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From YouTube: July 8, 2021 Transgender Equity Council
Description
Additional information at
https://lims.minneapolismn.gov
A
Once
I
start
it
and
then
I
will
read
the
official
statute
and
we
can
call
the
meeting
to
order.
Okay.
A
The
regular
meeting
of
the
transgender
equity
council
will
now
begin
good
evening.
My
name
is
track
and
I
am
the
staffer
of
the
transgender
equity
council
before
we
begin
I'd
like
to
note
that
this
meeting
includes
the
remote
participation
of
members
as
authorized
under
minnesota
statutes,
section
13d
.021
due
to
the
declared
local
health
pandemic,
the
city
will
be
recording
and
posting
this
meeting
to
the
city's
website
and
youtube
channel
as
a
means
of
increasing
public
access
and
transparency
board
meetings
are
public
and
subject
to
the
minnesota
open
meeting
law.
A
We
will
now
call
this
meeting
to
order
and
call
the
role
so
that
we
may
verify
the
presence
of
a
quorum,
and
so
when
I
call
your
name,
please
just
unmute
your
microphone
to
say
that
you
are
here
or
sign
that
you
are
here.
Hunter
williams.
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D
F
A
Awesome
there
are
eight
members
present
and
then
billy
ash,
becca,
melissa,
nico
and
kenzie
are
absent.
A
There
is
a
quorum,
and
with
that
we
will
proceed
to
our
agenda,
a
copy
of
which
was
posted
for
public
access
to
the
city's
legislative
legislative
information
management
system,
which
is
available
at
lims.minneapolism.gov
and
hunter.
I
know
that
kenzie
was
originally
going
to
lead
us
through
adopting
the
agenda
in
minutes.
Do
you
want
to
leave
that
or
do
you
want
me
to.
G
A
I
can
take
their
pieces
since
they
couldn't
come
today,
just
wanted
to
check
so
I'll,
give
a
moment
for
everyone
to
review
today's
agenda
and
the
linked
minutes
from
last
month,
and
let
us
know
if
you
have
anything
you
want
added
to
the
agenda
or
anything
that
looks
incorrect
in
the
minutes
and
then
when
you've
reviewed
them.
We'll
need
someone
to
motion
to
approve
and
someone
to
second
that
motion.
A
A
D
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A
C
A
C
D
A
Wonderful,
there
are
eight
eyes,
no
nades
and
six
absent
the
motion
passes
and
the
agenda
and
minutes
are
adopted.
A
A
I
have
linked
in
the
agenda
and
sent
out
to
you
all
like
a
very
thorough
list
of
whether
there
are
updates
on
every
single
item
from
those
recommendations.
I'm
not
gonna
summarize
all
of
those
right
now,
but
we'll
just
update
you
on
what
has
changed
since
I
last
sent
that
document
out.
A
So
one
item
is
the
city
is
proposing
an
ordinance
that
would
allow
what's
called
single
room
occupancy,
essentially
people's
ability
to
rent
one
room
like
just
a
bedroom
in
a
space
with
communal
bathrooms
and
kitchens
it
had
previously
only
been
allowed
in
the
context
of
like
college
dorms
and
things
like
that,
but
was
not
widely
allowed.
A
It
would
provide
a
much
more
affordable
form
of
housing,
so
the
city
is
looking
to
pass
an
ordinance
that
would
allow
single
room
occupancy
and
do
due
to
your
work
and
then
some
extended
follow-up
with
different
council
offices.
That
ordinance
does
explicitly
strongly
encourage
because
it's
not
legally
allowed
to
require
that
buildings
that
are
renting
in
this
way
have
gender-neutral,
restrooms
or
if
they
don't
like,
allow
people
to
use
the
restroom
they
feel
most
comfortable
with,
and
I'm
still
in
conversation
with
staff
about.
A
A
The
second
update
is
that
we
spent,
I
think,
a
while
digging
into
this
in
the
policy
subcommittee
meeting.
But
the
there
was
a
petition
by
minneapolis
community
members
to
get
a
question
on
the
ballot
that,
if
the
majority
of
minneapolis
voters
vote
yes
would
remove
the
requirement
for
the
city
to
have
a
police
department
and
replace
it
with
the
department
of
public
safety
city
council
has
moved
the
process
forward.
For
that
question
to
be
on
the
november
ballot.
A
A
They
have
removed
it
since
this
community
petition
version
is
on
the
ballot,
so
that
there's
not
two
very
confusingly
similar
amendments
on
the
ballot
in
november,
so
that
has
moved
forward.
Since
I
last
spoke
to
you
all.
A
The
third
update
I
have
is
around
rent
control,
and
I
know
the
policy
subcommittee
wanted
to
talk
about
this
more
so
we'll
get
to
this
more
in
a
minute,
but
another
potential
charter-
amendment
that's
going
to
be
on
the
ballot
in
november-
is
around
allowing
rent,
control
or
rent
stabilization,
essentially
controlling
the
amount
that
rent
increases
can
happen
from
year
to
year
to
try
to
keep
rents
lower
and
the
charter
commission,
which
is
the
city
board,
that
reviews
potential
changes
to
the
city
charter.
A
Essentially,
the
city
constitution
is
looking
at
two
different
paths
to
rent
control.
One
would
put
an
amendment
on
the
ballot
that
would
be
shaped
by
voters
in
that
case,
decided
on
by
voters
the
other.
A
It
would
just
be
city
council
figuring
out
how
to
enact
rent
control,
which
therefore
leads
to
less
community
input,
and
the
question
of
I
I
told
the
policy
subcommittee
I'd-
follow
up
around
like
what
what
are
the
potential
outcomes
of
these
two
different
routes
to
rent
control,
and
essentially
what
I
have
heard
is
that
if
it's
just
up
to
city
council
and
not
on
the
ballot,
it
might
not
be
as
strong
of
a
rent
control.
It
might
have
more
loopholes
and
be
less
effective
for
renters.
A
So
we
can
come
back
to
that
in
a
few
minutes
when
the
policy
subcommittee
reports
back,
but
I
know
one
thing
they
were
considering-
was
whether
the
tec
wanted
to
write
a
letter
to
council
about
next
steps
on
what
they
wanted
to
see
out
of
rent
control.
So
those
are
those
are
the
potential
directions.
Rent
control
could
take
right
now,
and
I
think
those
are
all
the
updates
I
have
that
are
new,
since
I
last
sent
that
out
so
I'll
pause
there
to
see.
I
I
have
a
question
go
for
it,
so
I
was
wondering
if
we
could
request
what
has
been
done
already
in
relation
to
rent
control
like
a
history
of
all
that
entails,
and
really
you
know,
there's
a
lot
going
into
that
discussion.
So
I
was
wondering
if
that's
something
that
we
can
get
and
then
putting
it
on
the
ballot
in
november,
I'm
just
trying
to
envision
what
that
would
look
like
to
in
order
to
be
voted
on
november.
What
needs
to
happen?
So
I
don't
know
if
that's
something
that
we
can
gather.
A
I
Well,
that
is
a
good
question.
Both
I
would
say
if
we
could
yeah.
D
Shrek
this
is
may
and
not
to
be
ignorant,
but
I
don't
know
if
I've
ever
heard
of
rent
control
in
minneapolis.
Am
I
just
ill-informed.
A
This
is
track
no
you're,
not
so
minneapolis
does
not
have
a
rent
control
policy
so
far.
That
is
why
you've
not
heard
of
it
and
that's
part
of
why
I
was
clarifying
your
question
hunter
like
when
I
say
what
has
happened
so
far
in
minneapolis
it
is.
I
was
referring
to
like
the
past
few
months
that
got
the
potential
charter
amendment
to
the
point
it's
at
now
in
the
council
process.
A
I
can
try
to
do
a
little
research
and
get
examples
of
rent
control
from
other
cities.
I
don't
know
how
much
capacity
I'll
have,
but
I'll
do
what
I
can,
but
currently
minneapolis
does
not
have
to
my
understanding
any
any
legislation.
That's
controlling
rent
increases.
I
And
this
is
hunter.
Yes,
it
did.
I
was
just
thinking
you
know,
if
there's
anything
that
happened
in
the
past
historically,
if
there
was
any
kind
of
movement
towards
this,
and
the
amendment
is
in
is
in
process-
is
that
new
for
the
council,
or
is
this
kind
of
just
you
know?
