so, first, let me introduce linda hullman, president and ceo of the american association of university women. linda? >> thank you so much. thank you. so, aauw, 130 years of breaking through barriers for women and girls. and who would have thought that at this point in 2012, we would be talking about those barriers, much less the kinds of barriers we are seeing every day. so with that, what we are trying to do and what we will be doing is our major get out the vote effort, which we have geared up for and are about to roll out, and we are putting unprecedented human and fiscal resource behind it. aauw has always done a get out and vote effort for many years, but this one we thought was one of the most critical. is it any wonder that women are sick and tired of being told what to do and that we're ready to make our voices heard? we're tired of our rights being used to score political points, right? and it's about time women are treated fairly and equally and they need to be respected by lawmakers. so our get out the vote effort is called "it's my vote i will be heard." and i want to take