. I believe that the western isles transmission link is urgently needed to unlock that potential. However, I do not believe that those with the power to do that unlocking in off-gem and the UK Government have treated that issue accordingly. Off-gem has a chance to change that by ensuring that the western isles transmission link is included in its final list of projects approved for accelerated investment to be published at the end of this year. I hope that members will join me in calling on them to do just that. Thank you, Dr Allan. I now call Emma Roddick, to be followed by Donald Cameron, around four minutes please, Ms Roddick. Thank you Presiding Officer. My colleague Alasdair Allan has my complete support in seeking a new interconnector for the western isles. I have one of many actions that the off-gem needs to take, but it is not yet taking to serve our constituents to even the most minimal standard. I appreciate his comments around the perception of this being a niche issue, but he and I both know that it is one of many indications of an ever-present and increasingly serious issue that has wide-reaching consequences. Since it has been elected last May, I have spent a considerable amount of my time being concerned and frustrated by failures in UK energy policy. There is massive potential in my region—all sorts of potential, really, but I am referring specifically to renewable energy potential this evening—but UK energy policy continues to disadvantage the highlands and islands. It penalises us for providing clean green energy to the rest of the country. It charges us more for the energy that we use, with off-gem even implementing, as yet unexplained, higher standing charges to my constituents. It does not make sense to leave our islands behind if the goal is to tackle climate change. My region is leading the way in innovation and in community solutions to energy concerns. Earlier this year, I was honoured to host the University of the Highlands and Islands here in the Parliament for an event about the research in energy that is happening within the uni. Developing our region, which is a region rich in natural resources for the better, requires being up close and familiar and understanding what its potential means to our people personally, as well as how policy will ensure or jeopardise the continued existence of rural and island communities. It is really hard to overstate the importance of a university that has skin in the game, taking the lead on bringing us into a future where we can lead not only in Scotland but globally on tidal wind and wave energy technologies. Our unique environment deserves nothing less than those not only willing but excited to research where the resource is. That knowledge can then be shared, and as we have seen from international interest in the UHI's work, people are screaming out across the world to the lessons that only the Highlands and Islands can teach. The unfairness is often raised by my constituents if they are being surrounded by green energy development but facing insurmountable fuel bills being forced into poverty or away from their home. It is a fair question, and it is another that UHI research will be key to answering if and when the powers needed to make changes to energy policy are given to Scotland. Investigations into how communities perceive renewable projects, as well as exploring community benefit that could be gained through local projects, provide the fundamentals to ensuring that we can build a system that means the benefit of the work that is being done and the energy that is being generated in the region is felt in the region. As SNP MP Stephen Flynn said, we have the energy, and we need the power. It is unforgivable that the Tory UK Government is preventing us from reaching our massive potential instead of frequently leaving many of my constituents in fuel poverty. We need powers over energy policy here and full powers over social security, but it is pretty clear that the UK Government does not want to give us this, so we need independence. I now call Donald Cameron to be followed by Martin Wipfield. Can I offer to renewable energy in my register of interests? Can I also apologise to you for having to leave the debate early this evening? I welcome the opportunity to contribute this evening. Can I put on record my continued support for the Western Isles bid to secure a subsea interconnector cable? I thank Alasdair Allen for bringing this debate to the Chamber. I am always keen to take part in neat island debates, and this is one of them. Have you made representations on this issue in one form or another since I was first elected in 2016? I know there is widespread support, as he said. Can I acknowledge the cross-party support for the interconnector that he mentioned? I share his frustrations that we are still talking about the interconnector rather than seeing its delivery. It is, as Alasdair Allen said, a saga. It was deeply disappointing when Ofgem rejected the initial proposal for a 600 megawatt transmission link back in 2019. That said, I welcome the fact that the latest proposal trebles the capacity of the link to 1.8 gigawatts, and that the National Grid Electricity System Operator Report has assessed the project as, quote, essential and required to deliver 2030 offshore wind targets. In April, the UK Government announced a boost to the UK's previous target to deliver up to 40 gigawatts of offshore wind to delivering 50 gigawatts by 2030. Those are positive developments, but I also acknowledge that Ofgem, once again, is the issue, having failed to include the proposals in its recent consultation on accelerating onshore electricity transmission. Ofgem is, of course, independent of the UK Government. It is Ofgem, I believe, not the UK Government that is the subject of frustration. It is very regrettable that it rejected that proposal in 2019. As Alasdair Allen mentioned, there was a specific manifesto commitment from my party in 2017 to support the development of wind projects in the remote islands of Scotland where they will directly benefit local communities. Given the current cost of living crisis, the global fluctuations in the energy market and the on-going instability in Russia and elsewhere, it is imperative that we in Scotland and the United Kingdom continue to drive towards energy independence. Projects such as the 1.8 gigawatt transmission link to the western isles will unlock a significant amount of grid capacity as well as reducing our reliance on fossil fuels for energy. Crucially, any new wind project, whether onshore or offshore, has to have community backing and result in long-standing benefits for people who live in the western isles. The various