SANFRANCISCOPUBLICLIBHAHT 3 1223 09951 4508 Women Commission on the Status of City and County ofSan Francisco 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 130, San Francisco, CA 94102 Tel: 415-252-2570 Fax: 415-252-2575 Web: http://wvvvv.sfgov.org/cosw Email: cosw(S),sfRov.orR GIRLS COMMITTEE Thursday, December 7, 2006 5:00 p.m. -7:30 p.m. City Hall, Room 034 5/S San Francisco, CA 94102 DOCUMENTS DEPT. MINUTES MAR - 6 2007 wncisco PublicLibrary SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY /ROLL CALL iment Information Center the meeting to order at 5:36pm. |Francisco Public Library I Larkin Street, 5th Floor Francisco, CA 94102 Present: iber, Commission on the Status ofWomen iber, Youth Commission Representative 'ERENCE BOOK sr, At-Large SFUSD Student Advisory Council Representative 'betakenfromthelibrary Executive Director, Department on the Status ofWomen ., Kim-Shree Mautas, CEDAW Policy Analyst, Department on the Status ofWomen n. ADOPTION OF AGENDA The agenda was approved for the December 7, 2006 GIRL Committee meeting. INTRODUCTIONS III. Informal introductions ofmembers present including COSW Commissioner, DOSW Staff. D REF Andrea Shorter, Commissioner, has been is in the 3rd year ofher second term 305.42 ofserving on the Commission on the Status ofWomen. Commissioner Shorter Sa527 COSW Girls Committee Meeting Minutes 12-07-06; S:\GIRLS\Girls 1 2006-08 Committee 2006\Agendas Commission on the Status of Women City and County ofSan Francisco 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 130, San Francisco, CA 94102 Tel: 415-252-2570 Fax: 415-252-2575 Web: http://\vww.sfeov.org/cosw Email: cosw(q)sfgov.org GIRLS COMMITTEE Thursday, December 7, 2006 5:00 p.m. -7:30 p.m. City Hall, Room 034 San Francisco, CA 94102 DOCUMENTS DEPT. MINUTES MAR - 6 2007 SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY CALL TO ORDER /ROLL CALL I. Andrea Shorter called the meeting to order at 5:36pm. Committee Members Present: Andrea Shorter, Member, Commission on the Status ofWomen Talia Anderson, Member, Youth Commission Representative Madeline Ing, Member, At-Large Dawn Liu, Member, SFUSD Student Advisory Council Representative StaffPresent: Emily Murase, Ph. D., Executive Director, Department on the Status ofWomen Kim-Shree Maufas, CEDAW Policy Analyst, Department on the Status ofWomen ADOPTION OF AGENDA II. The agenda was approved for the December 7, 2006 GIRL Committee meeting. INTRODUCTIONS III. COSW Informal introductions ofmembers present including Commissioner, DOSW Staff. Andrea Shorter, Commissioner, has been is in the 3rd year ofher second term ofserving on the Commission on the Status ofWomen. Commissioner Shorter COSW Girls Committee Meeting Minutes 12-07-06; S:\GIRLS\Girls 1 Committee 2006\Agendas 3 1223 09951 4508 gave an overview ofthe Commission and how the GIRLS Committee will advise the Commission on current issues that affect girls and young women in San Francisco. Talia Anderson, 16, attends Civic Center Secondary High School at John Swett Campus. Madeline Ing, 14, attends George Washington High School. Dawn Liu, 17, attends School ofthe Arts High School. Dr. Emily Murase has been the executive Director ofthe Department on the Status ofWomen for 3 years and previously served on the Commission on the Status ofWomen. CEDAW Kim-Shree Maufas, Policy Analyst has been with the Department on the Status ofWomen since, October of2005. Lengthy open discussion about various member's backgrounds. IV. NEW BUSINESS All New Business forwarded to the next GIRLS Committee meeting's agenda A. Graduate Intern Update B. 2007 Girls Committee Projects 1. Young Women's Health Conference '07 (March/April 2007) 2. Girl Fest - 2007 (July 20th - 22nd ) 3. Short term brainstorming (beginning ofa continuous conversation) 4. Long term brainstorming V. PUBLIC COMMENT DISCUSSION There was no public comment. VI. ANNOUNCEMENTS DISCUSSION A. Upcoming Commission on the Status ofWomen Meetings Tuesday, December 12th, 2006 at 5:00 PM, City Hall, Room 408 B. Upcoming Girls Committee Meetings (dates and locations) 1. January 8, 2007 - Date and location to be confirmed. C. Commissioner Shorter escorted Committee members on tour ofCity Hall. ADJOURNMENT ACTION VII. Meeting adjourned at 6:47pm COSW Girls Committee Meeting Minutes 12-07-06; S:\GIRLS\Girls 2 Committee 2006\Agendas Digitized by the Internet Archive 2014 in https://archive.org/details/minutes2006sanf_0 - American Sign Language interpretersandaSoundAmplification Systemprovideduponrequestwith48-houradvance noticeto415-252-2570. 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COSW Girls Committee Meeting Minutes 12-07-06; S:\GIRLS\Girls 3 Committee 2006\Agendas Women Commission on the Status of <Ai)h City and County ofSan Francisco 1} 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 130, San Francisco, CA 94102 Tel: 415-252-2570 Fax: 415-252-2575 Web: http://vvw\v.sfgov.org/cosw Email: cosw(ajsfgov.org COMMITTEE GIRLS ZooJ Monday, January 8, 2006 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. DOCUMENTS DEPT. City Hall, Room 034 San Francisco, CA 94102 MAR " 6 2007 SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY Public Comment will be heard before, during, and/or after each agenda item. Individuals have 2 minutes for public comment per issue. Estimated Meeting Time: 90 minutes CALL TO ORDER /ROLL CALL ACTION I. 2 min. ADOPTION OF AGENDA ACTION II. 2 min. A. Action: To approve the agenda for the January 8th, 2006 Girls Committee Meeting. ADOPTION OF MINUTES ACTION III. 5 min. A. Action: To approve the minutes from the December 7th, 2006 Girls Committee Meeting. IV. INTRODUCTIONS DISCUSSION 10 min. A. Introductions ofany new member-candidates present, including all current COSW COSW DOSW Girls Committee Members, Commissioner, Staff. V. OLD BUSINESS DISCUSSION A. Graduate Intern Update min. 1 COSWGirlsCommitteeAgenda01-08-07;S:\GIRLS\GirlsCommittee2007\Agendas 1