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Public commenter alleges administration ignored procedural complaints; regents heard final public comment
Summary
During public comment, Nathan Winstead told the Board of Regents he had raised repeated procedural complaints about conduct and that the administration had not engaged; the board did not debate the comment and closed public comment as scheduled.
During the public-comment period at the start of the Feb. 17 retreat, Nathan Winstead addressed the Board of Regents to recount prior complaints he said he had raised about policy and procedural violations and to say he believed the administration had not investigated or engaged on those matters.
What the speaker said: Winstead said he had raised concerns about policies and procedures not being followed and complained of punitive measures he said he faced for seeking to have issues considered. He said the administration "has not sought to engage with me to ask genuine questions about the issues I've raised," and accused certain unnamed individuals of misrepresenting their intentions toward him.
Board response: The presiding officer reminded the public that the board would not debate or discuss public comment topics at that time but could ask clarifying questions; no clarifying questions or follow-up investigations were recorded on the transcript from the retreat. The board closed public comment after Winstead's remarks.
Ending note: Public comment was provided for the record; the board did not take action during the retreat and said that substantive follow-up, if any, would be scheduled in a properly noticed forum.