Is
this
a
pretty
a
new
precedent
to
be
setting
rent
in
minneapolis
I'm
trying
to
kind
of
get
a
feel
for
that
trying
to
envision
what
it
would
look
like
from
their
perspective.
A
A
An
ordinance
if
that
makes
sense
changing
the
city's
charter
is
a
bigger
project,
but
I
don't
know
as
much
about
past
history.
I
Okay
and
my
last
question,
I'm
sorry
I
have
so
many
questions.
My
last
question
is
who
one
second
here,
who
would
be
leading
this
one?
Second
for
the
community
who
would
be
leading
this?
You
know
who's
writing
the
charter
amendment
who
who's
taking
this
on
if
it
does
pass
in
the
ballot
or
before
like
who
would
be
leading
that
movement.
A
This
is
track
also
thank
you,
taran,
karen,
just
put
in
the
chat
and
I'll
put
it
in
the
minutes
as
well.
A
link
to
the
city's
web
page
explaining
what's
going
on
like
what
rent
control
is,
what
what
is
being
proposed
where
the
process
is
at
so
and
some
history
amazing.
Thank
you
so
much
their.
My
understanding
is
who,
in
the
community,
is
like
leading
the
push
on
this
process.
A
Right
now
is
a
coalition
of
a
ton
of
different
like
housing,
orgs
and
other
organizations
and,
however,
the
like
language
that
would
go
on
the
ballot
has
to
be
written
by
the
city
attorney's
office,
because
it
has
to
be
like
legally
sound
language
that
doesn't
have
loopholes
when
people
vote
on
it.
That
would
be
written
internally
to
the
city.
H
H
All
right,
I
will
try
my
best
feel
free
to
fill
anything
in
here
that
I
missed,
but
so
we
met
met
on
june
28th
last
monday,
and
we
really
talked
mostly
about
reflections
on
the
march
council
recommendations,
including
a
few
separate
things.
So
the
mayor
is
in
support
of
piloting
universal
basic
income,
a
pilot
in
the
twin
cities,
and
that
could
go
on
to
be
a
bigger
project
if
it
gets
approved
in
a
2022
budget.
H
There
was
a
general
sense
that
the
recommendations
that
the
tc
put
forth
were
a
good
amount
of
content
and
things
that
we
definitely
wanted
to
focus
on,
and
we
also
talked
about
in-person
meetings
with
people
at
the
council
trying
to
move
some
things
outside
of
just
sending
recommendations
to
the
city
council,
but
actually
like
networking
and
meeting
with
people
in
person,
and
we
weren't
really
100
sure
where
the
city
was
with
was
at
in
regards
to
people
meeting
in
person.
H
Outside
of
you
know
the
office
just
like
grabbing
coffee,
having
conversations
stuff
like
that.
But
hopefully
that
would
be
something
that
we
could
pursue
in
the
future,
so
that
we're
not
just
kind
of
tied
to
the
city
council,
but
actually
like
trying
to
work
within
the
city
government
to
to
move
some
things
or
at
least
get
more
information
on
things
that
aren't
just
city
council
members
that
you
know
support
this
committee.
H
And
then
we
talked
about
the
charter
amendment
to
remove
the
minneapolis
police
department,
and
there
are
several
versions
of
that.
It
seems
a
little
convoluted
and
tricky
to
maybe
explain
and
I'm
not
even
100
sure.
H
I
understand
all
of
it,
because
I
know
that
there
are
potential
things
going
on
the
ballot
and
people
are
trying
to
explore
several
different
options:
options
as
to
like
how
to
move
forward
with
either
replacing
mpd
in
its
entirety,
or
at
least
defunding
it
partially,
and
how
how
the
city
can
go
about
how
the
city-
and
you
know
the
voters-
can
go
about
making
that
happen,
which
I'm
happy
to
talk
more
about
if
people
are
interested
or
I
might
actually
pass
it
over
to
track.
H
J
H
So
let's
see
what
else
did
we
talk
about.
D
H
I
see
yeah,
I'm
sorry,
I'm
reading
from
the
agenda
here
from
our
meeting,
so
I
can't
see
the
chat
or
any
of
the
reactions
track.
Do
you
mind
just
talking
like
a
little
bit
about
the
the
charter,
the
charter
amendments
and
like
the
potential
changes
to
the
mayor's
purview
and
whatnot
totally.
A
I'm
gonna
try
to
do
this
in
the
clearest
and
most
concise
way.
I
can
so.
A
It
would
remove
the
requirement
that
the
city
has
a
police
department,
remove
the
requirement
that
the
city
has
a
certain
minimum
number
of
police
officers,
replace
that
department
with
a
department
of
public
safety
that
can
have
police
officers
but
is
not
required
to
and
make
that
department
of
public
safety
report
to
both
council
and
the
mayor,
like
every
other
city
department,
currently
does,
instead
of
what
mpd
currently
is
supposed
to
do,
which
is
report
only
to
the
mayor
and
not
be
controlled
by
the
council.
A
There
was
a
council
member
designed
amendment
that
was
very
similar
to
that
one.
They've
removed
it
now
that
that
one's
on
the
ballot
so
as
not
to
cause
confusion.
So
I'm
not
gonna
summarize
that
one,
the
other
amendment
that
is
likely
to
be
on
the
ballot,
or
at
least
maybe
on
the
ballot
related
to
this.
A
The
charter
commission,
so
that
board
that
oversees
edits
to
the
city's
charter
is
currently
trying
to
propose
an
amendment
that
would
doesn't
actually
do
anything
directly
with
mpd
but
would
put
more
things
under
the
control
of
just
the
mayor.
Instead
of
the
city,
council
essentially
would
shift
the
power
balance
between
the
mayor
and
city
council
and
move
it
much
more
towards
the
mayor
than
it
is
currently.
A
I
have
not
gotten
a
very
clear
answer
on
what
happens
if
both
of
these
amendments
get
a
majority
of
votes
in
november.
My
understanding
is
that
they
explicitly
contradict
each
other,
because
one
removes
a
department
and
takes
its
replacement
away
from
the
mayor,
and
the
other
gives
things
to
the
mayor,
including
mpd,
the
department
that
would
be
removed.
A
So
I
don't
have
a
clear
answer
on
what
happens
if
both
were
approved,
but
those
are
the
two
explicitly
public
safety
related
and
like
implicitly
in
terms
of
control
of
departments,
public
safety,
related
charter
amendments
that
are
currently
moving
forward
towards
the
ballot.
I
don't
have
a
sense
of
whether
there
is
any
role
that
city
council
can
have
at
this
point
in
whether
the
charter
commission
amendment
the
like
give
more
things
to
the
mayor
amendment
makes
it
onto
the
ballot
or
not.
A
If
I
have
a
sense
that
that
is
something
that
council
gets
to
make
a
decision
around
and
that
you
all
could
therefore
try
to
influence.
I
will
obviously
let
you
know,
please
feel
free
to
ask
me
follow-up
questions.
That
was
my
attempt
to
do
it
in
a
relatively
simple
way,
but
I
know
I'm
deep
in
this
stuff,
and
so
I
don't
always
explain
it.
A
D
D
I
I
just
think
there's
the
idea,
which
is
really
hard
for
me,
to
understand.
There's
this
great
idea
and
we're
gonna
the
first
big
deal
is
we
have
to
put
the
question
on
and
see
if
people
would
actually
even
answer
the
question
in
an
affirmative
manner.
D
A
Thank
you
may,
and
I
guess,
to
explain
why
it's
that
process,
the
only
other
thing
I'll
say,
is
the
city's
charter
is
essentially
like
the
city's
constitution,
and
so
the
only
ways
to
change
the
city's
charter
are
via
a
majority
of
votes
on
the
ballot
or
via
all
council
members
and
the
mayor
all
voting
unanimously
for
something
to
my
memory,
and
so
that's
why
that's
why
these
ideas
are
moving
through
the
ballot
process,
even
though
it
is
like
another
step
into
the
timeline.
H
H
H
But
it
does
seem
like
there
are
some
mayoral
may
oral
candidate.
That
would
support
that,
but
maybe
not
everyone
on
civil
city
council,
but
anyway
we
did
talk
about
that.
Quite
a
bit.
Some
other
pieces
that
we
did
talk
about
were
mandatory
training
for
housing
inspectors,
because
there
have
been
concerns
that
have
come
up
in
the
housing,
housing
inspection
portion
of
the
city
government,
where
people
have
had
some
bad
experiences
and
right
now
there
aren't
enough
inspectors
to
or
not
enough
funding.
