we'll move onto item number six, the report from senior analyst, dylan rice. >> good evening, dylan rice. senior analyst, committee on cultural events. i know it's been a while since i've done an update, so a step back, i'm looking at 2018 as about deepening and expanding the work that i've already started to do, so that's positioning and building my work or my role as a concierge for service or outdoor events, so presenters are more empowered with the tools and resources they need to be compliant and to -- to be safe and successful. it's also about, you know, increasing the transparency and reducing complexity so this idea of streamlining processes, and it's about educating event producers on best practices and obviously the rules. and obviously, like, fostering and expanding the network of event industry, professionals. and also, you know, we're always researching and looking for new ideas, right? so also, i'm interested in 2018, really, really sinking my teeth into some research about what are mr. legislative tools that we could look at to -- to protect these community and cultural ou

good evening commissioners, dylan rice senior analyst and web master and copyrighter. i just wanted to walk you through some of the changes, these enhancements to our web site. with the objective of increasing clarity and proving some of the streamlining and really communicating the new rules and permits surrounding amplified sound and one time events. so, i'm just going to hit some of the key pages. instead of having a permits application page, we switched it to get a permit page. you can either use the drop-down to get to these subpages or go to the landing page here. we wanted to organize it in the sense -- first we wanted people to know how we're defining entertainment in the code. that determines how you're regulated essentially. and types of permits with consumer friendly descriptions, the applications and then some faq's to help people understand what the changes have been. so i'll jump to the permit types. this took some time to get all of these descriptions sort of written and finalized, but we separate it into brick and mortar. and then events, and so you'll

i'm dylan rice, senior analyst at the entertainment commission. thanks so much for coming here. my job is focus on supporting outdoor events, especially community and cultural events. and real quick, so, this next panel is a part of an initiative we launched last year called the sf outdoor events network. initiative is, it's an opportunity for networking and training and promotion for the outdoor event industry. we are going to be doing these events quarterly, so, please come talk to me if you want to be added to the mailing list. the next panel topic is in response to a challenge that many of you outdoor event producers are facing, how to create and promote the idea of social space in an urban environment with increased development, population density and changed demographics and these speakers are truly practitioners and experts and they are addressing these challenges and really in an imaginative creative way and looking at things like neighborhood compatibility, not as barrier but opportunity to sustain their work and to sustain their craft and their event. so i want to than