Update: Legislative Forums Canceled With Written Q&A Planned
UPDATE: Due to technical issues, the live Virtual Legislative Forums scheduled for today and tomorrow have been canceled. These live events will be replaced by a written Q&A format. The candidates will have the opportunity to answer the same questions that we were going to ask during the live forums. This will give even more candidates a chance to share their thoughts, beyond just those who were available for the live events. It will also allow the candidates to share their full thoughts on our questions, as they will not be constrained by limited speaking time.
All of these responses will be shared through the Staff Senate communication channels early next week.
Thank you for your interest in what the candidates have to say. We are hoping that this will be the most useful way to learn about candidates and their platforms.
Access the issue and question suggestion form here.
The Staff Senate is hosting a virtual 2020 Legislative Forum event on Wednesday, Oct. 21 (for state and federal candidates) and Thursday, Oct. 22 (for local candidates) from 1-2 p.m. each day. The goal for these events is to provide an opportunity for campus employees to hear from the political candidates running for office during the upcoming general election.
This event will be hosted as a Cisco WebEx Event online and will be recorded and available for staff members to rewatch or to share with colleagues who are unable to attend the event. The event itself will be a question and answer session with a moderator acting to advance the session along smoothly.
To help build questions for the forums, a form has been created for employees to share what issues matter to them and what questions they want to ask our participating candidates.
Access the issue and question suggestion form here.
All responses will be kept anonymous and the Staff Senate Legislative Committee will compile the results into the forum questions as appropriate.
A list of participating candidates, as well as additional event details, will be released in a future Newswire announcement prior to the forums.
If you have any questions, please contact the Legislative Committee Chair, Matt Meyers, at mgmeyers@uark.edu.
Contacts
Matt Meyers, chair, Staff Senate Legislative Committee
Staff Senate
479-575-5002,
mgmeyers@uark.edu
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