Appointment of Maria Grigoriadis, 112 Upham Street, to the Commission on Women

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▶ 25:42 Leila Migliorelli: Madam Chair, I'd like to make a motion to take ID 1 24 5 4 out of order for another appointment. Just second.

▶ 25:51 Kimberly Vandiver: Okay. Uh, so we have a motion, uh, by President Elli ex Exofficio to take ID number 1, 2, 4, 5, 4, uh, out of order with a, uh, second by Councilor Occhio. Um, all in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? So, um, that is the appointment of Maria Gita, one 12 Upham Street to the Commission on Women.

▶ 26:14 Jen Grigoraitis: Thank you, Madam Chair. Just to clarify, um, it's Greg Andis, uh, Lithuanian and Greek. Um, though I, I would be happy to be mistaken for a relative same, same, same. So, Ms. Greis, um, has, is someone I've known for quite some time in the community. She is active, um, in municipal elections as well as state and, um, national politics. And she also brings a substantive background as a woman in stem. Um, and I think to have her join our women's commission to think about how we address issues, um, pertaining to women and girls in our community would really add a valuable lens to that. So I was thrilled at her willingness to serve it. Only took a couple phone calls. And, um, here she is. Thank you for

▶ 26:59 Speaker 2: Your consideration. Thank you.

▶ 27:00 Kimberly Vandiver: Wonderful. Thank you. Um, Ms. Gita, is there anything you would like to add before we open it up to the committee? Committee?

▶ 27:08 Speaker 2: Uh, I'm thrilled to have been, uh, recruited and invited

▶ 27:14 Speaker 5: and, uh, thank you for, um, having me here.

▶ 27:16 Speaker 2: I, I am just thrilled to death, so thank you.

▶ 27:18 Kimberly Vandiver: Wonderful. Any questions from the committee? Yes, president, uh, mili. Thank

▶ 27:25 Leila Migliorelli: You, Madam Chair. Um, similar to the question from Mr. Kansky, what drew you to this commissioner? What are you hoping, um, specifically to get out of, um, your work? I just, through your resume and it's, um, you have a lot of well-rounded history, but just curious about what specifically about the women's, uh, commission on women drew you to that role?

▶ 27:45 Speaker 3: So, a number of things. Um, one, to speak to what, um,

▶ 27:46 Speaker 5: what, um, the mayor had said. Um, obviously I have, you've seen my cv, um, have a degree in biology, went to an all women's college,

▶ 27:59 Speaker 2: um, feel really strongly about women in

▶ 28:00 Speaker 5: sciences and technology. Um, what drew me was

▶ 28:08 Speaker 2: a little bit of self-serving.

▶ 28:11 Speaker 5: Obviously I'm a woman. Um, I'd like to see the lives of all women, um, be improved in any way advanced, um, through levels of any sort of education. Obviously STEM is where my strong suit is.

▶ 28:27 Speaker 5: Um, but just put out more, I know that they do the interviewing of, um, leaders,

▶ 28:34 Speaker 2: business leaders, political leaders,

▶ 28:36 Speaker 5: and that was, I went to one of the meetings and I found that really fascinating, um, to get the message out of important work that is being done

▶ 28:45 Speaker 2: by women to show girls in particular, um,

▶ 28:48 Speaker 5: what you can and will be when you get older.

▶ 28:54 Speaker 2: Great. I feel really, really strongly about that.

▶ 28:57 Speaker 4: Thank you. Yep.

▶ 29:01 Kimberly Vandiver: Any other counselors? Councillor Stewart?

▶ 29:05 Robb Stewart: Thank you Madam Chair. Um, I'll make a motion to recommend to the full council. Second.

▶ 29:11 Kimberly Vandiver: Okay. Motion to recommend by Councilor Stewart and a second from Councilor Occhio. Um, anybody on discussion? Okay. Uh, all in favor?

▶ 29:20 Kimberly Vandiver: Aye. Any opposed? So that will also pass, uh, and go to the full council with a recommendation for passage. And you're welcome to join us, but you don't need to, uh, thank you so much for your willingness to serve and I appreciate you coming to speak with us tonight. Thank you.

▶ 29:36 Speaker 2: Thank you. I appreciate everyone's time. Thank you. Thank you. Can

▶ 29:41 Speaker 5: I still speak?

▶ 29:41 Speaker 1: Sure. Mm-hmm. And I'll see the chair. Thank you.

▶ 29:43 Speaker 2: El? Yes.

▶ 29:50 Speaker 2: Yeah. Okay. Alright. Alright. I actually thought of Mary Freak when I first, sorry.

▶ 30:00 Speaker 2: Okay. I just wanted to confirm. Yes. Yes. How go? I was Actually looking to spelling your last name and I said that's gonna be Greek. Yeah, it is. All right. That's It. I would've pronounced it differently though.