zg thank you for giving me this opportunity to speak. my name is susan of the when i filled out my card it said "in favor,i am just here to say i wd like to see it done the right way, and that requires a great deal of thought. i have been under for 37 years. i am starting to loose -- i have been a nurse for 37 years. i am starting to lose track, and while the overall climate and economics of health care have changed tremendously, i see a change in the way business is conducted at our hospital. i have seen on the bargaining team for a couple of years, and i think if you want to work cooperatively, it can be a challenge. we have been without a contract for an unprecedented amount of time, and i think we need to develop a better spirit of cooperation, so nurses are patient advocates, and having a union allows us to be better patient advocates, and when i started this process, and i was relatively pollyanna. i just want you to be very careful in developing this hospital in the way it will serve san francisco. thank you. [applause] [list of n