ORDER-2016-132 : Appointment of Lorraine DiCesare, 61 Willow Street, to the Commission on Women for an initial term; said term to expire on the last day of February 2018.

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▶ 1:09:40 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: have order 2016 dash 132 appointment of Lorraine de Caesar 61 Willow Street to the Commission on women for an initial term said term to expire on the last day of February 2018 thank you very much for being here this evening hello would you

▶ 1:09:59 Speaker 3: like to say a few words well I feel like my life is an open book you know I work with the Melrose Chamber of Commerce quite a bit owning the shop of course and working with the Melrose Arts as well and I've worked in groups and individually I've helped a lot of people get their start in the arts and I'm really excited someone pushed me on this and I'm really excited about it so thank

▶ 1:10:37 Robert A. Boisselle: you all the members up as a word for I'd like to thank you for stepping up into the position as the in the commission of women thank you very much thank you

▶ 1:10:48 Monica C. Medeiros: thank you I'm a Medeiros sorry thank you and I think miss miss Cass kind of proactively answered my questions but I wondering is there any particular agenda item or policy that you feel like you really want to push forward or I think there's a lot of issues but there was something on Chronicle about when there's a job offering for somebody or you know something somebody's looking for a job 80% when there's if I can explain this right when there is certain

▶ 1:11:18 Speaker 3: criteria a man will look at it and this is really weird but a man will look at it and he will apply for it if he has 20% of that criteria but a woman will only do it if there's 80% criteria so it's more of a confidence level and helping people to feel confident enough to try to go for it whether it works or not is that's really what I want to try to help with good and do you feel

▶ 1:11:45 Monica C. Medeiros: comfortable to work with the others. Absolutely. Thank you. Yes. Thank you.

▶ 1:11:53 Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis: Alderman McAteer-Margolis. Thank you, Lori. I'm delighted that you're doing this. I think, as I said to Gail, you represent a different demographic for the committee. You're a small business owner in the community. You've been very active with the arts and you have great great creativity so I'm sure that you'll bring all of that to the table and not that I think everybody's going to bring something different but I feel you know I don't know everyone as well as I know you but I think the part that really I'm really glad that somebody pushed you to do this is because you are a business owner and you're a woman and you know what's you know what that entails so good luck thank you thank you any final

▶ 1:12:43 Speaker 4: questions or comments you're off the hot seat okay order number five on our