good morning president morgan and vice president phrasier. command staff, kathy. sandy tong this is my report since the last meeting on november 13th. i joined the mayor in union square alliance and maceys for the great tree lighting event that is a public event this was smaller. but still fun and excite to see that light go up. the next day advertised the mea and dhr leadership development graduation. that our grut in this program were chief ma loyal and brown. who are here. congratulations to them it is an 8 week project program that allows them to interface with leaders to learn more about how to were prop vied. guidance and leadership, skills to their respective divisions and departments. >> thank you all of you for attending the graduation on the 15th. graduated 49 folks and there are now working quite dill gently and thankful for participate in the graduation and families. we had a labor management meetoth 19th. i met with the mayor on the 19th this is an introduction meeting getting to when he is looking at and what we're looking at for the fire department.