“Penn State Board of Trustees to gather for Nov. 7-8 meetings”

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So, one of the "items of business" is the consideration of a screening matrix for future Trustee Board members. Why would they need to have this but only to "weed out" the undesirables and the unworthy" from even being considered as candidates for the Board? Smacks of pure elitism on the Trustees part.


UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State Board of Trustees nominating subcommittee today (Oct. 23) advanced a proposed screening matrix that will be used to evaluate candidates for seats on the board.

The proposed screening matrix will assess materials submitted by the candidate; the candidate’s skills; their past professional and personal experience, including board service; their past service and depth of engagement with Penn State; and a background check.

Designed to provide a fair, consistent and transparent method to determine trustee candidates’ eligibility, the document will be considered by the board’s Governance Committee on Nov. 7. If it receives final approval, the screening matrix will be used to assess trustee candidates with fairness and uniformity, including alumni, at-large, and business and industry candidates for election and appointment to the board.

The Governance Committee’s nominating subcommittee – which includes representatives from across the board, including alumni -- leads Governance’s responsibility for the trustee nomination, election and appointment processes in an effort to standardize expectations for prospective trustees and allows the board to seek individuals who bring a balanced set of skills and experiences that are aligned with Penn State’s strategic needs.

The nominating subcommittee was created as part of a broader update of the Board of Trustees’ bylaws and committee structures enacted on July 30, and was tasked with determining a candidate’s eligibility to be listed on the ballot, in accordance with a screening matrix that was to be developed by the subcommittee.

A governance working group – comprised of trustees from a broad representation of the board – developed recommendations and related governance revisions for the updated bylaws over the course of a year. The group also engaged an external governance expert to ensure best practices were incorporated into the bylaws revisions.

At the same July 30 meeting, the board updated the required materials and processes for all candidates (except gubernatorial appointees) for the board, and approved lowering the minimum nominations required for alumni trustees from 250 to 50 to encourage more alumni to seek election to the group and foster a greater variety of candidates.

If the screening matrix is advanced to and approved by the Governance Committee, the proposal will be considered by the full board at its next meeting on Nov. 8.
 

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So, one of the "items of business" is the consideration of a screening matrix for future Trustee Board members. Why would they need to have this but only to "weed out" the undesirables and the unworthy" from even being considered as candidates for the Board? Smacks of pure elitism on the Trustees part.


UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State Board of Trustees nominating subcommittee today (Oct. 23) advanced a proposed screening matrix that will be used to evaluate candidates for seats on the board.

The proposed screening matrix will assess materials submitted by the candidate; the candidate’s skills; their past professional and personal experience, including board service; their past service and depth of engagement with Penn State; and a background check.

Designed to provide a fair, consistent and transparent method to determine trustee candidates’ eligibility, the document will be considered by the board’s Governance Committee on Nov. 7. If it receives final approval, the screening matrix will be used to assess trustee candidates with fairness and uniformity, including alumni, at-large, and business and industry candidates for election and appointment to the board.

The Governance Committee’s nominating subcommittee – which includes representatives from across the board, including alumni -- leads Governance’s responsibility for the trustee nomination, election and appointment processes in an effort to standardize expectations for prospective trustees and allows the board to seek individuals who bring a balanced set of skills and experiences that are aligned with Penn State’s strategic needs.

The nominating subcommittee was created as part of a broader update of the Board of Trustees’ bylaws and committee structures enacted on July 30, and was tasked with determining a candidate’s eligibility to be listed on the ballot, in accordance with a screening matrix that was to be developed by the subcommittee.

A governance working group – comprised of trustees from a broad representation of the board – developed recommendations and related governance revisions for the updated bylaws over the course of a year. The group also engaged an external governance expert to ensure best practices were incorporated into the bylaws revisions.

At the same July 30 meeting, the board updated the required materials and processes for all candidates (except gubernatorial appointees) for the board, and approved lowering the minimum nominations required for alumni trustees from 250 to 50 to encourage more alumni to seek election to the group and foster a greater variety of candidates.

If the screening matrix is advanced to and approved by the Governance Committee, the proposal will be considered by the full board at its next meeting on Nov. 8.
Discussion, from last week, regarding the "qualification matrix":

Nominating Subcommittee October 23, 2024 - Penn State MediaSpace (kaltura.com)

My comments begin at about the 18:45 mark.
 

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State Board of Trustees nominating subcommittee today (Oct. 23) advanced a proposed screening matrix that will be used to evaluate candidates for seats on the board.

The proposed screening matrix will assess materials submitted by the candidate; the candidate’s skills; their past professional and personal experience, including board service; their past service and depth of engagement with Penn State; and a background check.
Will this standard also be applied to sitting and emeritus trustees? Asking for a friend.
 

