vice president nakajo? >> commissioner nakajo: thank you very much. chief hayes-white, in terms of the next class, the 125, do you have a projection date of when you think that will start? >> latter part of january . just looking at my calendar. 28th, perhaps? 21 or 28 of january . not nailed down yet, but that's what we're planning for. >> commissioner nakajo: okay. and in terms of the process, what are we looking at in the next three months? what are you looking at in terms of your selection process? you go through a whole process in emergency room its of your entire means, you get through a selection process targeting the 28th? >> we do. we always have extra in case we need to fill in at the last minute, so those 15 will be advanced for medical examination refresher and barring anything unforeseen, they will be in the 125th academy, so that brings the numbers down. so we will continue to review what we have. we have a large pool, and we have surveys -- the ability for people to fill out surveys. we will be selecting people for additional background

vice president nakajo. >> vice president nakajo: thank you, chief gonzales, for that comprehensive report which is quite lengthy in terms of the commissioners and public. what is good about it is every segment of your responsibility is in that. i just kind of noted that i believe chief hayes-white that this might be one of the rare occasions where we have all of the command force here. i believe. and i just wanted to let you know, commissioners as well, what a pleasure it is to serve with you all. i think i got a little nostalgic in terms of the department chen firefighter choi got up here and talked about 25 years or 26 years. it's just that again part of the revelation of coming to these commission meetings, what an awesome responsibility and opportunity this is, but also to serve with many of you. having said that, i'm going to need some of the command force individuals to come up and at this particular time i know all of you don't have a report. but chief zanoff, can you come up here please? as part of your report, which is quite comprehensive, i look at page six, the page after that,

vice president nakajo. >> vice-president nakajo: thank you mr president. a little bit more.nce we had every meeting with captain tillman, in terms of this presentation that i know i am not the only one responsible. there's a lot of things that as a listen to you and i talk about comments with the commissioners and i will try and put it in some order. but basically, this format that you are using for the executive board to make the change of the young energy of the membership, in terms of the black firefighters is a good plan. some folks think that one of these days, african-american or asian american will come. our day has come. it has been here. as far as i am concerned, in terms of the black firefighters and the leadership and your involvement in that, it is about time. i welcome you to do that. it is impressive to the point of the presentation of the cadet program. i am glad that commissioner commissioners pointed it out. that was what was obvious as well. we say it black firefighters and not all of the cadets are african-american. they are women, latinos, there is a spre