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VI UPDATE U.S. Virgin Islands Public Records TRANSCRIPT OF PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS VICCC QUARTERLY MEETING & HEARING No 002 2025 Video 06252025 Casino Control Commission (VICCC) November 8, 2025 · 1.7 hours · gov Source recording https://youtu.be/UWzd1EOEOs4 Status This is NOT the official transcript. 3 V.I.C. § 884 requires the agency itself to make a verbatim record of its proceedings and reduce it to a transcript within sixty days. This is a working transcript produced by machine from a recording of the proceeding, offered as a finding aid. Transcribed by VI Update, using OpenAI Whisper large-v3-turbo, run locally. Not reviewed by a person. Reliability Automatic transcription, UNVERIFIED. Verify every quotation against the recording before relying on it. Speech recognition splits spoken digits and wraps figures mid-number, so a dollar amount, a vote count or a bill number can be wrong in a way that reads as correct. 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No permission is needed, and none is ours to grant or withhold. good morning and welcome to the virgin islands casino controlled commission where we are celebrating 30 years of casino regulatory excellence honoring our legacy and shaping the future did i get it right yes okay thank you all for being here um and um okay to the to the second quarterly regular meeting for 2020 25 number zero zero two that's twenty twenty five the coordination control commission this meeting is thereby called to order today is wednesday 2025. roll call please good morning commissioner luther f renee commissioner carolyn p herman purcell presence and chairman marvin l green present mr chairman all present no absences thank you very much the casino version of control commission is comprised of three members all members being present a quorum is hereby established madam clerk with you but before we go get to that name we recognize uh others in attendance we have 0:00:00 legal counsel detective director linda smith we welcome our fresh new and minted licensing and compliance officer which is in her talk we have our newly titled uh finance and hr administrator miss promisha smith here with the camera We have in the office in the back, we have our IT support specialist, Mr. Odingo Davila. 0:01:58 Welcome to members of the audience. You see we have some special people in the audience as well. These are the students from... Yes, Mr. Chairman, they are. The next... this comes on uh yes these are the students from the next gen and ceo summer camp they're also here with their advisors mr chairman okay thank you very much uh the as i mentioned earlier this is the uh 30th anniversary of the commission we are doing uh certain of which and participating in community events and we've invited uh these uh young people uh to be here with us today um i would also recognize uh uh attorney um oliver david i hope you're all friends from seals which lines mr capers mr ward uh today i miss anyone oh okay yeah before we proceed um to uh read it read the um agenda into the minutes we have with us uh two summer interns here at the procedure control commission i would like to let them to step forward miss williams and mr lebron james introduce 0:02:40 Machine transcript · UNVERIFIED. Verify every quotation against the recording. Speakers are not identified. VI Update · usvipublicrecords.com · public record, no rights asserted (CC0 1.0) 1 of 13 Casino Control Commission (VICCC) · VICCC QUARTERLY MEETING & HEARING No 002 2025 Video yourself to uh grab a mic and introduce yourself to the lawyers so good morning everyone my name is barra williams i'm a senior at the university of my major is business administration with a constitution in turban and hospitality Good morning, everyone. My name is Lebron James. I am a junior at the LaRoche University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and I am majoring in computer science. Thank you. thank you very much for the second year okay uh madam clerk could you read the balance of the agenda yes mr chairman agenda item number three approval of minutes of march 12 2025 agenda item number four reports of officers 4a secretary treasurer's report 4b vice chair's report and 4c chairman's report agenda item number five report of division of gaming enforcement bge agenda item number six six new business number six a approval of licensure resolution number zero zero two dash twenty twenty five six b approval of licensure resolution number zero zero three that's 2025 and 6c plans for responsible gaming education month divvy karina bay casino and caravel hotel and casino six eight six seven excuse me any other business and six eight adjournment okay thank you very much 0:04:44 your next item on the agenda will be the approval of minutes of tomorrow march 12 2025 meeting um colleagues have you had an opportunity to review the transcripts Mr. Chair, I move that the permission um accept the um transcript of our March 12, 2025 as the official minutes of that weekend. I so move. Mr. Chair, I move to second the motion to accept the minutes of March 12, 2025. Thank you, Commissioner Herman Purcell and Commissioner Rene. 0:06:51 The motion to accept the minutes from our March 12, 2025 meeting has been moved by Commissioner Herman Purcell and seconded by Commissioner Rene. Hearing no objections, the motion is hereby approved. Okay, moving on to item number four of the agenda, which is reports of the officers. um we started this process was uh of having these uh quarter reports to inform the public of the activities undertaken by the commissioners in between our meetings um still i i i sometimes uh get a little bit uh what should i say concern that uh people don't know what we do at the commission and the amount of activities that that uh take place here so uh this is uh will be uh has been and will continue to be a constant on our our board meetings so we begin with the secretary treasurer's report uh commissioner thank you mr chairman good morning to all chairman me today is reporting and repeating it celebrating 30 years of casino regulatory excellence honoring our legacy and shipping the future 0:07:48 the following is a summary of the activities undertaken in my capacity as secretary treasurer of the gojin islands casino control commission during the second quarter of 2025 the second quarter has been extremely active and busy at the commission on march the 13th 2025 accompanied by executive director linda smith and finance and hr administrator mrs smith i conducted a walkthrough of potential venues for the commission's anniversary celebration scheduled for november 8th 2025. On March 8th, I attended a staff meeting where Chairman Pickerick commended the executive team for their dedications in maintaining a seamless operation at the Commission during the absence of a licensing and compliance officer. 0:09:42 As chair of the 30th anniversary committee, I continue to facilitate planning meetings on a bi-weekly basis. The committee comprises of past and present staff members of the commission. However, during the March 25th meeting, a challenge was issued to committee members and other team members to propose a theme for our 30th anniversary celebration. with a 300 award for the winning selection additionally plans for the kickoff event will finalize during the march 25th meeting the kickoff was planned for april 23rd 2025. march 29 And I participated in the Comprehensive Inspector's Report Writing and Refresher Training course conducted by Legal Counsel Kevin Bedard. On April the 9th, I participated in the Licensing Area of AAA Training and Security Services. April 14th, 2025, alongside of Executive Director Linda Smith, I participated in a planning meeting and other public safety measures for the 30th anniversary kickoff celebration that was held right outside the parking lot. April 18 of 2025, compared on former Senator Neville James WTGF radio show, analyzed this where we discussed the Commission's 30th anniversary kickoff celebrations. 