2026-10-15 - Job Creation and Retention Board of Trustees

00:03All right. Welcome to the Job Creation

00:06and Retention Trust meeting of October

00:0815th, 2026. My name is Annika and I'm

00:11the managing trustee and we are calling

00:14this meeting to order at 6:32 p.m.

00:18On March 28th, 2025, Governor Healey

00:21signed into law a bill which extends the

00:23temporary provisions pertaining to the

00:25open meeting law to June 30th, 2027.

00:29Specifically, this further extension

00:30allows public bodies to continue to hold

00:32meetings remotely without a quorum of

00:35the members physically present and to

00:37provide adequate alternative access to

00:39remote meetings. So, this session is

00:41being held in hybrid format. It's

00:43recorded and it will be a public record.

00:46So, I will now ask the board members to

00:47confirm they're in attendance in

00:49alphabetical order. Tom Betts.

00:51>> Present.

00:52>> Vicki.

00:54>> Here.

00:55>> Silvana.

01:00>> Um, Silvana just sent a message.

01:03>> Okay, I see you. Marty Walsh.

01:05>> I'm so sorry. Here.

01:07>> No worries. Hello.

01:08Um, Jim.

01:10>> Present.

01:11>> Jacob.

01:13>> Present.

01:14>> Councillor Emba.

01:16Currently absent.

01:18Rachel Nadkarni is going to be absent

01:19tonight. Annika, present. And Rand

01:23Wilson, currently absent. So, we have a

01:25quorum and I will turn it over to

01:28William to cover a few house rules about

01:30the technology. William, take it away.

01:32>> Great. Thanks, Annika.

01:34Hi, everyone. My name is William

01:36Blackmer.

01:38And in tonight's meeting, I am serving

01:40as uh, the staff liaison to the Job

01:43Creation and Retention Trust.

01:45When an agenda item is being presented,

01:47presentation materials received ahead of

01:50time will be displayed on the screen.

01:53If the chair asks for public comment,

01:55please use the raise hand function if

01:57you are on Zoom if you would like to

01:59speak or

02:01raise your hand if you're here in the

02:02room and you'll be called on

02:06to speak.

02:08>> Rand arrived.

02:10Hey Rand.

02:11>> Hi, I'm going to

02:13be over to the Tufts building in a

02:15minute, but I'll be on my phone until

02:17then.

02:18>> Okay, see you soon.

02:21>> Um

02:23So

02:24If the chair asks for public comment,

02:27you will be unmuted one by one and given

02:29two minutes to speak. Trust members, all

02:32votes must be roll call votes with a

02:34motion and a second and the chair will

02:36be calling on board members for a yes no

02:39vote in alphabetical order.

02:44Noted Silvana,

02:46um

02:47and any comments typed into the chat

02:50will be part of the public record. In

02:52accordance with open meeting law, we've

02:54also disabled one-to-one chat in order

02:57to comply with public records laws.

02:59So I'm going to pass it to Monica for

03:04the first item.

03:05>> Cool. Thanks William. All right, we are

03:07very excited to be joined by Colby

03:10Styles, who is our new workforce

03:12development coordinator. Welcome Colby.

03:14>> Thank you.

03:15>> Um I'll pass it over to you to share

03:17whatever opening remarks or just you

03:19would like to share and I'll have the

03:20board introduce themselves.

03:22>> Thank you. I'm Colby. I'm very excited

03:23to be here. It's my second week in the

03:25role, so I'm learning quickly and I'm

03:28just happy to be with you all and be

03:30doing this

03:32with William. You've been so great.

03:34>> Awesome. Well, we're really excited to

03:35have you on board and Colby's going to

03:37be working with William during this

03:39transition and William has assured us

03:42that while he is doing really exciting

03:44cool work in this new role that he will

03:46not be too far and

03:49we will be supporting both of them

03:52as they support us during this

03:53transition.

03:55So I would love it if board members we

03:56rattled through our roll calls, but if

04:00we could go back and introduce

04:01yourselves and share what seat you hold

04:04on the board.

04:07Anything

04:08else about where you work or sort of

04:10what you lean on for this.

04:13And we can start on Zoom. I'll pass it

04:17to Vicki, my fellow managing co-chair.

04:21>> Great, thanks Monica. Hi Colby, I'm

04:23Vicki Koits. I sit in one of the

04:26resident seats on the board. I live over

04:29here in Union Square in Somerville. And

04:33I have been in the workforce development

04:36field for

04:38I don't know, 25, 26 years. Seen it all.

04:44Worked at Currently I work for an

04:45organization called Corporation for a

04:47Skilled Workforce, which is based in

04:50Michigan, but it's a national

04:51organization.

04:53And focuses on helping all kinds of

04:55workforce development entities from

04:57community colleges to nonprofit

05:00organizations

05:02to state governments improve their

05:04employment and and workforce policies.

05:07And and my particular role is directing

05:09a team that focuses on trauma and

05:11resilience and helping workforce

05:13development folks understand trauma that

05:15workforce participants may have

05:17experienced and and how to have more

05:19trauma-informed practices and resilience

05:21building.

05:22Um

05:24That's

05:25I'm a photographer for fun.

05:28And that's about it.

05:31>> Vicki's photos are very lovely.

05:33Um sometimes there are there are public

05:35art displays. Um

05:38I will pass it. How about Jim and then

05:40Silvana?

05:43>> How we doing? Jim Hachie, I'm the

05:44director of career technical education

05:47at Somerville High School. I represent

05:49Dr. Ruben Carmona, superintendent, Dr.

05:53Ruben Carmona for the Somerville public

05:55schools.

05:57We run

05:5814 chapter 74 programs in the high

06:02school and so we're very proud of doing

06:04that and we're looking to continue to

06:06grow those programs and I enjoy being on

06:09this committee.

06:12>> Thank you, Jim.

06:14>> Thank

06:15>> Hi, Connie. Welcome to the board.

06:18Appreciate your presence. My name is

06:20Silvana Dinkel. I'm a resident of

06:22Somerville um for over 13 years now. Um

06:27I work as a teacher in a program called

06:30community schools of Somerville and do

06:34after school program. I'm a mom with

06:36three kids.

06:37I do enjoy being part of the board and

06:40mostly I like to give to my kids a good

06:43example to follow and willing to learn

06:45as much as they can in the future. So

06:48I'm

06:49just trying to help in any way I can.

06:53Thank you.

06:56>> Jacob?

06:58>> Thank you.

07:01I am Jacob Luria, one of the business

07:04representatives.

07:05I founded and run a healthcare AI

07:09company

07:10and enjoy learning more about the formal

07:12study of workforce development by

07:14sitting on the business seats.

07:16>> Thanks, Jacob.

07:18And Ren, I'm hoping that this timing

07:19works out that you will be here in

07:20person to introduce yourselves yourself.

07:23So I'll turn over to Tom. I don't know.

07:27>> Hi, Sophia. Hi, Greg. Great to meet you.

07:31I I uh

07:33am one of the other business members of

07:35the board. I'm the founder of Winter

07:37Electrical Contractors which is a local

07:39103 union contractor here in Somerville.

07:42I also serve as the

07:44advisory board

07:47chairman for the CTE program and work

07:49with Jim closely on that.

