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 press "9". Board of Education staff will
