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GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO THE BUFORD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AGENDA SETTING MEETING OF NOVEMBER 8TH, 2021.
WELL, NOW CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? UH, I'M CHAIR.
I APPROVED THIS AGENDA FOR NOVEMBER 8TH AGENDA SETTING, MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
IF DAVID IS NOT WITH US YET, AND I DON'T SEE THAT HE IS, UM, I'LL SECOND IT, ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
WE WILL STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THE MEDIA WAS PROPERLY NOTIFIED.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION MR. BELL CAMPBELL TO APPROVE THE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES OF OCTOBER 25TH, 2021.
WE APPROVE THE OCTOBER 25TH, 2021 COMMITTEE, COMM COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES.
AND I'LL SECOND IT CAUSE I STILL DON'T SEE DAVID.
UM, ANY DISCUSSION MR. CAMPBELL? OKAY.
WE'LL GO ON TO SETTING THE NOVEMBER 16TH BOARD MEETING AGENDA.
ALL RIGHT, SO THIS ONE'S GOING TO JOIN THE MEETING, MAYBE THAT'S COMING IN NOW.
SO WE, THIS MEETING WILL BE AT THE SCHOOL FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS IT'S IT'S NEXT TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19TH.
SO WE HAVE THE USUAL, UH, INTRO AT THE BEGINNING.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE INTRO AT THE BEGINNING.
UM, SINCE WE HAVE THE STUDENT HEARING SCHEDULED FOR THE 17TH, I CANNOT, I'M NOT GOING WELL.
I NEED YOUR ADVICE OF WHAT DO I NEED TO PUT DOWN IN THE EVENT? THE BOARD HAS NOT FINISHED ALL ITEMS LISTED ON NOVEMBER 16.
WE WILL RECONVENE 6:00 PM ON THE 18TH, THE 18TH.
I THINK WE SH OR DO WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE AT ALL? WE'LL HAVE TO FINISH THE MEETING THAT NIGHT.
I THINK MY, MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE JUST TAKE THAT WHOLE SEGMENT OUT.
WE KNOW WE CAN'T RECONVENE AT 6:00 PM ON THE, ON THE, UM, ON THE 17TH FOR SPECIAL CALLED MEETING IS THEN.
AND SO THEN THE BOARD COULD DECIDE, OKAY, IT'S NINE 15.
AND WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO? YOU KNOW? UM, WHAT DO YOU THINK NOW? AND DAVID OR MALPHURS I, I AGREE UNLESS YOU WANT TO, THERE IS NO WAY WE CAN RESCHEDULE THAT STUDENT MEETINGS.
SO UNLESS WE'RE GOING TO DO IT EARLIER THAN THAT TIME, I AGREE WITH, I HAVE TO MOVE IT ON TO THE 18TH.
SO MANY THE HERRING WOULD BE OVER ON THAT DAY.
WHAT'S YOUR DAVID, WHAT DO YOU THINK? UM, YEAH, I MEAN, THAT SOUNDS LOGICAL FOR ME TO THE 18TH AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE JUST TRY LIKE HEALTH AND NOT OVERLAP.
I WAS GOING TO SAY, I BELIEVE THAT DR.
RODRIGUEZ HAS A COMMITMENT ON THE, UH, ON THAT NIGHT.
I HAVE A COMMITMENT ON THE 18TH AT NIGHT.
ONE QUESTION I DO HAVE IS THE, THIS, THIS IS MY FIRST STUDENT HEARING IT'S AT FOUR.
SO COULDN'T WE JUST START THE MEETING AT SIX OR AM I MISUNDERSTANDING THAT? YEAH, THE, THE IT'S NOT
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ANTICIPATED THAT THE HEARING WILL BE DONE AT SIX.SO ANYBODY MELVIN OR DAVID, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? WHAT TO DO WITH THAT SECTION? WELL, LET'S, UH, LET'S DIG DEEPER INTO A SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT.
WHAT TIME IS THAT? SPEAKER ENGAGED? MY DOG SIX O'CLOCK IN BOSTON.
UM, SO ONE, ONE QUESTION IS, UH, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY, UH, TO START TO DO THE SECOND PART OF THE MEETING AT SEVEN? IF, IF WE WENT TO BE DONE? NO, NO, I'M SAYING THAT'S A SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT ON THE 18TH.
UH, IS THAT SIX O'CLOCK? UM, UH, STARTING TIME.
