Section IV.3(c) of the Council bylaws provides that a University Council meeting “shall incorporate an open forum to which all members of the University community are invited and during which any member of the University community can direct questions to the Council.”

All members of the University community are invited to bring topics for discussion to the 

University Council Open Forum 
Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 4 p.m. 
Hall of Flags, Houston Hall
**A PennCard is required to attend University Council meetings

PennCard holders who want to be assured of speaking at the Open Forum must inform the Office of the University Secretary (ucouncil@pobox.upenn.edu) by 10 a.m. on Friday, November 11, 2022, briefly indicating the subject of the intended remarks. 

Those who have not so informed the Office of the University Secretary will be permitted to speak only at the discretion of the moderator of University Council and in the event that time remains after the scheduled speakers.

Please see the meeting format provided below. Questions may be directed to the Office of the University Secretary at (215) 898-7005 or ucouncil@pobox.upenn.edu.

A PennCard is required to enter both Houston Hall and the University Council meeting. 

—Office of the University Secretary 

Format for University Council’s Open Forum
November 30, 2022

The purpose of the Open Forum is to inform University Council of topics important to the University’s general welfare and of the range of views held by members of the University. The forum is open to all members of the Penn community under the conditions set by the bylaws, following guidelines established by the Steering Committee of University Council: 

1. Speakers should limit their remarks to three minutes. 
2. Repetitive topics may be combined. 
3. The order of Open Forum topics will be made available no later than the Tuesday before the meeting, to be published on the Office of the University Secretary website (https://secretary.upenn.edu/univ-council/open-forum) and, if deadline constraints allow, in Almanac.
4. Speakers’ statements should be framed to present policy issues and be directed to University Council as a body through the moderator. The moderator will have discretion to interrupt statements that are directed against persons and otherwise to maintain the decorum of the meeting, as provided for in the bylaws.