employees' retirement system to reinforce the comments which proposed port commissioner tim and joe driscoll have already made you aware. proposed port commissioner kim is an individual i worked with for the five years he served on the retirement board, and he brings an amazing capacity not yet mentioned of bringing consensus and allowing a body studying and addressing public policy concern to actually come to a decision, which in a world where all of public policy making is in fact public it is before cameras for the world to see. he is able to assist his colleagues in determining where they have come to consensus but may not yet be in a position to voice that. i think that was a very important aspect of his service on the retirement board. and as an executive who worked in the direction of december -- the seven members on the retirement board, i think it is very important and i think the port director will appreciate commissioner kim, should he be confirmed, as a person who works effectively to move policy into action, which is a critical follow-through of all the public policy making acti