Joining us my name is gavin and the director of programs exhibitions and partnerships for the National Historic society. I would like to extend a special welcome to anyone who might be attending a Virtual Program for the first time. Considering the size of our virtual crowd in the geographic diversity of the people who signed up, im sure there are some people who are in for the first time. If youre not familiar with nhs we are the oldest Historical Society in america. Founded in 1791 and have been an independent Nonprofit Institution dedicated to collecting, preserving, publishing and sharing our nation and States History the past 229 years. In these days of social distancing we are taking to hosting Virtual Events we have Online Events for every week through july. Next week we will be hosting a virtual tour the tour is titled misled and a look at historic a a these include mimic houses suspicious ain a marker that denotes the side of the famous vikings bar if youd like to join the tou
It was created in 2015 in accordance with the act in 2015 as amended. Our mandate is to advise the secretary of defense on investigation, prosecution of allegations of Sexual Assault and other Sexual Misconduct involving members of the armed forces. Please note that todays meeting is being transcribed. A complete written transcribe will be posted on the website. Todays meeting will begin with the dac ipads fiscal 2018 for acquittal rates of Sexual Assault in the military based on case documents from all military Sexual Assault cases closed during the fiscal year. Next, staff director will provide an overview of the Draft Department of defense report on allegations of misconstruct. This draft report was submitted to the dac ipad in fulfillment of the Defense Authorization act for fiscal year 2019. Following the overview of the report, Service Representatives involved in the report, drafting and Data Collection will appear before the committee to answer questions about the data, and the
Thank you, good morning. I would like to welcome the members and everyone in attendance today to the 13th Public Meeting of the Defense Advisory Committee on investigation, prosecution, defense of Sexual Assault in the armed forces. Of the 15 Committee Members, 11 members are present and a 12th member will be joining us by telephone at 10 00 this morning. Two members were not able to attend today. Major general Marsha Anderson and judge reggie walton. It was created in 2015 in accordance with the National Defense authorization act in 2015 as amended. Our mandate is to advise the secretary of defense on the investigation, prosecution, and defense of allegations of Sexual Assault and other Sexual Misconduct involving members of the armed forces. Please note that todays meeting is being transcribed. The complete written transcript will be posted on the website. Todays meeting will begin with the dac ipads fiscal 2018 for conviction and acquittal rates of Sexual Assault in the military bas
Situation is obviously not new to us. It is something that we find pretty commonly, particularly in this area, in this quadrant of the city. We will do our best to try and help facilitate conversations where it is possible to see if theres some kind of middleground that can be helped. I think some of it comes from both give and take on both sides of the conversation. I dont think it is a surprise, and im sure our director would share the same thing. Preservation and housing can both coexist mutually. They are not mutually exclusive of one another. The land marking of the site doesnt necessary doesnt necessarily mean it becomes a farm. The land marking is something that is separate from the city. It is more about the physical characteristics. Commissioner black . I want to say that i appreciate your comment, which is, and i dont know where we will end up today, i really dont, but it is incumbent on all sides to try and find a common ground. Because what will happen through the public pr
Of the conversation. I dont think it is a surprise, and im sure our director would share the same thing. Preservation and housing can both coexist mutually. They are not mutually exclusive of one another. The land marking of the site doesnt necessary doesnt necessarily mean it becomes a farm. The land marking is something that is separate from the city. It is more about the physical characteristics. Commissioner black . I want to say that i appreciate your comment, which is, and i dont know where we will end up today, i really dont, but it is incumbent on all sides to try and find a common ground. Because what will happen through the public process is the decision will be made and it can be taken to another decision body and then you get a final decision body, but it is to the benefit of everybody if you can Work Together to get something, because there are big stakeholders on both sides and it is always a good thing when people can do that on their own because otherwise, it becomes de