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Trustees stress consistent attendance for interviews to ensure fair appointment votes
Summary
The board urged that the same trustees attend all candidate interviews when possible to ensure fairness; they discussed scheduling constraints and agreed to prioritize evenings, with virtual participation as a fallback.
Board members discussed logistics for interviewing candidates and emphasized a best-practice approach: the same set of trustees should be present for all interviews to ensure fairness in later appointment votes. Several members said evenings would be easier for scheduling and proposed Monday and Wednesday next week as likely interview nights.
One trustee noted the practical challenge of making every interview night work for every trustee but said the board should “try our best effort to get everybody on one night” and, if necessary, trust the members who can commit to attend both nights. The board intends to offer virtual participation for candidates who cannot attend in person but indicated a strong preference for face-to-face meetings to better assess applicants.