H
I
guess
to
to
justify
or
have
the
capacity
to
do.
Those
training
so
track
was
going
to
follow
up
about
adding
more
staff,
and
if
that
was
possible,.
A
A
So
it's
about
we
don't!
Currently
we
can't
make
our
non-discrimination
trainings
for
landlords
mandatory,
because
we
don't
have
enough
staff
to
train
all
the
landlords,
and
so
I
will
follow
up
and
see
if
they
like,
if
it
would
make
sense
for
you
all
to
propose
more
funding
so
that
they
could
have
this
capacity.
For
that.
H
Right,
thank
you
for
that
clarification
other
than
that
we
kind
of
looked
at
national
national
policy,
just
what
some
cities
are
doing
in
order
to
kind
of
gain
some
ideas
for
our
recommendations
for
the
fall
to
city
council.
So
we
definitely
had
yeah
some
examples
from
the
you
know.
National
stage
of
what
other
cities
are
doing.
H
Looking
at
you
know,
decriminalizing
sex
work,
cannabis,
legalization,
universal
basic
income,
pilots
that
are
happening
in
different
places,
and
then
there
was
also
some
recommendations,
potentially
around
a
push
to
invest
in
a
queer
and
trans
community
center
for
the
city
and
then
yeah.
Some
more
talk
around
the
gay
and
trans
panic,
defense
and
yeah
different
supports
within
the
within
the
city
on
on
different
levels.
H
A
Yeah
this
is
track.
The
only
thing
I'll
add
to
that
is,
I
kind
of
summarized
the
rent
control
piece
already,
but
I
know
that
part
of
the
conversation
that
came
up
in
the
policy
subcommittee
meeting
was
like
is
it?
A
H
G
Oh
no
worries.
That's
that's
good!
I'm
glad
you!
You
took
the
time
to
speak
thanks
emma,
so
this
is
hunter.
G
G
So
we're
writing
this
as
a
recommendation
to
change
rent
control
or
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
I
have
an
understanding
of
what
it
looks
like
for
us.
You
know,
do
we
say?
Yes
do
we
take
this
on?
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
I
know
what
that
looks
like
for
us.
A
This
is
track
totally
thanks
for
clarifying.
I
told
the
policy
subcommittee.
I
would
do
more
research
on
like
what
it
would
take
to
get
to
rent
control,
and
what
I
learned
is
that
the
the
charter
amendment
ballot
route
to
rent
control
makes
a
stronger
policy
with
fewer
loopholes
than
the
city
council.
Just
creates
it
themselves
route
and
so
what
it
would.
A
Probably
it
could
look
like
you
saying
we
want
either
of
those
we
just
want,
one
of
them
to
happen,
or
it
could
look
like
you
saying
we
specifically
want
one
or
the
other
route
to
rent
control.
Please
like
please
do
that
or
obviously
I
mean
technically,
it
could
look
like
you're
saying
we
don't
want
rent
control,
but
I
know
that
you
have
all
talked
in
support
of
rent
control,
which
is
why
I
summarized
it
like.
G
So
it
seems
I
mean,
like
you
said,
we've
talked
about
this
before
I
I
think
we're
all
in
favor
of
it.
Obviously
I
would
be
signing
a
letter
right
for
myself
if,
if
that's
what
we're
gonna
do
and
then
have
somebody
voice
over
for
that,
but
do
we
need
to
like
you
said
early
or
do
we
need
to
vote
on
that
or
what
does
that
need
to
look
like
and
then
does
that
go
into.
G
Google
doc,
I
was
just
mixing
up
my
words
here
saying
google
drive,
but
google
docs
what
I'm
talking
about.
So
I
just
I'm
trying
to
figure
out
who's
willing
to
take
that
on
and
and
write
it.
I
don't
know
if
track
needs
to.
If,
if
we
need
to
have
a
motion
for
that
or
to
have
a
vote
on
it,
just
trying
to
see
what
everybody
else
thinks
I
guess
from.
A
A
like
process
perspective,
I
want
to
hear
other
folks
opinions
and
then
someone
would
need
to
motion
that
you
all
want
to
send
a
letter
to
city
council
either
they
would
need
to
say
either.
We
want
to
like
the
tec
is
going
to
send
a
letter
to
city
council
in
support
of
rent
control
in
general
or
in
support
of
one
of
the
specific
routes
to
rent
control.
So
you
all
are
clear
on
what
you're
voting
on
and
then,
if
it
passed,
we
would
coordinate
and
I
can
help
with
writing
support.
A
But
whoever
would
want
to
work
in
a
sharepoint
doc
with
me
to
write
that
letter
and
since
that
letter
would
probably
need
to
go
before
council
they're
voting
in
august.
I
don't
know
when
so
might
need
to
go
before
council
before
before
your
next
tec
meeting.
A
This
would
be
the
meeting
where
you
would
need
to
vote
on
that
on
we're
gonna
send
a
letter
yeah,
so
that
would
be
process
but
wanna
make
sure
if
other
folks
have
questions
or
reflections
that
there's
space
for
that
too,
and
then
obviously,
if
everyone
wants
to,
anyone
who
wants
to
motion
is
welcome
to
go
for.
A
K
C
A
You
for
being
further
ahead
than
I
am.
I
did
not
make
it
through
the
whole
charter.
Commission
minutes
I'm
going
to
double
check
right
now.
C
C
A
Yeah,
so
I
believe
that
is
a
correct
reading
of
what
happened.
My
understanding
is
that.
A
A
So
if
there's
a
citizen
petition,
it
has
to
go
through
the
charter
commission
before
it
goes
to
city
council,
but
the
city
council
does
not
have
to
follow
the
charter
commission's
recommendations,
so
they
could
still
put
the
original
version
of.
K
C
A
A
If
no
one
has
any
additional
questions
and
welcome
sailor,
our
presenter
who
will
be
presenting
to
you
all
later,
but
if
no
one
has
any
additional
questions,
is
there
anyone
who
wants
to
motion
for
a
letter?
Obviously
this
is
not
a
step
you
all
need
to
take,
but
I
just
want
to
make
sure
we
don't
move
on
on
the
agenda
if
somebody
wanted
to
make
that.
A
G
G
That's
not
here
right
now,
but
you
know
we're
open
we're
not
here
to
make
this
as
stressful
or
or
try
to
push
for
anything,
but
we
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have
created
space
to
allow
for
your
opinions
and
questions
concerns
and
just
make
sure
that
you're
a
part
of
this.
A
We
can
totally
move
on.
If-
and
the
only
thing
I
will
say
is
I
don't
think
maybe,
depending
on
what
the
council
timing
is,
but
I
don't
think
you
all
can
weigh
in
on
this.
If
you
don't
weigh
in
now
because
of
the
timing
of
when
it's
going
to
come
before,
council
and
the
next
meeting,
so
just
wanted
to
clarify
that
that
I
don't
think
this
is
between
like
motioning,
to
write
a
letter
and
holding
off
to
decide
on
it
next
month.
K
On
the
policy
committee,
like
the
folks
who
have
discussed
this,
maybe
but
I
mean
I
do
think
that
trans
folks
are
far
more
adversely.
You
know-
are
in
large
portion
renters
and
certainly
are
you
know,
adversely
affected
by
just
kind
of
willy-nilly
astronomical
rent
increases.
So
I
would
think
it
would
make
sense
for
us
to
write
a
letter
now.
It
might
not
be
the
most
important
thing
for
ev
like
everyone's
top
priority,
but
I
would
certainly
you
know.
K
H
A
And
to
clarify
before
I
call
roll
knowing
that
there's
the
two
different
rent
control
options,
emma
were
you
motioning,
for,
like
general
support
of
rent
control
or
for
one
of
them
in
particular,.
F
H
A
C
C
A
Opposed
six
absent
the
motion
passes.
Is
there
anyone
who
is
interested
in
working,
and
I
will
support
to
draft
this
letter.
B
C
A
I
know
training
didn't
meet
last
week,
so
there
aren't
any
updates
from
training,
and
so
I
will
move
us
on
down
the
agenda.
A
A
Still
working
has
not
stopped
waiting
for
law
clerk
feedback
from
the
city
attorney's
office,
but
I
don't
have
more
for
you
all
on
that
right
now.
So
I
will
move
us
down
to
summit
updates.
A
I
Okay,
sorry,
I
just
want
to
make
sure
okay,
so
tabling
at
the
summit.