0:10:55 Atelier Vidal accompanied me and we were able to publicize many of the activities that we have so far planned. April 9th, I continued promoting the kickoff event by participating in a radio interview with Abdullah Ali on WSTS radio. The cornerstone of the 30th anniversary celebrations was the kickoff, which took place on April 23rd with an hour celebration that featured live performances by guardians of culture mokujambis, ii culture dancers and stanley and intensely blessed nights also we have dja will providing live entertainment this event was highly successful and well received by all april 30 f 2025 participated in executive meeting number 003-2025 On May 6th, 7th, and 9th, I engaged in nine candidate interviews regarding the licensing and compliance officer recon position. May 21st, the Internet Gaming and Internet Gambling Summit Planning Committee convened with ongoing meeting schedules weekly to finalize arrangements for a summit planned for July the 31st 2025 the committee continued discussions with with gli and innovative growth on may 30th 2025 the commissioner's legal council and executive director making senator maurice james to discuss a proposed legislation bill number 36 dash 0076 which seeks to authorize casino operations on dock cruise ships while in port st croix on june 16 20 25 i had the privilege 0:13:06 Machine transcript · UNVERIFIED. Verify every quotation against the recording. Speakers are not identified. VI Update · usvipublicrecords.com · public record, no rights asserted (CC0 1.0) 2 of 13 Casino Control Commission (VICCC) · VICCC QUARTERLY MEETING & HEARING No 002 2025 Video of welcoming our new licensing and compliance officer mr ruffian ito on june the 4th to the 5th 2025 i attended the network conference in nashville tennessee notably the virginity casino control commission had the opportunity to present this at that session of uh presentation entitled we have a story to tell i'm sure you'll hear more about that from the active participants in that presentation at another conference i particularly learned a lot from the aml fundamentals On June 10th, 2025, the members of the Internet Gaming and Internet Gambling Summit Planning Committee participated in a meeting with the Innovative Group once again and GLI to advance discussions on Internet Gaming and Internet Gambling legislation. 0:15:20 On June 17, I attended Executive Meeting Number 004-2025, where key issues, including the need for cybersecurity training, and we discussed also the upcoming budget presentation to the 36th legislature. job on the evening of june 20th 2025 i attended a presentation at central high school by next generation ceo summer camp where i witnessed some very innovative students presenting their projects and i'm glad to have them some of them here with us this morning but i was preview uh the preview of the presentation at the central high school at the invitation of course of attorney without i was very pleased so thank you for being with us today we welcome you mr chairman that comes to the end of my report thank you commissioner renee you will not have you will not have the vice chair report commissioner thank you mr chairman um some of our activities will um track with commissioner renee because he tends to sit in the same meeting rooms so i'll go quickly through my report is included in your packet um during the period since we um our last portland weekend held on march 12th of 2025 i have fulfilled my duties as a commissioner in certain manners uh i too attended a licensed in here for triple a training and security services llc which did result in a license being issued to that entity i attended the 30th anniversary 0:16:30 kickoff on april 23rd at 2025. it was a wonderful start to a year celebrating our accomplishments here at the casino control commission and charting a path forward i participated in those nine interviews um for licensing and compliance officer and after meeting with those nine persons the commission had the task of narrowing down our selection to one person and that person you see here as the lco mrs atoll and i welcome her to the gordon islands casino control commission i've attended meetings with the innovative group and gaming laboratories international and planning sessions as the commission moves forward with the internet gaming and internet gambling summit scheduled for july 31st of 2025. i participated in meetings concerning operations here at the casino include our air conditioning system which i'm happy to feel yes i i was not i did not have to suffer through the work under the commission because i was in st thomas but i didn't see it on the face yes and i'm so happy so we're all cool today the air conditions the system seems to be functioning as we wanted so that's good i attended meetings of the 30th anniversary committee chaired by commissioner renee participated in executive meetings 003 of 2025 and 004 of 2025. i also attended a meeting with the virgin island senator to discuss bill number 360076 to ship operations of the casinos while docked here in the virgin 0:18:25 islands and during this period i led planning meetings that culminated in the commission's presentation at nazra we have a story to tell the virgin islands casino control commission and the building of culturally adapted problem gambling awareness initiatives at the north american gaming regulation regulators association 2025 education and training conference held on and we presented on june 4th at 2025 in nashville kennessee chairman pickering served as moderator moderator of the panel that included attorney vidal dr nicole fredwell sims assistant commissioner from the virgin islands department of health tracy parker who's a senior vice president of accreditation advisory and insight a responsible gambling council based in toronto canada and myself commissioner renee an attorney alga david director of the virgin islands division of gaming enforcement were present in the audience i want to take this opportunity to say thank you to to Executive Assistant Ramesha Smith and our IT specialist, Odengo Dabla, for their creative work on the PowerPoint slides and the technical assistance and guidance they provided. The PowerPoint has been submitted for post-in by MAGRA and its members-only portal base camp. By all accounts, the presentation was well-received resonated on the need for culturally sense cultural sensitivity resigning problem gambling 0:20:18 programs the nagra conference ran from june 1st to the 6th of 2025 and had the largest number of attendees to date for navra and and my final um activity for the quarter is my attendance here to the second quality museum thank you uh commissioner and yes that uh we had um as you mentioned in your reports uh the uh nagra nagra conference which was um as you said as you did it well received it was well presented you know by our panelists and yes i too second um um your your commendation of administrator Smith and and uh Mr. Dabler for uh their invaluable assistance in putting that um our PowerPoint presentation together uh which moves us to the chairman's report and as commissioner herman certainly became something that would overlap and of course we are we're all at same meetings but the meetings that we're not at on april 3rd uh met with uh governor bryan at our government house here on st board to discuss the commission's fiscal year 2026 budget and uh some other matters who as was mentioned before um the commission is engaged in uh reviewing the internet gaming and internet gambling uh statutes and regulations uh to that end we met uh attorney vidal and i met with um uh gli um uh gli principles uh uh mr carlos 0:22:09 Machine transcript · UNVERIFIED. Verify every quotation against the recording. Speakers are not identified. VI Update · usvipublicrecords.com · public record, no rights asserted (CC0 1.0) 3 of 13 Casino Control Commission (VICCC) · VICCC QUARTERLY MEETING & HEARING No 002 2025 Video withdraw and my brothers uh to discuss uh those those amendments and breaks uh on april 9th i convened uh the special meeting and hearing uh as mentioned earlier for aaa training and security services uh on april 11th the evening of april 11th i attended the community salute ceremony at Governor House here on St. Coy, in which the commission was a sponsor. What that organization does is to recognize and honor young, recent high school graduates who have decided to join the military in various branches of the military, and they have decided to serve the country, and they are recognized by that organization and also honored. And I was really happy to participate in that. 0:24:07 The NAGA conference was mentioned, the third anniversary kickoff. We submitted our fiscal year 2026 budget to the post auditor of the budget appropriations and finance committee on april 28th um on april 3rd we convened the agenda meeting number zero three that's one twenty five the uh lco interviews were mentioned previously uh on may 12 2025 i attended the sports betting community summit America Summit, SBC, Sportsman Community Summit, America's 2025 Conference, and that was held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. We came up to the NYPA 2025 Conference Planning Committee, of which Director David and myself our members to be participating in those meetings as well um as was mentioned uh previously by commissioner renee we established a internet gaming and gambling summit plan committee and we are holding meetings uh weekly up through the summit which is scheduled to be held on july 31st 25th at uh carambola and i know that uh i guess we see the invitations uh to that invite and we're hoping that we can see you here and we can uh uh get your input into how we address um how we can improve or address uh the engine again gaming and gambling uh We did a walk through of Karambola on the 23rd, we did a walk through at Buccaneer Hotel, and as I mentioned, those were the two sites that were being considered for the summit, we eventually chose Karambola. 