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Liaison Reports (5 minutes)
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(ID # 6162) Announcements - Chair Liaison Reports (5 minutes) Note: The listed agenda items are those that are reasonably anticipated by the Chair to be discussed at the meeting. Not all items, in fact, may be discussed, and other items not listed also may be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law. City of Melrose Page 2 Updated 1/16/2018 9:04 AM
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▶ 1:11:57 Margaret Raymond Driscoll: school committee protocols before you you will see the protocols that the prior committee has agreed to those are essentially the same protocols that have been used for the last number of years under normal circumstances this is something that we would approve tonight but given that the mayor is going to be doing some different things in the future and we will have potentially someone new sitting before us I would like us to take this up at that time instead of doing it twice so I would certainly presume and expect that we would all read them understand them and that I have every confidence that whether we have a document on before us to sign or not that we would all embrace these behaviors and norms and protocols and and live by them unless there are further questions we'll move on to the next agenda item seeing none the next agenda item is the liaison reports as everybody knows I'm sure we have many ways to engage with our community with a lot of different groups and associations which is very exciting and one of the best parts I would say of our job if I could be so bold so at this time we would certainly entertain anybody's experience with one of the groups for which we have liaison appointments and then note that at the next meeting which will be officially our organizing meeting for those kinds of assignments we'll have more structure around that but certainly anyone is welcome to provide information around attendance at
▶ 1:13:49 Speaker 3: any of those events so this next weekend sorry will be the MLK Day of Service and MLK weekend. As always, the Melrose Human Rights Commission will be hosting a dinner and a presentation. In collaboration with Melrose Public Schools, they have collected essays with regards to the MLK Day holiday and they They have parsed out, there will be more awards than before. They have parsed them out by different grade levels as opposed to strictly elementary, middle school, and high school. So it looks to be a more full and complete event with a wider range of response. And all are encouraged to attend, participate, and
▶ 1:14:48 Speaker 1: service to the community above and beyond ways we already are and the high
▶ 1:14:50 Speaker 2: school honor chorus will be performing two songs at the dinner we have arranged
▶ 1:14:58 Speaker 2: for that as well so I think that's admirable our kids giving up a Monday
▶ 1:15:06 Margaret Raymond Driscoll: night of a three-day weekend any other liaison reports this evening if I may
▶ 1:15:08 Speaker 3: certainly it's admirable that our kids are but it's also admirable that Miss kim piper yes we'll be giving that up as well yeah and participating anything further seeing