07:51And I also am

07:54I serve represent Mayor Wilson at the

07:57Boston Metropolitan Planning

07:58Organization, which is a transportation

08:01organization and the inner core

08:03communities.

08:05>> And then I am managing co-chair with

08:08Vicky. I sit in one of the non-profit

08:11seats. Fran sits in the other. I work

08:13for UAspire. We're a college

08:15affordability non-profit. And when I

08:17started with the board, I was at Boston

08:18PIC, which is Boston's workforce board.

08:21And then I'm also a Somerville resident.

08:24I'm going to say that you're bored.

08:26>> Um

08:27Hey Rand,

08:29are you walking? Do you want to

08:30introduce yourself? You'll be here in a

08:32minute. So, why don't we pause and then

08:34you can introduce yourself like in

08:35person instead of on the phone.

08:37Um

08:38we'll come back to Rand.

08:40All right. And we're going to start

08:41walking through our agenda. So, first we

08:44start with our traditional review

08:45[clears throat] and approval.

08:47>> I just figured out how to unmute myself.

08:49I'm very close. I'm just starting the

08:51car.

08:51>> [laughter]

08:52>> Okay. I'll see you soon.

08:55Um

08:56I thought you were going to have a

08:56strong opinion about the review and

08:58approval of the past meeting minutes.

09:00So, William did send out the September

09:0317th meeting minutes. Thanks, William.

09:05And I'm wondering if folks have any

09:06edits or revisions to those before we uh

09:11William's going to bring them up on the

09:12screen here.

09:13If anyone has any edits or revisions

09:15that you caught as you were reviewing

09:17them.

09:24Oh, look at that.

09:25It's 6:31. We were pretty close to being

09:27on time that day.

09:29Um and if people don't have any edits, I

09:31would welcome a motion to approve.

09:35>> I'll make a motion to approve the

09:36minutes.

09:37September 17th minutes.

09:39>> A

09:41>> All right, Silvana seconded.

09:43I will do a roll call vote. Tom bets.

09:45>> Yes.

09:46>> Vicky Coates.

09:48>> Yes.

09:49>> Silvana Dinca.

09:50>> Yes.

09:52>> Jim.

09:54>> Abstain.

09:56>> Okay.

09:57Perfect.

09:59Jacob.

10:00>> Yes.

10:01>> Annika, yes. Rand.

10:06Is Rand gone?

10:07>> Yes.

10:09>> Yes, okay.

10:10>> [laughter]

10:10>> Great work, team. Okay,

10:13the meetings will become official

10:15record.

10:16So, now we will review our linkage fees

10:21for 2026.

10:23William, I'll pass it over to you.

10:25>> Yes. Thanks, Annika. I'm going to

10:29uh bring up a copy of the spreadsheet

10:32that

10:34we shared out with everyone.

10:46So.

10:51So, the current uncommitted balance of

10:54the trust is approximately $2.68

10:58million. Uh we are still

10:59uh we are still anticipating

11:03one more payment. I know I've been

11:05talking about it for a little while.

11:07Um

11:08Yes, we are still waiting on um one

11:12one payment from a project that is

11:16wrapping up. Um I don't have any new

11:19info on that tonight. Um

11:21we'll circle back with Rachel. She's

11:23she's on vacation this week.

11:25Um

11:26the trust is not currently projecting

11:30receipt of any other linkage payments

11:33um in in the coming years.

11:36Um and

11:38I do ask that board members keep this

11:412.68

11:43number in mind in relation to uh the

11:46votes being taken tonight, especially uh

11:50the vote being taken on obligating

11:53funds. So, can take any

11:56questions there. Um oh, and I don't

11:59think I mentioned that's I believe worth

12:02again approximately 18 to 19,000 more

12:05dollars in interest that's monthly.

12:07>> Does that add to the total of 30?

12:09>> Yeah.

12:11>> Okay. Thanks, William. Does anyone have

12:13any questions about this?

12:21Okay.

12:23Seeing none,

12:25I will

12:26move us along to

12:32Um no. Okay.

12:35Um seeing none, I will move us along to

12:37our review on our program investments.

12:41>> Okay. Let me pull that up next.

13:02Hey.

13:03Uh

13:04>> What room are we What room are we in?

13:06>> Oh, let Let me Let's flag you down, Red.

13:09>> [laughter]

13:10>> Hey, Red, it's last one.

13:13>> Oh.

13:14>> Uh-huh.

13:16Um

13:19>> Oh, there we are.

13:20>> Are you good?

13:23>> Found it.

13:24Or William found me.

13:25>> You found William.

13:27Cool.

13:28>> All right. Return this off.

13:30>> All right. See you in a minute.

13:34>> [laughter]

13:40>> Hey.

13:41Hey, William. You made it.

13:43Um Rand, this is Colby Styles who is the

13:45new Workforce Development Coordinator.

13:49>> Nice to meet you.

13:52Where should I sit?

13:53>> Wherever you want. The owl is here.

13:55>> The owl is here.

13:58>> [laughter and gasps]

13:58>> It's not going to happen there.

14:00>> Be the owl.

14:01>> Who?

14:01>> Um

14:02>> [laughter]

14:04>> All right.

14:05So, Rand sits in one of the nonprofit

14:07seats. The other not We're both in

14:08nonprofit seats. You want to give more

14:10of an overview of yourself?

14:12>> Uh yes, an overview.

14:14>> [laughter]

14:14>> How much time you got?

14:17>> Honestly, one word [clears throat] for

14:18him.

14:19>> [laughter]

14:21>> He ain't tired. Professional

14:22hell-raiser.

14:24Uh

14:25Union organizer by trade.

14:28Longtime

14:29uh resident of Somerville. Live here in

14:32Dave Square area.

14:34And uh I convene a

14:37community labor coalition called

14:39Somerville Stands Together that tries to

14:42bring uh unions together with community

14:45for affordable housing, good quality

14:48jobs.

14:49And of late, we've

14:52ventured into other areas of social and

14:55racial justice and a green new deal.

14:58Um

14:59the coalition is a uh amoeba.

15:02Goes where the people want to go.

15:05Um

15:05and

15:07uh my day job is uh I work as an

15:11organizer for a coalition called

15:14Communities

15:15United

15:17that is working on holding the companies

15:20that received billions of dollars from

15:23the Chips and Science Act accountable to

15:25create good jobs and to be good

15:27neighbors.

15:29And so I

15:30um

15:31travel all over the country and

15:32sometimes, like next week,

15:35Taiwan and South Korea to meet with uh

15:38>> Oh, wow.

15:39>> semiconductor union officials

15:42>> Nice.

15:43>> in those countries.

15:44>> Very cool.

15:45>> Cool.

15:46>> It is cool.

15:47>> All right. Thanks, Rand.

15:49>> Yeah.

15:50>> All right. So, William is going to walk

15:52us through the active programs um and

15:55I'm I'm going to handle the vote

15:56section.

15:56>> Yeah.

15:57>> Of course.

15:58>> Um so, regarding active programs,

16:01um I have the updates here highlighted

16:04in yellow on the screen.

16:07Um one one note to flag is that the Just

16:10to Start program,

16:12um I am awaiting

16:14>> Oh.

