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From YouTube: City Council Sub-Committee - ROCA 12-14-20
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City of Chelsea, Discuss briefing on ROCA, Inc., via WebEx and Chelsea Community TV
A
All
right
everybody
we
are
now
at
our
7
p.m.
Subcommittee
meeting
on
for
the
call
of
the
meeting
is
a
discussion
briefing
on
roka
incorporated
invited
to
attend
is
council,
I'm
sorry
city
manager,
tom
emberzino,
the
members
of
the
city
council,
roker,
inc
members,
all
members
of
the
public.
I
will
call
roll,
please
state
that
you
are
present
when
I
call
your
name:
counselor
sabbat,
president
counselor
judith,
garcia,
counselor,
todd
taylor,
council
of
giovanni
racoopro,.
A
A
I
see
a
long
list
of
individuals
who
are
there
from
representing
roca.
I
was
contacted
by
former
state
rep
and
dear
friend
to
our
city,
kathy
reinstein
and
she's
now
working
for
roca,
and
she
asked
for
us
to
set
up
this
meeting
so
that
she
and
roca
can
give
us
their
annual
update
on
their
operations,
both
here
in
chelsea
and
in
the
general
area.
So
with
that,
I
will
just
turn
over
to
kathy
the
floor
and
asked
for
you
to
just
say
hello
and
introduce
your
team.
B
E
There
it
is
much
better,
much
better
good,
good
good
evening.
Everybody
thanks
for
very
much
for
having
us
here
this
evening.
My
name
is
joe
fernari,
I'm
your
site,
director,
rook
of
chelsea,
I'm
here
with
scott
schaffenberg,
our
executive
director,
our
chief
of
generation,
senator
balai
and
bala.
Excuse
me
and
program
manager
for
the
young
moms
program,
paula,
rajo
she's
over
there
give
a
little
wave
hold
up.
Let
everybody
know
you're
here.
Thank
you
very
much.
E
E
We've
maintained
the
integrity
and
the
continuity
of
our
services
to
our
young
people
march
13th,
with
a
was
a
day
that
will
go
down
infamy
for
us
here
at
roca.
That's
when
we
kind
of
shut
down
the
operation
due
to
coving
within
a
24-48
hour
period.
We
went
into
a
full
remote
protocol
with
the
organization,
but
we
were
able
to
come
out
and
and
strike
back
hard
and
continue.
E
The
outreach
and
the
relentless
outreach
that
we
have
with
our
young
people
out
in
the
community,
we
would
name
the
central
by
the
state
due
to
our
ssyi,
grant
a
safe
and
secure
youth
initiative,
which
funds
a
lot
of
the
work
here
for
our
young
people
in
the
city
of
chelsea.
We,
as
I
stated
remote
protocols
we
were
going
out
in
the
community.
E
We
had
the
the
blessing,
thank
god
from
your
chief
of
police
chief
kais
and
captain
dave
batchelor,
have
been
very,
very
instrumental
in
helping
us
out
in
the
community
and
when
we
we
were
going
out
to
do
the
work
with
the
young
people,
naturally
practicing
social
distancing,
we're
so
used
to
banging
on
doors
and
going
in
and
seeing
our
young
people.
It
was
a
little
hard
for
us
to
get
out
into
social
distance
and
meet
somebody
on
a
sidewalk
six
feet
apart
with
a
mask
on,
but
we
did
it.
E
We
did
it
with
a
lot
of
energy.
A
lot
of
drive
a
lot
of
that's
a
lot
of
vigor.
It
was.
It
was
something
to
to
be
spoken
of.
I
I've
been
remiss
to
say.
Thank
you
very
much
to
tommy.
Percino
tom
has
been
a
an
advocate,
a
just
a
man,
who's
just
helped
out
broker
over
this
past
time.
These
10
months
he
had
met
with
molly
baldwin
early
on
during
the
pandemic
and
had
suggested
to
recommend
our
young
people
come
back
to
work
and
doing
putting
some
food
packages
together.
E
E
We
were
not
able
to
do
that
at
that
time
we
were
doing
a
lot
of
work
with
bike,
riding
and
and
legwork
and
public
transportation
to
get
our
young
people
there,
but
it
absolutely
worked-
and
it
worked
out
well
we're
basically
trans
transitioned
back
to
our
transitional
employment
program
for
our
tep
contract,
we're
back
into
full
force
back
in
july
with
the
city.
