museums to come in and then be anonymous when you wanted to bring them to the museums and not let the staff recognize them because they are recognizable people with really in incredibly difficult task. you have some months where directors are running their own exhibitions and with trustees that have children out of school and it s difficult to get these people together. and that was when we are were doing the search for john buchannon as well. so finally in january, the selection committee voted to appoint collin bailey. however, we had to be in sync with his board and he was not able to inform his board until yesterday. that was the time lapse and that is why we canceled the march 14th board meeting because there was no point to have it. we had to vote to appoint him because by our charter we appoint, not elect. the selection committee votes on it and it goes to the board and our board today voted to appoint him, both in the section of our board meeting. it was to afford him
if we don t have any more questions, i m going to give it over to drew to do his little sales pitch up there. or any announcements that need to be made. [speaker not understood]. okay, do you want the microphone? i ll hold it. i m kidding. here you go. i m obviously part of the nonprofit [speaker not understood], i have a products company. and for what it s worth, it hasn t gone to development yet. but we have a one-coat film that so far is working on traffic signs with unlimited cleanings. once it goes to market we ll let you know at the 2013 conference. we re not quite there yet, but it is close. the films can be difficult to apply on signs and very labor intensive, but the sign shops something you ll be able to apply yourself. when it comes to completion, all graffiti [speaker not understood] will get a sample. can (applause) okay. so, we have a couple minutes. if there s no more questions, no more compliments, the panel, thank you so much for coming. (applause)
join us at the ceremony at the bay light.org. i really want to thank our mayor who is a visionary in his own right and common good and who i had the pleasure of working with other projects and he s making this city better every single day. people should know that mayor embraced this team, this project ma way that had nothing to do with really even, it was a matter of passion, a personal desire to see the work of art radiant and shine in our community it was an amazing gift. mayor lee, we owe you a great debt of gratitude. thank you so much. [ applause ] thank you. welcome everybody to the building in san francisco. gosh, your vision, i have been living with this vision for almost two years now ever since our city engineer said, come with me to this event and you are going to be surprised how we can turn infrastructure to a piece of art. i have worked with so many projects with roads and buildings that we oftentimes cannot lift this heavy piece of metal or holes in the gro
are an extension of concierge and giving information for all the visitors that come in and make this a world class city and really visit all the areas, the restaurants, the attractions and everything else this city has to offer. i want to thank again san francisco travel because they are the ones who market tourism, no. 1 industry in san francisco and again i want to thank you. i want to thank the volunteers. as mayor lee has said, you are the ones that truly breathe live into this city. and you give out information with just such authentic and hospitality to all the visitors around the world. they go back and tell their friends and tell them to come to one of the best cities in the world, san francisco. thank you. [ applause ] in conclusion, a couple things. we have a little game we are playing here that we encourage you to do it. we talk about our staff and volunteer that wear a yellow ribbon that say staff on them. go ahead and meet them. write their names on the piece o
the private i mentioned, the 50% plus stickiness was private. but we do have a large placement component for in the nonprofit sector as well. it s just we found it s more difficult to keep individuals on. supervisor breed: do you think that your case management support, in terms of job training, job support, résume building, and that component, has gotten better over the years, especially since you somewhat inherited the program initially, and had to act quickly to get things going, and now, it s at a point of stability, it seems, and things seem to be getting better? i think our employees at hsa have really stepped up to the plate to adapt to this new model. we had a welfare caseworkers who became business account representatives, a liaison between the private sector and our department helping place folks. folks doing performing entirely new roles in context of subsidized employment and enjoying the work and enjoying the satisfaction of placing someone. we started