16:15>> Sorry.

16:16Are you able to

16:18Is everyone able to hear me?

16:20>> Yeah, we can hear you.

16:21>> Okay.

16:22>> Okay.

16:22>> Um

16:24Yeah. The Just to Start program,

16:27um

16:29we are we are waiting word on them about

16:33uh the potential of

16:35uh extending their grant agreement. Um

16:38so, that's the program at the top that

16:40had an expiration date at the end of

16:42September. So,

16:44>> That was it.

16:44>> just just waiting to hear hear back from

16:46their staff on that.

16:48Um the the other updates The other

16:51updates I wanted to give is that Per

16:52Scholas,

16:54um we've been speaking with their staff

16:57and they will be requesting

16:59a no-cost extension for their grant

17:02that's scheduled to conclude in

17:03December. So,

17:05uh Colby and I will be

17:07guiding them through that process and

17:09we're anticipating that on our December

17:12meeting agenda we'll have a vote related

17:14to that, as well as a request letter.

17:18Um all other programs on the list are

17:20running as scheduled.

17:22Um and

17:24um just on here as well, we have um

17:29indicated

17:30the two votes that Monica's going to

17:32walk us through in a little bit more

17:34detail, um

17:35but just showing those at the end. Um

17:39in relation to um the job quality human

17:43resources training funds and also to

17:48uh the the PAC man

17:50uh training funds. So, um I will pass it

17:54over to Monica to

17:57uh give some context around the votes.

17:59>> Thanks, William. Before we do the votes,

18:01does anyone have any questions about the

18:04the other programs

18:05that are in blue that are running?

18:12Okay.

18:14All right.

18:15Um seeing none. So, we've got two votes.

18:19The first one is from the $81,000 that

18:23we had obligated to the job quality HR

18:27training for small businesses um

18:31like 7 years ago and

18:35since we didn't find anyone in that

18:38application process, those funds have

18:40been

18:41sitting there and last time we talked

18:44about moving them back into the pot and

18:46being part of the

18:49what is probably going to be a

18:50million-dollar

18:52um

18:53grant opportunity that goes out. So,

18:56because we're very thorough about the

18:58rules, we would vote to

19:01re-obligate the $81,000

19:04from that previous commitment um

19:07>> [clears throat]

19:07>> back to

19:09what did our actual language say?

19:12Back to uncommitted funds. And then

19:14later we would vote a clean million

19:17dollars to commit that.

19:20So,

19:21passing this vote requires

19:24vote from five board members.

19:27You know I'm keeping track of the

19:29numbers. He's good.

19:30>> [laughter]

19:31>> So, I would welcome for us any

19:32discussions

19:34or questions that board members have on

19:36this.

19:37Um and Vicki, your square isn't showing.

19:39So, if you have any questions, please do

19:41the like William is going to fix you.

19:43All right, I can see you all now.

19:46Um but does anyone have any questions

19:47about the 81K

19:49and what we're doing with it?

19:51Okay.

19:53And I would welcome a motion on that

19:56on that one.

19:57>> Oh, I'll make a motion to return the

19:59funds.

20:00>> All right. A motion to return 81,000

20:03obligated for job quality assurance

20:05training for small business and

20:06entrepreneurs to uncommitted.

20:08Tom Bet.

20:10>> I'll second. I'll

20:11>> Oh, great. [laughter] This is We need a

20:12second. Great. Seconded.

20:14And how do you vote?

20:16>> Yes.

20:16>> All right.

20:17Uh Vicki.

20:18>> I was going to second as well and I vote

20:21yes.

20:22>> Oh,

20:22>> [laughter]

20:22>> William can't vote, can he?

20:24All right. Uh Silvana.

20:26>> Yes.

20:27>> Okay. Jim.

20:29>> Yes.

20:30>> Jacob.

20:32>> Yes.

20:33>> Annika. Yes. Brian.

20:35>> Yes.

20:36>> Yes. All right, passes. It is

20:38recommitted to the million dollars

20:40or to to to the full pot.

20:42>> Yes.

20:42>> Recommitted to the full pot, not to a

20:44million.

20:45Um all right, so the second vote is

20:49related to 30,800

20:53that Mass Hire Metro-North did not end

20:56up spending for their youth trackman

20:58training. Um that was the

21:00pre-apprenticeship construction and

21:02maintenance training.

21:03Um they're not seeking a new cost

21:06extension at this time. And so,

21:09the what would be to move these unspent

21:12funds also back into the uncommitted

21:15funds.

21:15>> I make a motion to move them back to the

21:17uncommitted funds.

21:18>> I beat you to it.

21:19>> Oh, Rand, you're so efficient. Silvana

21:22seconds. We're efficient today. Um Tom?

21:26>> Yes.

21:26>> Vicky?

21:28>> Yes.

21:29>> Silvana?

21:30>> Yes.

21:31>> Jim?

21:32>> Yes.

21:33>> Jacob?

21:34>> Yes.

21:35>> Annika, yes. Rand?

21:37>> Yes.

21:38>> All right. Boom.

21:40Um now, we're going to touch base on

21:42where we are in the schedule

21:44for meeting topics and where we are on

21:47the RFP process.

21:49>> Yes.

21:49>> Um

21:51So, we're in the process of developing

21:56our request for proposals

21:58and

22:00>> Would you like to ask a question?

22:01>> Did you have a question?

22:02>> Did you want me to go?

22:02>> Sure. Sorry.

22:03>> Just so the two that we just kind of

22:06reallocated, that would add back into

22:09the 2.685 million, right? So, that would

22:12bring us I didn't do the math yet, but

22:15Just so we know where we're at where

22:17we're at.

22:17>> Yeah, so let's say roughly 2.

22:222.78 a little bit more um now, yeah. So,

22:27you're right, Tom. That's bringing um

22:30the uncommitted funds up to

22:32approximately 2.78 a little bit more.

22:35All right.

22:37Thank you.

22:39>> Thank you.

22:41>> Um

22:43All right. So, we are we're prepping for

22:46the annual meeting. The annual meeting

22:48is going to be next month, in November,

22:50[clears throat]

22:51and we're going to finalize the RFP

22:54draft in December and release it in

22:58early January.

23:00Um

23:01>> [clears throat]

23:01>> and then it'll be due in April.

23:05>> Yes.

23:06>> In April.

23:07Um

23:08and so the

23:10RFP subcommittee has met.

23:13I'm wondering if either of my

23:14subcommittee partners would like to

23:16share an update on how we're doing.

23:19Silvana or Tom.

23:24>> That's a good question.

23:26>> [laughter]

23:27>> Uh I'm trying to think where we were at.

23:30>> No news is good news.

23:31>> Yeah. I mean, we're

23:35I think this is the last one.

23:36>> We meet on the first, right?

23:38I think the last time.

23:39>> Um

23:40>> October 1st.

23:42>> 5th.

23:43>> Yes. Monday

23:45>> Oh, that's right. I'm sorry. Yeah, the

23:46email.

23:47Um

23:48I know we

23:50we looked at

23:55So, I know we we wanted to expand the

23:57RFP background information and timeline,

23:59right? And uh I know William, I think

24:02you gave us an overview of the timeline.

