[Osta-board] OFRI and Norie

[Carolyn Koskela]

Donna,

Thank you for bringing this up again. Connie and I have talked about this.
Connie has also reached out regarding the issue to other executive board
members. I will write to Norie this afternoon and tell her that we will be
discussing the situation and the decision at our upcoming board meeting.


Carolyn Koskela Whitney

Head Teacher, Frenchglen Elementary School
President-Elect Oregon Science Teachers Association

Frenchglen Elementary School
39235 Hwy 205
Frenchglen, OR 97736

541.493.2404

The teacher’s task is to initiate the learning process and then get out of
the way.

― John Warren


On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 10:01 AM OSTA Membership <
membership at oregonscience.org> wrote:

> Thanks Donna.
> It is a matter that needs to be addressed.  It was discussed at the August
> retreat, but it appears that it wasn't settled completely.
> The executive team will be meeting soon to prepare the agenda for the next
> board meeting that will be held sometime in November.  It will be on the
> agenda.
>
> 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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