and to the many members of the building committee who worked so hard under the chairmanship of joe epstein and richard on the shoulder of giants i especially want to thank bill who's one million dollars will pledge pushed the building he never hesitated when gloria and i came to you thank you, thank you so much and thank you, everyone for your support on finishing line chair john. >> thank you mary i'm john farmer i have the honor of being vice chair of the board of governors on the commonwealth club and also the chair of the finish line committee what do that mean the finish line committee is charged with the fundraising effort to complete that beautiful building we currently have 16 plus million dollars of money committed to the project the total cost is $25 million so we've got another 8 one half million to raise mary gave us a firm foundation to bring this foundation to completion so we're 2/3rd's of what you there. i would say to thank our expanding campaign counselor shawn richards who is where it is shawn he's back here you want to hold up your hand he's the president of greg by the