Scholarship & Education Committee meeting

Scholarship & Education Committee

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

6:30 p.m.

Pursuant to Governor Baker’s March 12, 2020 Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, §20,and the Governor’s March 15, 2020 Order imposing strict limitation on the number of people that may gather in one place, this meeting of the Salem Scholarship & Education Committee will be conducted via remote participation to the greatest extent possible. Specific information and the general guidelines for remote participation by members of the public and/or parties with a right and/or requirement to attend this meeting can be found on the city’s website, at www.salem.com.

For this meeting, members of the public who wish to watch, listen or provide comment during the meeting may do so in the following manner: 

• Follow this link or enter it into your browser to join the meeting: https://zoom.us/j/97936242458?pwd=MkU3MkV5anFSKzU0d1E0WnZwb0RsZz09
• Follow this link or enter it into your web browser to open the Zoom website at https://zoom.us/join. Enter meeting ID # “979 3624 2458” as directed on the webpage and click “Join”. Follow the on-screen instructions to join the meeting. Enter password “099243”.
• Participants can dial a toll-free phone number at 877-853-5257to join the meeting. When prompted, enter meeting ID #”979 3624 2458” and the follow the instructions to join the meeting. Password is “099243”.

The meeting will be opened at 6:15 p.m. to allow members of the public to test their audio. During portions of the meeting in which public comment is permitted, members of the public who have “raised their hand” in Zoom will be called on to offer comment.  In order to raise a hand, member of the public using the Zoom computer of phone application may click the “Raise Hand” button; members of the public dialing in may press “*9” to raise their hand to speak.  

No in-person attendance of members of the public will be permitted, but every effort will be made to ensure that the public can adequately access the proceedings in real time, via technological means. In the event that we are unable to do so, despite best efforts, we will post on the city’s website an audio or video recording, transcript, or other comprehensive record of proceedings as soon as possible after the meeting.

Meeting Agenda

1. Call to Order
2. Approval of February 25, 2020 minutes
3. Financial update
4. Old business
   1. Fundraising updates
   2. Education Fund grant applications review, if any received
   3. Status of special act relative to the Education Fund
   4. Scholarship application due date
5. New business
6. Adjournment

Next meeting May 26, 2020, 6:30 p.m.

Know your rights under the Open Meeting Law M.G.L. c. 30A §§18-25 and City Ordinance Sections 2-2028 through 2-2033. Persons requiring auxiliary aids and services for effective communication such as sign language interpreter, an assistive listening device, or print material in digital format or a reasonable modification in programs, services, policies, or activities, may contact the City of Salem ADA Coordinator as soon as possible and no less than 2 business days before the meeting, program, or event.