this whole small one, too. so the first thing we did was, one, we took off our masks and then we exchanged names. well, we made sure everyone was comfortable with that, right. so maybe sure everyone was comfortable about taking about their mask and made sure everyone was comfortable sharing names. >> i think some of us felt eager because we'd been holding this in for 3 1/2 weeks. so it was something we would be finally able to get our thoughts out. >> so how did you approach it? did you vote right away? >> yes. >> tell me about that. >> we voted right away to get a stance where we were all that, and of course we weren't all together, so we knew we had to take each step little by little. and we voted many times throughout the whole process. >> so the first vote you took was it or any of them, were they anonymous? did you do it by note. >> it was all anonymous.