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This petition is for Corps Member Boom Sai Yang and Christie Buzzell who were recently dismissed from the AmeriCorps NCCC program. They both had taken the van with the rest of their team well informed of their travel to San Antonio. Due to rough weather conditions they were forced to stay the night with another team. After having tried to contact their team and not hearing from them, the Team Leader of the housing had to make calls to notify Staff of the situation and write them up. This first occurrence of wrong doing by these two corps member lead to their dismissal. We are asking for signatures and comments about Boom and Christie on why they should allowed to be reinstated to finish and graduate AmeriCorps NCCC.
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Updates
May 30, 2015
I have officially requested a formal review of the dismissal decision with the AmeriCorps regional office. They have acknowledged the receipt of this petition and my correspondence regarding the circumstances of the team travel.
May 30, 2015
The increase in support has captured the attention of local news outlets. I am currently coordinating interviews to ensure the facts of this dismissal are presented clearly to the public. My next step is to finalize the formal letter requesting reinstatement for Boom and Christie.
42 Comments
Former VISTA. Given the situation, it seems like Boom and Christie had to make a difficult decision that was the correct one, but may have contradicted policy. I know Christie has served several years as a volunteer, it would be a crime not to reconsider her reinstatement. These people deserve better treatment after devoting so much of their time to your organization.
Our family had Boom & fire team over for Christmas, please reconsider his dismissal, as he does not deserve to be let go over a miscommunication/first offense...I am sure he has proven to be a valuable team member. I am quite certain that I met Christie at the spring barbeque our house...all 26 members were quite impressive! :) I urge that this situation be reviewed and reconsidered. Thank you.
I would expect the corps to have a high standard on their members.... But this seems a bit extreme... They made an informed decision as young adults. It may not have been the best one, but I'm sure they have learned from that decision and want to do if a situation like that arrives again.
I believe AmeriCorps NCCC needs to be more understanding of the situation and a lot less severe with the punishment. It doesn't seem right to let these two corps members, who are clearly spoken of very highly, let go for a seemingly petty wrongdoing. NCCC has been, in my opinion, too liberal in their dismissal of corps members.
I believe that both Boom Sai and Christie Buzzell should not have been dismissed from AmeriCorps NCCC. Though they did break protocol to visit other teams in San Antonio, there was a scheduled trip for there entire team to visit. To the best of my knowledge both corps members haven't had any major prior offenses and I believe that they should be given a second chance.
Christie Buzzell has worked very hard while she has been serving the last two years. She has never had another incident. The timing of this incident was unfortunate because of the unforeseen flash flood which forced them to spend the night. It's my understanding that policies have been broken by other Corps members and grace has been given to them. Grace should also be given here. Please reinstate Christie and Boom and let them graduate from the program. Their hearts are in the right place and their wrongdoing was unintentional.
There is no reason to terminate their service over a single mistake that they were not at fault for.
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
This petition is for Corps Member Boom Sai Yang and Christie Buzzell who were recently dismissed from the AmeriCorps NCCC program. They both had taken the van with the rest of their team well informed of their travel to San Antonio. Due to rough weather conditions they were forced to stay the night with another team. After having tried to contact their team and not hearing from them, the Team Leader of the housing had to make calls to notify Staff of the situation and write them up. This first occurrence of wrong doing by these two corps member lead to their dismissal. We are asking for signatures and comments about Boom and Christie on why they should allowed to be reinstated to finish and graduate AmeriCorps NCCC.
Updates
May 30, 2015
I have officially requested a formal review of the dismissal decision with the AmeriCorps regional office. They have acknowledged the receipt of this petition and my correspondence regarding the circumstances of the team travel.
May 30, 2015
The increase in support has captured the attention of local news outlets. I am currently coordinating interviews to ensure the facts of this dismissal are presented clearly to the public. My next step is to finalize the formal letter requesting reinstatement for Boom and Christie.
42 Comments
I served with Christie last year and I know her pretty well. I think that the dismissal was out of line, especially given the fact that this particular offense does not have a defined automatic dismissal. I think there was a lapse in leadership and I urge Ken and Jolie to consider this appeal and give Christie and Boom another shot at finishing their service.
Former VISTA. Given the situation, it seems like Boom and Christie had to make a difficult decision that was the correct one, but may have contradicted policy. I know Christie has served several years as a volunteer, it would be a crime not to reconsider her reinstatement. These people deserve better treatment after devoting so much of their time to your organization.
Our family had Boom & fire team over for Christmas, please reconsider his dismissal, as he does not deserve to be let go over a miscommunication/first offense...I am sure he has proven to be a valuable team member. I am quite certain that I met Christie at the spring barbeque our house...all 26 members were quite impressive! :) I urge that this situation be reviewed and reconsidered. Thank you.
I would expect the corps to have a high standard on their members.... But this seems a bit extreme... They made an informed decision as young adults. It may not have been the best one, but I'm sure they have learned from that decision and want to do if a situation like that arrives again.
I believe AmeriCorps NCCC needs to be more understanding of the situation and a lot less severe with the punishment. It doesn't seem right to let these two corps members, who are clearly spoken of very highly, let go for a seemingly petty wrongdoing. NCCC has been, in my opinion, too liberal in their dismissal of corps members.
I believe that both Boom Sai and Christie Buzzell should not have been dismissed from AmeriCorps NCCC. Though they did break protocol to visit other teams in San Antonio, there was a scheduled trip for there entire team to visit. To the best of my knowledge both corps members haven't had any major prior offenses and I believe that they should be given a second chance.
Christie Buzzell has worked very hard while she has been serving the last two years. She has never had another incident. The timing of this incident was unfortunate because of the unforeseen flash flood which forced them to spend the night. It's my understanding that policies have been broken by other Corps members and grace has been given to them. Grace should also be given here. Please reinstate Christie and Boom and let them graduate from the program. Their hearts are in the right place and their wrongdoing was unintentional.
There is no reason to terminate their service over a single mistake that they were not at fault for.
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I served with Christie last year and I know her pretty well. I think that the dismissal was out of line, especially given the fact that this particular offense does not have a defined automatic dismissal. I think there was a lapse in leadership and I urge Ken and Jolie to consider this appeal and give Christie and Boom another shot at finishing their service.