we worked very closely with the cmgs c and pendergast and associates to have pre-meetings and new yorking opportunities, workshops down in the construction trailers to folks fill out the paperwork to become certified and doing unbundling and roadmaps for prime contractors as far as where in each package the sbe opportunitis are. and also i did want to note that our contract compliance officer has taken on the role of co-chair with the business outreach committee for this year and that is a working group of all of the transit agencies, including mta and ac transit, where the contract compliance people work together to put on outreach events and put out a newsletter of contracting opportunities. so we're taking a lead role in that committee. >> and now scott will give an update on our community outreach work. >> good morning directors. we have a number of opportunities that continued throughout 2012. we have a monthly community meeting which is open to the public. we usually get 25-30 attendees at those meetings we provide a construction update similar to what you receive at the monthly boa

i think my father, like a lot of people in kansas city thought that harry truman was a pendergast regularsort of machine -- and underrated him. i actually interviewed harry truman when i was sent college one, trying out for the paper and i was home for spring vacation of the library hadn't started yet, so he was in one of those office buildings and limestone buildings in downtown kansas city. like a dentist office, had frosted glass and that harry truman and there's a secretary and he said, that. that was his entourage. i wrote a really stilted, story any interest we to send it to them, so i sent it to them in a semi-back a tier cow of incoming thank you the article. it is perfectly all right. [laughter] is very nice. i had a lot of time for her churning. i know many spent a lot of time comes i admired him. and he's the only kansas city president really. >> i'm from kansas city and i'm not just saying that for the prestige. >> shelly paz for a minute? >> wordage ayes? >> and from the wrong side of the state line. >> schuster in johnson county. it's okay, it's all right. richard burr is us

i think my father, like a lot of people in kansas city by harry truman was a pendergast regular sortingmachine guy and underrated him. i actually interviewed harry truman when i was in college months trying out for the paper and i was home for spring vacation and the library hadn't started yet, so he was in one of those office buildings in downtown kansas city. like a dentist office said it presse klassen said harry truman and there's a secretary and he said, back. doubtless his entourage. i really really don't story. he asked me to send it to them, so i sent it to an anti-sent me a letter that said thank you for the article. it was perfectly all right. and i was very nice. i had a lot of time for harry sherman. i don't mean i spent a lot of time, but i admired him. he's the only kansas city president. >> and from kansas city and i'm not just saying that for the prestige. >> cam repository and then i? for jakarta high school? >> i want to shy city high school. and from the wrong side of the state line. >> it's okay, it's alright. >> to refer to it as cupcake land. go ahead. >> i've read

and pendergast said i wanted to show the world that a well oiled machine can take an office boy and gethim elected to the senate. truman in his first term was considered the senator from pendergrast. he was shunned by the other centers. he devotes more of a national reputation buddies not expert on any of these kinds of issues. he gets in there and write from the beginning every meeting he had with people he says, this is a terrible mistake. i'm not big enough. i'm not smart enough. the meeting goes on, his first day in office and he meets with a reporter at the capital. he says boys, if you pray, pray for been a. i don't know if any of you ever had -- i feel that the moon, the stars and all the planets are falling on me. one of them said good luck, mr. president. and truman said i wish you didn't have to call me that. >> [inaudible] >> perhaps the strongest day but an unsung hero. working on the screenplay of while back about wallace. this is one of the great -- its factual of course of modern american history, what if he had gotten we nominate back in 1944. you are to invoke book i kn