I
know
you
know
kind
of
with
everything
that's
going
on
with
kova
19
and
all
the
impact
from
that
it
seems
to
have
settled
down.
So
if
there's,
I
was
wondering
if
there's
any
more,
I
know
previously,
it
was
very
strict
requirements,
limitations
and
I
know
things
are
starting
to
lift,
and
so
I
don't
know
if
there's
any
updates
on
specifics
in
relation
to
tabling
at
the
summit.
A
Thank
you
for
asking
that
our
plan
for
the
summit
is
still
a
hybrid
of
virtual
and
in
person,
so
every
component
will
at
least
have
a
virtual
option.
Some
will
also
have
an
in-person
option.
We
have
not
yet
made
a
final
call
yet
on
which
pieces
are
in
person.
As
you
said,
a
lot
of
things
are
reopening
we're
also
trying
to
watch
the
news
and
recommendations
around
the
delta
variant
that
is
spreading
and
has
caused
some
changed
recommendations
around
indoor
events.
A
So
our
hope
is
that
there
will.
It
will
be
possible
to
have
a
resource
fair
that
is
both
virtual
and
in
person,
but
not
promising
the
in-person
part
yet
want
to
make
a
call
on
that
post
or
two
and
have
not
confirmed
a
venue.
So
can't
answer
that
question
either
before
it
comes
up.
I
Okay
and
then
I
guess
my
idea,
for
that
would
be
then
like
a
timeline
as
it
gets
closer.
You
know
I
know
time
is
flying.
It's
like
three
weeks
left
until
august,
I
feel
like
august
and
the
summer
is
just
ending
quickly,
so
I
think
you
know
I'm
just
wondering
if
it's
too
much
for
people
like
registering
figuring
out
the
face-to-face
component,
you
know
I
feel
like
the
time.
I
Is
it's
not
on
our
side
right
now,
so
I'm
trying
to
figure
out
some
sort
of
one
second
here
having
something
that
can
work
in
parallel
of
face
to
face
and
something
online?
Oh,
I
was
frozen
a
little
bit.
Okay,
I
want
to
make
sure
I'm
still
connected,
so
something
that
would
kind
of
work
for
both
is
my
suggestion.
I
don't
know
you
know
how
minneapolis
is
with
everything
going
on.
I
think
it's
so
much
for
people
to
think
about.
I
E
I
Keep
them
both
in
parallel
with
each
other,
so
we
don't
have
to
really
try
and
make
some
last-minute
decisions
as
it
gets
closer,
and
I
know
it's
also
hard
with
interpreters.
Getting
close
as
well,
I
feel
like
time
is.
The
timeline
is
just
so
short
to
try
and
make
some
of
these
decisions,
and
I
know
for
bypac
and
trans
communities
there's
a
lot
of
events
that
are
coming
in
coming.
F
A
Totally
I
appreciate
that
our
goal,
our
goal
with
the
commitment
to
everything
being
virtual,
is
that
we're
not
gonna
have
to
do
some
like
last
minute
scramble
rearranging
that
we
will
add
as
much
in
person
as
we
can
and
not
not
so
last
minute
that
it's
that
we
can't
get
interpreters
or
that
it's
a
mess
for
people.
But
the
goal
is
no.
A
No
last
minute
calls
we're
like
making
we're
sticking
with
the
more
conservative
option
in
terms
of
covid
the
whole
way
along
in
the
hopes
that
we
don't
have
to
frantically
dial
anything
back
and
our
virtual
resource
fair
will
not
just
be
in
zoom
this
year.
It
will
be
in
a
virtual
reality,
career,
fair
platform
that
the
city
has
a
subscription
to
that
will
hopefully
make
it
more
accessible
for
people.
I
Okay,
all
right
and
then
I
was
also
curious
that
will
that
include
like
youtube
that
virtual
reality
I
know
so,
is
that
a
facebook
youtube
platform.
I
don't
know
if
that's
linked
to
anything.
You
know
how
people,
how
people
are
accessing
that
information.
I
As
an
outsider
to
the
city
city
platform,
I
just
wonder
how
people
how
we
can
mentally
prepare
and
communicate
for
people,
so
they
aren't
day
of
struggling
to
figure
out
how
they're
seeing
stuff-
and
it's
not
restricted
in
terms
of
that
accessibility
ahead
of
time.
A
Yeah
the
so
things
like
the
keynote
will
be
live
streamed
on
youtube,
but
the
virtual
reality,
career,
fair
and
resource
fair,
will
not
be
on
youtube
or
facebook.
When
peop
like
in
all
of
our
communication,
we
are
telling
telling
people
what
platforms
we'll
be
using
and
when
they
register
they
will
get
very
clear
instructions
on
how
to
use
the
different
platforms,
how
to
log
into
things
how
to
access
things.
A
So
it
will
be
as
clear
as
we
can
possibly
make
it
with
the
need
to
use
multiple
platforms.
Thank
you
for.
I
A
A
Does
anyone
else
have
any
other
summit
questions
either
about
the
tec
tabling
or
about?
I
know,
billy
has
offered
to
submit
a
workshop
proposal
for
you
all.
That's
like
a
panel
on
how
to
get
civically
engaged,
whether
on
a
board
like
the
tec
or
something
else,
and
so
just
wanted
to
create
space
for
a
minute.
If
anyone
had
questions
or
suggestions
on
that,
I
know
billy
couldn't
make
it
today,
but
obviously
we
can
pass
them
on
to.
A
I
Yep,
sorry,
one
more
thing:
oh
sorry,
I
just
took
a
drink
of
water.
I
would
say
if
people
are
wondering
thinking
about
getting
to
volunteer
at
the
summit,
I
think
it's
a
great
way
to
get
out
and
get
engaged
as
volunteers
to
start.
You
know,
help
support
the
summit
and
our
all
of
that,
I'm
hoping
I'm
looking
forward
to
it.
I'm
just
encouraging
people
if
you're
thinking
about
it
just
definitely
do
it
and
with
that
we
can
move
forward.
A
Thank
you
hunter.
I
will
move
us
to
talking
about
tabling
at
pride,
which
is
our
last
thing
before
we
hear
our
presentation
from
zelor,
but
you
will
see
linked
in
the
agenda.
I've
drafted
well,
I've
drafted
some
talking
points
about
the
summit.
Our
table
will
be
a
combination
of
tec
and
the
summit,
so
I
want
you
all
to
have
like
material
for
reference.
If
people
ask
you
questions
about
the
summit,
I've
drafted
a
very
basic
resource
list.
A
It's
by
no
means
comprehensive,
but
what
we
discovered
when
we
tabled
that
pride
two
years
ago
is
people
saw
a
trans
flag
and
they
came
up
and
they
were
like
my
trans
kid
needs
a
therapist
like
my
trans
friend
needs
a
support
group
and
obviously
that's
not
what
you
all
are
tabling
for
so
wanted
you
to
have
a
couple
quick
like
you
should
really
go.
Look
for
this
table
in
this
corner
of
the
park
that
you
could
give
to
people
who
are
going
to
do
that
and
then
the
last.
A
The
last
document
in
there
is
the
tc
had
drafted,
and
I
just
made
some
quick
updates
and
edits.
Some
like
talking
points
about
the
tec,
so
people
ask
you
like
how
do
you
join
or
what
do
you
all?
Do?
A
You
all
have
those
as
well,
and
obviously
it
is
always
okay
to
not
know
the
answer
to
something
to
like
take
someone's
info
down.
Follow
up
with
them
later
give
their
info
to
me
whatever.
But
I
want
you
all
to
have
resources
that'll,
hopefully
make
you
feel
more
equipped
to
answer
most
of
the
questions
we've
historically
gotten
while
tabling
anyway,
but
so
wanted
to
take
a
little
time
to
talk.
First
of
all,
all
about
like
how
do
we
want
to
make
this
tabling
as
engaging
and
effective
as
possible?
A
I
know
we've
drafted
some
talking
points.
I
believe
melissa
is
working
on
like
a
little
handout
about
what
the
tec
is
and
you
all
have
a
little
handout
about
what
the
summit
is
and
then
I'm
working
on
some
like
random
city
swag
and
started
brainstorming
with
billy
and
she's
gonna
work
on
this
weekend,
like
some
sort
of
like
fun
like
trivia
game,
or
something
like
that.
A
Something
engaging
for
people
to
participate
in,
because
we
learned
tabling
two
years
ago
that
just
pieces
of
paper
was
not
engaging
and
did
not
get
people
to
engage
with
the
table
as
much.
