[Osta-board] Response to Norie letter

[Donna Rainboth]

HI Connie,
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and concerns. This issue has bothered me
as well. As Norie pointed out, she was not proposing a session on OFRI but
rather on a CTE Program of Study. She was also presenting with an ODE
employee. We censored Norie because of the organization she works for which
really had nothing to do with her presentation. If the presentation had
been about OFRI then eliminating it from the conference might have been
appropriate but I do not feel we can eliminate folks from presenting
because we have a problem with their employers. I believe this needs to be
recognized in the letter to Norie.
Donna

On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 9:44 AM Connie Robbins <crobbins at craneedu.org>
wrote:

> Hey there,
>
> I just want all of you to know how this has really bothered me to have to
> address the Norie email like this. As I feel responsible for this
> situation, I also feel the need to make it right. There should not be a
> decision made that doesn't follow a policy. If no policy, no
> decision should be made, whether popular or not. This will be addressed at
> the next meeting and a decision for a policy needs to be made.
>
> That being said. I read further into the OPB article. At this point, there
> is no ethics investigation by the Oregon Government Ethics Commission on
> the matter. Only the OPB article pointing to a possible violation.
> According to the minutes from the summer retreat, an online vote should
> have been conducted after WSTA was informed and board members had more time
> to read the article in order to have a more informed decision.
>
> I have attached a draft of the letter that may be sent if the WSTA policy
> shows a justification of asking the organization to step out of the
> conference. If the policy does not have such language, we will be issuing
> an apology letter to Norie and the organization. Tiffany tells me that she
> has requested the document. I would like to send it with the email response
> if the policy addresses this situation.
>
> Again, this is disheartening for me to have to address. I hope we can do
> the right thing and get this situation taken care of in a positive way.
>
> My email has change so all my saved emails are gone...so please send me a
> request for access of you cannot open this letter...thanks!
>
> Connie Robbins
>
>
>  Norie Dimeo-Edige letter
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-1gW5fpL-xAsoyi98z81wtx-4Z5PDVf9GWQG6EvNF54/edit?usp=drive_web>
>
>
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Donna Rainboth
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