i am paul andvi the tremendous privilege of serving as co-chairs of the public education and enrichment fund community advisory committee. this is the 14th year of coming before the board. we look forward to sharing our findings, presenting the budget and policy recommendations and entertaining questions you might have for us. i would like to recognize and thank our incredible staff. cathy fleming, and ann marrye -- ann marie gordon. our staff has been incredible on keeping us on mark and allowing us to increase the capacity every view and program proposal. i could like to turn it over to my co-chair. >> good evening superintendent and board of commissioners. we will start with current membership. we have a 21 member body, 14 appointed by the board of education. 3 be the superintendent and four by the student delegates to the board of education. at this time last year several members termed out, five newer appointed. three student members are adding student perspectives to the group instructions. there are 17 active members and for a ca -- vacancies at this t. >> for 2017-2018, the memb