So
that's
what
we've
got
so
far
and
would
love
to
hear
folks.
Thoughts
on
what's
been
effective,
either
when
you've
tabled
at
the
past
or
when
you've
gone
to
something
where
there
were
tables
in
the
past
and
what
you
would
want
to
see.
The
tec.
A
A
Quiet
tonight
I
also
just
dropped
the
sign
up
sheet
in
the
chat.
If
there
is
anyone
who
wants
to
sign
up
to
table
and
has
missed
it,
I
will
also
be
signing
up,
but
I'm
just
gonna
fill
in
where
I'm
needed,
so
I've
waited
to
put
my
name
on
there.
A
The
other
question
I'll
ask,
so
you
at
least
have
two
questions
to
consider,
and
hopefully
folks
have
thoughts
on.
One
of
them
is:
are
there
any
other
materials?
You
think
we
should
have
at
our
table
that
we
haven't
named
so
far
or
other
just
like
logistical
details
that
we
need
to
coordinate
in
advance
of
the
17th
and
18th.
A
We
are
going
to
have
a
couple
camp
chairs
for
you
all
to
sit
in
a
table
under
a
tent
swag
to
hand
out
handouts
to
hand
out,
hopefully,
the
spinning,
wheel,
trivia,
game
and
probably
a
random
trans
flag,
just
so
that
the
table's
more
fun
looking.
I
This
is
hunter
the
wheel,
I
is
it
gonna
be
like
prizes
for
the
wheel.
You
know
swag
is
swagger
swag
right,
you
know,
there's
just
stuff.
It's
things
that
people
want
but
like
prizes
for
that
wheel.
You
know
it'd
be
nice
to
have
something
of
value
to
give
out.
If
they,
you
know,
get
the
question
right.
A
This
is
track.
We
don't
have
a
ton
of
budget
for
that,
but
my
hope
is
that
I
find
like
a
range
of
levels
of
city
swag
so
that
we
have
random
stuff
we're
just
giving
everybody.
And
then
we
have
like
actually
interesting
things
for
people
who
spin
the
wheel
and
answer
a
trivia
question
right.
I'm
gonna
go
into
city
hall
next
week
and
just
do
a
lot
of
digging,
but
that's
the
goal,
if
not
maybe
I'll
pick
up
something
cheap
and
random
at
the
dollar
store,
along
with
the.
I
A
I
And
this
is
hunter,
I
mean
pride's,
a
pretty
open,
inclusive.
You
know
space.
So
if
a
lot
of
people
are
coming
in,
you
know
I
feel
like
we
can't
control
the
people
that
are
visiting
our
table,
but
representing
the
tec
group
track.
That's
I
feel,
like
a
decision
that
you
will
have
to
make
and
ask
that
question.
A
I
So
I
will
go
ahead
and
introduce
zaylor
from
twin
cities
quorum.
The
presentation
is
really
in
relation
to
lgd
lgbtqia
plus
business
owners
and
how
they
can
register
their
businesses.
So
I'm
happy
to
introduce
zaylor,
if
you
wouldn't
mind
introducing
yourself
name,
pronoun
and
we'll
go
ahead
and
listen
to
your.
J
Thanks
so
much
for
the
intro
hunter,
my
name
is
zaylor
z-a-y-l-o-r-e,
I'm
a
board
member
for
twin
cities:
quorum,
I'm
the
founder
of
my
own
law,
firm,
zaylor
stout
and
associates
I'm
a
former
member
board
member
for
reclaim.
So
I
see
I
recognize
some
fate.
Some
names
on
the
list
over
here.
Some
of
my
favorite
people
are
here,
so
I
always
love
that
I
use
he
him
pronouns
and
have
some
great
information
I
to
share
with
you.
So
let
me
see
if
I
can
get
this
powerpoint
out.
J
Okay,
hopefully
people
can
see
this,
can
they
get
up?
If
you
can
see
me,
if
you
can
see
the
presentation,
it
should
save
the
business
awesome.
F
G
G
Okay,
so
if
you
I
have
the
interpreter
pinned
right
now,
you
can
go
ahead
and
share,
but
anytime
you
reference
something
if
you
just
give
me
a
moment,
so
I
can
click
it
to
pull
it
up
and
then
look
at
it
and
then
go
ahead.
So
if
there's
anything
that
you're
referencing
specifically
just
let
me
know
so,
I
can
look
at
that.
G
J
No
problem,
thanks
again
for
for
having
me
tonight
rebecca
wagner,
who
is
the
executive
director
for
twin
cities?
Quorum
was
supposed
to
be
here
as
well
with
me
today,
but
she's
out
of
town
for
family
emergency,
and
so
you
have
me,
but
one
of
the
reasons
why
I'm
excited
to
be
here
is
one
of
the
main
reasons
I
joined
quorum
was
actually
to
help
rebecca
get
across
the
finish
line.
J
This
supplier
diversity
effort
that
she's
been
working
on
for
a
number
of
years
now,
and
so
you
might
have
you
know.
Some
of
this
may
be
a
bit
of
a
recap
for
you
in
regards
to
supply
and
diversity,
but
I
I
want
to
make
sure
that
I'm
not
assuming
that
there's
a
certain
level
of
knowledge
that
folks
have
as
it
relates
to
this,
because
I
know
I
didn't
know
much
about
it
before
attending
my
first
conference
of
five
years
ago.
J
J
Trying
to
get
the
powerpoint
to
move
forward
and
it
doesn't
up
here-
we
go
of
course
so
who
is
quorum
quorum
is
the
minnesota,
lgbtq,
plus
and
allied
chamber
of
commerce.
We
are
affiliated
with
the
national
lgbt
chamber
of
commerce.
J
A
few
years
ago
we
received
the
rising
star
chamber
award
which
is
bestowed
on
you
know,
chambers
that
have
had
either
a
renaissance
or
are
doing
more
amazing
work
than
they
had
done
previously.
We're
pretty
active
we're
one
of
the
more
active
chambers
in
the
country.
J
We
do
over
60
events
each
year,
virtually
all
the
events
are
free.
I
think
they
only
have
like
three
events
where
there
is
a
fee
associated
with
it,
and
our
focus
is
in
regards
to
building
community
within
lgbtq
plus
business
owners
and
and
creating
additional
opportunities
for
those
businesses
as
well,
and
we'll
spend
a
little
bit
more
time
talking
about
that
some
some
a
quick
background
on
my
firm
as
well.
J
My
firm
has
three
certifications,
so
we're
lgbt
certified
we're
disabled
owned
certified
as
well
as
minority
owned,
certified,
and
so
we'll
be
talking
about
some
of
these
different
requirements
as
it
relates
to
that.
But
nglcc,
which
is
the
national,
gay
and
lesbian
chamber
of
commerce,
is
the
is
the
national
governing
organization
that
does
certifications
for
lgbt
owned
businesses.
J
Their
process
is
as
rigorous
as
women
as
as
the
their
their
counterparts
that
certify
women-owned
businesses,
minority-owned
businesses
owned
businesses,
as
well
as
veteran-owned
businesses,
the
more
established
ones
are
the
women
and
minority
certified
business
businesses.
The
three
are
kind
of
on
the
same
level
in
regards
to
their
tenure
within
the
industry.
Ours,
I
would
say,
would
be
the
third
as
it
relates
to
that.
J
There's
all
kinds
of
great
events
as
it
relates
to
the
national,
as
well
as
the
local
affiliate
chambers,
in
order
to
be
able
to
register
and
get
certified
as
an
lgbtq
plus
business.
It
needs
to
be
51
or
more
lgbt
owned.
You
have
to
be
a
citizen
or
lawful
permanent
resident.
J
J
The
quorum
board
is
made
up
of
16
members
currently
and
we're
a
pretty
diverse
board.
We
have
transgender
members.
We
have
members
of
the
corporate
community
in
the
nonprofit
community,
small
businesses,
women,
of
course,
and
black
and
brown
individuals.
J
So
we
try
to
make
sure
that
we
are
as
diverse
as
the
community
that
we're
representing
and
we're
doing
additional
work
as
well
to
make
sure
that
we're
doing
the
best
that
we
can
in
regards
to
diversifying
our
membership,
and
so
this
year
we
have
a
partnership
that
we
did
with
the
with
p
fund
in
regards
to
I'm
checking,
checking
and
making
sure
I'm
not
going
too
fast
for
the
interpreter
scholarship
opportunities
for
them
to
be
core
members.
