sergei severnov, zack stewart and john tamen. go ahead. >> thanks. my name is ellen dudley. it's ironic the following suggestion i have is already in my prepared remarks before we were limited to what is n. my opinion, a ludicrous one minute to collect a coherent thought to share with you. so i will proceed anyway. applicants should be allowed up to five minutes per speaker or up to one hour per application, with the possibility to petition for additional time if needed. and such petitions should not be unreasonablely denied. commissions and boards should be under mandate to strongly consider the opinion of the majority of the neighbors of a project and every effort should be made to work with an applicant to reach a mutually acceptable solution. i also believe decisions of the board of appeals be based on the simple and not a super majority. you have a chance to be on the right side of history on all of these issues and i certainly wish you well in getting there. i would like to end with a final thought. i would be interested from hearing your points of view what the salien