Gathering. Reflecting back on the days of catv and forward to broadband era is to trace an amazing path from Community Antenna television to the expansion of television and now beyond. To broadband. You deserve congratulations for what you achieved as Cable Companies, as Video Companies and as network builders. You also deserve and alfred may comment about this you also deserve Straight Talk about what it means now that you are first and foremost broadband companies. You have pledged as an industry to assure that the internet remains open and free. And in that goal we are in violent agreement. We do differ however, on what that means. We part company according to your recently filed motion papers over the socalled internet conduct standard, the requirement that Internet Service providers not engage in conduct that impairs an open and Free Internet and goes beyond the obvious bright line rules of blocking tlot egg and prioritization. The internet conduct standard if you will is the Goin
Also directionally correct. It is time to look forward, not backward. This is not the time to dwell on the reasons why the federal Communications Commission and department of justice reached the conclusion that this proposed transaction would not be in the publics interest. But it is important to understand the Tipping Point from cable to broadband came while this transaction was under review. We recognized that the skri had changed and we saw concrete evidence of the new competition and Business Models made possible by high Speed Internet access. Try in other words, we recognized broadband had to be at the center of our analysis. And the video was in essence an application that flows over networks and that could be supplied both by the owners of facilities and by competitors that use broadband pathways to compete against the owners of those broadband pathways. This shift has implications far beyond this transaction for the industry at large. When i appeared before you in the Second Qu
Your session hous lows. As we settle a little bit here. The s p off, but no industry is doing as badly as the dow jones. We will be talking to individual stocks but not a good way to end the trading. Lori it has been a tough couple of days with all of the nonsense and the fiscal cliff. We will get that in detail on this Christmas Eve. Lets zero in on the Semiconductor Names among the worst performers today with the semi etf seeing a move to the downside. Including intel, Texas Instruments and farm holdings. David the whole energy sector, names like chevron, marathon, all posting losses today. Lori retailers themselves were not all in on the holiday spirit on this Christmas Eve trading day. Back in eagle, staples among the biggest losers in the sector. David those idiots inside the beltway cannot seem to get it figured out. Dont expect one anytime soon. Lawmakers are gone for the holiday, so does the white house even want a deal by the new year, or automatic tax hikes what they want in
Aye. Motion passes, unanimously. Thank you, colleagues, thank you advocates, thank you chief. And thank you poa and everyone this is, and it is really important the moments when you do something when no one is watching and not m response because it is the right thing to do. We did it in october. And the giants are in the world. , they are in the National League championship series. I got ahead of myself. And that is all right. Line item 8, Public Comment on all matters pertaining to item ten below, closed session, including Public Comment on vote whether to hold item ten in closed session. Ladies and gentlemen, we will go into closed session to deal with matters that are protected by the provisions of the california law, is there any Public Comment on that. Hearing none, we will go into closed session, thank you everyone. Thank you, everybody and i know that it is late. Thank you so much. I need a vote. Could i get a motion. So moved. Second. All in favor. Aye. I need to call it. Okay.
Okay. Commissioner breed . Here. Commissioner campos . Absent. Mar . Here. Mar present. Commissioner kim . Kim absent. Commissioner yee. Present. We have a quorum. Thank you, i would like to thank, first of all jonathan goblock and Jonathan Larson for tell vicing us, call item two, approval of the minutes for the september 16, 2014 meeting this is an action item. Is there anyone from the public that would like to speak . Public comment is closed. Breed, aye. Campos, absent. Kim, absent. Mar. Aye. Yee aye. Passes. Thank you. And item 3 . Citizens Advisory Committee report, information item. Good morning, here at 9 30 and i am not sure that he is able to come back, and i am sure that he wanted to pass on the three items that they approved the motion of support for all of them and there were some questions asked about the items that it said that the item five, and that can be addressed during the item if you like. Thank you. So, lets open this up for Public Comment, is there anyone from t