He seems to be unmuted. There were problems. Commissioner scott are you unmuted thank you everyone for being patient. Well cap up with our technology. Can you hear me now . Yes. I heard everyone in test mode. Steven, can you hear me . Yes. Thank you very much. As the board is aware we annually engage in a selfevaluation for the board of directors and also an annual evaluation of the executive director. The Governance Committee met a week ago to review both documents as well as a time line for both processes. As you know, we initiate the selfevaluation first and then follow that four weeks later or so with the executive directors evaluation once we received the executive directors selfevaluation. In reviewing both documents, we did not make any changes in the executive director document. We did modify in the board selfevaluation document a couple of questions. We eliminated one question and we modified the wording on another. So those changes are contained in the attachments sent out in
He seems to be unmuted. There were problems. Commissioner scott are you unmuted thank you everyone for being patient. Well cap up with our technology. Can you hear me now . Yes. I heard everyone in test mode. Steven, can you hear me . Yes. Thank you very much. As the board is aware we annually engage in a selfevaluation for the board of directors and also an annual evaluation of the executive director. The Governance Committee met a week ago to review both documents as well as a time line for both processes. As you know, we initiate the selfevaluation first and then follow that four weeks later or so with the executive directors evaluation once we received the executive directors selfevaluation. In reviewing both documents, we did not make any changes in the executive director document. We did modify in the board selfevaluation document a couple of questions. We eliminated one question and we modified the wording on another. So those changes are contained in the attachments sent out in
Firing of the defense secretary earlier this week, mark t. Esper . It is certainly within the prerogative. Its highly unusual. It was widely suspected he would not continue into a second truck term, but i think that there was an exit dictation he would finish out the term until january 20. That has been the custom host of thesenior people within administration. They would normally continue until the inauguration to be able to remain with their counterparts in the new administration that are going to be coming at. It is unusual. Do these sorts of moves first of all, are they unsettling to the rankandfile members, the rankandfile Service Members and to our allies when they see these administrations . Guest it does. It creates uncertainty. It will not be good for morale. Career Civil Service workers who are there between administrations who are not yes, its a very unsettling and for our allied partners around the world, its this awkward time during the transition where they are not really
I want to finish and i will restate the question. Are you there . Yes, i am. Clark, i will restate the question more singly. Uccictly. They want to substitute their own judgments for the legislature. My concern about judge barrett is that her candor indicates an approach, an active one to the Second Movement that would possibly strike down common. Ense gun violence measures other measures that are designed to stop gun violence. Of janeterned because rice, who is still grieving her son. Barton, whoman, was mourning for her brother. Sons who have a hole forr heart further their son ethan. We are a safer state because of the victims and survivors of gun violence whether newtown or Downtown Hartford and all across the state, often in communities of color. Every neighborhood, every family, every community is vulnerable to the scourge an epidemic of gun violence. Thate ask you about regionalismlosophy, originalism has applied to the second mimic. Could that lead to striking down those laws t
I want to finish and i will restate the question. Are you there . Yes, i am. Clark, i will restate the question more singly. Uccictly. They want to substitute their own judgments for the legislature. My concern about judge barrett is that her candor indicates an approach, an active one to the Second Movement that would possibly strike down common. Ense gun violence measures other measures that are designed to stop gun violence. Of janeterned because rice, who is still grieving her son. Barton, whoman, was mourning for her brother. Sons who have a hole forr heart further their son ethan. We are a safer state because of the victims and survivors of gun violence whether newtown or Downtown Hartford and all across the state, often in communities of color. Every neighborhood, every family, every community is vulnerable to the scourge an epidemic of gun violence. Thate ask you about regionalismlosophy, originalism has applied to the second mimic. Could that lead to striking down those laws t