We're
very
happy
with
that.
E
E
That's
been
a
great
great
opportunity
for
the
young
people,
it's
hard
for
us
not
to
have
a
lot
of
people
into
the
building.
We
do
have
a
small
amount
of
people
do
come
in.
We
have
a
cap
of
25,
our
young
people
do
come
in,
they
meet
for
a
very
short
period
of
time,
go
out
and
go
out
to
the
community
and
work.
E
We
did
125
prepared
meals
that
we
would
send
out
to
our
young
people
when
their
families
we've,
and
I
think
so
in
india.
We'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
rental
assistance
that
we've
done
with
our
young
people
and
to
support
their
families
and
then
our
covert
19
protocols,
naturally,
which
I
did
touch
base
on
very
strict,
very
stridgent.
E
It
we
really
went
down,
took
a
hard
look
at
how
we
were
going
to
manage
and
work
in
the
community,
and
a
lot
of
that
has
to
do
with
the
the
work
of
the
young
people
with
ourselves,
as
a
group
and
in
the
local
law
enforcement
to
get
things
going
involved
to
serve
the
other
people.
Our
technology
kind
of
we
had
to
do
a
lot
of
shifting
with
the
remote
working.
E
We
did
a
lot
of
face
time.
We
did
a
lot
of
this
thing
called
house
party,
which
I
never
heard
about
in
my
life,
that
we're
getting
young
people
on
as
a
social
media,
app
a
lot
of
faith,
a
lot
of
facebook
live.
We
will
eventually
afford
the
opportunity
to
purchase
some
chromebooks,
get
out,
get
them
out
to
our
young
people
and
provide
educational
service
as
well
as
our
cbt
wr
financial
literacy
and
our
healthy
habits
programs.
E
A
F
I
think
yeah
it's
out
so
basically
how
joseph
presented,
we
is
still
working
very
hard
and
very
motivated
to
our
young
population
and
I'm
working
for
the
young
mothers
program
and
we're
still
running
remotely
classes.
We
have
facebook
live
and
also
for
those
participants
who
come
up
who
come
over
here
in
the
building.
C
Thank
you
first
and
foremost,
thank
you
for
the
presentation.
Roka
saved
my
life
and
I
am
always
I
always
feel
indebted
to
the
work
of
that
that
happens
at
101
park
sheet.
I
guess
I
just
want
to
know,
because
I
know
that
there
was
a
bunch
of
layoffs
that
happened
in
the
beginning,
not
layoffs.
A
bunch
of
people
were
terminated,
the
positions
were
terminated
in
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic
and
I'm
just
curious
how
many
of
those
folks
came
back
and
how
that
affected
the
work.
G
Roca,
so
we
we
did,
we
did
a
series
of
furloughs
in
the
beginning
and
then
a
couple
months
later,
we
decided
to
do
terminate
those
furloughs
just
based
on
the
lack
of
work
in
the
specific
areas.
As
joe
talked
about,
we
lost
most
of
our
employment
programs.
We
have
brought
a
few
back
and,
with
the
courts
closed
that
affected
some
of
the
work
we
were
doing
when
we
weren't
able
to
access
the
court
that
took
a
lot
of
time
out
of
our
staff
people,
our
overall
account
hasn't
reduced
too
much.
G
So
our
youth
work
is
still
happening.
Joe
has
brought
back
some
of
the
work
crews
and
we
have
posted
for
that,
and
you
know
let
the
people
know
that
we
did
lay
off
if
they
wanted
to
come
back,
they
could
some
have
chosen
to
come
back.
Some
have
not,
and
some
have
gotten
jobs
in
between.
I
wasn't
just
here.
It
was
affected
all
across
the
organization
and
down
in
baltimore
as
well.
G
So
as
far
as
our
account,
your
other
question,
like
I
said,
I
think
our
account's
not
too
far
off
from
what
it
was,
we're
still
trying
to
get
as
many
referrals
as
we
can,
with
the
courts
being
limited
and
probation
being
limited.
We're
not
seeing
as
many
come
through
that
way,
but
the
police
are
still
referring
people
to
us.
