← Health, Education & Welfare Committee · 2016-03-28 · Health, Education & Welfare Committee Meeting
ORDER-2016-131 : Appointment of Mary Julie DeLillo, 13 Circuit St., to the Commission on Women for an initial term; said term to expire on the last day of February, 2018
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ORDER-2016-131 Appointment Appointment of Mary Julie DeLillo, 13 Circuit St., to the Commission on Women for an initial term; said term to expire on the last day of February, 2018 Recommend Passage Board of Aldermen
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▶ 59:37 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: is second great we have a motion to take orders one through seven concurrently That's Orders 2016-131, 129, 130, 132, 133, 134, and 135 taken concurrently. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? We will do that. Thank you. The first up, Order Number 2016-131 is the appointment of Mary Julie DeLillo of 13 Circuit Street to the Commission on Women for an initial term, said term to expire on the last day of February 2018. good evening very much thank you would you we heard a little bit about you from the mayor would
▶ 1:00:21 Speaker 3: you like to um add a bit about yourself sure i guess i've been uh before you a couple of times on this topic so i do thank you for um certainly considering me to be on the commission uh given that i did speak to you um in opposition to it and so i think for me for me it was not it was was in opposition to the way it was written right and so for me it's just making sure that we do educate the girls the young women young adults whether it's it could be the young men too in the skills that they need to succeed so that's my goal is to is to really just make sure we're we're teaching the right
▶ 1:01:00 Speaker 4: skills thank you any questions or comments from members of the committee
▶ 1:01:06 Monica C. Medeiros: Thank you, Mr. Lillo, for coming. Is there any particular agenda item or policy position that you kind of feel you'd like to push forward through this position?
▶ 1:01:19 Speaker 3: I don't, you know, I think I have to wait and see what everybody else brings to the table. You know, I think the one topic that I did talk about is certainly teaching, you know, negotiation skills, certainly skills that will make anyone successful, not just women, just girls right negotiations and in interviewing and what's appropriate but I think I have to wait and see what what the others bring to the table and obviously this is a diverse group of people you think you feel comfortable to you know work with everybody that may or may not agree with you and your
▶ 1:01:55 Monica C. Medeiros: positions and absolutely absolutely and I just want to say personally I know mr. Lilla very well and she's been a very active and involved member community and I think she'll make a great addition to this thank you thank you thank you
▶ 1:02:11 Michael P. Zwirko: any other members of the committee thank you looking forward to serving on the committee I just wanted to give you an opportunity I saw today on the Melrose blog that there's an event that's coming up that you'll be participating in I was just hoping that you could explain what you'll be doing to the folks that are at
▶ 1:02:25 Speaker 3: home sure I will be running the BAA 5k blindfolded I would be tethered to a sighted guide running with 6,000 sighted people so it's my third year doing it and it is it is definitely an experience running blindfolded but you know we do it in to raise awareness for people with blindness or visual impairment thank you
▶ 1:02:53 Michael P. Zwirko: for doing that I also do want to just echo the sentiments that you know mr. little is a very active member of our community and we appreciate that getting involved and getting the word out for the causes that she championed so I think you'll do a great job on the Commission glad to see that you were
▶ 1:03:08 Speaker 4: nominated thank you it's all I had thank you thank you any other questions or
▶ 1:03:12 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: comments great thank you thank you very much for being here as you heard we'll take all of the nominations at the end and we will keep you informed the second item on our agenda is order 2016-129 appointment of Jessica Joy Buster 164 Derby Road to the Commission on Women for an initial term said term to expire on the last day of February 2017 thank you very much miss Buster for being here tonight would you like to make a statement most of my best lines um I did