i am donna welmerand with consumer action and i am an advocate there. this is an emotional moment. i came here to say how much i'm going to miss ken stein as he leaves his position at the mayor's office on disability, and when i first started doing this work four years ago ken was one of the main go to people for me. he was someone who was available to guide me around ada issues to give help and support whenever i had a question i couldn't answer and i am very sad to see him go. i feel like i have been in many, many meetings with ken, and i feel like he's always been the conscience of the meeting regarding disability rights issues. i feel he never fails to raise the question on the top and i can how does this impact the disability committee? and i just wanted to say that we will miss him and his leadership. thank you. >> thank you. bob plant. >> eye bob planthold. i was fortunate some years ago to be given the beacon award from the disability council. some of you weren't on then. that's why i am reminding you of that, so now i want to turn around and ask you folks to consider what