since that time, craig deasac, who worked in the assessor's office as attorney was on loan for a period of months and he did such a great job that the approval authority offered him the position, asked him to come on as permanent g.m. so that happened august 18th. so we now have new leadership there and things are going along very well. in june, we had the national uacy conference in san francisco. it was a huge success. it was the fifth annual conference and it was the biggest conference to date. everyone loves san francisco. people came. they spent money. it was wonderful. and the weather cooperated. you know, our weather this summer has not been the best but that particular week, it was outstanding. i wanted to just mention we're in the process of going to become e-map certified, which is the emergency management accreditation program certification. it's a long process. it's very complicated. it's involves self-assessment and it involves around the country. we will be when we get through the process the first city on the west coast to be e-map certified and one of the very few in the