today we are being broadcast by sfgtv staff, joshua alexander and greg burk. madam clerk, could you please call the roll? >> roll call, commissioner avalos? >> present. >> avalos present. commissioner breed? >> here. >> breed present. >> commissioner campos? >> present. >> campos present. commissioner chiu? >> here. >> chiu present. commissioner co-en? >> cohen present. >> farrell present. commissioner kim? >> here. >> kim present. commissioner mar? >> here a. >> commissioner mar present. commissioner tang? tang present. commissioner arena? commissioner arena present. commissioner yee? yee present. we have a quorum. >> okay, very good. thank you, colleagues, for being here. i want to make sure we had all of us here today for this special meeting to talk about our selection of an executive director. madam clerk, could you plix call the next item? >> item number 2, closed session, appoint/public employee executive director, information action item. >> great, thank you, colleagues. so, today we will be interviewing three of our top candidates that had been forwar

alexander webb, strong vincent, governor warren, norman hall, and one who you probably have heard all too much about, joshua chamberlain. these introduced men who over and over again stepped out of themselves for a moment and turned the corner or a time at some right moment and save the day. these became almost routine for union officers at gettysburg. by comparison, it was almost entirely reactive, in other words, the confederates acted and he responded, but not the other way around. and above all, he failed to run the army of northern virginia and at that moment when it was at the weakest it would ever see. taking a little of his own advice about risks might have made him the most famous general in american history. it remained for abraham lincoln to renew him the ultimate significance of gettysburg. one more and another. [laughter] in fact, let's give it the last click and we will give it everything up there. you see what wonderful place the atlanta history center is. i just say something and it appears. marvelous. if only my students in class could deliver like that the words were spoke at the dedicatio

alexander webb, strong vincent, governor warren, norman hall, and one who you probably have heard all too much about, joshuachamberlain. these introduced men who over and over again stepped out of themselves for a moment and turned the corner or a time at some right moment and save the day. these became almost routine for union officers at gettysburg. by comparison, it was almost entirely reactive, in other words, the confederates acted and he responded, but not the other way around. and above all, he failed to run the army of northern virginia and at that moment when it was at the weakest it would ever see. taking a little of his own advice about risks might have made him the most famous general in american history. it remained for abraham lincoln to renew him the ultimate significance of gettysburg. one more and another. [laughter] in fact, let's give it the last click and we will give it everything up there. you see what wonderful place the atlanta history center is. i just say something and it appears. marvelous. if only my students in class could deliver like that the words were spoke at the dedication