Appointment of Diana Weinburg, 94 Maple Street, Melrose to the Commission on Women for a term of three-years, said term to expire the last day of February, 2029.

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▶ 0:52 Ryan Williams: And we're open for public comment. Do we have anybody online? No one online. Okay. Is there anybody in the gallery that wants to speak in public comment, not as part of the, uh, attendees? Okay, great. Then, then I'll motion by unanimous consent to close public comment. So we have one, two, three, four, five appointments before us. Yep, all appointments before us tonight. Um, we have representatives from the administration here. Um, so I'm gonna read down the line. First is ID2026-381, the appointment of Diana Weinberg, 94 Maple Street, Melrose, to the Commission on Women for a term of three years, said term to expire the last day of February 2029. And Ms. Weinberg can't be with us, so, uh, I can't remember the rule, but I'm gonna motion by unanimous consent to waive the rule for requiring appointments to appear before us. 36. 37A. 36. I forget. Anyway, um, and the mayor is gonna speak on her behalf. Thank you.

▶ 1:50 Jen Grigoraitis: Thank you. Good evening, Chair and Councilors. Thank you for having me tonight. So I'm, um, here to speak on behalf of several appointees, but, um, including Ms. Weinberg. As you have in your packet, she reached out to the city back in September expressing an interest in being on the Women's Commission. It's always great when we have residents proactively seeking to engage. Um, and we recently had a spot open up, so I'm pleased to put her nomination before you. She brings long experience in the private sector, and has, um, a documented history of supporting women and girls in business, and also has been a community volunteer, including serving on the board of directors for the farmers market for over a decade. So I think she'd be a wonderful addition, and I thank you for your consideration. Thank you very much. I will try to answer questions.

▶ 2:33 Ryan Williams: Great. Is, uh, are there any questions from the councilors?

▶ 2:37 Cal Finocchiaro: Councilor Finocchiaro. I don't have a question. Um, the resume is amazing. She sounds like a great fit. I just want to make a motion to recommend.

▶ 2:45 Speaker 2: Second.

▶ 2:45 Ryan Williams: Motion to recommend by Councilor Finocchiaro, seconded by President Freeman. Any discussion? Okay, seeing none, all in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Okay. That passes. Thank you. Thank you. Let's move on to ID2026-445, appointment of Joseph Swithin Shortledge, 132 Bay State Road, Melrose, to the Melrose Human Rights Commission for a term of three years, said term to expire on the last day of February 2029. Hi, you must be Joseph. Thanks for joining us.