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Savannah Tech saltues late administrator
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Editor, A life well lived.
Glenda Giddens, a longtime Savannah Technical College administrator passed away this week, leaving behind a legacy that touched many students and their families at the college’s Liberty Campus.
Glenda was the heart and soul of the campus for more than two decades — from the earliest days serving soldiers and their families on post, through the years when classes were offered in a cramped, ill-fitted strip mall to the beautiful new campus on Airport Road and the office in the Army Education Center on Fort Stewart.
Glenda’s top priority was always students — she nurtured and nudged them; challenged and chastised them; praised and prodded them — always with the understanding, love and patience that was required at the moment.
Though Miss Glenda will no longer be a friendly face welcoming visitors to our campus, her legacy lives on in the many graduates and students she served over the years. Yes, she will be missed, but she will always be remembered.

The Savannah Technical
College family

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Midway city councilman responds to previous letters to the editor
By Curtes Roberts
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Editor,

This is in response to two letters to the editor published in the May 19 edition of the Coastal Courier. First, I should clear up the spelling of my name. It is Curtes, not Curtis.

The letter by Len Calderone stated that I stood outside the May 13 Midway City Council meeting and peered in through a window. This is a lie. I left the room and proceeded outside. When I returned, I stood at the back of the room near the door, where an employee was seated.
Len Calderone was seated in the front row, facing forward. I had a full view of him. He should know that I never have — and never will — peer in a window or door.

To both Len Calderone and Councilman Terrence Doyle, I comprehend “Robert’s Rules of Order” very clearly concerning the reading of minutes. However, the issue is not with “Robert’s Rules of Order,” but rather with Councilman Doyle’s insistence that the minutes be read. This is a no-brainer. We receive the meeting summary a couple of days following the meeting, and weeks later, we receive the minutes in time to study and make corrections if needed. If a member can’t read the minutes in three days, it is possible to assume that the member may have a reading or comprehension problem.

During the meeting, I intended to move to approve the minutes with corrections or as printed, whichever would have been applicable. Councilman Doyle wanted the minutes read because he wants his opinions omitted from the Nov. 15, 2012 minutes to be included.

“Robert’s Rules of Order” clearly states that the minutes should contain mainly a record of what was done at the meeting and not what was said by the members. If, according to you, the minutes are required to be read, then why was it not consistently done during the past three years? When minutes are not received in a timely manner, you are the first to comment.

What is the purpose of sending the minutes out in advance if they are going to be read? It is understood that a member may call for the reading, but your motives are not for the good of the council. If the business of the council is to take place, it’s all up to you.

Len Calderone needs to know that these positions are designated as part-time. However, I do not treat the job as part-time like some other council members who simply come to city hall to pay their water bills, check their mailboxes or collect their checks. They are the ones who should be asked to return their checks and resign.

Len Calderone has no concept of the hours I devote, day and night, to attending to city business and representing the city at various community events. Resign? Return a check? How dare you!

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