SO, SO, UM, BUT, BUT A WEDNESDAY WHEN, WHEN THE BOARD HAS A HEARING, UH, IS IT THE HEARING STARTS AT WHAT TIME? FOR FOUR? UH, SO, SO WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE THE WHATEVER'S LEFT OF THE MEETING AT SEVEN? I DON'T THINK SO BECAUSE, UM, I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT IT MAY TAKE AS LONG AS THREE AND A HALF TO FOUR HOURS.
AND I THINK THAT WILL BE PLENTY FOR ONE NIGHT PERSONALLY.
UM, SO LET'S LOOK AT THIS AGENDA AND SEE NO, CAN WE DO SOMETHING HERE? YEAH.
OR ANOTHER POSSIBILITY WOULD BE TO HAVE THE, THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS GO TO LIKE THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
UM, BUT THAT WOULDN'T BE UNTIL, UM, DECEMBER 14TH, EXACTLY.
UH, WHEN I, WHEN I LOOK AT, UM, AT THE AGENDA, SEEMS TO ME THAT, UH, WE HAVE AN ITEM AT THE BEGINNING OF EXECUTIVE SESSION, UM, THAT WOULD NEED SOME, SOME BOARD ACTION COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION IF THE BOARD CHOSE TO DO THAT.
UM, AND THEN THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER BOARD BUSINESS ACTIONS, UNLESS SOMETHING COMES OUT OF COMMITTEE THAT WOULD REQUIRE IT'S A PRETTY LIGHT AGENDA.
WE SHOULD TO BE ABLE TO FINISH EVERYTHING ON NIGHT.
JUST REMOVE THAT STATEMENT AND THEN LET THE BOARD DECIDE AT NINE 15, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH IT? IF WE HAVE ANYTHING LEFT, THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S WHERE WE'VE LANDED NOW.
ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT, DAVID? UM, I CAN ONLY HEAR.
OKAY, SO WE'LL JUST LEAVE THE MEETING, TAKE OFF THE PART ABOUT RECONVENING THE FOLLOWING DAY, UM, AT 6:00 PM, CAUSE THAT'S OUT GIVEN THE SPECIAL CALLED MEETING AND, AND JUST THE BOARD CAN DECIDE AT NINE 15 ON, ON TUESDAY.
ARE WE GOING TO EXTEND THE MEETING AN HOUR? WE'RE GOING TO EXTEND TO WE FINISH OR WE GOING TO GO TO ANOTHER DAY? UM, OKAY.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT UNDER FOYA, IF YOU'RE GOING TO ANOTHER DAY, YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE THE 24 HOURS NOTICE SO WELL, WE'VE ALREADY DETERMINED WE CAN'T GO TO THE, TO THE FOLLOWING DAY.
SO IT HAS TO BE LIKE 20, RIGHT.
SO IF YOU DECIDE, WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE POST THE NOTICE.
SO NEXT WE GO ON TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE HAVE OTHER ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE ADDED.
I KNOW, UH, WE NEED AN UPDATE, UM, FROM GENE MATTHEWS.
I THINK THAT'S ONE OF WENDY'S ONE.
SHE HAS TWO ISSUES AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF HER TWO ISSUES ON HERE.
I HAVE RECEIVED LEGAL ADVICE BY ATTORNEY CO AND THERE'S TWO ISSUES.
ONE IS INSURANCE, AND ONE IS WITH GENE MATTHEWS AND UM, BOARD MEMBERS.
AND AS CHRISTIAN BERRY, WHEN THE MEETING WAS JUST STARTING MR. MATTHEWS CALLED AND SAID HE WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO, TO UPDATE YOU.
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UM, THE ORDER HERE, SO WHICH WAY YOU WANT ME TO MOVE IT? WELL, TO ME IT SEEMS LIKE IT MIGHT BE SMART TO MAKE GENE MATTHEWS FIRST, SINCE ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS IS, UH, NOT PARTICIPATING IN THAT PORTION.AND THEN THE OTHER ISSUE WITH RESPECT TO THE INSURANCE COVERAGE IS THAT THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARDS, INSURANCE TRUST ATTORNEY, UH, EMAILED ME AND SAID HE WOULD LET ME KNOW TOMORROW IF HE WOULD BE AVAILABLE.
I CAN LET EVERYBODY KNOW, BUT HE COULD NOT COMMIT RIGHT NOW DUE TO A PERSONAL SITUATION.
