. >> do you have a folder for mr. buel? >> i do not. >> maybe i should. >> so when you searched these e-mails, do ut have to search each folder individually to try to find the responsive documents or can you run one search? >> i think that run one search. you can use a search key and it will come up with all of the e-mails that are in your general nbox or response to a key word but sometimes i will check other files that i might have in my file management system. >> now, are you actually remembering doing these searches or just saying what you likely would have done. >> that is what i likely would have done. >> where else are e-mails kept within your department? >> i mean, we have, probably 600 full time staff, so there are both, we have a combination of centralized and decentralized. i may not be the subject matter experts and we do have a server which is cap able of being searched and i do believe that in response to this it may not have been as quickly as he would have liked. we did work with the staff to search the serv

so i understand that miss ballard and mr. buel and miss gong are here? miss gong is not here? >> who is going to speak? >> okay, mr. buell, please? >> five minutes. >> mr. gooding is satisfied. >> i will use much less, thank you very much. >> let me say, first, that i think that you have a communication from the city attorney which pleads my innocence in this case. but i want to put a little background, i was asked to look at my e-mails, and i did look and i responded, i think within 12 hours of being asked but i could not find the e-mails i was looking for. having said that, i wanted to find them. and i believe that they are part of the record. but to set the record straight, when i heard about this session of the common wealth club i have spoken with the club on a number of occasions, i hold them in high esteem and i saw the title of the event that was being planned, and i know that the panelist that are involved in this that put it forward. i have the utmost respect, particularly for katherine howard she is passionate about the golden gate park and i would not diminish her c