[applause] [applause]. Thank you everyone. [applause] good evening. [off mic] dragon. Thats why we have special and the dragon theyre always great. [applause] [off mic] lets give a round of applause. [applause] [off mic] and welcome to this years new year celebration. I am Claudine Cheng from the the San Francisco General Hospital foundation and [off mic]. [off mic]. Particular celebration because this is the first, the first of many, many of Asian Pacific cultural celebration in the new year and family and friends getting together and wishing each other a happy and healthy new year with lots of good fortune and thats what were doing here looking out at the rotundra today. This is Diverse Communities coming together and celebrating as San Francisco family and wishing all the goodness that the year can bring, hopes, optimism, all the good things so we want to thank you for being here and i would like to say a few words in chinese. [speaking foreign language] so i justin tsai to mention
Rarity because judges are not politicians. People have expressed some questions around the factors to apply in evaluating judges or those who challenge them, and that part of the reason for this Forum Tonight is to help explore that. A quick word on logistics for the forum. Were going to proceed in a round robin format. Among the three candidates. Each candidate will provide a selfinterest section and a 1 to 2 minute Opening Statement within our time frame, each candidate will have about 3 to 4 minutes to answer each question, and i will chime in to the extent anybodys running over time so we can be sure to have enough time for all the questions. Well also leave some time at the end of the forum for questions from the audience. You can do that using the q a function at the bottom of your screen. Just type in the question and well see it i. And also for each candidate to make a closing statement, uh, for the purposes of this forum, ill be putting similar questions to each candidate, all
[applause] [applause]. Thank you everyone. [applause] good evening. [off mic] dragon. Thats why we have special and the dragon theyre always great. [applause] [off mic] lets give a round of applause. [applause] [off mic] and welcome to this years new year celebration. I am Claudine Cheng from the the San Francisco General Hospital foundation and [off mic]. [off mic]. Particular celebration because this is the first, the first of many, many of Asian Pacific cultural celebration in the new year and family and friends getting together and wishing each other a happy and healthy new year with lots of good fortune and thats what were doing here looking out at the rotundra today. This is Diverse Communities coming together and celebrating as San Francisco family and wishing all the goodness that the year can bring, hopes, optimism, all the good things so we want to thank you for being here and i would like to say a few words in chinese. [speaking foreign language] so i justin tsai to mention
Court seats are something of a rarity because judges are not politicians. People have expressed some questions around the factors to apply in evaluating judges or those who challenge them, and that part of the reason for this Forum Tonight is to help explore that. A quick word on logistics for the forum. Were going to proceed in a round robin format. Among the three candidates. Each candidate will provide a selfinterest section and a 1 to 2 minute Opening Statement within our time frame, each candidate will have about 3 to 4 minutes to answer each question, and i will chime in to the extent anybodys running over time so we can be sure to have enough time for all the questions. Well also leave some time at the end of the forum for questions from the audience. You can do that using the q a function at the bottom of your screen. Just type in the question and well see it i. And also for each candidate to make a closing statement, uh, for the purposes of this forum, ill be putting similar q
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