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Any discussion . Call the question, all in favor . Aye. Any opposed . The motion carryies. Now item number 4, the directors report, executive director Shireen Mcspadden. Good morning and happy new year. Is this mic on . So i feel like we just met because the holidays kind of sucked up much of december, so i dont have a huge amount to report. I was in washington dc the second week of december which was actually after we met last month. And i was there for the meetings and they are the National Association of area agencies on aging. The december meeting is when we put together the policy priorit...

Year, and we are well into that. And one of the things that im not going to go through every single action, because that would take all morning, and president serina would not appreciate that. [laughter] its difficult to contain my enthusiasm. Right . But i did want to talk about a few highlights. And so im going to go goal by goal and just kind of highlight one or two things in each goal. So goal one, strategy c if you have your plan in front of you, strategy c is to strengthen San Franciscos caregiver network, including enhanced support for Informal Caregivers and supporting a robust provide...

Coleading the four annual meetings. At this meeting, Melissa Mcgee from the office of Community Partnerships will be presenting on the dignity fund data and evaluation report. And then we hope to have time for a significant conversation discussion with attendees on what they want to see on the agenda for these meetings Going Forward as well as envisioning what they see this group being and becoming. So we look forward to that very much. Next month, we will have a Transportation Panel presentation with representatives from s fm ta and transit riders talking about current Transportation Resource...

Support to the rest of ihss and to clients and providers. So thank you so much. [applause] on more of d. A. S. , you are our employee for the month. Thank you. May i say a few words . Of course you may. I have the copy in my hand. I dont want to miss anyone. So first and foremost, thank you to my heavenly father, my family and friends for being here today, a special thank you to the special someone who nominated me, my direct supervisor for endorsing the nomination, our management team, the executive director, of course, and our Deputy Directors, program manager, program director, thank you fo...

Include reinstatement of the disproportionately deleted senior classes in particular, although i support a reinstatement of all of them. Its often said these days that sitting is the new smoking, and if so we all have done damage to our health over the past hour and a half. But there is new research that shows that another aspect of modern living is detrimental which is loneliness. Although it doesnt affect seniors only, it does affect them because of a loss of a partner or friend, because of more people being childless. The effect is so great that it is more dangerous to our health than obesi...