Sentences with phrase «questions in a public meeting»

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In his appearance before a parliamentary committee, Facebook Canada's public policy head Kevin Chan was questioned by New Democrat MP Charlie Angus on why he had yet to register as a lobbyist, given the fact he's met senior cabinet members, including Finance Minister Bill Morneau.

We have public shareholder meetings and answer questions in plain English.

My question was, why is anyone fighting to have a prayer in a meeting if it's really no big deal and is not intended to inject religion into government / public affairs?

Predictably, one of the questions in the public camera - covered meeting had to do with the tennis courts.

The question came at a town hall - style meeting in the yard of an Albuquerque home as part of Obama's public outreach to explain his policies and campaign for Democrats in the November congressional elections.

When a religious believer refuses to repress these questions or even uses his faith to answer these questions in the public square, he soon meets with secular ideology's intolerance toward even the formulation of these questions.

It was the custom of the teachers to meet in public in the temple to discuss religious and theological questions where everyone could listen and learn.

These are the some of the questions we discussed at a public event in Cambridge on Saturday, organised by Unlock Democracy and Cambridge Commons as part of a series of meetings on democracy and liberty held around the country to mark the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta.

No, the leaders will no longer have to emerge from meetings to a gaggle of pesky reporters trying to ask simple questions about how $ 140 billion in public money will be spent.

At this meeting, Executive Director of the Kings County Democratic Party Jeff Feldman committed to providing details and answering questions on the review of the reforms by the party's newly created Rules Committee following a panel discussion on Women in Public Service including Public Advocate Letitia James and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

The state's new ethics commission, announced this week, is already raising some questions after holding its first meeting in private, without public notice.

«Mr. DiNapoli has an obligation to let the public know about his role in the meetings in question, his thinking behind the decision to make the investments under investigation, and about any other politically - connected placement agents his office may have met with and accommodated.»

Among the question topics were what more Governor Cuomo should have done before disbanding the Moreland Commission on public corruption, how Astorino feels about NJ Governor, and chair of the Republican Governors Association, Chris Christie «writing you off», whether they believe Christie and Cuomo have an «arrangement» concerning Christie's lack of support for Astorino, what «assurances» of support Christie gave to Astorino when they met, how this joint press conference came to be, how many debates they hope to have and Astorino's take on Christie campaigning in New Hampshire but not New York.

The federal appellate panel in Manhattan questioned whether Silver's misdeeds qualify as public corruption since the Supreme Court unanimously held that in accepting $ 175,000 in luxury gifts, McDonnell had given little more in return than setting up a few meetings and phone calls.

In response to the groups» call, a spokesman for Cuomo, did not address the question of an open leaders meeting, saying instead ethics and campaign finance reform «will be discussed» but did not say whether that will in public or in privatIn response to the groups» call, a spokesman for Cuomo, did not address the question of an open leaders meeting, saying instead ethics and campaign finance reform «will be discussed» but did not say whether that will in public or in privatin public or in privatin private.

In response to the groups» call, a spokesman for Governor Cuomo did not address the question of an open leaders» meeting, saying instead ethics and campaign finance reform «will be discussed» but did not say whether that will in public or in privatIn response to the groups» call, a spokesman for Governor Cuomo did not address the question of an open leaders» meeting, saying instead ethics and campaign finance reform «will be discussed» but did not say whether that will in public or in privatin public or in privatin private.

The new leader's performance at Prime Minister's Questions was a good deal more competent than many expected — even if, by politely reading out questions emailed in by Labour supporters, he had effectively appointed himself the moderator of a national weekly edition of Cameron Direct, the public meeting format in which the PQuestions was a good deal more competent than many expected — even if, by politely reading out questions emailed in by Labour supporters, he had effectively appointed himself the moderator of a national weekly edition of Cameron Direct, the public meeting format in which the Pquestions emailed in by Labour supporters, he had effectively appointed himself the moderator of a national weekly edition of Cameron Direct, the public meeting format in which the PM excels.

Question topics included the recent rollout of the City's municipal ID program, an internal PBA meeting reported to have degenerated into yelling and shoving over PBA President Pat Lynch's demands for an apology from the mayor and whether that provided «consolation» to the mayor, whether he takes comfort from the low number of PBA members reported to have signed «stay away from my funeral» statements, Bratton's comment that the «well was poisoned» by de Blasio's bring of former Sharpton aide Rachel Noerdlinger, a potential Teamsters strike at Hunts Point market, Governor Cuomo's consideration of legislation allowing public access to grand jury minutes, the mayor's objections to a City Council proposed bill outlawing police use of chokeholds, a reported Cuomo / Lynch meeting and what role the governor should fill in the Lynch / de Blasio dispute, whether the mayor is willing to acknowledge «missteps», the reports of Legionnaire's Disease in Co-op City, de Blasio's reaction to a possible 2016 Mitt Romney candidacy and when he last spoke with the Rev. Al Sharpton.

