ms. augustine called to inform our office that she is not able to attend today's meeting and is no longer interested in this seat. mr. pearl, would you like to come up and say a few -- mr. penn, would you like to come up and say a few comments. >> good afternoon, supervisors, i'm miquel penn, i came here to go to san francisco state and ended up staying here for the last 23 years because of the beauty and diversity of the city. i'm before you now for a seat on the citizen's committee on community development because of my work experience, passion and belief. my work experience, i'm a workforce development professional working mostly in the construction field but also in what we would consider in-use jobs. i was sector coordinator of the city build academy, construction program manager for mission hiring hock, managing our redevelopment job placement program and also working in the ins and outs, supervisor breed, i'm sure you know in the cbo union, i wear a lot of hats and picked up a lot of experience in workforce development. one thing i can say about workforce development is the beauty