SO STARTING AT FOUR 30, IS THAT ENOUGH TIME? WELL, WE HAVE ANOTHER ITEM AND THAT IS, UH, MS. ANDREA WHITE IS LIKELY TO, UH, SHE'S GOING TO COME BACK AND LIKELY, UH, UH, TALK FURTHER WITH BOARD MEMBERS.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE WHATEVER YOU HAD BEFORE.
IT'S THE SAME, SAME ITEM AS LAST TIME.
SO I'LL GET THE RIGHT WORDING.
ARKIN WEIGH IN ABOUT, SO WE GOT CONTRACT WITH HERE, YOU REFERENDUM WORK FOR 20, 22 AND RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING THE AMENDMENT OF CHARTER SCHOOL, BYLAWS AND AMENDMENT TO APPENDIX ONE OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL CONTRACT.
IT SEEMS LIKE THEN I HAVE TO START AT FOUR AGAIN.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT MATTER IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
IT'S MORE OF A PROCEDURAL SITUATION.
GIVEN THAT WE'RE ADDING ANDREA, CAN I SUGGEST THAT WE GO AHEAD AND START IT FOR, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S SMART.
DO WE WANT TO PUT HER FIRST? DO WE WANT TO, WE HAVE TWO OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS COMING.
DOES IT MATTER IN WHICH WATER OR WHOSE AVAILABILITY IS WHAT TIME? YEAH, I DON'T THINK IT REALLY MATTERS.
AND REALLY HERS IS A FINISHING OF WHAT WAS STARTED PREVIOUSLY.
I GUESS I DON'T THINK IT REALLY MATTERS.
SO WE GET FOUR O'CLOCK FOR THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THEN WE'VE GOT OUR USUAL OTHER THINGS THERE.
CHAIRMAN'S REPORT I'LL I'LL WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT OR I'LL OKAY.
THIS MINUTE, UM, COMMITTEE REPORTS, THE ONLY ONE THAT MAY MEET IS OPERATIONS, AND I'M WAITING ON MR. SMITH TO SAY, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT MEETING WEDNESDAY OR NOT.
OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S THE ONLY COMMITTEE MEETING UP COMMITTEE REPORT.
AS WELL AS THEY HAVE ACADEMICS.
YES, WE HIT, WE HAD AN ACADEMIC COMMITTEE MEETING.
ALL RIGHT, BECAUSE I PUT THE O E IN CONSENT, SO YES.
RODRIGUEZ, CAN YOU FORGOTTEN, WHAT CAN YOU SEE THIS? OR DO YOU WANT ME TO READ WHAT WE'VE GOT? IT'S INSTRUCTIONAL REVIEWS.
RODRIGUEZ, WE'RE DOWN TO THE SUPER, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
ARE ON THE AGENDA FOR TUESDAY SUPERINTENDENTS GOAL ONE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, INSTRUCTIONAL REVIEWS UNDER FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, MONTHLY TRANSPARENCY REPORT THE MONTHLY A HUNDRED THOUSAND
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K REPORT BOARD, MONTHLY BUDGET AND SR UPDATE.ARE WE ON SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT? YES.
AND THEN, UM, I'M THERE A FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY? I HAVE THE TYPICAL REPORTS ON THERE.
THE MONTHLY TRANSPARENCY REPORT, THE MONTHLY A HUNDRED K REPORT BOARD, MONTHLY BUDGET.
AND THEN BEING THE SECOND MEETING WE HAVE THE SRO UPDATE.
THEN, UH, UNDER OTHER MATTERS, UH, THE FIRST THING IS REALLY MORE THAN ANNOUNCEMENT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT IT UNDER THE ANNOUNCEMENTS SECTION OR IF YOU JUST WANT ME TO ANNOUNCE IT HERE, BUT IT'S, UH, REGARDING THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR ROBERT SMALLS, THAT WOULD BE ON DECEMBER 7TH AND THEN WHAT'S THAT? I DON'T THINK IT MATTERS WHERE IT IS.
AND THEN, UH, AND THEN JUST THE, UH, FOLLOW UP COVID UPDATE.
NEXT IS, AS WE MENTIONED, WE DON'T HAVE ACTION UNDER SEPARATELY, UNDER BOARD BUSINESS.
WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH MEETING MINUTES AND ONLY USE KATHY STANDS UP.
UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA, ROBIN, I THINK WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE, UM, FROM ACADEMIC BOWIE, 12, 17.
