ms. boomer, next item, please? >> moving on to public comment. this is an opportunity for members of the public to address the board on matters that are within the jurisdiction of the sfmta board of directors but not mr. chairman, there are several members of the public who have turned in speaker cards and i understand you have set a time limit of one minute. >> also, let me say in the beginning that two items -- two items that are on the calendar, one item is on the calendar this afternoon. for those who have come to talk about the personnel issues involved in the transition, that item will be heard after the closed session this afternoon. and secondly, there are no sanction items on our agenda, that's why we're limiting it to one minute. we have heard repeatedly from folks, so we're anxious to hear from you. let's go. >> christopher fulkerson. >> thank you, directors. should be appropriate to say i'm in solidarity with today's taxi demonstration as a matter of legitimate concern for laborers who are true to their work and unreasonable and ignor

ms. boomer can direct you to the correct time and date and what's being discussed at those meetings. so welcome. we look forward to meeting you. >> thank you. >> i also want to express my thanks to executive director ford. it has been, as i was reminded before this meeting, 5 1/2 years. we have worked very productively with the executive director. we have made many demands on his time and staff time and he has been most aecom dating in those. -- most accommodating in those. we have been glad to be included in many of the major undertakings this organization has gone through in the last 5 1/2 years, particularly the transit effectiveness project and as you may know, once a month, i and the vice chair of the c.a.c. and dan weaver sit down with mr. ford and give him a hard time about the signs on the subway platforms to the daily service report to, well, everything you can imagine. and that has always been a relationship i believe of mutual respect between the c.a.c. and mr. ford, and we wish him the very best in his future efforts. we feel the c.a.c. is more integrated into if agency n