is really his seizure to be given an opportunity -- his year to be given an opportunity to show what he can bring to help a homeless, because he has a passion. he attends regularly, and he was not just talking the talk. he really does walk the walk as well. >> is there any other public comment since? >> ♪ our shel birdbaths in -- sheltered paths may never cross again ♪ ♪ bring in the sheltered son

mccain -- sunshine. won't you fix up the shelter world ♪ ♪ i am so glad this item added on for all regions -- did unfurl ♪ ♪ and i would not have missed this item for the world ♪ ♪ ever since this item did unfurled, take it up for everyone that needs it in the city ♪ and fixing up the shelter world, city ♪ >> good afternoon, supervisors.

i am not seeking reappointment right now you're your region right now -- i am seeking reappointment right now. if they are taken off because of the appointment with the board, that is good. moving on down the list, i want to give part of my recommendation. i had the privilege to years ago, and it is quite an experience. she knows how to talk about the experience, and she knows how to

connect with people. you notice she is also really involved, and she is also an activist in her own communities. i am very impressed by the consistency of another one of your eyes flicker and secure your -- very impressed by another one of your applications. hopefully, that can help you all out.

>> good afternoon. i am here to support maxine paulson. we met in o work group. they were passed by the board of supervisors. youthey were both up one time homeless. i think it would be done public policy for this committee to put a shelter director on the

committee. the committee is supposed to do oversight of its shelters common and i think they are dealing with a conflict of -- who do oversight of its shelters, and i think they are doing conflict of interest. this would increase the work load for the other members. they would have to do an additional inspections. i think it is bad policy if a shelter director would sit on the committee. >> public comment is now closed. madam clerk, please correct me if i am wrong, but i want to indicate that seats one will remain vacant because applicants are withdrawing their application, so we are looking at seats 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.

is that correct? >> can you repeat which people withdrew nominations? >> it would be linda, scott, elizabeth and her in -- anchor. >> thank you. >> we have four people saying they were applying for seat 5 and 34 seat six. -- 3 for 66. -- for seat 6. >> cathy only has a nomination letter for seat 3, and she would

need a residency waiver. the second is amanda, and there was no nomination letter s mr.ubmi region -- nomination letter submitted. >> what about will daly, who said he could apply for seat 5. deborah said she could be seat five and six, maxine said she could be seat five and six, and charles said he could serve on feet 5 and 6. do we have the appropriate nomination forms for those seats democrats denomination and

letters we received in your pockets -- for these seats. >> the nomination letters we received are in your packet. >> does that mean we do not have done? >> they could be potentially qualified for the seats they would like to apply for. they could submit a nomination letter to us for the board meeting, but currently we do not have a letter from don. -- them. perhaps the applicant himself could answer the question very good harks -- the question. >> i have feet two, judy for just see too, maxine for only seat to the bureau -- seat two. she might eligible for seat 5

and 6. charles has applied for two, three, and four. deborah has applied for 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. kathy has applied for seat 3. michael has applied for seat 3. amanda has applied for seat 3. and will daly has applied for seat 3 but mention he is eligible for four and five. nagin, who has applied for seat 3, so can we check to see if maxine, charles, and will daly could fill in these additional cc region se -- additional seats?

>> i do not have a letter to reagan >> i do not see one. -- i do not have a letter. >> i do not see one. we could continue the item to the next meeting and some folks to get their letters.

>> it is hard to analyze now. ok, i was able to work it out without the letters i see. i just want to -- we have three candidates potentially forsyth two -- for seat 2. 463 we have kathy, michael, amanda, and -- for seat 3, we

have michael amanda, and cafes. forsee 5 and we could vote will daily in that seat. six looks like charles and deborah are eligible, even without checking for the letters. if that is too complicated, we can -- >> we can only have one person for each seat. who are they? >> i would propose maxine paulson for seat two. >> i would second that nomination. was the rev. hear? >> she was not here.

she did not speak. the bemused foresee for, and will daily for seat 5 -- debra muse for seat 4, and will daily for seat 5. >> do we have a letter for charles? >> we do have a letter for charles. >> we do not have him eligible for sixth on our agenda. >> i do have a letter, but does it have to say specifically for seat 6 bowman region in -- for seat 6?

if not, we could put deborah in seat 6 n. charles in seat four. >> i did appreciate the way we are fitting it in, but i think amanda would be great, and i think cathy would be great, too, for those seats three and four. we have a letter for you. it is amanda we do not have.

i am real uncomfortable of appointing someone who has not shown on up, and may be the better way to go would be to give amanda a chance to continue this so the rev. ken show of and give me a chance to vent the rev. verses amanda. i do not want to blindly go with someone who has not been here. 3 and 4 i would like to hold on to greater >> what about item six sonoma -- 3 and 4 would like to hold onto. >> what about item six hamas -- item 6? >> i am fine with will daily for a seat five. >> great. do we have a motion?