G
G
I
believe
at
the
time
we
were
able
to
expedite
their
place
by
having
this
group
call,
instead
of
them
having
to
do
the
call-on
service
and
then
once
they
were
terminated
if
we
got
the
cut-off
date
on
their
health
insurance,
but
we
have
that
for
a
little
bit
longer
and
then
we
terminated
services
and,
like
I
said
his
job
spot
back
up,
we
have
an
interview.
Some
chose
to
come
back,
some
chose
not
to
and
yeah
and
some
of
the
positions
didn't
come
back.
C
C
I
can't
even
imagine
what
you
guys
are
are
thinking
behind
the
scenes,
but
because
so
much
of
the
work
is,
you
know,
face-to-face
interaction.
So
I
don't
think
that's
really
a
question
as
unless
it's
it's
hardcore,
if
you
want
to
answer
you're
more
than
welcome
to,
but
it's
more
so
just
to
comment
in
that
and
recognizing
and
having
done
the
work,
how
difficult
it
can
be.
So
thank
you
for
the
presentation
feel
free
to
answer
the
question,
though
it
really
wasn't
one
and
I
yield
my
time.
Mr
president,.
A
A
G
I'll,
let
joe
jump
in
if
you
want
us
in
a
little
bit,
but
employment
is
going
to
be
one
of
our
biggest
struggles.
Our
young
people
are
going
to
be
so
far
behind
everybody
else.
That's
unemployed,
so
we're
working
right
now
to
try
to
set
up
relationships
with
some
employers
that
might
want
to
have
a
little
give
back
and
bring
on
some
of
our
people
with
the
understanding
that
our
people
could
blow
out
fairly
quickly.
G
And
you
know
we
try
to
get
them
back
on
their
feet
and
back
into
a
job
in
terms
of
our
internal
work
program.
We're
still
trying
to
push
that
we
do
have
a
couple.
Crews
going
into
the
winter
sometimes
gets
tricky
running
a
crew,
but
we're
going
to
we're
going
to
try
to
keep
doing
as
long
as
we
can
before
they
shut
us
down
again,
but
we
were
able
to
transport
speed
link
carefully
and
to
that
to
the
outreach
question.
G
The
remote
outreach
too,
and
we
we
haven't,
mastered
the
balance
yet
and
that
nothing
beats
in
person
outreach.
But
we
have
safely.
You
know
we're
safely
doing
in-person
outreach,
but
there's
still
a
significant
amount.
That's
that's
done
online,
our
educators
are
doing
virtual
programming
and
people
have
been
pretty
responsive
to
it
too.
So
I
mean
our
contact.
Standards
are
actually
up.
G
Obviously,
when
you
augment
in
person
with
text
and
phone
calls,
you're
gonna,
you
know
have
a
little
bit
more
access,
but
we're
trying
to
find
that
balance
we're
hoping
after
the
end
of
december,
we
have
a
good,
solid
six
months
of
data
to
look
at
and
and
compare
it
up
against
last
year's
data
at
the
same
time
and
and
see
if
the
fidelity
of
what
we're
delivering
is.
You
know
where
we
want
to
be
able
to
do
that
and
make
sure
if
we
need
to
pivot
some
more.
We
do.
H
So
when
you,
when
some
of
the
guys
were
laid
off
or
were
furloughed,
I
know
you
guys
opened
up
the
springfield
office.
You've
been
doing
some
work
in
and
not
sure.
If
you
wanted
to
consider
baltimore
maryland,
but
did
any
of
these
guys
that
was
laid
off
here
in
this
area?
Did
they
relocate
to
any
of
the
other
locations
that
you
have
in
the
state.
G
H
When
do
you
expect
that
you'll
be
having
an
opportunity
to
get
get
the
guys
walking
about
around
in
the
streets
again,
I
know
a
lot
of
folks
with
the
social
distance
and
you
know,
but
as
the
winter
months
come
now,
I
think
it's
important
that
we
still
see.
I
remember
when
I
used
to
see
the
roca
jackets
and
with
a
worker
with
from
roca
jacket,
you
can
approach
them
and
say
hello
and
try
to
see
how
things
are
going.
We
still
are
willing
our
investment.