groups that I have spoken to during visits to the western isles over the years have emphasised that point to me clearly and consistently. In saying all of that, I know that support for an interconnector and the wind projects that come with that are not universally endorsed, and it would be wrong not to acknowledge that. There have been just differences of opinion within crofting communities about the structure and arrangement of community benefits from renewable energy, and we must likewise recognise that too. That is why I believe that in seeking to harness the untapped energy that the western isles can provide, people on the ground must see the benefits of that through greater investment in local infrastructure and community projects. We all agree that there is a robust case for a new 1.8 gigawatt interconnector to connect the western isles. We must collectively make that case to Ofgem alongside community representatives to finally realise that long-standing ambition. I, too, call on Ofgem to include that bid in its final list of projects for accelerated investments because of the benefits that it will bring to the western isles, to Scotland and to the whole of the United Kingdom. I now call Martin Whitfield to be followed by Liam McArthur around four minutes, Mr Whitfield. I am very grateful, Deputy Presiding Officer. As niche debates go for someone from the south of Scotland, this is probably as niche as it gets. However, I intend to give this speech on behalf of my colleague Rhoda Grant, who would have wished to be here, but due to circumstances, it cannot be. I congratulate Alasdrailon for securing this debate, and it is long being recognised that the western isles have the ability to be a national source of renewable energy. The weather patterns make it so. However, we have been unable to source this energy because of grid restrictions. Ofgem wasted time arguing that Shethl's proposals for an interconnector was too large for what was required. They would only consent to an interconnector for any capacity which had already received planning permission. They refused to listen to arguments, showing that if the interconnector was built with spare capacity, then that capacity would have been snapped up. The islands are made up of a large number of community-owned estates. These estates cannot afford to tie up capital for years in projects that might never come off. Therefore, their renewable energy ambitions are not yet going through the planning process and can't now without the guarantee of transmission. Yet, if there was capacity in the grid, these groups would build onshore turbines, shovel-ready projects. Previously, Ofgem was insisting on a smaller capacity interconnector, which would have resulted in no community benefit. While we are having that argument with them, the Scotland Wind Leasing programme took place, leasing areas west of the islands for offshore wind. Suddenly, there is another delay because the proposed interconnector is deemed not big enough. Ofgem has been told all of this previously but would not listen, and now we are facing further delays and increasing costs. Meanwhile, it is the island community-owned estates that are being starved of much-needed income. Imagine what that investment would bring. It would be transformational to these local economies. Yet again, it appears that Ofgem only act in the interests of multinational energy companies and not the people who live and work on these islands. I welcome the commitment to an interconnector that is future-proofed, but regret that has taken so long has caused so much to play to get this in place. It is disappointing therefore that it is not included in the accelerated strategic transmission investment, the ASTI framework, the only link not included from the national grid's ESO holistic network design. It is therefore critical that Ofgem change this position, ensure that the 1.8 gigawatt Western Isles link is included in Ofgem's ASTI framework decision to you by the end of this year. We saw what happened when the subsea cable from sky failed, meaning islands were dependent on diesel generators for electricity. More frustrating because our islands have the ability to remove carbon from the grid for everyone. I would urge the Scottish Government to use their very, very best efforts to progress this interconnector. I am grateful, Deputy Presiding Officer. Thank you, Mr Whitfield, and I now call Liam McArthur around four minutes, please. Thank you, Presiding Officer. Can I start by declaring an interest as someone in receipt of feeding tariff and renewable heat incentive? Can I also pass on my best wishes to my friend and our colleague, Rhoda Grant? I also thank Alasdor Allan. He knows that I stand shoulder to shoulder with him on bringing any and all island issues to the Chamber. The more niche, the better. Sometimes, although we are due a wrestle to the death over whether Orkney or the Western Isles is the windiest of our islands, this is an issue that has been around for some time. Indeed, it was with some trepidation that I agreed to speak in the debate, as for some time it was seen as the Western Isles gain might be Orkney or Shetland's pain in the delivery of an interconnector. I think we are beyond that now. It is quite painfully obvious, as Alasdor Allan identified, that if we are to achieve our renewables and our net zero targets, then it is going to require all of our islands to play their full potential in delivery of renewables. I think what we have heard in relation to the story and relation to the Western Isles interconnector is reflected very much in the story that surrounds the attempts to get an interconnector in Orkney. Back in 2019, the needs case for a 220KV link was made. It was accepted by Ofgem, but only subject to some fairly arbitrary and pretty excessive conditions. Despite the cost-benefit analysis from SSEN indicating that around about 70MW was required in order to deliver the cost-benefit required to justify that sort of investment, nevertheless, Ofgem came back with a figure of around 135MW, which seems to be excessively high. There was also a timetable, again, that seemed to be far tighter and more stringent than was necessary. That has elongated a little bit, largely due to the restrictions imposed by Covid, but it does not suggest an approach that is encouraging, necessarily, of development of renewables in our islands. We quite rightly take pride in the world-leading legislation we have on climate change in this Parliament. I think we are all seized of the fact that delivering of that is going to be far more difficult than the passing of the legislation. I think the fulfilling of our renewables potential, as I say, can