Initial endorsers of the resolution, pasted below, include (in alphabetical order) Ron Edwards, Evelyn Eubanks, Al Flowers, Booker T. Hodges IV, Doug Mann, and others.
-Doug Mann, King Field ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- Resolution For open meetings and opportunities for public input as part of the process for selecting a new superintendent of the Minneapolis Public Schools ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Whereas the Minneapolis Board of Education has a duty to discuss and decide public policy in open forums with opportunities for public input (which is not the same as input from the public through private communication and in closed meetings), Whereas the Minneapolis Board of Education must choose a new superintendent, Whereas the new superintendent should be the person best qualified to carry out the mission of the school district, Whereas the strategic goals of the district are to boost students achievement and close the student achievement gap, and Whereas the districts performance must be subjected to criticism as well as to praise, Therefore be it resolved that the undersigned call upon the Minneapolis Board of Education to conduct all discussions related to the selection of a new superintendent in open meetings with opportunities for public comment, and Be it further resolved that the district's plan for public input during a preliminary, prescreening phase of the search process during the month of November 2003 is inadequate. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Name / Signature Address Phone ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
