I will be chairing this meeting. Joining me will be supervisor katy tang. The clerk today is alisa miller. The committee would also like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv jennifer low and jim smith who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are interest any announcements . Yes. Please make sure you silence all cell phones and electronic devices. [speaker not understood] should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the june 3rd board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Okay. Can we have a motion to excuse supervisor campos from todays rules Committee Meeting . So moved. L okay, with no ok, motion is passed. [gavel] madam clerk, can you please call item number 1 . Item number 1 is a hearing to consider appointing one member, term ending march 31, 2016, to the commission on aging Advisory Council. There is one vacant seat and one applicant. Okay. There is one applicant for just one seat and,
Okay, lets get started. Welcome to our rules Committee Meeting for thursday, may 15th, 2014. I am supervisor norman yee and i will be chairing this meeting. Joining me will be supervisor katy tang. The clerk today is alisa miller. The committee would also like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv jennifer low and jim smith who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are interest any announcements . Yes. Please make sure you silence all cell phones and electronic devices. [speaker not understood] should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the june 3rd board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Okay. Can we have a motion to excuse supervisor campos from todays rules Committee Meeting . So moved. L okay, with no ok, motion is passed. [gavel] madam clerk, can you please call item number 1 . Item number 1 is a hearing to consider appointing one member, term ending march 31, 2016, to the commissio
Interest in the welfare of animals. And i have listened to and read the minutes of the Commission Meetings and there are a number of issues well, the majority of the issues that are currently happening with this commission are of interest to me. And im hoping that if im selected, my service on this commission will make me a stronger advocate for animals. Im hoping to build alliances in it connection with this community to have a future stream of animals come our way and [speaker not understood] more effective rescues. I believe these experiences [speaker not understood] make me an asset to the city as a Commission Member and i appreciate your consideration on this matter. Okay, thank you. Supervisor tang . No questions. Thank you. Okay. Next applicant, james yorck. James yorck. [speaker not understood] 19th century, karl marx, he he said through conflict there is growth. And ive been going to the commission for the last four years and i have been kind of a thorn in their side. I used t
James yorck or is this nanci haines . So, my name is nanci haines and i am interested in a seat on this committee of animal control and welfare. A little bit about me. I am a native californian. I have i grew up in the bay area and ive lived in the bay area most of my life. So, i have experienced a number of different cultures within the San Francisco bay area. I currently reside in the Mission District and i do have a dog and a cat. Im also one of the founders of a new Organization Called ride a ranch rescue and its a not for Profit Organization thats being set up to care for special needs animals. And at present its new and its a Virtual Organization where were just now trying to raise funds and draw attention to special cases. Our goal is to have a Northern California location in a few years, provide a safe haven forespecial needs animal. As a part of the ranch we hope to also establish a Veterinary Internship Program where veterinary students can care for the incoming animal. There
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