president yee riley: i would like to nominate luke o'brien. will go to item number two. clerk: at this time, we will allow the nominees to accept the nomination and make a statement read we will begin with commissioner clyde. vice president clyde: i would like to thank president irene yee riley for this past year. she has taught me a lot about running a meeting in a discourse and very considerate manner, -- and i served on the outreach committee in the past year. i was the commissioner who proposed a recognition for city employees at a time when the city employees were really under an assault, for want of a better word, and there are so many city employees who provide important services, critical services, to the small-business community, and it was really important for this body to engage with and recognize and help empower those city employees who move our small businesses forward. so i would like to just remind the commission that i have been engaged actively in the small- business community, at city hall, and with this commission and the office of small business, and

>> good morning commissioners, luke o'brien, coalition for responsible growth. you know, just as some feedback, it's not a real satisfactory situation right now in terms of feeling like, well, i understand exactly what is going on and i understand where it's going. as far as the past is concerned, i probably would prefer to look to the future and let the past go, although there seems to be an awful lot of unanswered questions. it might be better to just let that be as it is and look forward. i came here and testified at a previous meeting and i indicated that logistically this is not an impossibility. sure, it's a challenge, but it's not an impossibility. i also suggested keeping it small to begin with with the caveat that it's expandable as a system and, therefore, you can build a system that will be maybe servicing one department initially and subsequently will be expandable to serve as other departments and can be modified to accept protocols that other departments' computerized systems may be using that may be different than the system or protocol that the d

sincerely, luke k. o'brien. president yee riley: thank you. any comments from commissioners? commissioner dooley? commissioner dooley: i would like to speak a little bit about commissioner clyde, and what i want to talk about is her breadth of knowledge in some a different parts of small business affairs. she is knowledgeable on ada requirements. she is out there in the communities talking about taxation. she always does more than her homework. she is out there all of the time. she engages with the communities. she attends every event that i can imagine. she is there. the fact that pat christenson, who is with the council of district morrison dissed -- district merchants, gave her such a huge recommendation, that she would be recommended by someone who is part of a citywide organization. i know, as i have worked with her on many projects, one of the best things about her if she knows how to listen, and she absorbs what you have to say, whether she may agree or not. i feel like she has always been there to listen to all different people on our commission about their opinions,