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1 00:00:00.330 --> 00:00:02.639 Ryan Rodriguez: But yeah, does that answer your question?

2 00:00:03.080 --> 00:00:20.929 Irene Dennison: Yes, it does. I think the follow-up to that is, if you have any preliminary materials that I might actually be able to share with a couple folks at BPS, just to see if I'm connecting potentially with the right people, what their availability looks like.

3 00:00:21.340 --> 00:00:23.900 Irene Dennison: I think, you know…

4 00:00:24.280 --> 00:00:37.549 Irene Dennison: BPS is a… is a massive district, and it's the start of the school year. And so, I think the other question that I have with that is if there's a timeline that you're hoping to work off of.

5 00:00:38.150 --> 00:00:43.789 Ryan Rodriguez: So… as I said before, it is a part of a course, but since, like,

6 00:00:44.100 --> 00:00:53.730 Ryan Rodriguez: we are trying to take this on, like, a, like, business level, and, like, provide that help to school districts, like, as soon as possible. We are working very fast, so…

7 00:00:53.730 --> 00:01:04.300 Ryan Rodriguez: On a course level, there is a timeline that we need to have a certain thing done, but we are trying to move fast in terms of, like, getting features out and stuff.

8 00:01:04.500 --> 00:01:13.180 Ryan Rodriguez: we currently are, like, at a very base of, like, the application. I don't know if that answers your question, in terms of timeline, at least.

9 00:01:15.340 --> 00:01:17.549 Irene Dennison: Yeah, I think,

10 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:35.879 Irene Dennison: the, like, next steps that are just, emerging for me, and Kara, again, I want to make sure you have an opportunity to ask a few questions. I think if I have some materials to be able to share with people in BPS to see, like, yes, this is reaching,

11 00:01:35.880 --> 00:01:43.800 Irene Dennison: their needs and interest level as well, great. And then we can sort of figure out what it looks like to do some connecting from there.

12 00:01:45.050 --> 00:01:57.800 Irene Dennison: I think… I think that's gonna be the most important first step. I think as far as, sort of, like, scheduling and just trying to set some, like, good expectations for you as well,

13 00:01:57.890 --> 00:02:07.300 Irene Dennison: it probably would take a couple of weeks to get time set up with anyone in BPS if there is some interest there. Just…

14 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:16.970 Irene Dennison: This sounds incredible, and of course, the more immediate needs is making sure that schools are functioning for the rest of the school year, so…

15 00:02:17.780 --> 00:02:32.770 Ryan Rodriguez: Yeah, so I can totally send you, like, an executive summary of, like, the entire project and, like, what we're doing, and then I can also send you my, like, entire schedule and, like, times that, fit for me, and then as well as, like, my teammates, too, if that helps as well.

16 00:02:32.770 --> 00:02:46.070 Irene Dennison: Yes, yeah, if you have something that's, like, a one-pager, because as I'm shopping this around to different people, they're probably going to want to be able to very quickly understand, like, yes, this is something that I can go have a conversation about, or

17 00:02:46.340 --> 00:02:50.149 Irene Dennison: like, I'm not the right person, like, let me connect you to someone else.

18 00:02:51.170 --> 00:03:16.149 Irene Dennison: I'm sure you probably have a lot of thoughtful work that's already done, and to be very real, no one's gonna look through, like, an amazing 10-page report. It doesn't matter how good it is. It actually does not matter where it's coming from. No one has time for that. So if you have a one-pager that's sort of like, here's what we're trying to accomplish, here's how it's gonna make your life easier, like, the ask is, like, a 30-minute conversation about your experience with writing grants.