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The below article may well deserve its own thread but definitely seems an appropriate update to this one.
Really good interview and agrees with much of what information Barry is seeking. The rats on the BOT don't want any light shining on something. They are hiding things at great costs. The more all of this comes out the more the public should demand answers. For those chastising Barry on here for asking for this information well at this point we can't help you if you can't see it.
 

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The StateCollege.com article
with the interview with former BOT member Alan de Levie should be pinned at the top.

This is most articulate and those of us unwashed members of the alumni association should open their eyes.
 

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So, one of the "items of business" is the consideration of a screening matrix for future Trustee Board members. Why would they need to have this but only to "weed out" the undesirables and the unworthy" from even being considered as candidates for the Board? Smacks of pure elitism on the Trustees part.


UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State Board of Trustees nominating subcommittee today (Oct. 23) advanced a proposed screening matrix that will be used to evaluate candidates for seats on the board.

The proposed screening matrix will assess materials submitted by the candidate; the candidate’s skills; their past professional and personal experience, including board service; their past service and depth of engagement with Penn State; and a background check.

Designed to provide a fair, consistent and transparent method to determine trustee candidates’ eligibility, the document will be considered by the board’s Governance Committee on Nov. 7. If it receives final approval, the screening matrix will be used to assess trustee candidates with fairness and uniformity, including alumni, at-large, and business and industry candidates for election and appointment to the board.

The Governance Committee’s nominating subcommittee – which includes representatives from across the board, including alumni -- leads Governance’s responsibility for the trustee nomination, election and appointment processes in an effort to standardize expectations for prospective trustees and allows the board to seek individuals who bring a balanced set of skills and experiences that are aligned with Penn State’s strategic needs.

The nominating subcommittee was created as part of a broader update of the Board of Trustees’ bylaws and committee structures enacted on July 30, and was tasked with determining a candidate’s eligibility to be listed on the ballot, in accordance with a screening matrix that was to be developed by the subcommittee.

A governance working group – comprised of trustees from a broad representation of the board – developed recommendations and related governance revisions for the updated bylaws over the course of a year. The group also engaged an external governance expert to ensure best practices were incorporated into the bylaws revisions.

At the same July 30 meeting, the board updated the required materials and processes for all candidates (except gubernatorial appointees) for the board, and approved lowering the minimum nominations required for alumni trustees from 250 to 50 to encourage more alumni to seek election to the group and foster a greater variety of candidates.

If the screening matrix is advanced to and approved by the Governance Committee, the proposal will be considered by the full board at its next meeting on Nov. 8.
Apparently, the alumni at large can't be trusted to make choices on their own.
 

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So, one of the "items of business" is the consideration of a screening matrix for future Trustee Board members. Why would they need to have this but only to "weed out" the undesirables and the unworthy" from even being considered as candidates for the Board? Smacks of pure elitism on the Trustees part.


UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State Board of Trustees nominating subcommittee today (Oct. 23) advanced a proposed screening matrix that will be used to evaluate candidates for seats on the board.

The proposed screening matrix will assess materials submitted by the candidate; the candidate’s skills; their past professional and personal experience, including board service; their past service and depth of engagement with Penn State; and a background check.

Designed to provide a fair, consistent and transparent method to determine trustee candidates’ eligibility, the document will be considered by the board’s Governance Committee on Nov. 7. If it receives final approval, the screening matrix will be used to assess trustee candidates with fairness and uniformity, including alumni, at-large, and business and industry candidates for election and appointment to the board.

The Governance Committee’s nominating subcommittee – which includes representatives from across the board, including alumni -- leads Governance’s responsibility for the trustee nomination, election and appointment processes in an effort to standardize expectations for prospective trustees and allows the board to seek individuals who bring a balanced set of skills and experiences that are aligned with Penn State’s strategic needs.

The nominating subcommittee was created as part of a broader update of the Board of Trustees’ bylaws and committee structures enacted on July 30, and was tasked with determining a candidate’s eligibility to be listed on the ballot, in accordance with a screening matrix that was to be developed by the subcommittee.

A governance working group – comprised of trustees from a broad representation of the board – developed recommendations and related governance revisions for the updated bylaws over the course of a year. The group also engaged an external governance expert to ensure best practices were incorporated into the bylaws revisions.

At the same July 30 meeting, the board updated the required materials and processes for all candidates (except gubernatorial appointees) for the board, and approved lowering the minimum nominations required for alumni trustees from 250 to 50 to encourage more alumni to seek election to the group and foster a greater variety of candidates.

If the screening matrix is advanced to and approved by the Governance Committee, the proposal will be considered by the full board at its next meeting on Nov. 8.
Just another way of rigging the outcome.
 

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Is the entire point of this "screening matrix" to block Barry from running again?
Basically ‘people like you and Barry’.

“Just give and stfu, we are governin’, nothing to see here.”
 
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