2021-10-29 Merit Appeals Board Minutes

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Merit Appeals Board October 29, 2021 MR. LEOPOLDINO: An hour. And then, the rest were at half -an -hour but the questions took them right up to an hour. So, just to be honest, the presentation will—it'll be tough to do a half- day. MS. MATHEWS: So, Kate, you're new and apparently you're having to take time off to do this. So, I'm retiredI don't care what you guys do. It wouldI do, actually, value what you're trying to accomplish—and you, too, Charlieoh, you're retired, too never mind. So, Kate, tell me—could you tell us what might work for you and we'll see if that MS. DE SOTO: I can make myself available for a second meeting to do these presen to attend these presentation—`cause I do think they'll be pretty significant and valuable for the recruitment process. And I would feel uncomfortable proceeding with the recruitment process without this training first. And I'm fine doing it either—as one meeting. Yeah. CHR. CABANAS: I'm good with it, too. I—it's what works for the Board, yeah. So, if Kate yes, we would definitely want you to be present so that you can receive all the information along with the other four Board members. So—and if we plan it out ahead of time then Kate can mark it on her calendar and so can we, `cause three of us are retired, but I believe Mel and Kate are still working. Yeah. MR. YOSHIMOTO: So, to be clear, we're looking at an earlier date in December to avoid the anyone being away from the office. Is that what we were— MS. MATHEWS: We're looking for MR. YOSHIMOTO: A separate date. MS. MATHEWS: sometime between tomorrow and this yeah. MR. YOSHIMOTO: Yeah, okay. MS. MATHEWS: It's not—it's just not the 19''at least, that's what I'm interpreting is. CHR. CABANAS: Right. MR. YOSHIMOTO: Yeah. MS. MATHEWS: And, of course, you'd have to be available, too. CHR. CABANAS: Right. MR. YOSHIMOTO: And then, so, having Page 18