TRIAL ON-LINE SPEAKER CARD REGISTRATION
The Measures N and H Commission, in its desire to take more targeted
Public Comment on Agenda Items, on a trial basis, within the current times
allotted for Public Comment, is returning to it past practice of taking
individual Public Comment on most items on the Agenda (except Consent).
As a result, a separate Speaker Card (Request To Speak) is required to be
filed by the commenter on each Agenda Item eligible for Public Comment.
On line Speaker Card Registration (Request To Speak) opens at minimum 72
hours in advance for a Regular
Meeting or at minimum 24 hours in advance for a Special Meeting. Use the
eComment Link to Request (Register) to Speak up to one hour before the
beginning of the meeting. Manual Speaker Cards also will be available at the
meeting for completion.
Request to Speak, on an eligible Agenda Item, as a matter of equity, is first
registered, first called, in order of
Registration whether participation is in person or virtually.For advanced
Registration, You must establish a one time OUSD eComment - Register To
Speak Account providing your First Name and Last Name and your email
address. Your First Name and Last Name, as Registered, must also show as
the Participant or Profile Name on a teleconference system (i.e., zoom,
webex, other). You will be requested to Register the first time you use the
eComment - Request To Speak.
The Request To Speak System, after the one time registration, will
remember you by first name and last name
associated with your email address (profile), making it easier for you to
electronically Register or Request to Speak on an Agenda Item at a future
OUSD legislative meeting, e.g., Board, committee, commission.
Early Pre-meeting Request To Speak (Registration) is urged for all - whether
you plan to attend meeting in person or view meeting via teleconference or
listen to the meeting by telephone. Names will be called in Request To
Speak order received. On line Request to Speak (Registration) automatically
closes one-hour before commence of the legislative meeting. (No way to
manually reopen.) Thereafter, a Request To Speak on an eligible Agenda
Item is taken in person at the legislative meeting only via Manual Speaker
Card. (If you registered pre-meeting on line to speak on an eligible Agenda
Item, please do not re-register if you then attend the meeting in-person.) The
Manual Speaker Card, for equity, will be placed in the que behind pre-meeting
registered speakers If you registered to Speak on an eligible Agenda item,
premeeting, if attending meeting in person, when your name is called, please
walk to the Speaker's Podium and comment on the eligible Agenda item.
If you registered to Speak on an eligible Agenda Item, premeeting, if
attending meeting on line, when your name is called, please raise your hand.
Board of Education staff will match your pre-registration name with on line
profile, unmute you to speak and remute you upon conclusion. If you wish to
speak by telephone only please pre-register and enter as your First Name
(area code) and Last Name (last four digits of your telephone number.). If you
pre-registered to Speak on an Agenda item, when your profile (area code and
last four telephone digits) is called for comment on the Agenda item, please