J
So
they
don't
have
to
pay
for
their
core
membership
for
the
year,
as
well
as
additional
support
for
those
black
and
brown
businesses,
especially
in
the
aftermath
of
the
george
floyd
murder.
I
J
So,
with
the
national
glad
gay
and
lesbian
chamber
commerce,
I
won't
spend
too
much
time
talking
about
the
details
in
regards
to
that
and
I
can
provide
the
slide
deck
later
on
as
well,
because
I
know
that
there's
lots
of
writing
and
lots
of
information
in
here,
but
I'm
giving
you
the
most
important
highlights,
especially
as
it
relates
to
our
discussion
today
and
and
and
what
it
is
that
how
it
is
that
you
can
help
in
regards
to
the
effort
that
we're
moving
forward
here
with
so
diversity
and
inclusion.
J
What
we
found
is
that
that
there's
lots
of
money
being
spent
by
companies
as
well
as
municipalities
and
a
lot
of
those
a
lot
of
those
dollars,
are
being
spent
with
businesses
that
are
not
diverse,
owned
right.
J
And
so
I
have
some
data
in
regards
to
the
minneapolis
demographics
from
the
2020
census,
so
fresh
off
the
presses,
and
what
we
found
is
that
you
know
that
there's
there's
definitely
disparities
in
regards
to
minority-owned
businesses
being
able
to
secure
some
of
these
contracts,
and
so
it's
trying
to
even
the
playing
field
or
provide
additional
of
opportunities
and
support
for
some
of
these
diverse
businesses
to
secure
some
of
these
countries.
J
And
for
us
it's
important,
because
you
know
the
lgbtq
community
already
have
employment
challenges.
Unfortunately,
because
of
you
know,
inherent
discrimination
or
unconscious
bias
that
are
present
and,
as
you
go
down
the
letters
from
glbtq
it
comes,
it
becomes
more
and
more
challenging,
unfortunately,
to
be
able
to
secure
to
secure
a
career
to
secure
work,
and
so
we
found
is
providing,
hopefully
opportunities
for
members
of
our
community
to
be
able
to
start
businesses
and
then
hopefully
be
able
to
secure
contracts
with
either
corporations
or
municipalities
will
make
it
such
that
they
are
able
to.
J
J
And
so
you
know,
out
of
the
three
it
seems
like
st
paul
is
already
an
implied
yes
and
it's
just
working
through
the
motions
in
regards
to
getting
making
that
happen.
J
I
am
a
resident
of
minneapolis,
so
I'd
rather
minneapolis
beat
st
paul
to
the
to
the
punch
as
it
relates
to
this,
and
so,
of
course,
I'm
biased
and
would
want
minneapolis
to
come
through
first
as
it
relates
to
that,
and
so
supplier
diversity
really
deals
with
the
intentional
inclusion
of
sociological
and
or
economically
disadvantaged
groups
into
the
procurement
process.
J
And
so
you
know
one
of
the
examples
that
I
can
give
for
me
and
my
business
is,
I'm
I'm
triple
certified.
So
I'm
already
my
I'm
already
in
the
process.
I
can
I've
gotten
secured
contracts
through
the
metropolitan
council,
for
example,
and
so
this
is
this
advocacy
effort.
Isn't
something
that's
going
to
benefit
me
personally,
but
I
know
members
of
our
community
that
have
challenges
in
regards
to
sometimes
not
being
fully
accepted
by
some
of
the
other
diverse
organizations.
J
So,
for
example,
we
bank
we
wait,
wbenc
is
the
national
certifying
body
for
when
for
women-owned
businesses,
and
so
in
my
research
and
digging.
I
found
that
we
bank
doesn't
include
trans
women
as
as
part
of
their
supply
diversity
program.
There's
works
and
talks
about
that
kind
of
stuff,
but
it
makes
it
challenging
then
for
trans
women
to
be
able
to
go
and
secure
certify
certification
through
that
entity.
J
J
Well
sometimes
you
know
it's
it's
you
don't
necessarily
feel
welcome
in
those
spaces
either,
and
so
why
should
somebody
have
to
pick
and
choose
which
aspect
of
their
identity?
J
20,
30
000,
where
an
rfp
may
not
necessarily
be
something
that's
necessary
for
them
to
fill
out
to
be
able
to
have
access
to
it,
especially
if
it's
a
restaurant
or
a
hospitality
or
a
professional
service.
But
you
know
10
20,
30
000
contract
could
could
make
a
huge
difference
in
regards
to
a
small,
trans-owned
or
minority-owned
or
women-owned
business
in
regards
to
their
viability
and
their
success.
J
So
nglcc
is
the
certifying
body
for
for
lgbt
owned
businesses.
The
certification
process
is
as
rigorous
as
the
certification
for
women
and
minority
owned
businesses.
That's
a
question
that
comes
up
a
lot.
You
know
it's.
It
meets
those
those
national
standards
as
well.
J
That
there's
many
corporations
that
are
involved
and
accept
the
certification
of
nglcc,
and
so
many
of
those
businesses
are
are
corporate,
headquartered
here
as
well,
such
as
best
buy
us
bank,
wells,
fargo,
medtronic,
boston,
scientific
target
and
many
many
others,
I'm
sure
I'm
missing.
J
Lando
lakes,
I
mean
there's,
there's
just
a
long
list,
and
so
you
know
the
pub
the
private
space
has
gone
far
ahead
as
it
relates
to
supplier
diversity
and
including
diverse
owned
businesses,
including
minority,
including
veteran-owned
lgbt-owned,
as
well
as
disabled
businesses,
and
so
it's
municipalities
that
are
struggling.
I
think
in
regards
to
catching
up,
and
so
with
supplier
diversity.
There's
there's
different
levels
in
different
tiers
where
different
businesses
are.
J
So
what
I
would
say
is
up
here:
you
have,
you
know
your
corporation,
your
municipality,
that
has
them
to
be
able
to
buy,
to
buy
services,
products
and
services.
Your
tier
one
contract
is
your
large
suppliers
right.
Those
are
your
large
contractors.
So
let's
say
that,
there's
you
know,
minneapolis
is
looking
to
build
a
new
building.
You
know,
there's
going
to
be
like
the
morton
sins
and
all
those
giant.
J
You
know
construction
companies
that
are
going
to
be
the
tier
1
contractors,
but
you
have
the
ability
to
they
have
the
ability
to
then
use
tier
2
or
even
tier
3
contractors,
which
are
smaller.
That
tend
to
be
more
diverse
than
some
of
these
larger
first
tiers
to
be
able
to
provide
access
and
opportunity
to
the
procurement
process,
and
so
there
have
been
municipalities
that
have
leveraged
that
situation
to
require
these
tier
one
suppliers
to
use
diverse.
You
know
tier
two
and
tier
three
companies,
as
it
relates
to
their
supplier,
diversity
programs.
J
So
the
prime
example
that
I
have
in
regards
to
this
is
for
my
firm
we
put
in
for
a
an
rfp
for
a
imminent
domain
contract
for
the
new
bus
line.
That's
going
to
be
in
saint
paul
and
the
metropolitan
council
was
involved
and
responsible
for
that
particular
contract.
They
required
that
diverse
businesses
be
involved
in
that
process
and
those
larger
tier
one
law,
firms
that
have
lots
of
experience
in
this
area
who
submitted
proposals
without
including
a
diverse
business.
J
They
sent
them
back
and
said
you
can
do
better,
and
so
my
firm
ended
up
getting
a
bunch
of
calls
from
a
lot
of
these
larger
firms.
Saying
hey,
we
notice
that
you're,
one
of
the
only
one
of
three
disadvantaged
business
enterprise
law
firms,
that's
registered
with
the
state
of
minnesota.
Do
you
want
to
go
in
on
on
with
us
on
this
particular
rfp?
J
You
know
additional
access
for
smaller
firms
like
mine
to
be
able
to
get
additional
knowledge
and
experience
in
these
areas
so
that
we
can
start
competing
if
we're
a
third
tier
with
these
second
tier
contractors
and
then,
hopefully,
eventually
being
a
second
tier
competing
for
those
first
tier
contracts,
which
is
the
main
bigger
contracts
that
are
out
there
all
right,
quick
overview
in
regards
to
the
impact
of
the
lgbt
community
in
business.
You
know
here's
some
data
in
regards
to
why
lgbt
inclusion
is
good
for
business.
You
know
you
have
allies.
