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Trustee proposes five-day packet rule and wider data provision; motion is debated and withdrawn
Summary
Miss Lopez moved to require board packets and substantive data five days before meetings; the proposal was debated for logistics and then withdrawn while the trustee kept the broader request for consistent data delivery.
At about the midpoint of the meeting Miss Lopez moved that "we make it the new procedure that we get all board documents 5 days in advance so that we would have time to review it." The motion was seconded and generated extended discussion about logistics for committees, when subcommittee minutes are available, and the Right-to-Know implications of pre-meeting communications.
Administrators and several trustees said a blanket five-day rule could be impractical when committee meetings fall the week before a business meeting or when time-sensitive events occur over a weekend. Miss Lopez said her principal concern was getting substantive data and time to review it; she later withdrew the formal five-day motion while continuing to press for a reliable, regular data process.
