COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE BOARD

• COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE BOARD
  • Board members may be contacted by e-mailing BoardDC@childrensguild.org
  • General questions about Board operations should be directed to BoardDC@childrensguild.org 
  Communications with Board Members or the Board Office mail, fax, and/or e-mail are part of the public domain and may be subject to disclosure under the DC Open Meetings Act.
   
  SPEAKING AT BOARD MEETINGS
  Public Comment is taken by the Board at all regularly scheduled meetings. Those wishing to offer comment before the Board can sign up to 2 p.m. the day of the board meeting by e-mailing BoardDC@childrensguild.org. Those who email to sign up to speak at the meeting will receive the link and passcode.
  Please note the following when signing up to testify at a Board Meeting:
  • Testimony on agenda items will be taken when those items are before the Board. Testimony on items not on the agenda will be taken during the Public Comment portion of the meeting.
  • To assist the Board, speakers during the Public Comment portion will be grouped by topic.
  • Those who sign up and are not present when their name is called will forfeit their opportunity to speak.
  • Regardless of whether the testimony is offered on an agenda item or during Public Comment, student-specific concerns and personnel issues cannot be discussed before the Board.
  Public Comment is limited to up to ten individuals/groups with a maximum comment time of three minutes and remaining time cannot be yielded to other individuals/groups.