susie hudson is here. thank you, jay. virgin islands. louisiana o'neill. virginia, martin blackwell. kathy hayden. john withback. washington, jeff kent, freddie simpson. susan hutchinson. west virginia chris warner. not a potter. conrad lucas. wisconsin, steve king. brad courtney. wyoming, greg shafer. marty halverson. met michael. has anyone joined the meeting his name was not captured on the role? guam? yes. mister chairman, we have a quorum. >> thank you, susie. on the proxy committee, there we go. proxy committee. chris warner for the report. go ahead. >> 46 were in order. >> the proxy committee is accepted. the rules require the tentative agenda be sent to all members ten days prior to a meeting. in front of you is the final agenda for the session. without objection we will conduct the business according to that agenda. hearing no objection let's proceed. before you is a copy of the minutes of the 2016 meeting in charleston, south carolina. we will dispense them in reading of the minutes. i call upon the committee to approve the minutes of the 2016 wi