Hi Kelly, "All notice, written or verbal, shall state the date, time, and place of the meeting, and a brief description of topics on the agenda. Other topics that arise after notice is given may be added to the agenda at the meeting." There really is no interpretation here as its plain english and part of the Public Meeting requirements of the ONI Standards from Page 42. But even further the MNA Bylaws state "d) Amending the Agenda: Members of the body that is meeting can amend the agenda at the beginning of the meeting".
This requirement was actually covered at the ONI/SWNI bylaws training at the beginning of this year so if SEUL is interpreting plain english requirements different than ONI actually requires this seems like something either your or Anne should reconcile with ONI because this is not how they explain the requirement. In regards to entering into mediation I would decline I have no interest in meeting with the rest of the board because my issue is the board has breached its duties repeatedly and not effectively served its neighbors and mediation is not going to convince me or other neighbors that this is not the case. I also do not believe SEUL has been very good at providing oversight and assistance that it is contracted by the City of Portland to do otherwise the board would not have strayed so far away from its duties. On Sep 11, 2015 2:50 PM, "Kelly Fedderson" <ke...@seuplift.org> wrote: > > Hi Benjamin, > > SE Uplift interprets the ONI Standards to say that NA's can change their meeting agendas after notice has been given, since notice does not have to include the actual agenda. I can email you our reasoning but it doesn't really seem necessary since if MNA does have concerns about changing the agenda after notice has been given, they can simply approve the updated agenda at the start of each meeting. > > I do want to take a moment to say that I would like to officially encourage / request that you and the remaining MNA board members enter mediation. I think the level of frustration you and other board members are experiencing has gotten to the point where it can't be resolved with these one-off rule based conversation. I fear that if this conflict is not taken to mediation, it will drain all the life out of the neighborhood association. If you and the MNA board members are willing to participate, I am more than happy to contact Resolutions NW and get the conversation started. > > -Kelly > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 7:52 AM, Benjamin Kerensa <bkere...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Just to add in talking with Jennifer Tamayo about this and reviewing the ONI Standards it does not appear that NA's can change agendas >> once they have been posted. >> >> The ONI Standards say: "All notice, written or verbal, shall state the date, time, and place of the meeting, and a brief description of topics on the agenda. Other topics that arise after notice is given may be added to the agenda at the meeting." >> >> Also the MNA Bylaws state this on amending the agenda: "Amending the Agenda: Members of the body that is meeting can amend the agenda at the beginning of the meeting." >> >> " > > > > > -- > Kelly Fedderson > Community Resource Program Manager > SE Uplift Neighborhood Coalition > 3534 SE Main Street > Portland, OR 97214 > 503-232-0010 x 312 > www.seuplift.org > > > For ADA and language translation requests call 503-232-0010.
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