with that, i want to make a recommendation that we reappoint ellis joseph to seat 14, that we support melody daniel for seat 13, and idell wilson for seat 16. >> supervisor cohen, do you have any comments? >> yeah, i just wanted to speak to the fact that, again, that according to ms. brooks, that there is not a spanish speaker on this body. i think it's important to have a spanish speaker, bilingual representative. i think you said 7 caucasian, 3 african-american 1 vietnamese, 1 chinese if i'm not mistaken. what is the male female ratio on this? ~ >> [inaudible]. >> thank you. >> [inaudible]. >> all right. looks like we finally have an opportunity to increase the male representation, which is sometimes very rare. so, what i'd like to propose is supporting mr. ellis for seat number 14. >> [inaudible]. >> i see, but he's up for reappointment. so, that means that -- so, he's up for reappointment. so, to maintain the balance i think is what we're talking about, the balance of the male/female ratio. so, supporting what supervisor breed says and siegeless eeing -- seeing ellis in seat numbe