State prosecutors in November and December met with campaign fund - raiser Ross Offinger, top political aide Emma Wolfe, union political operative Josh Gold, and political consultants Bill Hyers and Hayley Prim of Hilltop Public Solutions to answer questions, according to a second political source.

The unanimous resolution, briefly discussed during a Town Board meeting on Thursday, June 1, authorized Town Clerk Suzanne Reavy to submit the official request to the Commissioner of Public Works for Ulster County to begin the process of seeking the state's take on the residential streets, where some homeowners say cars frequently drive at dangerous speeds because other than a 30 mph sign covering a stretch of Brabrant Road slightly over half a mile long, there are no indications of a speed limit on any of the roads in question.

... MP Fiona Mactaggart came up with the startling statistic at a meeting of the Public Accounts Committee in which mandarins were questioned over the use of premium rate phone lines by Government offices.»

Balllard appears to believe that a public meeting of the Town Board is NOT the proper place for him, as a public official, to answer questions from a member of the public about the promotional practices being followed in his department.

«Funders don't control the composition of the committee, and they don't meet with the committee,» says Harvard public - health researcher Marie McCormick, who chaired the IOM vaccine - safety committee in question.

The «political atmospherics» of the meeting might polish Trump's optics, but Bledsoe is skeptical about its influence on public policy, which is being overseen in some cases by transition officials who question the scientific findings on global warming.

These meetings are free of cost and held in a public space, typically beginning with a short speech from an elected official and then an open Q&A, where attendees can ask questions about a piece of legislation or a specific issue.

Ok, I've been getting lots of questions about how to approach women, so here's a few quick pointers to effortlessly meet women in public.

OSEP and OSERS staff members attended, responding to questions from CSP grantees, as well as external stakeholders; 3) in June 2015, through the NCSRC contract, the CSP released a case study to highlight how Two Rivers Public Charter School in Washington, DC, is meeting the needs of its students with disabilities; 4) in October 2014, through the NCSRC contract, the CSP released a case study highlighting how Brooke Roslindale Charter School in Boston, Massachusetts, is meeting the needs of its students with disabilities.

Cody Sigmon, English Teacher CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, VIRGINIA Meet Cody Sigmon, who has led statewide efforts to tackle lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ) issues in education policy and practice within school districts and local governments.

The question of how Michigan should evaluate its public school teachers will be up for debate Wednesday in a joint meeting of education committees in the Michigan Legislature.

Questions about district graduation rates first emerged with a November report by radio station WAMU and National Public Radio that Ballou High School issued diplomas to seniors in 2017 who missed significant portions of the academic year and did not meet graduation requirements.

As noted, there is no question that parents have the right to send their children to private schools, but we taxpayers don't directly pay the costs associated with parochial and other private schools, and we shouldn't be forced to syphon off scarce taxpayer funds in order to pay for schools like Achievement First, schools that fail to meet the most basic criteria of what makes a public school — public.

In five sessions, participants are asked to consider questions such as how to balance competing public education priorities, how to design a lesson plan that meets national, state, and local standards and grade level expectations, and how to recruit, mentor, and retain the best teachers.

From public debates to legislative sessions in state and federal congresses, from school board meetings to news articles, and from parent - teacher meetings to conversations in the teachers» lounge, recommendations abound for the question: «How can we teach all children to read?»

The decision to work with SRCP was made after meeting «with a variety of vendors on both sides of the aisle,» said Public Charter Schools» general consultant Jim Conroy, noting that the company has experience working in New England and on ballot questions like this year's charter referendum.

That begs the question of whether the former private / public system worked well in the first place — a consideration that will meet with different responses depending upon who is asked.

Here in Singapore by invitation of ACRES, dolphin activists, Richard «Ric» O'Barry requested to meet and engage the Chief Executive Officer of RWS in a public dialogue but his request was declined, ruffling the feathers of the public and raising many more questions.