J
J
I
think
this
was
at
least
two
to
three
years
old,
that
you
know
lgbt
q-certified
businesses
contribute
1.7
trillion
dollars
to
the
us
economy,
creating
jobs
which
is
here
on
the
next
slide
as
well
again
old
data
here,
because
I
know
that
there
are
over
11
or
1200
certified
lgbt
businesses
nationally
now.
But
you
know
3
300,
3
000
jobs.
Right
so
I
mean
it's
a
job
creator
and
you
know
who's
going
to
be
better
at
you
know
employing
more
folks
from
our
community
than
than
lgbt
owned
businesses.
J
Houston,
texas,
louisville,
kentucky
nashville
new
york
miami-
and
this
is
only
a
snapshot
in
regards
to
these
you'll
see
some
of
these
are,
you
would
presume
more
more
progressive
cities.
Some
of
these
are
like
wait.
A
minute.
Nashville
beat
us
right.
Louisville
kentucky
beat
us
yes
right,
and
so
I
mean
minnesota,
especially
since
I
wrote
an
lgbt
history
book
has
so
much
rich
history.
J
In
regards
to
being
the
first,
you
know,
minneapolis
was
the
first
city
to
come
up
with
a
non-discrimination,
ordinance
for
lgbt
folks
in
employment
based
on
sexual
orientation
and
gender
identity,
and
then
minnesota.
The
state
became
the
first
state
to
do
that
as
well.
But
this
is
an
area
where
we're
falling
behind
and
and
need
to
catch
up
right,
because
our
corporations
and
our
citizenry
here
you
know-
are
on
board
in
regards
to
it,
and
we
just
need
to
make
sure
that
our
municipal
supplier,
diversity
program
is
also
on
board.
J
So
almost
done
the
disparity
study
that
came
out
in
2017.
I
always
think
it's
important
for
important
to
highlight
this
because
you
know
quorum
was
at
the
table
as
it
relates
to
this
discussion
right
and
whether
lgbt
businesses
would
be
included
in
this
disparity
study,
and
there
was
a
concerted
effort
not
to
include
us
in
this
disparity
study
and
then
the
fact
that
we
were
not
included
in
the
disparity
study.
J
It
was
used
as
as
as
an
excuse
for
not
moving
forward
in
regards
to
including
lgbt
businesses
in
the
supplier,
diversity
programs,
because
they
would
come
back
and
say
well,
we
don't
have
data
that
can
prove
that
that
there's
any
inherent
bias
or
inherent
challenges
that
members
of
the
lgbt
community
face
in
regards
to
starting
a
business
growing,
a
business
and
the
like,
and
so
it
was
it
was
this
like
wait.
J
Your
turn
kind
of
a
situation,
so
you
know,
and
and
the
census
data
for
minneapolis
for
2020
shows
that
I
think
it
was
like
64
of
the
of
the
population
in
minneapolis
is
white.
Well,
I
can
assure
you
that
32
of
the
money
that's
spent
by
the
city
of
minneapolis
isn't
spent
with
minority
businesses,
so
there's
a
huge
gap
and
there's
lots
of
work
that
can
be
done
as
it
relates
to
the
supply
diversity
program.
J
A
lot
of
the
unfortunately
one
of
the
other
aspects
that
we
learned
from
this
disparity
study
is
that
the
majority
of
the
businesses
that
received
quote
diverse
businesses
that
received
contracts
was
actually
businesses
that
were
owned
by
white
women.
And
so,
when
she
went
to
everybody
else,
it
was
a
very
small
fraction
of
availability.
So
you
know
we
can't
just
throw
the
term
out,
and
I
know
that
I've
been
saying
diverse
and
minority-owned
businesses.
J
J
Out
there
than
than
than
just
white
women
right
and
so
there's
work
that
can
be
done
in
regards
to
providing
broader
access
for
everybody
in
regards
to
this,
so
quorum
is
called
coalition
building,
so
we've
just
we've.
We've
just
secured
a
great
partnership
with
the
minneapolis
regional
chamber
and
they're
absolutely
on
board
in
regards
to
helping
us
advocate
for
the
inclusion
of
lgbt
disabled
owned
and
veteran-owned
businesses
in
the
supplier,
diversity
programs,
the
minnesota
twins
is
helping
us
build
this
coalition
to
also
include
the
black
hispanic
native
american
and
hmong
chambers.
J
So
our
goal
is
actually
within
the
next
couple
weeks
to
have
a
letter
signed
by
all.
You
know
the
leaders
of
all
these
different
entities
indicating
their
support
for
the
city
of
minneapolis,
the
city
of
saint
paul
and
the
state
of
minnesota
to
broaden
their
supply
and
diversity
programs
to
include
these
additional
businesses
that
are
not
currently
included.
J
J
All
right
there
we
go,
and
so
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
I
opened
it
up
to
any
questions
that
you
might
have
as
it
relates
to
this.
B
Hi
this
is
catherine,
I
had
a
question.
I
know
a
lot
of
us
in
the
queer
community
are
sometimes
performers
and
artists
and
business
owners
of
more
adult
themed
kind
of
content,
and
are
those
businesses
welcome
in
the
quorum
too.
F
J
It
and
so
the
thing
with
quorum
is
there
there
there
is
this
focus
to
be
able
to
provide
additional
access
to
both
corporate
as
well
as
municipal
opportunities,
but
there's
always
b2b
business
opportunities
that
happen
as
well,
which
is
business
to
business
opportunities
as
well.
As
you
know,
the
mentoring
that
can
happen
and
the
sharing
of
knowledge
and
information
in
regards
to
you
know
growing
your
business
and
things
like
that.
I
mean
I
get
so
much
knowledge
and
information
from
attending
quorum,
breakfasts
or
networking
events.
J
I
Questions
yes,
so
I
was
wondering:
do
you
I
think,
track
posted
a
link
in
the
chat.
So
how
do
you
become
a
member
of
quorum?
You
know?
Is
it
open
to
membership
any
membership?
Is
there
specific
specific
criteria?
Is
there
any
fees
that
are
associated
with
membership
and,
for
example,
for
some
sort
of
event?
How
do
we
go
about
requesting
interpreters?
How
is
that
covered
accessibility,
etc?.
J
Yep,
so
my
memory
serves
me
correct
your
the
quorum
membership
is
like
20
bucks
a
month,
and
if
the
folks
have
challenges
making
the
20,
you
know
membership
fee,
we
have
abilities
for
people
to
be
able
to.
I
think,
do
it
on
the
sliding
scale
see.
This
is
the
stuff
that
rebecca
would
know
all
the
answers
to,
as
opposed
to
me.
But
the
thing
is:
is
anybody
that
shows
up
to
a
quorum
event?
J
You're,
not
gonna,
you're,
not
gonna,
be
turned
away
right,
and
so
you
know,
majority
of
our
events
are
there's
a
there's
like,
I
think,
thrive,
thursday
breakfasts
that
happen.
So
some
folks
like
going
up
really
early
in
the
morning,
which
is
not
me
some
folks
like
doing
you,
know
networking
events
that
are
happy
hours
in
the
evening,
something
and
so
there's
there's
a
great
mix
of
events
for
to
be
able
to
work
with
whatever
people
like
and
and
again
majority
of
those
events
are
free.
So
it's
we
don't
check
people's.
J
You
know
membership
cards
to
see
what
their
core
member,
when
they
show
up
or
not
it's
kind
of
on
the
honor
system.
You
know,
and
but
we
want,
we
just
want
people
to
be
able
to
get
together
and
and
be
able
to
support
each
other.
The
events
like
that
are
the
paid
events.
Are
our
national
coming
out
day
luncheon,
which,
if
my
memory
serves
me
correct,
is
the
largest
in
the
midwest?
J
Is
the
the
quorum
leadership
awards
and
then
the
un
gala.
So
those
are
the.
I
think,
the
only
three
events
that
we
do
that
are
paid.
Everything
else
is
free,
because
we
want
to
make
sure
that
people
have
access
to
be
able
to
attend.
I
Wonderful
and
then
are
those
events
I'm
trying
to
you
know,
I'm
just
maybe
track
can
help
out
with
I'm
trying
to
make
sure
like
if
interpreters
are
provided.
You
know
if
somebody
is
interested
from
the
deaf
or
hard
of
hearing
community
to
come
in
and
need
a
interpreter.
I
don't
know
if,
like
if
you
work
in
coordination
with
city
of
minneapolis,
to
provide
interpreters
track.