only be achieved by our islands being able to play their full part, and that will require interconnectors of whatever happens in relation to storage and development of other technologies. I think it is largely Ofgem, rather than the UK Government, that needs to reflect for more. Yes, the cost of energy to consumer, yes, the security of supply, but also how integral this is to us achieving our net zero targets, and that balance of the statutory duties on Ofgem, I think maybe needs a bit of a refresh. I would caution Emma Roddick about drawing this into a debate around the constitution. I do not think it is necessarily helped by the break-up of the UK or indeed the fragmentation of the energy market that not really anybody within the energy sector is arguing for. I think there is cross-party support in the delivery, not just of the interconnected to the western Isles, but to all of our islands, so that we can achieve our net zero targets, allow our islands to fulfil their potential. I very much hope and commit to playing my part in continuing that cross-party consensus on this issue, and I look forward to hearing what the minister has to say. Thank you, Mr MacArthur. I now call on Patrick Harvie Minister to respond to the debate on behalf of the Scottish Government around the differentities, Minister. Thank you, Presiding Officer. Well, if it is niche, this debate is an extremely important niche. Even if not, everyone is drawn to the slightly more technical aspects of an issue like this, the benefits of the realisation of the project Alice Rowland is drawing our attention to will benefit huge numbers of people right across Scotland, but in particular in communities like those that he represents. Scotland, of course, has a very long and positive history of harnessing renewable energy, and our capacity to generate it is going to have to increase to meet our climate change targets. Increased electrification and deployment of renewables to meet expected growth in demand will require significant investment in our electricity infrastructure to maintain resilience and to increase the transfer capability between Scotland and the rest of the GB market, as well as meeting our own increased needs. As Liam McArthur says, our island communities, including those that Alice Rowland represents, have a critically important role to play in that. Of course, we welcome the national grid ESO inclusion of a new 1.8 gigawatt transmission line to connect the western Isles in their pathway to 2030 holistic network design report. Alice Rowland, in bringing that motion to the chamber, is quite right, as other members have done across the chamber, to highlight that expectations must now fall on off-gem to ensure that this project does go ahead. The proposed line will accommodate the renewable energy generated from all known onshore and offshore wind in and around the western Isles. That is a significant and very important step that will be key to enabling Scotland's transition to net zero, as well as supporting long-term energy security. We are well on the road to fully decarbonising our electricity system in Scotland, but it is vital that we continue to work together to enable all of those critical investments, while also making sure that regulatory levers continue to drive down costs and increase benefits for energy customers, as well as for communities. We must not repeat the mistakes of the past. We must ensure a managed and fair transition to net zero. That is why we will work collaboratively with the regulator, with the UK Government and with communities and industry to secure that just transition, harnessing opportunities across all sectors to build a better and more equal Scotland. However, we can only do that if the necessary infrastructure is in place to meet our growing renewable energy generating capacity. As we move toward a net zero society, the electrification of heat and transport will increase our demand for electricity. It is vital that that demand is met by renewables and flexible solutions, rather than by fossil fuels and nuclear generation. Taking advantage of our extensive offshore wind resource will enable us to do that, but there must be a means to transport that power to where it is needed. Heat in buildings accounts for 20 per cent of Scotland's greenhouse gas emissions, and the climate change plan envelope for buildings and our heat in buildings strategy require over a million on-gas homes to convert to zero emissions heat by the end of this decade, and for emissions from homes and buildings to fall by 68 per cent over the same time period. I visited the Western Isles back in May, and I heard directly from people there about the challenges of decarbonising homes and buildings on the islands. Changing how we heat and use energy in our homes and buildings is fundamentally about addressing climate change, but it also can strengthen our energy security, and if we get the details right, it can represent a stepping stone toward not just a greener but a fairer Scotland for everyone. That is why we have committed to continuing to make our homes more energy-efficient and decarbonised heat, with at least £1.8 billion being made available during the course of this session of Parliament. Although the Scottish Government does not have the power to mandate community benefits, we expect delivery partners of the transmission link to work with the local community and ensure that the community shares in the benefits of the project. Our seas are home to some of the best offshore wind resources in the world, and Scotland's ambition to capitalise on our offshore wind generation capacity is part of the bold action that we are taking to become a net zero society. I am aware that projects in Scottish waters are at a competitive disadvantage compared to projects further south as a result of the more challenging conditions and the higher transmission costs. We are actively engaged in the offshore transmission network review to consider how the offshore transmission network is designed and delivered here in Scotland. The decisions and actions that we take now will shape the Scotland that future generations will live and work in. Recognising the undeniable benefits to our economy, the Scottish Government has consistently provided a supportive environment for both off- and on-shore wind over the last decade. The Scottish Minister has made clear time and time again that we will use every lever at our disposal to maximise the wider economic returns for Scotland from the wind sector. Scotland is the world's largest commercial round for floating offshore wind and puts Scotland at the forefront of offshore wind development globally. Together with the option