Announcement of prohibition of sound producing Electronic Devices during the meeting please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar soundproducing Electronic Devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any personnss responsible for the ringing of or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar soundproducing electronic device. Announcement of time allotment for Public Comments please be advised that a member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertinent Public Comments on each agenda item unless the Port Commission adopts a shorter period on any item. Item 5, Public Comment on items not listed on thugenda. I dont have cards. Is there Public Comment on anything not on the agenda . 6 a, executive directors report good afternoon president adams and prez dependent adams. Im elaine forbes. My 1st report is a innovative project under development being spearheaded by tom esh
The onestop shop, as they call it. And the government above and beyond that is setting up a fund, a guarantee fund to assist these small and Mediumsized Enterprises of the private sector to get going and to grow strong this guarantee fund, we hope, that will help the young particularly who are entrepreneurs who have something to give, who are interested in doing something to get the necessary loans from lending institutions under the overall guarantee fund that the government is now offering to that end. Let me say a word about our external partners. The borders of republic of congo are wide open, and we have seen how Business Partners have come to us from very far away, as far away as australia, certainly europe, the United States and are active in various sectors of our economy, and we are all in favor of that. Were very pleased to see it because this will spur the development of our smes, but also, certainly, will redound to the benefit of our Larger Companies and the sectors of oil
Able to create value and innovation and cultures that encourage growth, and i think african entrepreneurs are going fore the trendsetters determining how societies think about themselves and ultimately aboutvernments think these issues. The truth of the matter is that if you have big successful companies, where you have and eighturship middle class and practices have been established in terms of fair deals and treating your workers properly and extending contractorsto small and promoting women and making sure that women are paid like , and suddenly what happens is is is is create new norms is businesses create new norms and sensibilities, and governments oftentimes will respond. Would like to i see more and more of is partnerships between american businesses, between african businesses. Some of the incredible cultures of some of our u. S. Businesses that do a really good job promoting people and maintaining america maintaining a meritocracy and treating women equally and treating peopl
I think it is safe to say that bill bennett says conservativism will never be a Popular Movement as long as it is perceived to be against the interests of minorities. In many ways, we have earned that perception. As bill also said that when liberals see blacks, they see a sea of it comes and conservatives see a sea of aliens. It is important to acknowledge that in the 1960s when conservatives talk about limited, small government, hostility to Central Government it was not for Central Government intervention in the states, we would not be sitting here. Just knowledge in the past doesnt mean we arent stuck there and it changes as our circumstances change. Back in the 1960s, it was important for Central Government intervene, but today Central Government interferes with ability. You cannot generalize about black community anymore any other. Theres a poster in my Office Written by bill raspberry when he was a reporter for the post. Its as poor negroes will not benefit from the gains of the
Pretty decent but then there are some clowns who create havoc like the year nations on the bodies. In any event the big problem is proper security with the fanatic killers and their revenge killers and how you would deal with that. Your first the interpreters versus translators. Translators is something i focus hard on with the people i worked with and the folks that put people out on the streets. The translators repeat what they hear what the computer in many ways to get the context wrong. If you have an interpreter someone who understands what theyre doing has been working there for a while which i have the benefit of having, you can tell when they are talking with somebody. They are trying to get the answer. Theyre trying to emphasize the right things. I studied arabic before i went over there so i could understand some of what they were saying in some of what they were saying back. All of those things are keys to be of the committee with people and get your point across. That inter