and then, finally, csba is having a leadership institute july 13th and 14th for school board members, and it's going to be held in san francisco, so i would encourage my colleagues to consider that for july. thank you. >> thank you. any others? -- oh, vice president cooke? >> the personnel of labor and affordablity committee will be meeting on thursday, january 25th, at 5:00 p.m. >> great. any other calendar committee meetings that you'd like to announce? commissioner sanchez? >> the rules committee will be meeting february 5th -- monday, february 5th. >> okay. thank you. budget and business is... >> yes. our next meeting is going to be the first wednesday, which is the 7th. >> wednesday, february 7th? >> february 7th. >> okay. grounds will be next on monday, february 26. commissioner merase? >> the ad hoc committee which meets their regularly will be meeting thursday, february 8th, at 6:00 p.m. here. >> thank you. vice president cooke, your committee on personnel matters. >> thursday, january 25th. >> we are going to have a meeting sometimes in february on the district ad hoc joint c

a >> just wanted to report that we had very successful presentations at the csba annual education conference attended by the superintendent, president walton, and commissioner norton. we -- i presented -- moderated two panels, one on trauma informed approaches, and the second one on new kummer schools. i encouraged my colleagues to look at the professional development trainings that are coming up. there's a two day training in san francisco over the summer, so really happy with the panels that we were able to present and bring greetings from superintendent janet schultz who used to work in our school district. her district in the east bay won their first golden bella ward. >> -- bell award. >> and we want to thank dr. merase who sat on the committee and helped plan the conference. thank you so much for your dead indication to that wo -- dedication. thank you. section m, other informational items. staff reported -- the staff reported donations for october and november are posted in the agenda. section m, and before i do a memorial adjournment, i just want to let you know right after memorial