and i also wanted to thank mayor gaven newsom for appointing me to the commission. and for me it was an honor and a privilege to serve on this commission. and i am very grateful for that opportunity. i also wanted to thank you commissioners for serving during my time and for your support and help and in particular, for the commissions that were on board, for the year that i was president. i wanted to thank you for your help and support at that time and lastly but by no means at least, i wanted to thank the director and your very fine staff for all of her help and support throughout the few years that i have been on here, for me the business is a small business commission, i think is a vital importance, and i am very proud of the achievements that have been made during my tenure. and a lot of it is not the stuff that takes up the headlines and the paper, it is the day-to-day stuff that protects the request of the small business community. and we are often unsung heroes for what it is that we do, because it is not the attention grabbing stuff such as some of the other