
We were provided
the text of the September 6, 2006 statement of the faculty and staff.
Dear ISM Community,
This afternoon 219 members of the ISM
faculty and staff passed a motion which voted to continue their current
action and not report to work tomorrow, Thursday, September 7. We support
the Leadership Team's actions which request all Board members' resignations
by 8 pm Wednesday, September 06. Should these resignations be received
we intend to report to work. If not, we plan to meet again on Thursday,
September 7, to reassess future action.
It is with profound regret that we announce
this action. The current circumstances with the Board's actions have dictated
this turn of events. We would like to restate our declaration that we
have no confidence in this Board.
We voice our total support for the Leadership
Team's stance of no confidence in the Board.
We reiterate that we fully understand
the implications of this action for student learning in the short term,
but firmly believe that it serves the best interests of our students in
the long term. We feel that continuing to teach and learn in the current
climate is not a viable option.
This afternoon, the Board, through Steve
Dare, asked us to meet today. This offer was declined until we had the
opportunity to meet as a collective group. We stated our position that
we did not want to speak to any of the Board members until a consensus
among us had been reached. Despite this clear message, two members of
the Board took it upon themselves to attempt entry to our meeting.
It was decided overwhelmingly by the
faculty and staff that we would not consider any meeting with the Board
at this time. We believe that their current inability to provide adequate
governance negated the need for such a meeting.
As much as we regret the need to take
this action, we hope that will only assist our community in reaching a
speedy resolution to the current crisis and herald a fresh start for all.
Again, we avow the central importance
of the students in our work.
Sincerely,
Concerned Faculty and Staff
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