24:05Um the proposal process, the outline

24:07questions we wanted the proposers to

24:09answer.

24:10And uh we also I think you're waiting

24:13for a feedback from us uh the

24:15subcommittee on the RFP scoring rubric,

24:18if I remember right.

24:20And uh

24:22I think those are the main things that

24:23we talked about.

24:25>> Yeah.

24:25>> And I know Silvana, I mean uh uh

24:29Rachel had sent some uh wording in uh

24:32for uh for William to edit and I think

24:34we we were we were fine with that

24:36wording the changes and I know I think

24:37you had a couple of uh changes to it,

24:39didn't you?

24:40>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, so we've gone um

24:45two rounds of edits on the application.

24:48And we

24:51a lot of it's just reorganizing to try

24:53and

24:54make the reader experience

24:56straightforward. The things that we

24:58talked about and shifted perhaps from

25:01when we last met is on the process.

25:05We're going to have an RFP released and

25:07we're going to have two deadlines by

25:10which people can submit or we're

25:11proposing that we would have two

25:13deadlines. William proposed, this was a

25:15good idea William, two deadlines by

25:17which people could submit questions for

25:19them to be answered and then publicly

25:21posted. And so we thought about that

25:23timeline and have the idea of the second

25:26deadline being a couple weeks before the

25:29final deadline so they'd have time for

25:32staff would have time to answer the

25:33questions and then uh, applicants would

25:35have time to

25:37adjust their applications. And then we

25:39considered doing an LOI process, um,

25:42uh, letter of intent or interest and

25:45ultimately decided that we didn't think

25:48that that would be a good way to go. We

25:50didn't want to add another layer to the

25:52application process, but we will have an

25:55info session and then the two question

25:57periods. So the idea being that there

25:59will be three different points when

26:01applicants could get some

26:03um,

26:05answers if they have wonderings about

26:07their

26:08their application.

26:09>> I like that.

26:10>> Yes.

26:12>> How is this informed by the annual

26:14meeting or is it?

26:16>> Great question.

26:18>> [clears throat]

26:19>> So in the annual meeting, this is like

26:21an open thing, right? It's a million

26:23dollars and the three sections that

26:25we're putting out there are jobs and

26:28skills training

26:30in a like a longer list, like employment

26:32readiness, supporting workers.

26:35Um, we have a,

26:37technical assistance

26:39for small businesses on the HR front

26:41category and then we have a capacity

26:43adding category. So we're trying to make

26:46it broad while also having a few clear

26:49priorities informed by all of the things

26:51we've been talking about. So, we're

26:52going to share that at the annual

26:54meeting and then have a whole public

26:56comment section where people can add in.

26:59And then on December, so then the

27:00subcommittee can take the public comment

27:04convene and then bring that all back um

27:08edits and all that to the December

27:10meeting and so we can make it happen.

27:11>> is it

27:12>> Yeah.

27:14Yeah.

27:14>> Good.

27:14>> Yeah.

27:16>> Vicky?

27:17>> I think that will make people feel

27:21you know, like they're having meaningful

27:22input in what will be

27:24>> Yeah.

27:25I mean, that's why we when we had talked

27:26about this calendar, we wanted to get

27:28some preliminary information around like

27:30the labor market and the mayor's

27:33strategic plan on workforce

27:35and sort of the different sessions that

27:37we've had so that we could percolate and

27:39then

27:40as we're getting close to launching it,

27:43get input from the community to make

27:45sure that all of that data gathering and

27:47what we've put together is putting us on

27:48the right path or give an opportunity

27:51for them to steer us.

27:53>> Mhm.

27:53>> Um Vicky?

27:55>> Uh

27:56to the LOI letter of intent um issue,

28:01uh I think it it's fine to not have

28:03that. Um however, it can be useful to

28:07have a little bit of a sense of who's

28:09applying

28:10um and also to make connections uh

28:13between applicants possibly. So, as um

28:17we are announcing the two question

28:20periods, you might think about having a

28:22registration process

28:24for the folks who plan to attend and ask

28:28them if you know, they're planning to

28:30apply and if so, what are they thinking

28:34about in terms of um you know,

28:37programming that um they're applying

28:39[clears throat] for or something like

28:40that just in case there's any sort of

28:43matchmaking or

28:45um help that can be provided to

28:48applicants uh based on

28:50who we based on what we know about who's

28:52applying.

28:57>> Thanks. Yeah, I think the idea of of

29:00having a registration for those sessions

29:02will be really helpful.

29:05Um, and like you said,

29:07um

29:08get getting a getting a sense um

29:11you know, maybe not through formal LLI

29:14but other ways to know who's who's

29:17considering the opportunity.

29:20>> Cuz didn't we on that

29:22some of the information you had, we kind

29:23of cut back a little bit of what we were

29:25asking them to submit on the

29:27in the beginning. You know, as far as it

29:30almost felt like we were asking too much

29:32up front.

29:33>> Yeah.

29:34>> I think we we kind of

29:35>> Yeah, that was where we

29:37>> Yeah, kind of trimmed that down.

29:38>> it and then shifted it that we were

29:41trying to avoid having a like

29:43>> almost two submittals.

29:44>> separate first application.

29:46>> [clears throat]

29:46>> The other thing I remember too was on

29:48the scope of work we moved around

29:50um you know, where

29:53the activity description I think went to

29:56below and then we had the JAT

29:58JCIT solicits proposals from the for the

30:01following types of requests. So we moved

30:03this section up here and this one down

30:05here.

30:06So

30:07>> Yeah, we tried to lead with our the

30:09buckets of activities.

30:10>> Yeah.

30:11>> And then go into like what was shaping

30:13what we were thinking about with this.

30:15>> It's all coming back.

30:18>> I am

30:20reading this right before I came and

30:22also have a little cheat sheet cuz

30:23William gives me talking points.

30:25>> [laughter]

30:27>> for the test.

30:28>> Is it?

30:29Uh, sorry.

30:30>> No, you're good.

30:30>> I was going to say is that helpful to to

30:33display like

30:36give

30:37a slight flavor of the changes that were

30:40made? Do people have other questions

30:44on

30:45on the status [clears throat]

30:46of

30:47>> I think

30:50I'm trying to remember it.

30:51The drafts have solely been in the

30:54subcommittee.

30:54>> [clears throat]

30:55>> Or has it been at the full board?

30:57>> We shared it a little bit last meeting

31:01and

31:02just kind of pulling it up on the screen

31:04to talk about how how we've been

31:06arranging it and

31:08saying, you know, these are the

31:09categories we've talked about, these are

31:11the categories we've yet to discuss and

31:15got some meeting in the last or some

31:17feedback in the meeting in real time

31:19last time from Vicky in particular about

31:22kind of how to restructure some

31:24sections. So,

31:25those have been

31:27incorporated, but

31:29>> Okay. Maybe we could pull up the buckets

31:31of work again because yeah, we had

31:33edited those from this meeting.

31:36>> Yeah, let me

31:37>> And then I think maybe again in the

31:38subcommittee.

31:39>> Yeah, let me work on getting that up.

31:42>> Sure.

