with that i would likes to pass it on to nick thruston. >> all right. good afternoon president feinstein and commissioners. it's an honor to be here, command staff and everyone watching at home. my name is nick thruston. i'm a h2 firefighter in the excelsior district out of station 43. i am new to the black firefighters association serving as the second executive at large. my duties include recruitment and development. we talk about recruitment. we're living in different times now, right, where it's a tough thing to recruit out here. we're dealing with preparedness and qualifications that people do may or may not have. you know clear direction on where they're going in life as well as enticing tech jobs and maybe taken away. so we work directly in conjunction with the clue -- diversity inclusion office and working in conjunction with -- >> [off mic]. >> (paused) and i am sure we can meet there. go to the next slide. it's been active all the way around just trying to deal with recruitment and basically you're almost like holding hands to guide them throu