tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30234378.post6821823003092738276..comments2023-07-01T06:47:54.795-04:00Comments on Ready, Willing and Abell: Notes from Board Work Session, 2/26/07Jennifer Abellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03579669399103806962noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30234378.post-76081670324743917822007-03-06T09:29:00.000-05:002007-03-06T09:29:00.000-05:00Ah, seven WORKING days, not just seven days. Very...Ah, seven WORKING days, not just seven days. Very generous of the Board...<BR/><BR/>By the way, there are two items in your notes that bother me. <BR/><BR/>The first one is the suggestion by Balides that staff reports get moved out of the agenda, and provided to you in weekly updates. NO! Those reports are as much for the public as they are for the Board members, and those of us who follow Board <B>work</B> follow those reports, whether we get them from attending the meetings or accessing them online. I hope the Board didn’t agree to dump reports from the public sessions!<BR/><BR/>The second one is that bit about executive session minutes. I am a lot less concerned about the possibility of a lawsuit than I am about whether the Board members know all they need to know about the school system. I heard “transparency” so many times during the election, and I know people relied on that when they cast their votes. For me, that means I expect everyone who has a vote has a clue. I don’t want Board members making decisions about things just because they want to ride with the flow.LegalBeaglettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01351323551732183314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30234378.post-68406635298065516602007-03-06T09:15:00.000-05:002007-03-06T09:15:00.000-05:003291asiber:You are correct. No FORMAL action. I ...3291asiber:<BR/>You are correct. No FORMAL action. I asked Chairman Wade if he needed a motion and he stated that it wasn't necessary, and staff is aware of our direction. The direction was for the DRAFT minutes to be posted and available the public within seven business days. I confirmed with the Board secretary this morning and they will be posted tomorrow. The seventh day.<BR/><BR/>The APPROVED minutes still have to go through the process of being approved at a public meeting and therefore will take a month for approval then more than likely the seven business days for posting.Jennifer Abellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03579669399103806962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30234378.post-65249028023107005282007-03-06T08:55:00.000-05:002007-03-06T08:55:00.000-05:00Actually, no, I didn’t notice that draft minutes w...Actually, no, I didn’t notice that draft minutes would be available from reading your notes. They say only that Cook and Pederson, and then the board, discussed it. The local press has written about it, and you’ve mentioned it in your comment, so I assume this is so. When will it start? [No draft minutes for the work session were posted when I checked early this morning] Where will they be posted? In BoardDocs? On the CCPS start page? Where? Since you’re pretty good with your notes, I’m wondering what the formal action was to do this – just general "please post draft minutes within 7 days" to the school system? <BR/><BR/>I think what makes this so bizarre for me is – if it was so difficult to post approved minutes, why the sudden assumption that the school system is going to readily post draft minutes? And what will happen with the approved minutes? Will we still have to wait until whenever for them to materialize?<BR/><BR/>I’m not trying to be critical. I’m just confused.LegalBeaglettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01351323551732183314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30234378.post-65803129639028957162007-03-01T09:02:00.000-05:002007-03-01T09:02:00.000-05:00BTW - That's thanks to Pedersen and Cook for motio...BTW - That's thanks to Pedersen and Cook for motioning that action.Jennifer Abellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03579669399103806962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30234378.post-28711900287037430272007-03-01T09:01:00.000-05:002007-03-01T09:01:00.000-05:00You're quite welcome. And did you notice...now yo...You're quite welcome. And did you notice...now you will be able to receive official DRAFT minutes within 7 days of the meeting.Jennifer Abellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03579669399103806962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30234378.post-9019508097080051532007-02-28T01:00:00.000-05:002007-02-28T01:00:00.000-05:00Thanks for the rundown! :)Thanks for the rundown! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com