0:25:14 um nagra was mentioned previously and on june 17 we convene executive meeting on the zero four of twenty twenty five financial matters and related activities uh for the period October 1st 2024 through june 25th 2025 the commission issued a total of 198 licenses and statements of compliance in various categories as follows casino employees 53 casino key employees 36 statement of compliance for casino employees 62 statement of compliance casino key employees 27 statement of compliance gaming related uh entities eight statement of compliance non-gaming related entities seven non-gaming limited entity licenses issue before gaming related licenses issue one for the same period the commission issued 234 work permits 86 exemptions from licensure and 30 waivers from registration and licensure for the period october 1st 2024 through april 30th the current fiscal year revenues for the commission were 1 million 233 thousand six hundred fifty dollars versus one million four hundred twenty five thousand six hundred fifty six dollars for the same period of fiscal year 2024 a difference of 192 000 less that reduction is due primarily to the higher amount of license fees that were collected in the prior fiscal year versus the current fiscal year expenses thus far this fiscal year amount to one million ninety one thousand 0:27:22 421 dollars for a net surplus of 142 229 dollars for the same period last year expenditures amounted to 1 million 39 888 dollars for a net surplus of 385 768 dollars the difference of 243 539 the total fiscal year 2025 budget projects revenues and spend and expenditures in the amount of two million two hundred twenty thousand three hundred dollars for a balanced budget as we always note the major portion of the commission's revenue and expenditures is due to the contributions of the central government government of virgin islands for payroll and related fringe costs for the commission to include commissioners and staff which for the seven months ended april 30th 2025 amounted to 837 397 or 68 of revenues and 77 of expenditures the commission is also uh mandated to manage two other accounts namely the amounts allocated to to the Division of Gaming Enforcement from the Casino Control Revolving Account, which is 20% of the funds deposited into that account from fees and fines, et cetera, et cetera. 0:29:25 And that's for the operating expenses of the Division of Gaming Enforcement of which Attorney of david hedge and the other account is that manages the one percent of the casino revenue fund taxes which are dedicated to providing for gambling addiction and education programs that account is entitled is titled vi alliance for responsible gaming for the period october 1st 2024 through april 30th 2025 the dge revolving account had revenues of seventeen thousand one hundred dollars and expenses of twelve thousand one hundred sixty six dollars or a surplus of four thousand nine hundred thirty four dollars for the same period the viarg responsible gaming account fund had revenues of thirteen thousand eighty four dollars and expenses amounting to 21 261 dollars for a net loss of 8 177 dollars the above of those expenditures on uh from bi arg uh amounted to 10 636 dollars and those were those expenses were related to providing for the commission or the bi alg providing training for Department of Health Dambling Addiction Counselors, and as Commissioner Herman Purcells mentioned earlier, we were accompanied by Dr. Craigwell Sims of the Department of Health at our NAGRA conference presentation. 0:31:06 gross casino revenues those casino revenues for the period october 1st 2024 to april 30th 2025 as reported by our casino licensees dv carina bay and carabel hotel casino amounted to 11 million 102 962 dollars versus 10 million seven hundred eleven thousand eight hundred fifty seven dollars for the same period of last year an increase of 391 105 or roughly four 0:32:56 Machine transcript · UNVERIFIED. 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VI Update · usvipublicrecords.com · public record, no rights asserted (CC0 1.0) 4 of 13 Casino Control Commission (VICCC) · VICCC QUARTERLY MEETING & HEARING No 002 2025 Video percent for the entire fiscal year 2024 rose casino revenues amounted to 18 million 527 thousand 93 gross casino revenues is taxed at a rate of 12 percent which is paid into the casino revenue fund them the commission receives 25 of those tax revenues with the remaining 75 allocated to support certain other government of the virgin islands agencies for the quarter ended march 31st 2025 both casinos reported a combined gross total payroll of two million eight hundred fifty four thousand three hundred two dollars with a total head count of three hundred eleven employees these amounts include both the casinos and the affiliated hotels we know we cannot have a casino without having a hotel the total fiscal year today payroll october 1st 2024 to march 31st 2025 was 5 million two hundred eighty nine thousand three hundred thirty seven dollars with an average headcount of 304 employees other spending on goods as reported by our facility licensees um for the period uh through march 31st 2025 was five million five hundred sixty eight thousand seven hundred thirty four dollars versus five million four hundred twenty five thousand seven hundred five dollars for the same period the prior fiscal year an increase of 143 000 29 or slightly less than three percent for the fiscal year spending for the other goods and services amount to ten million seven hundred thirty six thousand six hundred forty dollars versus ten million five hundred five hundred eight thousand five hundred seventy dollars uh for the previous fiscal year for an overall increase of two hundred twenty eight thousand seventy dollars examples of other goods and services include food liquor advertising insurance legal services etc from these uh reporting uh statistics you can understand the value and the importance of the casino industry to not only to St. Court but to the government of the Virgin Islands hearing ends hearing ends the chairperson okay 0:34:59 i'm going to move on to the next item on the agenda you now hear from dge director attorney oliver yes good morning again good morning i am r oliver david the director of the division of enforcement in the department of justice is your microphone yes it is okay okay uh since dge's last quarterly performance report dated march 4th 2025 the dge accomplished the following dge completed due diligence investigation for the following categories applicants casino license cse gaming related and qualifiers 10 casino km 22. the dg is particularly pleased with its completion of the casino license renewal applications treasure bay bi lnc treasure bay lnc and Limestar LLC and the qualifiers. These investigations were ongoing for over two years and the entities and qualifiers were all interrelated. Moreover, a comprehensive investigation of these entities had not been conducted in over five years and really felt that it was necessary to go soon. I'm sure that both mr kickers and miss vans please that i know this um these investigations are voluminous i don't know if the commission members have had the chance to review them however anything that 0:37:04 you want to find with regard to Consolidation of the financial report for quite some time, and I have been doing it, but that was my goal to get it out of the way, and I hope that, you know, everybody will be pleased to get a chance to review it, and if you have any questions, you can ask me about this. yeah we do have a forum and uh i've uh that's why we can't read it okay i'm closed investigations the dge calls out its investigation of 17 applicants i.e applicants who terminated or resigned prior to dge completing its investigation the dge processed 15 new license applications received for investigations to include cke chke ce chc well let me let me just say what these are because folks might not know ck is casino key employee applications chke is casino hotel key uh employee application ce is casino employee applications we have c s e g r that's casino services entity gaming related applications and CHENGR, that is Casino Services Entity Non-Gaming Related Applications. 