Handful show up for live interview; no live questions or interaction allowed; not streamed on YouTube; poorly advertised; big change from when former Dean Tina Redd was interviewed
OPINION. Only a handful of residents showed up for the live interviews Tuesday, October 25 on the Verde Campus of the two potential Dean candidates one of whom will replace Dean Tina Redd. Recall Dean Redd resigned her position because of frustration with her Prescott bosses and poor working conditions.
The Tuesday meeting was poorly advertised by the Yavapai Community College to east side residents. Moreover, residents are aware that whoever is chosen will have little or no actual decision making authority in the development and operation of the College on the east side of the County. All decision-making is tightly controlled by the Prescott based executives who operate from their headquarters on the Prescott Campus.
The College totally controlled the one-hour Tuesday interview of each candidate with residents not allowed to ask live questions. Questions had to be submitted earlier in writing to the College over the internet, with the College filtering the submissions and deciding what questions would be asked.
The College also did not live stream the event on YouTube. In a County the size of the nation of Israel you would think the citizen tax supported institution would at least live-stream the event so residents didn’t have to take a day off work and/or travel miles and miles to attend the interview. In addition, the College shows a surprising disregard for those who are disabled, the elderly, and working folks when it refuses to live stream events like this.
The College did provide internal access via zoom to College employees. About six of the several hundred employees of the College looked in on the interviews if the zoom screen at the meeting was correct.
The process was in stark contrast to the interview of former Dean Tina Redd when dozens of residents showed up for her interview. Moreover, residents were allowed to ask live questions of Redd and also allowed to interact with her. That process was dumped by the College this time, apparently out of concern it could not totally control the questions or interaction between attendees and the candidates.