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,
Im also a cofounder of rider ranch rescue. We hold happy hours where we raise money for it with our friends. And i think one of the thing im hearing is attendance is a key issue at this commission. I think its good to get . ~ some fresh blood in, some people in our age group perhaps and to drive people to come and listen to the commission and get more involved and educate that way. New media and social media to do that. Thats something nanci is very adept at. Shes a yoga teacher which she didnt tell you, and a wine broker. She has some good kills and building consensus and crowds and driving people. Shes definitely a connector. I think she would do well. I think for the long term also this would be a great opportunity for her and us to get connected to the infrastructure of the city to make some good alliances and friendships to set up rider ranch as a really effective shelter for animal in need down the road, to understand how it all works and develop friends in the city who could the
Improved, just to get a better sense of what are some of the additional goal that you have if you are reappointment . Excuse me. Like i said, it feels that in two years i am only now understanding how how the Commission Works and what opportunities lie ahead. I think for myself thing that i would like to see and work on, perhaps bring in front of the commission is more ways to reach our community. Work on outreach. We post the minutes of course, and we post the agendas. Attendance is usually quite low. Maybe there are other ways we can reach out to san franciscans about whats happening on the commission and what were doing for our animals. Thank you very much. Thank you. Next one is shari oneal. Good afternoon. My name is dr. Shari oneal. I am a resident of San Francisco for the last 12 years. I live and work in the sunset district. I am currently practicing veterinarian. I practice excuse me small animal medicine since 1999. In addition to my veterinary degree, i also have a masters d
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