fees for the clearing round, Scotland will deliver more than £700 million in revenues to the public part for the initial awards alone. The Scottish ministers are considering how the Scotland revenue should be invested to maximise the benefits of people in Scotland. In addition, Scotland will deliver several billion pounds more in rental revenues when projects become operational. That, again, will be invested for the benefit of the people of Scotland. I do not want to enter a discordant note, but I would simply observe that, in terms of commitments that the Scottish Government has previously given to seabed assets or the revenues from seabed assets transferring to local authorities, the exception to that at the moment appears to be Scotland and the financial impact that is having on communities such as Orkney is significant. We ask the Scottish Government to reflect on that. I am happy, and I am sure that fellow ministers will also be happy to explore those issues further with Mr MacArthur. Far from sounding a discordant note, I hope that the whole chamber will recognise that Scotland does promise to be transformational in delivering economic supply chain benefits as well as that huge amount of renewable electricity generation. We welcome the commitment of developers to invest an average of £1.4 billion in Scotland per project. That equates to more than £28 billion across the 20 Scotland offshore wind projects. The two Scotland projects in close proximity to the western Isles are no exception. The 1.8 gigawatt link makes marks a major step forward in unlocking the renewable potential of the islands. While we share the disappointment that has been expressed about the delay to the existing planned 600 megawatt interconnector, we welcome the news that the interconnector now stated as required by the network grid ESO will be significantly larger than originally planned and will accommodate the energy generated from all known on and offshore wind in and around the western Isles. We know that the timescale for those multimillion-pound projects has slipped in the past and the Scottish Government will continue to seek assurances that it will now progress swiftly and without further delay. Final investment will of course be subject to off-gem approval and necessary planning consent. Just as Alasdair Allan did in his opening speech, we continue to call on off-gem to ensure that the new 1.8 gigawatt interconnector is included in its final list of projects approved for accelerated developments. We strongly encourage national grid ESO to explore all avenues to accelerate the timelines for our other Scotland projects. We are pleased that national grid ESO has announced its intention to progress with a transmission entry capacity amnesty, which may help to free up transmission capacity, which is currently being held for some legacy projects that are not progressing. Scotland's long and positive association with renewables continues to go from strength to strength, and it is central to our green recovery. In 2021, Scotland generated enough renewable electricity to power all households in Scotland for almost three years. That is a huge achievement. In summary, we recognise the importance of energy that is generated in the Western Isles in contributing to the decarbonisation of Scotland's energy supply and in contributing to our just transition towards net zero by 2045. We are pleased that the national grid ESO also recognises its importance, and we call on off-gem to enable and ensure that the new 1.8 gigawatt link is included in its final list of projects for accelerated investments, so that this vital piece of work can be completed well ahead of our 2030 targets.


and say we need to be better as a unit. I love our mentality, bro. I love how we're a family. Every day we come to work, no matter what. In the game, the situation, no matter what happens, we sit together. Let's keep doing that, let's keep building. Being one or no each week. Let's get better this week, though. Let's go.


The sponsors of the Our Miss Brooks program, which follows immediately, wish to congratulate Mrs. Ray Thiel on winning the $49,000 first prize in the Colgate Palm Olive Peat Company's 49er Gold Rush Contest. Mrs. Thiel, Secretary to Mayor Richard J. Marks of Norwich, Connecticut, experienced the thrill of a lifetime when two armored car drivers strolled into her office and dumped $49,000 in $1 bills on her desk. The complete story will appear in Look Magazine's August 16th issue, which reaches the newsstand's August 2nd.  Most principals are quite strict when it comes to punctuality among faculty members, but Our Miss Brooks, who teaches English at Madison High Summer School, has always believed that her principal, Osgood Conklin, is overly severe. I could never understand why Mr. Conklin had such a passion for promptness until one day I learned that he was born at five o'clock in the morning and he's been early ever since. Anyway, by last Thursday I was determined to get to school on time if I had to stay up all Wednesday night to do it. Promptly at six thirty Thursday morning my alarm clock went off. Having been up all Wednesday night, I ignored it. But then the phone rang in the hall and knowing that my landlady, Mrs. Davis, was back in the kitchen, I sprang lightly out of bed and glided to the phone. Ouch! Hello? Hello, Miss Brooks. This is Mr. Conklin. Are you up? Sort of. What can I do for you, Mr. Conklin? Two things, Miss Brooks. You can arrive at school promptly at eight this morning and once you get there, I want you to promise that you'll concentrate on teaching English to your class instead of learning biology from Mr. Boynton. Well, Mr. Conklin, one would think that Mr. Boynton and I... Yes. Wouldn't know, Miss Brooks, that the president of the Board of Education is back from his vacation. Mr. Stone? Yes. And he's already chewed me out. Complained to me about the lack of education in our summer sessions. Teachers taking time off of vacations, getting married, having children. Why, you teachers are acting more and more like... Like human beings? Don't be egotistical. Praternizing during school hours, I don't see how I can remain the same, considerate, intemperate, kindly superior you've all grown to admire. But Mr. Conklin... That's all for now. Just get on the ball, Miss Brooks, and when you get on it, see that you stay on it. What does he think I am? A seal? Get on the ball. No fraternization. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Good morning, Connie. Oh, good morning, Mrs. Davis. Who was that on the phone? Mr. Conklin? Oh, how he has asked good these days. Horrible, thanks. He's getting more unreasonable every day. You have no idea how fed up I'm getting with his dictatorial nonsense. You wouldn't have to take any of it, Connie, if you had some other job you could go to. Some other job? Yes.  