H
F
G
G
You
know
I'm
not
sure
why
you're
not
seeing
them,
but
they're
they're
there
they're
still
present
in
the
community
doing
the
same
work
like
I
said
it's
just
with
the
amount
that's
virtual
versus
in
person.
Maybe
that's
the
the
shift
due
to
the
pandemic,
but
we're
still
there
they're
still
active
in
the
community.
G
No
we're
still
having
them.
I
mean
we're
limited
with
building
capacity,
but
we're
still
nothing's
changed
the
area
that
we
still
have.
The
young
mothers,
youth
work
team,
that's
out
working
and
we
still
have
in-person
programs
in
the
building
and
some
of
the
young
moms
are
going
to
work
right
now.
Okay,.
B
H
F
H
F
A
H
E
As
far
as
young
people
being
out
front,
we
really
don't
like
to
have
a
lot
of
people
to
be
out
front
because
they're
not
wearing
their
mask
after
time.
So
it's
it's
more
of
everybody.
Practicing
good
social
distancing
mask
wearing
the
cigarettes
when
they
smoke.
They
tend
to
to
change
it.
So
it's
a
big
safety
issue
for
us
so
that
we
miss
that
as
much
as
everybody
else.
The
thing
we
probably
miss
the
most
is:
we
have
community
gender.
E
We
used
to
have
community
every
night
at
4
30,
our
young
people
would
come
to
the
building.
The
place
would
be
crazy,
but
it
was
a
fun
crazy.
It
was
just
like
having
all
your
relatives
over
that
you
didn't
want
to
have,
and
they
were
there,
everybody
ate,
and
then
they
went
home.
It
was
really
cool,
unfortunately,
with
that
we
can't
do
it,
but
I
can't
say
that
the
the
two
young
men
that
are
assigned
to
the
specifically
to
chelsea
are
out
every
day
visiting
the
young
people.
E
That's
probably
why
you
don't
see
them
at
the
building
they're
visiting
their
young
people
providing
services
to
them
out
in
the
community
if
we're
limited
to
having
what
we're
doing
inside,
we
try
to
do
as
much
as
we
can
outside
with
our
young
people.
It's
either
on
the
sidewalk
it's
in
the
park
in
a
chair
six
feet
apart,
we
can
put
the
young
people
in
the
car
now,
but
they
have
to
be
in
the
back.
Everybody
has
to
be
mashed.
E
The
windows
have
to
be
down,
so
we're
really
just
trying
to
be
very
cautious
and
our
kids
before
we
started
coming
out
a
little
bit,
our
kids
were
afraid
to
come,
leave
it
or
not,
they
didn't.
We
had
to
really
educate
everybody
about
what
the
pandemic
was
about.
How
about
the
importance
of
wearing
a
mask,
how
important
it
is
to
go,
get
tested?
I
go
get
tested
once
a
month.
You
guys
get
the
best
testing
site
here
down
right,
downtown
here
right
across
to
the
police
station.
I
go
once
a
month.
E
It's
awesome,
I
don't
have
to
wait
long.
I
get
my
results.
8
15
every
night,
it's
like
clockwork
and
it's
it's
pretty
amazing.
The
work
that's
being
done
down
here
as
far
as
the
future,
we're
excited
just
as
excited
as
you
to
open
up
and
be
able
to
open
up
and
do
more
things
and
have
our
building
to
be
open
and
more
accessible.
So
not
only
to
you,
because
you
were
talking
about
coming
and
stop
again.
E
We
can't
we
miss
that
having
you
come
and
stop
into
the
building
and
say
hey,
how
are
you
culinary
very
minimal?
We
really
can't
open
and
have
too
many
peachy
people
on
a
small
area,
and
then
we
have
the
health
and
safety
issues
about
even
preparing
meals.
So
it's
one
or
two
people
at
max
up
in
the
kitchen.
We
do
have
a
young
person.
That's
up
there,
working
alongside
our
culinary
person.
They
actually
prepared
50
lasagnas
that
are
going
to
be
delivered
out
to
our
young
people
over
the
next
few
days.
E
So
we
are
continue
to
do
as
much
as
we
can
rotate
our
young
people
in
our
development
dail
day,
which
is
on
wednesday,
which
we
provide
a
pre-vocational,
a
culinary
and
some
educational
services.
We
still
do
that
on
a
limited
basis
in
the
morning.