31:46And then for overview folks in the

31:48application section that potential

31:51grantees would fill out, we've crafted

31:55the questions

31:56to have some specifics to each of those

32:00three buckets,

32:02the training, capacity building, and job

32:05quality,

32:07so that folks who

32:09are applying for those three things,

32:13which are related but different,

32:15um, won't be trying to fit their

32:16application into something that maybe is

32:19more set up for like a training with

32:20participants.

32:21So, that's a little bit of a structural

32:23change, I think, since we

32:25last showed these.

32:31Okay. Yeah, so this is it. This is the

32:33first page. Boom. Workforce Listening

32:36Proposal.

32:40And I'm also happy to, you know,

32:42circulate this

32:45with board members

32:47as well.

32:50So, starting with the activity

32:52description, the the categories of what

32:55the trust is looking to fund.

32:57Um following that up with

33:00mentioning that successful proposals

33:02should, you know, incorporate

33:05um information

33:08from the talent equity playbook, from

33:10the labor market information that was

33:12presented to the trust earlier this

33:13year,

33:14um

33:15from findings

33:17uh

33:17recent conversations uh with key

33:20employers, etc.

33:22Um and then

33:26if I may, I'm going to just jump over to

33:30>> Also, thinking of anything new is we're

33:31funding that activities over the next

33:33three years.

33:33>> Yes. Yes.

33:35Um and then

33:38with the background information document

33:41um

33:42we

33:44um

33:45we're primarily getting

33:47um some

33:49adding in a little bit more detail about

33:52kind of deadlines for also when the city

33:55would be posting responses to questions

33:57so that people had a sense of when, you

34:00know, they they may hear about the

34:03questions that they're asking, um and

34:05have also been working a bit, as Anika

34:07mentioned, on um

34:10really pulling out

34:12um some of the distinctions between

34:15um

34:16questions for depending on the type of

34:19proposal that that someone is

34:21submitting.

34:24>> Thanks, William.

34:26All right, welcome if folks had any

34:27initial thoughts with what you're

34:29seeing, and then I think that

34:32would be a good idea, William, to share

34:34the drafts as they are with the board.

34:37Um so folks can

34:39I mean, no pressure. You're not like on

34:40the same

34:41but I think we're really close and we'd

34:43welcome folks' thoughts before we get

34:46>> You know, are

34:47are we planning to

34:49review this a little bit at the annual

34:51meeting and let them know what's coming

34:53up?

34:53>> Yeah.

34:53Yeah.

34:54Yeah, absolutely.

34:56Um and we'll go over the agenda that

34:57we're thinking for the annual meeting.

34:59But yeah, at the annual meeting we

35:00definitely are going to announce that

35:02this RFP is coming, share the timeline.

35:05Um

35:06I think we should share the amount.

35:07>> the announcement? Uh we you know,

35:10recruiting people to the meeting is

35:13the hardest thing.

35:14>> Mhm.

35:14>> Right? Like well, the last meeting was

35:17actually

35:18fairly well attended because SCC was

35:21pissed off.

35:25I think we'll make somebody else mad,

35:26huh? I [laughter] think that was the

35:28reason we had

35:29>> They could have been, yeah.

35:30>> Plus we had lined up some

35:33testimony from from grant recipients.

35:37But in terms of engaging the general

35:39public in this process,

35:42I would say it's

35:44been difficult.

35:46Right?

35:47>> Yeah.

35:47>> I mean, you would think

35:49we would get more people from the

35:51business community,

35:53honestly, more people from the nonprofit

35:55and training and workforce development

35:58communities to show up.

36:00Cuz we're going to be giving out lots of

36:02money

36:03and they don't come. So it it if we're

36:07got an advertisement that we're going to

36:09put out for the public meeting, I know

36:12that's I know it's later in the agenda,

36:14but

36:16>> The sense of like we're going to be

36:18sharing information about upcoming RFP

36:20and like

36:21>> Yeah.

36:22>> the upcoming grant making.

36:23>> Put the dollar sign.

36:25>> [laughter]

36:29>> Come learn about that. Yeah, that's what

36:31you were saying.

36:32>> Okay, sorry, but I

36:34>> Yeah, I know that could be. Like we're

36:36crafting our grant making and this is a

36:39chance to get feedback before we really

36:42release the release the deal.

36:44>> Is there any kind of PR that's going out

36:46to the public

36:49to announce the

36:50>> There was the formal announcement in the

36:53materials.

36:54>> Mhm.

36:55Familiar.

36:56>> Right.

36:57>> Yeah, so

36:57>> We need we need social media.

36:59>> We can change that. We can We can let's

37:00go to the annual meeting.

37:01>> Yeah, sorry to jump in.

37:05>> All right.

37:05>> Oh, yeah. [clears throat]

37:05>> I didn't Sorry.

37:07>> Talking points are

37:08>> Um

37:09>> Yeah, I had sorry.

37:10>> Yeah, that's okay. We'll No, we'll get

37:12there. We'll get there in just a

37:14>> I told you trouble.

37:15>> And I jumped Oh, it's cuz I skipped

37:16ahead. I see what happened.

37:19Um

37:21Oh, you know what? Okay.

37:23All righty.

37:25Yes.

37:26>> So,

37:27we're on agenda item six.

37:29>> Okay, super.

37:31William has reminded me that before

37:34[laughter] we keep going about this

37:36conceptual million dollars we're

37:38obligating

37:39to

37:41support our community, we also need to

37:43have a formal vote on this obligation.

37:46Thank you, William.

37:48See.

37:49Get excited, Colby.

37:50>> [clears throat and laughter]

37:53>> It's part of it.

37:55All righty. So, I would welcome a Unless

37:58anyone has any other things you wanted

38:00to talk about before we got to that

38:01point about this vote,

38:03I would welcome a vote motion.

38:06I'll make a motion.

38:07>> I'll make a motion to obligate $1

38:09million to

38:112027

38:13JCRT request for proposal.

38:16>> I was going to say

38:16>> Is that right?

38:17>> Yeah, that's good.

38:18>> I'll second.

38:20>> Okay, second it. Okay, a vote on our

38:23million-dollar obligation.

38:25Um Tom.

38:26>> Yes.

38:27>> And Vicki.

38:28>> Yes.

38:29>> Solana.

38:32>> Thumbs up.

38:32>> Thumbs up. Uh Jim.

38:34>> Yes.

38:36>> Jacob.

38:37>> Yes.

38:38>> Annika, yes. Rand.

38:40>> Yes.

38:40>> Okay, measure passes. We have obligated

38:42the million dollars and now this RFP is

38:45really happening.

38:46Um okay. Great. Thanks everybody. And so

38:51now we can pivot to the annual meeting

38:53agenda. Yes. All right.

38:56Okay.

38:57And I think William has a doc that

38:59you're going to pull up.

39:00>> I will pull up the

39:03agenda that we have. Just need to get

39:06that into my other folder.

39:08Let's see.

39:09>> [clears throat]

39:18>> So this is going to be

39:23on

39:27November

39:29>> 19th.

39:30>> 19th.

39:32Everyone check your calendars.

39:36Are you still available on the 19th?

39:38>> I'm seeing some thumbs up.

39:41>> On the chat. Okay, good job. Good job,

39:43Zoom.

39:45Rand.

39:47>> [snorts]

39:47>> Are you going to be here?