0:39:22 So we received these applications and we opened 50 new applications, new investigation files. DGE completed the investigation of one patron complaint and submitted with expert reports to the VICCC for further action. DGE has also filed a complaint against Casino Licensee for alleged violation of the viccc rules and regulations requests for technical assistance jackal verification the dg staff responded to approximately 19 requests for technical assistance from both david carina bay and caravan casino dg staff assisted the gaming technicians at the casino in addressing technical problems with the electronic gaming machines to have these machines return to the living floor and i think as of yesterday my investigator technical assistant who was at both of the casino was assisting with this uh request training dj continues to provide training to all staff members both online and at various conferences recently the dj staff participated in two certificate trainings even with investigation technique and investigation report writing it it was a very extensive two-day training that was conducted by a company out of toronto cabinet but i think it was uh very in depth and uh we were replaced with what we got from them staffing presently the dg has a backlog of approximately 385 due diligence investigations pending for the CKT and so forth. Inadequate staffing continues to be a major issue at DGE. The backlog of investigations will continue to increase if the staffing needs at DGE are not addressed. Once again the Attorney General made a plea for additional staff for the DGE in his fiscal year 2026 budget presentation before that we either decision either we're asking that the commission as they have done for the past several years continue to press or ask or 0:40:58 Machine transcript · UNVERIFIED. Verify every quotation against the recording. Speakers are not identified. VI Update · usvipublicrecords.com · public record, no rights asserted (CC0 1.0) 5 of 13 Casino Control Commission (VICCC) · VICCC QUARTERLY MEETING & HEARING No 002 2025 Video then for staffing for DGE when the budget presentation of the of the commission is there in addition to provide some level of assistance I have been for the past several months I have in contact with the school of business at the university of the bridging islands to get students to do internship with the baby i had a it was a very difficult task and just two weeks ago i spoke to the coordinator of internship the coordinator of the internship program at ubi so that everything was done and they and she put out the She put a notification regarding the interest to 25 prospective students. Unfortunately, after two weeks, I received one request. I interviewed that young gentleman last week, and this to that, I asked if he knows anybody else that might be interested. And I think he spoke to all of his friends. 0:43:13 and uh tomorrow thursday i have two additional interviews so hopefully we can take someone or two weeks to address the backlog in terms of like scanning entering so uh that's what we're trying i don't think it's going to work but i'm trying to pay myself to see what i can get whatever i can do to assist the simply because as you as i indicated the number of applications due diligence investigation applications it keeps working it's very extensive but we don't want to just file it and leave it there because you'll grow tremendously so trying to work with people you know deal with what we can be three staff members this chair that's the end of my presentation thank you i was going to ask you about that 385 that that number has gone up yes it has gone up okay so um and i'm happy to hear that um ag made a plea for um re-stamping for you yeah uh we are going to have two bites of the apple we are we are scheduled to appear before the uh from economic development and agriculture um i think it's on the 14th of july and in gathering uh my material for that presentation i have in the packet the letter that we sent to uh former senator and then the current chairman of the budget appropriations and finance committee senator francis so that's part of the information that we present uh at this um this upcoming year and again we had we had to appear before the paf committee on july 23rd so we're gonna you know we will pitch it for you again yeah i mean this um you know this this really this really is um is this growing backlog is it's it's not it's not good yeah yeah you know so we we have to do what we can to try to assist you to get some additional stuff yeah and let me just say to the team in 0:44:15 general making the the pitch for additional staffing i was at the um the budget presentation that during the program did talk to a couple of the senators over there one of the things that i told them is uh dg there should be discussions whenever like the commission in the commission is they're talking about uh what the fact of budget uh not budget but uh finance so i said we are more aligned with this discussion than we aligned with other discussions with the city general office because the technique when you have the our justice department uh presentation if everything any grandmother but but uh and i told the senate it was that so so they said that they were receptive to trying to get to hear dje independently of the rest of what the justices did in fact one of the senators did say that he has um the same what we talked about what percent he's going to push it through and he said with the next but we should be hearing from him so i'm hoping that it happens i spoke to this um oh it's named that she was the chief of staff with the burglary yeah because i said it already but commissioner and i we met before in the office the last time trying to draft it up but she told me it's still active so that you know it is not there yet but until we receive it so we i am pushing also in the present date and i know you are and i know it in your industry so hopefully we'll get some help with that great thank you much thank you thank you any questions too long okay okay thank you okay the next item of business on the agenda we're going to new business to be item number six the approval such a approval of licensing resolution number zero zero two dash twenty 0:46:41 five uh b approval of licensing resolution and zero three dash twenty five and c So let's begin with resolution number 002-2025 these resolutions that we discuss in executive meetings as was mentioned before where we would discuss the license uh licenses to the issue statement of compliances and we use our statement of compliances uh as just mentioned while we await the um investigative reports uh and then something that we recently uh uh started doing um to uh relieve the administrative burden on the commission of having to issue temporary licenses every six months or every nine months whether the case might be statements of compliance uh uh terms for usually one year after that we still have not received the the um investigative report then we will issue the license the commission has the power to revoke a license it was subsequently in uh what's the term to use uh derogatory information is revealed uh in reports you know so you know we do have that we do have that power so we go through meet as uh as a commission and executive session executive meetings to review these applications and we take action and we ratify the actions 0:48:45 at the uh quality meetings so i will share that uh commissioner uh mr chair i know that the the commission gratified licensure resolution number 002 national 2025 which concerns administrative actions taken by the commission of baseball for the year of 2025 to issue statements of compliances and casino employee and casino servicing entity licenses i so move Mr. Chairman, I second the motion to approve the licensure resolution number 002-2025 on April 30th, 2025. 0:50:44 Thank you, Commissioner Rene. The motion to approve licensure resolution number 002-2024 has been moved by Commissioner Herman Purcell and seconded by the commissioner nay hearing no objections the motion is hereby approved uh 6b uh chairman i move that the commission ratify licensure resolution number 003-2025 which concern 0:51:34 Machine transcript · UNVERIFIED. Verify every quotation against the recording. Speakers are not identified. VI Update · usvipublicrecords.com · public record, no rights asserted (CC0 1.0) 6 of 13 Casino Control Commission (VICCC) · VICCC QUARTERLY MEETING & HEARING No 002 2025 Video administrative actions taken by the Commission on June 17th of 2025 to issue statements of statements of compliance and casino employee employee and casino servicing I can see licenses. I so move. Mr. Chairman, I second the motion to ratify the resolution number 003-2025-17-2020. thank you commissioner renee the motion to approve licensure resolution number zero zero three that's 2025 has been moved by commissioner herman pissell seconded by commissioner renee hearing no objections the motion is hereby approved thank you very much uh we now move on to item number six c um many of you may or may not be aware the month of september is designated as responsible gaming education month rgem by the american gaming association which is the tree or the um and the advocate for the casino industry uh this year would be the 27th year of rgem the commission has more than a keen interest in responsible gaming education efforts and the efforts to address and prevent gambling addiction we want to make every effort along with our industry partners to promote responsible gaming and gambling and to constantly remind patrons that gambling is the form of entertainment it's a game of chance sometimes you get lucky and you get the job but which is good but we want to remind people that we should game and gamble responsibly 0:52:31 gaming industry is a healthy industry but it must be always done uh in a responsible manner to that effort i'm going to invite our casino licensees to the uh testifiers table to uh tell us about their um about their uh plans for responsibility in education so we have uh um good morning commissioners i'm tom kuiper's general manager I did forge our package and testimony for today, and what i'm going to do is just run through a summary of what we're going to be doing in the month of September. The American Gaming Association has not updated their website with flyers as of yet, or at least as of when I sent it in on Friday. 