APPT-2023-4 : Appointment of Emily Paisner, 71 E Emerson St, to the Melrose Commission on Women (MCW), for a one-year term set to expire on the last day of February 2024. Ms. Paisner’s appointment replaces the term of Rilda Kissel, who has resigned from the Commission.

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▶ 12:39 Speaker 1: Thank you. I think that makes sense.

▶ 12:43 Manjula Karamcheti: so all in favor any opposed okay this motion carries and we will make a recommendation for the applicant to attend our city council meeting. So counselors have the opportunity to ask questions then to verify moving forward with the full Council vote.

▶ 13:08 Manjula Karamcheti: All right. So the third order we're going to find ourselves I think in a similar situation because this is an appointment as well. The third order is an appointment 2023-4 and it is the appointment of Emily paysner. 71 East Emerson Street to the Melrose Commission on women for a one-year term set to expire on the last day of February 2024 Ms. Paisner's appointment replaces the term of real dickiesel who has resigned from the commission. We are still under suspension of the rules. So mayor Broder, please go ahead and let us know about this candidate. Thank

▶ 13:43 Paul Brodeur: you madam chair and I want to connect with our esteemed clerk to confirm that she's actually injured and that is why she could not she could not appear this evening. That is correct. Yeah, but I will if you've had a chance to review her resume in a qualification, she's again another person who step forward to kind of answer the call and it has you might imagine I do chat with these folks before before I I put them forward and this paysner has been in an advocacy role for women particularly young women girls in and around her career. She's actually done significant work around a podcast called equal part, excuse me equal parts plural, which is brought which is focused a lot on issues facing women around work and mother she actually in her perhaps free time in her spare time is a lacrosse coach for girls here in Melrose. So it should be you know, both professionally and as a volunteer in the community, she is committed to and passionate about this work and we wish her God speed and a full recovery and look forward to our service. Should you agree on the commission?

▶ 15:09 Speaker 1: What is the will of the committee?

▶ 15:14 Jen Grigoraitis: I'll make a motion to recommend for passage and I'm sorry to hear about Miss paysner's sorry. I think all of us are getting a call from the Melrose Public Schools about tomorrow. Everyone's phone is going off. Oh, thank you clarifying what that was. It's that that is what it

▶ 15:29 Speaker 4: is. You make it a long night. Yeah transparency.

▶ 15:31 Manjula Karamcheti: I just to Echo and I think we can Mr. Mayor work better on our end with the clerk of committees on trying to be better coordinated on making sure we have folks here and also reminding them that we do things to the legislature have the option for remote participation, but I make emotions. Okay, we have a motion made by President Grigoraitis seconded by counselor Williams and on discussion. I will just say absolutely whenever possible. We want to make sure to have our our nominees here. So that's an important part of the process. We will try to move forward and make that happen. So all in favor.

▶ 16:12 Speaker 1: aye any opposed All right. So the motion carries.

▶ 16:17 Paul Brodeur: Membership before you before you adjourn you might be up to a germ. What is the message from the famous now? We have

▶ 16:25 Speaker 1: a chat just really I we're not adjourning because we still have two more reappointments. Don't bury

▶ 16:30 Speaker 1: don't you it's an early release tomorrow. We have inside information. We haven't yet.

▶ 16:38 Jen Grigoraitis: So for those watching at home, it is an early release tomorrow in the Middle School.