[Osta-board] OFRI and Norie

[Connie Robbins]

I have been working on a response this past few weeks. I talked to Alfonso
about it and the decision was made by the OSTA/WSTA committee members. Im
planning on getting the letter sent this week.

On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 9:47 AM Donna Rainboth <drainbot at eou.edu> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> Great conference. Thanks for all the hard work everyone put in to make it
> a success.
>
> I wanted to circle back around to the email Norie sent to all of us about
> the decision to not allow her to present at the conference. I have not seen
> any response to Norie. I also had a voicemail from Norie on my office
> phone, asking about how the decision was made.  As a Regional Director it
> is not my place to respond to Norie beyond letting her know I would bring
> the matter up with the Board.
>
> I personally feel like we, as a Board, did not handle this situation well.
> As Norie stated in her email to us:
> "To be clear, the session I had proposed was not  controversial or even
> about OFRI, but an informational presentation on the CTE-Natural Resources
> Program of Study and my partner presenter was Reynold Gardner of ODE."
> Based on that information I am questioning why we rejected her proposal.
> Nothing to be done about that now but I strongly believe we owe her a very
> clear explanation and an apology if it is warranted. I also request that,
> for any communication about the matter, the Board be copied on the email.
>
> Norie has reached out to many people in many organizations about this
> matter. I think it is imperative that we respond out of both professional
> courtesy and the reputation of OSTA.
>
> Thoughts on how to proceed?
>
> Donna
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