President's Council on Deafness

`PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ON DEAFNESS`
`POSITION OF THE STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF OF GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY`
`***`	`The appointment of the new president of Gallaudet University has resulted in an OVERWHELMING vote of NO CONFIDENCE in the Board of Trustees!`
`DEMANDS`
`1)`	`We demand that the Board of Trustees appoint one of the two deaf finalists as President, Gallaudet University... NOW!`
`2)`	`We demand that Jane Basset Spilman resign from the Board immediately and that a deaf Board Member be elected as chairperson.`
`3)`	`We demand that the Board initiate the process of changing its By-Laws to conform with the C.O.E.D.'s recommendations to Congress of a 51% deaf member representation on the Board of Trustees.`
`4)`	`We demand that no student, staff or faculty member of Gallaudet University be subject to any reprisals as a result of their standing on this matter.`
`11:30 am, March 7, 1988`