39:49>> Yes.

39:49>> Okay.

39:50>> Yep.

39:50>> Great. Good job, everybody. Okay.

39:53Um

39:55So this is

39:58sort of the

39:59high-level agenda that we have. But I

40:02want to delve deeper into the specifics

40:05of what we're thinking on the

40:08presentation.

40:09>> [clears throat]

40:10>> Do you have that written out or do you

40:11want me to just verbally go through it?

40:13>> Um

40:16happy to

40:18Yeah, I I

40:19>> I meant for the like display or do you

40:21want

40:21>> Oh, no. You can just go through it.

40:22>> Okay. Okay. So,

40:25we usually start with a who we are. So,

40:28this is the goal. This is I mean, all

40:29these meetings are public, but this is

40:31our welcome folks to come

40:33talk to us and share their views, hear

40:36what we've been up to, public forum. So,

40:39we'll usually have a welcome. We'll

40:41introduce who we are and what the JCRT

40:44is and what it does.

40:46Um since we have

40:48an exciting staff transition and William

40:52has worked so closely with the board and

40:54all the grantees, we're going to make an

40:56announcement um

40:59about William's promotion and welcome

41:01Colby.

41:03We'll talk about

41:05past year's investments.

41:08Kind of a a report on on the impact.

41:11We want to talk about the investments we

41:13currently have out in the field,

41:15programs that are running.

41:17Um

41:18and then our current fiscal picture,

41:22how much money we have, make very clear

41:24that we were not expecting any new

41:28linkage fees in the coming year, and

41:31that this will likely be the RFP that we

41:35do and we won't do another one for maybe

41:38a year and a half is what we've been

41:39talking about. So, we want to set these

41:42the fiscal picture and the context that

41:45we're operating within.

41:46Um

41:48have a moment for clarifying questions

41:50and then welcome public comment,

41:53community feedback, and ideas.

41:57Potentially be joined by um

42:00>> [clears throat]

42:00>> some folks who are maybe in one of our

42:04some of our grantees. I know William's

42:06been talking to some folks

42:08um like we did last year. So, I'm

42:10wondering what people think about that

42:12overall

42:13flow as far as topics and order. If

42:17there's anything that seems like an

42:20order that you would change, if you

42:22heard anything missing,

42:24you heard anything you think we

42:25shouldn't cover.

42:28Any other thoughts about the overall

42:30format? And this is going to be in

42:32person in the same room as last time or

42:34hybrid in the same room as last time?

42:37Okay. Yes.

42:39>> So, you can only add when we're

42:40announcing it through what the RFP's

42:42going to be for if we emphasize it's,

42:45you know, we're really looking at, you

42:47know, the fund is to provide fund, you

42:48know, programs that will go over the

42:51next, you know, few years. So, that'll

42:52help

42:53>> Oh, yeah, specifically.

42:55>> you know, between hopefully the economy

42:57changing and some more money coming into

42:59the program.

43:02Just so it's like, "Oh, you're not going

43:03to hear for a from us for 2 years, you

43:05know."

43:05>> Right, right, but yeah, we will make the

43:07point that we're expanding the the

43:09timeline that we have.

43:10>> about 1.7

43:12million left that we could, I suppose,

43:16>> Yeah.

43:17>> plus the accumulating interest.

43:19>> Good, interest.

43:20>> 19 grand a month, that's not bad.

43:23>> I just want to make sure that we have

43:25enough time for

43:27people that show up to

43:30feel heard

43:31>> and public comment, yeah.

43:32>> and enough comment and and

43:35maybe,

43:36you know, that

43:39make sure that that's not at the end.

43:43It It because, you know, you don't want

43:45to just sit there and talk to people and

43:47then

43:49like, "Oh, oh, we're 10 minutes left to

43:51go." and everybody's like, "Can't wait

43:53to get out the door. Now we'll have

43:54public comment."

43:55>> Yeah, I hear that. I also we've never

43:58done it that way. And I think if we like

44:00I think it's a I would say the value of

44:02it being at the end is that people

44:04can

44:05hear like what has been with the funds

44:08and hear the information about the RFP.

44:10>> Right, they have to get that.

44:11>> Yeah. I feel like the flip of being

44:14like, okay, give us your public comment

44:15and then we're like, well, here's all

44:16the stuff we did anyway.

44:17>> It's what we decide.

44:20>> So, I think if we're I mean I think

44:22we'll be thoughtful about um

44:26the time,

44:27but I would anticipate that we'd have a

44:30lot of time for a public comment and I

44:33wouldn't frame it like

44:35>> to whenever.

44:36>> Yeah, we really have an end. We just

44:38kind of

44:39>> On this one, yeah.

44:40>> Presumably 8:00.

44:41>> Yeah. Yeah. So, if our presentation is

44:44like half an hour or so

44:46Yeah.

44:49Yeah.

44:50>> We will have conversations, but he's not

44:52here anymore.

44:55Not that you know what I'm talking

44:56about, right?

44:57>> I see I see Vicky

44:58>> Oh, Vicky, I'm sorry. Hey.

45:01>> Hey.

45:01>> [laughter]

45:02>> Uh yeah, I think I mean

45:04>> Vicky, you're holding your the

45:05gentlewoman from uh Union Square. It's

45:07you.

45:08>> Hello.

45:09>> [clears throat]

45:10>> Um in years past, we have been able to

45:14get the presentation down to um like 30

45:17to 40 minutes. So, I'm not too worried

45:20about um making sure that we don't talk

45:22at people for too long and then not have

45:24enough time for input. Um that said, um

45:29I the the flow is fine here.

45:32Um

45:33as we're thinking about the specific

45:35talking points in the slides, it would

45:38uh I think be helpful for the public to

45:40see where we have taken their input from

45:44last year

45:45and how we responded to it this year.

45:47So, I I don't think it's we don't do it

45:49as a clump, but instead William and

45:52Colby as you're writing the talking

45:54points, maybe kind of weave in uh on the

45:57relevant slides um where we have, you

46:01know, responded and and taken the public

46:03comments from last year. Just so that

46:05way they they feel acknowledged and like

46:07we're listening to them.

46:10>> I think it could also be helpful. I

46:12agree with that, Vicky. And I think it

46:13could also be helpful um

46:18I'm trying to think of when we did those

46:20surveys of the

46:24um through workforce development

46:26ecosystem. But I think we could also say

46:27like part of we made a concrete change

46:30to make this much more of an open RFP

46:32than in past

46:33>> Yeah.

46:34>> to like adjust to the current more

46:38uncertain fiscal situation and cuz we've

46:40been hearing feedback from the field

46:43that

46:44there's a wide range of needs and some

46:45of it is continuing the programs that

46:48are crucial to our ecosystem.

46:51And so even though that's not in

46:52response to the exact last public

46:54comment session, I think

46:56that to your point, Vicky, it would be

46:58helpful to acknowledge that we did hear

47:00from the field. And so that's why for a

47:03second year in a row we're doing this

47:05more like one big RFP

47:07process.

47:12Any other thoughts on specific agenda

47:15topics?

47:17>> I want to just voice something related

47:19to something that Rand was sharing

47:22earlier about the importance of public

47:24comment and something that I want to

47:27make sure we're messaging correctly is

47:29that this is not an information session

47:32on the RFP.

