ms. packard. are you there? >> clerk: mr. chair, i believe ms. packard is out of the country or out of the state right now. she did send an e-mail she was not going to make it. >> chair: okay. i didn't see that. but ms. packard is an awesome, very long-term member of that body and deserves her vacation. so we will go on to ms. merrill. >> good morning, chair peskin, supervisors chan and mandelman. my name is ann merrill, and i've been nominated by the san francisco league of women voters to fill seat three. i'm a member of the san francisco board, and my focus is on voter service initiatives, which includes registering voters, and then more relevant to this conversation, to providing them with non-partisan materials during each election cycle. it dove tails very nicely with the work. in addition to my experience in the league, i bring my experience of many years working as a professional technical writer, where my job was to communicate complex information in simple, accessible language for a wide range of audiences, from construction workers to "

ms. packard. are you there? >> clerk: mr. chair, i believe ms. packard is out of the country or out of the state right now. she did send an e-mail she was not going to make it. >> chair: okay. i didn't see that. but ms. packard is an awesome, very long-term member of that body and deserves her vacation. so we will go on to ms. merrill. >> good morning, chair peskin, supervisors chan and mandelman. my name is ann merrill, and i've been nominated by the san francisco league of women voters to fill seat three. i'm a member of the san francisco board, and my focus is on voter service initiatives, which includes registering voters, and then more relevant to this conversation, to providing them with non-partisan materials during each election cycle. it dove tails very nicely with the work. in addition to my experience in the league, i bring my experience of many years working as a professional technical writer, where my job was to communicate complex information in simple, accessible language for a wide range of audiences, from construction workers to "