Alan Graham
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We have a replication operation at Mobile Loaves and Fishes.
So three times a year people fly in from all over the country, sometimes from around the world, to come and learn for two and a half days in an immersive two and a half day symposium.
I'm just going to kind of pull a number.
There's a couple of dozen happening around the U.S.
But we'll probably have one someday.
We argue, we debate, wouldn't call it argue internally, you know, what is a replicator of the community first model?
There could be, let's just hypothetically say that there are pillars associated with what we do, you know.
And so how many pillars do you have to follow in order to actually be a real replicator?
It's like a McDonald's deal.
We you know, we're not going to be a McDonald's because I can't get we're not going to be able to manage people to do exactly precisely what we do.
And plus, how we do it in Austin, Texas, is not necessarily how you're going to do it in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
But there are some characteristics of what we do that we think are extremely important.
Well, there are people all over the U.S.
that are working in the homeless space, that have been in this space, that are dealing with these people, looking for ways to compassionately...