>> mr. cases only qualified for two, three, and fou region -- mr. pitts is only qualified for two, three, and four. >> i do work with another organization. i am not sure i can get a letter from them, but it is possible i can ask a. >> i would like to continue. it seems there is a lot of incompleteness. if we could make decisions, that would be my preference. >> there is no motion for two

and five. >> we can continue to next week's special meeting, and anybody who has not had a letter, if them in. you have got to get your letters in by monday. >> without objection, we will continue this item. is there a deadline on this? to the call of the chair. thank you very much. will you please call the next item? >> items 4 through 8 regard existing legislation. would you like to adopt a motion to move into closed session? >> yes. before we move on, is there any public comment on closed session bowman -- on closed session? we have a motion to move into closed session without objection. thank you so much for coming to the meeting.

>> we met in closed session to discuss pending claims and litigation. i understand that the committee will amend item six, line 19. it will have stipulation for entry of judgment. and then i understand the committee will provide items 4, 5, 6, and seven ford, with recommendations. and you have done the amendment. >> no objections. >> and in order now is a motion regarding disclosure. >> second that.

>> thank you. >> thank you very much.

>> welcome to "culture wire." today we are visiting southern exposure in san francisco alison prepares to launch a fantastic new project called beautiful possibilities. we will send them on a two-year adventure crisscrossing the united states to investigate american history and contemporary culture. it is using a traveling road show as inspiration. she will sit down and talk with residents in search of stories and experiences that reveals exactly what makes us americans.

>> beautiful possibility is a traveling research project that i will take on a five-month journey across the united states and lower canada. i document this tore on a map that i painted for the project and also from previous projects called the road map to lost america. on the map i have taken all of the contemporary borders off the map and replaced them with native territories, and then overlaid it with contemporary highways. i have scheduled venue stops at different areas along the tour, from california to south dakota, that will serve as headquarters for my local research. when i was researching the traveling medicine show, i came across this. they had put out an elixir, and it referred to the elements that came out because of the high stress, high-pressure life,

mostly because of the industrial revolution. anyway, i was fascinated by the term american-itis, and i thought it did a lot about the stress-related illnesses, and i was impressed that they picked up on that and the 1800's. i did a survey to see if it was irrelevant element today. i have a series of eight painted banners that are retellings of american history. i am particularly interested in transition history between native and european histories and retelling them as if they were a popular myth. there is a mix of eras and characters and times drat these banners. -- and times throughout these banners. i use the olympics and the melting pot, or things reduced down, and come out of this reduction. and something else transforms

out of it. they had this strict code of who we should be as americans, and then i had andrew jackson fanning the flames. this first contact, down to george bush in 2008. all of the characters that appear are real characters that are taken from my research. we are an interesting mix and i want to provoke wonder about who we are. every one of the characters are taken from actual photographs or documents that i found in my research on american history. in a lot of my banners, you conceal -- uc the melting pot, the imagery and myth that we use in our culture. talking about these reductions of all these different mixes of people, how you distill the experience.

that is something i want to think about, collecting the ideas and ingredients, and i wanted to do the san francisco de lexie. -- elixir. we found a spring water underneath a church in cow hollow. we put rosebuds in the water to attract peace, and it made a meade. it was sitting in the gallery. we distill that through local herbs. it was really surprising how delicious it was, because we were mixing a lot of seemingly in congruent ingredients, and it was delicious and different from anything you have ever tasted. i would have been happy if it was medicinal. the idea was more important to me. but it was very good. it is something i think a lot

about, especially transition history, native americans, how they have this combination of dress, from the clothing from trade companies, mixed with traditional dress. i love how reflective it is of who they are, and also the merging history's coming together. what would we look like if we carry our history with us? all of the merging of cultures, reflected in our address? i am thinking of my own history with early europeans coming in and intermixing with native cultures. the one thing i would like people to take away from after seeing my work is a sense of wonder and who we are as americans. that we are really these beautiful mixes of people and we should really be looking backwards at who we are. i think we are all kind of historians in our own life, and there are great presidents behind us -- president behind us that could give us insight into who we are. >> oliver road trip on her

website. check at often. new experiences will be added after every stop. >> the san francisco ethnic dance festival is one of the jewels on san francisco sculptural crowns. this is in its 32nd year of showcasing the celebrated dance

troupes. this year will be one of the past with four new works representing kondo, afghanistan, china, mexico. -- congo, afghanistan, china, mexico. more than a hundred 30 ensembles and soloists auditioned in january for a slot in the ethnic dance festival. in the end, 37 companies were selected to perform. 26 of those performances are world premieres. >> each year, we assembled a panel of dance experts that is made up of academics, scholars, researchers. people have been working for

decades in the field. many of them came to this country in the seventies and have trained the next generation of dancers. they are proud to see many of these students at the these masterful levels. this was one of the best panel'' we have ever had, extraordinary people. at the end of the process, they rank their top groups which are then merged into a master list. >> performers are judged on stage presence, costumes, and innovation. >> the four programs are created around an exciting and dynamic range so the soloists and groups selected each weekend will have enough dynamic range to be a

society overall to are experience. >> hundreds of dancers from different countries need each other, compare stuff, and make new friends. this has resulted in new cross- cultural collaborations'. >> one of the extraordinary things is that it really only happens here in the san francisco bay area. all of the dancers that we are presented -- presenting are from the area. they have full-time jobs and they spend their weekends nurturing their passion to sustain these extraordinary dance forms from around the world. the audience cannot help but be inspired. >> this year, the festival will feature a ci