 Hello everybody, HootieCoco here. I want to talk to everyone, but especially if you're new here because there are big things coming up in 2024 and I want you to be ready. For the uninitiated, Cobra Convergence is an annual GI Joe fan event that focuses on GI Joe's enemy Cobra. It runs through the entire month of July. There will be a calendar of presenters with everything from YouTube channels to podcasts, toy photography, blogs and so much more. If you're new to the GI Joe fan community and you want to know what's out there, Cobra Convergence has you covered. There is so much that you are bound to find something, maybe a lot of things that you really love. And I have to say, the creativity that these presenters put into their work is amazing. Just for some background, Cobra Convergence started as a collaboration with three YouTube channels, Mine, Half the Battle and FormBX257. And each year we have expanded the event to include more presenters, more creators, more GI Joe fans, more everything. Cobra Convergence is for everyone. Anyone can join. There will be a way that you can participate in a weekly promotional video that I do on my channel throughout the event. So if you enjoy GI Joe and you express that in any creative way, you can get involved. Please join. We want you. Cobra Convergence 8 is coming in 2024 and it's already shaping up to be the biggest ever. We have more presenters than we ever have before and the theme for Cobra Convergence 8 will be challenge for leadership. Cobra Commander is the undisputed leader of Cobra but there have been many would-be usurpers, some of which have been successful but only temporarily. Cobra Commander tends to dispose of anyone who opposes him but maybe now is the time for someone to step up. Maybe now is the time for a change at the top. There's another expansion of Cobra Convergence for 2024. For the first time ever we will have a presence at Joe Fest. Joe Fest is an annual GI Joe convention in Augusta, Georgia. It will be June 21st through the 23rd. At Joe Fest there will be a Cobra Convergence booth and keeping with our theme of challenge for leadership, there will be a showdown between Cobra Commander and Destro. That is where you will show up and vote for the leader you want for Cobra. Who will win Cobra Commander or Destro? The winner at Joe Fest will determine what happens on my channel for Cobra Convergence 8. Additionally, we will have a panel at Joe Fest. We'll have a presentation about our event and that's a great opportunity to meet a lot of these GI Joe fan creators that will be in Cobra Convergence. You can meet them in person. If you're in walking, driving, or flying distance from Georgia, get to Augusta and meet us at Joe Fest. The calendar for Cobra Convergence 8 is not up yet but when it goes up it will be on my website, hcc788.com. I will announce when the calendar goes up. You will also see Cobra Convergence content shared on knowing us half the battle on Facebook and Surveillance Port and Serpentor's Lair. 2024 Cobra Convergence 8, will it be the year of Cobra or will it be the year of Destro? Only you can decide. There will be announcements throughout the year leading up to the event so watch for that and until then remember only Cobra is Cobra.