applaud his efforts and i thank you for acting on it today, and i look forward to meeting the new ceo/cio allison. i have heard nothing but good things about you and you have a wonderful retirement system. thank you. >> thank you for your call. moderator, are there any further callers? moderator: madam secretary, there are no other callers. >> there are no other callers. >> i will close public comment. >> >> roll call, please. >>clerk: [roll call] >> joseph driscoll: i hear you. this board did not participate in any of those negotiations. we are just changing the amortization period. i vote aye. >> mr. gandhi? >> i guess i'm not sure what's going on. is there something that should be there, some comments made? >> i'm asking a question. i'm not sure what's going on. is there a comment i should be aware of? >> commissioner, i would just say that we are extending, we have proposed the board to extend the amortization period. normally our policy says that in our amendment that it would be a five year period and we have asked for ten years which is acceptable and meets all the requirements and that's