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Liaison committee withdraws motion to appoint student board member after nominee requests invitation option
Summary
Committee members discussed formalizing student participation but withdrew a motion to appoint a student representative after the nominated student preferred an open invitation process and offered candidate names.
The liaison committee considered creating a formal student seat but withdrew a motion to appoint a specific student after that nominee said she preferred being invited rather than formally appointed.
"I think the voice of Newark students gonna make all of us smarter and better positioned to make good decisions for our community," said the committee chair (name not specified), who had introduced the item earlier in the year to provide a formal mechanism for student perspectives.
The committee reported a conversation with the incoming…
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