Of women and as you can see we have a rich and wealthy history of women and it is part to be the history. Thank you, good afternoon, everyone and it is a pleasure to be here and i am julie, soo, and i am the pas president on the status of women and i am a senior on the counsel of department of insurance and a former mathematician and went to law school to work on healthcare reform. And still it is a big undertaking and so i expect in high school i will be coming upon my 40th reunion and sometimes, and in six years. And i also sit on the board of the Saint Francis Memorial Hospital and my passion is inaudible appropriate out reach on out service and social services and i am also an executive board member of the California Democratic party and cochair of the committee for about six years. And i am a fourth generation san franciscan, and so i am very passionate about keeping my city great and making our city great. Commissioner gamez . My name is alicia gamez and i am a commissioner on th
Can we make a motion as approving it . So, i guess that i would just, i would just like to say that next monday we will, the friends of the commission on the status of women, will host a luncheon event where we will honor a group of women, who are giants. And in many different fields, and i would just like for the good of the order to read out their names, alicia kudrow who is the president of mill college and we are recognizing at t and particularly ken mcneilly for their great work. And we are recognizing becca prowda and a former commissioner, and her work with levi, and we are recognizing another person that i considered giant among giants Katherine Dodd for her extraordinary work inside and outside of government. We are recognizing elizabeth avar tarchi an amazing city attorney. And for her work. And we are recognizing dr. Nancy mulcan who is the director of the ucsf National Center on excellence on womans health. And we are recognizing regina scully, and among other things has pr
Commission, this is his first formal Commission Meeting after appointment in august. [ applause ] with that, i think that as to become acquainted with each other, we are asking each one to at least speak briefly on who they are, and so that the other commissioners for the fellow commission will be understanding of who they are sitting next to. And who will be speaking. Let me start from my right to left. Commissioner singer . Hi, dave singer. And an entrepreneur and invest or and i have been on the commission for about a year and change. And all of my work is in healthcare. And commissioner taylormcghee . Bele taylormcghee and i am a consultant, for the communication and policy and i am also on the National Steering committee to bring over the counter access to all conception free the pill. And i am david pating and i am a psychiatrist and chief, and look forward to being on the commission as representing the Behavior Health influences on Public Health but also, looking after the Publi
Organizer. And of course i am a fast learn, right . And well, we will have to check with the Democratic Party on this, and okay. And so, you know, i said, fine, any way, so i became a commissioner under the director hernandez and she said to me, okay, you have to be, and laguna honda on the finance committee, and i am like, the learning curve . Right . And so i ended up at laguna honda, and later on and so it has been and it was a wonderful 12 years and i really learned but the funny part about it is when the chronicle reported the commissioners under mayor brown appointed and before when i was in the chronicle they used to say roma guy, the separatist feminist, no matter what i did. No matter what. And you know, persist ans and energy and passion, thank you for the honor and the praise and i look forward to more energy, and as long as i have it, and my passion, is attached. Thank you. Commissioners, and let me go to the next item. Yes, please. Item 2 b is a resolution recognizing octo
Is there any further discussion . Commissioner soo . Okay that was just, and okay. And thank you. And so from the commissioner, side, and all of those fa favor of the resolution, please say aye. And all of those opposed. The resolution is passed. And we will go on to the plan and the status for women. Great. We also have the resolution before us, and so could i have a motion to approve . Motion to approve. Is there a second . Second. Any Public Comments . No, i have not received any Public Comment. All of those in favor. Aye. Okay. Thank you. Next item is a resolution recognizing the 2014, cedaw womans human rights awardees and these are just for the women commissioners. You can proceed. Great. Can we make a motion as approving it . So, i guess that i would just, i would just like to say that next monday we will, the friends of the commission on the status of women, will host a luncheon event where we will honor a group of women, who are giants. And in many different fields, and i woul