welcome, everyone, to this launch of the public service announcement on behalf of the california grand jury s association. i d like to thank all of you for being here today. being in the presence of such a political [speaker not understood], reminds me of a story a good friend of mine told me about meeting president george h.w. bush. he was in washington meeting with willard e. mills in arkansas at the time mr. mills was the chair of the house ways and means committee, probably one of the most powerful and influential people in washington. upon being introduced to the president, my friend was struck speechless. he just was stammering and stuttering. at which point the president put his hand on his shoulder and said, it s okay, dan, i always get nervous around him, too. [laughter] it s a special honor for me to be here today. i d like to introduce our special guest, lieutenant government gavin newsome. it (applause) at the thank you. also represent state mark malone
welcome, everyone, to this launch of the public service announcement on behalf of the california grand jury s association. i d like to thank all of you for being here today. being in the presence of such a political [speaker not understood], reminds me of a story a good friend of mine told me about meeting president george h.w. bush. he was in washington meeting with willard e. mills in arkansas at the time mr. mills was the chair of the house ways and means committee, probably one of the most powerful and influential people in washington. upon being introduced to the president, my friend was struck speechless. he just was stammering and stuttering. at which point the president put his hand on his shoulder and said, it s okay, dan, i always get nervous around him, too. [laughter] it s a special honor for me to be here today. i d like to introduce our special guest, lieutenant government gavin newsome. it (applause) at the thank you. also represent state mark malone s of
of san francisco communities and educational background. and it s been incredible to view what the city has to offer in a really intimate way. and we look forward to carrying on a rich tradition of following up with past reports, doing past juries proud, and we look forward to putting out some good reports. thank you. we also have, and i m not going to call you out because i don t want anybody to [speaker not understood] we have several current jurors here and a number of former jurors here also. as kate said, the california jurors is comprised of [speaker not understood]. at the chapter here, we very much [speaker not understood] with the courts in recruiting and publicizing what the grand jury is all about. most people you talk to don t know what the civil grand jury is. they think criminal grand jury, barry bonds, but they don t know what the civil grand jury is about. we try to get the word out. because not only do we want people to serve on the grand jury, but i think
i do have a message of thanks from theedthv the president of the california grand jurors association. unfortunately because of health reasons i cannot attend the grand jury public service announcement narrated by the lieutenant governor gavin newsome. so i cannot be here personally to thank you, i use this message to relay my appreciation and thanks as the president of the california grand jurors association to all those involved in the creation, production and ultimate distribution of the psa. i hope you liked it by the way, when you watched it. they did a great job. it was great. [laughter] first and foremost we thank the lieutenant governor, the star of the production, for lending his presence, prestige, and stature and or or ratory to the project. ken mali, script writer, director and producer brought this idea to reality. we also acknowledge and thank the man behind the camera, richard. and who edited and filmed the psa. and finally my thanks to my tga partner an
i have done. i might never do another one because i m not a media artist per se but i have used the medium because it seemed to be the one that could allow me to convey the sounds and images here. memorials to me are different from artworks. they are artistic, but memorials have a function. it is a beautiful scupltural objective made with bronze and lined with red wood from water tanks in clear lake. that is the scupltural form that gives expression to maya s project. if you think about a cone or a bull horn, they are used to get the attention of the crowd, often to communicate an important message. this project has a very important message and it is about our earth and what we are losing and what we are missing and what we don t even know is gone. so, what is missing is starting with an idea of loss, but in a funny way the shape of this cone is, whether you want to call it like the r.c.a. victor dog, it is listen to the earth and what if we could create a portal that cou