commissioner fiona wilson present. commissioner. howard present. commissioner greg sass present and commissioner clare zelenskyy present. with that, we have quorum. thank you. and again, as you are aware, this is a special meeting that is not generally scheduled for the health service board. and we find ourselves here today because this board, both, rejects ed staff's recommendation for the rfp for blue shield of california for the new medicare advantage ppo plan, as well as is, it also rejected the uhc renewal for the mapd ppo plan. so we had to re agendize both items so that we can hear them again, because the charter does require that we provide a ppo plan for our retirees. so we are here today to hear both items. and i do want to make an announcement. now that public comment will be limited to one minute because we do want to be able to hear from everyone. we have people waiting for us online as well. and so and so, so, and i also want to make sure that everybody understands that public comment is a moment for you all to express your comments,