Of the Free State Foundation and im pleased to welcome you to the Free State Foundations ninth annual Telecom President obama conferenc conference. I want to extend a welcome to our cspan audience. Im a selfconfessed cspan junky. My mom, may she rest in peace she always worried when i was a cspan junky, not really knowing what i meant by that. But im always pleased and grateful when cspan is here and welcome to the cspan audience. This years annual Conference Follows on the heels of the 10th Anniversary Gala last december, so with next years annual conference will be in double digits for this event, too. Which just confirms the old adage that time flies when youre having fun and i might add when youre busy as well. Almost every year, i say some of you know this, i say that youre annual Telecom Policy conference just keeps getting bigger, better, and more impactful. Well, as long as it remains true, im going to deep saying it. Even though we had to reschedule this years conference becau