0:54:52 But when they do, we will use those slides that they update each year as part of our presentation. There will be a guest loyalty letter posted in the elevator at the CAGE and a beachcombers club. A copy of that letter was provided to the commission. We will ensure our responsible gaming brochures are placed and replenished at the appropriate locations per our policy, which are at the Beachcombers Club, the CAGE, the casino ATMs, the elevator and in our employee dining room. These are suppliers that address responsible gaming directly and have all the information and phone numbers, etc. 0:56:13 Start briefing and talking points. Talking points will be sent out to all of our managers, supervisors and leads to highlight with multiple gaming education months. Those talking points were provided to the commission. And basically, what that's going to be is they are aids for our managers and supervisors to sit with the employees and actually have in-depth conversations on each of the talking points. so it's not just simply a flyer that's going up that nobody's going to read that they are actually going to sit down and go through in depth and have back and forth discussion with with the employees which tends to be a lot more valuable than just putting a piece of paper in front of people because they won't read it um backup house slides will be provided to the managers to post in on the department notice boards we will also post these slides in the edr but those are the slides that i was referring to um that come from the american gaming association our website screen of a.com will be up updated with banners promoting responsible gaming education month responsible gaming training will be conducted and completed throughout the month for all departments we will also utilize the rg 24 7 virtual training platform for training that was introduced to us thank you very much by the commission um and that's a very very comprehensive program that covers a lot of different things and i i know all of us you guys included have have taken it and it it is invaluable and lastly we will place a write-up in our quarterly newsletter on responsible gaming education month the writer will include the highlights from the loyalty letter and our 100 participation in training which is the goal for the end of september and any other written information provided by the gaming american 0:57:01 gaming association so that's a summary of what we're looking to be doing um and we did provide all the attachments that go along with that thank you and when did you start that in last week friday i believe thank you um monday monday okay thank you oh sorry i don't have it yeah but you said well have received this yes thank you thank you very much i i i i would be before i turn to the parallel you know i would be somewhat remiss if i did not thank both of you uh our casino licensees for working with us in the placement of our posters you know we certainly appreciate you partnering with us to to to do that because you know as i said before i know that you know we as a permission and you as licensees take your responsibility for responsible game and probably down in secrecy and i want to thank you for that um the last time we visited i think vice chair and myself saw a wide area that was near the security and we thought that was ideal for posting any problem gambling presentation or responsible gaming has that space been used at all or is it used now it is not being used at the moment that's where our queen of parts promotion typically goes what we did do was take all of your flyers in a digital format and put them 0:59:11 um on all of the tvs so that those are part of part of the scrolling so that it's more than just the posters that were provided it's actually throughout throughout the building on all of the end caps that that are available and it was actually provided to the hotel as well i need to double check because there have been some changes there uh but they were going to put it on all their tvs across in the rooms as well no i was just going to say and we did acknowledge that our at madra that our 1:01:19 Machine transcript · UNVERIFIED. 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VI Update · usvipublicrecords.com · public record, no rights asserted (CC0 1.0) 7 of 13 Casino Control Commission (VICCC) · VICCC QUARTERLY MEETING & HEARING No 002 2025 Video casino licensees were more than willing to you know make sure those pollsters that we didn't have to use the stick it was you just said it's always good when you don't have to take out that stick and we did acknowledge that our casino licensees were willing send the posters you put it on the exchange you did you made sure that message is out and we are working on a spanish version of the posters and the messages and as soon as we have those available definitely we'll get them out to you so we do i i echo what the chairman has said you you do show may i ask have we had any feedback on results we we talk each year about measuring things and whatnot do we have anything that we can measure to see if it's making a difference we we now have analytics on playwise you know i'm just going to repeat what mr davila has taught me to say and which i shared uh mr dabler show me it is sticking the message and i think that may have been after the casinos now posted you know the post is out you saw playwise a bi.org where you could log on to where we can now see people are going to the site we can see where they're uh the people uh logging off on it was mainly from the virgin islands that they're staying long on the pages they're really going through so we are from that angle getting numbers and the chair can be tight and we will share them but if we are we were able to show the first uh report where the initial launch not much activity when they work that out to the posting and the messaging that we did we saw the increases because that's encouraging when effort is put out and you know it's actually working that that I think that helps everybody to really believe in what they're doing. Yes, rather than just doing it because it's the right thing. 1:03:09 It is actually seeing results. Yes, we are seeing results. And I thank you because you always ask a question. You know, I can't say yes, we have. And as soon as we also have the Department of Health up to speed, and we can actually send them. They can tell them how many people are coming into their offices for counseling. also will be other than you know persons coming for the voluntary exclusion program that where where we're actually trying to help people and it's also good for the public to see that that it is actually working it's not just money that's being spent and going into the ether it is making the difference is it having an effect and maybe showing that there really isn't as much of a problem i don't know yeah well you know what my my my sentiment is one one part yes but so but it is something we are the commission is mandated to do and the commission is doing thank you for that thank you thank you too yes good morning i have uh something to read here for you so at carabelle casino we do take a commitment to responsible gaming very seriously not just during the month but all year round uh that said we're especially proud to share our plans for responsible gaming education month this september where we plan to lead the local industry in raising awareness and promoting safe play here's a quick overview of what we have planned first during the month of september our casino website will feature a banner at the top of the home page that links directly to responsible gaming resources and helpful tools for our guests next we'll be launching a targeted email campaign it will start with a message from me as a general manager setting the tone for the month and then each week guests will receive messages that talk 1:04:06 about the risks of problem gambling how to recognize warning signs and where to go for help we'll also be using our social media platforms such as facebook and instagram to share important reminders tips and messages that reinforce the importance of responsible gaming these posts will be tailored to engage our local audience and keep the topic from the center inside the casino we will take full advantage of our slot machine displays to show rotating messages about responsible play in addition we'll have posters up throughout the property both inside and out to make sure that the messaging is visible to everyone and finally our players club staff will share brief announcements and helpful facts with guests throughout the day things like how to set limits and where to find help if needed all of these efforts are part of our larger goal which is to create a gaming environment that's fun safe and respectful of the risks that come with games we all know that this is a shared responsibility and we are ready to do our part and more and lead by example so thank you for your time and as always we welcome any guidance or suggestions thank you so much we really appreciate that and yes i i recall that um you were doing the uh scrolling i call it scrolling uh you know i think i'm on the machine yes yeah are you doing that as well um uh display on the machine or uh were you doing something uh in the hotel room yes um no sir okay great okay well um yes please um you went through that lesson i'm glad you happen because when we appear before before the legislature on july 14th that's one of the questions they have told us to be prepared to address how our casino licensees are responding to responsible gamement so both you can say what you have in plan um the one thing i have did not 1:06:00 hear you address that if i if you did and i missed it i apologize but education and training of the staff yes all of our staff are trained to if they uh encounter somebody who they believe might be having a gambling problem to escalate the problem to management management will make a decision regarding whether to talk to that individual themselves or whether to employ a a friend a co-worker a family member who might know that individual and deliver a message to them about responsible gaming that comes from somebody they know versus a stranger So that's the training we have for all of our employees. 