2024-03-12 Merit Appeals Board Minutes

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Merit Appeals Board MS. TOKIHIRO: Okay but I will see you folks on April 25�' CHR. CABANAS: Yes, thank you. MS .TOKIHIRO: Thank you. CHR. CABANAS: Okay. Thanks, Sommer, have a good week. Unfinished Business (Item 7) March 12, 2024 Discussion Concerning The Appeal Process For Individuals Who File An Appeal (Note: The Above Matter Was Listed On The October 25 And December 21, 2023, And February 23, 2024, Merit Appeals Board Agendas) CHR. CABANAS: Okay, so we are now Number—we are back to Number 7, "Unfinished Business" for discussion and appropriate action. We had, at the last meeting, a lengthy discussion and we decided to defer the matter to today. And, during that time from our last meeting, Board members were asked to review what we had prepared initially—and if you had any suggestions, to tweak it a little bit, to submit it by March 5h, which we received one submittal from Ms. Mathews. So, thank you, Gay, for your submittal So, let's discuss and look—and discuss what Ms. Mathews has submitted—and thank you for doing the track changes. MS. MATHEWS: So, if I could, this is actually a rough draft of a rough draft. There's— CHR. CABANAS: That's correct. MS. MATHEWS: Yeah. What I was trying to do is get us going in a particular direction. So, I apologize for it being quite so chaotic, `cause it's difficult to read. I should have just— CHR. ust CHR. CABANAS: NoI mean, you tracked the changes. So, I understood it. MS. MATHEWS: Oh, good. CHR. CABANAS: Yeah. I will pause for a few minutes so you can look at it. Let me know when you are all ready to discuss Ms. Mathews submittal. MS. MATHEWS: So, what I'd like to know is what our illustrious attorney down there is thinking in terms of where I was going with this—so we even know if we're on the right track before we start hashing at it. Page 11