The Free State Foundations annual telecommunications conference. This is an hour and a half. Ok, we are going to get started now. One minute. If everyone will take their seats, please. You become so quiet when i say that that i should not even wait the full minute. That is fantastic. We are going to get started now. I think that was a terrific session to get the conference started, talking about regulation more generally, although i knew there would be. I think throughout the day we are going to hear about that neutrality, or restoring internet freedom. The open internet proceeding. We did hear a little bit during the previous session. I will call this the allstars panel. I am not sure i came up with another name. We do have a group of allstars here. We are going to the digging in to Certain Communications issues. I want to do brief introductions. Everyone here has the brochure where we have got the full bios there. The brochure is also on the website, for those of you in our cspan aud
In one minute, if everyone will take their seats, please. You become so quiet when i say that, that i shouldnt even wait the full minute. Thats fantastic. So we are going to get started now. Again, i think that was a terrific session to get the conference started talking about regulation more generally. Although, i knew there would be. As i said in my welcome that i think throughout the day were going to hear a lot about Net Neutrality or restoring Internet Freedom or the open internet proceeding, whatever name interview you prefer to call that proceeding by. And we did hear a little bit during the previous session. So i just call this the allstars panel. Im not sure i came up with another name. I dont think there is necessarily a better one because we do have a group of all stars here and were going to be digging in, im certain, to Communications Law and policy issues. So what i want to do is just do brief introductions, as i said at the beginning you have everyone here has the brochu
Present. Ladies and gentlemen please join us in the pledge of allegiance. [pleage of allegiance] thank you. Before we get started with the agenda i would like to ask for just a moment of silence in memory of the 36 lives lost in the oakland fire at the ghost ship. At this time. I know members of the board will be doing and in memoriam later on during roll call but i like a moment of silence in their memory. [moment of silence] thank you very much everyone. Mdm. Clerk please either any communications . Yes mdm. Pres. Were directed to the public as Board Members are aware did yesterday december 5 22nd museum to communication at approximate 12 15 pm, former member of this body former supervisor scott weiner indicating his resignation from the board of supervisors representing district 8 is a tippy oath of office of the member of the California State Senate which precipitates a vacancy in the office of district 8. Thank you. Colleagues any changes to the october 25 i think 2016 Board Meeti