WHAT AM I DOING? OH, AND YOU CAN TAKE OFF THE OLD E 14.
WE'VE MOVED THAT TO OUR NEXT MEETING.
UH, YEAH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE TWO SECTIONS, 14.3 AND 14.2.
AND THOSE ARE AT, TO BE TALKED ABOUT AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
SO WHAT WE DID, UH, DISCUSS AND MOVE FORWARD WITH
RIGHT WHEN I WAS TRYING TO PUT THEM IN NUMERICAL ORDER FIRST.
ONLY 12 IS WHAT IS IT? UH, INSTRUCTION.
LET ME SITTING RIGHT NOW, UM, INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM IN THE TITLE OF THE 17, 12, 17, 17 IS THE ONE THAT ENSURE THAT EACH STUDENT HAS ACCESS TO GUIDANCE.
IT'S MORE, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN THAT, BUT JUST THE, JUST A BIT.
SO LET'S SEE, I TAKE THE GERMAN INFORMATION OFF AT THE BOTTOM HERE TOO.
AND SO THEN DO YOU ALSO WANT THE NEXT SCHEDULE? W W WE'LL BE DECEMBER 14TH.
SO THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE SPECIAL CALLED, RIGHT.
DO YOU WANT ME TO LIST THAT EVEN THOUGH THAT'S A STUDENT HEARING? CAUSE IT'S NOT A BOARD, REGULAR BOARD.
I THINK IT'S BETTER THE WAY YOU HAVE IT.
SO LET'S GO TO YOUR, YOUR LIST THAT YOU HAVE, UM, WHICH I THINK YOU HAD IN BOARD DOCS.
UM, THE LAST TWO THINGS WERE, WERE ADDED FROM THE LAST BOARD MEETING.
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SO KATHY, YOU WERE THE ONE THAT BROUGHT FORWARD, THE REVISIT MEETING FORMAT POLICY.AND YOU WERE THINKING AT, UH, AT THE, AT THE BUSINESS MEETING YES.
TO, TO TALK ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A POLICY THAT TALKS ABOUT, UH, OUR MEETINGS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE, UH, A MOTION THAT WE CLOUD AND THAT I JUST WANTED TO REVISIT THAT.
SO THAT COULD BE UNDER BOARD BUSINESS.
OH, HOW DO I TAP? UM, I GUESS RE DO YOU, MAYBE YOU COULD PUT THE MOTION THERE, REVISIT MOTION MADE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ONE THAT SAID WE WERE GOING TO MERE.
LET ME KNOW ROBIN, IF YOU NEED HELP FINDING IT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ASSIST.
THEN CAN YOU GO BACK TO YOUR LIST AGAIN, PROCESS FOR VETTING VOLUNTEERS WAS THE OTHER, THAT WAS INGRID'S.
AND THEN INGRID SENT ANOTHER ONE TODAY ABOUT A POLICY ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
YOU USE, I GUESS YOU'D SAY, I DON'T THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THIS MEETING BECAUSE THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE A LONGER DISCUSSION, BUT I THINK IT'S LIKE A WORK SESSION.
I JUST THINK THAT THERE'S, IT'S LIKE EVERY DAY THERE'S AN ISSUE AND THERE'S SO MANY GRAY AREAS AND I JUST THINK IT'S GOING TO BE MORE SO THE VOLUNTEER THING, WHAT THE, THE, THE REASON I WANTED TO EXPLAIN THE VOLUNTEER THING IS, YOU KNOW, AS PEOPLE ARE WANTING TO GET BACK INTO THE SCHOOLS, WE HAVE A NEW BACKGROUND CHECK PROVIDER, UM, WHICH HAS CAUSED A LITTLE BIT OF FLOW MIXING IT.
SO AS I WAS LOOKING INTO IT, UM, I FOUND SOME OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE DOING SOME PRETTY COOL AND INNOVATIVE THINGS.
LIKE ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS THAT ANY VOLUNTEER OVER THE AGE OF 65 GETS FREE TICKETS TO ATHLETIC EVENTS.
YOU KNOW, JUST SOME THINGS WE CAN DO TO KIND OF KEEP THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP ASPECT GOING.
SO, AND THEN ONE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE WITH VOLUNTEERS LOOKING AT OH FOUR, I THINK IT IS WITH HR IS THAT HR, UH, RUNS BACKGROUND CHECKS ON ALL VOLUNTEERS WITH DIRECT STUDENT CONTACT.