Please
correct
me
if
you
know
the
information,
I
had
another
train
of
thought,
but
I
have
lost
it
on
that
question.
But
yeah
that's
my
question.
J
I
J
That
was
the
second
part
of
your
question.
My
apologies
for
missing
it.
So
I
don't
know
what
the
current
setup
is,
but
I
can
get
that
answer
for
you
because
I
know
rebecca
who's.
Our
executive
director
is
responsible
for
all
that
fun
stuff,
and
so
I
know
once
we
went
virtual,
I
believe
we've
had
some
of
our
especially
some
of
our
larger.
Had
you
know
interpreters,
but
I
don't
I
mean
we.
J
I
don't
believe
we
have
interpreters
at
all
events
and
so
perhaps
rebecca
getting
I'll
connect
rebecca
with
track
to
be
able
to
figure
out.
You
know
what
options
and
opportunities
there
are
through
the
city
so
that
we
make
it
more
accessible
for
folks,
where
I'm
I'm
all
about
all
of
that.
So
no
thank
you
for
bringing
it
up.
A
Yeah-
and
this
is
track-
I
don't-
I
don't
think
I
am
oh
I'm,
echoing
out
of
someone's
computer.
I
don't
think
I
can
book
city
interpreters
for
you
all,
but
I'm
always
happy
to
make
a
connection
or
help
with
logistics
or
anything
like
that.
If
that's
useful
and
thanks
to
hunter's
significant
support
of
me,
have
gotten
connected
to
a
bunch
of
local
interpreters
who
do
queer
and
trans
events
even.
F
G
Yes,
it
looks,
I'm
I'm
actually
just
gonna
head
out
here.
I
was
wondering
if
track
can
take
over
just
for
the
end
of
it.
G
A
One
quick
question
I
will
ask,
is
my
understanding
in
reaching
out
to
you
all
to
schedule
was
partially
just
that
it
might
be
it's
useful
for
the
tec
to
know
about
this,
that
this
is
something
you're
working
on.
I
don't
know
if
you
have
a
sense
of
like
what
the
transgender
equity
council
does
generally
is
make
recommendations
to
the
mayor
and
city
council.
I
don't
know
if
you
have
a
sense
of
like
what
is
most
useful
from
the
tec
if
they
wanted
to
move
forward
with
supporting
any
of
this
initiative
that
you're
working
on.
J
No,
no,
that's
a
great
that's
a
great
question,
so
it's
you
know
you
have.
You
have
a
direct
connection
to
the
mayor,
and
I
know
that
the
mayor
has
expressed
interest
in
regards
to
this
as
well
as
you
know,
several
city,
council
members,
and
so
sometimes
it's
it's.
It's
hearing
that
support
from
different
members
within
our
community
and
as
well
as
you
know,
different
organizations
in
regards
to
the
importance
of
this,
especially
since
you
know
your
group
is
is,
is
you
know
specifically
focused
on
the
trans
community.
J
I
think
it
could
be
significantly
helpful
for
the
trans
community,
especially
since
again
my
experience
has
been
you
know.
Our
transgender
and
gender
non-conforming
siblings
are
the
ones
that
sometimes
have
the
most
difficult
challenges:
securing
and
maintaining
work
based
on
them,
not
following
society.
J
You
know
conforming
to
societal
norms,
right
and
so
having
the
ability
for
them
to
be
able
to
start
their
own
businesses
and
be
able
to
work
for
themselves,
can
create
some
of
that
that
that
important,
financial
stability
and
independence
that
I
think
is
has
been
lacking,
not
not
due
to
any
fault
of
their
own.
J
So
I
just
think
you
know
having
a
you
know
when
you
have
meetings,
you
know
bringing
it
up
to
them,
asking
them
where
they're
at
as
it
relates
to
it,
bringing
up
the
fact
that
some
of
these
other
more
conservative
cities
are
are
ahead
of
us
in
regards
to
this
and
asking
why
why
why
we
haven't
made
this
a
priority?
J
It's
it's!
It's
not
it's
not
that
challenging.
It
doesn't
appear
as
though
it
would
be
that
challenging
for
the
city
of
minneapolis
and
st
paul
to
make
this
change.
The
state
of
minnesota
is
going
to
be
a
little
bit
more
of
a
challenge,
because
I
think
there's
going
to
have
to
be
legislation
that
has
to
be
passed,
and
so
that
would
require
both
chambers
to
agree
on
things
which
is
really
hard
to
to
make
happen.
J
But
if
we
can
make
this
happen
for
minneapolis
and
st
paul,
I
mean
again,
the
bulk
of
the
state's
population
is
here
as
well
as
the
bulk
of
the
state's
lgbt
population,
because
lgbtq
population
is
here
as
well.
F
A
I
will
ask:
I
know
that
when
I
spoke
to
councilmember
cunningham
about
this,
he
suggested
bringing
you
in
one
of
the
things
he
named.
Is
that
part
of
the
pushback
against
incorporating
lgbt
owned
businesses
into
like
this
of
fire
diversity
was
the
kind
of
like
well
now,
it's
just
gonna
be
like
cis
white
gay
men
instead
of
cis
white
women
who
are
getting
all
the
contracts
instead
of
maybe
like
bypass,
don't
buy
popcorn
businesses-
and
I
don't
know
if
you
all
have
had
that
conversation
or
have
thoughts
on
like
how
that
conversation
has
gone.
J
Yeah,
that's
a
very
common,
that's
a
common
pushback
as
it
relates
to
that,
and
that's
one
of
the
reasons
why
we're
doing
the
coalition
building
aspect,
because
you
know
there's
this
a
lot
of
times.
People
like
just
talking
about
pie
right
and
it's
like,
oh
well.
J
If
you
get
a
bigger
piece
of
the
pie,
I
get
a
little
p,
the
smaller
piece
of
the
pie,
and-
and
so
you
know
one
of
the
things
and
that's
why
I
brought
up
the
demographic
aspect
of
it,
because,
if
we're
looking
at
the
city
of
minneapolis
and
we're
looking
at
being
equitable
and
fair
as
it
relates
to
that,
you
know
if
65
of
the
city's
population
is
is
is
caucasian.
J
You
know
why
are
they
getting
95
of
the
contracts
right
and
so
so
there's
so
there's
that
aspect
in
regards
to
some
of
the
disparities
that
that
there
has
to
be
intentional
work
in
order
to
be
able
to
do
it
and
address
it.
J
And
the
other
aspect
is
that
there's
actually
cisgender
white
men
in
other
supplier,
diversity,
angles
and
aspects
too
so
they're
part
of
the
veteran
owned
they're
part
of
the
disabled
owned
right,
and
so,
but
does
that
mean
that
they're
any
less
disadvantaged,
sometimes
in
regards
to
things,
if
you
have
a
disability,
you're
challenged
right
and
there's
challenges
in
regards
to
access,
you
know,
and
so
the
bulk
of
so
I
mean
I
mean
that's
that's
kind
of
the
the
argument
that
I've
heard
a
lot,
and
so
that's
also
why
I
brought
up
the
the
the
particular
example
of
you
know:
somebody
that
that
identifies
has
multiple
identities
and
multiple
aspects
of
their
identities
in
the
intersectionality
aspect
of
it.
J
So
why
would
a
you
know
black
trans
woman
be
required
to
they
can't
go
to
we
bank?
They
can't
get
women
certified,
because
they
don't
accept
that.
Why
should
she
have
to
go
to
nmsdc,
which
is
the
minority
one
which
you
know
they
may
not
necessarily
feel
as
comfortable
interacting
in
those
spaces
right?
J
Why
shouldn't
they
be
able
to
use
their
lgbt
identity
where
they
feel
most
at
home
in
regards
to
who
it
is
that
they
are
to
be
able
to
have
access
and
and
not
being
included,
precludes
them
from
having
that
access
and
again
these
are
the
folks
that
are
the
most
marginalized,
so
so
yeah.
Hopefully
that
was
helpful.
A
If
it's
something
they
or
that
you
can't
answer
so
if
questions
come
up
later
or
if
there's
something
you'd
rather
ask
directly,
please
feel
free
to
follow
up
with
me
and
I
can
connect
you
or
pass
things
on.
But
thank.
C
A
J
Of
course,
thank
you.
Thank
you
so
much
for
having
us
yeah
we're
here,
we're
here
to
help
and
and
we
we
we'd,
love
all
the
help
and
support
that
we
can
get
from
your
group
and
others.
So,
thanks
again,
totally.