roberta havens, naheed misfeldt, heidi palomera and meghan potente. can i have a motion and second to the appointment. >> so moved. >> second. [please stand by] >> good evening, commissioners. we are really excited as the. >>> to be re- presenting their members. the way that our bylaws work is that after someone has attended multiple meetings. >> i'm sorry -- >> good idea otherwise i'll keep going. after members have attended two consecutive meetings they can apply for membership and that we bring them forward to you for approval, for ratification. it's already an immense task to be a parent of a student with special needs or support our community as an advocate. we are exceptionally grateful to our partners, family empowerment on the other advisory committees. we are pushing our members, i mean, membership is enough, but as you heard tonight we are pushing our members to be here and to speak, and to talk to you about the issues that they are passionate about. hopefully he will be hearing a lot more from us this year. we would love to see all of you a