SO I DON'T KNOW, WHO'S TRACKING THAT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD HAVE TO RUN FULL BACKGROUND CHECKS IF YOU'RE JUST GOING TO WORK A CONCESSION STAND, YOU KNOW, ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR.
UM, AND I'VE SEEN SOME SCHOOLS USE LANGUAGE LIKE DIRECT AND UNSUPERVISED, BUT THEN I KNOW I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THERE ARE VOLUNTEERS IN THE SCHOOL THAT HAVE A LOT OF DIRECT AND UNSUPERVISED CONTACT WITH STUDENTS WHO AREN'T NECESSARILY GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
SO IT JUST SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE PRESSING YEAH.
UM, W I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT THERE'S A PROCESS IN PLACE ALREADY, ALL VOLUNTEERS, THEY GO ON LINE AND, AND, UH, DO THAT.
AND I ACTUALLY, I HAD SEVERAL CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE OLDER, UM, HAVE TROUBLE BECAUSE, AND IT WAS, IT'S A LONG STORY.
I DID IT, I DIDN'T HAVE PROBLEMS WITH IT.
UM, IT'S JUST MORE A QUESTION OF WHAT'S THE STANDARD, LIKE WHO HAS TO GET THE FULL ON BACKGROUND CHECK, WHICH I THINK OUR DISTRICT, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY PAYS $40 PER PERSON FOR AND WHO DOESN'T.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE YOU IT'S BASICALLY SELF REPORTED AND YOU GO IN TO THE LINK KIND OF ON YOUR OWN.
I DON'T KNOW OF A PROCESS, AT LEAST IN THE SCHOOLS THAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH.
AND THAT'S NOT JUST HILTON HEAD THAT, UM, WHERE THE SCHOOL IS MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE SCHOOLS HAVE DONE THAT PROCESS.
TO ME, IT SEEMS LIKE IT REQUIRES, UM, WHAT'S THE WORD, WHAT'S THE MOTIVATION ON BEHALF OF THE VOLUNTEER TO GO TO THE WEBSITE AND CLICK THAT LINK? I DON'T KNOW.
I KNOW ALICE SAYS THAT THEY KEEP A LIST.
I JUST DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE MATCHING THAT LIST THAT HR HAS WITH WHO'S ACTUALLY IN THE SCHOOLS.
SO IT WAS JUST SOMETHING I THOUGHT AS VOLUNTEERS START COMING BACK IN, WE CAN CHECK THAT'S THE REASON IN THE PAST.
CAUSE WHEN MY WIFE WAS, WAS THE VOLUNTEER, THAT'S WHAT THEY, THEY, THEY HAVE CALLED FOR THEM MOSTLY FOR CLAIRE TO GO INTO THE SCHOOL.
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RIGHT? LIKE YOU SAID, UM, INGRID, IT'S NOT, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, EARTH MATTER FOR, I DON'T THINK THE NEXT WEEK THAT IT HAS TO BE, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY WHAT MY REQUEST WAS, WAS SORT OF HOW WE CAN BOTH ENCOURAGE VOLUNTEERS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE PROCEDURES ARE BEING FOLLOWED THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.SO I THINK SINCE WE'RE IN INTEREST OF TIME FOR THIS, UH, FOR TUESDAY, I THINK WE SHOULD STOP WHERE WE ARE IS TOTALLY.
SO THERE'S THE MALHEUR, DAVID HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THIS, UH, THIS AGENDA THAT WE JUST, UH, WENT THROUGH? OKAY.
DAVID, YOU THINK HE LEFT? OKAY.
AND THERE ARE NO HANDS UP, UH, OF OTHERS.
SO I THINK THAT FINISHES THIS ONE, ROBIN.
SO THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE THE, UM, SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF NOVEMBER 18TH AND, UM, 17, 17.
SO WHY DO WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THAT ROBYN? YOU KNOW, THE GENDER YET? BECAUSE I WAS WAITING TILL AFTER WE SPEAK WITH THE ATTORNEY WHO WAS GOING TO BE REPRESENTING THE BOARD AND FOR HIM TO GIVE DIRECTION AS TO WHAT THE AGENDA SHOULD SAY AND SO FORTH.
AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER, UH, AGENDA ITEM.