We're
running
that
from
eight
to
twelve,
but
we're
slotting
out
our
times.
To
make
sure
we
have
the
right
amount
of
people
in
the
building,
participating
in
the
class,
doing
a
specific
rotation
and
then
moving.
E
Out
this
is
this:
just
this
past
friday
we
had
a
cpr
class,
the
young
ladies,
the
young
women's
program
had
a
cpr
class
upstairs
in
one
of
our
training
rooms.
Had
the
cbi,
cpr
instructor
come
in
five
young
people
six
feet
apart
social
distance,
they
were
able
to
conduct
the
class,
get
the
certifications,
and
then
we
feed
them
lunch
if
they
want
to
stay
and
then
we
have
to
have
them
exit
the
building
for
the
future
future's.
E
Looking
really
good
all
kidding
aside
as
far
as
employment
opportunities
and
our
transitional
employment,
we
because
of
covid
and
moving
young
people
of
being
very
strategic
in
how
many
we're
taking
and
bringing
in
and
moving
up,
because
we're
just
as
concerned
about
the
young
people,
safety,
the
safety
of
the
community,
as
well
as
that's
ensuring
that
we're
moving
people
we
want.
We
are
very
fortunate
to
have
city
of
chelsea,
maintains
a
contract
with
us.
E
Somerville
city
of
salem,
revere
and
and
everett
are
looking
to
come
back
at
us
right
now
with
contracts,
and
then
we
have
one
with
the
state
with
the
southwest
corridor,
we're
in
holding
them
off
right
now,
because
we
could
not
safely
move
our
young
people
out
through
the
community
and
they
are
not
prepared
to
have
us
as
well.
So
we're
not
ready
to
go.
I
think.
Hopefully
I
I'm
not
I'm
not
a
physician,
I'm
not
a
magician.
E
Our
youth
workers
are
coming
in,
but
we're
not
allowing
a
lot
of
people
to
stay
in
the
building.
We
know
we
all
can't
go
into
buildings
and
stay
there.
They
come
in.
They
collect
their
thoughts
in
their
business,
they
get
their
get
into
their
vehicle.
Then
they
move
right
out.
So
you
see
a
little
rooker
versus
bouncing
around
the
community.
We
have
tinted
windows.
Okay,
that's
how
you
can
find
out
it's
us
and
we're
out
there
doing
the
work
all
the
time
you
know.
E
Over
the
summer
we
went
out,
we
purchased
lawn
chairs,
we
put
them
in
the
trunks
and
the
whole
idea
behind
that
was
to
go
pick
up
the
young
person
or
go
meet
the
young
person
at
admirals
hill.
Take
the
two
chairs
out
sit
socially
distance
apart
and
maybe
have
a
cbt
class
with
them
a
healthy
habits,
a
workforce
readiness
class.
E
So
those
are
things
that
we're
striving
to
succeed
and
really
to
build
and
continue
over
the
next
few
months,
we're
just
as
excited
as
everybody
else
to
try
to
get
to
the
normal
that
everybody
is
talking
about.
But
we
have
to
be
patient
and
understanding
that
yeah,
your
health
and
your
safety
is
at
risk.
E
We
want
to
move
in
the
best
feasible
way
that
we
can
to
protect
ourselves,
our
young
people
and
ensuring
that
they're
safe
all
the
time
and
then,
with
the
mumps
program,
a
lot
of
little
kids
out
there
and
mimi
got
me
300
masks
for
the
little
kids,
which
was
pretty
exciting.
I
told
her.
I
needed
three
hundred
and
they
came
right
to
the
door
with
300..
It's
pretty
amazing.
E
The
way
this
whole
community
pulled
together
and
really
showed
what
what
we
could
do-
and
you
know
if
we
honestly,
when
we
open
up
we're
gonna,
have
the
biggest
party
in
the
parking
lot
to
be
honest
with
you,
because
I
am
just
as
excited
as
you
are
to
get
back
to
what
we
were
doing
before.
But
you
know
what
what
this
has
taught
us.
It's
taught
us
how
to
really
recognize
and
work
with
our
people
in
a
different
way
in
a
truly
different
way
and
be
just
as
effective
hope.
I
was
able
to
answer
right.
