ORDER-2018-159 : Appointment of Kristyn Bunce DeFilipp, 22 Lynn Fells Parkway, to the Melrose Commission on Women for a three-year term; said term to expire on the last day of February 2021.

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▶ 5:08 Peter D. Mortimer: the motion for recommendation passes that means this committee has recommended to the full board at our next full board meeting that your candidacy be approved you need not come again unless there's some highly unusual unlikely circumstances which 99 of the time i haven't seen that happen so you're all set thank you so much for your service as alderman lemmerman said and we look forward to seeing you with the meetings in the future thank you thank you very much miss

▶ 5:40 Peter D. Mortimer: cassell the next order we have before us is order 2018-159 it is the appointment of christian bunce de philippe 22 lindfels parkway to the melrose commission on women for a three-year term said term to expire on the last day of february 2021. welcome mr phillip nice to see you good

▶ 6:04 Peter D. Mortimer: evening thank you for having me would you like to make a statement before we proceed with the

▶ 6:08 Speaker 1: colloquy sure thank you so i am a happy resident of melrose for the past seven years my husband and i came here when we were brand new newlyweds and we've really made our home here i'm very eager for the opportunity to serve this community. I work in the city as a business litigator, so not always the most touchy-feely or always service-oriented of jobs, but I've been very happy to serve on my firm's committees relating to diversity and inclusion as well. I'm soon to be announced as the chair of our Women's Forum, so it follows that I have a strong interest in the economic and professional advancement of women I'm also interested in caregiving issues I'm also a mother of two boys one of whom the oldest of whom is going to start in the public schools next year and I think mentorship and service is very important and I'm hopeful to be able to bring some of the ideas from the private sector that I have to Melrose I am also very interested and invested in increasing and improving the dialogue around gender equality in our community and working on issues relating to toxic masculinity as a parent of two boys and and just overall improving gender equality so I

▶ 7:34 Peter D. Mortimer: welcome the opportunity thank you very much well said all the

▶ 7:38 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: men love woman please on discussion Thank You mr. chairman again just really want to thank you for stepping forward and being willing to serve on this Commission I think your business background in particular is one that's somewhat unique and you could really offer some new ideas for some programming that could be really useful to women in this community so I'm excited to see that and again just grateful for your volunteering your time in this capacity

▶ 8:06 Peter D. Mortimer: so thank you very much thank you thank you alderman lemmerman alderman Mr. Tramontozzi, please.

▶ 8:09 Speaker 2: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Ms. DeFillippe, for coming forward and volunteering your time to serve on the committee.

▶ 8:20 John N. Tramontozzi: Very impressive resume, and I want to thank you for that. You mentioned about the service and mentorship that you've been involved in. I was looking at your resume, a very small,

▶ 8:35 John N. Tramontozzi: I'm directed to, and you're involved with Citizen Schools 8th grade academy writing coach.

▶ 8:43 Speaker 2: Can you tell me a little bit more about that?

▶ 8:45 Speaker 1: Yes, and that's a fairly aged reference on my resume. That's something I did as a very junior attorney. We volunteered with 8th grade students from the Boston public schools and worked on improving their writing skills, and that was also sort of a mentorship relationship. I had a student that I worked with for, I think, about two years named Yobo. He was interested in being an engineer, so I had my husband take him out for ice cream because he's an engineer. He knows a lot more about that than I do. But overall, it was a really great experience getting to know some kids. As well as Yobo, we worked with his whole class, and that was a volunteer program that was hosted at a law firm in the city.

▶ 9:27 John N. Tramontozzi: And I think that's wonderful and great, And I think the business community and residents can get more involved in those type of situations. I think there's a lot of people out there. And the reason I brought that up is because the school department here in Melrose, right now they're going through a budget process, and the school committee is debating their budget now. And will be soon presenting it to us. And I know, I certainly would like to see them look into those type of opportunities for people like in your position and others who might be willing to become coaches for the students because they do have opportunities for

▶ 10:21 John N. Tramontozzi: coaching jobs and where it can be volunteer jobs from many people in the community. I think that's the direction they should take a look at as they're discussing their budget. But thank you so much, I just wanted to put that out there so maybe somebody in the school department might hear that and look into it. Thank you, thank you Mr. Chairman.

▶ 10:41 Peter D. Mortimer: Thank you Alderman Tramontozzi. Are there any other aldermen wishing to be heard? Seeing none at this time, is there a motion, please?

▶ 10:48 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: Motion to recommend for passage.

▶ 10:49 Peter D. Mortimer: Alderman Lemmerman has made a motion to recommend this order for passage, duly seconded by Alderman Forbes. Seeing no further discussion, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Hearing none, as I said with Ms. Kissel, you need not come again. This will be recommended for passage to our full board meeting. It's a 0.01% that you'd be notified that we would need to speak to you again. So thank you for your service to Melrose and congratulations, welcome aboard. Thank you. Motion to adjourn. We have a motion to adjourn from Alderman Forbes, duly second by Alderman Lemmerman. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed, hearing none, the commission on HEW is hereby adjourned. Thank you one and all, please stay tuned for the committee on appropriations. Thank you.