(c) The Corresponding Secretary shall have charge of the correspondence including, but not limited to handling routine inquiries from the public, internal and external Club communication, and related questions; notify members of meetings; notify Officers and Directors of their election to office via special mailing or other approved method of communication; receive applications for membership; applications must be acknowledged within 15 days of receipt by e-mail or postal mail; check accompanying application must be sent to the Treasurer for deposit within 30 days of receipt; send copy of membership applications to President, Treasurer, Recording Secretary and Newsletter Editor; check new applicants references and report findings to the Board; receive complaints from members regarding applicant; forward complaints to Board via email within 15 days of receipt; notify applicant if his / her application was approved or declined within 15 days of Board decision; keep an up - to - date roll of the members of the Club with their addresses and other pertinent information and provide same to Website Editor; the mailing address of the Apricot / Red Poodle Club shall be that of the Corresponding Secretary; and carry out such other duties as are prescribed in these by - laws.

Their «Museum of Burning Questions» and «The Partisan Café», both sited in the former Brandstation in Bergen, host a series of public conversations and meetings.

The good news is that the developer addressed the vast majority of these questions during the planning phase of this project, and anyone interested in the level of scrutiny this project underwent can review the minutes from numerous public hearings and meetings and the publicly available documents and permits obtained by the project.

In Securing Reasonable Caseloads, Lefstein proposes that public defense organizations study their caseloads using Delphi methods, in which an expert panel determines what lawyers should be doing and how much time it should take, using a series of online questions followed by an in - person meetinIn Securing Reasonable Caseloads, Lefstein proposes that public defense organizations study their caseloads using Delphi methods, in which an expert panel determines what lawyers should be doing and how much time it should take, using a series of online questions followed by an in - person meetinin which an expert panel determines what lawyers should be doing and how much time it should take, using a series of online questions followed by an in - person meetinin - person meeting.

Please consider asking these questions if you meet candidates out campaigning, raising them at public meetings, and sending them in writing — feel free to simply cut and paste!

Setting aside the matter of relative public access to private practice lawyers over different time periods (and the related question of whether that degree is enough, too much or just right to meet public need), the inescapable conclusion from Malcolm's introduction to the conversation of the growth in the number of exempt lawyers in Ontario is that we should reexamine our notion of what a «typical» legal career looks like.

Law students should graduate with these questions in mind, knowing that our system is in many ways not meeting the needs of the public, and turning their very able and well educated minds to finding ways to improve it.

The members were not told or advised by David Michael (principal solicitor and deputy monitoring officer) that they could not participate in the meeting nor that they were disqualified from voting by reason of attendance at a public meeting in February 2006 including objectors to the development in question or by non-attendance at a site visit conducted by the committee.

«That approach could include a more broadly representative and inclusive judicial advisory selection panel, where no political party has a majority (as the government now gives itself), parliamentarians as a whole are in the minority, and the provincial attorney general and provincial bar are represented, along with the Canadian Bar Association and the Canadian Judicial Conference; a protocol of consultation published by the minister of justice, setting out whom the minister intends to consult and with whom the advisory panel will meet; a public announcement by the minister of the criteria by which each candidate will be evaluated; and a final hearing at which the minister of justice — and not only the nominee — answers questions from parliamentarians, notably regarding how the nominee meets the established criteria,» he wrote then.

Designed electronic file systems and maintained electronic and paper files.Handled all media and public relations inquiries.Maintained the front desk and reception area in a neat and organized fashion.Served as central point of contact for all outside vendors needing to gain access to the building.Facilitated working relationships with co-tenants and building management.Made copies, sent faxes and handled all incoming and outgoing correspondence.Created weekly and monthly reports and presentations.Organized files, developed spreadsheets, faxed reports and scanned documents.Properly routed agreements, contracts and invoices through the signature process.Managed the day - to - day calendar for the company's senior director.Received and screened a high volume of internal and external communications, including email and mail.Managed daily office operations and maintenance of equipment.Maintained detailed administrative and procedural processes to improve accuracy and efficiency.Coordinated meetings with other department managers and served as main liaison between sales and field staff.Scheduled and confirmed appointments for entire management team.Provided support for CEO and sales team in managing operation work flow.Successfully established effective systems for record retention by creating database for daily correspondence tracking.Developed more efficient filing systems and customer database protocols.Qualified competitive subcontractor bids prior to execution of contracts.Submitted all project closeout documents in accordance with the contract.Assigned projects and tasks to employees based on their competencies and specialties.Accurately provided status information on project progress to the project management.Monitored the safety of all construction activities, making on - site personnel safety the top priority.Acted as the liaison with company safety representatives to promote awareness and understanding of safety protocols.Increased the employee base by 50 % to meet changing staffing needs.Advised managers on organizational policy matters and recommend needed changes.Conducted new employee orientation to foster positive attitude toward organizational objectives.Directed personnel, training and labor relations activities.Served as a link between management and employees by handling questions, interpreting and administering contracts and helping resolve work - related problems.