47:33>> Sure.

47:33>> It is still a document that, you know,

47:36we've we've made a lot of work on

47:38getting toward the final stages of, but

47:41we are really taking this input and

47:45just making it clear that this is not an

47:48opportunity to

47:50ask questions about the details of the

47:52RFP. The document will not be released.

47:55So, I just want to make sure we're

47:58you know, obviously it's great to have

48:00excitement and let people know it's on

48:01the horizon, but don't want you

48:05kind of like misalign expectations right

48:08away.

48:08>> But just more of the announcement that

48:10the RFP is going to be being released in

48:12January, right?

48:14>> Yeah.

48:14>> So, yeah, you don't want to get I agree

48:16cuz you don't want to have a all of a

48:17sudden it becomes an info session on the

48:19RFP.

48:20>> Yeah. Yeah, I think that that's a good

48:22balance to strike as far as it talking

48:24about it in advance and then

48:27when we're

48:28announcing that this is coming um I

48:33think that's a good point, William, to

48:34make it clear like we're sharing that

48:35this is coming. This is an opportunity

48:37where we really want to hear from the

48:38public so that we can review and

48:41finalize

48:43um

48:44so that folks don't

48:45>> And even the RFP

48:47is based a lot of it's based on the

48:49comment that we got last year, too,

48:51right?

48:51>> Yeah. Yeah.

48:52Um that's a great flag. Thanks, William.

48:55>> I think he's thinking of this.

48:57>> Yeah, thank you. Go forward.

48:59>> Yeah, on that um don't leave people high

49:02and dry. So, uh to allay any anxiety, it

49:05might be a good idea to go ahead and

49:07publish the two dates that we will be

49:09taking questions on the RFP.

49:13>> Yeah.

49:14Yeah. Yeah, I think that that would be a

49:16great

49:18I think it would be great for us to be

49:19at the point where we are

49:22we have the question dates

49:25if we can solidify the info session by

49:27then, but I don't know if there's more

49:29logistics things, but say that there

49:30would be an info session at least within

49:31like the window that you would be aiming

49:33for.

49:34Um

49:36and

49:38yeah, if we could aim for like a

49:39release. I think giving

49:43a window for when they can expect things

49:45would be helpful.

49:47>> That way, yeah, people can plan on

49:49>> Yeah, right.

49:50Yeah, thank you.

49:53Yeah.

49:55>> I think that makes a lot of sense.

49:56>> Can I ask one other question?

49:58>> Of course.

49:59>> Um

50:00So, we've talked again a little bit

50:03about the public comment public

50:05discussion period. And I'm curious from

50:08board members if there are any

50:11kind of guiding questions

50:14um that we want to bring um to that

50:18conversation.

50:19Um

50:21Of course, you know, it's a public

50:24comment period, but um just if if

50:27there's any

50:28anything in

50:30particular that board members wanted to

50:33use to to frame the dialogue. Um happy

50:37to

50:38take notes on on ideas here and also

50:41receive them um from board members.

50:44Um

50:45on on anything specific that

50:48um

50:50you'd like to hear

50:52um

50:53the public

50:54either respond to or comment on.

51:03>> Vicky?

51:05>> Uh two ideas.

51:08One would be it might be helpful to get

51:11an up like thinking back to that survey

51:14that we did, which was now at least a

51:17year ago, year and a half year or two

51:19ago.

51:20Year and a half. Um so, it might be

51:23useful to have a question that sort of

51:26follows up on that survey uh in terms of

51:29you know, what

51:31you know, what are you struggling with

51:33right now? What are your biggest

51:34challenges in um

51:38you know, the space around workforce

51:40development, job creation, and

51:42retention. Um just kind of an open-ended

51:45question to understand, you know, the

51:47the current context that folks are

51:49operating in.

51:51Um and then a second question

51:55I don't know if

51:57if the board would agree with this, but

51:59I it might be helpful to um

52:02present those three topics um that will

52:05you know, you just share with us in the

52:08um draft RFP

52:10and see if

52:13those topics are broad enough uh to

52:17accommodate what people might be

52:19thinking about applying for.

52:21Um just make sure that we didn't miss,

52:24you know, we don't have any holes or

52:25anything in the um

52:28three buckets and the way that the three

52:29buckets are described in our RFP.

52:38>> Yeah, I think it's a good idea to share

52:39the three buckets. I I would be really

52:41interested in feedback on that.

52:44And on the first question, I think that

52:48that could be helpful. I think we could

52:51phrase it or have a couple of phrases up

52:53there so that

52:55uh business community member or someone

52:58who's thinking of themselves more as a

53:00job seeker or worker

53:02in addition to our nonprofit community

53:04could answer.

53:06I think we could either have bullets or

53:08just make it broad enough, but I think

53:10that that would be

53:11helpful to hear from folks and

53:15might not be what they would

53:18be coming to say. Like I'd be interested

53:21in hearing like the why behind their

53:22recommendation if they are coming with a

53:24recommendation and maybe adding that

53:26type of question could help surface

53:27that.

53:30Any other questions for

53:32Williams inquiry?

53:38Who is the law?

53:39>> I think we did. She might have had a a

53:42battery issue.

53:44>> I see a hand from Jim.

53:45>> Jim Ruth.

53:46>> I got Jim, go for it.

53:47>> Yeah. Yeah, I agree. I think the more

53:49information we can get from the public

53:52to help us out with the RFP, I think

53:55that's I know we've taken stuff from

53:57last year as well, but I agree with

54:00Vicky for sure. See if we can get any

54:02more information to uh

54:04to help with that. So,

54:06that'd be great.

54:08>> Thanks, Jim.

54:09>> Um so, the sections that I've covered,

54:12I am wondering what people are

54:14interested in taking as far as parts of

54:18the presentation.

54:20Historically, split it up across many

54:23board members.

54:25>> No, let's just have you do it.

54:27>> [laughter]

54:28>> Often split it up. It's good to have a

54:30multitude of voices.

54:32Um [clears throat]

54:33>> Do you want to run through some of

54:35>> the options?

54:36>> Yeah, some of the ones that we're kind

54:37of

54:37>> Yeah.

54:38>> deciding on?

54:39>> We've got who is the board.

54:42Nice.

54:43>> [laughter]

54:44>> We've got

54:45um

54:45>> William, don't we have a visual of this?

54:48Or no?

54:49>> Um I don't have one that's shared with

54:53the board mem- all the board members. Um

54:57just

54:58with Annika and you and Colby and I. Um

55:03But yeah, we we have some initial ideas

55:07um

55:08on on this. Um

55:11>> I would think of it as sort of an

55:13overview type stuff.

55:14>> Yeah.

55:14>> The past year's investments

55:16>> Yeah.

55:17>> for the programs that have concluded,

55:18our current investments,

55:26and then for the RFP and fiscal picture.

55:29Um

55:32Those are the five

55:37we're talking about.

55:39Who we are

55:40where we've been, what we're doing, how

55:43much money we have,

55:44how we're about to spend more money.

55:47I think it would be the five things.

55:50>> I'm happy to to cover whatever you want.

