joinder's interest because i think both he and mr. pandy bring the younger voice to this particular commission, which is kind of lacking at the moment, also in terms of mr. joiner the private sector i think that connection is also really important in terms of job creation and connections for employment. so again i will just reiterate that firmly i think we have some agreement with mr. nutsell, mr. baldanado, seat 7 i would like to see mr. miller, seat 1 mr. brendan rogers and seat 4 i think between mr. pandy and mr. joiner. >> i think you mentioned everyone. commissioner cohen. >> thank you. good afternoon everyone again. i appreciate you sticking with us through this process. it's actually a really difficult process and my apologies if i come across as being too hard but just by way of background, i'm the daughter of a vietnam veteran and veterans issues in particular is something that's extremely important to me. my father is a, earned a purple heart from being wounded in the war and so the veterans issues are personal as well as extremel

. >> mr. pandy, you said you are an intern in the mayor's office. >> correct, i am a coral fellow. >> i am a prior coral fellow too. i'd like to know did you reach out to my office prior to this committee meeting? >> i have not. >> for what reason? >> focusing more of my research on the current issues and then i can reach out with your office with a more statistical approach with a direct recommendation. >> i'm going to make an observation. it's customary for folks reach out to meet you one on one to have this level of interaction. unfortunately right now we have a whole list of candidates and we don't have a lot of time to get to know you. in the future it's to the advantage of all the applicants to reefrp out to the whole committee. >> thank you, appreciate your presentation and the topics on which you spoke and we'll go on to our next person. next up we have john caldera i have matthew scott gay but i have a note that he is not here today. so we will go on to matthew caldera >> good afternoon, su