No, it just seems that way. Weren't you once secretary to a mayor Norwich of Marx, Connecticut? No, but I was secretary to mayor Marx of Norwich, Connecticut. That's right nearby. Now there was a swell boss. Well, Connie, I've got a big surprise for you. You may be able to get your old job back just by calling him up. What? I just read where his present secretary won $49,000 in the 49er Gold Rush Contest. That's the contest put on by, um... Some big soap company, wasn't it? Yes, I think it was. So much for living dangerously. Who won Colgate Palm Olive Pete's contest? Mrs. Ray Theale. Mrs. Ray Theale. Mrs. Ray Theale. She's the woman who's working for your old boss, Mayor Marx. With all that money, she'll probably quit her job at once. Well, what has that got to do with me, Mrs. Davis? Don't just see, Connie. If you just give him a call, Mayor Marx may offer you the position again. But I don't know if I want to go back to Connecticut, Mrs. Davis. You don't have to accept the offer, Connie. But once he knows you can work elsewhere, Mr. Conklin's attitude will be entirely different. Now go ahead, Connie. Call Mayor Marx immediately. But... You don't have to pay me for the call until next month. Well, if that's the case. It will be nice to chat with his honor again. I wonder if you'll remember me. Go ahead, Connie. Give the receiver. All right, Mrs. Davis. So I just told her right out. Excuse me. It's our party line. I'd feel a little silly if Mayor Marx didn't even know who I was. But you said you got along fine with him, Connie.  You try again in a minute. I'll clear off the breakfast dishes. Well, that must be Walter Denton. He's giving me a lift to school. Hiya, Miss Brooks. Come in, Walter. As you can see, I'm not quite ready to leave the house. Oh, that's all right, Miss Brooks. We got time. Besides, I know plenty of women who'd give anything to look as good wearing an expensive dress as you look in that beat-up, crummy old bathrobe. Thank you, Walter, I think. Sit down for a minute, won't you? Here, read this look magazine. I'm trying to place a long-distance call. Long distance to who? An ex-boss of mine. I'll tell you all about it after I talk to him. Excuse me for interrupting, Grace, but I was trying to get Agnes. I guess I'd better get ready now, Walter. If you'll excuse me a minute. Oh, before you go, Miss Brooks, there's something I'd like to ask you. Can't you wait and ask me in class, Walter? No, ma'am. My question has nothing to do with English. The question is, is a man who, because his daughter happens to be in love with a certain other young fellow than who he might choose if he had to say so over this girl, entitled to constantly kick this young fellow from pillar to post? You're right, Walter. Your question has nothing to do with English. I gather you're talking about your stormy romance with Harriet Conklin. Exactly, Miss Brooks. You know how fond I am of Harriet. And because of this fondness, I've tried to be patient and understanding. But now I've come to a conclusion. Yes? Mr. Conklin has got to go. It isn't that I mind his treating me like dirt so much. It's a dirty way he does it. How do you combat a tyrant like that? Or how do you avoid him? Honestly, if I were five or six years older, I'd leave Madison High. You may be seven years older before you graduate, you know. But I know how you feel, Walter. I've been thinking of changing jobs myself. Changing jobs? What other kind of a job would you be good for? A nice way of calling me the ideal teacher. But before I'm led to the glue factory, Walter, I can go back to work as a secretary in Norwich, Connecticut. Mayor Marks can probably use me right now. Gee, Norwich, Connecticut. Oh, but what about Mr. Boynton? He wouldn't want to leave him, would ya? I might not have to. As secretary to the mayor, I might be able to wangle a transfer for Mr. Boynton. I could teach there. Oh, that's right. They do have biology in Connecticut, don't they? In one form or another, they must. Now, you'd better get on to school without me this morning. I've got to try that call again. But you'll be late, Miss Brooks. What about Mr. E. Conklin? Mr. E. Conklin will just have to wait. You know, I'm beginning to feel strangely liberated, and I like it. Connecticut is beautiful at this time of the year. Gee, we're gonna miss you, Miss Brooks. I'll miss you, too, Walter. Well, I guess I'll be going now. Be sure and right, won't you, Miss Brooks? Of course I will. Goodbye, Miss Brooks. Bye, Walter. It'll be good to see Mayor Marks again. I wonder how he looks. Well, Connie, did you place your call yet? No, Mrs. Davis. The party line's been in use.  I'll call the mayor for you and let you know what happened right after I talk to him. All right, Mrs. Davis, but before I go, I'll try it once more. Leave me, Grace, while you've been on the phone, Bertha couldn't have hand-trimplets. Steve Arden will continue in just a moment, but first here is Vern Smith. Here's wonderful news, ladies. Wonderful, wonderful news. Now there's something thrillingly new in Palm Olive Soap's famous beauty leather. Yes, something thrillingly new. Palm Olive's famous beauty leather now brings you new fragrance, new charm, new allure. Millions of women will prefer beauty leather Palm Olive over all other leading toilet soaps the minute they try it. For Palm Olive Soap's famous beauty leather now has a new, clean, flower-fresh fragrance. For new allure, new charm. So, ladies, forget all other beauty care and use Palm Olive Soap the way doctors advised for a lovelier complexion. Just stop improper cleansing and instead wash your face with Palm Olive Soap three times a day, massaging Palm Olive's wonderful beauty leather onto your skin for 60 seconds each time to get its full, beautifying effect. Then rinse. That's all. All types of skin, young, older, oily, respond to it quickly. Don't wait another day to try Palm Olive's beauty leather. You'll be thrilled by its new fragrance, new charm, new allure. Thrilled again by the fresher, brighter complexion, doctors prove may soon be yours. For new loveliness all over, use Big Bath Size Palm Olive in tub or shower. Well, when Walter Danton left Miss Brooks, he was convinced that she had a job waiting for in Norwich, Connecticut. Arriving at school, the first person he ran into was Harriet Conklin. After hearing the news, the first person she ran into was her father, Madison's beloved principal, Osgood Conklin. So you see, Daddy, Miss Brooks is practically set in this new job. But she can't leave now. Mr. Stone's back from his vacation. Only yesterday, he was chewing, complaining about absenteeism.  