 Okay next up we have a nice presentation where I'm happy to be part of this is with a recognition of community television of Santa Cruz and we're going to take a moment to invite a few special guests to come forward or come from behind the camera. We're asking Peter McGettigan and Daniel Howe who to come out who have been hiding behind the scenes and they may be reluctant but we're going to force them to come out. So we we have a proclamation which I will I'm going to read in its entirety because I think community television is such a great institution our community I think it's worth a couple of extra moments to give them the recognition that this proclamation provides. Whereas for over 25 years community television of Santa Cruz has provided locally based television program on cable channels 25, 26, and 27 and charter channel 71, 72, and 73 and whereas part of its public service on channel 25 the government channel it has provided a wide variety of public service broadcasts discussing current topics and providing a forum for participation in our community's public dialogue and whereas for the last 15 years channel 25 has carried live broadcasts of the meeting of the Santa Cruz City Council allowing each Santa Cruz resident to participate in the council's decision-making process whether by attending the meeting or watching from home or work and whereas over this 15-year period community television has provided over 5,000 hours. Well that's a lot of boring TV I gotta say. 5,000 hours or I've lost my place here of live City Council coverage of topics both important and routine but all of which have helped to collectively define our community over this 15-year period and whereas it has taken a high level of professionalism and technical expertise by the staff of community television to ensure that each of the over 700 broadcasts has been produced so that each comment and discussion has been broadcast in a manner that allows for a better public understanding of each topic and whereas this is my favorite part over the last 15 years Peter McGettigan of community television has produced nearly all of the 700 City Council television broadcasts and has helped to ensure that each met the highest possible technical standard now therefore I don't lane on behalf of Mayor Ryan Coonerty do hereby proclaim June 14th 2011 as community television of Santa Cruz County Day in the city of Santa Cruz and encourage all citizens to join me in honoring community television of Santa Cruz County and in particular Peter McGettigan for their public service and for 15 years of continuous broadcasting of city council meetings. Thank you very much. Thank you. I just want to say I accept this on behalf of all the employees of community television that broadcast the not only city council meetings but the county meetings the Capitola City Council and Watsonville City Council and I urge citizens to watch their government at work and it isn't always boring. It's it's it's unique and it really shows democracy and in action. Thank you. Thanks and before I introduce Mary Ann Thuyken who's the director I just wanted to also acknowledge I know every promise everyone in this room knows this that not only does Peter do extraordinary service here in the council chambers but virtually every significant public event that I attend and that we all attend Peter's there with his camera videotaping it and then getting it on community television so it's beyond our civic engagement is not just here at the city council meetings but that people really have a chance to see all the great things that are going on in the community and Peter plays such an important role in that. So thank you so much. Mary Ann did you want to say a few words. Yeah I I just want to express my appreciation for for Peter for Daniel and for the staff of community television which takes this this responsibility so very seriously and we know how very important this is at a time when we are in the throes of of trying to figure out what our future is going to look like something like this is unbelievably inspirational and I am so appreciative that your support has made it possible for us to not only broadcast government meetings but to be a platform for all voices in the community for points of view and for talent right now we have a James Durbin interview up so we try to run the gamut from culture to to real political points of view and your support that has allowed us to purchase a mobile production truck and we're now finally getting high school sports back on there and using our protractor cover different cultural events as well so your support your inspiration is is so meaningful to us and we are so appreciative to be in a community where the government is so willing to be transparent and the citizenry are so willing to be curious. We are very appreciative. Thank you. Thank you so much.