55:53I I do think that somebody who has been

55:55attached to the subcommittee should

55:57cover the RFP pieces just cuz you know

56:01more about the background on that than

56:03the rest of us.

56:05>> Okay.

56:07Um

56:07>> Based [clears throat] on that then you

56:09can

56:09>> Okay.

56:10>> Um distribute roles

56:13for the other stuff.

56:15And I'm also happy to facilitate. I I do

56:16plan to be there in person so I'm I'm

56:19happy to help facilitate discussion if

56:21you would like that.

56:23>> Okay. Thanks Vicky.

56:24Um

56:25>> And I can say that Colby and I will plan

56:27to cover

56:29um some of the

56:31history of the fund, the funding

56:33mechanisms, the linkage fees, um that

56:36kind of fun stuff. So

56:37>> Perfect.

56:38>> we'll be we'll be there for for that.

56:42>> Okay.

56:43Tom flexible.

56:46So

56:48>> Yeah, whatever you need me to cover too.

56:49Whatever I covered last year, if you

56:51want me to cover the same thing,

56:52whatever you need.

56:54>> Okay.

56:56Jim

56:59Um

57:00yeah, I feel like you covered some of

57:02the

57:03current or past investments last year.

57:06Um

57:08Brander Jacob

57:10Do you have any preferences or

57:11interests?

57:13>> I'm happy to do whatever. Usually I just

57:16you know, butting in.

57:17>> Stick it out.

57:18>> [laughter]

57:19>> Stirring the pot.

57:20>> Stirring the pot and being

57:21extemporaneous

57:22>> sort of your role.

57:24Yeah, yeah, that's good.

57:25>> And I'm happy to try to just

57:29you know, with

57:29>> channel that.

57:31>> I'm trying to try to hold back.

57:33>> [laughter]

57:33>> Okay.

57:36>> But I I don't have any particular

57:37>> Okay.

57:38Like what fun would that be, Frank?

57:41That

57:41>> I unfortunately do need to drop here,

57:43which means you get to assign me to

57:44anything and happy to play whatever

57:46rules helpful here.

57:47>> Okay. Great.

57:49>> Thanks, y'all.

57:50>> So, I think we're just going to we'll do

57:52some behind-the-scenes assignments then,

57:54I think. I mostly wanted to surface if

57:56anyone was like, "Please don't make me

57:58talk about X or I would be very excited

58:01to talk about Y."

58:02Um we have an amenable crew here.

58:05So, we will huddle and

58:09send out an email and some slides and

58:12we'll uh

58:13>> Just a second. Question on the

58:14>> Yes.

58:15>> It's not so much on the meeting, but do

58:16you have a flyer?

58:17>> Oh, yeah, yeah.

58:18>> That uh cuz I'd like to get that as soon

58:20as I can cuz then I can get it out to

58:22the chamber and

58:23>> Yes, we need Yeah, we're going to we

58:25have it um last year's that we're just

58:27going to check dates and links and then

58:30that's a priority um is is that outreach

58:35um getting it out broadly. So, we'll

58:38circulate that with the board members.

58:40>> When do you think you'll have that?

58:41>> Um early early next week. Yeah, I know.

58:45It's Yeah, maybe maybe we'll surprise

58:48you tomorrow. [clears throat] We'll

58:49>> I just want to get it

58:50>> [laughter]

58:50>> I just want to get it on calendars and

58:52try to get it to whoever we can.

58:53>> Yeah, yeah.

58:55>> Yeah, we're

58:56like a month out.

58:57>> Yeah.

58:57>> And not even Yeah.

58:58>> Yeah.

58:59>> Yeah, but I just got to remind them.

59:00>> Yeah, so

59:02>> Yeah, Jim?

59:05>> Yeah, I I think it was mentioned, but

59:07are we going to have um some folks

59:09reporting out on some couple success

59:11stories, too? I think you had mentioned

59:13that. We did that last year, right?

59:16>> Yeah, I'm I've talked a little bit with

59:19um Mass Hire and I'm going to confirm

59:21details with them. Um so, there's they

59:24ran the STEM internship program

59:27um and Rachel and I went to a

59:29presentation that the students did on

59:31that program a couple months ago. So,

59:35I I I floated the idea by them and I'm

59:37hoping

59:38we can have some sort of combination of

59:41you know, student participant

59:44Mass Hire staff member and maybe even

59:47one of the employers where they were

59:49interning. So, we're going to be working

59:51on coordinating that too.

59:53>> All right. Yeah, no, we can always

59:54convince Jocelyn to do a presentation

59:57to some of the ex-students. So,

59:59let me know.

1:00:01Thank you.

1:00:02>> Thanks.

1:00:04>> Thanks, Jim.

1:00:05>> All right. So, I think we're wrapping

1:00:06up, but before we transition to the

1:00:08close of the meeting, is there anything

1:00:10else related to the annual meeting that

1:00:12folks had thoughts or questions about?

1:00:15>> Just a update on the annual report and

1:00:19the timing of that release compared to

1:00:22the meeting.

1:00:25>> Yeah,

1:00:27I think what we did last year was

1:00:31we had sent out the report as one of the

1:00:34follow-up items after the annual

1:00:37meeting, but

1:00:39we can also do our best to to get that

1:00:44posted in advance. We are still waiting

1:00:46on numbers from a couple of grantees,

1:00:50but we

1:00:52ideally that would be shared at the same

1:00:55time.

1:00:58It'll It'll have the same numbers in the

1:01:00slides that we're presenting on. So,

1:01:05yeah. Yeah, that's that's a good

1:01:07priority for the next couple weeks as

1:01:09well.

1:01:12>> Thanks, Vicki.

1:01:15All right. Well, I'm excited about it.

1:01:18Looking forward to it.

1:01:20And I think we've done all of the votes

1:01:23that we were supposed to do.

1:01:25So, I would welcome a motion

1:01:27>> I'll make a motion to adjourn.

1:01:29>> Rand's on it. All right, we have a

1:01:30motion to adjourn at 7:33 p.m.

1:01:33>> Great job.

1:01:34>> I'll second it.

1:01:35>> Second it. Uh Tom?

1:01:37>> Yes.

1:01:38>> Vicky?

1:01:39>> Yes.

1:01:40>> Jim?

1:01:41>> Yes.

1:01:42>> Monica, yes. Rand?

1:01:44>> Yes.

1:01:45>> We're adjourned.

1:01:47Have a good night, everybody.

1:01:48>> Good night.

1:01:48>> Thank you.

1:01:49>> All right, thank you.

1:01:50>> Good night.

1:01:50>> Good night.

1:01:51>> Congratulations, Colby, on surviving

1:01:53your first meeting of this crazy board.

1:01:57>> [laughter]

1:02:00>> You're going to be looking at life

1:02:01choices pretty soon after

1:02:03>> [laughter]

1:02:03>> you meet with this board.

1:02:04>> Don't listen to them. We're the We're

1:02:06the most fun board in Somerville.

1:02:08>> [laughter]

1:02:09>> It's true.

1:02:10>> I'm going to run, guys.

1:02:12>> All right, it was good to see you, Rand.

1:02:13>> Bye.

1:02:14>> Bye-bye.

1:02:14>> Bye.

1:02:15>> Good night.