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sherburne, please? >> the mayor's directive is quite clear that any panel would need to have completed the training. so as i understand it, the training is about 15 minutes long and, about 15 to 20 minutes long, and then the certificate can be forwarded to the commission secretary and we would be happy to present the materials, which are already prepared. >> thank you. commissioner johnson? >> first, i would really like to thank you, president mel garre, for all the work you have done in collaboration with staff, with the department of human resources, and for the transparency of this process that is happening in realtime fr all of you watching at home and also for all of you in the audience. i am really appreciating this conversation. i think given the information that it will take 15 minutes, i for comfortable too committing to finishing the training by friday so that we can get resumes out as soon as possible so people can have time to review them. i would love to hear if my fellow commissioners feel

sherburne? >> we have reached out many of the candidates. many of them who have to travel. we would just want to communicate in advance whether a decision can be made here or shortly thereafter so we can continue to engage them. as we push closer to the december holidays, travel plans can very much become a factor for all of them. we will help work with any of those candidates to do that, but i am a little concerned if we push into middle of december that there could be a conflict there. >> thank you. and that concerns me, too, commissioners because there is a market for candidates and there are other municipalities and organizations hiring for candidates that have similar qualifications and i don't want to lose our best candidates, but commissioner richards? >> my mother turns 95 on december 13th. i probably won't be here on the 12th. i'm trying to be here every commission hearing, but, you know. >> yes. [please stand by] >> commissioner moore? >> i would like to share my own experience. i sit on the board when board members call in. i edevastate that to commissioners and