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So first, I guess I want to start by saying thank you

to Paul, who is the first one

that I heard from the Florida roundup,

but then to everybody else on the committee,

everybody that's been so gracious inviting me here

and welcoming me here.

And you know, I can remember like hearing especially that floating around

it's like I would hear the speaker and they'd get up and they'd say like oh I want to

thank you know so and so my host and they've been so nice to me and I'd sit there and I'm like it's just sounds like this

guy just like went and picked him up at the airport like what's he been doing like why is he so

grateful for that and it's not it's way beyond that it's it's unbelievable

how welcoming everybody here has been and and I just feel really lucky to be here

and that you've asked me here tonight.

And Paul had a, I have to tell you, Paul had a very different, it was wonderful that he came

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