so with this i would like to present you with this gavel, president courtney sf puc. the back story of this is that vince loves the gavel as i'm sure all of you have seen i jump every time he hits it and certainly andrew laughs at me. so moving along with the election of officers, i too would like to nominate vice-president francesca vietor. >> second. >> certainly she has served in this capacity before as well as chair of the commission and i look forward to your saying yes to the nomination and i would like to proceed on that. do you accept the nomination? >>commissioner francesca vietor: i do. >> is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. >> any opposed? the motion carries. you can stay there. okay. >> can i just say a few words. it's a great opportunity to serve all of you. i must say vince, this year has been a very interesting year because we had a lot of challenges together and i think the one thing that we are both realizing that in city government nothing happens fast and i think that all of