ms. summerall. can you please call item number one? >> item number one is a hearing to consider appointing two members, terms ending november 30, 2018, to the ballot simplification committee. there are two seats and two applicants. >> great. we have two applicants, unless there is any initial comments from committee members. let's hear from mr. scott patterson first. if he is ok. great. please come forward. >> hello. thank you for having me here today. i'm scott patterson, candidate for the ballot simplification committee. my family traces its roots in san francisco back to when they immigrated from italy in 1881 so we've been around for a long time. i've been a member of the faculty at san francisco state university as a professor of broadcast and electronic communication arts for over 20 years. for 10 of those years, i served as chair of the department. i've also been a member of the national academy of television arts and sciences which has brought me before you today. i'm currently serving as a governor in that organization. i live