mr. maasse has asked a number of questions and you all are only being asked to address the first three as the remaining questions seem to be all matters that are non-specific questions of general interpretation which generally are not appropriate for formal requests for advice. the fec, and other bodies follow those same sort of procedural guidelines. with that, i think i'll leave it open to you for discussion, but staff is recommending that you act on and vote for the opinion herein so we can transmit that to the city attorney and district attorney at the earliest possible date. >> chair keane: commissioner kopp. >> i was just going to make a motion to adopt the recommendation so that it's on the floor. >> chair keane: is there a second? >> second. >> chair keane: discussion by the commission. we'll take public comment and -- no public comment. all those in favor of the motion to have this as our position and inform the gentleman of that, please signify by saying aye. >> aye. >> chair keane: any opposed? motion passes unanimously. we now go to agenda item 7 discussion and possible action

. -- i'm sorry, mr. maass just gave about, for example, soliciting for contribution at safeway, you know, for example, and under what circumstances would that notification as a commission member or a board member trigger a notice and a filing requirement. >> right. generally, it is for anything that would constitute a behest of payment, and that's because the recipient needs to know that a payment is a payment, otherwise that recipient will probably not be aware of the fact that they're receiving behested funds, and then, they probably won't be aware that they need to file under the recipient requirements. >> commissioner chiu: but the filing requirement at the part of the recipient comes at the $100,000 level. >> that's correct. >> you've had your comment. it's not a debate. [ inaudible ] >> you've had your public comment, sir. >> thank you, all of you, who have worked so hard in the staff, you have so much invested, and your own personal feelings and values invested in the that's been done. i'm nancy neilson