library. this is an hour and ten minutes. good evening. thank you for braving the weather tonight. joining us at the new york public library. this was started two years ago and a combination of programming collection and support fund raising to highlight the library s historical collection. the public library is one of the and our initiative is to bring those collections to a mass audience for new yorkers and online around the world. we are really pleased to have you with us this evening. i will introduce you one by one. josh seefried is an active duty air force officer. co-founder and co-director, and he was an invited guest at the presidential signing to repeal don t ask don t tell. jonathan mill is a staff sergeant electronic technician for the u.s. air force stationed in washington d.c.. he is first executive editor, kathryn miller was a cadet at west point until she resigned in protest. she worked as one about serve s main focus persons during the fight to repeal don