Then Mr. LeBlanc needs an operation and fritters a week away in the hospital. But that's not your fault, Daddy. I'm afraid the head of the board doesn't agree with you, Harriet. You should have heard Mr. Stone yesterday. He actually threatened me. What did he say, Daddy? He said he'd have me pounding a beat in Brooklyn. Miss Brooks leaves. He may even investigate some of the wild rumors flying around this school that I'm a... Tyrant? Thank you, my dear. If he decides to invi... What do you mean, tyrant? I've always tempered my power with justice. Look, Daddy, I know you mean well, but, well, Miss Brooks is like a thoroughbred, tense and high strung. You've got to give her her head sometimes. I'd like to hand it to her on a plate sometime.  But don't you see, Daddy, if you don't want her to leave, you've just got to be nicer to Miss Brooks. Well, I'll think it over. Now, you get to her first class and give the student something to study. Miss Brooks is late for a change. I'll take care of it right away, Daddy. And when she does get here... When she does get here, I'll tell... Remember Mr. Stone and Brooklyn. Goodbye, Daddy. Hello, Harriet. I think you should whistle so loudly, Miss Brooks. We're right outside Daddy's office, you know. Harriet, I've got a little message for you. Whistling in the hall is just the first of a long and distinguished line of violations I've got planned for today. This, in a word, is Independence Day for Constance Brooks. Look, Miss Brooks, please don't do anything until you've talked to Daddy. He's waiting to see you. Very well, dear. I'll toddle into his den for a moment. I am Miss Brooks right over here. Oh, I came as fast as I could. I thought you were whistling for me about your being late today. About my being late today? So what? Nothing, my dear. I just wanted you to know that I consider it extremely admirable of you to get here this early. After all, you must have hurried your breakfast terribly. What? Your health comes first, you know.  Am I in the right school? This is Madison High, isn't it? Of course, my dear. I am Madison's principal, your principal, Miss Brooks, who prides himself above all things on his ability to ease the path for those members of his faculty, nay, his family, tired or run down. You may deny this, Miss Brooks, but you need a respite from your school duties. You still have a zest for living and enthusiasm for things outside your work. I know you have. My men is the day I've watched you from my office as the final bell rang and you left your classroom. How I chuckled as you galloped through the halls, toward some cheery rendezvous with Mr. Boynton. The old eyes good to see you hurling the pupils to right and left. Oh, what a sight it was.  Now, just a minute, Mr. Conrad. I want to rekindle that enthusiasm, Miss Brooks.  Off? I must be. I mean, run over to the gym.  Then, when he's finished with his class, meet Mr. Boynton. Have a bit of lunch together or go for a stroll around the campus. Do you a world of good? Well, what do you say? I can only say what my dear old grandmother taught me to say at a time like this. And what is that, Miss Brooks? Never look a gift conklin in the choppers. I'm off to the jail. Sorry, Mr. Boynton, but now that you've dismissed your class, I thought I'd say hello. Hello, Miss Brooks. I was just... gosh. Mr. Boynton, what are you blushing about? You're in a bathing suit. I better turn around. Oh, don't be so modest, Mr. Boynton. Turn around again and live a little. You've just been taking a sunbath outside the gym, Mr. Boynton. Please, Miss Brooks, I consider sunbathing on school property highly irregular. I may change the subject. Why change the subject? What's so terrible about my wearing a bathing suit? You'll just turn around, you'll see that this is a very modest little number, although it doesn't quite cover my knees. Well, all right, but I'll say that that looks stunning. I borrowed it from the domestic science teacher.  I like old-fashioned bathing suits. Say, that one even has a bustle in the back, hasn't it? No. And now you can change the subject. Why don't you change into a bathing suit and we'll go halfies on the sun? Well, I like the sun, Miss Brooks. Oh, it's certainly done wonders for me. When I came to school this morning, I was fit to be tied. But now I love the whole world. Why, I even love Mr. Conklin. You've been in the sun too long, Miss Brooks. That is, I'd like to join you, but you see, with two of our teachers temporarily out, Mr. Conklin's asked me to assume their duties in addition to my own. But that isn't fair. Oh, I'll be relieved pretty soon. It seems that one of our female teachers had some idea of working in Norwich, Connecticut. But Mr. Conklin's carrying on a campaign to keep her here. A campaign? Yes. It doesn't sound ethical to me, but he says that as soon as it's too late for her to get the job in Connecticut, he's going to work her like a horse. I wonder if... I wonder who the teacher is. What do you mean by that? Just what I said. No wonder he was so sweet to me this morning. Take a sunbathe, my dear. Run over to see Mr. Boyden. I'm glad I've got that other job waiting. Make a workhorse out of me, will he? Miss Brooks, where are you going? I'm going to gallop over to Mr. Conklin's office and plow him under. Principal's office. Be brief, please. Mr. Davis, is Miss Brooks in her classroom? No, no, Margaret, she isn't. I sent her out to take a little sunbathe. Healthy teachers are happy teachers, I always say. Of course. What is it? That party? I'm afraid I don't understand. I'm sorry, Ozgood, but it's a highly confidential matter. After all, Miss Brooks wouldn't want everybody to know that the job she thought she could have had as Mayor Mark's secretary in Norwich is being... I'm afraid I've said too much. Not too much, Margaret. Just enough. Goodbye, my dear. But Ozgood, I... I said goodbye, landlady. So, there's no job in Norwich at all.   