TRIAL ON-LINE SPEAKER CARD REGISTRATION
The Board, 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 (Sign In To Speak) is
required to be filed by the commenter on each Agenda Item eligible for
Public Comment.
On line Speaker Card Registration (Sign In 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 Sign In (Register) to Speak up to one hour before the
beginning of the meeting. Manual (Paper) Speaker Cards also will be
available at the meeting for completion.
Sign In 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, e.g. Zoom, or by
audio, e.g., telephone.
For advanced pre-meeting Registration, You must establish a one time
OUSD eComment - Sign In (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 eComment - Sign In To Speak.
The Sign In To Speak System, after the one time registration, will remember
you by first name and last name
(profile) associated with your email address, making it easier for you to
electronically Register or Sign In to Speak on an Agenda Item at a future
OUSD legislative meeting, e.g., Board, committee, commission.
Early pre-meeting Sign In 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 Sign In To Speak
order received.
On line Sign In to Speak (Registration) automatically closes one-hour before
commence of the legislative meeting. (No way to manually reopen.)
Thereafter, a Sign In To Speak on an eligible Agenda Item is taken in person
at the legislative meeting only via Manual Speaker Card. (If you Sign In To
Speak on line on pre-meeting on an eligible Agenda Item, please do not
re-register if you then attend the meeting in-person.) The Manual Speaker
Card, for equity, is placed in the que behind pre-meeting registered speakers.
If you are attending the meeting in person and Signed In (Registered) To
Speak pre-meeting on an eligible Agenda Item, when your name is called,
please walk to the Speaker’s Podium and comment on the eligible Agenda
item. If you are attending the meeting by video, e.g. Zoom, and Signed In
(Registered) To Speak pre-meeting on an eligible Agenda Item, when your
name is called, please raise your hand. Board staff will match your Sign In to
Speak (Registration) name with your on line profile (which must be the same),