one has been at the sfva, the county va, and this is mainly due to staffing. finding a way to get volunteers who have that background to help facilitate conversations with veterans i think would be very helpful. >> thank you for your present. supervisor cohen. >> mr. pandy, you said you are an intern in the mayor's office. >> correct, i am a coral fellow. >> i am a prior coral fellow too. i'd like to know did you reach out to my office prior to this committee meeting? >> i have not. >> for what reason? >> focusing more of my research on the current issues and then i can reach out with your office with a more statistical approach with a direct recommendation. >> i'm going to make an observation. it's customary for folks reach out to meet you one on one to have this level of interaction. unfortunately right now we have a whole list of candidates and we don't have a lot of time to get to know you. in the future it's to the advantage of all the applicants to reefrp out to the whole committee. >> thank you, appreciate your presentation and the topics on which you s