Remember the old blood pressure. I've got something to say to you, Mr. Conklin. Oh, you have? Have a seat, Miss Brooks. Never mind the acting, Lionel. What I've got to say, I can say on my feet. Good. Good. I've got something to say to you, too. But, of course, ladies first. I'm afraid I'm not really a lady, Miss Conklin. If I was, those words couldn't have occurred to me as I approached this office. Such as... Slave driver. Mm-hmm. Bully. Yeah. Uh, ogre, uh... How about tyrant? Oh, by all means tyrant. Tyrant. Does that complete the list, Miss Brooks? Temporarily, yes. Fine. Now you can listen to my message. Miss Brooks, although you consider me a tyrant, I think you should know that I am a very special kind of tyrant. What do you mean? I happen to be Miss Brooks. The only tyrant you've got! Control yourself, Ozgood. Watch that pressure, boy. You see, Miss Brooks, Mrs. Davis called while you were sunbathing on my time to inform you that there is no job open in Connecticut. No job open? However, since you seem so fond of secretarial work, you can take these reports home and type them neatly in triplicate. And one more thing, Miss High and Mighty. Don't you ever again dare to talk to me in the loud tone of voice you assumed this morning? Is that clear? Yes, it is, Mr. Conklin. Oh, that's half of it. I'm sorry you have all this extra work to do, Connie. I can't help feeling it's my fault. Oh, it couldn't be helped, Mrs. Davis. I should have known Mrs. Thiel wouldn't give up her job just for a few measly $49,000. Mayor March was very nice on the phone, Connie. He said that if any other desirable position came along, he'd let you know immediately. Oh, I'm afraid he was just letting me down easy, Mrs. Davis. Oh, gosh. I'm sleepy. Why don't you take a little nap, Connie? It'll make you feel much better. Here, sit down in this rocker. Thanks. It certainly feels good. You know, Mrs. Davis, sometimes I think I should never have left that job in Norwich. Why, I might have won that $49,000. If I'd stayed there longer, I might have gotten into politics. Mayor March will have to retire someday. Who knows? I might even have become... Your Honor, Mayor Brooks, I've got to talk to you at once. Of course, Boynham. What is it? As your personal bodyguard and constant companion, I insisted you hear this bulletin. I'm listening, Boynham. I love you, Your Honor. Love you madly, desperately, cruelly. Love you, do you hear? Just through one ear. Better do a rebroadcast for the other one. Oh, my darling, come out from behind that desk. It's so wonderful, so desirable. Come, let me hold you in my arms, Mayor, dear. Just call me May. It sounds more feminine. Or perhaps you think me too bold. Maybe I should strive harder to control my passion. After all, yours is a position of trust. You're a high public official, the mayor of this city. The mayor, yes, but I am also a woman. And what a woman. Pardon me for baying at you, my sweet, but I just can't resist you. Put your arms around me, my darling. But, Boynham, this is my office. Someone might see us. Let them see us. I'd kiss you on the roof of the Chamber of Commerce. The steps of the city hall are right on Main Street. Try my lips. There's less traffic there. Wait a moment. What was that? What? I thought I heard panting outside my door. Oh, that. That's just Alderman Conklin. He's been waiting to see you for eight days now. Really? Well, take off his leash and bring him in. Yes, Your Honor. Hello, Your Honor. You're nice, nice, Your Honor. How is your sweet, kind, glorious mayorship this lovely afternoon? Hmm. Down, Conklin.  Be brief. I want to tell you something, something I think you should know. Yes? There's been a mutiny. The people have rebelled against your tyranny, and in a free election, a free democratic election, I have just been elected governor of this state. Governor? Oh, no. Oh, no. They can't, they can't elect him governor. Connie, wake up, Connie. Huh? Hmm? What? Oh, oh.  I was having a daymare about Mr. Conklin. Oh, I thought I'd better wake you, Connie. This wire just came for you. Oh, let's see it. Well, it's from Mayor Mark's secretary. It says, dear Miss Brooks, I will give you important position in local firm. This job pays double the salary you receive as a schoolteacher. Please answer by return wire, signed Mrs. Ray Theo. Why, Connie, that's wonderful. Are you going to accept it? No, Mrs. Davis, I'll have to turn it down. Turn it down? But what's wrong with the position they're offering? 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Hi, I'm Jennifer Gonzalez author of teachers guide to tech you are watching this video because you either just purchased it And you want to learn how to use it or you would like to get a little bit more of an in-depth look at it So let's take a look so I'm looking at this in adobe acrobat But you might be looking at it in acrobat reader or in iBooks or in some other type of PDF reader But that's this is what it's gonna look like here This book is broken up into five different sections So I'm going to show you the first page of the table of content so that you can see along the sidebar of Almost every single page you will see all five of these sections. Let me zoom in Five sections are table contents getting started the tools the terms and index First and last are pretty self-explanatory part one is basically a bunch of articles and sort of You know some just general ideas about implementing technology and ways to do it without losing your mind There's some Q&A stuff on some troubleshooting issues And so that's just that's the part that's a little bit more of just you'd read it through part two is Really the meat of this so I'm going to go ahead and click on this this whole sidebar is clickable throughout the entire book I'm going to click on that and here you're going to see basically a list of all 30 categories that I've got these tools in and Then within each of these categories there are individual tools where we take a really close look and show you what it's all about So I'm going to take a look at discussion tools Okay, the beginning of each section talks a little bit about what this collection of tools is what they do and it also Describes some uses that teachers might have for them and uses that students might have for them And it also lists other tools that are like the ones that I'm featuring pretty much for every category There are just a ton of tools, so I could not cover each one of them So what I did was I chose sort of representations of each kind of Subtype basically so for this one discussion tools, we're going to talk about Skype snapchat today's meat and boxer But I also list other ones that are pretty popular That do kind of the same thing that some of these do okay, so when you're in that section Then you can just click around so here's the Skype page Here's the snapchat page and you can go flip around in these back and forth, so let's take a look at today's meat Okay, so for each tool that gets a close-up look, you know, there's a discussion of it There is a screenshot of it kind of in action and then There are two always going to be two links one link takes you straight to the website and This link will take you straight to a video on YouTube that Generally will show you the two the tool in action, so I'll click on that one just to show you Okay, so that takes you straight there and for some of