1:08:07 Machine transcript · UNVERIFIED. Verify every quotation against the recording. Speakers are not identified. VI Update · usvipublicrecords.com · public record, no rights asserted (CC0 1.0) 8 of 13 Casino Control Commission (VICCC) · VICCC QUARTERLY MEETING & HEARING No 002 2025 Video So could you just, and then explain that a little bit to me. How do you go about training yourself in that? I mean, do you identify it for them? What would constitute the signs that a person may have? Yes, we do all that. Yeah, they say, you know, I'm just not having fun anymore. I keep losing comments that guests would say to us. We take those and those are reported back to us. it back to us we escalate that up if it goes to a slot attendant for example uh they would report that to their manager on duty and the manager on duty would inform me or the casino manager and we make a decision on how to how to address that individual like i said either by us or whether there's an employee that might have a good relationship with that customer it might the message coming from them might be better than coming from someone like me and then thereafter do you actually refer them absolutely before them to the the uh responsible game that we give them a 1-800 number to call where the website about related nights and we said correct we have to give them all the information about that so yeah so your staff is classy and train as what the science of that's correct thank you yes uh thank you thank you commissioner um i was uh going to and i'm glad that you that you raised that uh question um i'm not sure where we are with the training for um the doh sure counselors but that would that that once that is up and running that's also another uh resource that um that kind of can be used as a referral you know so you know once once once 1:08:45 we have something more competitive as the status of that training program you know we will pass it on you know to you all great part of what what i understood the training is or has been completed what it is now that the persons the six persons now have to sit the exam and now pass the exam and that also includes some clinical work which may be a challenge because if we don't have them persons for them to sit with in the board now instead if it was a discussion and they didn't you know um train with uh or uh their uh what i'm gonna say work with persons who may be off island via zoom or something remote so they can get their clinical hours but my understanding training is completed the coursework and it's now this the certification process is now ongoing but that that's one of the requirements of the memorandum of understanding once they do have the certification business cards will be provided so we can then have them place again with your willingness to have those place the department of health and they also will have it on their website and that's now one of the um services that you can you can get there that's great okay so it appears that uh thank you um uh mr capers it's the word it's the cheaper and um um when you're describing um what is used I mean I know it's really hard because a person has to accept the problem the person themselves have to accept I have a problem correct how effective have you found you know what you do employees identify it comes up to management relax you know a family friend somebody who's scared with them can you talk about I'm not familiar with us haven't actually happened to implement those those plans yet but we are we are trained and prepared okay thank you thank you mr chairman that's fine um as i was saying that uh we have come to the 1:10:42 next item on the agenda which is any other business any other business or comment okay so this brings us to uh item number eight which is the adjournment uh what are we going to do um once we adjourn we have the young people on next next generation that's correct next generations okay and they're gonna uh introduce themselves to us uh and you know tell us a little bit about you know what they do and um have you know have a discussion and so uh you're welcome to to to stay and um engage with them um so if there is no further business for today's meeting and hearing i wish to thank all of you you know for appearing here today i extend as always my thanks to the commission's staff um andrews and all that contributed to today's meeting our next quarter meeting is scheduled for september 24 2025. um any closing remarks our colleagues are not okay that's a little bit okay so the quarterly meeting and hearing number 002-2025 of the virgin islands casino control commission 1:13:09 today wednesday june 25th 2021 hereby stands the jerk thank you at this time i want to again uh to thank the students and advisors from next gen next gen ceo summer camp for being here and i'd ask that if the casino licensees have time that they stay to listen also briefly at a minimum to hear what these uh individuals have done over the summer if you know the tv show shark tank then you have an idea of what the students did this summer over a two-week program from june 9th the june 20th they met at the st boy central high school in the morning until about 12 30 for two weeks and then presented on the 20th last week friday to us and the public at large these students come from all high schools sacred central high school the sacred educational complex good hope country day and perhaps other schools this program was sponsored by the women in business virgin allen's and caribbean inc a non-profit and their advisors are here let me tell you these individuals over that two-week period learned about dress confidence presentation and they made their pitches we were impressed as commissioner renee indicated what i'd like to do is have i do see that the students have brought some of the items that they use in their pitches i hope that uh i know that they will wow us wow you 1:14:59 the way that they wowed the community at large last week friday i know that they don't have their full compliment of team members but i know that one of the benefits of programs like these is that you get exposed to programs ideas that will train you and develop your mind and expose you to career possibilities including uh ones that we have here at the commission and out there in the world in general so although you may not end up becoming the next ceo although you may very well be you might end up becoming uh supreme court justice uh agency head a local judge or a senator or even 1:16:51 Machine transcript · UNVERIFIED. 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VI Update · usvipublicrecords.com · public record, no rights asserted (CC0 1.0) 9 of 13 Casino Control Commission (VICCC) · VICCC QUARTERLY MEETING & HEARING No 002 2025 Video perhaps the chief financial officer of a private company and those are the positions at a minimum that these three esteemed individuals here as commissioners have over the course of their careers prior to becoming commissioners at the virginance casino control commission so with that i want to have one of the advisors present to us please uh use the mic so that we can hear you and once we're done we're going to have the students either come in the well or sit there or stand however you're most comfortable and present to us so that we can listen to your sales pitch next to the ceo i have to catch a flight yes all right i would love to here all of you speak um so thank you okay uh uh what before you go and you get on you know what i will do right back i want to happen okay go ahead okay first of all good morning thank you so much for allowing us to be here my name is marcella marcella simmons and i am one of the advisors volunteer that was part of this program um for the summer excuse me before i begin um i just would like to give a little bit of a background of how we started Good. As you addressed Senator McDowell, Attorney McDowell. I received it. Women in Business, V.I. and Curriculum, Inc. is a licensed business and registered 501c3 nonprofit based in the U.S. Virgin Islands and founded in 2021 by Ruth King-Shazzo, who's back here as well. Our mission is to empower women