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To president chiu, our clerk angela did issue that memo. There is a rationale for us to follow through with voting today. But i wanted to say as your colleague, supervisor chiu, for now six years on this body, youre a friend for since the 90s, that this is not the way to leave this body. Its creating more division a were being forced to vote. Im in support of all of us that will have to Work Together in the next couple of weeks to select a permanent board president for the next two years, but i dont think its in the spirit of collegiality as others have said. I dont intend to participate in a vote today to select somebody because i think its illegitimate and its not fair to this body and it leaves us in a more divided manner than we should be. We should be moving forward in a united manner. So, i urge you and appeal to you not to force this vote today because i do not intend to participate in a vote thats illegitimate to me. Superv ....
Election to the office of board president is supervisor tang. So, when your name is called, please indicate your preference from among the nominees stated. In this case there is only one. Again, if no supervisors received a majority of the votes well proceed to the next round until a nominee with draws or if there is another motion to reopen the nominations. Colleague, unless there is any further discussion, madam clerk, could you please call the roll . Kim for tackvthv. Is that correct, kim for tang . Supervisor mar . Mar absent. Supervisor tang . Yes, tang for tang. [laughter] tang for tang. Supervisor wiener . Tang. Wiener tang. Supervisor yee . Tang. Yee for tang. Supervisor avalos . Avalos not present. Supervisor breed . Tang. Breed for tang. Supervisor chiu . Supervisor tang. Chiu for tang. Supervisor cohen . Katy tang. Cohen for tang. Supervisor farrell . Supervisor tang. Farrell for tang. There are eight ayes. [cheering and applauding] congratulations, supervisor tang. Thank yo ....
Swearing in for the state assembly of the current board president. And, madam clerk, could you please describe the rules of this election . There are no absent abstention or passes. All supervisors must vote when a question is posed. The lowest vote getter is not obligated to withdraw their name and they will be included on subsequent ballots unless the nominee chooses to withdraw their own name. At any time a nominee may withdraw their own name, the board can adopt a motion to reopen nomination with a majority vote as the president stated. In the event that no nominee receives a majority vote there shall be an additional roll call until a nominee receives a majority vote. And then the supervisors who have been nominated for the election to the office of board president is supervisor tang. So, when your name is called, please indicate your preference from among the nominees stated. In this case there is only one. Again, if no supervisors received a majority of the votes well proceed to ....
Nominations. Colleague, unless there is any further discussion, madam clerk, could you please call the roll . Kim for tackvthv. Is that correct, kim for tang . Supervisor mar . Mar absent. Supervisor tang . Yes, tang for tang. [laughter] tang for tang. Supervisor wiener . Tang. Wiener tang. Supervisor yee . Tang. Yee for tang. Supervisor avalos . Avalos not present. Supervisor breed . Tang. Breed for tang. Supervisor chiu . Supervisor tang. Chiu for tang. Supervisor cohen . Katy tang. Cohen for tang. Supervisor farrell . Supervisor tang. Farrell for tang. There are eight ayes. [cheering and applauding] congratulations, supervisor tang. Thank you. First of all, i just want to thank all of my colleagues who were voting in support of this. Its unfortunate given the conversation that we had, but really my priority for these next two meetings as interim president is really just to make sure that we have a smooth transition. So, knowing that we do have another vote coming up in january, im g ....
Assembly of the current board president. And, madam clerk, could you please describe the rules of this election . There are no absent abstention or passes. All supervisors must vote when a question is posed. The lowest vote getter is not obligated to withdraw their name and they will be included on subsequent ballots unless the nominee chooses to withdraw their own name. At any time a nominee may withdraw their own name, the board can adopt a motion to reopen nomination with a majority vote as the president stated. In the event that no nominee receives a majority vote there shall be an additional roll call until a nominee receives a majority vote. And then the supervisors who have been nominated for the election to the office of board president is supervisor tang. So, when your name is called, please indicate your preference from among the nominees stated. In this case there is only one. Again, if no supervisors received a majority of the votes well proceed to the next round until a no ....