these I was able to find video tutorials that were made by the company themselves But for some of the tools because they're free I guess they don't have a budget for video and so they were some of the videos are just made by regular people who are Just demonstrating how to use it but what I was looking for always was something that was relatively short and pretty clear It's not necessarily teaching you how to use it each time But it just shows you the features of it and then you can find other tutorials that'll give you more of a breakdown in longer versions Another feature that you'll notice in these is that some of the terms are Hyperlinked and so I'm going to click on back channel and what that's going to do is going to take us to section 3 Which is the terms. It's a glossary That's going to take me to the B page the A to B page and you'll see that the word back channel is defined here And it actually links you right back to today's meet. So let's go over to the terms now. That's that's part 3 He starts with a cover page. It's broken down by all these will go to QS and C So in between or within each page You can also link to all the other pages. I can go to the ENF page I can go to the KNO page This page is one of my favorite pages in the book the Google page because people I hear get confused They confuse Google terms all the time. So I basically just made a page That's just a breakdown of all how those things are related to each other The other two parts of the book that I think are extremely useful are the table of contents and the index Let's take a look at table contents first and the reason I think that they're useful is because they're completely clickable If I want to look at This section called I want to blank. What do I use? I just click on it It takes me straight there and I can read through all of those pages if I want to if I want to find another section I just bounce right back to the table of contents again, and I can find something else Maybe I look here at content curation. Oh, I want to learn about paper Lee So I click on that I go to paper Lee I want to go back to the table of contents go right ahead So it just makes navigating through very very quick and easy If I definitely already know the kind of tool I want I don't feel like paging through the whole table of contents I can always just go to the tools and that's this this page I use it a lot just as I've been building the book to get around quickly because it's just really easy to get You know from section to section the other part that I think is really really useful is The index and here's why let me go to it Say you hear a term and you have no idea what the person is talking about So you wouldn't even know what category would you wouldn't even fall into or you don't even know if it's a tool Or if it's just some sort of a term So say you hear somebody talking about clickers and you don't even know what clickers are so you can just start in the index And you can click on 153. Okay. I see something about student response systems. I see the word clicker That's going to be defined, but I'm not sure I got I saw that there was another number next to clickers too So let me go ahead and Go to the index. Let me click that other thing that says clickers and see if that gives me any more Okay, there's a definition in the glossary. The index is just a really fast way to Learn things and I also personally find you that you can learn a lot just by browsing the index Because as you go through here, you're gonna see stuff that to you may not you've never even heard of Like for example Black girls code. This is an organization that really focuses on Teaching young african-american girls how to do programming and to look at that as a potential career path So you go to this page you click on that you're gonna go right to their website Or if you browse through the index and maybe you know, you've kind of always wondered Let me get to another page Maybe you just happen to notice a term that just you've never heard of before what is moon fruit. Let's click on that Okay, that's in the blogging and website building tool Section it's like these it's in this list of other tools that are like those so we can go there Learn what blogging your website building tools are and then you know what moon fruit is so it's just My my thinking was I wanted it to be as fast as possible I wanted you to be able to get through this quickly without having to worry about internet connection Without having to look for the best source of information So for example, look at this note taking. Okay, we've got ever note and one note evidently these two have been competing hardcore for the last year or so so What I also tried to find in addition to sort of the basic stuff that I provided for those two tools Was I just put a list here of three really good articles that I found that sort of compare the two Because in the book I don't go super in-depth about any one individual tool But if there's something like this where there's like a battle going on then I Looked for really good resources so that you don't spend a lot of time having to look that stuff up One last section you should know about is right here the resources in credit section This will become especially useful if you are printing this out and looking for something if you go here basically Anything any external link on any page? I Provided where I actually got it from so that if you're looking at this in print and you're trying to figure out You know she's talking about this video or there's this article you can actually go see this is fate page 32 This is everything that at the external links that I referred to on page 32 So this stuff isn't really entertaining reading But it may become useful if you're trying to figure out actually what article I was referring to if you're not able To click out of it at the time And remember you can also print out the whole thing too. It's just regular eight and a half by eleven inch paper I would recommend that you put it into an actual binder and even set the sections up with physical dividers because then that will sort of Mimic the easy clicking that you can get with the digital version Also, remember that once you've made your first purchase of this binder You're basically getting it for two years all the way through to the end of 2016 Any updates that I post on there you'll be able to download them for free You'll just need to go to teachers pay teachers click on my tpt and go to my purchases And from there you can click on teachers teachers guide to tech and you'll be able to download whatever the newest version if that is For more information visit www.teachersguide2tech.com Thanks for watching