entrepreneurs and professionals across the Virgin Islands and the greater Caribbean by offering digital tools, networking events, training, brand visibility, and resources to help start and grow businesses. We have also produced the Empower Magazine Live and Laura Show on the VI Consortium, And our newest initiative is Next Generation CEO Summercat that focuses on our tunes. I had the privilege of being a part of this. 1:18:48 This was actually brought to my attention by our executive director, Ruth K. Chazou. And she wanted to present a program or a summer program that for this time lasted about two weeks from June 9th to the 20th. she wanted to gather students young people and get them together to get into the mindset of being able to be entrepreneurs and so we um we presented a problem to the students well actually we asked them to come up with a problem and then come up with a solution and that is where this this um kind of kind of came about so the students got into teams and they thought of a problem and then what could be the solution to that problem and so they got into teams and then after that they were so it was two weeks we had a lot of resources a lot of um the community members that came in and spoke into these young people's lives offering their expertise leadership um confidence as you were saying and many other things and based on that they came up with um a business idea and then they were to pitch these ideas to some uh to judges the judges came and pretty much graded them or evaluated them and some of them have actually offered or promised to invest in them and i'm going to say so as an educator and three of us who are navigating this and for their guys we're all throughout educators and we were very very impressed by what we saw now we would like to would love to be able to continue this program um keeping it and also have access to others who would not have access, but to give them opportunity and also to keep this free. So we're also asking that you keep this in mind as you are also seeing the presentation of these students. So next-gen CEOs. I'm sorry, was that your pitch? Was that your pitch for investments? That was my pitch for investments. 1:20:05 If it wasn't that clear, we would love to have you. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. My name is Deshante Wilson. 1:22:26 My experience with the NextGen CEO camp was very delightful. Honestly, I first joined because I didn't have much planned for the summer and this short description of the camp sounded interesting. but once i got started i realized this program was much more than i expected i learned a lot about business teamwork and leadership one of the best parts was meeting new people and making friends the environment throughout the camp was always positive and encouraging every presenter we met taught us something valuable and especially i especially liked how some of the activities were interactive and fun this can truly made a big impact on me and i'm sure it did for others too it opened my eyes to new ideas and helped me believe in what i can achieve in the future so following up my following ceo said we made a business called animal cowboys since that's how stories where memories burn right so at this business our mission is to craft eco-conscious candles that celebrate the spirit of the virgin islands inspired by caribbean cultures we've created the power of scents and natural products to awaken memory honor tradition and protect our precious environment our product all scents are natural the convenient to the virgin islands candles are not just pretty and nice to smell but they are environmentally friendly by the use of the recycled materials they each include a hint of madras to signify the culture each name is meant to give a sense of nostalgia while incorporating different aspects of the island's history and culture so investing in youth and organizations that support businesses like ours and ideas that 1:23:12 we had is very important because young people are the foundation of our future economically socially and culturally they empower youth with education mentorship and opportunities and helps build the community organizations like women in business that focus on youth development create safe spaces for growth they foster the leadership and they spark innovation ensuring that the next generation is not really prepared to do but inspired to make a big difference in the community Do you have candles here and are they for sale or is there a place where we can go to purchase them or are 1:25:06 Machine transcript · UNVERIFIED. 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VI Update · usvipublicrecords.com · public record, no rights asserted (CC0 1.0) 10 of 13 Casino Control Commission (VICCC) · VICCC QUARTERLY MEETING & HEARING No 002 2025 Video you looking for further investment because we remember what you presented as the winners of that competition your presentation was jaw-dropping inspiring and so could you tell us more about the candles and the business where we can find you and how we can invest in your company well you can find us on all social media platforms such as facebook instagram tiktok and snapchat um also we will start an online storm but for right now we're all right um we won't be taking any so next week as far as investments we were looking for strategic partners so not just investors as in money but someone who can market and support our brand people with connections as you guys retail opportunities so opportunities to get our products into stores advice as in packaging shipping shipping or even to burn our website or just resources a workspace tools or just to sit down and talk to someone who's done something like this before so i'll tell you about the names of our candles so first we have mamu meli it's inspired by our great Mangomele festival and this scent evokes a strong scent of mango it's mixed with different things and it's supposed to give a sense of nostalgia going up we always went to Mangomele it's a once in a year opportunity and there's just so much different things to see while you're at this festival next we have rainbow beach it's a nice breezy comforting smell that makes you feel like you're relaxing and it is blue and i think rainbow beach is my favorite i don't want to stick is our next one it is right and it's uh apple and cinnamon smell it it's not like a spicy cinnamon it's more sweet and warm and it's very comforting when it burns our next scent is lemongrass by obviously the plant that we grow here people use it natural for herbs and it's not just good to smell but it has properties in it that can help others while we start the candle our next scent is sunday morning it's a fresh linen scent and it captures the comforting ritual of cleaning days so growing up you know your parents always play music and you're listening to all type of things while we're cleaning and that just evokes the nostalgia that you get from when you're younger in your childhood what sets us apart from other candle companies is that we sell scented stories each candle is 1:27:22 inspired by real caribbean memories culture and experiences we primarily promote nature first they're eco-friendly with the use of materials and clean ingredients and sustainable packaging which is our top priority we are rooted in virgin ireland's culture authentically connected to the vi life not just i've been inspired we get a gift-ready experience so when you buy a candle you don't have to worry about oh i have to get a bag i have to get a biz i have to get that you can just purchase your candle and it's perfect for giving on the spot we also provide an emotional connection it's more than a fragrance we offer nostalgia and a piece of fun so i hope you liked our short presentation on adding vocals thank you thank you for that presentation we now have the next group come up so that they can present to everyone their sales pitch and we look forward to what they're about to say but that's a question though how do you formulate your candles so we created the i guess you could say recipes wait a lot of trial and error we worked together on different scents we mixed things together to see what would smell good what wouldn't smell good and after that we just made our formula for each set enjoy this in your mom's kitchen oh yeah we bought us the video spot okay okay now you're going to let her see your candles uh we can show you guys after the next week yes okay fine that's all let's hope we get to see thank you good morning good morning so while my other teammates sit i would like to introduce myself i am ashantae joseph a ceo what we would like to call ourselves at the next gen c4 summer program 1:29:23 and i was essentially the chief executive officer of my group and what our business our business name was lak eternal love and our main focus was creating picture frames and more so what we would do is offer photo shoots um well we don't necessarily intend to formulate an actual business but this was just a really good idea that we had and we wanted to really focus on the virgin islands as a whole especially including tourism and the attractions that other tourists and locals could do to