H
Thanks
joe
yeah,
I
really
appreciate
that
and
that's
why
I'm
glad
I'm
here
at
this
meeting,
because
again
you
know
by
hearing
those
things
it
shows.
Then
it
tells
me
that
you
still
have
a
commitment
and
though
you're
out
of
sight
out
of
mind,
it
gives
me
an
opportunity.
After
hearing
you
speak
of
the
things
that
we
were
hoping
to
see,
but
are
being
done
as
much
as
they
can.
H
I
really
appreciate
that,
and
I
really
appreciate
the
effort
that
roca
makes
with
our
young
people
I
always
enjoy
coming
over
to
the
event,
whether
it's
with
the
young
guys,
fathers
or
is
it
with
the
mothers
in
the
kids
event.
But
really
I
appreciate
you
guys
for
the
dedication
you
have
for
the
youth
and
I
know
you're
being
rewarded
with
the
other
contracts
throughout
the
state
and
just
keep
up
the
good
work
and
looking
forward
to
being
at
that
party.
You
talking
about.
G
D
Evening,
everyone,
my
name,
is-
and
thank
you
again
for
having
all
of
us
just
you
know
I
think
joe
covered
beautifully
everything
that
has
been
going
on
over
the
course
of
the
last
eight
months
or
so,
but
just
through
quick
updates.
As
many
of
you
know,
you
serve
a
large
number
of
netherlands
currently
serving
just
over
a
hundred
young
mothers
and
chelsea,
and
among
them
they
have
about
108
children
between
the
ages
of
zero
and
five.
D
They
have
about
a
hundred
and
sixty
seven
total,
and
you
know,
throughout
this
pandemic,
our
staff
has
done
them
engaged
in
terms
of
our
young
mom.
This,
I
don't
have
to
tell
you
the
devastating
effect
that
this
pandemic
has
had
on
them.
We
had
in
the
first
six
months
of
this
pandemic
about
17
movement,
young
weather,
as
it
recovered
and
20s
were
afraid
to
get
tested,
largely
out
of
fear
of
not
knowing
with
their
children.
D
D
We
also
saw
about
34
incidences
of
domestic
violence.
We
had
about
half
of
our
moms
lost
their
part-time
jobs
or
or
transit
for
employment
training
program
swaps
and
about
30
of
them
experienced
housing,
instability,
and
you
know
again.
I
know
that
none
of
that
some
of
what
we've
been
working
with
in
the
context
of
stabilizing
women
and
their
children,
we
have
been
able
to
partner
quite
well
with
harbor
area,
early
major
vaccine.
D
We
have
a
number
of
young
people
attend
any
sort
of
formal
school
or
child
care,
and
we
make
sure
that
all
of
those
children
ages
zero
to
five
are
spending
for
developmental
delays.
I
worked
closely
with
the
early
childhood
network
around
this
and
that
they
were
supposed
to
lead
them,
so
we've
managed
to
continue
to
do
socially
distant
and
virtual
dreams
throughout
the
pandemic.
D
Getting
in
school
and
the
fall
has
been
a
challenge
as
well,
but
our
staff
has
really
doubled
down
efforts
on
making
sure
that
our
young
moms
love,
you
know
if
the
chromebook
goes
missing
or
broke
under
a
school,
has
a
wait
list
for
a
hot
spot.
We've
been
able
to
fill
those
gaps,
we're
also
working
with.
D
D
Who
are
you
know,
16,
17
years
old
and
really
struggling
and
focus
kind
of
been
their
place,
their
safe
place,
and
we
work
yeah
to
help
them
stay
in
the
community
and
stay
safe
and
do
what
they
need
to
do
in
terms
of
education
and
employment.
So
just
wanted
to
give
you
a
little
bit
of
an
update
on
our
young
moms
as
well.
A
Anything
else:
well,
I
think
that
about
covers
it,
and
I
want
to
tell
you
know
thank
everyone
for
coming
out
tonight,
roca
for
making
their
presentation
and
joe's
words
there
about
where
he
feels
you
know.
Chelsea
has
what
chelsea
rather
has
accomplished
as
a
community
together
and
that
we're
looking
forward
to
join
all
of
you
in
that
parking
lot,
like
calvin
brown
said
so
again,
thank
you
very
much
for
your
update
and
we
look
forward
to
seeing
you
all,
hopefully
soon.