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Approved Minutes

Commission for Women Meeting Minutes Wednesday, April 2, 2025 COMMISSION FOR WOMEN REGULAR MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, April 2, 2025 The Commission for Women convened in a regular meeting on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at City Hall, 301 W 2nd St, Austin, Texas, Boards and Commissions, Room 1101. Chair Tau called the Commission for Women Meeting to order at 12:29 p.m. Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance: Jocelyn Tau, Chair Alexandria Anderson Angela Harris Diana Melendez Shaimaa Zayan Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Fernanda Veloz-Salas PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL None. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Commission for Women regular meeting on March 5, 2025. The minutes from the meeting on March 5, 2025, were approved on Chair Tau’s motion, Commissioner Harris’ second, on a 6-0 vote. Vice Chair Bullard, Commissioners Bissereth, Scheihing, and Shaik were absent. 1 Commission for Women Meeting Minutes Wednesday, April 2, 2025 DISCUSSION ITEMS 2. Update from the Joint Inclusion Committee (JIC) representative on the JIC meeting held on March 26, 2025. Discussed. WORKING GROUP UPDATES 3. Update from the Film Screening Working Group on the screening of Army of Women. Postponed without objection. 4. Update from the Quality of Life Working Group on the recent work towards the completion of the Quality of Life Study. Discussed. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 5. Approve updates to the membership of the Quality of Life Working Group. The motion to approve Commissioners Anderson, Veloz Salas, and Zayan to the Quality of Life Working Group was approved on Chair Tau’s motion, Commissioner Harris’ second, on a 6-0 vote. Vice Chair Bullard, Commissioners Bissereth, Scheihing, and Shaik were absent. 6. Conduct officer elections for the Chair and Vice Chair. The motion to postpone the officer elections to the next meeting was approved on Chair Tau’s motion, Commissioner Harris’ second, on a 6-0 vote. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Recognition Working Group Update Film Screening Working Group Update Quality of Life Working Group Update Joint Inclusion Committee Update Budget Discussion ADJOURNMENT Chair Tau adjourned the meeting at 12:45 p.m. without objection. 2 Commission for Women Meeting Minutes Wednesday, April 2, 2025 The minutes were approved at the May 7th, 2025 meeting on Vice Chair Bullard’s motion, Chair Tau second, on a 6-0 vote. Commissioner Zayan was off the dais. Commissioners Bissereth, Melendez, and Veloz Salas were absent. 3