bypass their time good morning everyone um my name is alia tiki i was the um i was a part of the next gen cao um summer club and i was the operational manager of micro good morning everyone my name is and i was the junior counselor for the cup and i would like to say that we need your support we will love your support and um um okay um so i would like to speak um on behalf of our colleagues who aren't here and on behalf of the summer program to say that this was a wonderful summer camp within the two weeks we learned let me look at my phone actually because i had a little thing preparing instead of just saying off my brain. So I'm going to introduce myself again. I am Lashante Joseph and I recently had an incredible experience with being able to attend the Next Gen CEO Summer Camp program. I am so grateful and honored for the chance to share the experience and how much it has meant to me, not just as a student, but as a future entrepreneur. When I first heard about the Next 1:31:30 CEO program I expected business lectures maybe a few activities and the crash course on entrepreneurship it definitely was not bad although we had two presentations per day for majority of the two weeks we learned a lot of things and the presenters took their times answering questions and making sure we felt included in the presentation so from day one we were challenged to think like real ceos to identify problems create solutions and more importantly lead with purpose we didn't just sit and listen we pitched ideas the business plans face tough questions from mentors and learn how to work in fast-paced high pressure environments so that's just essentially a short speech on what i experienced and what majority of my colleagues experience at the next year for how to find out the program now to delve more into um our business 1:33:36 Machine transcript · UNVERIFIED. Verify every quotation against the recording. Speakers are not identified. 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Unfortunately I do not have a physical representation of what we did but we did create um a prototype so our intention is to do um mini photo shoots so either we would provide a photo shoot experience like doing it in a real studio or doing someplace outdoors maybe to the beach to the um garden somewhere in nature like if someone wants to have a nature photo shoot and if not if someone does have a ready-made photo shoot from another person that's perfectly fine what we would do is print the pictures create a 3d printed photo shoot to actually give them the experience so if they want a beach theme for um 3d photo frame what we would do is maybe get sand we would create different shells we would make it look blue ocean like different things like that include different sea animals if they wanted if they wanted it like nature tuned or jumble beam we would do like mini plastic animals we would get the leaves and put it on that on down picture frame now oh gosh i lost my finish shot sorry so i think that we wanted to do it because st cloy is a very beautiful island and religion islands as a whole but we mainly wanted to focus on the island of st cloy because unlike st thomas that has majority of the tourist attractions including crucius or tourists st cloy has a lot of nature um we have a lot of untouched nature around the island of st croix as we drive by we can see the vast different lands and instead of just leaving it there we want to really create a place where our tourists can come and say wow this is a great place to take a picture instead of just like you know snapping it with their phone and it doesn't really turn out the way they want it so we would offer the services and then do what we can to make the experience suitable um okay um i believe i think there's something i want to say but it's just not coming to mind but um we instead of like investing in us as a group for me we want you to invest in the actual summer camp program because miss king came to us well the last day on friday when we did our business pitch she came to us and said that she would really like to continue this for us unless she can but unfortunately funds are very hard to find so if you guys as the commissioner and chairman of the casino cultural commission like and city members we would really appreciate it if you put funds towards continuing this summer thank you okay if you do have a chance to if you remember what it is we wanted to say uh we hope that you can share that with us with the commissioners with everyone that's here at our lunch uh we do have uh we did take into account your attendance here today and i think uh thank you ladies and i think uh attorney david you want to say something 1:35:37 yes sir i'm just asking where are the young men We do have one gentleman that was here, he doesn't have his full complement of team members. It was not dedicated solely to young women. There was a team of about 500 young men, I swear, not many that were there. And in addition to that team that was based solely of young men, other young men were involved in the other teams as well. So it wasn't dedicated toward young ladies alone, young men involved in this program, as I'm sure one of the advisors will attest to and close out for this morning's presentation. Yes, let me add, I was very impressed with this young man when he walked down. 1:37:54 He was so executive looking that I actually had to applaud him. I think there's been a request from Madam Vice Chair that she hear from you today. So if you have a moment, please come before us. And you can introduce yourself and talk about the weight of all the children right now. Good morning. My name is Phyllis Phyllis. What's your name? Phyllis. 1:38:45 Phyllis. And the last name? the name of our business was called bi skills connect it's like a website to bring exposure to to the teams they could post like if you have a skill you could post it on the website to bring exposure i can't say you draw you can put your painting on the website people come on the website see if they like it they provide uh stuff like that that's just so if i recall correctly it's sort of like an indeed or a job posting where people can post their skills products or services for people to engage with those people by their services by their products yes great Thank you. 1:39:20 To wrap it up, I would like to introduce to you the two other educators that were with that as a team we were together. So we have Ruth Kay Shenzhou, who's executive director, and this was her brainchild. Then we have Myrna Orendain, who was also a staff scientist. And I do have heard, we have been asking for sponsorship. We did have Dr. Jim Owen, who was one of our sponsors. 1:40:19 um again i just want to say thank you for having us here um as a person first of all central high is my alma mater but i have not been in st for a really long time when i came when ruth miss king asked me to do this i was i was a little apprehensive i'll tell you the truth but when i saw the young kids the young minds not kids but the young people on their minds and the things that they were able to do i said if we can capture these kids on their minds and keep them to help promote saint croix and to really grow this community then saint croix is in good hands great um thank you thank you so much uh for that uh it is uh uh was you know well well received and uh it always warms my heart uh when I see uh the young people you know participating in these activities and um to uh David's point you know I uh you know I heard that uh that uh we had young men participating we'd like to see you'd like to see more of them you know i um go ahead and uh submit a proposal to us and uh for consideration uh to to uh for you uh for your uh summer camp uh and this is not a summer camp or just uh 212 a year or what well we're still trying to figure that out um and i will say that what you saw i 1:41:04 Machine transcript · UNVERIFIED. 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VI Update · usvipublicrecords.com · public record, no rights asserted (CC0 1.0) 12 of 13 Casino Control Commission (VICCC) · VICCC QUARTERLY MEETING & HEARING No 002 2025 Video mean i wish that all of you could have been there to actually see the pictures they were able to do this in nine days and everybody who attended was they were really impressed by what they did so with the with the expectation that they are great and can do this they rose to the occasion that's great wonderful um again thank you so much thank you uh uh for making contact with these uh folks this is our our the commission's you know outreach to the community during our 30th anniversary year um we have the uh you know people here today we're going to be uh we're going to be reaching out to uh the seniors i think the next uh couple months um so as we celebrate you know this uh you know 30th anniversary of the commission thank you very much and gentlemen from uh uh parable thank you so much for saying thank you so with that again thank you and um as um mentioned earlier uh we hope that they to join us for lunch okay 1:43:19 People named in this transcript SUSPECTED, and a finding aid only. 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