UM, AND THAT IS, UH, PEGGY TORREY WHO CAME AND SPOKE WITH THE BOARD A FEW TIMES ALREADY AND, AND, AND DISTRICT STAFF, UH, AND DR.
RODRIGUEZ AND I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS, THAT WE FEEL THAT NOW THAT WITH, UM, STARTING TO IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR NEW GOVERNANCE POLICY MANUAL, INCLUDING THE EASE OF THAT, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A SORT OF A CHECKUP, UH, WITH PEGGY TORI TO, UM, FOR THE, FOR BOTH THE STAFF AND THE BOARD MEMBERS TO DO THAT, UH, WITH, UH, I GUESS MAYBE A HALF DAY WORK SESSION OR, UH, I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE A REGULAR BOARD MEETING THAT WOULDN'T WANT TO DO.
I DON'T THINK IT WOULD ALLOW BETTER DISCUSSION IF WE HAD, YOU KNOW, A FEW HOURS AND, UM, DR.
RD HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? NO, I AGREE WITH YOU.
I THINK, UH, IT LENDS ITSELF BETTER FOR, UH, FOR A WORK SESSION SO THAT, UH, WE HAVE WHATEVER TIME WE NEED AROUND IT.
UH, SINCE IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S OUR GOVERNING STRUCTURE, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DEDICATE WHATEVER TIME WE HAVE, UH, AVAILABLE TO IT.
AND THAT SOUNDS REASONABLE, UH, WHAT YOU SUGGESTED.
SO, UM, ROBIN, UH, DO YOU KNOW, UM, PEGGY'S AVAILABILITY OR, UH, I KNOW WE'RE GETTING INTO THE, UM, THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY AND WE'VE NOW ADDED THIS SPECIAL CALL MEETING NEXT WEEK TO, SO WHEN I TALKED TO PEGGY, UM, WE WERE THINKING ABOUT HER.
SHE HAS AVAILABILITY LIKE ON DECEMBER 9TH, BETWEEN, UM, AND THAT'S PRIOR TO CHRISTMAS.
UM, AND SHE SAID IT WOULD ONLY BE A HALF A DAY.
SO DO IT AFTER DAY MORNING UP TO LUNCH OR LUNCH AND, OR, AND THEN AFTERNOON, BUT SHE SAID IT WOULD ONLY, SHE THOUGHT YOU WOULD ONLY NEED TO BE A HALF A DAY.
SO DECEMBER 9TH IS A THURSDAY.
UM, D DO, UH, THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, DAVID AND MEL HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THE DAY OR THE PROGRAM? I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE, HOW WE REACHED THAT DECISION THOUGH, TO HAVE THEM HAVE HEARD HIM WITHOUT THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS OR GREEN ON IT.
NOW THAT'S THE ONLY BAM SEND ABOUT THE PROCESS.
WELL, WE COULD, UM, WE COULD HAVE IT AS, UH, A BOARD BUSINESS ACTION ITEM TUESDAY.
WE COULD MAKE THE DATE FOR THE THURSDAY.
AND I THINK THAT'S VERY REASONABLE GIVEN THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE, THERE'LL BE OBVIOUSLY, UH, UH, SOME FUNDS THAT WOULD, THERE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW,
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IT'LL COST, COST US SOME MONEY.SAY, UM, I DON'T KNOW, UH, THE JESTER POTENTIAL FOLLOW UP TO, OR I DON'T KNOW, OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITY.
UH, TO, TO, UH, HAVE BABY TORI, WE'LL SAY A HALF DAY ON THAT DAY AFTER DAY, UM, YOU HAD TWO BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE ALSO DECIDED THAT THEY WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE VIRTUAL CLASS THAT'S ON DECEMBER 6TH.
SO THOSE TWO BOARD MEMBERS MIGHT ALSO HAVE SOME INPUT ON DECEMBER 9TH, SO VERY REASONABLE OR YOU, UM, WHEN YOU'RE, CAN YOU REACH OUT TO PEGGY TORY? JUST SO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF THE COST, BECAUSE THAT WILL BE A QUESTION I THINK, FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS AND ARE THE OPTIONS TO DO IT, YOU KNOW, MORNING OR AFTERNOON.
PROS OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH PEGGY TORY ON DECEMBER 9TH FOR HALF DAY, FOLLOW UP TO COHERENT GOVERNANCE, OR, YEAH.
UM, MAYBE WE CAN SAY, UH, I'LL THINK OF ANOTHER WORD THERE, OR MAYBE DR.
