dr. brinkman present. borden present. eaken present. heinicke present. hsu present. torres present. director rubke will not be at today's meeting. item 3, please be advised that the ringing of electronic dev e devices are prohibited. anybody who is responsible for one going off may be asked to leave the room. item 4, approval of the minutes. >> any public comment on the minutes? no, seeing none, public comment closed. motion to approve? all in favor aye. any opposed? hearing none, minutes are aprv proved -- approved. >> item 6, introduction of new or unfinished business by board members. >> chair brinkman: right into the election of officers. nomination for chair. >> i would like to nominate malcolm heinicke. any other nominations? hearing none, we'll go to public comment on the nomination of malcolm heinicke as chair. any public comment? seeing none, public item is closed. all in favor? congratulations! i'll just say, malcolm, i know you're going to be a fantastic chair. i'm sure you all realize malcolm is the longest serving director on this board. so he has fantastic experience a