when john saw that he was ready to back out altogether because he thought it was a disrespect of peter norman to the people at san jose, they got in touch with peter and peter sent you know what, i'm fine not being the very cause that was a privilege for me to stand there with john and tommie and now media other people can stand there as well, right there at the statue and i'm only raising that not just because it is a beautiful story and so much about peter's character, but i heard today there is no such thing as occupy san jose state, and where do you think people gather? that statue. and where do you think they do their general assembly from? that silver medal stand. so that is peter's legacy. [applause] >> it wasn't that simple about peter norman. when they called me and asked me about the statue and i thought, the first thing i said is i don't want no bronze statue turquoise or pigeon poop running down the side and he said no, john cummins going to be a uniques statute. it's going to be like something you've never seen before. i said okay. i got when they were building the statue but the

when john saw that he was ready to back out altogether because he thought it was a disrespect of peter norman to the people at san jose, they got in touch with peter and peter sent you know what, i'm fine not being the very cause that was a privilege for me to stand there with john and tommie and now media other people can stand there as well, right there at the statue and i'm only raising that not just because it is a beautiful story and so much about peter's character, but i heard today there is no such

[applause] >> it wasn't that simple about peter norman. when they called me and asked me about the statue and i thought, the first thing i said is i don't want no bronze statue turquoise or pigeon poop running down the side and he said no, john cummins going to be a uniques statute. it's going to be like something you've never seen before. i said okay. i got when they were building the statue but then someone called me and said they are just building you and tommie. i said let me get my car and drive up to san jose. when i got there it was just like they said. they built a statue and they were putting the pieces together. i said what's going on? how come peter's statue isn't there? welcome he didn't go to san jose. you and tommie graduated san jose so we are raising the money on the student body and we are just concerned about tommie and you. i said no, man, and happening. if peter doesn't go here i'm not going here. and one of them cannot and said john, peter preferred not to be there. so i said wait a second. so straight to the office an

rubin hechanova, peter stoneburg, jim lazarus, louise renny, paul erickson, norman perce. -- perce -- pierce. >> my name is peter stone berger, and i and the commodore of the st. francis yacht club. we have 450 members. we are a small business, a nonprofit corporation. are substantial -- we are a substantial rent-paying tenant of the port of san francisco. we are already seeing the jobs creation and economic development we were all hoping to see. most clubs are experiencing declining membership. many are even closing down. in spite of the fact we do not have a team in the competition, and in this tough economic climate, are small business is doing great. we have nearly 200 union and nonunion employees, most of whom are minorities, who rely on us for their livelihood. we are already hiring local employees in anticipation of the cup. since the host city agreement was approved by this board, and we have experienced substantial growth in our membership. you can see from this chart that our new membership grew 69% last year. i attribute most of this growth to the america's cup. our club is