SO, UM, OUR NEXT, SO WE HAVE A NEXT WEEK AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING UNTIL DECEMBER MID DECEMBER.
AND I WAS TRYING TO DON'T WE HAVE LIKE, DO WE DON'T REALLY DO A WORK SESSION.
I SEEM TO RECALL THAT AFTER THE ELECTION TO SET THE CALENDAR, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT ON THE SCHEDULE? WE, THE WORK SESSION WAS AFTER THE ELECTION BECAUSE IT WAS THE ELECTION IN BETWEEN THE ELECTIONS.
THE WORK SESSION IS IN OCTOBER AND WE ONLY NORMALLY HAVE ONE MEETING IN DECEMBER.
UM, THEN THERE WOULD BE A WORK SESSION IN END OF JANUARY AT YOUR DECEMBER MEETING, YOU'LL BE APPROVING THE CALENDAR FOR 20 FOR THE NEXT CALENDAR YEAR.
THERE WILL BE A CALENDAR FOR, AT THE NEXT MEETING FOR, UM, FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE.
UM, THERE IS, THERE IS ALSO AN SIC MEETING.
I BELIEVE IT'S THE FIRST, IT'S THE WEEK AFTER, UM, THE WEEKENDS.
THAT SIC MEETING IS ON THAT THURSDAY.
UM, FIRST THURSDAY IN DECEMBER IS DECEMBER 2ND.
SO WHAT ARE THE LINCOLN WE CAN POSE LIKE WE NORMALLY DO WITH PR, UM, TO SEE HAVE HER, UM, HOLD THE SIC PEOPLE AGAIN, ANGER STANDS UP.
UM, IS THAT GOING TO BE VIRTUAL AGAIN OR ARE WE GOING TO HAVE IT? OKAY.
YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS ARE GOING BACK TO IN-PERSON SO I JUST WASN'T SURE IF THESE THINGS WERE NOT.
I MEAN, THAT HASN'T BEEN DETERMINED, BUT, UH, I GUESS AFTER, AFTER THE, THE,
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THE 19TH, BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT ON THE AGENDA.SO WHATEVER THE BOARD DECIDES AFTER THAT, THE 16TH, RIGHT? YEAH.
THERE IS THAT THE EMOTION ABOUT GETTING BACK, COMING BACK IN PERSON.
UM, SO ANOTHER THING WE NEED TO DO BEFORE WE ADJOURN IS DETERMINE WHEN OUR NEXT AGENDA SETTING MEETING IS, OR DO YOU THINK WE MAY NEED TO HAVE ONE BEFORE THE SIC MEETING, CORRECT? YEAH.
AND WE'RE GETTING INTO THE HOLIDAYS.
UM, YOU WANT TO HAVE IT ON THE, THERE IS GOING TO BE AN ACADEMIC COMMITTEE MEETING ON THE 29TH, AT FOUR 30.
UM, YOU MIGHT WANT TO, UM, MEET, UM, NEXT, UH, THE WEEK OF THE 22ND, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A WEEK BEFORE.
YEAH, I CAN PERSONALLY I'M AVAILABLE THE 22ND.
UH, THE, THE, THOSE, UH, FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE FOLLOWING WEEK, THE 29TH, 31ST.
AND I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE SECOND I HOPE TO BE, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
I WON'T KNOW UNTIL Y'ALL ARE CLOSER, THERE IS AN AD HOC MOLESTING GROUP AT FIVE O'CLOCK ON THE 22ND.
SO IF YOU CAN MEET IT FOR, I MEAN, W IF WE'RE ONLY MEETING TO, FOR THE SIC, IT SHOULDN'T TAKE MORE THAN A HALF HOUR.
THAT'S GOOD FOR ME, BUT IS THAT GOOD FOR YOU, MALE? AND WE NEED TO FIND OUT FROM DAVID TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
SO WHY DON'T YOU ROBIN QUERY ON DAVID? NOT RIGHT THIS MINUTE, BUT SEE IF HE'S GOT AVAILABILITY ON THAT DATE, AND THEN YOU CAN SEND OUT, LET THE REST OF THE BOARD KNOW.
IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS WE NEED TO COVER TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT.
DOES IT SEEM LIKE THERE IS, SO IS DAVID'S NOT CONNECTED TO US, RIGHT? NOPE.
SO, UM, MEL, YOU AND I DO WE ADJOURN BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT.