Selectmen regarding the Selectmen's Nominations Advisory Committee.
Dustin Anderson
Town of Greenwich
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www.greenwichct.org
(See attached file: Board of Selectmen Statement Regarding SNAC.pdf)
Questions have been raised and allegations recently made with respect to claims
of inappropriate banter regarding the ethnicity and socioeconomic class of
potential volunteers being considered by the Selectman's Nominations Advisory
Committee (SNAC).
The committee serves in an advisory capacity to the Board of Selectmen, but
does not formally nominate candidates for Town boards and commissions. The
committee identifies residents who have the skill sets requested by the Board or
Commission Chairs and the Board of Selectmen and encourages them to submit
their nomination forms to the Selectmen for consideration.
To begin with, let us emphasize that we have the greatest respect and sense of
gratitude for these citizens who volunteer their time in an attempt to locate
volunteers to serve on our boards and committees. These are individuals
respected as leaders within our community and leaders who we do not believe
would engage in the type of activity or the kinds of comments alleged.
Be that as it may, once such an issue is raised, we must address it and see to it
that we continually improve our sensitivity to the concerns of others and to any
allegation of inappropriate comments. We believe the manner by which we are
dealing with this is proper in arranging for the Town Affirmative Action Officer to
provide training to the members of SNAC. This type of continuing education is
something we continually emphasize. Our officer has done a great job in training
and educating our community on a regular basis to be sensitive to others.
What is important for SNAC and for our community is that we always are
sensitive to even the slightest suggestion of inappropriate comments. It is for
that reason we think additional sensitivity discussion is always important for any
organization. We are confident that none of these members harbor any thoughts
which would suggest in any way bias or insensitivity to ethnicity or the
socioeconomic class of anyone .
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