Committee Delegate and Alternate to MASC (5 minutes) vote required

Transcript (~5 min @ 1:37:16)

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▶ 1:37:10 Speaker 3: superintendent for your patience thank you I'm a little bit surprised but thank you very much I appreciate and I appreciate your recognition of the work

▶ 1:37:19 Speaker 1: we're doing here in Melrose absolutely and that brings us to the next item on our announcements of the chair which is selection of committee delegate and alternate to the mass association of school committees as the committee will recall mr. sound currently serves as our delegate and I serve as the alternate if my memory is correct it has been an exhausting duty I can report and so let me ask this if I get over the floor are there any members of the committee wish or who are interested in serving as a delegate to the mass association school

▶ 1:38:13 Jennifer McAndrew: committees not everyone at once please you know for those who have done this before what is it involved you have to go to the conference well I mean there

▶ 1:38:25 Margaret Raymond Driscoll: must be if you could speak to this so yes so the delegate portion of the the meeting is I think this year going to be held on Wednesday afternoon and you attend along with all of the other delegates. You must have registered and so Mr. O'Connell as the chairman will register the individual who is ultimately selected. And that notifies the MASC that there is one delegate and you receive identification thereof. And then you attend the meeting. So there is a booklet that includes suggested legislative topics, if you will, or things

▶ 1:39:08 Margaret Raymond Driscoll: to be discussed, and motions are made just as they are here. I will say that it is often a lively discussion with a variety of opinions from around the state. So it can be certainly educational in its own right and entertaining.

▶ 1:39:28 Speaker 1: I think you're really going to like it, Ms. McCandless.

▶ 1:39:31 Speaker 4: I was trying to be very diplomatic. It's very interesting.

▶ 1:39:37 Speaker 1: Madam Mayor, did you have a question?

▶ 1:39:39 Gail Infurna: I was just wondering if Ms. DeSelm made any sort of interest through you to do it again?

▶ 1:39:46 Speaker 1: She has not, although I'm sure if we selected her, she'd be happy to serve.

▶ 1:39:57 Speaker 3: and I know she's served capably in past years when is that conference it is the

▶ 1:40:03 Speaker 1: day after Election Day because from Wednesday afternoon until Saturday at

▶ 1:40:20 Speaker 3: noon although people select different didn't you go down for the training when

▶ 1:40:24 Speaker 5: were first elected oh I went to a training with yeah yeah that was they

▶ 1:40:30 Speaker 1: didn't go to the one of the cars I went down to the training so you know how to

▶ 1:40:53 Speaker 1: get there we'd like to see a little more enthusiasm then well we haven't voted

▶ 1:41:12 Speaker 1: yet so thank you I'm sure it's breaking several protocols but thank anyone else

▶ 1:41:21 Speaker 1: that wishes to serve as delegate is there anyone who wishes to serve as alternate. Ms. Razzi-Thomas, thank you very much. So, given that discussion and those folks putting themselves forward, much appreciated. Is there a motion to approve Ms. McAndrew as delegate and Ms. Razzi-Thomas as alternate? So moved. Made by Ms. Driscoll. Second. Second by Mayor Inferna. Any final discussion? Seeing none, all

▶ 1:41:53 Speaker 1: all those in favor we're voting for you as a pack this is a package deal the gents that is a clear six in favor with one absent thank you both truly very

▶ 1:42:06 Speaker 5: much and we wish you the best of luck you stay very very healthy mr. Gander