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Volunteer committees keep 75% attendance target but agree on flexible follow-up procedures
Summary
Keizer’s Community Diversity Engagement Committee reviewed a proposed 75% attendance requirement for volunteer committees, debated higher thresholds, and endorsed keeping 75% as the baseline while directing staff and chairs to follow up with repeatedly absent members and to require "as much notice as possible" rather than a strict 48-hour rule.
Keizer’s Community Diversity Engagement Committee debated changes to the volunteer attendance policy at its March meeting and recommended keeping the existing 75% attendance threshold while clarifying how absences should be handled.
The committee considered proposals to raise the requirement to 80% or 85% but members said meeting frequency varies by committee and a single fixed increase could unfairly penalize groups that meet less often. A member urging stricter accountability said volunteers know…
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