it was chief of staff, steve cava and naomi kelly that had matthew come together and begin the process that caused us all to be here. they made sure that members of the school board and others would also be a part of this and they made you the citizens of san francisco a part of this. and i must tell you that your staff did really well. they've produced what i think is an appropriate celebration of nelson mandela's life, a number of persons from various countries in africa who are part of our city government, nuru and others. we're all here celebrating. but in addition there to mayor lee, you can see from this perspective incredible diversity that is san francisco. and when you could have an event in which rose doesn't get a chance to say anything, it's a good day for the city and county of san francisco. on behalf of mayor ed lee and that hearty band of persons who put this morning service together -- some of you say why morning? well, nelson mandela operated at the earliest moment on a daily basis in the quest of ridding the world of inequality and establishing peace and mayor lee's